The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)

August 09, 2006

Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of 1906-1931-1956-1981-1996

100 Years Ago (1906)

Stanley Sunbeams—excavations for the foundations of Stanley’s new passenger depot were commenced.—The Stanley Creamery was reopened last fall and is now making about 10,000 lbs. of butter per month and each month is paying to the farmers of this vicinity about $1800.

Ironing day is a dreaded visitation with most housekeepers: the hot, stifling stove, the running to and fro to change irons, the tremendous heat radiated by the irons while in use, are all a strain on a woman’s nerves and vitality. An electric flat-iron eliminates the stove, does away with the perpetual running to and fro, and it does not radiate any heat. Won’t you avail yourself of these advantages? Better ask the electrician, H. Stracker, he will explain and give you (the) price.

Postmaster Geo. B. Parkhill presented this office with a freak in the egg line, the same being a perfectly formed egg with an inch long handle at one end. It is quite a curiosity.

75 Years Ago (1931)

Probably the only thing more heartening than to run across and old vest and find a forgotten dime in the pocket is to run across and old vest when you need a new seat in your trousers.

R. M. Carlson, of Owen, secured the contract for painting the interior of the high school building. The total paint job will cost a little over $800. Louis Rusch is rearranging the lighting system throughout the building and this will run around $800. Asselin Bros. are remodeling the gymnasium part.

50 Years Ago (1956)

Henry Nowobielski, 1st vice commander of Cecil Tormey Post No. 118 of the American Legion took over as Commander of the Post at the regular meeting.

Louis Kotlowski, who for the past ten years operated a grocery business in Stanley, has sold his interest in the Stanley IGA supermarket to Walter Welgos of Lublin.

This month the state motor vehicle department inaugurated a “point system” under which drivers will receive demerits for court convictions on moving traffic law violations.

25 Years Ago (1981)

Two Greenwood men were killed and two others injured in a motor vehicle accident on STH-29, just east of the Clark County Health Care Center shortly after 12:30 a.m., August 3, 1981.

The Lato Corp. is one of Thorp’s largest employers with a work force of about 50.

A tractor owned by Don Palmer, Fire No. 528, was heavily damaged when it caught fire August 2 at bout 4:45 p.m.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ciolkosz celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on July 14, 1981.

10 Years Ago (1996)

Oakbrook Manor, 206 West Prospect Street, Thorp, WI will participate in the Wisconsin Health Care Association (WHCA) Super Senior Olympic Games on August 14.

The Thorp Volunteer Fire Department was called to a barn fire at the Art Sauer residence.

Among the 1,849 municipalities in Wisconsin, total net property tax rates for 1996 range from a high of $41.95 to zero according to a report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance (WTA) Madison. The statewide average is $26.89, down from $28.39 for 1995.