News: Granton (11 Aug 1966)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Poler, Reichenbach, Edens, Hales, Rowe, Kennedy, Worchel, Sternitzky, Embke, Stasiak, Holt, Ratsch, Smith, Lehmann, Fox, Garbisch, Kirk, Witt, Rounds

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/11/1966

Granton (11 August 1966)

Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Poler received word Sunday of the death of Mrs. Poler’s great-grandson, Charles Reichenbach, six, of Black River Falls, Saturday of bronchial pneumonia following measles. Funeral services were to be held Wednesday in Black River Falls.

Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Eden of Poplar Grove, Ill., left Monday for their home following a week’s visit with area relatives. They were accompanied by Mrs. Verla Hales, who plans to spend a week at their home. Mrs. Hales and Mrs. Edens plan to spend this weekend in Chicago, Ill., with Mrs. Grace (Rowe) Kennedy, formerly of the Town of York.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Worchel and family of Spencer visited Sunday evening at the Otto Sternitzky home.

Mrs. Nora Embke and Mrs. Minnie Stasiak of Neillsville visited Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Ollie Poler.

The next portion was intended for last week’s issue.

Mr. and Mrs. Holt, Town of Grant, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ratsch of rural Greenwood attended a foeman’s meeting and banquet given by the Rollohome Corporation in Marshfield.

Mr. and Mrs. Merton Holt and Carol drove to Sheboygan Sunday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holt and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Mel Smith, enroute to their home in Appleton from a week’s vacation in northern Wisconsin, visited Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lehmann. They were accompanied home by their two children, Todd and Simonee, who had spent the week with their grandparents.

Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Fox of Minneapolis, Minn., were weekend guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Lehmann.

Weekend guests at the Marvin Garbisch home were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kirk and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Noel Kirk and family of St. Paul, Min., and Miss Sandra Kirk of Clear Lake. The Noel Kirk family also visited at the Rudy Witt home.

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Garbisch and family spent the weekend in Rockford, Ill., with her mother, Mrs. Grace Rounds, and other relatives.

Mrs. Jim Kirk and family, enroute from Marshfield to Prescott, were guests one evening last week at the Marvin Garbisch home.