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March 1, 2023, Page 8 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles |
Clark County News
March 3, 1938
Clark Electric Cooperative waiting for power to come
The 2,078 farmers who signed up for power with the Clark Electric Cooperative will likely have to wait a little longer than the forepart of next week for the power to start coming from Chippewa Falls, says W.J. Landry, secretary treasurer. Newspaper reports told of promises to deliver power to the Trempealeau and Taylor county cooperatives March 7 and 8, and many Clark County farmers assumed they would start getting power at the same time.
Those in charge of the diesel generating plant north of Chippewa Falls hope to have the first of three units ready to start generating next week, Mr. Landry stated, but following this comes the testing of the engine, equipment to step-up the voltage to 33,000 for transmission, the testing of the lines, transformers, etc. This will take some time as only a certain number of miles or units can be covered in a day.
Some Clark County farmers who have had their premises wired for several months, and who had been told by the state and federal REA officials that power would start coming in November, with delays in January, February and March, have been driving to Chippewa Falls to find out why there has been a delay. They found that there had been delays in getting in the diesel engines and assembling and placing the units as it is a huge undertaking. To the credit of Mr. Landry it should be said that he never made the promises about getting service months ago, which was impossible under the circumstances.
Wiring inspector approved
Another lengthy release came from Madison this week, stating that Roy R. Gibbs of Stanley had been approved as inspector for the Clark and Chippewa REA projects. When Mr. Landry was asked about this, he stated that there would likely be other inspectors also, because, with over 2,500 patrons, it would be too much for one man, who could not thoroughly inspect more than three or four wiring jobs a day, which would take one man over two years, without figuring second or third calls.
The inspector gets paid $3 for each inspection. $1 for second call and $2.50 for each call thereafter. If he makes four calls, he gets $9. The farmer pays for the first call, and electrician for second and third calls if something he did was wrong. The Clark Electric Cooperative has 2,078 customers, so one inspection alone would run up to $6,234. Mr. Gibbs will work cooperatively with Wm. Dallman, project superintendent, who has offices at Greenwood.
Amund Sougstad of Milwaukee called at County Agent Landry’s office Monday. He will be inspecting wiring jobs on the local project until all jobs on the local project are approved Mr. Landry states.
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Above is shown the building of the Neillsville Milk Pool Cooperative, including the new $33,000 addition completed the past year. The new addition is on the right and matched the first unit of the building, erected some years ago. New machinery was also added during the year, and the office enlarged and modernized. During 1937 the plant manufactured 804,000 pounds of butter and used 15,115,750 pounds of skim milk for making casein. There has also been a good demand for sweet cream at certain times of the year. Frank A. Viergutz is the general manager of the plant, Hubert B, Quicker is the office manager and Lyle Cook is in charge of the casein manufacturing department. (Press photo March 3, 1938)
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February 26, 1948
Freezing troubles
Considerable trouble has been experienced by the city water utility as a result of the recent long period of extreme cold weather. Frost has gone down five feet and more in some spots with the result that there has been freezing of water facilities in several locations.
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Neillsville senior wins FFA speaking event
“Five inches from death” wins district contest for Duane Timerson
Duane Timerson, Neillsville High School senior, won first place in the district Future Farmers speaking contest held Tuesday in Greenwood.
Four schools competed: Neillsville, Alma Center, Loyal and Black River Falls.
A Loyal high school representative won second place, while third place was won by a Black River Falls entrant.
In the FFA contest each contestant writes his own oration on an agricultural subject of his own choosing. Duane’s talk was titled, “Five Inches from Death,” and dealt with soil conservation.
Duane is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Timer son of the town of Weston. He will represent this district in the sectional contest, which will be held sometime next month. The date and place of this event has not been scheduled.
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Eggs are not always what they seem
Several months ago one of the hens here at Fair Acres laid an egg which was larger than any which has been reported in our local farm papers.
But times have changed, and recently one old biddy turned out a full-sized egg which was a fine example of atomic (?) energy.
It was an egg full of ozone, surrounded by the shell. Not a drop of white or yolk did it contain.
We have had sit-down and hunger strikes, as well as slowdowns in other industries, and we conclude that this hen wanted to be in style.
Rather futile, we think.
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Clumpner resigns, will build milk depot here
Construction is expected to be started shortly on a 20 x 24 building by Alva A. Clumpner, which will be used as a milk processing plant and milk depot.
Permit to build the building on West Sixth Street, between Grand Avenue and Clay Street, was granted Tuesday night by the city council.
Mr. Clumpner, who has served as game warden of the county for the past 12 years, has resigned this position effective March 1, and has purchased the Sanitary Dairy from Albert Mashin. He will operate this business in the new downtown location as soon as he can be accommodated there.
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203 beaver taken
A total of 203 beaver blankets were tagged by Game Warden Alva A. Clumpner in three days of tagging last weekend following the close of the abbreviated season. Mr. Clumpner had estimated at the start of the season that 200 would be taken in Clark County.
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15 new members boost Moose roster over 100
Fifteen new members were taken into the Neillsville Lodge No. 1602, Loyal Order of Moose, at their meeting last Thursday. The new members brought the membership of the local organization well above 100.
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Greenwood woman is chosen as first county homemaker
Clark County’s first homemaker under a county-state-federal program of the Department of Social Services is Mrs. Clarence (Lucille) Markee, a resident of Rt. 3, Greenwood.
Mrs. Markee started in her new job Monday. She was selected late last week from among the top three in a registry containing the names of eight applicants rated by the civil service board.
In her new position, Mrs. Markee will work with a number of families in Clark County through the Department of Social Services. Her job will be to assist in teaching care of the home, planning balanced meals, child care, and assisting in raising the level of family life within these homes.
Double saving
The theory of the position, according to Robert Benson, director of the Clark County Department of Social Services, is that the county homemaker will be able to provide help which will assist in eliminating some of the causes behind welfare homes. In this way, success will be measured in savings to taxpayers through smaller requirements for assistance by these families, and in some cases, in elimination entirely from the need for public assistance.
“We had several very fine applicants,” Mr. Benson commented to The Clark County Press. “We hope that we have selected one of the best available for this type of position.” Mrs. Markee is a mature woman and a farm wife. She is the mother of two grown daughters, has maintained a farm home for nearly 25 years, and for seven years cared for a visually handicapped child. For the last seven years she has been employed at Stewart’s Redville Dairy.
Clark County’s first county homemaker is Mrs. Clarence (Lucille) Markee of Rt. 3, Greenwood. She is shown above with Robert Benson, director of the Clark County Department of Social Service, as she assumed her new duties. (Press photo Feb. 22, 1968)
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Shouts unheard, injured man crawls home on his knees
When his cries for help went unheard after he had tumbled approximately 25 feet to the ground from the old Northside School building Sunday, Edward Strangfeld of Neillsville crawled to his home nearby on his knees to get help.
At Memorial Hospital, where he was taken, he was found to have suffered a fracture of one leg and a crushed heel bone on the other.
Strangfeld, who had been helping to raze the old school building when he was not occupied with his regular job at the Nelson Muffler corporation plant here, had been working on the second story of the building. He said he lost his balance and fell to the ground, landing on his feet.
Unable to walk, he called for help; but apparently his shouts were not heard. So he painfully dragged himself on hands and knees to his nearby home on Prospect Street.
In Memorial Hospital, Strangfeld is sharing a room with a cousin, Donald Strangfeld, who suffered a foot injury in an accident at the muffler plant last week.
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Long arm of the law has aid of old Mother Nature
Mother Nature has come to the rescue of a Wausau man in form of heavy and drifting snow.
Neillsville city police reported that a vehicle was reported to be stuck in the 400 block of State Street around 5:00 p.m., on Monday, causing the street to be blocked.
Several city youth moved the auto by pushing it off the roadway freeing the street for traffic.
After no one claimed the vehicle, information on the car was checked with the Clark County traffic department and the vehicle was found to be on the list of stolen autos.
The 1968 auto belonged to a Wausau man who had reported the car stolen several days ago.
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Proud of their winning season record are members of the St. John’s Lutheran school boys’ basketball team. They include (seated l to r) David Murphy, Robert Watson, Steve Marg, Tim Potter, Larry Anason, Mike Christie, and William Aumann; (standing l to r) Coach Victor Lehman, Randy Roehl, James Watson, Don Lawrence, Danny Marg, Tom Meier and Roger Roehl. (Press photo Feb. 2, 1975)
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