News: Thorp (Thorp Courier Starts 88th Year – Nov 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Wagner, LaGasse, Elkins

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 19 Nov 1970

With today's newspaper the Thorp Courier starts its eighty-eighth year of publication.

The first issue of this newspaper came out on November 21, 1883, with Wm. Wagner Sr., as its founder, editor and publisher until May 1943, when it was taken over by the late Wm. S. Wagner, until March 1965, at his death being taken over by John J. LaGasse and Robert E. Elkins.

This establishment is the oldest in the Thorp community and has progressed with the times from a circulation of about 500 subscribers to the present total of 3,000.

The Courier has on its lists many subscribers who have been constant readers for many years, and some who have received the newspaper a lifetime, and to these and the loyal advertisers who have patronized the newspaper, the publication owes its existence.

With such support, the Courier can't go wrong and will continue to serve the people of Thorp and vicinity in the future to the best of its ability and benefit to all.