Bio: Gosar, Tony – Barn Destroyed by Fire (Aug 1984)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Gosar

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 21 Aug 1975

Seven calves and 4,000 bales of hay were among losses in a barn fire five miles east of Greenwood, Wednesday. The 34 x 64 foot structure, owned by Tony Gosar, began burning around 11:15 a.m. and flames soon spread to an adjacent heifer barn and milk house.

Cause of the fire was unknown, although Gosar noted that several fuses on the farm had blown three days earlier when lightning struck the area.

The Greenwood rural fire department responded to the call and managed to prevent the blaze from spreading to other buildings on the farm.

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Bio: Pawlak, Joseph C. – Member of 1975 Star Club

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Pawlak

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 21 Aug 1975

Joseph C. Pawlak, C.L.U., 104 Lincoln Street, Thorp, has qualified as a member of the 1975 Star Club of New York Life Insurance Company.

The Star Club is composed of agents who received significant sales records in 1974-75.

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Obit: Redman, Donald H. (? – 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Redman

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 21 Aug 1975

Redman, Donald H. (? – 15 Aug 1975)

A Unity man was killed near there when his car failed to make a corner and flipped into a ditch.

Pronounce dead on arrival at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls was Donald H. Redman, Unity, who was along in the car at the time of the crash at 3:15 p.m. Friday.

According to police reports, Redman was heading west on CTH K, about four miles west of Unity, when he approached the T-intersection of CTH Q. Apparently traveling at a high rate of speed, the car skidded sideways into the ditch at the far side of the roadway, slammed against a box holding telephone equipment and flipped back onto its wheels.

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Bio: Vetterkind, Melissa (Birth – 15 Aug 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Vetterkind

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 21 Aug 1975

Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Vetterkind are the proud parents of a baby girl. She arrived on August
15, 1975, her mother’s birth date. They named her Melissa and she was welcomed home by a brother, Troy.

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Bio: Hedler, Sandra Ann (Engagement - Aug 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Hedler, Wanher (? – hard to read)

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 21 Aug 1975

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hedler, Tracey, Minnesota, formerly of Thorp, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Ann, and Richard Alan Wanher (?), son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wanher (?), Chicago, Illinois.

Ms. Hedler completed her Masters of Science degree at the University of North Dakota, in August.

Wanher (?) is a graduate of the University of North Dakota and is employed at Radio Station KCFI in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

An October 17, 1975 wedding is planned.

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Bio: Haas, Joan Elaine (Engagement – Aug 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Haas, Maier

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 21 Aug 1975

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Haas are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Joan Elaine, to Lawrence John Maier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Maier of Route 1, Thorp.

A September 6, 1975 wedding is being planned.

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Obit: Zukowski, William (1914 – 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Zukowski

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 28 Aug 1975

Zukowski, William (10 Jan 1914 – 26 Aug 1975)

William Zukowski, 61, died at Luther Hospital, Eau Claire, on Tuesday, August 26, 1975.

Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, August 28th, 10:30 a.m. at St. Hedwig’s Chapel. Burial will be made in the Old St. Hedwig’s Cemetery.

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Bio: Carlson, Joseph William Jr. – Completes Basic Training (Aug 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Carlson

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 28 Aug 1975

AB Joseph William Carlson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carlson Sr. of Thorp, completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas. He is now attending school at Denver, Colorado for television communications. AB Carlson entered the Air Force on Jun 25, 1975).

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Bio: Palmer, Greg – PCA Scholarship (Aug 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Palmer

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 04 Sep 1975

Greg Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Palmer, Route 1, Thorp, has been chosen as one of three farm youth to receive a Production Credit Association of Neillsville scholarship award.

Greg, who graduated in May from Thorp High School, will be attending the University of Wisconsin, River Falls this fall.

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Bio: Navratil, Bobbi – New Director of Nursing at Victory Memorial (1 Sep 1975)
 

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Navratil, Blazel, Stapleton

----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., Wis.) 04 Sep 1975

Mrs. Michael (Bobbi) Navratil has assumed the duties of Director of Nursing at Victory Memorial Hospital. According to Administrator, Fred Stapleton, Mrs. Navratil assumed her now position on September 1, 1975.

She replaces Mrs. Gordon (Dorothy) Blazel, who asked that she be allowed to step down. Mrs. Blazel will continue as a registered nurse at Victory Memorial.

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