News: Neillsville Locals (13 Sep 1973)

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

Surnames: Burr, Yakesh, Dahlke, Clemens, Christenson, Barr, Mueller, Larson, Bremer, Keller, Benduhn, Schroeder, Hovorka, Tramm, Simenson, Marg, Bardeleben, Wegner

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) /1973

Neillsville Locals (13 September 1973)

Visitors last weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burr were their twin daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yakesh and children of Bloomer and Mrs. Donald Dalke and two sons of Beaver Dam. Mrs. Yakesh and Mrs. Dahlke, both members of the Neillsville High School class of ’58, attended their class reunion.

A Father and Son barbeque was held Sunday evening at Calvary Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Don Clemens were co-chairmen of the event.

Labor Day holiday guests at the C. L. Christensen cottage at Wissota Beach were Mr. and Mrs. John Barr, John Jr., and Kristi Lynn of Illinois, Mrs. Mel Mueller, Christopher and Michelle of Neillsville and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Larson, Jennie and Carrie of Eau Claire. The Larson’s motorboat added to the group’s enjoyment of Lake Wissota.

Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bremer have returned from a 5,800 mile trip which took them through the Ozarks and to Seattle, Wa., where they visited with friends and relatives.

Mrs. Marie Keller has returned home after spending a week visiting relatives in Milwaukee, where she was the houseguest of her grandson and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Benduhn, and also attended the wedding of a granddaughter. Enroute home, she attended a family reunion at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schroeder, in Madison. Other Schroeder brothers and sisters present were William Schroeder of Olympia, Wa., and his grandchildren from Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardt Schroeder of Kenosha, Mrs. Agnes Hovorka of Racine and Mrs. Louise Tramm of Rockford, Il.

The James Simensons attended the wedding of his niece in Minnesota over the weekend.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marg, Mrs. Lillian Marg and Mrs. Emma Bardeleben spent Saturday evening with the Melvin Marg family and also were Sunday dinner and supper guests at the Art Wegner home.