News: Neillsville Locals (1967)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Perry, Langreck, Koehler, Kent, Holt, Huddleston, Wood, Thornton, Hubing, Jacob, Peterson, Moh, Johnson, Deetz, Douyette, Ziller, Schmidt, Reich, Carl, Kuehnke, Cleveland, Hagie, Norman, Scholtz, Spaete, Ray, Cardarella, Karnitz, Wren, Larsen, Allen, Dahl, Shaw, Mazola, Neumann, Prokes

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/16/1967

Neillsville Locals (16 March 1967)

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Perry were initiated Saturday evening in the Order of Eastern Star in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Larry Langreck of Madison was conductress. Mrs. W. C. Koehler was soloist.

Bethel No. 40, Jobs Daughters, attended the honored queen’s “Go to Church” service in the Methodist Church. It is the custom of the Bethel to attend a service of the queen’s church in a body.

Mr. and Mrs. William Kent of Clinton, Ia., were guests a few days last week of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Holt. Later last week the Kents completed moving to Galesburg, Ill., where he has work.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Huddleston and son, Craig, and his friend, Jeff Wood, of Rensselaer, Ind., were weekend house guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Thornton. The Huddleston’s are former Neillsville residents.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hubing spent a few days last week in Ellsworth with their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacob, and daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Langreck of Madson spent eh weekend at their house on Hewett Street.

Miss Bernadine Peterson returned Sunday to Madison following a visit of several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Peterson. Guests Sunday at the Peterson home was Miss Carol Peterson of Eau Claire, and a fellow teacher, Miss Pearl Moh.

Mrs. Elroy Johnson and Mrs. Jerry Johnson and two children visited Sunday in Mondovi at the Mrs. Vera Deetz home. Mrs. Elroy Johnson and Mrs. Deetz, who are sisters, celebrated their birthdays. Joining the family group was another sister and family of Colfax, and the ladies’ father, who also lives in Colfax.

Mrs. Gladys Douyette has returned to Woodruff following a visit of several days at the Earl Zille home, while her sister, Mrs. Zille was a hospital patient. Mrs. Zille is convalescing at home.

David K. Schmidt, son of Mrs. Maxine Schmidt, who was recently promoted to airman, second class, left Friday for six month’s temporary duty in Guam.

Ed Reich and son, Ira, of Valparaiso, Ind., former Town of Levis residents, arrived Friday evening for a weekend visit with former neighbors and friends. They were overnight guests Friday and Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carl in Washburn. They were accompanied by Bill Kuehnke, also of Valparaiso, and son-in-law of Mr. Reich.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cleveland of Rhinelander, and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cleveland of Wausau, visited Sunday at the Loal Cleveland home. Their father, Mr. Cleveland returned home Friday from Memorial Hospital, where he had been confined with pneumonia.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hagie and Brian of Marshfield visited Sunday at the Arthur Norman and Mrs. Amelia Hagie homes.

Charles Scholtz of Germantown was a weekend guest at the Lewis Scholtz home.

Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Scholtz and son of Eau Claire, who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Spaete, in Granton, visited Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Scholtz.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ray drove to Stevens Point Friday evening, from where they were accompanied by their daughter, Sherri, to Shorewood for a weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray.

Mrs. John Peterson was hostess to her bridge club Monday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cardarella of West Bend were weekend guests of her sister, Mrs. Dorothy Karnitz. They also visited his sister, Mrs. Amelia Hagie, and his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cardarella, and with her father, Tom Wren, who is a patient in Memorial Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Larsen and two sons of Marshfield were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen, Sunday. Joining the group to celebrate Jeff Larsen’s 15th birthday was Mrs. Gerelda Larsen.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dahl and family of Loyal visited Sunday at the Robert Shaw home.

Mr. and Mrs. John Mazola, Jr., and family, Miss Lois Howard and fiancé, Al Neumann, all of Milwaukee, were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Howard. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Howard celebrated their birthdays, which are the same day. Joining the group was Miss Melony Prokes of Granton. Jerry Howard, who is stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., with a National Guard unit, called his parents Sunday.