Clark County News

July 14 , 1927

New express truck

Louie Hantke, who bought out Ed Gehrt’s express line, has bought a handsome little truck with which to handle the express, and it is a great improvement over the old horse and wagon system. The truck is arranged very conveniently and is a great credit to the city, besides being fitted to give much better service than has ever been given before to patrons of the Express Company.

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Health Center Tuesday

The next Health Center for mothers and children will be held at the court house Tuesday, July 19.

Dr. Cora S. Allen who has charge of the child welfare bureau states that all cases will be taken care of that are registered between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or for which reservations have been made by phone.

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Band stand may be built

At a meeting of the band Monday night, the proposal to build a band stand on the old O’Neill house lot was taken up and it was decided to make an effort to build such a permanent stand. A band stand is much needed for the weekly band concerts and members of the band have decided to take the project in hand and push it to a speedy completion.

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Tourists hurt in auto crash

Last Wednesday afternoon a party consisting of a man and wife and little daughter from North Dakota, and a man and wife and daughter from Minnesota, traveling eastward in a large Buick auto, met with an accident on the Ridge Road near the Richard Selves home, the car turning turtle, wrecking it quite badly. The man and women from Minnesota had ribs fractured and the other couple were cut by glass, but the children escaped with only minor cuts and bruises. One of the women was driving, having just taken her husband’s place at the wheel, when the car struck some ruts in the road which had been recently filled with shale, and she lost control of the car. She and her husband had toured all over the United States and she had driven thousands of miles, and this was her first accident, and fortunately this did not result in any serious injuries.

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July 16, 1942

Greenwood plans Heroes Day event

Lead off with concert and program tonight; boost sales of stamps

American Heroes’ Day will be observed here tonight and Friday with a program tonight and a concerted drive to boost the sale of war savings stamps. The observance is being sponsored by the local post of the American Legion, the Greenwood Rotary Club and the local war savings committee.

The park will be decorated for tonight’s program, which will feature a band concert, an address by Dr. William A. Olson, and a war stamp sales booth. In the event of rain the program will be held in the high school auditorium.

Friday the stores of the city will be decorated, and each merchant will make a drive to sell war savings stamps by asking customers to take part of their change in war stamps. The committee in charge of the event is composed of H.R. Bergemann of the Rotary Club, John Meng of the Legion post, and H. W. Stafford of the stamp sales committee.

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Organize for air raid here

Aldermen asked to appoint warden for each block of their wards

Organization of the civilian population for air raids and blackouts was being undertaken in Neillsville this week as test alarms were being planned by the state civilian defense council.

The test alarms, according to information received by the local committee, may come at any time–day or night–and will set into motion the complete organization. Notification of the alarms will come by telephone from Milwaukee to key points, which, in turn will spread the alarm by telephone to other nearby communities until the entire state has been warned.

In preparation for these alarms–and possible real air raid warnings–aldermen of the city were asked by the local committee Tuesday night to appoint an air raid warden for each block in their wards. The principal job of the warden, Mayor H.J. Naedler explained, will be to act during a blackout to determine that all lights are turned off and kept off during the time for the alarm.

An alarm will send specialized groups, such as firemen, police, physicians, electrical utility men, etc., to predetermined posts in order that they might be ready for action, should there be any need for it.

The committee now is studying signals available in the city for use as a raid alarm and all clear signals. This, as well as several other details of the organization, is expected to be determined at a meeting to be held later this week.

Members of the local civilian defense committee are Sheriff Herman J. Olson, Mr. Naedler, Legion Commander Harry Roehrborn, Fire Chief William Dahnert, Traffic Officers Harry Frantz and Ed Zschernitz, representing the highway department.

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Leaves Loyal Saturday

Clark County’s July selective service contingent is scheduled to leave from the local board headquarters in Loyal about 6 a.m. Saturday. Men making up the contingent have been ordered to report at 5:30. They will go to Milwaukee to undergo army physical examinations, and those accepted will be inducted into army service before being granted a furlough to return to their homes and close their private affairs. The July call is for 102 men.

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July 10, 1952

Farewell to Fr. Pritzl by people of St. Mary’s

Monday evening, July 7, was the occasion of a farewell party given by the members of St. Mary’s Catholic congregation in honor of their departing pastor, Father John J. Pritzl.

Guests present were pastors of neighboring parishes, F.X. Pritzl, father of Fr. Pritzl, and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Pritzl, his brother and sister-in-law, of Marshfield.

A portion of the evening was spent playing cards, following which the visiting clergymen spoke. The following were introduced by E.P. Skroch, who acted as toastmaster: Rev. Norbert King of Loyal, Rev. Augustine Svete of Willard and Rev. Peter Ziv of Neillsville. All spoke warmly of their esteem for Father Pritzl and wished him well in his new assignment. He was then presented with a purse as a farewell gift from the members of the parish.

After a brief message of thanks and appreciation, Father Pritzl gave his blessing to those present.

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Visitor here helps make hay and loses a finger

Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Reimer and son, Johnny, left Monday for their home in Michigan after visiting for several days at the George Kuehn home. While here Mr. Reimer was assisting in the haying at the Kuehn farm and was caught in a pulley, crushing the first finger on his left hand and cutting several gashes on his hand. He was taken to the local hospital, where the remainder of his finger was amputated. He was dismissed on Monday.

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Tavern hours changed

The council enacted an ordinance Tuesday evening which set the hour of 1 a.m. for closing taverns. This is the hour fixed by the state law. The local legislation has prescribed a closing hour of 11 p.m., but this hour has not been enforced locally, the taverns being tacitly permitted to follow the state law.

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Cub Scouts lower the flag at Higichari. Left to right: John Hubing, Johnny Ziegler, Dennis Gault, Billy Holt, Terry Ormond, Billy Simek, Dennis Gall, John Moen, Billy Perrine, Dennis Brown, Brian Schmidt (behind Dennis), Basil O’Reilly; taking down the flag, Jerry Overman and Jerry Meisner; Tommy Cummings. Those not visible in the picture were Michael Prock, Jerry Ziegler, Jimmy Wasserburger and Alan Cummings. Behind the post and to the right, not shown in this view, were also Jackie Tibbett, Milton Prock, Jim Haas, Larry Smith and Diane Seif. (Press photo July 10, 1952)

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July 13, 1972

Man wife team join staff in news and advertising

Gary and Jane Slaats have joined the staff of The Clark County Press.

(Press photo July 13, 1972

Gary and Jane Slaats have joined the staff of The Clark County Press as advertising and news representatives.

Mrs. Slaats is the former Jane Harvey, a native of Neillsville and a graduate of Neillsville High School. She has a newspaper background stemming from her earliest days. Mr. Slaats is a native of Cuba City, a former member of the Peace Corps, and a former communications student at La Crosse State University.

For the last two years the Slaats have been residing in Knoxville, Tenn., where Mr. Slaats was in charge of communications for CORA, an organization designed to assist with development of Appalachia and supported by about 20 churches. In that capacity, he was in charge of publications, and did magazine articles and promotional pieces designed to further work among the mountain poor. Mr. Slaat’s activities will be a combination of news, advertising and commercial printing sales. Mrs. Slaats will work with advertising and commercial printing.

Their addition to the staff will in no way affect any of the other employees.

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Private services held for longtime Withee resident

Private funeral services were conducted for Mrs. May F. Bartholomay, longtime resident of Withee, on Thursday, June 29, at 2 p.m. from the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home at Owen. The Rev. Ralph Claybaugh, Nekoosa, officiated.

Mrs. Bartholomay, the former May Frances Barber, was born August 17, 1891, at Boyd to the late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Barber, early pioneer school teachers in Withee and Owen and other sections of north central Wisconsin. Her ancestry dates back to the time of the Revolutionary War on the Barber side, and to the time of the Civil War on her mother’s side, the McCarty’s.

Mrs. Bartholomay was a Withee resident since the age of three, when she moved to the area with her parents.

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Mrs. Bessie Spangler (right) won first place in the Clark County Dairy Recipe Contest held last week in Greenwood. Second place was won by Mrs. Charles Diers of Neillsville. Mrs. Diers also is adult leader of the Happy Hustlers 4H Club, which was active in dairy promotion during June Dairy Month. Mrs. Spangler will represent Clark County in the district bakeoff in Eau Claire. (Press photo July 13, 1972)

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Jack Ebbe proudly displays fish he and his grandson, Steven, caught at the mouth of Wedges Creek on Black River recently. They included two northern and a walleyed pike. (Press photo July 13, 1972)

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