~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THORP COURIER dated March 28, 2001

100 YEARS AGO...

Mr & Mrs. Dick Lawless had a daughter on Monday.

Mr & Mrs. A.J. Krom had a daughter on March 23rd.

Mr & Mrs. J. Henderson had a son on Saturday.

Arthur Hudson and Orea Nye are visiting back home from the Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam.

J.H. Monroe was here from Cadott checking out the waterworks system.

Walter Holzhausen enlisted and is part of the U.S. Cavalry.

75 YEARS AGO...

Herman Annason purchased Geo. Baker’s 40-acre farm.

Mr & Mrs. Emil Ehlert had a son March 17th.

Wm. Longhway resigned as electrician of the Northern States Power Co.

Mr & Mrs. Anton Wilcenski had a baby girl on March 16th.

Fred Braatz and his family are moving from Worden to Stanley this week.

E.L. Snyder will take a trip down the Mississippi river in his house board as soon as the river is free of ice.

Wm. E. McParland sold his drug store last week.

Wm. Barrett & crew have the Farmers Store building on skids and moving the building.

W.J. Bivans sold his farm home and property to Barney Micke. Mr. & Mrs. Bivans are staying temporarily with their daughter Mrs. E.F. Halterman and are planning to move to Iowa.

H.E. Howard’s Barber shop has public baths.

50 YEARS AGO...

Catherine E. Conway, age 82, passed away on March 18th.

Janice Moen was chosen DAR representative at Thorp High school.

Antoniette Kinas, age 90 , died March 10th at her daughter’s home, Mrs. Roman Kachmon in Gary, Ind.

25 YEARS AGO...

Peter Liszewski, age 89, died in Marshfield on March 17th.

Mr & Mrs. John Badzinski went to see their new grandson Jamie Patrick Knight.

Mr & Mrs. Dennis Susa had a son on March 15th.

Mr & Mrs. Allyn Schlicht had a son on March 17th in Brainerd, Minn.

Clarence Markee, age 60, died March 19th in Marshfield.

Lillian Strozewski, age 89, died March 7th.

10 YEARS AGO...

August Oberle, age 81, died March 26th in Marshfield.

Tom & Laurie Osowski became grandparents of twins on March 7th.

Mr & Mrs. Jim Rowell (Carol Plechacek) had a daughter on Feb. 22nd in Soth Dakota.

Henry Hanson, age 76, died March 14th in Worden.

Raymond Foster, age 73, died March 19th.

Ruby Huls, age 88, died March 26th in Chippewa Falls.

Helen Koenig, age 73, died March 22nd in Marshfield.

OLD PICTURE: Two gentlemen from the Legion Hall.