The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
August 4, 2010
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon
Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of
1910-1935-1960-1985-2000
100 Years Ago (1910)
Stanley Siftings – Nels Stalheim has resigned the cashiership of the
Farmers and Merchants State Bank at this place to accept a similar
position at the First National Bank of Rice Lake. J. B. Halverson has
been appointed cashier here in place of Nels. F. W. Fisher is
building a silo adjoining his big barn on his farm in the Town of
Worden. A subscription paper is in circulation about town with
the object in view of raising a fund to purchase the old race track
property, including about seventeen acres from the present owner, M.
Greisch. It is proposed to raise a good round sum and then
petition the village to pay the balance and take a deed of the property,
which at present can be secured for about $1600. About $400 has
already been subscribed. 75 Years Ago (1935)
H. C. Tiedemann, of this village, who has served as conservation
warden of Clark County for the past twenty-five years is numbered among
those eligible for a pension. Raymond Turenne, age 11, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Turenne, who had his hand injured about ten days ago
in a hay rope at the Art Soderberg farm, was taken to the Owen Hospital
and from there to the general hospital and from there to the general
hospital Madison last Sunday for treatment for symptoms of lockjaw.
50 Years Ago (1960) A group of 80 gifted high school
seniors are attending a unique summer, science school at St. Olaf
College, Northfield, Minnesota. Among the winners of the National
Science Foundation scholarship was: Peter Bartl, Thorp, WI.
Stanley Swiontek, 61, Rt. 1, despondent over poor health, hanged himself
in the granary on his farm in the Town of Withee, Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held Sunday for an Owen bulldozer operator fatally
injured near Mondovi Tuesday while working for an Eau Claire contractor
on Hwy 10 improvements. T. Leonard Simon, 47, Rt. 4 was crushed
when a bulldozer he was operating on the night shift overturned on a
15-foot embankment about 11 p.m. July 26. 25 Years Ago
(1985) Those disappointed by the rain out last year
will get their chance to see the world’s largest tent circus August 11th
when the Carson & Barnes Circus comes to Thorp for a 2:00 p.m. show at
the Rochester Silo site. Top honors for Blue Cheese at the 1985
Wisconsin State Fair went to products of Blue Moon Cheese Co. of Thorp.
Cheesemaker Don Rogalski took the blue ribbon with a score of 97.875 out
of a possible 100, while second place went to cheesemaker Mike Frei with
a score of 97.125. 10 Years Ago (2000)
Kane Meeker and Nathan Conway fulfilled the requirements of Eagle Scout.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Department dive team headed by
Lieutenant Jeff Parker recently visited the Thorp Municipal Swimming
Pool after hours to practice their diving skills. Austin Szemraj and
Jackie Schimke were crowned as Prince and Princess Lublin during its
annual Lublin Days celebration.
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