Bio: Welk, Ottilie (Hitchhikes to State Fair - 1938)
Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Welk, Neave
----Source: Granton Sentinel (Granton, Clark Co., WI.) September 1, 1938
Welk, Ottilie (Hitchhikes to State Fair - 1938)
Mrs. Ottilie Welk, 73 years old, and a veteran hitchhiker, arrived one day late for the "old-timers’ day" at the state fair, after a 210 mile hike from her home near Chili.
When fair officials were informed of Mrs. Ottilie’s hike, they presented her with a complete set of passes for the fair and assigned John Neave 14-year old Boy Scout of Janesville, as her personal escort.
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