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Clark County, Wisconsin
July - December, 2006 Updates
Home Page
12/30/2006
Green
Grove Township: Beehive
School Index
(updated with new information provided by Janet Holmes); contributed by
Robert Lipprandt.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Feb. 7, 1996; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/29/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Jan. 31, 1996; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/28/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Jan. 17, 1996; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/27/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Jan. 10, 1996; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/26/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Jan. 3, 1996; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Memorials & Tributes: If you would like to submit
a Memorial or Tribute to someone who
now lives, or once lived in Clark County, WI, you can do so with a site
contribution of 30 hrs. of volunteer time, or a $30
cash contribution for site support.
12/25/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 22, 2004; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/24/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 24, 2003; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/23/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 24, 2002; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/22/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 26, 2001; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/21/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 20, 2000; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/20/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 22, 1999; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Mayville
Township:
"Lasting Memories" of
Dorchester, WI; a new story and new photos have been added; contributed
by
Steve Genrich.
12/19/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 23, 1998; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/18/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 24, 1997; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/17/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days News Clips,
Dec. 25, 1996; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Neighboring Counties:
1913 Saw Mill, Stanley, Chippewa Co., WI; contributed by
Duane Horn. Please
contact us if you can tell us
the name of this business, the exact location or who owned it.
12/16/2006
County-wide Info: Our
Good Old Days Christmas Card Collection.
Fifteen new cards from 1909-1920, have been contributed by
Duane Horn.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Dec. 27, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Mayville Township:
"Lasting Memories" of
Dorchester, WI; a new photo album has been included; contributed by
Steve Genrich who is beginning a new
series on this site and is our newest volunteer.
Pine Valley Township:
Mystery Photo of a
Neillsville Class (1910 ca.); contributed by
Ben
Taniguchi. If you can make any positive identifications,
please
let us know. This picture is
#109 in our Mystery Photo Collection.
12/15/2006
Mayville Township:
"Lasting Memories" of
Dorchester, WI; a new 1967 visit to the Dorchester Fire Dept. (photo)
has been included; contributed by Steve
Genrich who is beginning a new series on this site and is our newest
volunteer.
Eaton Township:
Greenwood
Lutheran Churches celebrate 70th Anniversary (1942); transcribed by
Stan Schwarze.
County-wide Info: Our
Good Old Days Christmas Card Collection.
Three new cards from 1909, 1912 & 1916, have been contributed by
Gary Decker.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Dec. 20, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/14/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Dec. 13, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/13/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Dec. 6, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Memorials & Tributes:
Violet Rogers Shelley;
remembered by her great granddaughter,
Lani Bartelt. If you would like to submit a Memorial or
Tribute to someone now lives, or once lived in Clark County, WI, you can
do so with a site contribution of 30 hrs. of volunteer time, or a $30
cash contribution for site support.
12/12/2006
Butler Township:
The Old Butler Dam (photos & comments); contributed by Glenn
Rasmussen.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Nov. 29, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/11/2006
Paul Forster has finished transcribing
some of the the class Roster/Census records for Peterson School, having
transcribed the roster for every 5-year increment. They are posted on
the Town of Thorp Pages here:
Peterson School
Class Roster/Census:
1923;
1925;
1930;
1935;
1940;
1945;
1950;
1954.
The class lists have been transcribed by
Paul Forster. Who has a more or less complete list for nearly every year
from 1923 to 1957 when the school was consolidated with Stanley Schools.
If you'd like info on a year that is not listed, please
email Paul
direct.
(click
here to download all these years as a single
Microsoft Excel (XLS) workbook)
Now, Paul has turned his attention to
Bi-Centennial School and has started on those:
Bi-Centennial School
Class Roster/Census:
1932;
The class lists have been
transcribed by Paul Forster. Who has a more or less complete list
for nearly every year from 1932 to 1954. If you'd like info on a
year that is not listed, please
email Paul direct.
(click
here to download all these years as a single Microsoft
Excel (XLS) workbook)
Great work, Paul. Thanks for
all your effort.
Dolores has been busy
transcribing articles from The Thorp Courier:
Featured articles from
recent editions of The Thorp Courier:
Looking Back -- Old Items
from The Thorp Courier
Way Back When - photographs
from long ago....
Thorp High School Alumni
Letters
Thanks to Dolores for all
her hard work!
12/10/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Nov. 15, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/9/2006
Volunteers:
Barbara O'Reilly is our newest
volunteer and she will be on Stan and Crystal's transcribing team.
Welcome Barbara! As Dolores Kenyon is fond of saying, "More hands
make the job easier", and I might add, "More fun!" If you
are interested in helping, we'd love to have you
join us. It doesn't matter if you only have time to do one
project, a few or many.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Nov. 8, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/8/2006
Mayville Township:
"Lasting Memories" of
Dorchester, WI; contributed by Steve
Genrich who is beginning a new series on this site and is our newest
volunteer.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Nov. 1, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/7/2006
Mayville Township:
Dorchester Centennial
Commemorative plate; contributed by
Steve Genrich.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 25A, 1995
(Neillsville Cemetery); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/6/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 25, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/4/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 18, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/3/2006
Biographies:
Isaiah Booth (Family Research);
Family information contributed by
Mary Moore,
Compiled by Lani Bartelt &
edited by Elaine Wood Greene/Jenson.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 11, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
12/2/2006
Neighboring Counties:
L. E. Phillips
Memorial Library (Chippewa County, WI research databases for family
historians).
Neighboring Counties:
St. Ann's Catholic
Church, (Stanley, Chippewa Co. WI); contributed by
Ken Kaczor.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 4, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Hoard Township:
50th Anniversary
of the Curtiss Evangelical & Reformed Church, transcribed by
Stan Schwarze.
Biographies: The
Rundle Family Photo Album, has been expanded by
Thomas T. Welch.
Schools:
1929-30 School Listings for Clark Co.,
WI; transcribed by Stan Schwarze.
12/1/2006
Washburn:
1926 Plat Map;
1926 Shortville
(enlargement); contributed by
Paulette Strey.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Sept. 27, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/30/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Sept. 20, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/29/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Sept. 13, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
WWII
Memories, Carl
Ihlefeld
(Purple Heart Recipient); Related to Marilyn Ihlefeld in 2006 &
transcribed by Lea & Sherrin Mack.
11/28/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Sept. 6, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/27/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Aug. 30, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/26/2006
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Aug. 23,
1995; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
11/25/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Aug. 16, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/24/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Aug. 9, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley:
St. John's Lutheran
(interior photo);
Confirmation
Classes 1893-1904; contributed by
Margaret Crewe.
11/23/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Aug. 2, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/22/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, July 26, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/21/2006
Biographies:
Clarence & Phoebe Karnopp, by Donelda (Karnopp) Wildung and
contributed by Tia
Christensen.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, July 19, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/20/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, July 12, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/19/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, July 5, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley:
Neillsville's New American Legion Hall (History in the making);
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Peterson School, 1950 Census:
1950.
Dolores has been busy with more
transcriptions from recent editions of The Thorp Courier:
The Thorp Courier Progress:
Way Back When, November 1, 2006:
11/01/2006.
Way Back When, November 2, 2006:
11/08/2006.
Old Items, November 1, 2006:
11/01/2006.
Old Items, November 8, 2006:
11/08/2006.
Feature Article from November 8,
2006:
Bernie Stuttgen recognition for Hunter Safety Training.
11/18/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, June 28, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/17/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, June 21, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/16/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, June 14, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, June 7, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Fremont Township:
Centennial Booklet Index;
contributed by Kenneth Wood.
Unity Township:
Centennial Booklet
(transcribed by Tanya Paschke and expanded with additional photo scans
by Carol Mitte).
11/15/2006
Eaton Township:
1914 Confirmation (identifications added); contributed by
Jane Braun.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, May 31, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Cemeteries:
Houghtonburg,
Jackson Co., (expanded); contributed by the Clark Co., WI History Buffs.
Please contact us with
additions or corrections. Free Photographs are also available for
these tombstones.
Unity Township:
Centennial Booklet
(transcribed by Tanya Paschke and expanded with additional photo scans
by Carol Mitte).
Cast your Votes for Site
Support:
http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/clark/2007supportA.htm
11/14/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, May 24, 1995;
transcribed by
Crystal Wendt &
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Thorp Township: "Way Back
When",
10/18/2006 &
10/25/2006; "Lookin Back",
10/18/2006 &
10/25/2006
Unity Township:
Centennial Booklet
(transcribed by Tanya Paschke and expanded by the History Buffs with an
index by Ken Wood and some photo scans by Carol Mitte).
Cemeteries: The
Mentor Township,
Colby Village,
Riverside (Hixon Twp.)
&
Neillsville
City records have all been updated.
11/13/2006
Mentor Township:
The History of St. John's Church &
The Departure of Rev. Menger, contributed by
Cindy Dressler.
Biographies:
The Family of Donald Frane (Photo);
contributed by Carol Mitte.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, May 17, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, May 10, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Apr. 26, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Apr. 19, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Apr. 12, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Thorp Township:
Badzinski-Stephens; (Photo and 50th Wedding Anniversary notice).
11/12/2006
Biographies:
John & Anna (Bohrer) Scherer (family
tree); contributed by Mark
Schmidt.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Apr. 5, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Mar. 29, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/11/2006
Biographies: The Family Tree
of Ludwig Wilhelm Blume; contributed
by Ruby Blume &
Diane Kleinke.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Mar. 22, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Mar. 8, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Mar. 1, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/10/2006
Eaton Township: Churches--Greenwood
Zion Evangelical & Reformed (Early 1950's photo); contributed by
Carol Mitte.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Feb. 22, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Feb. 8, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Feb. 1, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/9/2006
Warner:
Immanuel
Evangelical & Reformed, Ladies' Aid (Photo).
Contact us if you can help us
identify the people in this picture.
Neighboring
Counties:
Spencer, WI
Centennial Index; contributed by
Ken Wood.
Lynn
Township:
Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance Company; contributed by
Ken Wood.
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Jan.25,
1995; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Jan.18,
1995; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Jan.11,
1995; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
11/8/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Jan. 4, 1995;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Dec. 28, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Dec. 21, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/7/2006
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Dec. 14,
1994; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide
Info:
1926 Clark Co. Business
Directory; contributed by Todd
Braun, transcribed by Stan Schwarze.
11/6/2006
Memorials &
Tributes: Kenneth & Mabel
Wood; remembered by their daughter,
Elaine Wood Greene/Jenson.
Cemeteries:
Houghtonburg
(Jackson Co.); contributed by the Clark Co., WI History Buffs.
Please
contact us with additions or
corrections. Free Photographs are also available for these
tombstones.
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Nov. 23,
1994; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Nov. 16,
1994; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
11/5/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Nov. 9, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Nov. 2, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 26, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 19, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/4/2006
Biographies:
White Family Photo Album;
(expanded collection) contributed by
Heather White.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 12, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Oct. 5, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/3/2006
Memorials
& Tributes: Frank and Anna
Volovsek; remembered by their granddaughter,
Shari Hahn.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Sept. 28, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Sept. 21, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Sept. 14, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
11/2/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Sept. 7, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Aug. 31, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Cast your Votes for Site
Support:
http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/clark/2007supportA.htm
11/1/2006
Neighboring Counties:
1878 Jackson Co., WI Courthouse;
contributed by Mary Woods.
Grant Township:
Granton's Honored Grandparents (2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old
Days News Clips, Aug. 24, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/31/2006
Grant
Township:
Granton"™s "˜Honored Citizens"™(2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Clark, Wood &
Marathon Counties: Old Railroad
stops, including Ghost Towns!
Contributed by Ken Wood.
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Aug. 17,
1994; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide
Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Aug. 10,
1994; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley:
Neillsville High School Class
of 1961, 45th Reunion; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/30/2006
Pine Valley:
Neillsville High School
Class of 1951, 55th Reunion; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Aug. 3, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, July 27, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, July 13, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, July 6, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, June 29, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/29/2006
Unity Township:
1908 High School
Graduates; transcribed by
Lani Bartelt.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, June 22, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, June 15, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, June 8, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Cemeteries:
Grant Twp., Zion American
Lutheran, Hendren
Holy Family
&
National;
Hewett;
Neillsville
City, Hixon Nazareth &
Riverside; Levis
Dells Dam;
Longwood Township;
Loyal City &
Trinity;
Mayville
Abbotsford &
Pine Hill;
Mentor Twp; and Withee
St. Hedwig have all had
significant updates.
Biographies:
The
Rundle Family Photo Album, has been expanded by
Thomas T. Welch.
More progress for the
Thorp area and the town of Thorp Pages:
Delores has transcribed some more items
from The Thorp Courier:
Looking Back - Old Items:
10/11/2006
Way Back When :
10/11/2006
Paul is continuing his transcription of
school census records from the town of Thorp:
Peterson School: Class Roster/Census from:
1935;
1940;
1945;
10/28/2006
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, June 1, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/27/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 13, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 20, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 27, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 4, 1994; transcribed
by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 11, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 18, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 25, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/26/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 18, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 6, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/25/2006
Neighboring Counties:
2006 Merrillan Fire
Dept. Open House (Jackson Co., WI); contributed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
White Family Photo Album;
(expanded collection) contributed by
Heather White.
Biographies:
Rundle Family Photo Album, a work in progress which is being contributed
by Thomas T. Welch &
William Sweeney. This
outstanding collection already contains invaluable Civil War and Spanish
American War memories and there is much more to come!
10/24/2006
York Township: If you haven't
visited the
York Township
pages lately, you might want to do as lots of updates have been added by
webmaster, Steven Lavey.
Neighboring Counties:
2006 Merrillan Fire
Dept. 125th Anniversary (Jackson Co., WI); contributed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 30, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Hixon Township: Owen
Friends of the Old School House Meetings (expanded to include
Oct. 18, 2006 Notes); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/23/2006
Pine Valley Township:
Neillsville High School Class of
1936, 70th Class Reunion; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 23, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 16, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 9, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Feb. 23, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
White Family Photo Album;
(expanded to photo #13) contributed by
Heather White.
10/22/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 2, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Feb. 9, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
White Family Photo Album;
Contributed by Heather White
who will be adding to this album as time permits. Page #1 is now
completed. Heather's ancestor, Adelbert Henry Delane (b. 9/18/1867 in
Worcester, MA) was an early photographer in Neillsville, Wisconsin and she
is generously sharing those rare old photographs with this website!
10/17/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Feb.
16, 1994; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
10/15/2006
Biographies:
John & Mary Luptak (photo and details);
contributed by Kathryn Cabral.
Biographies:
Boye
& Cathrine Wilms (expanded & new photos added); contributed by
Ryan Bernt
&
Donovan J. Koeberl (Shean)--Great-Great
Grandsons.
Lynn Township: Schools--Reed
Elementary (photos and details by Linda Grottke), transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Jan. 26, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Feb. 2, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/14/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Jan. 19, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Jan. 12, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Town of Thorp schools progress, thanks
to Paul Forster:
Peterson School Class Roster/Census:
1930
Thorp area progress from The Thorp
Courier, thanks to Dolores Mohr Kenyon:
Way Back When: 10/04/2006. Remember Skogmo's? Check out this old photo! Can you
provide any more information about it? Let me know!
Old Items:
10/04/2006. Items from The
Thorp Courier from 100, 75, 50, 25, and 10 years ago.
Thanks for all your continued hard
work, Dolores and Paul.
Neighboring Counties:
1914 Albion & Komensky
Township Map (Jackson Co., WI); contributed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/13/2006
Hixon Township: Owen
Friends of the Old School House Meetings (expanded to include
Oct. 4, 2006 Notes); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies: The Families of
Henry & Fred Laack; submitted by
Peter P. Meyer.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 20, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/12/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Jan. 5, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/11/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Dec. 30, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/10/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Nov. 11, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Dec. 23, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
10/9/2006
Peterson School
Class Roster/Census:
1923;
1925
The class lists have been transcribed by Paul Forster. Who has a more or
less complete list for nearly every year from 1923 to 1957 when the school
was consolidated with Stanley Schools. If you'd like info on a year that is
not listed, please
email Paul direct.
(click
here to download all these years as a single Microsoft Excel (XLS)
workbook)
10/5/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Dec. 16, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
10/1/2006
Eaton Township:
George Sumner's
Livestock;
Louis Arbs' Greenwood
Garage & Machine Shop;
Harold W. Stabnow's Pines Service Station; contributed by
Janet Schwarze.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Dec. 9, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Dec. 2, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Nov. 25, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Hendren Township:
East Side Dance Hall
(Willard, WI); contributed by Janet
Schwarze.
Hendren Township: Holy Family
Catholic Church Card Parties (Willard, WI); contributed by
Janet Schwarze.
9/30/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 28, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Nov. 4, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Nov. 18, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Eaton Township:
A. D. Lyon Trucking;
Kebl, Frank (Shoe &
Harness Shop); contributed by Janet
Schwarze.
9/29/2006
Biographies:
Ira & Etna Leach; (Census Information);
compiled by Crystal Wendt.
Neighboring Counties:
St. Joseph School of Nursing (Clark Co., WI Graduates); contributed by
Ken Wood.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 14, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 21, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Thorp & Withee Township: Leon
reports these new "Old Days" postings by Dolores--
03/23/2006
06/08/2006 &
09/13/2006
Eaton Township:
1934 Greenwood High School Play;
contributed by Janet Schwarze.
9/28/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 7, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 30, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Eaton Township:
Opera House (expanded
collection & new photo), J.
F. Vesel's Radios & Batteries;
Palmer Vinger Insurance;
A. J. Reindl's City Meat Market;
James H. Fradette (Insurance);
Grand Cafe; Frank
LaBonte
(Restaurant); contributed by Janet
Schwarze.
9/27/20060
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 23, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 16, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Eaton Township: 1934
Businesses--Austin,
Dr. W. T.;
Barnes, R. L. (Chiropractor) ;
Bishop, George W. (Undertaking);
Bredesen, Leo (Well-Driller) ;
Carter, C. J. (Dray Service) ;
Haight, Hugh G. (Attorney-At-Law) ;
Lawler Law Office;
Noeldner (General Contracting);
Opera House
(Advertisement);
Shields, C. A. (Service Station) ;
Volk Brothers Merchants; contributed by
Janet Schwarze.
9/26/2006
Pine Valley Township:
Gross Motors (2006);
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 9, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 2, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 26, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/25/2006
Eaton Township:
Speich & Braun Ford Dealership,
Greenwood, Clark Co., Wisconsin; contributed by
Janet Schwarze.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 19, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 5, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/24/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, July 29, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, July 8, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Eaton Township:
St. Mary's Fabiola (1934),
Greenwood, Clark Co., WI; contributed by
Janet Schwarze.
Eaton Township:
Roland Loos' Electric
(1934), Greenwood, Clark Co., WI; contributed by
Janet Schwarze.
Loyal Township:
George Fischer's Farm Auction,
Spokeville, Clark Co., WI; contributed by
Janet Schwarze.
Town of Thorp & Withee Township:
Paul Forster had finished the
transcriptions of Roger Creek School Censuses. The latest additions are for:
1950. 1955.
1957.
This completes the transcriptions for every five years of the census.
Information for intervening years is available from Paul direct. See the
Town of Thorp
Our Schools page for more
info, and for a download (as XLS file) of all the transcriptions he's done
for Roger Creek School.
The Thorp Courier (posted on the
town of Withee pages): Dolores Mohr Kenyon has transcribed another Old Items
column, this one from September 13, 2006: 09/13/2006
You can find more Old Items
columns on the
The Thorp Courier
page.
9/23/2006
Eaton Township:
Bishop Undertaking &
Keiner Grocery in
Greenwood, WI; contributed by Janet
Schwarze.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, June 17, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/22/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, July 1, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
Funk Family Photo Album;
updated by Maxine
Schulze
and prepared by Janet Schwarze.
Biographies:
Helen Klinke; contributed by
Anne Holbrook. Please
contact us if you can add any
information to this sketch.
9/21/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, July 22, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, June 10, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
Funk Family Photo Album;
contributed by
Maxine Schulze
and prepared by Janet Schwarze.
9/20/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 27, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 20, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Loyal Township:
St. Anthony's Time
Capsule 2006; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
Richard & Lillian V. (Newhouse) Biddle;
new photo and additional information, contributed by
Lynn Mallen.
Thorp & Withee Township: Leon
reports that Dolores and Paul are keeping him busy these days! He
says, "Thanks to Dolores and Paul for all their hard work!"
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon has transcribed and scanned another bunch of "Way Back
When" photos and articles from The Thorp Courier. Check out some of these photos
to see what life was back in the "old days!"
The latest batch includes these issues:
March 29, 2006
May 3, 2006
July 19, 2006
August 23, 2006
August 30, 2006
Paul Forster is continuing the
transcriptions of census information for Roger Creek School in the Township of
Thorp. The latest additions are:
1940
1945
9/19/2006
Withee Township:
Logging Memories by Bill Warns, contributed
by Maxine Schulze and transcribed
by
Lani Bartelt.
Eaton Township: Greenwood
St. Mary's Confirmation Class, about 1914. Contributed by the
Greenwood
Public Library.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, June 24, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 13, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, July 15, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 6, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/17/2006
Mystery Photos: #108,
The Gallaher Children; contributed by
Shelley Cardiel.
Biographies:
Richard & Lillian V. (Newhouse) Biddle;
contributed by Lynn Mallen.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 13, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/16/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 22, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Thorp & Withee Townships:
Webmaster, Leon, wrote: "Dolores must life in a time warp, as she continues
to amaze me with all the work she does! She's transcribed another three "Old
Items" columns from three issues of the Thorp Courier." The three
newest items are:
3/29/2006;
8/23/2006;
8/30/2006.
9/15/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 12, 1993;
transcribed by Janet Schwarze.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 6, 1993; transcribed
by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/14/2006
Eaton Township: The
Greenwood City Cemetery has
be updated by Todd Braun.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, April 29, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Nov. 12 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/13/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, March, 18 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/12/2006
Lynn Township: New photos of
George
& Elizabeth (Ogden Smith) Brooks have been added to the Families and
Homes page. Contributed by Pat
Folkvord.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 27, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/11/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 4, 1993;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Nov. 19, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Nov. 5, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/10/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 1, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 22, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/9/2006
County-wide
Info: Pre-1907 Marriage Index
(Partial); transcribed by Crystal
Wendt.
Eaton Township: The
Greenwood City Cemetery has
been updated by Todd Braun.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 24, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 17, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Thorp & Withee Township: Updates
reported by Leon Konieczny:
Dolores Mohr Kenyon has transcribed
and scanned another set of Way Back When photos and descriptions from The Thorp
Courier. Her latest contributions:
07/26/06
(http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/withee/news/WayBackWhen/WayBackWhen-072606.htm)
-- The Blue Moon Cheese Factory in Thorp in the early 1940s
08/02/06
(http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/withee/news/WayBackWhen/WayBackWhen-080206.htm)
-- an old church with a storied history and several moves and changes in its
past
08/09/06
(http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/withee/news/WayBackWhen/WayBackWhen-080906.htm)
-- a wedding couple with friend
08/16/06
(http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/withee/news/WayBackWhen/WayBackWhen-081606.htm)
-- a World War II soldier, a local boy....
Dolores also transcribed the 08/02/06 Thorp High School Alumni newsletter
remembering Coach Jack Tetzner
(http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/withee/news/OldItems-080206AlumniLetter.htm).
Paul Forster is continuing to transcribe school rosters/censuses. He has been
hard at work on Roger Creek School from the Town of Thorp. His latest: Roger
Creek School from 1935
(http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/thorp/schools/RogerCreekSchool/RogerCreekSchoolDistRoster1935.htm).
Leon appropriately said, " This is a lot of hard work by some very dedicated
volunteers!"
9/8/2006
Eaton Township:
Advertisements featuring the "Idle
Hour Dance Hall and Skating Rink"; Contributed by
Janet Schwarze. Please
contact us if you can tell us who
owned this business and more about it.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Oct. 26,
2005; transcribed by Dolores (Mohr)
Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Sept. 3, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info:
Good Old Days News Clips, Sept. 10,
1992; transcribed by Dolores (Mohr)
Kenyon.
9/7/2006
Green Grove Township:
The Richard Oscar Lipprandt Family
(Biography & Photo); this is a correction to a previous posting contributed
by
Robert Lipprandt.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 20, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 30, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/6/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 13, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/5/2006
Warner Township: Al Wessel has
expanded the
World War I Index. If you have biographies or obituaries which are
not yet in this site's database, please
contact him.
Many Thanks to Owen Haigh for
contributing his "Old Days" Collection to us for Transcribing!
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 6, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, July 30, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, July 23, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, July 16, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
9/2/2006
Withee Township: "Way Back When"
by Nancy Anderson, featuring a photo of the
Blue Moon Cheese Factory and
additional details concerning it; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Withee Township: Leon has
been updating and expanding the Withee pages.
If you haven't visited them recently, you might want to take a look.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Jun 25, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Jun 11, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Jun 4, 1992; transcribed
by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 28, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Unity Township:
1904 Unity High
School Graduation, transcribed by
Stan Schwarze.
Withee Township: Thorp Area
Museum's Historic Gas Station (Photo
Tour); contributed by Leon
Konieczny.
9/1/2006
Unity Township:
1904 Scandinavian Lutheran
Church Christmas Observance; transcribed by
Stan Schwarze.
Unity Township:
Methodist Episcopal Church
History; contributed by Jean Dahl, transcribed by Tanya Paschke and
expanded by Stan Schwarze.
Reseburg Township:
History of the Sylvan
Cemetery
by Nancy Anderson; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
Canfield-Kurth-Van Ert-Seifert (5
Generations Photo); details transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 14, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, May 7, 1992; transcribed
by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Feb. 20, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 30, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 23, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/31/2006
Green Grove:
Bee Hive School Photo
(1956); contributed by Robert Lipprandt.
Green Grove:
Bee Hive School Photo
(1959); contributed by Robert Lipprandt.
Biographies:
Papierniak Family History (large PDF file); contributed by
Bob Wojtal &
Don Papierniak.
Mystery Photos:
Updated Photo information for #27,
#28, #30, #31 & #32; contributed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley:
Company E Reunion;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 2, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Apr. 9, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 26, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/30/2006
Pine Valley Township: The
New American Legion Hall in Neillsville is "Shaping Up!"; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 19, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 23, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/29/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 12, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/28/2006
Eaton Township:
Stoneburg Family Photos,
contributed by Sandra Burrows.
Pine Valley: 1880 Plat Map [East]
[West], contributed
by the Clark Co., WI History Buffs.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Feb. 15, 1995;
transcribed by Dale R. Kalsow.
8/26/2006
Eaton:
Todd Braun has updated the
Greenwood City Cemetery.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Feb. 27, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Mar. 5, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Hixon Township: Owen
Friends of the Old School House Meetings (expanded to include
Aug. 16, 2006 Notes); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/25/2006
Withee Township: Yellowstone
Trail --
This article describes the historic Yellowstone Trail which follows a
historic early automobile trail across the northern part of Clark County,
and it's recent commemoration and marking ceremonies.
Thorp Township:
Paul Forster
has just completed the "Roger Creek"
section of the
Eidsvold School Censuses (just scroll down the list to locate it). The
entire series of his work is available as an
XLS file.
Withee Township:
"Way
Back When" Thorp Courier Archives. Be sure to scroll down the
entire page to reveal the recent transcriptions by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. followed by a
second section which contains the links to all of the articles archived on
this site. Our Withee webmaster,
Leon Konieczny, noted, "I tried
to link back and forth between the weeks, as sometimes in one week, they
mention more things about the previous week's photo."
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 16, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/24/2006
Unity/Marathon: The
St. John Lutheran
Cemetery
has been updated and expanded by Ron Flink and
Ken Wood.
Hixon Township:
Riverside Cemetery has been updated and expanded by Janet Rogalski of
the
Thorp Area Musuem.
Withee Township:
Old St. Hedwig's Cemetery
has been updated and expanded by Janet Rogalski of the
Thorp Area Musuem.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 8, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Thorp Township:
8/22/2006
County-Wide:
Fair Service Award (16 Aug. 2006);
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley Township:
Neillsville Lays
Family Bricks (16 Aug. 2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Neighboring Counties:
1968 Merrillan, Jackson
County Train Wreck (Matt Anderson's photo collection has been expanded);
contributed by Bob Gile.
Veterans:
Korean War
Plaques Donated to Highground &
Supporters Bike Tour;
(16 Aug. 2006); transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
8/21/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 15, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Neighboring Counties:
1968 Merrillan, Jackson
County Train Wreck (Matt Anderson's photo collection); contributed by
Bob Gile.
Pine Valley Township:
Memoriam to David Lewis, May 17, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley Township:
Financial
Approval &
Ground
Leveling of the New American Legion Hall in Neillsville; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Highground Tree
House Dedication (31 May 2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Korean War Statue
Model (15 Mar 2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Highground
Meditation Garden Dedication Set for July 4th, (28 Jun 2006);
transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Prayer Stone Setting
at Highground, (6 Apr 2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
WI Counties United in
Highground Stone; (3 May 2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Rosandich
Brothers Legacy Stone (20 May 2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Memorial Day
Services; (24 May 2006) transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Howie Mathis Legacy
Stone; (26 May 2006) transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Farm Technology Gift
to Highground; (28 Jun 2006) transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/20/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 9, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, June 26, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 2, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Nov. 30, 1994;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Grant Township:
Windfall Cemetery has been
updated and expanded; contributed by Jim &
MariAnne Walker and Stan Schwarze
Thorp Township: Eidsvold class
rosters gleaned from school census records:
1923;
1925;
1930;
1934;
1940;
1945:
1950:
1953;
1954. These lists have been transcribed by
Paul Forster,
who has a more or less complete list for nearly every year from 1923 to
1954. If you'd like information for a year which is not listed, feel
free to contact him.
Withee Township: Visit our
Thorp
Area Local News Page to read our newest transcriptions provided by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Thorp Township: New photos
have been added to the
Forster Collection; contributed by
Paul Forster.
Pine Valley Township: Foundation
Walls are set for the new
American Legion Hall in Neillsville; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley Township:
The John Hein Home;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Wild Life
Foundation Gift to Highground; (22 Mar 2006) transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Eight County Stone
Dedications at Highground (29 Apr 2006); Fond du Lac, Walworth,
Portage, Shawano, Trempealeau, La Crosse, Rusk, and Ozaukee;
transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans:
Loyal
American Legion Support for Highground; (24 May 2006) transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Warner Township:
1940 Braun Settlement
Baseball Game; contributed by
Duane Horn.
8/19/2006
Withee Township:
The Yellowstone Trail Park of
Thorp, WI; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
Eaton Township: A Picture of
Ileff Carter and her dog, Spook; contributed by the
Greenwood Public Library.
We are uncertain how her first name was actually spelled. We have also
seen it as Iliff and Iliss. If you can confirm the correct spelling,
know who this child's parents were or if she married, please contact
Todd Braun.
Withee Township:
The Bridge of the North Fork River, near Thorp, WI (photo); contributed
by Leon Konieczny.
8/11/2006
Thorp Township: Class
Roster/Census:
1923;
1925;
1930;
1934;
1953;
1954
The class lists have been transcribed by Paul Forster. Who has a more or
less complete list for nearly every year from 1923 to 1954. If you'd like
info on a year that is not listed, please
email him direct.
Pine Valley:
The Neillsville
Indian School: A View of the past; contributed by Owen Haigh,
transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/10/2006
Hixon Township: School Pages--1961-62
Owen-Withee High School Commencement Program; contributed by
Robert Lipprandt.
Green Grove Township: School
Pages--Historic
Index of Bee Hive School Teachers; contributed by
Robert Lipprandt.
8/9/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, June 7, 2006;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
Frank LaBonte, Greenwood Businessman;
contributed by Crystal Wendt and
Janet Schwarze. We are
seeking additional information on Frank. Please contact us if you can
help.
Biographies:
Louis & Anna Arbs; Greenwood
Businessman; contributed by Crystal
Wendt and
Janet Schwarze. We are
seeking additional information on Louis & Anna. Please contact us if
you can help. We are particularly interested in discovering Anna's
maiden name.
8/8/2006
Clark Co., WI Military History:
Highground WASP Memorial;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Clark Co., WI Military History:
Highground Korean
Veterans Memorial; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Hixon Township: Owen
Friends of the Old School House Meetings (expanded collection);
transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-Wide:
Sketch of a typical 1887 Logging Camp;
contributed by the Greenwood
Public Library.
County-Wide:
Paving Highway 73, 1936; contributed by
the Greenwood Public Library.
Eaton Township:
1897 Band Concert Announcement; contributed by the
Greenwood Public Library.
Eaton Township:
Shanks Memorial Chapel
Program; contributed by the
Greenwood Public Library.
Eaton Township:
Greenwood Commercial Club
History; contributed by Janet
Schwarze.
8/7/2006
Butler Township:
Dr. Beder Cole (Photo);
contributed by the Cole Family.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Dec. 24, 1992;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Weston Township: The
Globe Cemetery Index
has been expanded; contributed by Stan
Schwarze.
Jackson Co. Resources:
Merrillan's New Post
Office (1969); transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley:
Captain James Lovell's 1970 Visit
to Neillsville, WI; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley: The
Neillsville
City Cemetery has been updated; contributed by
Stan Schwarze.
Eaton: Greenwood, WI
Commercial Club
Members
(Expanded Information); contributed by
Crystal Wendt & Janet Schwarze.
8/6/2006
Pine Valley:
Neillsville H.S. Class 1958--10 Yr.
Reunion; transcribed by Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
Joel J. Shafer, Editor of the Colby
Phonograph; transcribed by Stan &
Janet Schwarze.
Colby Township:
1916 Dedication of the "New" M. E. Church, transcribed by
Stan Schwarze.
Cheese Factories: Memorabilia additions--Blue
Moon Cheese Box &
Grassland Cheese Box; contributed by
Shari Hahn.
8/5/2006
Hixon Township:
Owen
Friends of the Old School House Meetings (expanded collection); transcribed
by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/4/2006
Eaton Township:
Early Residents of Greenwood,
WI (Identified photo and details); contributed by the
Greenwood Public Library,
donated by Margaret Carter.
8/3/2006
Jackson County:
Historic Carnegie Library (2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/2/2006
Pine Valley Churches: Lutheran
ELCA, Calvary--New
Addition (2005); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
8/1/2006
County Wide Facts--1986
Atlas for Clark Co., WI (expanded index now includes Dewhurst);
contributed by Ken Wood.
Maps:
1857 Central WI (when Clark County was much bigger!);
Enlarged Copy;
1871 Minnesota/Wisconsin RR;
Enlarged Copy; 1895 Rail
Road Map;
Enlarged Copies;
contributed by Pat Phillips.
Veterans: A new link for the
American Battlefield and
Memorial web site burial information on those buried overseas and those
who are memorialized as missing has been added to our
WWII home page; provided by Dolores Kenyon.
Hoard Township: A biography of
Virgil & Amy Teach; contributed by
Jerry Teach.
7/31/2006
Neighboring Counties (Chippewa, Eau Claire, Jackson, Taylor, Marathon &
Wood County, Wisconsin Resources).
Cemetery Updates:
7/30/2006
Biographies:
Rev. Mitchell Whiterabbit (Photo & News
Clip); transcribed by Dolores (Mohr)
Kenyon.
Jackson County News:
Green Bay & Western Train Wreck, Merrillan, WI, transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
7/28/2006
Sherwood Township: Business
Pages,
The Sherwood Cheese Factory; contributed by
MariAnne (Feutz) Walker.
Biographies:
Anthony "Tony" Gasparich (Photos);
provided by Janet Schwarze.
We are seeking additional information on this individual. Please
contact
George Plautz if you have something
to contribute.
7/26/2006
Eaton Township:
Mayors of Greenwood (expanded index); provided by
Janet Schwarze.
Eaton Township: School Pages--Greenwood
High School Class of 1951 (55th Reunion) &
Greenwood High School Class of 1956
(50th Reunion); transcribed by Janet
Schwarze.
7/25/2006
Veterans: Our
WWII Roster has been updated and
expanded by Crystal Wendt.
This has been an enormous undertaking and we owe Crystal a huge "Thank You!"
for providing it.
Biographies:
Hunter Kaiser, a six-year old boy who
saved his mother's life; transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
7/24/2006
Pine Valley Township:
Organizations--Groundbreaking Ceremony of the
New
American Legion Hall (2006); transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Butler Township:
Butler Cemetery History &
Butler Township Founders,
Provided by Nancy Anderson, transcribed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
7/23/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Oct. 5, 2005;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
7/21/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 28, 2005;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Cemeteries--The
Beaver Township Index
has now been completed with contribution from
Ken Wood, Lorraine Markee and
Stan Schwarze.
Eaton Township--Greenwood, Wisconsin's Main
Street
Historic Peace Memorial (expanded to include a chapter on "Memories").
The first addition has been contributed by Jean Wessel Rolstad. If
you have memories to add, please contact us!
Thorp Township--Paul
Forster has completed the transcription of the Town of Thorp Teachers
from 1933-1963, from 7 different schools. You can find the chart here:
http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/thorp/schools/TownOfThorpTeachers.htm.
Thorp Township--Leon
Konieczny has posted photos of the Field School which he took while
attending the 4th of July Event in Thorp. They can be viewed at:
http://www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org/thorp/schools/schools.htm.
County Wide Facts--1986
Atlas for Clark Co., WI (expanded index now includes Butler & Foster);
contributed by Ken Wood.
7/20/2006
Colby Township--Mary
Eder's 1897 Commencement Address; transcribed by
Linda Ewen.
Eaton Township--Greenwood,
Wisconsin's Main Street
Historic Peace Memorial
(Includes numerous photos and thought provoking speeches of its 1937
dedication which was attended by over 7,000 people), contributed by
Stan & Janet Schwarze.
This majestic statue is a "must see" for anyone visiting Clark County!
7/19/2006
Sherman Township--1933
Spencer High School; contributed by Lorraine (Schwarze) Ernst.
7/18/2006
Civil War--New Photos have been
added for the
Thorp Area Civil War Soldiers (Those marked with pink are new photos);
contributed by Leon Konieczny.
If you have any pictures to share of new stones which have not yet been
posted, please
contact us!
Eaton Township--Main
Street Shoppers (Includes a 1891 Greenwood Library Photo), contributed
by
Janet Schwarze.
Eaton Township--Rural
Mail Carriers (Includes a 1913 Photo of the Greenwood Mailmen),
contributed by Janet Schwarze.
7/17/2006
Dewhurst Township--Our first
addition to the memories page has been contributed by Lorraine Schwarze from
a visit she and her sister Dorothy made to the
Hatfield Dam in 1938.
7/16/2006
County Wide Facts--1986
Atlas for Clark Co., WI (expanded index); contributed by
Ken Wood.
7/15/2006
Mayville Cemeteries:
Lindeman Cemetery
History; contributed by Linda J.
Mertens.
Biographies:
William Mead; contributed by
Lani Bartelt.
7/14/2006
Biographies:
Houghton Family; contributed by
Lani Bartelt.
Loyal Township: Organizations--Womens'
Club History; transcribed by
Crystal Wendt.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Sept. 21, 2005;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Biographies:
Alexander Holverson; contributed by
Lani Bartelt.
Biographies:
Edward H. Markey; contributed by
Lani Bartelt.
Biographies:
William Neverman & Family; contributed
by Lani Bartelt.
Marathon Co., WI:
Death
Record Indexes for Trinity Lutheran Church--Partial Listing with more
to come!
Contributed by Ken Wood.
Wood Co. Cemeteries:
Lincoln-Rock (expanded index
and new photos); contributed by Ken Wood.
7/13/2006
County Wide Facts--1986
Atlas for Clark Co., WI; contributed by
Ken Wood.
Pine Valley: School Pages--1954
7th Grade Students & 1955 8th Grade Students of the South Side
Elementary in Neillsville, WI; contributed by Erdine Payne &
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
More Resources: Newspapers
on-line--(www.winona.edu/library/databases/winonanewspaperproject.htm);
(www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/aanp/freedom/
); (www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/index.html);
(www.cbsr.ucr.edu/cnp/);
contributed by Ken Wood.
More Resources:
The VA
gravesite locator; contributed by
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley:
Post Card of the
Neillsville High School (stamped in 1912); provided by Bill Roberts,
contributed by Erdine Payne & Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
Pine Valley:
Neillsville Brewery
(new photo); provided by Bill Roberts, contributed by Erdine Payne &
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 24, 2005;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
7/12/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 10, 2005;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
7/11/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 17, 2005;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Aug. 31, 2005;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
7/10/2006
Lynn Township--1880
Tax Rolls; contributed by Ken Wood.
*There is also a link to this article from the
Lynn
Twp. History page.
7/9/2006
County-wide Info: Good Old Days
News Clips, Jul 27, 2005;
transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
7/8/2006
Pine Valley--South
Side Elementary School, Neillsville, Wisconsin; provided by Bill Roberts
and contributed by Erdine Payne & Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon.
Veterans--The
Civil War pages have been
updated and expanded by Al Wessel.
7/7/2006
Cemeteries--The following burial
records have just been expanded and updated:
Beaver,
Butler,
Colby,
Eaton,
Fremont,
Grant,
Hixon,
Hoard,
Longwood,
Loyal,
Lynn,
Mayville,
Mentor,
Pine Valley,
Sherwood,
Thorp &
Weston.
Video of the July
4th Thorp Event
7/1/2006
Pine Valley Township: School
Pages,
1909 Photo of the
Neillsville, WI Teacher's College; provided by Bill Roberts, contributed
by Erdine Payne &
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.
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