News: Humbird (15 Oct 1970)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Matti, Fees, Tesmer, Hardwick, Trachsel, Senske, Nibbe, Dignin, Theiler, Gerber, Tubbs, Easterson, Clouse, Laffe, Pierce, Newton, Stuve, Fristad, Fitzmaurice, Tande, Raymond, Pickett, Burnett, Kirby, Walker, Janke, Lightfoot, Walker, Wright, Terrell, Plunkett, Potter, Jahn, Hanson, Zimmerman,

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 10/15/1970

Humbird (15 October 1970)

Several of our folks have been going for “flu” shots. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Matti.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fees visited her daughter and family near August Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tesmer of Neillsville and Mrs. Elgie Hardwick left Friday evening for a weekend in northern Wisconsin, and came home late Sunday evening.

Mrs. Millie Trachsel came home Monday night after a week’s visit with her son, Dick, and family in Rochester, Minn. She also visited at the Jim Senske home in new Ulm, Minn.

A group of 12 Fairview Homemakers went Wednesday to New Richmond, where they visit the Arbor Hill Tree Farm and saw the many different articles made from pine cones. Did they bring ideas home? Oh yes!

Mrs. Norman Nibbe and son, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nibbe and Russell of Hobart, Ind., spent the weekend at the Cullen Dignin home. They left Sunday to visit relatives in Red Wing, Minn.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Theiler and Mrs. Emma Gerber were guest Sunday of Mrs. Lena Tubbs in Eau Claire and on the way home spent the evening at the Will Theiler, Jr., home in rural Osseo. Mrs. Roy Easterson of Eau Claire also was an afternoon visitor of Mrs. Tubbs.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clouse of Loyal were dinner and afternoon guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Laffe. Mrs. Clouse expected to enter a Marshfield hospital Wednesday for surgery.

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Matti spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pierce in Neillsville.

Mrs. Maude Newton, Mrs. Raymond Stuve and Nordahl Fristad attended the fall district convention of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in Eau Claire Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fitzmaurice called Wednesday evening at the Ed Tande home in West Garden Valley.

Mr. and Mrs. Al Raymond were happy last week to have his two sisters from Minneapolis visit them. Mr. Raymond is an invalid and welcomes visitors.

Mrs. Perle Pickett spent several days last week at the home of her son, Kenneth Burnett, in Hixton.

Mr and Mrs. Archie Kirby called Saturday evening at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Margaret Walker, in rural Fairchild.

Mrs. Leo Janke, Mrs. Jake Lightfoot and Mrs. Mel Walker were Neillsville visitors Monday morning.

Mr and Mrs. George Wright and children of Tomah were dinner and afternoon guests Sunday at the Hugh Terrell home.

Lloyd Plunkett is a patient at the Black River Falls hospital.

Clarence Potter, who has been living in the Elsie Jahn home, has gone to the Veterans’ hospital in Tomah and later will be transferred to Wood. Jess Hanson will go to a home in Neillsville.

Mrs. Edwin Zimmerman called at the Elsie John home Monday to see Mrs. Lillie Zimmerman.