Way Back When

 The Thorp Courier  --   March 23, 2005
 

Recent Photo:

Lil Hedler stopped in with her response to our Way Back When photograph of a Thorp basketball team which was featured in our March 9, 2005 issue. According to Mrs. Hedler, the photo depicts the City of Thorp team from 1946-1947, which consisted of: Back Row (L-R) Coach Pat Soderberg, Ed Polnaszek, Slim Graham, Ken Bachmeyer, Gaye Asselin, Stu North, Deacon Hedler, Jack Glasshof and Dan Slupski. Front Row: Rich Polnaszek, Joe Pawlak, Hank Lutz, Julius Morgan, Doc Stuesse4r, Pete Larson, and Richard Turenne.

Former Thorpite John Harycki, now of Arlington, Texas, called in Tuesday morning with information about this very popular and successful men’s team. Having watched the team as a youngster, Mr. Harycki remembers the skills of Doc Stuesser and Julius Morgan. He especially remembers Slim Graham, who stood more than 6’6” and was from Iowa. He believes that this was Coach Stu North’s first year in Thorp, having recently returned from the Battle of the Bulge. According to John, this team was known across the state and competed against teams from Milwaukee and the large cities.

Attention readers! The Thorp Courier has just about run through all of our stash of old photographs for our Way Back When feature! We therefore are asking for readers with old photographs to bring them in for us to use. We can scan them while you wait and return them immediately. We’ll greatly appreciate your help so that we can keep this popular feature alive!