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August 9, 2023, Page 9 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles |
Clark County News
August 11, 1938
Neillsville events attract big crowds
Over 3,000 in Wednesday for Junior Chamber Program
The largest crowd of the season was in Neillsville last Wednesday evening to enjoy the program put on by the Junior Chamber of Commerce with the backing of the business men of the city. It is estimated there were between 3,000 and 4,000 visitors in the city.
The Neillsville High School band as usual furnished an enjoyable musical program. Everett Skroch occupied the speaker’s platform and made the announcements.
These Wednesday evening programs are proving even more popular this season than last year when the average attendance was above 2,000 on Wednesday nights.
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Klondike Corners fire
A fire early Thursday morning destroyed the Fleischman Wheel and Rim Co. plant at Klondike Corners with a loss estimated at over $10,000. The Marshfield fire department was unable to save the building. One machine ruined cost $3,000. Ruby Hartnett, a nearby neighbor, discovered the fire. The owner’s son, an orchestra player, was in the building a few hours before the fire, and everything was all right. The building was erected about 35 years ago by Louis Reese. Fleischman will rebuild.
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Crew erects new city power line
Northern States Power Co. spending $66,000 on transmission
Preliminary work on the erection of a new $66,000 Northern States Power transmission line into Neillsville from the Cotton School substation at the junction of Highways 10 and 12 has been progressing for three weeks with a crew of five men on the job. All of the work so far has consisted of distribution of materials.
The new line will follow Highway B, then south and over to near the Silver Dome, and along the section line into the city. It is expected that the men erecting a new line near Ellsworth will supplement the crew now at work during the later part of August. The new line will be built in a short time and will be the same in specifications as the present one, but it will have the advantage of being more easily maintained. Most difficulty is expected in removing the present line, which cuts through woods and swamps.
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Grasshoppers eat up gardens in cities
Until a week ago the grasshopper infestation had been a farm problem in Clark County, but this week County Agent W.J. Landry has received urgent calls from owners of gardens in Neillsville and the other cities and villages in the county asking for poison bait. The hoppers particularly go after carrots, onions and cabbage in gardens.
Mr. Landry says poison bait may be secured either at his office or at the mixing station at Greenwood. Many of the grasshoppers are not fully grown and cover a great deal more territory than they did. Mr. Landry says control measures will not avail as much now as a short time ago, but it will still pay to battle the hoppers.
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County Board meets
The county board held its annual one day meeting at the Clark County asylum building in Owen on Wednesday. A vote on accepting the park at Greenwood was on the schedule.
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Owen defeats Neillsville
The Owen golfers made it another win over the Neillsville players at Owen Sunday by a score of 36 to 16. Earl Kidd of Owen, who likes to kid Roy Schmedel, says the score was not even close despite what alibis Roy may think up.
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Aviator flies backward
Johnny Cullen, Taylor County aviator, flew two miles from Little Black north to Medford tail first. He went up 2,000 feet and flew into the wind at 40 miles an hour, but the wind carried him backward. Over Medford he remained almost stationary in the air for five minutes.
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August 19, 1949 Feature of Monday afternoon’s Clark County Fair program will be the automobile races. At least 12 dare devils of the dirt track are expected to compete for purses and trophies in this revival of automobile racing here. The above picture shows some of the racers who will compete in the thrill climax of the 76th annual Clark County Fair. (Press photo Aug. 19, 1948)
Toddy Wall hurls no hit, no run game
The season’s first no hit, no run baseball game in this area was hung up Sunday afternoon by Toddy Wall and the Neillsville “Teen Agers.”
In a seven-inning tilt, the “TeenAgers” slashed out a 17 to 0 triumph behind the baffling servings of young Wall. The game, originally scheduled for nine innings, was called because of darkness.
Only 23 Lynn batters faced Wall during the seven frames. Two got on base through errors by Wall’s mates. Wall’s feat was the more remarkable because he did not issue a single walk.
The “TeenAgers” have played several games this year and recently gave a good accounting of themselves against the Marshfield Brewers of the Wisconsin Valley league.
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Rattle snakes killed in Town of Sherwood
The invasion of higher lands by swamp rattlers in this area is being blamed on the dry weather of this summer.
Several poisonous rattle snakes have been killed in the area in recent days. Lawrence Freedlund killed one last week while making hay in a marsh east of the Freedlund farm. A few weeks ago, another rattler was killed in the Connie Bayko yard; and Theodore Schwanebeck killed one in their farmyard recently.
People hereabouts believe the unusually dry weather has caused the rattlers to come up from the swamps near Hay Creek.
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Feature of Monday afternoon’s Clark County Fair program will be the automobile races. At least 12 dare devils of the dirt track are expected to compete for purses and trophies in this revival of automobile racing here. The above picture shows some of the racers who will compete in the thrill climax of the 76th annual Clark County Fair. (Press photo Aug. 19, 1948)
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August 8, 1968
An odd way to catch a muskie!
Arthur Frantz of Marshfield last Sunday was telling a fish story to end all fish stories in the Hatfield area.
The only difference was that he had the fish to prove it.
What he had was a 39 1/2 inch, 7-1/2 pound fish that had the weight of a Northern pike (or pickerel, to the old people); but the people who measured and weighed it in at the 4in1 reported it was a muskie.
But the story is in how Frantz came by the fish:
Out in a boat on Lake Arbutus, he caught a bass and put it on a stringer. He went back to the east shore of the lake and beached the boat. As he pottered around, he noticed that water behind the boat was “boiling.” He stepped into the boat and pulled up the stringer and found not only the bass, but the muskie which had half-consumed the bass. The muskie had been caught by the hook on the stringer.
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County cow sets new milk record
A Holstein cow on the Selz Bros. farm north of Humbird has established a new milk production record for junior two-year-old Holsteins, according to word from the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
The new record holder is Joliam Admiral Supreme 6204776. She has completed a record lactation level of 22,220 pounds of milk and 679 pounds of butterfat on two-times a day milking in the 365-day division of the DHIR butterfat.
Joliam Admiral Supreme was bred in the Selz herd. She was sired by Irvington Pride Admiral, a bull that has earned Gold Medal Sire recognition.
Production sampling, weighing and testing operations were supervised by the University of Wisconsin, working in cooperation with the national Holstein organization.
867 lbs. fat
Another Selz farm cow, Joliam Laddy Black 4891639, has completed a 365day test with 21,793 pounds of milk and 867 pounds of butterfat, according to a report by the national breed organization. Joliam Laddy Black is an eight-year-old and made the record under DHIR rules.
The record compares with the average cow’s output in the United States of 8.513 pounds of milk.
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10 barns down; 17 head of young stock are killed
At least 10 barns in a midsection strip across Clark County were downed, or were massively damaged, shortly after noon Tuesday when a howling windstorm, with gust measured at over 90 miles per hour, raked the area.
Rainfall accompanying the wind was measured at varying amounts during the storm; but at one location northwest of Willard a farm rain gauge measured three and one quarter inches of fall in the brief span of 15 minutes.
No one was injured, despite the fact that two men were caught in barns which went down or were damaged when the windstorm hit.
Trees all across the county were uprooted, had big limbs wrenched off and other farm buildings had window glass sucked or blown out and other damage in the path of the wind was widespread.
Power out
Several areas of Clark County were without power, some for several hours. The major trouble developed when the substation on County Trunk Y, north of Chili, was both hit by lightning and rocked by wind and torrential downpour.
A clock at a restaurant on the west side of Greenwood’s main street stopped within a few seconds of 12:30 p.m. On the east side of Greenwood’s main street power service was restored at 5:20 p.m.; on the west side at 7:10 p.m.; and along County Trunk G., between Greenwood and Willard, at 7:45 p.m.
Charles Barr, divisional manager for Northern States Power company, reported all lines in service Wednesday morning; but said that there may be “some isolated places” where service still is out “because of a limb or tree over the lines or something like that.” Northern States crews worked through the night to restore service on their lines in the area.
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August 7, 1975
Rain doesn’t settle dust in Washburn
Most of the farmers have their haying done Some are starting to put up their second crop hay. Rain is badly needed for other crops and gardens. There were good showers of rain in Neillsville and other places Friday night and Saturday morning, but we only got light showers and sprinkles, which didn’t even lay the dust. It was more like heavy dew. Some of the oats are starting to ripen and appear to be a good crop and most of the corn is looking good but needs rain badly.
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Where is Matt Dillon when you need him? Is that “Kitty” waving at him? Dressed in the proper attire. “Miss Kitty” was actually waving to the crowd lining the parade route during the last day of Hatfield’s centennial celebration. The float, one of 75 entries, depicted the Long Brand Saloon complete with rinkytinky piano, the poker playing foursome, plenty of guns and of course, “Miss Kitty.” With a big smile and playing “Miss Kitty” was Jana Marden of Neillsville. The entire parade proceeded through encroaching spectators in the hot July sunshine. (Press photo July 1975)
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The new manager of the Neillsville Schultz Brothers store is Jeffrey McKnight, who took over the position this past weekend. Mc Knight, originally from Boscobel, has been with the Schultz Brothers company for the past seven years. The Neillsville post will be the first full manager position for him. He is transferring from Iowa Falls, Iowa. McKnight and his wife Judi will be residing in the Neillsville area. He stated he likes to hunt and fish. (Press photo August 7, 1975)
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