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Aug 28, 2024, Page 9 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles |
Clark County News
August 31, 1944
Meeting on milk houses called for September 8
Milk house and cooling tank construction will be discussed at a meeting to be held in the court room at Neillsville Friday evening, September 8, at 8 p.m. This meeting is being called by W.R. Marquart, Clark County agent, at the request of several farmers in the county who are interested in constructing either a milk house or a milk cooling tank
William Roper of the Portland Cement Association will present pictures illustrating the proper methods of construction. The plans which he uses are recommended by the agricultural engineering department of the University of Wisconsin. Farmers who are planning for such construction in the future should attend this meeting, says Mr. Marquart.
Mr. Roper will also be available during the day on September 8, for farm visits where farmers are planning immediate construction. “If you are interested in having Mr. Roper visit your farm, write or call the county agent’s office,” is Mr. Marquart’s invitation.
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WAC recruiters skip
Recruiting officers for the air WACs will break their weekly visits to Neillsville Monday, September 4, because of Labor Day. However, they will be back on the weekly schedule Monday, September 11, in the post office lobby from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Young women who wish to find out about the air WACs are invited to inquire during those hours each Monday.
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County children will work for the Russians Will gather clothing, in addition to floss and wastepaper
Two patriotic programs will be carried through this fall by the school children of Clark County. One will be the gathering of used clothing for Russian war relief and the other is the gathering of milkweed floss. Both of these programs were explained last week to the teachers of the rural schools, meeting in the Institute at Neillsville.
The Russian clothing plan was explained by Mrs. R. S. Saylor of Milwaukee, who is associated with the state organization for Russian war relief. The collection in this county will be carried through under local leadership, with County Superintendent Laurent having general direction, and with the northern part of the county under the supervision of Earl W. Kidd. The clothing will be taken to the schools and will be handled from there by the same trucks as will be used for carrying wastepaper. The Russian clothing campaign will be conducted simultaneously with the wastepaper campaign.
Mrs. Saylor explained that the collections of clothing in this country is a great humanitarian effort, well calculated to warm the hearts of the millions of Russians whose homes and personal effects have been destroyed. In this effort the state of Wisconsin has already gathered and shipped 24 cars of clothing, about 400,000 pounds.
The milkweed floss program was explained by William R. Marquart, the county agent. The floss is needed for life belts for U.S. aviators. Each rural school will be provided with sacks, into which the children will put milkweed pods. These are to be hung on a fence, in order that they may be airdried. When dried they may be taken to the instructor in agriculture in the various high schools of the county, and these instructors, acting as purchasing agents for the government, will pay the children at the rate of 20 cents per bag. These pods should be harvested when the seeds start to turn brown.
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August 19, 1954
Firemen’s Ball will be held Saturday night
With $500 already earmarked for the Neillsville swimming pool fund, the Neillsville Volunteer Fire Department will hold its fourth annual benefit dance Saturday night at the Silver Dome.
Proceeds from this dance, as in the past three annual balls, will be similarly ear marked. Last year the volunteer organization set aside $100 for the fund; while in the two previous years proceeds were substantially better and $200 was allotted to the fund in each year.
Tickets are being sold in advance by members of the organization at 75 cents per person. They also will be available at the Silver Dome on the evening of the dance. Chairman of the committee is Gerald Dankemyer, and thus far Don Schwantes, as usual, is leading the pack in advance ticket sales.
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Twister tears at city’s south side
Wrenching limbs, felling trees, damaging the public utilities
A storm of great violence hit Neillsville Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. The wind of it wrecked the stage set at the fairgrounds, tore tents from the ground and ripped them, tore limbs off trees, beat down a few whole trees, gave a temporary beating to the power and telephone facilities.
The storm was remarkable for the restricted area of its damage. It beat with devastating force upon part of the South side of Neillsville, hit lighter on the North side, left a well-marked path from northwest to southeast through the city, and in that path left evidence of ups and downs.
A striking feature of the wind was that it was rough from Fifth Street south, felled trees and limbs on Oak, Grand, Hewett, Court and Center streets, but jumped over Clay Street with little damage. Clay lies between Oak and Grand, both of which took a beating.
Evidence of the freaky impact of the storm came forcibly to the editor, who writes this. At his home, corner of Hewett and Fourth, the wind was so violent as to wrench two large awnings loose on the west front and to tear canvas into uselessness. But the next day it was noted that the awnings on the west side of The Press building had not been roughly treated.
Terror at fairgrounds
The terror of the storm was experienced most at the fairgrounds. There, people were in tents or under temporary cover, for the most part, and lacked protection. Before the grandstand the performers took such shelter as they could find. Clares Zemater, Jr., helped his wife to get under a car. There she was briefly stretched prone upon the ground, which became a sea of mud around her. Meanwhile the wind wrecked the set and tore away part of the supports of the tents.
At the radio tent near the gate men held the tent as well as they could, while the audience rushed out. Part of them took shelter in the treasurer’s office at the gate, packing themselves in until there were more people than money.
It was a twister
Was it a twister? Much evidence says that it was. The experience at the Fullerton office, for instance. There, the front window to the south was sucked out and broken, with the shattered pieces left in the gutter, eight or ten feet away. Inside the office upper surfaces were thickly covered with heavy dust, obviously sucked up from the cracks in the floor.
The narrow path of the storm, and the irregularity of its impact, speak for a twisting wind rather that a flat wind.
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This is Arne Eisentraut, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eisentraut of the Neillsville community. Arne is holding the grand champion of Holstein bull calves at the fair. This is a real aristocrat, his father being Carnation Profile of the famous Carnation family. His mother is Distinction Princess Mary Hello. She has a record of 515 pounds of fat in one lactation and is believed by the Wuethrich’s to be heading for 600 lbs. in the current year. Arne got his bull through the Kiwanis project, the sponsor being H.H. Van Gorden & Sons. (Press photo Aug. 19, 1954)
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August 29, 1974
Tractor trouble up for young, adult farmers
Tractor maintenance and overhaul will be subjects for the young and adult farmer classes scheduled to start September 5 at Neillsville High School, it was announced this week.
Registration will be held on the first evening of instruction. The class will meet at 8 p.m. in the agriculture room of the high school. A registration and laboratory fee of $5 will be charged.
Maintenance of all types of large engines will be discussed, and tests will be demonstrated, including those for ignition timing, compression, vacuum, dwell and tach. Instruction also will be given in the procedure for valve, ring and bearing repairs.
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Peggy Oestreich of Loyal was crowned the 1974 Loyal Corn Festival Queen during the three-day celebration in Loyal last weekend. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Oestreich of Loyal. First runner-up was Vicki Boushon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boushon, and second runner-up, Jill Schober, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schober. Other contestants were Pam Schupe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Schupe, and Rena Hall, daughter of Mrs. Magdalena Hall. The girls are all of the Loyal area, where they attend high school. (Press photo Aug. 29, 1974)
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August 31, 1994
Thorp youth given Hero Award
Noah Vetterkind, 15, Thorp, Wis., received the Hero Award from the Governor’s office at the 28th annual Governor’s Conference on Emergency Management on Aug. 18 and 19. His immediate response in providing first aid may have saved the life of his cousin. The incident occurred when his cousin Everette Poppe, age 11, was visiting at Noah’s home. Everette seriously cut himself on a glass, severing a branch of arteries. Noah carried Everette to a bed and used a towel to put pressure on the wound, until the flow of blood seemed to slow. Noah talked to Everette to counteract his panic and shock; when it seemed safe to relieve the pressure, Noah called Everette’s mother, who happens to be a registered nurse. Mrs. Poppe checked the wound when she arrived and learned that blood was still spurting out if the pressure was removed. Noah then carried Everette downstairs to the van while his mother continued pressure of the wound. While Mrs. Poppe drove the three to the hospital, Noah continued to calm Everette and maintained pressure on the wound.
Before the wound was repaired, Everette needed two units of blood and emergency surgery. According to his physician, Everette was very lucky that someone knew what needed to be done and took care of him until the doctors could sew him up. In all, Everette spent three days in the hospital. Noah had taken the Red Cross First Aid Course and passed the skills part of the test but had not yet passed the written part.
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Vera Drescher has been head cook for the Clark County Fair for 35 years. She is retiring from that position this year but will continue to work at St. John’s Lutheran School in Neillsville. (Photo by Poplar Aug. 1994)
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