Clark County Press, Neillsville, Wisconsin

July 27, 2011 Page 13

Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"

Transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.

Index of "Oldies" Articles 

 

Compiled by Dee Zimmerman

 

Clark County News

July 1901

 

Leason & Son put up a windmill and forty-foot tower last week for Editor Crothers, on his farm.

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C. Esselman of the Town of Loyal was in the city Wednesday, taking his daughters, Josie and Amelia home to spend the Fourth.                                                                                                        

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Monday morning, A. M. Harriman discovered a swarm of bees on a fence post near his residence and with some assistance, succeeded in hiving them. Good catch!                                                      

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W. C. Winters, superintendent of this division of the Omaha railroad, went over the line Tuesday on a railroad bicycle, propelled by two small gasoline engines.                                                  

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Chas. Baerwald, who played baseball here last summer, was given a trial on the St. Paul league club this spring but its managers seemed to think he was not quite up to their requirements.  So he, with two others, Cox and Larson, were turned adrift and joined the baseball club at Litchfield, Minn.  July 2nd, the St. Paul baseball club went up to Litchfield to have a little fun with the village team and got beautifully whitewashed.  Score: Litchfield 4, St. Paul 0.

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Miss Elanore Ruddock closed a very successful term of school last Friday, in the Town of Hewettville, by giving an exhibition in the evening.  The exhibition itself was fine, but the dancing that appeared on the stage was a great surprise to Miss Ruddock as she was not consulted on the matter at all.  The dancing was altogether out of place, and we hope the ones who did the dancing will learn the opinion of the audience and try and do better in the future.  Miss Ruddock has the sympathy of the majority of the people. For the dancing was no fault of hers.

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Hasting Baird has returned to Greenwood. He had been employed as head sawyer the past four months at a mill in Prentice.

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Harry Lawrence had the misfortune while picking blueberries on the bluff near Humbird, Monday morning, of being bitten by a rattlesnake.  It created quite a sensation, but at this writing, he is getting along nicely under the care of Dr. Breakey, of Alma Center.                                                                                    

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A number of humane horse owners of Neillsville equipped their teams with straw bonnets or hats during the recent hot weather.  It is claimed to be very beneficial to animals exposed to the sun. A wet sponge may be kept in the crown of the hat, which still further assists in modifying the effects of the heat.     

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When the rural free delivery routes are established from Neillsville and Granton, the post office at Pleasant Ridge will be discontinued, also that of Wilcox and Lynn.                                           

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Albert Garvin, of the Town of York, lost his barn by fire Monday, together with 18 tons of hay, a wagon and other farming implements.  He had recently completed raising the barn and putting a foundation under it, having it in first-class shape.

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Robert Gates of Milwaukee, son of Jas. L. Gates, will donate $150 for a city fountain to be located on the depot grounds.  The donor was born in Neillsville and always retained a great interest in the city’s welfare.  It is a neat and appropriate gift and one, which our citizens will appreciate.                                              

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A very pretty wedding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Root, at eight o’clock Wednesday evening, June 26, at which their daughter Miss Olive Huntzicker was united in marriage with Mr. William L. Smith of Eau Claire.  Rev. T. Grafton of Owen performed the ceremony.  The rooms were beautifully decorated with flowers, so appropriate to the occasion. Congratulations and good wishes both hearty and sincere were offered from relatives and guests.  Many beautiful gifts were bestowed.  All sat down to a goodly banquet in a most happy frame of mind.  The groom has taught in the grammar department of the North Side School for the past two years and will this year become an assistant in the High School.  He is not only an able educator, but is socially a favorite, which has added greatly to his usefulness among the young people of this city. The bride is a lively young lady who has a host of friends in this city as well as among school and college mates.                                                                                

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Workmen are engaged in getting the wreck of the Grand Avenue Bridge, washed out by the big rainstorm, ready to be pulled out of the river.  The timber will be saved as far as possible, and be used to repair small bridges, culverts and such when required.

 

July 1906

 

Marsh Bros. is advertising ladies’ vests for 19 to 30 cents; percales, one yard wide, at 9 cents; dimities at 9 and 12 cents a yard.  In these days the United States has plenty of textiles at these prices.

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Blueberries are being brought into Humbird very rapidly.  The price is 5 cents per quart.

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R. W. Balch was re-elected school treasurer in a spirited contest, which brought out two or three dozen ladies.  Mr. Balch’s vote was 92.  Other candidates and their votes: M. B. Lowe, 9; Dan Kennedy, 1; C. A. Youmans, 4.

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Everybody admires Doc. Brewster’s new surrey.                            

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The bicycle path from Black River Falls to Merrillan is in course of construction.

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J. H. Thayer, wife and children arrived Monday, coming by team and buggy from Melrose that day, a distance of 45 miles.

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The annual election of officers of the Neillsville Bank took place Tuesday evening.  C. F. Grow was elected president; H. M. Root, vice president; and W. L. Hemphill added to the board of directors. Otherwise the officers and office force remain the same.                                                                                                    

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Alfred L. Klopf and Inez Lillian Calway were married at the bride’s home in Neillsville Friday evening, July 3, by Rev. G. N. Foster.

 

July 1946

 

Numerous reports of damage, both large and small, were coming into the city early this week as a result of wind and electrical storms, which accompanied the hottest weather of the year to date.

 

One local insurance office had a stack of damage reports a quarter of an inch thick on Monday afternoon and reports were still coming in.  Mostly they involved such things as reports of radios, washing machines, electric lights and electric stoves being “knocked out” by heavy lightning of Saturday.  “Most of these reports came from the city of Neillsville; but some are drifting in from the rural areas now” the insurance agent said.

 

Extensive damage apparently was caused by a heavy “flat” wind, which came Friday afternoon to break the hottest weather of the year up to that time.  The wind came up about 3 p.m. from the west.  It caused damage to the roof and one side of the processing room of the Blue Moon Foods, Inc., plant at Thorp.  Electrical service there also was temporarily interrupted.

 

The wind also was credited with moving some of the buildings on their foundations on the Frank Zickert farm, near Christie.

 

Unusual was the report of Charles Naedler, Pine Valley farmer, who reported seeing a green tree set on fire by lightning. Generally lightning will splinter a tree; but it is seldom that it will cause a green tree to burn.

 

During the storm of Saturday, which broke a record humid heat of 91 degrees, lightning struck and killed six heifers on the Herman Dux farm, located along Globe Road.  It also struck the barn at the William Kurasz farm causing damage estimated at approximately $200.

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The Rev. Lawrence Sanger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sanger of Chili, has accepted a call to serve as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Cicero, Wis.  Rev. Sanger was graduated May 28 from Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa. He was ordained in ceremonies at Zion Lutheran Church, Chili on June 30.

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Edwin Allen of the Town of Pine Valley left Neillsville Monday evening enroute to his old home in Sweden.  He sailed from New York harbor Wednesday afternoon.  Mr. Allen will visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Allen, who live in Sinnerolbja.  His parents are both 85 years old, and he has not seen them since he left Sweden in 1910.  He has a brother and two sisters, who whom he will visit also.  On his return trip, which will be near the first of October, Mr. Allen plans to stop at Norrkoping to see John Hoesly.  While Hoesly was visiting in Neillsville, he invited Mr. Allen to be his guest on a fishing trip.                                                                                                     

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Miss Lila Mae Ewing, daughter of Mrs. Artie L. Rudd of Chicago, became the bride of Oscar W. Gluck, son of Mrs. Frieda Gluck, of Neillsville, at a double ring ceremony at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 26.  The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev. William A. Baumann in the parsonage of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Neillsville, with only members of the immediate family present.

 

The bride wore a suit of white gabardine, a small veiled hat, and white accessories. She wore a corsage of ivory bride’s roses.  Her maid-of-honor, Miss Marji Muth of Wichita, Kans., was attired in a blue gabardine suit and slow wore white accessories.  She wore a corsage of pink roses.

 

Arthur Olson of Wausau, brother-in-law of the groom, acted as bestman.

 

Following the ceremony a wedding supper was held at the Merchants Hotel, with places set for 40 members of the family and intimate friends of the bride and groom.  A pink and white wedding cake formed the centerpiece, and the tables were decorated with flowers of pink and white pastels.

 

Mrs. Gluck attended the public schools in Kansas City, Mo., and Business College and Art Institute in Los Angeles.

 

Mr. Gluck is well known throughout the area.  He is a graduate of Neillsville High School, and received his B. S. degree at Carroll College in 1930.

 

Following his graduation he became an athletic instructor, and during the war he served the military in the United States and the European theaters, holding the rank of major when he was discharged May 17.

 

Our of town guests included: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Olson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Radtke and family of Wausau; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gluck of Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. John Gluck and Raymond, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gluck, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gluck, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Pischer and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Helm, all of Granton.

 

(Oscar Gluck was more commonly known here as “Dimps” and owner of a shoe store on West Fifth St. D.Z.)

 

The above photo, taken in 1961, is the IOOF building located along the 100 block of West Fifth Street, south side; at that time, appeared on a sign “Shoes for the Family,” store operated then by Oscar ‘Dimps’ Gluck, which occupied the left half of the building while the WCCN radio station, started by Howie Sturtz, was set up in the right half of the structure.

 

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Dr. Overman announced this week that he will be joined in practice here by Dr. Kenneth Manz on August 1.  They will practice medicine and surgery under the name of the Neillsville Clinic.

Dr. Manz is at present closing his practice in Black River Falls, where he has been located for the last seven and one-half years and prior to that he practiced for about a year and one-half at Burlington. Dr. Manz is a graduate of the medical school of the University of Wisconsin, where he was a classmate of Dr. Overman. Following his graduation he took a two-year surgical internship at Augustana Hospital in Chicago.  He is married and the father of three children.

 

Judge and Mrs. Emery W. Crosby are reported to have sold their home on South Oak Street to Dr. Kenneth Manz.  It is understood that Judge and Mrs. Crosby will make their home in a house they own located on South Hewett Street.

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L. J. Chevrolet of Neillsville now has new Oldsmobiles available for Disabled Veterans of World War II, with delivery in about 30 days.

 

These cars are put aside only for Disabled Vets, and are not connected with our new car quota.  If you are a Disabled Vet and are looking for a good new car, come in and talk it over with us.

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The recent sale of three farms near Neillsville has been confirmed by Victor J. Anderson, local farm real estate dealer.

 

The John Kozic, Sr., farm of 28 ½ acres, located on the River Road, Town of Pine Valley, has been purchased by Murel Mott, local truck driver.  Mr. & Mrs. Mott will live there with their son and four daughters.

 

The Hugh Howard farm of 80 acres in the Town of Seif has been sold to Harry Schoof of Chicago.  Mr. Kozic will take care of the farm until April 1, 1947, when Mr. Schoof will take possession.

 

Also sold was the Charles Hubing farm and personal property on Pleasant Ridge.  Max Zink of Cudahy, the new owner is expected to take possession in August.                                                      

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Carl Eisemann of Milwaukee, a veteran and former assistant principal at Kendall, has accepted the position of principal of the Granton High School.  He succeeds George Edelbeck, who has accepted a similar position at Manawa.

 

Mr. Eisemann will teach science and coach.  He holds a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin.  Mr. and Mrs. Eisemann and their two children are expected to take up their residence in Granton some time in August.

 

At the second Granton School meeting last week, a tax levy of $8,000 was voted.  This represents a decrease of $2,000 from the levy for the last school year.

 

To date the school board is without a treasurer, in spite of the fact that Ray Hoeft was elected to this position at the annual meeting.  As a member of the village board, Mr. Hoeft is ineligible to sit on the school board, inasmuch as the positions are incompatible. The vacancy will be filled by appointment by the other members of the school board.

 

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