The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
February 17, 2010
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon
Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of
1910-1935-1960-1985-2000
100 Years Ago (1910)
Bobb’s Mill and Country ‘Round – Chas Wendt now rides around behind
the handsomest team in town – a span of black colts. – Claude
Butterfield, a millwright who possesses something more than the average
Yankee ingenuity, has invented a lath mill and now has it in successful
operation at his farm. His gasoline engine furnishes the power.
Diamonds and Hearts at the opera house Saturday night John
McGrogan piloted a party of ladies and gentlemen to Emerson’s logging
camps north of here on Monday. There were 295 marriages and 892
births reported to the county clerk in this county during the year 1909.
Miss Elsie Stracker went to Marshfield on Monday where she will be
employed in a millinery store. 75 Years Ago (1935)
Pineland Corners – Zip Zielanis has the contract for filling
Petrulis’ ice house. He is almost through now, taking the ice from
the local dam. George Zillmann received first prize of $15 for
high hand at the National Skat Tournament, which took place at Milwaukee
last week. Lewis Bradbury, of Neillsville, former clerk of the
Circuit Court, was named from a field of 49 applicants by the Clark
County highway Committee as the second highway traffic officer.
Gilman – A band concert was given by the high school band at the Gilman
pavilion on Wednesday. This is the first school band we have had in
Gilman. 50 Years Ago (1960) Adolph
Hebbring, 61, of the Town of Delmar, Route 1 Stanley was found crushed
to death by a tree that he was cutting on his farm Wednesday afternoon
at about 4 p.m. Upon going to press late Wednesday, the Thorp
Courier was notified that Harold Reineke, 53, was accidentally killed at
Dowagiac, Michigan. Thorp kept its season record clear here
Tuesday night, romping past Stratford 73-36 in a non-conference title.
The Thorp Cardinals, who already clinched the Eastern Cloverbelt title,
stormed out after a loggy first quarter to control the remainder of the
game, and chalk up their 16th straight victory. 25 Years
Ago (1985) Minor damage was reported after a barn fire
at the William Micke farm, Fire No. 623, in the Town of Worden.
On Wednesday, February 6, Larry’s Standard officially became Larry’s
Service Station when the station replaced its Standard sign with a Union
76 sign. Larry Zurakowski said he made the change from Standard
products to Union 76 on January 29. The United States Postal
Office will have the following rate changes beginning February 17: First
Class Letter: $.22 for first oz.; $.17 for each additional oz.
Postal Card: 14 cents; Priority Mail: $2.40 up to two pounds; above two
pounds, rates vary by weight and distance. 10 Years Ago
(2000) The Thorp City Council enacted a new truancy
ordinance Monday night to bring the city into conformance with other
county municipalities. Previously, cities had drafted their own
ordinances, which sometimes caused confusion in county courtrooms in
dealing with truants.
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