News: Withee (28 Oct 1965)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Mertens, Voelker, Beck, Stewart, Rossman, Petersen, Karlen, Leahy, Wenzel, Hull, Danford, Tormey, Kuehl, Steager, Smith, Christensen, Nelsen, Rasmussen, Munson, Carlson, Sperling, Newmberg, Jalling, Leland, Martin, Olson, Helberg, Zasoba, Hautamaki, Nevala, Toper, Rabska, Nelson, Thompson, Zelewski, Olzewski, Kliboe, Harms, Capes, Matske

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 28 Oct 1965

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mertens were supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Voelker Jr. at Thorp on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Beck and sons of Minneapolis visited the home of her mother, Mrs. Veda Mertens, over the weekend. On Saturday evening they went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stewart in Greenwood, where Mr. and Mrs. Orville Matske showed slides of their tour of Europe this summer.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rossman visited Mrs. Alganie Petersen at Memorial Home for the Aged at Neillsville on Sunday.

The Ladies of WSCS will meet Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the Methodist Church.

Wilton Karlen of Longwood was dismissed from St. Joseph’s Hospital a week ago Saturday, where she had been receiving treatment since losing his hand in a corn chopper several weeks ago.

Miss Kathy Leahy of River Falls spent the weekend visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Leahy and sons.

Mrs. Phyllis Wenzel and daughters, Sandy and Debby, spent Sunday visiting the home of Mrs. John Wenzel and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hull in Marshfield.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Danford and son, Robert, of Adell spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in the vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Tormey moved their household goods into the former Charles Kuehl home, which they purchased some time ago and remodeled. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Steager, who were married Saturday, will move into the apartment vacated by the Tormeys.

On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smith of Fond du Lac arrived to spend the weekend at the home of her sisters, Mrs. Harold Christensen and Mrs. Richard Nielsen, and brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rasmussen, and other friends and also attended the smorgasbord at the Nazareth Lutheran Parish Hall Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Munson are spending several weeks visiting their daughters and sons-in-law and families in Wyoming and Oregon.

Mr. and Mrs. Thorwald Carlson spent Saturday at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Carlson in Sheldon, and on Sunday they toured northern Wisconsin.

Miss Shirley Sperling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sperling, and Jan Newmberg of Sturdevant visited the Sperling home and attended the Steager-Kuehn wedding Saturday.

Weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Olson were their sons, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Olson and family of South St. Paul.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helberg and son of Rice Lake visited the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Christensen over the weekend.

Mr. and Mrs. John Zasoba and Mrs. Matt Hautamaki visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tovia Nevala at Thorp Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Toper of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rabska Saturday.

Mrs. John Zasoba, Mrs. Richard Rabska and Mrs. Matt Hautamaki attended the funeral the funeral of Mrs. Fred Pudlas at Curtiss Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nelson and son, Tommy, of Milwaukee and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Thompson family of Dorchester spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Zelewski.

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Olzewski and family of Western Springs, Ill. Were guests at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Olzewski Sr. over the weekend.

Karl Jensen and brother, Kris Kliboe of California took Mrs. Kliboe to Askor to visit friends Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Harms of Brook, Ind. And Mr. O.G. Harms of Chicago visited the home of their sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Capes and brother, and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fern Harms for the past several days.