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Bio: Biddle, Daughter of Dennis (Birth - 1926)

Transcriber: Kathy

Surnames: BIDDLE

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 11/21/2001

Biddle, Daughter of Dennis (Birth - 20 NOV 1926)

75 years ago - Reseburg (Clark County, Wis.) - Mr. & Mrs. Dennis BIDDLE are the proud parents of a baby girl born to them on Wednesday.

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School: Thorp – Alumni Plans Set (3/4 Jul 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Pease

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Plans were finalized for the dinner, dance and picnic at the meeting held Monday night, June 21, 1976. The dinner and dance will be at the Quonset on July 3, and the picnic will be held at the City Park on Sunday, July 4.

We ask that ths persons who haven’t made their dinner reservations please do so at once to give the committee ample time to order the food. Deadline for reservations will have to be Sunday, June 27.

The picnic on the fourth of July is not confined to Alumni members only. Feel free to come to the City Park and spend the day visiting and reminiscing. The Friendly Neighbor Homemakers Club will be selling lunch at the Park Shelter. Refreshments will be available.

There are plenty of Alumni Directories available, soe get yours now. We will have directories available at the Registration Booth on July 2 and 3.

We are still looking for old pictures or interesting stories about Thorp. All items loaned will be returned. Theresa Pease will have a fine display of local art at the Thorp Public Library.

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Bio: Olkowski,: Leland – New Director of Victory Memorial Hospital (Jul 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Olkowski, Stapleton

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Leland Olkowski will begin duties as administrator of Victory Memorial Hospital sometime in July.

Olkowski is currently administrative assistant at Clark County Hospital in Owen, and has been there the past three an one-half years.

The last hospital administrator, Fred Stapleton, left his position in early June to return to his family in Colorado, Olkowski said.

Olkowski is a certified public accountant and a graduate of UW-Madison. He is certified by the State of Wisconsin as a nursing home administrator.

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Bio: Postler, Diane – Badger Girls Rep for Thorp (Jun 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Postler

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Diane Postler, 212 East Lawrence, Thorp was among the 608 high school seniors-to-be who participated in Badger Girls State last week on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus.

During the annual event, sponsored by the UW-Extension Institute of Governmental Affairs and the American Legion Auxiliary, the girls set up the mock state of Badger, its cities and counties, elected officials to run them, argued bulls and passed legislations.

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News: Thorp – Sisters of St. Joseph’s to Have 75th Jubilee (Jun 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Pescinski, Dedo, Koltis, Wierzba, Waschowiak, Knitter

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

The Sisters of St. Joseph (SSJ’s) from Thorp will join nearly 700 SSJ’s from across the nation and from Puerto Rico and Alaska as they gather from June 26 – July 2, 1976 for their 75th Jubilee Homecoming in Stevens Point.

In 1901 the Order was founded in Stevens Point under the direction of Father Luke Pescinski, pastor of St. Peter’s Church.

The career of SSJ’s, which has had Sisters serving in Thorp schools for 26 years, has spent the past year planning and organizing the event.

Sister Elizabeth Dedo, teacher at Thorp Catholic School in Thorp, said that 5 Sisters from the Thorp area will attend the week-long event.

They include: Sisters Elizabeth Dedo, Kathleen Koltis, Regine Wierzba, Joanne Waschowiak and Mary Jane Knitter.

The Order began in July 1901, when 46 Polish-speaking members of the School Sisters of St. Francis from Milwaukee gathered in Stevens Point to form the nucleus of the new Sisters of St. Joseph community. The SSJ community arose to help fill the spiritual and educational need of immigrant Polish people who had settled in large numbers in Green Bay and Stevens Point areas.

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Obit: Neiman, Mary (1895 – 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Neiman, Balcer, Moczarny, Wald, Teclaw, Jarosz, Evans, Polnaszek

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Neiman, Mary (6 Apr 1895 – 15 Jun 1976)

Mary Neiman, 81, passed away at the Clark County Health Care Center, Owen on Tuesday, June 15, 1976.

Mary Balcer was born April 6, 1895 at Thorp. On June 26, 1917 at St. Hedwig’s Church, Thorp, she was united in marriage to Stanley Neiman, who preceded her in death.

Surviving are three sins, Leon Neiman, Woodstock, Illinois, Edward Neiman, Durango, Colorado, Stanley Neiman Jr., River Grove Illinois; six daughters, (Frances) Mrs. Leon Moczarny, Wausau, (Marge) Mrs. Darwin Wald, St. Paul, Minnesota, (Kathleen) Mrs. Alois Teclaw, Wausau, (Agnes) Mrs. John Jarosz, Wausau, (Betty Ann) Mrs. Richard Evans, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Mary Lou Neiman, Owen; one brother, John Balcer, Thorp, and one sister, Mrs. Belle Polnaszek, Minneapolis.

Funeral services were held at St. Hedwig’s Chapel, Thorp on June 19, 1976 at eleven a.m., with burial being made in Old St. Hedwig’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons, Jim Moczarny, John Wald, Jerry Jarosz, Ron Tecclaw, Jerry Jarosz, Ron Teclaw, Gary Jarosz and Dennis Teclaw.

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Obit: Kristiansen, Effie (1885 – 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Kristiansen, Wiley, Mastin

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Kristiansen, Effie (25 Jul 1885 – 16 Jun 1976)

Effie Kristiansen, age 90, of Stanley, Wisconsin, passed away at the Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley, Wednesday, June 16, 1976 following a lingering illness.

She was born July 25, 1885 in Thorp, Wisconsin, daughter of Edwin and Elizabeth Wiley. She grew up in the Thorp area and graduated from Thorp High School. After graduation she taught in Clark County and Thorp for a time. She was married on December 29, 1906 at Withee, Wisconsin to Alfred Kristiansen, and they lived in Withee until 1913, when they moved to Ocala, Florida until 1915. They moved to Stanley, where he was employed as a druggist until 1946, when he retired. She has lived there since.

She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a life member of the Order of Eastern Star.

She is survived by one sister.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, who died in 1946, and one daughter, Joyce, who died in 1963.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 18 in Stanley, with the Rev. John Mastin officiating. Burial was made in the Oakland Cemetery in Stanley.

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BioA: Staron, Mr./Mrs. Joseph (65th – 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Staron, Andzejewski, Bania, Dums, Nyckel, Osowski

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Staron, Mr./Mrs. Joseph (65th – 30 May 1976)

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Staron were honored Sunday, May 30, 1976 at a get-together hosted by their ten children in observance of their parents’ 65th Wedding Anniversary. A 10:30 Mass for their intention was celebrated by Rev. Stanley Andzejewski at St. Mary’s Czestochowa.

A dinner, preceded by a cocktail hour, was served to about 150 guests in the church parlors. Refreshments and music followed in the parish hall during the afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Staron were married February 18, 1911 and have made their home in Stanley for over 20 years, after retiring from farming.

There children, who were present, were Mrs. Walter (Anne) Bania, John Staron, Frances Staron, Mrs. Adelaide Dums, Mrs. Henry (Eugenia) Nyckel, Fred Staron, Edward Staron, Adam Staron, Mrs. Thomas (Laurencia) Osowski, and Lawrence Staron.

The honored couple has 50 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

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Bio: Koltis, Susan M. (Engagement – Jun 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Koltis, Compton

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Koltis, Thorp, are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Susan M. to Billie Jo Compton, 916 Forest Street, Eau Claire, son of Julia L. Compton, 428 ½ Hobart Street, Eau Claire, and Lambert K. Compton.

Miss Koltis is a licensed cosmetologist at Mr. John’s Northside Beauty Salon, Eau Claire. Her fiancé is employed at Packerland, Chippewa Falls.

A July 10, 1976 wedding is being planned at St. Patrick’s Church, Eau Claire.

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Bio: Alger, Arnold – Univ. Of Minnesota Graduate (13 Jun 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Alger

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Mr. Arnold Alger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Alger, graduated on Sunday, June 13, 1976 with Scholastic honors from the College of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business with a major in Comprehensive Public Accounting and a minor in Business Law, Economics and Statistics.

Those attending the ceremonies were Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Alger and family of Thorp, Mr. Gary Alger of Chicago, Illinois, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Alger of Minneapolis.

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Bio: Burtard, Rachel – Bridal Shower (18 Jun 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Burtard, Kliscz, Penk

----Source: Thorp Courier Articles, (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 24 Jun 1976

Miss Rachel Burtard of St. Paul was feted at a surprise bridal shower given by her attendants at the home of Mrs. Ray Kliscz of Lublin, Friday evening, June 18, 1976.

Decorations carried out the green and white theme of the coming wedding.

The shower cake, baked by Bev Penk of Thorp, centered the luncheon table.

Miss Burtard, assisted by her fiancé, opened and received many lovely and useful gifts given by their many friends and relatives who were present to wish them much happiness on their coming wedding day, July 10, 1976.