February 22, 2023, Page 8

 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"

 

Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles

Clark County News

February 24, 1938

 

Vote down moving office

 

A proposal to move the county agent’s office to Greenwood came up at the special meeting of the county board here Monday but lost by a large majority.

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 Visit Chippewa plant President Vern Howard, Granton; Sec’y./Treas. W. J. Landry and Martin Klarich, Hendren, and L.T. Klein, Owen, directors of the Clark Electric Cooperative, attended the Wisconsin Power Cooperative at Chippewa Falls Friday.

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Graduate at La Crosse Among the 84 graduates of the Wisconsin Business University at La Crosse are Robert Grassman of Granton, who won a bronze medal, Marseilles Keiner and Phillip C. Lamoric of Greenwood, and others from Clark County.

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Sledge hammer bandits A number of sledge hammer bandits have been busy breaking into places at Marshfield and Pittsville.

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Basketball Tourney at Abbotsford soon The district Class C high school basketball tournament at Abbotsford will be held March 2, 3, 4, and 5.

 

An elimination tourney was held Tuesday evening, Feb. 22, between Granton and Withee and Dorchester vs Unity to determine the seventh and eighth teams to enter.

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February 19, 1948

 

Bennie Stucki “rides” the big jump; finds that he “shudda stood in bed”

 

Bennie Stucki “shudda stood in bed”–or, at least, put on wings.

 

But instead, he packed himself off the big 65-foot Washington hill ski jump at Eau Claire last week.

 

He came down in a nasty spill and was momentarily unconscious. A couple days later he learned that the throbbing in his right arm was caused by a cracked bone.

 

The feat took considerable daring, particularly for a young fellow whose biggest jump before was about 25 feet. Usually skiing, like anything else, one starts at the bottom and works up to the big stuff gradually.

 

Bennie, however, missed a few rungs on the way up.

 

Dick Van Gorden and Calvin Swenson, who were with Bennie, were surprised when he brought out his heavy slalom skis, they said. And they were more surprised when they saw him actually riding the big jump.

 

The only regret Bennie has, though, is that the accident has halted his ski jumping career for the rest of the year. He’ll have to be careful of that arm for three or four weeks. By then (we hope) the snow will be too far gone.

 

Bennie is the son of Rev. and Mrs. Ben Stucki of Neillsville.

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Here is the engineer’s design of the building which will house equipment for the proposed new water treatment plant for the City of Neillsville. It was submitted to the city council, along with detailed plans, February 10 by Philip Davy of the Davy Engineering Co. of La Crosse. The plans, according to the engineer, call for a complete modern filtration plant capable of producing an adequate supply of good-tasting, good looking and odorless water. Mr. Davy estimated the cost of the plant, at present prevailing prices, at about $153,000. The engineering fees for designing the plant amount to approximately $3,300. The building would be situated between the present water plant and the new national guard garage. (Press photo February 19, 1948)

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Advertisement in the Pess, February 19, 1948

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Friday the 13th unlucky for little Bobby Krultz

 

Most people hereabouts got by Friday the 13th without major mishap; but not so with little Bobby Krultz, year-old son of County Clerk and Mrs. Mike Krultz, Jr.

 

He suffered severe burns on his right leg. His parents and physician are hoping that they may be able to avoid infection and a skin-grafting operation.

 

The accident happened in the Krultz home about 5:30 p.m. Friday. Bobby was in his high chair in the kitchen when the phone rang. Mrs. Krultz carefully moved the high chair away from the table to prevent Bobby from pulling anything off. Then she went to answer the phone.

 

But Bobby discovered that he was within reach of a pot of coffee, just brewed, on the stove. He pulled at that, and off it came, scalding his leg with the contents.

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February 15, 1968

 

Colby historical marker approved

 

The birthplace of Colby cheese at Colby will be marked by a historical marker approved last week by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It was one of five markers approved in the state.

 

Colby cheese, now manufactured throughout the world, was first made in a cheese factory located a mile south and one mile west of Colby. Its maker was Joseph F. Steinwand, son of a pioneer cheesemaker, who developed the porous, soft and moist cheese in 1885.

 

The original factory in which Colby cheese was developed was in use until about two years ago. At that time Lawrence Hoernke, present owner of the Colby Cheese Factory, removed the last of the ancient wooden structure to complete construction of a modern block and concrete cheese plant.

 

The first historical marker installed in Clark County, was placed on the Neillsville Public Library lawn last summer. It marks Neillsville as the birthplace of Brig. Gen. Clarence L. Sturdevant, an army engineer, who was in charge of construction of the Alcan highway during World War II.

 

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Youth exchange

 

The United Church of Christ participated in a youth exchange last weekend. Twenty-five young people from Milwaukee spent the weekend at homes of the church members. The group spent a day at Bruce Mound, and attended a dance at the Neillsville Youth Center.

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Titlists of the Eastern Cloverbelt aging their second defeat of the whole season are pictured above. They won a share of the title by the Neillsville High School basketball Warriors, Central High’s Greyhounds, 57-54, here last Friday night. From left to right in the picture are Dave Roberts, guard; Wayne Schlegelmilch, forward; Charles Schlegelmilch, center; Coach Kenneth VanDam; Bruce LaZotte, forward; Steve Siebert, forward; and Ken Karl, forward. (Press photo, February 15, 1968)

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February 20, 1975

 

Cold gnaws at Willard; it’s 23 below

 

Yes, it was cold the past week. Last Sunday it was 23 degrees below zero and kept just some degrees below zero all day. On Monday it was eight below zero. On Tuesday it was eight degrees above zero. There was a slight warming trend on Wednesday, but on Thursday the temperature dropped to 16 below zero in the morning, with only nine degrees above zero in the daytime. Friday, the weather moderated to 10 degrees above zero.

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Girls back on track with win

 

Recovering from their lone defeat a week ago, Neillsville High School’s girls’ basketball Warriors Monday night turned in a 48-34 victory over Thorp in a Cloverbelt conference game.

 

Judy Sischo led the scoring with 16 points, while Cindy Kunze and Loriann Dux scored 10 apiece.

 

The junior varsity defeated Thorp’s juniors in a preliminary, 30-17, with Jan Moennig leading the scorers with 12 points.

 

Next Monday night the girls will meet Marshfield on the local court.

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Two injured in snowmobile accidents

 

Two snowmobile operators were reported injured in separate accidents last week in Clark County.

 

Edward J. Prusa, Rt. 1, Merrillan, sustained internal injuries February 11 when his vehicle left a slippery trail southwest of Neillsville and struck a tree. Prusa was hospitalized.

 

On February 12, a snowmobile operated by Al M. Ciolkosz, Marshfield, began to tip while rounding a turn on a trail near Willard. Ciolkosz sustained a leg laceration when he attempted to balance the machine, started to fall off, and his leg struck a tree.

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Sleepy eyes? It’s back to daylight time

 

If people in Clark County and across the nation look a little sleepy-eyed Sunday, there’s a reason:

 

Daylight saving time returns at 2 a.m. Sunday, February 23, and that means clocks will go ahead one hour.

 

Daylight saving time will be in effect for the ensuing eight months– unless congress again intervenes. The more regular standard pattern of six months’ standard, and six months’ daylight time then will be resumed in October.

 

Congress put the nation on 10 straight months of daylight time last year in an energy move, and the nation switched to standard time for the four winter months last October 24.

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Reigning as Valentine King and Queen at Memorial Home last Friday were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anding. They were crowned as the start of a Valentine’s day party attended by about 50 Memorial Home residents. (Press photo Feb. 20, 1975)    

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