News: York (21 Jan 1971)

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

Surnames: Lavene, Pachal, Perrine, Bender, Goutcher, Drescher, Forman, Schwantes

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 1/21/1971

York (21 January 1971)

Guests Sunday at the Alvin Lavene home in the Town of York were Mr. and Mrs. Louie Pachal, Mrs. Frank Pachal and family, Mrs. William Perrine and children, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bender and family and Mrs. Agnes Bender of Loyal, Mrs. Alvin Goutcher of Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lavene, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Drescher, and Mrs. Hattie Forman. A potluck dinner and supper were served, the occasion being Ricky Lavene’s 13th birthday. The birthday cake was made by Mrs. Harold Drescher. Ricky received many nice presents and money gifts. Some of his guests spent the afternoon snowmobiling.

Gary Lavene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lavene, returned from the Marshfield hospital last Tuesday after being a patient here for nine days and undergoing knee surgery. Gary will be on crutches for several weeks.

Sgt. and Mrs. Jeff Schwantes and son, Travis, of Lacey, Wash., arrived Saturday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schwantes. Sgt. Schwantes recently completed his active duty with the Army at Ft. Lewis, Wash. They left Monday to spend a few days at De Forest and Madison with relatives and friends there. The Schwantes family will live in Eau Claire where Jeff will enter the State University at the beginning of the second semester.