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May 23, 2023, Page 9 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles |
Clark County News
May 12, 1938
Flyers open season at Willard Sunday
The Neillsville Flyers open their campaign for the Clark County Junior Baseball league title against the strong Willard second team at Willard next Sunday.
The Flyers have won two practice games as against no defeats. Their game with Christie of the newly formed Dairyland league last Sunday was cancelled because of rain. The Willard team holds a 13inning 9 to 8 win over the Willard first team, which is also a member of the Dairyland league.
The Flyers thank those who donated to the team for much needed equipment. Frank Quesnell of the Al’Aboard Lunch car has offered a dollar in cash to the player who, at the end of the season, has the highest batting average.
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To edit college paper
K. Wm. Hemp, son of City Clerk and Mrs. Wm. F. Hemp of this city, was named editor in chief of the Marquette Law Review at the annual banquet of the law association. This is the highest honor that can come to a student in the law school, the position being granted on qualifications of executive ability and scholarship, Billie ranking high in his studies throughout the course. Last year this honor was bestowed upon Clark M. Byse of the law school of the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Byse also being one of the outstanding students of his class scholastically, and Neillsville is justly proud of their ability and the recognition given them.
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Pigeons released Sunday
M.H. Zilisch released about 400 homing pigeons Sunday morning at 6 o’clock for the Kaukauna Pigeon Club, opening the crates at the Neillsville depot. One crate of birds was from Appleton and five crates from Kaukauna.
Due to cloudy weather and low ceiling, the birds circled about this locality for some time before getting their bearings. Mr. Zilisch has released pigeons for the Kaukauna sportsmen for over ten years.
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Frosts farther North
Frosts struck the northern portions of Clark County several nights this week. Tuesday night ice froze in some places, damaging early grain.
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Club leaders meeting
The date of the meeting for County 4H club leaders at Greenwood has been changed to Saturday, May 14, at 1:30 p.m. instead of Friday night, County Agent W. J. Landry states.
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At Alma Center meeting
Judge Emery W. Crosby was one of the speakers at the Highway 95 meeting held at Alma Center last week. Co. Clerk Calvin Mills, Dr. F.M. Garman and Archie Van Gorden were also in attendance. The Trempealeau fellows are boosting for paving for 95 west from Merrillan JC. across the county to Winona, which may also help get the lower end of the highway from Neillsville to Merrillan paved.
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Tampering with lines is dangerous
Complaints have been filed with Dist. Atty. John M. Peterson that REA power lines in Clark County have been tampered with, evidently by boys who are unaware of the dangers to themselves and others. Wires have been thrown over lines, causing short circuits, and if the ends touched wire fences or puddles, electrocution might result.
Sheriff Mats Madsen is making a check of all complaints with a view of bringing the offenders into court. State law places a very severe penalty on anyone damaging an electrical appliance, with sentences up to three years in state prison.
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May 13, 1948
“Big Fish Contest” is announced at Hatfield
A “big fish contest” will be staged this year by the Hatfield Sportsmen’s Club.
The club director, meeting last week, decided to pay $5 for the largest catch of the season (“in local waters”) for each of the following: Walleyed pike, small mouth bass, catfish, crappie, German brown trout, northern pike, largemouth bass, muskellunge, rainbow trout and brook trout.
Only club members are eligible for prizes. Entries must be weighed in and registered at Vieau’s, Prusa’s or Cardinal’s. Awards will be made in December.
The directors also selected several plots for the planting of deer food, and arrangements were made to have the work done.
The annual election of officers will be held June 1.
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Score in security loan
Clark County is credited with sales of $91,228 in the Security Loan, against a quota of $500,000. This is the report of the state director. It includes sales up to May 1.
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Yes, indeed; much happens in the Neperud family
This is what is happening in the Roy Neperud family, all within the month: Marilyn is getting married; George is graduating in accounting from the University of Wisconsin; Donald is graduating from the Neillsville high school; Robert is graduating from the eighth grade at Christie public school. That makes four for whom the Neperuds must make current, urgent plans, and these plans naturally fall with special weight upon the mother, Mrs. Neperud.
In addition to the four major happenings in the family, there is a constant succession of minor happenings, such as always befall a family of seven children. Mrs. Neperud is an attractive and youthful appearing blonde, whose health is up to par or better, but she is lamenting that there will not be much left of her when the last of the four major events passes into history.
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440 graduate from the eighth grade
Commencement exercised will be held in Withee and Neillsville
A total of 440 grade students of Clark County will receive diplomas at exercises scheduled for next week Thursday and Friday, according to an announcement from Russell Drake, county superintendent of schools.
Commencement exercised will be held in the Withee High School auditorium at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 20. In attendance there will be students graduating from schools located in the northern part of the county. The commencement address will be given by Walter Bruce, principal of the Greenwood schools.
Exercises for children graduating from schools in the southern part of the county will be held in the Neillsville armory at 10 a.m., Friday, May 21. The address will be given by the Rev. N.J. Dechant of Neillsville.
Included among 440 to be graduated are eighth graders of all schools, public and parochial, except the Neillsville city schools, which are under the city system.
Receiving highest scores in the eighth grade tests, recently conducted by the county superintendent’s office were:
Nancy Mason, Owen public schools;
Franklin Seif, St. John’s Lutheran school, Neillsville; and
Bill Enockson, Greenwood public schools.
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“Cinderella” story has “mod” parallel in Loyal pig theft
What might be considered, loosely of course, a modern parallel to the “Cinderella” story is being enacted in Clark County. But, unlike the original, it involves cops and robbers, not a beautiful damsel in the garb of a scullery maid.
The story unfolds this way:
Barney Davel of Loyal keeps a number of pigs– from 20 to 25 pounders–on an otherwise unoccupied farm in the town of Beaver, north of Loyal. Last week Tuesday night, as dusk was falling, Davel made a visit to the farm, keeping a close check on the pigs because, for one thing, they are susceptible to pneumonia and other quick killing disease. It’s Davel’s habit to check them closely in this manner.
Phantom figures
But when he arrived something was different. The pigs were squealing. As he approached the barn he saw three figures of men, each with a gunny sack in his hands. When they saw Davel approach, they dropped the sacks and scattered in three directions. They were somewhat like phantoms, for the disappeared quickly and quietly into the gathering gloom.
Each gunny sack contained pigs which, Davel assumes, were being “collected” illegally.
In going over the ground, however sheriff’s officers also found a shoe. One of the intruders presumably had departed so rapidly he literally ran out of his shoes.
It’s true, the shoe is no glass slipper; but the task of sheriff’s officers is somewhat the same as that which befell Prince Charming when he went out looking for the wearer of the glass slipper in the famous fairy tale.
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Fire consumes remains of old Willard church
Sunday afternoon the old church building was put away by destroying it with fire. Most of the good part of it was sold or given away by the parishioners, but still some waste remained, and they decided to remove it.
On hand to help control the fire and protect the rest of the buildings was the town of Hendren fire truck and the firemen from Greenwood. Some damage was done to the schoolhouse close by, such as charred and smoked on the outside with some broken windows.
The church was built in 1910 by the early settlers.
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Native of city in Saudi Arabia
Robert Gault of Phoenix, Ariz., former postal employee in Neillsville, has left for Saudi Arabia, where he plans to spend a year doing construction work. Bob did the same kind of work in Pakistan for two years and after a few months with his family, returned to Pakistan for another two years. Mrs. Gault is the former Marcia Potter, daughter of the late Wayne and Vivian Potter of Neillsville.
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Out-of-county dogs sweep hunt
Out-of-county dogs swept the first three places in the night hunt staged Saturday by the Dairyland Fox and Coon Hunters Club. The night hunt was run from the organization’s clubhouse a mile north of Christie on Highway 73.
First place went to Rock, owned by Jerry Perkovich of Chippewa Falls, with 200 points in pacing the field. Other winners were: second, Surelock, a blue tick owned by John McIlguham of Chippewa Falls; third, Queen, a Walker owned by Jim Wheaton of Whitewater; fourth, Betsy, a black and tan owned by Bernard Murphy of Greenwood.
The club’s next night hunt is scheduled for Saturday at 8:30 p.m. A water race will be held Sunday, May 19, at 12 o’clock noon.
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Kings and queens of the Clark County nutrition program spring dance held May 1 in Greenwood were (left to right) Mrs. Bertha Combs and Art Wolfram representing the Owen nutrition center; Mrs. Mary Sowieja and Dr. R.L. Barnes representing the Greenwood center; and Mrs. Myrtle Lang and Martin Lautenbach, representing the Neillsville center. (Nutrition program photo May 8, 1965)
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Winners of the Thursday night bowling league display their individual trophies received during the bowling banquet last week. They comprise the Whitehouse team, the members of which are, from the left: Joan Wavrunek, Eileen Zank, Jana Marden, Shirley Anderson and Mary Ellen Bertz. (Press photo May 9, 1968)
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May 8, 1975
Retirement party honors city librarian
Ruth Ebert was honored at a retirement party Wednesday evening, April 30, at Bali Hai supper club. Mrs. Ebert has been librarian at the Neillsville public library for 16 years and four months.
Members of the library board, the librarians, and their spouses were present.
Mrs. Esther Perkins wrote a farewell poem for Mrs. Ebert, who was presented with a corsage, a picture and a gift certificate.
Mrs. Ebert’s position is being filled by Mrs. Nancy Hubing. Mrs. Clara Karl will continue to be the children’s librarian.
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