The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
April 11, 1996
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of 1896-1921-1946-1971-1986

100 Years Ago (1896)

Aug. Hennings has moved to his farm south of town.
 
The village officers elected on Tuesday were: President, W. R. McCutcheon; Trustees: N. P. Hansen, P. McKittrick, M. Willgen, Geo. Zillmann, Louis Johnson, Herman Banderob; Clerk, Geo. Burke; Treasurer, C. Tiedeman; Assessor, C. L. Adams 46, Max Weber 70; Marshal, I. N. Jones; Supervisor, E. R. Wiley.
 
75 Years Ago (1921)
 
Reseburg – Reinhold Daniels has purchased the Mrs. Telford forty acres and expects to move there in the near future. – The Barth saw mill has started up operations on the Frank Wheeler farm, Albert Burchardt in charge. – Thomas Korneszcuk who purchased eighty acres of land in section 29 last year from Reinhold Daniels, has a large rollway of logs ready for the saw mill, and expects to build a house and a barn this summer.
 
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Marlyn Blank of Waukesha, March 31.
 
Esther Kronberg who is attending Ripon College spent last week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kronberg.
 
A marriage license has been issued to John Biddle of the Town of Reseburg and Miss Opal Olson of Langford, N.D.
 
W. A. Burss and Mrs. Martha J. Oakes were united in marriage at Daytona Beach, Florida, on March 23rd.  They will reside here.
 
50 Years Ago (1946)
 
Edwin Ciolkosz, AOMS 1C, was discharged from the U. S. Navy at the Separation Center at Great Lakes on April 2nd.
 
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gengler, a baby daughter, weighing 7 ½ pounds, at the Stanley Hospital on Saturday.
 
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Deuel Monday April 1st a baby girl; weighing seven pounds, four ounces, at the Stanley Hospital.
 
George Peterson, 79, a former Thorp resident died at the Luther Hospital at Eau Claire, on April 3rd.
 
Mrs. Anton Pawlak, 77, passed away at her home in the Village on Mon. April 8, 1946, after an illness of long duration.
 
Miss Kate Foley, 74, resident of the Town of Worden, for over sixty years, was found dead in a chair in her farm home southwest of Thorp on Monday morning last.
 
Close to 100 acres of Marathon County land, much of it covered with Jack pine valuable for pulpwood have been wasted by fire last week.
 
Bobb’s Mill – A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bobb at the Victory Hospital in Stanley on April 6th.
 
25 Years Ago (1971)
 
Pearl Wasylko, 75, passed away Mon. evening, April 5, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield.
 
Victory Zielinski, 84, passed away Mon. April 5, 1971.
 
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Anderson of Eau Claire are the proud parents of a baby girl, Kathy Lynn, born March 31st.  She weighed 6 lb. 13 oz.
 
Marion J. Andruszkiewicz, formerly of Thorp, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Andruszkiewicz, Gilman, has taken over duties as Navy recruiter in Menominee, Michigan.
 
The promotion of Barry Berdah to Manager of the Thorp Finance Corp. office in Thorp has been announced by Jean C. Broeren, Executive Vice President.
 
Word was received here of the death of Casimer Osowski, 75, formerly of Thorp, on Friday, April 2nd in Houston, Texas.
 
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Withee, was the scene for the marriage ceremony of Miss Judy Thompson, Thorp and Billy B. Buss, Withee on Saturday, March 6th, 1971.
 
10 Years Ago (1986)
 
Thorp Firemen fought a barn fire at the Robert Rasmussen residence, four miles west and ¼ mile north of Thorp, Wed. April 2 according to Thorp Fire Chief, Ray Stroinski.  The barn and an adjacent machine shed were totally destroyed.  The barn was not in use except for storage, but equipment in the machine shed was lost.
 
Irv Kreutz, owner of the Cardinal Motel, recently opened a new business in the lobby of the motel.  The Cardinal Bait Shop will provide area anglers with live bait and tackle.
 
Robert and Adelyn Broeren will celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary on April 9.
 
A son, Craig Robert, was born Tues. April 1, 1986 to Nancy and Joel Cance, of Winneconne.  Craig weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz.   Grandparent is Katie Ebben, Thorp.
 
Rebecca Hoffman, daughter of Roger and Lucy Hoffman of Thorp, has been named to the Winter Quarter Dean’s List at the College of Saint Theresa in Winona, Minn.
 
Two Thorp students were among those who recently received their degrees from the University of Wis.-Madison.  Alice Jaskot received her bachelor’s degree in natural science.  Tony Blasczyk received his master’s degree in electrical engineering.
 
Word was received that Mrs. Bill (Addie) Bachmeyer, former Thorp resident, of Medford, Oregon, passed away on Sun. April 6.