News: Neillsville Locals (22 Nov 1973)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Johnson, Musil, Scott. Zajac, Boock, Lukes, Thacher, Sternitzky, Schiller, Binder, Wiesner, Simek, Wachholz, Crothers, Quinnell, O’Meara

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/22/1973

Neillsville Locals (22 November 1973)

Red Cross Volunteers scheduled a ‘songfest’ for entertainment last Wednesday afternoon at Memorial Home. Mrs. Ellen Johnson led group singing and organ music was provided by Mrs. Iris Musil. Jess Scott spoke on the subject to Thanksgiving.

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis T. Zajac of Winter were weekend guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zajac. Saturday evening they visited Mr. and Mrs. David Boock of Black River Falls.

Tom Lukes, who graduated in August from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a major in biology, is now employed by the Nalco Chemical Company in Northbrook, Il., as a biologist. Tom, as well as his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Thacher and two daughters of Cottage Grove, Mn, will be Thanksgiving Day guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lukes.

Mrs. Oscar Sternitzky and Mrs. Ronald Schiller and daughter, Lisa of Lynn and Mrs. Leroy Binder of Marshfield visited Sunday with Mrs. Louis Wiesner.

Mr. and Mrs. William Simek, Jr., and sons, Douglas and Stewart, of St. Paul, Mn, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Simek, Sr. Sunday guests at the Simek home for an early Thanksgiving dinner also included Mr. and Mrs. James Simek and Mrs. Julia Wachholz. Jim Simek was among successful hunters Saturday.

Mr. Elizabeth Crothers plans to spend Thanksgiving Day with her sister, Miss Ada Quinnell, in Eau Claire. Their sister and brother-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. John O’Meara of Durand, will also be guests that day at Miss Quinnell’s home.