News: Northern Clark County (27 Oct 1966)

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

Surnames: Chris, Knaack, Beck, Russel, Barager, Wiles, Laabs, Knecht, Wachsmuth, Andersen, Sorensen, Zasoba, Engel, Alberts, Fredrick, Klabon, Nevala, Peissig, Tellock, Schiszik, Reishus, Sincula, Wyczawski, Oldroyd, Brunett, Burnett, Haling, Klinzing, Fisher, Vanderhyden, Hicks, Badzinski, Borowski, Witt, Biddle

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 10/27/1966

Northern Clark County (27 October 1966)

Mrs. Ben Chris of La Porte, Ind., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Knaack, in Owen, has returned home. She was accompanied by Mrs. Knaack, who is planning an extended visit in La Porte.

C. E. Beck of Owen spent a weekend in Madison with his son, Prof. Galen Beck, and family.

Col. and Mrs. Howard Russel of Deal, N. J., were guests several days recently of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barager of Owen. One day the Russels and Mrs. Barager visited Emma Wiles at her summer home on Round Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Laabs and Mr. and Mrs. Roland Knecht and son of Owen were guests recently of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wachsmuth and family of Arlington Heights, Ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Unar Andersen and family of Mauston have been guests for several days of their parents, Sam Andersen and Helga, and Mrs. Anna Sorensen, of Withee.

A special meeting of St. John’s Ladies Aid of Withee was held in observance of the Aid’s 45th anniversary. For the occasion, a special program was held, which included skits and poems. Two charter members, Mrs. John Zasoba and Mrs. Minna Engel, were present.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Alberts of Withee are on a week’s visit to Huntsville, Ala., with their son, Darrell Alberts and family.

Recent weekend guests at the Ed Fredrick home in Withee were Mr. and Mrs. George Fredrick and daughter of Wheaton, Ill. Mrs. Arthur Klabon of Chicago, Ill., who had been visiting at the Fredrick home in Withee, accompanied the guests’ home.

SP/4 Lynn Nevala has returned to Warrenton, VA., following a 12-day leave spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nevala, in Withee.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Peissig of Ft. Morgan, Colo., have been spending their vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Peissig, in Curtiss. Don expects to be called into service soon.

Rev. Roger Tellock of Curtiss returned from Minneapolis, Minn., where he attended a convention.

Mrs. Ida Schiszik spent several days in Chicago and Berwyn, Ill., with her sons and other relatives.

Harold Reishus and sons, Harold, Jr., and John, have returned Curtiss from a 10-day hunting trip to Canada. They returned with two large moose. Mrs. Reishus visited her mother in Indiana while the men were hunting.

Miss Marie Sincula of Chicago, Ill., was a recent weekend guest at the Val Wyczawski home in Thorp.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Oldroyd of Clear Lake, who recently attended a teacher’s convention in Eau Claire, spent a weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Oldroyd, in Thorp.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brunett and Mrs. Leona Burnett of Thorp were recent guests of Mrs. Attillia Haling in Superior. Enroute home they visited Mr. and Mrs. Bert Klinzing in Solon Springs.

Jim Fisher and son of Milwaukee were overnight guests at the W. E. Vanderhyden home in Thorp.

Mrs. and Mrs. Henry Hicks of Rosemead, Cal. were recent evening guests at the Louis Badzinski home in Thorp.

Sammie Borowski of Milwaukee was a recent weekend visitor at his home in Thorp. He was accompanied to Milwaukee by Mrs. Borowski, Mrs. Harry Witt, Mrs. Andrew Biddle and Bonnie Borowski, who attended funeral services there for a brother-in-law.