BioA: Artac, Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Silver - 1971)

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

Surnames: Artac, Gosar, Sladich, Koncan, Bailen, Haug, Spletter, Vozar, Kuznacic, Shaw, Thiene, Ruzic, Flick, Martens, Pekol, Harmes, Susa, Stragisher

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 4/22/1971

Artac, Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Silver - 27 April 1971)

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Artac will observe their 25th wedding anniversary Sunday with the 8:30 Mass at Holy Family Catholic Church at Willard. Rev. Michael Mertens will officiate.

Frank Artac and Mary Gosar were married on April 27, 1946 at Holy Family Catholic Church, Willard. Rev. Raphael Stragisher officiated. Attendants were Ludwig Artac and Tony Gosar, Mrs. Ignatz Sladich and Lorreta Koncan. They lived on a farm near Greenwood where Mr. Artac was engaged in wiring and plumbing. Later they purchased a store in Greenwood which they still operate.

They have four children: Mrs. John (Frances) Bailen of Milwaukee, Bernard, who was recently discharged from the army at Fort Bliss, Tex., Lawrence, who is with the army in Vietnam, and Mary Ann, who is employed at Thorp. They also have two grandchildren.

An open house and dance will be held on April 24 at the Legion Hall in Greenwood.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 4/29/1971

Included among those attending the 25th wedding anniversary open house of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Artac held at the Legion Hall in Greenwood were: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Haug, Sr., Mrs. Jenny Artac, Mr. and Mrs. John Bailen and children, Edward Spletter, Barbara Vozar and friend, all of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Haug, Jr., and Sister Antonia of Waukesha; Mr. and Mrs. John Kuznacic and family, Sheboygan; Mrs. Elton Shaw and family, Joyce and Donna Thiene, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ruzic and family, Cedarburg; Albert Flick, Fairchild; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Martens, Junction City; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Artac and family, Osseo; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pekol, Jr., Neillsville; Norman Harmes, Loyal; Byron Harmes, Independence, Fred, Steve and Larry.

Hostesses for the occasion were their four children. An anniversary cake made by Mrs. Robert Susa decorated the table.