News: Pleasant Ridge (4 Jul 1968)

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

Surnames: Lezotte, Wolf, Klapper, Magnuson, Hantke, Slocomb, Krueger, Quinn, Kurth, Liskow, Howard, Short, Smith, Gaier, Drescher, Free, Buchholz, Hoeft, Hanson, Jacobs, Stanley

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/04/1968

Pleasant Ridge (4 July 1968)

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lezotte entertained their nine children and husbands or wives, and their 27 grandchildren at a family gathering Sunday. Miss Grace Lezotte of Memorial Home also was present.

A family gathering was held Sunday at the home of Elsie Wolf. Those from away were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Klapper of Cecil; Mr. and Mrs. Orville Klapper and family of Menasha; Shirley Magnuson and Marion Hantke of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Anita Slocomb of Menomonie, Mrs. Minnie Krueger of Milwaukee, and Erlan Quinn of Cumberland. Those from this area were: Ella Magnuson, Hilda Kurth, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hantke, Genevieve and Polly Hantke.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Liskow of Bradenton, Fla., who have been visiting in the Neillsville area for two weeks, called Monday at the Genevieve Hantke home.

Mr. and Mrs. Verne G. Howard returned home Monday from Brookfield where they visited their son, Loren H. Howard, and family.

Miss Judy Howard, who was recently graduated from Hamline University in Minneapolis, Minn., has employment in a hospital in Moose Lake, Minn. She started her new work Thursday.

Glenn Short and Vern Smith made a business trip by plane to Milwaukee Friday.

Tom Short and Bob Gaier drove to St. Louis, Mo., Sunday to visit Wayne Short.

The Pleasant Ridge Homemaker club held their annual picnic in Schuster Park Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Drescher were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Free in the Town of York, who entertained in honor of the baptism of their infant son, David Alan. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Drescher of Wisconsin Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Free of Loyal, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Buchholz and family of Christie, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoeft of Granton and Mrs. Mary Hanson and two sons of Marshfield.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jacobs and daughters of Wausau visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stanley Thursday.