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Clark County Press, Neillsville, Wisconsin
May 22, 2013 Page 20
Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Index
of "Oldies" Articles
Compiled by Dee Zimmerman
Clark County News
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May 1908
Two hundred men are at present
employed at the Hatfield power plant and this force will be doubled within the
next week or ten days. Three excavating machines on the canal are now in service
and the work is being pushed rapidly. Power will likely be received in the city
late in July or early August.
Some idea of the immense volume of
water now going over the dam can be gained from the following: The spillway of
the dam is 494 feet long and over this 14 inches of water are flowing all the
time, giving about 18,000 horsepower.
We all had to sleep with one eye
open the other day, as a rap on the door could be heard at any time. It is May
basket time, you
know.
J. E. and O. E. Counsell landed a
carload of Holstein heifers and cows in Neillsville Tuesday, having purchased
them near Waupun. Among them are several head of full bloods and the rest are
high grades. The cattle stood the trip well and have the appearance of being a
fine quality of the famous breed of dairy cows.
The purchasers bought more than they
care to keep for their own use and expect to sell a few head. Anyone wishing to
get a start in Holsteins should call and see
them.
Rev. James Bain of Portage organized
a Sunday school at the Prince of Peace Church in Pine Valley (Corner of W
Sand Rd and Sydney Ave) last Sunday. He expects to visit this locality
again in the near future and look over the prospects of organizing Sunday
schools at Hewettville and Columbia.
Mr. Kreiling who represents the
Chippewa Beet Sugar Company has been out with Oscar Weinberger for the past few
days securing acreage for beets. They are having good success.
Howard & Seif are preparing to give
a sort of Farmers Reception at their new machine warehouse on Saturday, May
23. On that day the warehouse will be formally opened up to the public, all
their machinery and other lines of merchandise will be on exhibition. A five
percent discount will be made on all cash sales that day, and a free lunch will
be served at noon.
A surprise party was given Mrs. Max
Opelt Friday evening in honor of her birthday. The home, being rather small and
inconvenient, the crowd went to the Lynn Bowery hall, where dancing was the
chief amusement.
Max Opelt will give his opening
public dance at the Lynn bowery next Saturday evening, May 9.
(The first two
cars in Lynn were a Ford, owned by Bob Washburn and an International by
Max Opelt. DZ)
The Lynn
Bowery was built circa 1900, a center used for community events. The Town of
Lynn, on US Hwy. 10, was founded by George Ure and Gottlieb Sternitzky in 1856,
being one of the first settlements in Clark County. Early 1900s maps of the
village of Lynn indicate there was a warehouse, feed mill, railroad depot,
blacksmith shop, grocery store, feed mill, stave mill; as well as a combinations
saloon, hotel and livery stable, general store, postoffice, machinery shop,
hardware, drug store, meat market, shoe shop, repair shop and milliner. Also
there was a doctors office, garage and town hall, hall still on its site, built
in 1880. The Lynn Cheese Factory was started in 1898 and is still in operation,
being one of the biggest cheese producers in the state.
Highest Prices Paid for Farm
Products: Eggs, 14’ for dozen. Good Potatoes 55’, Bu; White Navy Beans $2.50, At
Farmers Cash Store.
It is the middle of May and the
farmers in the Town of York are finished with seeding and now starting to
prepare the ground for planting corn.
Lester and Lyle Carter and Geo.
Glass walked to Hatfield Sunday and from there to Merrillan, returning on the
midnight
train.
Geo. Gardner has sold his farm in
the Town of York to Mr. and Mrs. I. Fulwiler. Consideration was $2,800, which
includes nearly all the personal property. Mr. Gardner has purchased 80 acres
of land two miles west of Loyal, but will move into the village
presently.
Jule Neverman has opened up his tea
and coffee business next door to Balchs millinery and is getting in and
arranging his stock. He will sell a nice line of these goods with which
crockery premiums are given. He will also put in a nice fresh stock of candies,
tobacco and cigars. The business will be known as the Neillsville Tea and Coffee
Company.
Jule will continue to run his rig
taking and delivering orders for tea, coffee, extracts and spices.
Last Sunday a class of 315 children,
were confirmed in St. Johns Catholic Church in Marshfield, the largest in the
history of the church. This speaks well for Father Folz, who has been the
pastor there for the past year.
For Sale - 640 acres unimproved
farmland in Rusk County, Wis., 130 miles east of St. Paul, covered with maple,
birch and hemlock cordwood timber, 2 miles from town, railroad, school and
churches. Price $12 per acre, part cash, and 3 to 5 years on balance, good
market for all timber. Inquire at this newspaper office.
Sheriff Jaseph picked up a man at
the stockyards Tuesday, who seems to be in bad condition. He cannot give his
own name or answer any questions. He appears to be nearly starved to death.
R. E. Lawrence of York Center went
to Loyal Monday with hogs, which he had sold to Bertz and Garvin.
May 1943
Clark
County owns various lots in cities and villages all over the county, lots that
came to it through non-payment of taxes. Many of these los are desirable for
gardens, and there has been considerable inquiry for them.
The
decision of the county is not to rent these lots, but rather to sell them, and
the list for Neillsville and Granton will be published in The Clark County
Press. In many instances the county has no great investment and opportunity is
open to would-be-gardeners to secure land at a favorable price.
Victory
gardens are many in Neillsville, according to the report of F. A. Prange to the
Kiwanis Club Monday evening. Mr. Prange, who is chairman of the garden
committee, said that gardens are being plowed this spring, which have not been
in use for ten or twelve years.
One
plowman told Mr. Prange that he had already plowed 48 gardens and has 57 yet to
plow. Another man had plowed 28 and has 46 more ahead of him.
At the
Kiwanis Club Mr. Marquart, the county agent, talked about the 4-H in wartime.
John Perkins told about the drive for farm labor. Ivan Lauscher of the high
school staff gave a demonstration of the teaching of radio code, with Dick Lowe,
Bob Peters and Walter Scott
assisting.
Miss Jeanette Miller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, Pine Valley, became the bride of Sgt. Frank Zank of
Scott Field, Saturday morning May 1st. The wedding took place at ten a.m. in
the third area chapel, Scott Field, Ill., Chaplain Bradley performing the
ceremony.
The bride was attired in a white
brocaded taffeta, princess style gown with sweetheart neckline and orange
blossoms on the shoulders. She wore a finger-tip veil, which fell from a coronet
of seed pearls and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Her only jewelry was a
strand of pearls.
The bridesmaid, a friend of the
bride, was attired in a pink chiffon gown and carried orchid sweet peas to match
the headdress of orchid sweet peas.
The groom was attended by Pfc.
Robert Selbach, Scott Field, Ill.
A wedding dinner was served at the
Bismark Cafι, Belleville, Ill., with supper in the evening at the home of Miss
Alma Schwarz. Both the bride and groom are graduates of the Neillsville High
School. Sgt. Zank is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Zank of Pine Valley. Sgt.
Zank is attached to a technical school squadron at Scott Field. He will
complete the course in July as a radio mechanic.
Mrs. Zank will reside a One south
Virginia Avenue, Belleville, Ill.
Specials for your home and garden,
Friday & Saturday at Schultz Brothers Company in Neillsville; Garden seeds, pkg.
3’, Bulk seeds: Peas, Corn, Beans, for only 29’ per lb.; Shrubs & Bushes, 49’
each.
The class of 1944 extends a cordial
invitation to the alumni of the Neillsville High School and to Neillsville
Professional Men and Women to attend their Annual Promenade, Friday Evening May
21. Admission $1.10 per couple, spectators 30’ per
person
Silver Dome Dances - Saturday, May
15, Wedding Dance in honor of Anna Fay Barr and Ervin Heck; music by the Art
Karich Orchestra, Adm 30’. Tuesday, May 18 - Wedding Dance in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Gard. Music by Emil & His Orchestra, Adm 30’
One of the large H. A. Schoolcraft
milk trucks, loaded with empty cans, got on the soft shoulder after the heavy
rain last Sunday afternoon and toppled over into the ditch about a mile west of
the Fireplace Supper Club. In its course over the embankment, the truck struck
and broke off a high tension pole. The driver, Harold Peter Gjerseth and the two
other occupants were not seriously injured. With the aid of three trucks and an
REA cable-winch, the vehicle, only slightly damaged, was righted, brought back
to the roadbed and on its way to Black River Falls within two and one-half hours
after the accident
occurred.
Annual St. Johns Lutheran School
Picnic & Dinner May 23; Adults 50’ - Children 25’
The Neillsville high School band and
musical department won 13 firsts at the district contest in Eau Claire last
Saturday, with three seconds plus 13 seconds. This was the twelfth time that
the Neillsville band has won first division rating.
The contests at Eau Claire were
impressive in extent, with 28 bands competing and with hundreds of competitors
in the solo and ensemble events. About 100 students attended from Neillsville,
being transported in 18 vehicles furnished by interested local people.
The band events took place in the
auditorium of the Eau Claire High School, while the other events took place at
the Elks club, the high school library, the Lutheran Church, St. Johns parish
house, the park, Christ Church parish house and various rooms in the high
school.
Richard Becker, director of the
Neillsville High School bands, has rounded out fourteen years of remarkable
accomplishments. He has made the band not only a credit to the high school, but
an institution of the community and the occasion of pride to all citizens of
public spirit.
There will be 458 children of Clark
County who will be receiving certificates this week upon completion of the
eighth grade in schools under the county
superintendent.
Attention Bean Growers! Plant green
beans about May 20th and wax beans about May 25th! Get your seed from one of
the following dealers: H. H. Van Gorden, Neillsville; W. J. Spry & Co. Chili or
Granton; Mrs. Mike Krultz, Jr. of Willard; or Marshfield Canning Co.,
Marshfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schlinsog and
their sons have moved to the Cloverleaf Cheese Factory in the Town of Eaton,
which Mr. Schlinsog will operate. Their son, Theodore, a senior in Neillsville
High School will complete the years work here. Mr. Schlinsog had been with the
Neillsville Milk Products Company for several years, working in the capacity of
butter and cheesemaker. The family occupied the apartment over the east portion
of the factory.
John H. Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Roberts of 200 S. Grand Ave., Neillsville, has entered the pre-flight
school of the army air forces, located at Seiman Field, Monroe, La. He will
take a course in navigation. He attended Mac Alester College at St. Paul, and
before joining the armed forces was employed by F. E. Wall.
James E. Hauge, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Hauge of Neillsville has been promoted to the rank of corporal. He recently
was transferred to 391 S. C. A. Bn. (AA) Ft. Fischer, N.
C.
Pfc. Donald Frei and wife of
Patterson, N. J., are spending his ten-day furlough with their respective
parents here and at Black River Falls. Mrs. Frei was Miss Marcia Janke of
Neillsville before her marriage.
Seaman 2-c Kenneth Weyhmiller, son
of County Highway commissioner Otto Weyhmiller, is expected home from San Pedro,
Calif. the fore part of June. He sends advance notice that he reserves a given
portion of his leave to fishing, naming Walt Schultz as his escort on the
expedition.
The Victory Grove is in actual
existence. Trees to the number of 100 have been planted along the bank of the
Black River above the water works. They were large and healthy specimens,
ranging from eight to ten feet in height.
The grove is located just above the
water works, along Black River and will occupy a space of about 60 feet wide and
about 550 feet long.
Thus an important start has been
made in developing the water works park. In years to come this promises to be a
popular place for picnics, since the park will lie along a beautiful stretch of
water.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Roberts
entertained at a pre-prom dinner at the Fireplace in honor of their daughter,
Miss Willmette, and her escort, Glen Roberts, and their friends, Miss Evelyn
Markwardt and Heron Van Gorden.
Mrs. Earl Zille, her pupils, the
patrons and others of the Kurth district held a picnic in Schuster Park Friday.
Mrs. Zille will teach in the Reed School District the coming year, her sister,
Miss Ruby Selves, having accepted the teaching position in the Kurth School. The
same day, Miss Rebecca Haines and her pupils of the Reed School also enjoyed a
picnic in another section of the
park.
The Reinhart Quicker family, of Lynn
Township, has moved into the flat over the Neillsville Milk Products plant,
where he is employed as a helper in the cheese
department.
Eighth grade graduation exercises
were held in the Greenwood High School gymnasium Friday, May 21, at 10 a.m. for
Eaton Center graduates and surrounding township schools. About 50 graduates from
rural schools attended freshman classes at Greenwood High School. A musical
program was given and after the program they attended a baseball game played
between Loyal High School and Greenwood High School. The two teams were at a
tie for three innings. It got so late, they quit playing, called it a tie and
all went home.
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