News: Washburn (23 Apr 1970)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Steffes, Ritter, Krause, Kapfer, Rodman, Pretsch, Jelinek, King, Dopp, Stevens, Urban, Short, Matuszak, Staffon, Havlicek

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 4/23/1970

Washburn (23 April 1970)

Several friends and neighbors surprised Mr. and Mrs. Clam Steffes last week Wednesday night with a farewell party. Mr. and Mrs. Steffes have sold their farm and will move to Chilton before the first of May.

Mr. and Mrs. Arlyn Ritter and family of Granton moved last week onto the Alvin Krause farm which they purchased some time ago.

Monday morning looked like winter had returned with a light coating of snow. The rain on Sunday turned to snow that night and it snowed quite hard for a while.

A few of the farmers got part of their oats sowed but many of them don’t have any planted yet.

Mrs. Elmer Kapfer entertained the Cannonville Ladies Aid last week Tuesday with six members attending. Mrs. Horace Rodman will be hostess at the next meeting May 13.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Pretsch and family of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Krause of Marshfield, Mrs. Wanda Pretsch and son, Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jelinek and son, Roger, and Mrs. Joe King were Sunday dinner and supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry King in Pine Valley, in honor of the birthdays of Mr. and Mrs. King.

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Dopp and daughters, Linda and Dixie, of Marshfield were dinner guests Sunday of her mother, Mrs. Irving Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Urban and daughter, Brenda, visited at the Stevens home Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kapfer were in Marshfield Wednesday. Mrs. Kapfer had a check-up.

Mrs. Frank Short was quite ill last week with Flu.

Robert Matuszak and son of Milwaukee and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Staffon and family of Hatfield were weekend guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Matuszak. Little Scotty Staffon has been spending a few weeks with his grandparents.

Donald Havlicek assisted his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Havlicek, Sr., with some work Saturday.