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Clark County Press, Neillsville, Wisconsin October 7, 2009, Page 14 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press" Transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles
Compiled by Dee Zimmerman
Clark County News |
October 1909
Last week Adolph Hemp purchased the Trogner saw and planing mill and is now operating the plant. Mr. Hemp has worked in the mill the past year and understands the business thoroughly. Adolph is a good workman and conscientious in his work. Customers who have sawing or planing millwork or moldings of any kind to be done will be satisfied if they call on Hemp.
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Wm. Mundt had the good luck to get a rear quarter of the young cub bear, killed by the famous hunter, R. Townsend. This will be served free, made into a sauerbraten, next Saturday, Oct. 9th at Billy’s Place.
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Chicken thieves have been making a practice of visiting John Carlson’s Pine Valley poultry farm and helping themselves to his fat pullets. Wednesday night they paid him another visit and stole six leghorn hens, cutting off the heads, and leaving them on the hen house floor. This is beyond the limit of Mr. Carlson’s endurance. He gives warning that he is prepared for any future visits and will give the thieves an unpleasant reception.
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The businessmen of the enterprising little village of Owen, the coming metropolis at the north end of Clark County, have decided to have a fairground and have already secured the site. It will be known as the Cloverbelt Fair and Track Association. The fair will be held next year.
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George Lloyd has received another carload of shingles being stored in the Taplin building on the north side. Persons who need good quality shingles at rock bottom prices should call on Mr. Lloyd, as he is making special prices on the lot.
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The people of this city were shocked last Thursday to learn of the death of Joseph Morley, cashier of the Neillsville Bank.
Joseph Morley was born in Oldham, England, March 1, 1854. His parents died within a month of each other when Joseph was a boy of only eleven years. He went to live with relatives, attending school and later was employed in a large business concern. At one time he was an apprentice in a printing office. He came to America in 1875 and visited an aunt in Newark, Delaware. This aunt was a sister of William T. Hutchinson of Neillsville who will be remembered as register of deeds of Clark County and a member of the firm of Dewhurst & Hutchinson, conducting an abstract and real estate business here. Young Morley came to Neillsville to visit Mr. Hutchinson and soon was employed by the abstract firm. He continued this relation until about February 1880, when he entered the law office of James O’Neill as clerk.
In the fall of 1880 he went to Madison and entered the law class of the state university, graduating in June 1881. Returning to Neillsville, he became a partner of James O’Neill in the practice of law. The firm of O’Neill and Morley continued until May 1882, when finding banking to his taste. Morely became cashier of a bank conducted by James L. Gates. Later, about the year of 1883 Judge Richard Dewhurst organized the Neillsville Bank and Morley became cashier there, a position he held continuously until his death.
Mr. Morley married Miss Florence Clark of La Crosse in 1883. She survives him, as well as a son, Clark, nineteen years old and a daughter, Ruth of eight years. He has two sisters living in Manchester, England, Mrs. Julia Charlton and Mrs. Ada Marryatt, a widow.
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Fro Sale: Hotel, saloon and dance hall, built three years ago, one-half block from the railroad depot, with barn nearby; price, $5,600. Will consider a trade on good farmland in Clark County.
(The old hotel building is on West Seventh Street, one block west of Grand Avenue. D. Z.)
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There will e a social dance at Heintown Hall, Friday, October 22. Music will be furnished by the Globe Band, public is cordially invited. Tickets 50¢
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Next Saturday afternoon the Neillsville and Marshfield high school football teams will clash at Gates’ Field. This will be the first football game played here for some years and it should draw a good crowd. The game has materially advanced during the past few years and the rough features eliminated.
Now the open style of play is used, together with forward passes and open fieldwork, and the result is that football is now more of a game of science and speed, rather than brute strength. Those who attend the game Saturday will be given a good example of the game of today. Game to be called about 2 p.m.
October 1939
Mrs. M. E. Kenyon of Greenwood has purchased the Parkway theatre there. The theatre will be operated by the Kenyon family.
The theatre was sold by Mr. Porter of Spooner, who had employed Mr. Gehrman as Greenwood theatre manager. Now Mr. Gehrman will be working for him at Spooner.
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The congregation of Immanuel Evangelical Church of Chili is on the last lap of an extended effort to pay for one of the finest church properties in Clark County. At the service last Sunday evening a special collection was taken for this purpose, with the understanding that it waws the only effort of the year. Steadily through the years past the congregation has been whittling away at the debt. During the pastorate of Rev. E. P. Manley, now in its third year, the state of progress has been about $100 per month. The amount remaining is only about $5,000, which is approximately the value set on the parsonage alone. The church, a seemingly and adequate structure of brick, is valued at about $25,000.
The Evangelical people take their religion plain, as was evident at the Sunday morning service. Then Mr. Manley and the Rev. F. A. Trautmann, district superintendent, appeared in sack coats having the appearance of neatly dressed businessmen. At communion time nearly the whole congregation, about 130 persons, went to the altar in four groups.
The Evangelical Church of Chili does not emphasize denominationalism and rejoices in the presence of its monthly dinners of neighbors of all faiths. These dinners are usually at noon on the first Thursday of each month.
The board of trustees of the church consists of Luther Lindow, Henry Nebel, Anton Grimm, August Lindow and Edward Ott. The board of stewards consists of Luther Lindow, Albert Lindow, Erwin Haslow, Charles Lindow, Leland Gerber and Adolph Foemmel. The circuit trustees are Otto Rusch, Otto Drescher and W. R. Happe. The president of the Ladies’ Aid is Mrs. Henry Nebel. The president of the Missionary society is Mrs. Luther Lindow. The president of the Brotherhood is Edward Ott. The president of the Sunday school is W. G. Lindow; of the Young People’s Society, Caroline Lindow.
The instrument used in the Evangelical Church is a piano, which was excellently played by the regular pianist, Mrs. Albert Grimm.
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Although plans of a new O’Neill Creek bridge at Hewett Street to replace the one, which collapsed September 17, have not been completed, this much is definitely known:
The bridge, whatever style it may be, will have a built-in light standard on each corner.
The city council Tuesday night determined this much when its members voted to draw up an agreement with the state highway department that the city will maintain and operated the lights if the highway department will assume responsibility of initial construction.
Plans for the new bridge are expected to be complete within a few days, according to William F. Baumgartner, head of the Eau Claire division office of the highway department. Additional foundation soundings were taken last week by highway engineers, he said.
An overhead trestle bridge, which spanned Hewett Street, collapsed with the weight of Charles Aumann’s milk truck as it was being driven over it Sept. 17, 1939. Soon after, a new steel bridge with electric lights placed on each corner was put in place.
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The public library at Greenwood has grown from a circulation of 6,284 in 1917 to a circulation of 18,041 in 1938. The growth has been quite steady, except that there was a bulge in 1936 and just preceding. In that year the circulation went to a high of 19,950. The excess over the more recent circulation was due to the great withdrawals of fiction. Emphasis has since been placed increasingly on non-fiction.
In number of volumes the library has grown from 1,009 in 1917 to 4,525 in 1938. It will be noted that in 1938 each book was withdrawn, on the average, four times a year. Twenty-odd years ago, when the library was much smaller, the velocity of circulation was greater, due to the limited selection and perhaps also to the emphasis upon fiction.
The Greenwood Library is presided over by Mrs. J. S. Andrews as librarian. She began the work in 1919. Then the library was in a small room over the post office.
The next home of the library was the old Baptist Church, which was purchased by the city. This was a commodious place and gave good accommodations. But it was cold and the patrons complained about it. These patrons saw a providential when the 1930 fire damaged the library and its quarters. The library itself was given a splendid boost by the insurance settlement amounting to $1,300. With this an excellent start was made in history and biography.
In 1935 the library was moved to the very pleasant quarters in the new city hall. This location is most convenient though Mrs. Andrews worries about shelf room in the event of growth.
Like all libraries, the Greenwood Public Library has not as much income as its sponsors would prefer. Its’ Revenues, aggregate about $700 per year in addition to heating and light expenses. The city directly raises $500 for running expenses, plus furnishing the quarters with heat and lights. The towns of Eaton and Warner raise $50 each, while Longwood and Hendren have each raised $25 for the library expenses.
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United States citizenship apparently would mean a great deal to Joseph Edward Erickson of the Town of Unity.
Late Thursday the 74-year-old Finlander walked about 35 miles, from his home to the courthouse in Neillsville, to file his first papers of citizenship. And he earned the $2.50 fee for filing the papers by husking corn.
Mr. Erickson, who was born in Christine, Finland, in November 1865, started out from his home about two miles west of the village of Unity on foot early in the morning. He was tired and weary when he entered the office of Ben Frantz, Clerk of Court, to file the papers about 3 p.m.
“I walked every foot of the way,” he revealed with a sparkle in his eyes; “but the longest walk came when I got to Neillsville. I had to walk way over west before I could get to the court house,” he said referring to the detour over O’Neill Creek.
Mr. Erickson’s papers revealed that he came to the United States in November 1890, on an unknown vessel. He made his entry at New York City.
County officials secured a ride part way home for Mr. Erickson.
Mr. Erickson was only one of several residents of Clark County who recently filed naturalization papers at the courthouse. However, the rush, which started coincidently with the opening of European hostilities, apparently has subsided, according to Mr. Frantz. During the first days of the war an unusual number of papers were filed, Mr. Frantz said.
At present, weekly classes in government are being conducted in Thorp, Owen, Greenwood and Neillsville for citizenship. An attempt is also being made to organize classes for Willard and Granton.
Florence Garbush of Loyal is in charge of the classes, which are being undertaken by the WPA. An effort is being made to lower the requirement for a class from 10 members to six so that classes in government may be offered in other communities of the county.
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A charter signing service was held at the Evangelical and Reformed Church Sunday evening for the Men’s club of that organization, which was recently affiliated with the Churchmen’s Brotherhood, the official organization of the Evangelical and Reformed Churches of the United States and Canada.
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There will be a Plum Pudding & Chicken Pie Supper at the Pleasant Ridge Church Oct. 20th 5:30 p.m., 25¢ and 50¢
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Silver Dome Ballroom’s Schedule of Free Wedding Dances: Monday, Oct. 9th, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Lindner.
Thursday, Oct. 12 in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ritter;
Friday, Oct. 13 in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Burnell Erickson;
Saturday, Oct. 21, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Dyre
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May & Ruchaber, National Independent Retail Grocers of Neillsville, Week’s Specials:
Store Brand Flour, 49 lb. bag $1.33; 2 lb. UBC Peanut Butter, 25¢; Cream Sandwich Cookies, lb. 10¢; Fresh Pork Shoulder, 15¢ lb.; Bacon Squares, 10¢ lb.; Fresh Side pork, Chunk 12¢.
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While people across the ocean are shooting steel-jacketed bullets, little Dan Cupid apparently has been busy hereabouts casting his darts.
In the last week, 13 marriage license applications have been made in the office of County Clerk Calvin Mills; more than was made even in the rush season of June.
Mr. Mills explained that this time of year generally brings on a heavy run in the marriage license business; but said that the last few days have been unusually heavy. He admitted that the war in Europe and the possibility that the United States might eventually be drawn into it might have some bearing on the unusual number of applications. Unmarried men in the 20s generally are the first on the list for call to arms.
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