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Aug 7, 2024, Page 9 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles |
Clark County News
August 10, 1944
Raise family of five in mailbox apartment
A pair of wrens solved the housing shortage this year by bulldogged determination, in spite of the fact that they were twice forcibly evicted.
It happened out in the town of Levis, at the Fred Sears farm. The wrens built their nest in the Sears mailbox about five weeks ago. In spite of the fact that the nest was removed twice, the wrens failed to take the hint and went on in their mailbox apartment.
In fact, they lived so comfortably there that there now are five little ones.
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Dr. Urban commends the Clark County hospital
High commendation was given the conduct of the Clark County hospital last week by Dr. W. J. Urban, director of the Owen division of mental hygiene of the state department of welfare. Speaking to the county board at Owen, he told how the welfare department has set up standards of service to the inmates of such institutions and stated that the hospital of Clark County is in the van of such institutions in observing or improving on those standards.
Among the standards mentioned by Dr. Urban is the requirement that the physician in charge visit the institution not less than three times per week. At Owen it is the custom of Dr. H. H. Christofferson to make a visit every day.
Dr. Urban also spoke of the general tendency to overemphasize the farm usually connected with each such institution. He said that the purpose of the institution is to care for the patient, and the emphasis ought to go on the patient’s welfare rather than on farming. This emphasis is properly given at Owen, he said, notwithstanding the not inconsiderable farming operation which is also carried on under the direction of the superintendent, Myron Duncan.
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4-H building at fair will be repaired now
The 4-H Club building at the fairgrounds will be repaired and made safe for occupancy. For this purpose, the county board appropriated $600 at the recent meeting, held at the county hospital at Owen.
The necessity of this grew out of a serious shifting of the buildings upon its foundation, particularly at the south end. The frame construction has actually parted company with the concrete foundation and has taken a trip westward. The building also leans to the west. This shifting is sufficiently serious to make the building of doubtful safety, particularly when the upper floor is weighed by 100 or more 4-H girls and their belongings.
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July 29, 1954
Double trouble from worms for Lukasiewicz
Withee chairman loses his chore boy, who ran to a spraying plane
Peter Lukasiewicz, chairman of the town of Withee, has had more than his share of trouble from army worms. He has been in the thick of the fight against them. In addition, returning home from the battle on a recent evening, he learned that a “teenage” son useful for chores and much other farm work, was not among the present; he was in the hospital with a broken leg.
What had happened was that a plane, engaged in spraying against the army worm, had alighted in a field close to the Lukasiewicz barn. The son, hearing the motor and naturally excited, ran out of the barn and toward the plane. In his way was a four-legged creature which impeded his progress. He gave this creature a kick and stumbled and fell. In the fall he broke his leg in two places.
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Beekeepers to hold picnic at Owen Park
The beekeepers of Clark and Taylor counties will hold their annual picnic at the Owen city park on Sunday, August 1. There will be the usual potluck lunch. Ice cream, lemonade and coffee will be furnished. There will be games and prizes.
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Just after she was announced as the new Fairest of the Fair, Sarah Craig of Willard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Craig, was surrounded by fellow contestants. The pageant, held Sunday evening, had nearly 20 contestants. (Press photo July 8, 1954)
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A tense moment in “The Little Dog Laughs”
This is a scene in the hospital benefit which will be staged at the Armory Saturday and Sunday evenings. The gentlemen with the paint on their faces are Al Covell on the left and William Yenni at the right. Mr. Yenni holds the paintbrush and yearns to plaster more paint on Mr. Covell. Holding Covell back are Edris Haack, left, and Ruth Ebert, right. Holding Mr. Yenni back are Gerald Walter and Margaret Robinson. Please don’t worry about the paint on the faces of the two. They will live through it. The paint is really shaving lather. (Press photo July 29, 1954)
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August 8, 1974
Ladies softball tournament begins Friday
The Neillsville women’s softball league will sponsor a ladies’ slow pitch tournament Friday through Sunday, August 9, 10 and 11, at the fairgrounds diamond. Food and refreshments will be available on the grounds.
Tournament play will begin Friday at 7 p.m. with a game between the Penguin team of Neillsville and John and Katie’s of Willard. At 8 p.m., Humper’s House, Neillsville, will face Tieman and Landini’s, Greenwood. Barr II, Willard, and Gross Chevrolet, Neillsville, will do battle at 9 p.m.
Saturday at 11 a.m., two Neillsville teams, Butch and Berdella’s Bar and the Wildcat Inn, will meet. Play that day will end at 3 p.m.
Play will resume again Sunday at 2 p.m. The championship game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
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Maybe Mabie is world celebrity?
The city of Neillsville is not well known. It is not have the size of Eau Claire or Madison, and it doesn’t lie around a cloverleaf intersection of a heavily traveled interstate. But Milo Mabie changed all that.
Milo is one of Neillsville’s prominent barbers and in his spare time is known to hunt and fish beyond limits of normal men. It is because of his sportsmanlike habits that Neillsville took on national recognition.
The center of attraction was a full-page advertisement in “Sports Afield” magazine which related the attributes of Savage shotguns. There in the copy was Milo’s name and a picture of Milo and his dog, both smiling at the camera.
The ad, in the August 1974 issue, page 97, leads off with bold type stating, “Milo Mabie wrote to ask if higher power loads were OK for his favorite shotgun. If he owned a Savage pump he wouldn’t have had to ask.” The ad then relates the qualities of Savage firearms and states further in the copy, “You’ll find out, like Milo Mabie, of Neillsville, Wisconsin, Savage already has the answer for you.”
In talking to The Press, Milo reported that the advertisement originally was thought of by Savage as a training technique for company salesmen throughout the nation. Since that time, the campaign has succeeded so well that Savage decided to enter it into national sporting magazines.
Milo remembers writing Savage in regards to his shotgun but was startled when contacted by the company and asked to participate in the campaign. “I thought they were just kidding,” Milo reported.
A Russian photographer showed up in Neillsville about two years ago and took the picture of Milo and his dog. “He had a velvet suit and $10,000 worth of equipment,” Milo said.
The ad itself, has been distributed for the past year to magazines and newspapers in the sporting field but Milo was surprised to hear of it in the August issue of “Sports Afield.”
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Granton FFA does it again
Four boys from the Granton FFA gained state recognition last week at Wisconsin Farm Progress days as they copped top honors in the state soils judging contest. They placed first over 88 teams that competed from throughout the state and now are to compete in the national finals to be held next spring in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They are Tom Wolf, Jeff Eibergen Kevin Steiner and Leroy Hasz.
Granton was the smallest school to compete in the contest and earned a total of 957 points. Monroe and Fall River finished second and third respectively. This contest is sponsored by the Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction. The Granton team is coached by their FFA advisor, Francis Steiner.
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August 10, 1994
Home residents entertained
On Wednesday, July 6, birthdays of 11 residents were celebrated. Each received a corsage. Cake and coffee were served, and everyone joined in singing “Happy Birthday” to the music of the Slovenian Singers who provided the afternoon entertainment.
Residents having July birthdays were Chester Rybski, Milda Limbachs, Olga Haas, Clora Keller, Rosetta Meyer, Gladys Flynn, Ruth Bandt, Christine Schmidt, Gladys Matushak, Josephine Lowe and Harriet Hoesly. Volunteers having birthdays were Helen Beyer and Eleanor Kuechenmeister.
On July 13, Bud Hanson played his guitar and sang, July 20 the Deutscher Club provided the entertainment and on July 27, George Erickson played the guitar and harmonica.
The volunteers and residents appreciate the time and talents donated by the groups who entertain each week. We thank them and encourage anyone who would like to volunteer to call the recreation department at Memorial Home.
Volunteer members for October were Lorraine Flynn, Hedy Bell, Dora Hoffmann and Bunny Ketchpaw.
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Making jams for the needy
A group of 4-H members, along with adult volunteers, have gotten together to help the food pantries in the area by making jam and jelly.
To help finance the project, Clark County received a $825 Homemade Jam and Jelly grant from Sure-Jell in a national 4-H grants program.
Area 4-H members and adult volunteers participated in three sessions of jam and jelly making. They made a total of 33 dozen jars of jam, jelly or fruit butter. They then decorated the jars with fabric and ribbons.
The 396 jars will be donated to food pantries and shut-ins in the area.
This is the first year Sure-Jell had awarded the grants, and M.E. Sjolin, Clark County Home Economist, said she spoke to the company, and they said they would possibly do it again.
A total of 55 grants were given out nationally ranging from $200 to $1,000. Wisconsin received two of those grants.
4-H groups were required to submit a proposal on how they planned to use the grant.
Some of the jams and jellies made by the participants were chocolate raspberry, Dutch spiced apple, banana butter, sour cherries, blueberry, blackberry and several others.
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