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May 29, 2024, Page 10 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles |
Clark County News, May 25, 1944
Decoration Day will be observed Tuesday
Business places to close– program is given, with Order of March
Decoration Day will be observed in Neillsville, after the usual custom.
The various participating organizations will gather at the high school grounds before 10 a.m., at which time the parade starts.
The order is as follows: Colors; band; veterans of the Spanish-American War; the American Legion, with colors, firing squad and post members, in that order; disabled veterans of World War One; Women’s Relief Corps; American Legion Auxiliary; business and professional people; Girl Scouts; Boy Scouts; school children.
There will be the usual stop at the bridge over O’Neill Creek with rites for those who have died at sea.
At the cemetery the program will be as follows: Opening prayer; playing of the Star-Spangled Banner by the high school band; exercises by the Women’s Relief Corps; address by Victor W. Nehs or by a person relieving him; taps and salute; America, by the high school band; benediction.
In the event of rain, the exercises will be held at 10 a.m. in the Armory.
Mayor Anderson requests business places and professional offices to close not later than 9:30 a.m. and to remain closed for the rest of the day.
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The wedding ring of Mrs. Louis Quast, lost in big tornado, found after 17 years
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Quast, town of Seif, while working in their garden on May 17, found a ring which had been lost to their family 37 years ago. It was Grandma Quast’s wedding ring, and had been carried away in the tornado which struck this area in July 1907. The ring was still in good condition, even after having been buried in the Quast garden 37 years.
Mrs. Louis Quast had been in possession of the ring since her wedding day, about ten years prior to the tornado. It had been carried in the storm about 100 feet from the house. The ground where it was found had been used for a number of years as a cattle drive, so the cattle have been tramping over it for these many years. It was the decision to break the land up into a garden which led to the ring’s discovery.
The finding of this ring in the Quast garden brings to mind some of the details of the tornado which struck this region on the third day of July 1907, missing Neillsville by about a mile. The Louis Quast farm in the town of Seif was one of the hardest hit. The barn was unroofed, and walls broken, and when the storm had passed, the horses were standing in what was left of the barn, looking out over the broken walls. The Quast house was totally wrecked, and contents scattered. Articles of clothing and other things from the house were picked up as far away as the mound, and many things were in fields and nearby pastures. A son, Henry Quast, was severely injured, and a daughter, Elsie, was less severely injured. Miss Elsie Wenzel (now Mrs. Bert Hester of Sioux Falls, S.D.) was in the Quast home engaged in giving Elsie Quast a piano lesson when the storm struck. All in the house miraculously escaped with their lives. The storm did freakish things. Some glass tumblers, very thin and delicately made, were carried from the Quast house, and were later picked up unbroken in a pasture a half mile away.
This storm traveled in a north of west to south of east direction, damaging buildings, uprooting trees and generally frightening people who witnessed it, but its next great destruction was done directly north of Neillsville at the Waters and Bieneck farms, and the Charles farm (now occupied by the Claude Paulson family). At the later place the house and barn were both completely demolished, and contents scattered for many miles. Lyman Charles, a brother of the late John Charles, lost his life and others in the Charles household were slightly injured. Another place badly damaged was the Beyer place near the Beyer church, town of Pine Valley.
This spring the Quast’s included some extra ground in their garden plot, and it was while working here that Mr. Quast noticed something shiny. It proved to be Mrs. Louis Quast’s long-lost wedding ring. It is now the property of Mrs. Frederick Quast, gratefully presented to her by the real owner, who has gone without it for so many years.
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May 20, 1954
Story of Indian school is spread by pageant
Current tour includes Neillsville Thursday evening, May 20
The story of the Winnebago Indian School and its work among the Indians will be presented in pageant form at Zion Evangelical and Reformed church at 8 p.m. on Thursday evening, May 20. The showing here will be one of a series of 14 presentations, made in several current tours through Wisconsin. The pageant was developed by the Rev. Ben Stucki. He has grown again the beard which made him famous at the Centennial celebration. He takes the part of this own father and of missionaries who have devoted themselves to the work among the Indians.
The pageant begins with the establishment in 1878 of the mission at Black River Falls by the Rev. Jacob Hauser. The story is developed by high lights step by step to the present day. The presentation takes about 45 minutes.
The Rev. Mitchell Whiterabbit of the mission in Black River Falls represents the various Indians who later became ministers and workers at the mission. Mrs. Marie Stucki Grether plays the parts of various wives of the missionaries. Others in the cast are Phyllis Smoke, who now works at the Indian school, Mrs. Emma Lowe of Merrillan, Mynoma White Eagle, Naomi Roberts, Prudence Funmaker, Bonnie Funmaker, May Louise Dick, May Eileen Decorah, Alvis Winneshiek, John Gauthier and Arvid White Eagle.
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Marriage Licenses
Marion Bill Burzynski, Taylor County, Rose Mary Wincek, town of Thorp to be married at Thorp May 29.
Calvin Awe, town of Green Grove, Gladys Kuester, town of Warner, to be married at Greenwood June 2.
Richard Gillard, Neillsville, Romelle Quicker, Granton, to be married at Neillsville May 29.
Louis Kessler, town of Pine Valley, Shirley Davis, Neillsville, married at Neillsville May 19.
Arthur Hohenstein, town of Washburn, Ramona Randall, town of Pine Valley, to be married at Fond du Lac May 29.
David Daniel Mamayek, town of Withee, Sylvia Victoria Cieslek, town of Withee, to be married at Thorp May 25.
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N.E. Qualle, starting his twenty-sixth year as principal of Thorp High School, will have the honor of opening the reconstructed and enlarged high school building. (Press photo May 20, 1954)
On the extreme right is Mrs. Lloyd Johnson and next to her Mrs. Ted Dux. These are the two women who seized time by the forelock and sold hospital bricks to hospital workers who come from outside. Kneeling front and center is Ernest Ison of Chippewa Falls. Holding the coffee pot of John Schells of Eau Claire. Holding the cake is Wayne Petrick of Eau Claire. Other workers in the picture are the following from Eau Claire: Alvin Johnson, Jerry Schley, Carl Varone, Ingvald Froystad, Ed Gamroth, Justin Beebe, from Cornell, Lloyd Silverling; from Eleva, Lawrence Loomis. (Press photo May 20, 1954)
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May 30, 1974
Four from Neillsville make way to state track meet; girls have three
Three girls and one boy from Neillsville varsity track teams will be going on to state competition, according to school track coaches.
The foursome were listed as follows:
John Donahue, who won second place in the 440 yard dash with a time of 52.4 seconds, six-tenths of a second slower than the first place finisher.
Judy Sischo, who took second place in the 880 yard run with a time of 2.34:1, was only one-tenth of a second behind the leader.
Debbie Oestreich nabbed first place in the high jump when she crosses the bar at four feet eleven inches, one inch higher than two who tied for second place.
Cindy Kunze took second place in the long jump with a mark of fifteen feet seven and one-half inches, three inches short of first place but a full six inches more than her closest competition.
Only first and second place finishers move on to state.
In other action at the track meets, Matt Kingsbury gained fourth place in the mile run with a time of 10:22.4 behind a first-place time of 9:59.3.
In team standings, the Neillsville boy’s track team placed eleventh out of 15 schools which included, from top to bottom, Mosinee, Clintonville, Wittenberg, Menomonie, Colby, Arcadia, Chetek, Stanley, Nekoosa, Waupaca, Neillsville, New London, Bloomer, Mondovi and Durand.
In the girls meet, 21 schools participated with Neillsville ranking sixth. Listed from highest point totals were Edgar, Black River Falls, Tomahawk, Loyal, Stanley-Boyd, Neillsville, Auburndale, Marathon, Mondovi, Owen Withee, Athens, Osseo Fairchild, Independence, Cochrane-Fountain City, Alma Center, Spencer, Arcadia, Gale-Ettrick Trempealeau, Gilman, Arcadia, and Augusta.
Those going on to the state competition will be leaving for the Madison area this coming Friday where the large meet is being split between a Madison school and one in Monona Grove.
Coaches for the teams were Marsha Walters for the girls and Bob Moore for the boys’ varsity.
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Gunderson-Karnitz vows pledged in Pine Valley
Miss Joy Ann Gunderson and Kerry Lee Karnitz repeated marriage vows Saturday, May 25, at 2:30 p.m. at Zion American Lutheran Church in the town of Pine Valley. The Rev. Ronald Nordin officiated at the ceremony for the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Gunderson, New Berlin, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Karnitz, Neillsville. The couple greeted guests later at a reception at Bali Hai Supper Club.
The bride is a graduate of Nathan Hale High School and of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Her husband graduated from Neillsville High School and from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. After June 1, the couple will live in Henrietta, Wausau.
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Lee Karnitz were married Saturday, May 25, in ceremonies performed at Zion American Lutheran Church in the town of Pine Valley. (Contributed photo May 30, 1974)
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June 1, 1994
Bird national award winner
The United States Achievement Academy announced that Amanda Bird has been named a United States National Award winner in English.
This award is a prestigious honor very few students can ever hope to attain. In fact, the Academy recognizes less than 10% of all American high school students.
Bird, who attends Neillsville High School, was nominated for this National Award by Mrs. Kopp, an English teacher at the school. Bird will appear in the United States Achievement Academy Official Yearbook, published nationally.
Bird is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bird. The grandparents are Fred Lewin, Sr., of Spencer and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bird of August.
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