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Clark County Press, Neillsville, Wisconsin
November 7, 2012, Page 11 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press" Transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles
Compiled by Dee Zimmerman
Clark County News |
October 1902
The Neillsville High School football team will play the first
game of the season on Gates Field, north of Grand Avenue, on Saturday, Sept. 27,
with the Fairchild High School team. Game will be called at 2:30 p.m.
An interesting game is expected. Admission 25¢
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Fred Wendt, who purchased the Chandler farm two miles north of
Neillsville, is making great improvements, thereon.
He has just completed a new barn, 36 by 70 feet with a stone basement and
is building a fine residence. This farm will become, in Mr. Wendt’s hands, one
of the best in the county; Mr. Chandler once informed us that the first clearing
in Clark County was made on this place.
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The new schoolhouse in Columbia is being pushed along with all
vigor. Last Monday the flagstaff
was raised on top of the belfry with the Stars and Stripes floating from its
lofty position at 5 p.m. That was
really a grand sight for us. The
hearts of the children will be made glad to know that in this institution they
will learn to face the battles of the world.
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The Neillsville Grist Mill was sold by the county sheriff
Saturday, under an order of the court. A disagreement among the partners made
the sale necessary, the nature of the property being such that it could not be
divided. It was bid in by W. H.
Butler of Granton for the sum of $11,500.
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Having bought the entire stock of the Galligan & Linster
Lumber Cop., located at Neillsville, Gillman & Wing will sell the stock that
includes all kinds of hardwood lumber that can be used for many building
purposes, at prices that will interest you. We are going to dispose of this
lumber in the fastest time possible.
If you are in need of any lumber, it will pay you to investigate before
it is gone. Prices run all the way
from $3.00 and up.
We will be at the yard located across from the Neillsville
depot, from 7 a.m. until 12 a.m. and from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m.
•••••••••
Marriage licenses: John Stankewicz and Stella Mazynowsky both
of Levis; Guy Winn of York and Ethel Gardiner of Loyal; Albert F. Davel and
Florence Baker both of the Village of Loyal; Harley Thayer, Marathon Co., and
Elenora Graham of Unity; Wm. Roberts and Emma Gerkey Town of Loyal.
•••••••••
Chas L. Rush, from Merrillan is now day clerk at the O’Neill
House in place of Don Brewster, who is now working in Major Hommel’s bowling
alley.
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Last week, H. A. King sold forty acres, his old homestead, in
the town of York to Fred Wright of Sherwood. Consideration was $2,000.
It is a fine forty.
•••••••••
Special services will be held at the Dells Dam Church next
week Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.; at the June Schoolhouse Tuesday evening;
Shortville Church Wednesday and Thursday evening, conducted by Rev. A. Kerr.
•••••••••
Sealed proposals for furnishing 250 cords of green wood for
the Neillsville schools will be received by the school board at any time prior
to October 14, 1902, at 2 p.m.; 190 cords to be delivered at the South Side
schoolhouse in the city of Neillsville, before March 20, 1903.
Wood must be smooth, sound, body hardwood and cut from live
timber 30 inches in length. We will not accept black or red oak, elm, basswood
or poplar. Bids for furnishing the largest percentage of body hard maple and
ironwood will be given preference and should therefore specify such percentage.
Bids will also be received and considered at the same time for
furnishing 30 cords of 30-inch dry pinewood.
L. M. Sturdevant, Director; Geo. E. Crothers, Treas.; S. M.
Marsh, Clerk
(With the vast
selection of available timber back then, even prime choice of wood was used to
burn for heating purposes. DZ)
•••••••••
Corn husking and potato digging is the order of these days
around this area. The potato yield is enormous.
(At that time, only one
to two acres of corn was saved for ripening, as silage corn was cut early in
September while it was in the green stage to be stored and used for dairy cattle
feed. There was a custom held in farming neighborhoods, when a few families
gathered for a “husking bee,” all family members joining in to husk the ripe
ears of corn from stalks that had been cut and brought in from the field.
After the work was done, everyone enjoyed a potluck meal, socializing
with friends and neighbors. D Z)
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Wolves are becoming quite numerous in these parts, as they
invaded the sheep pens of Chas. Varney.
They killed one sheep and inflicted injuries on a second, which resulted
in the death of sheep number two.
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The Chili Creamery company paid 81 cents per hundred for milk
during August.
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Ed Kelicut, of Shortville, had quite an experience with some
young cattle Saturday. He started
driving nine young cattle to Neillsville and got them part way when they decided
to turn back toward home. He did
not get to Neillsville that day.
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A number of teams, pulling wagons loaded with sugar cane
passed through the Carlisle community lately, enroute to the sorghum mill.
October 1947
Americans have been asked by President Truman to cooperate
with a food saving plan for aiding Europe as follows:
Meatless Tuesdays
No poultry or eggs on Thursday.
Save one slice of bread each day.
Public eating places:
Observe the Tuesday and Thursday requests as made to the
public.
Serve bread and butter only when specifically requested by
patrons.
Farms:
Reduce amount of grain fed to livestock and poultry.
Bakers:
Save grain in the manufacture and distribution of bread such
saving to equal one-tenth of the normal use of wheat.
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An opening for a teacher in the Yaeger School, three miles
north of Thorp, is going begging.
Russell Drake, county school superintendent, reported this week that he had
spent two full days searching for a teacher, or a former teacher, to fill the
vacancy. He has got exactly
nowhere. In addition to the salary,
which is above the county average, the building is all modern, having running
water and lavatories and an oil-burning furnace. Any qualified person interested
is asked to see Mr. Drake.
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Football Homecoming Game, Neillsville High vs. Greenwood High,
will be held Thursday, October 23. There will be a parade at 1 p.m., Football
Game at 1:45 p.m., A Snake Dance and Bonfire Wednesday evening; Character Dress
on Thursday, and Dance Thursday evening.
All old-timers will want to be out and root’n for the Home
Town Team!
•••••••••
Free Wedding Dance at the Silver Dome Ballroom, Saturday, Oct.
18, in honor of Bernard Scheffer and Anna Letsch.
Music by “The Merry Men Orchestra”
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Marriage Licenses:
Alice Vandeberg, Loyal and Emil Piper, Loyal
Irma Schwanebeck, Town of Sherwood and Lawrence Winker,
Milwaukee
Kathleen Hoesly, Chicago, and Donald Degenhardt, Chicago
Leona Mews, Unity and Maynard Dallman, Unity
Mary Jane Grover, Withee and Raymond Ackerman, Greenwood
Rosalie M. Niedzwiecki, Thorp and George M. Klovas, Thorp
Doris Piggot, Granton and William Johnson, Granton
Erma V. Namber, Withee and LaVerne Brown, Greenwood
Kathryn Hazel Krueger, Colby and Herman Paul Gosse, Colby
•••••••••
When Randy Briggs sang “The Little Brown Church” with choral
accompaniment at the Methodist Church Sunday morning, he carried his listeners
back to earlier days. It was an
appropriate song for a centennial service and it recalled the fact that
Neillsville’s first sermon of 100 years ago was not even preached in a church.
The service was held in the home of James O’Neill, which served as a sort of
pioneer boardinghouse until Mr. O’Neill got around to building the community’s
first hotel.
Time was that the mention of a dance in a story about a
Methodist service of worship would have been dangerous for a writer; but the
Rev. Paul White, in his sermon Sunday morning, opened the door slightly.
One of the points of his sermon was that the church of the future will be
more than moral; that it will be a constructive force; that its people will
exemplify practical goodness. He
referred to the fact that the discipline of the Methodist Church once placed the
ban on dancing and card playing and theater going, and that some time ago this
ban was lifted, not by way of placing the stamp of approval upon dubious
enterprises but to place the emphasis of the church upon the positive rather
than the negative.
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If local people are fighting shy of Mapleworks corners, or
Windfall corners nowadays, such actions is not without reason:
Now to all the people of Windfall, it seems to be a “jinx” spot. The “Windfall”
is all in broken bones.
To enumerate: Max Opelt, a recent-comer from the Town of
Washburn, suffered a fractured arm there Friday. Eugene Trimberger suffered the
fracture of three bones in one foot, the result of football playing.
Mrs. Carl Jahnke fractured her kneecap. And Kermit Lautenbach was
accidentally struck in the head by a baseball bat, cutting a gash, which
required several stitches to close.
Now, do you wonder?
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A brush and forest fire burned over half a section in the Town
of Eaton the first of this week. The area burned was mostly on the George Flagg
place. The fire started about three miles west of Eaton Center on the 26 Road
and traveled about half a mile westward.
The fire burned two days and was fought by a considerable
crew. Backfiring stopped the further spread and held the flames away from the
Dillenbeck and Clintsman farm buildings.
With forests of the area tinder-dry because of the lack of
rainfall and the unusually warm weather of recent weeks, the conservation
department has clamped down on emergency fire regulations throughout the area.
•••••••••
At a ceremony performed at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in
Loyal, Miss Gislent Mary Legue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rene Legue, Treignes,
Belgium, became the bride of George J. Schlagenhaft, Jr., at nuptial high mass
celebrated on October 14.
The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Schlagenhaft of Loyal,
met his Belgium bride in 1944.
The couple was attended by a brother and sister of the groom,
Miss Margaret and Robert Schlagenhaft.
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Places for 40 to 50 deer hunters had been provided up to
Monday noon as a result of the publicity appearing in last week’s Press.
Art Epding states that local householders responded with alacrity, one
woman even making practically a whole house available.
Mr. Epding is making up a list at the Merchants hotel and is placing
himself in position to help hunters who cannot otherwise be cared for in this
area during the deer season.
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Granton High School climaxed its first year of football with a
victory over Spencer, 12 to 6, last weekend; but ruined Spencer’s homecoming in
turning the trick.
The Granton squad, first in the school’s history, was composed
of Eugene Trimberger, Erlin Garbisch, Walter Helm, Richard Barth, Neal Fero and
Leonard Scholtz, ends; Merle Bartsch, Robert Seltrecht and Norman Helm,
tacklers; Nicky Rosandich, Edward Todd, Wallace Sternitzky and LaVern Schier,
guards and Elmer Simoke, center.
The backfield: Arnold Schumacher and Wendell Storm,
quarterbacks: Wallace Erickson, Wayne Sternitzky, Raymond Gluch, Franklin Paun
and Donald Jahnke, halfbacks: Leland Bartsch, Robert Witte and Duane Rose,
fullbacks.
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There will be a Duck Shoot at Grandview Club, west of
Neillsville on highway 10, November 2nd, Percy Zickert, prop.
•••••••••
More than 30 men helped with the work on the basement of the
Congregational Church. Some of these are farmers, who have already done a hard
day’s work. In one instance four men had planned a social affair, but on
learning that a group was needed at the church, they prefaced their social
session with two hours of shoveling dirt.
Thus far all of the old material has been removed from the
basement, including the wooden floor, the partitions and the old furnace.
Water and sewer pipes have been laid and most of the leveling had been
done last week, preliminary to laying the new concrete floor. Work yet to be
done includes the construction of partitions, the laying of the concrete floor
and the installation of a new oil furnace.
The old heater went on an involuntary strike last weekend, with the
result that the morning service was lifted and most of the Congregationalists
went up to the centennial service at the Methodist Church.
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All shored up and hitched up behind a truck originally built
for reconnaissance work in the army, the former G. W. Trogner carpenter shop was
whisked away to a new location last week.
The building, a landmark for 76 years, was moved from Grant
Avenue, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, to a foundation already laid for it on
North Bruley Street. There the shop will form the basis for a new house being
erected by Mr. and Mrs. William Simek.
Very nearly a week was taken to get the building ready for it
three-quarters mile trip, less than no time at all to do the actual moving.
The building was erected in 1871, by Mr. Trogner, then after
his death years ago the building was used as a carpenter shop by John Moen and
Arthur Kunze and in recent years has been used for storage of building
materials.
The above photo was taken on a
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