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July 31, 2024, Page 9 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles |
Clark County News
August 3, 1944
Clark-Taylor beekeepers will picnic on August 6
The Clark-Taylor Beekeepers picnic will be held at the Owen City Park on Sunday, August 6. This picnic starts at 10:30 a.m. and everyone is expected to bring his own lunch.
John Long, from the State Department of Agriculture, will be present to discuss some of the topics of interest to the beekeepers.
Officers of the Clark County Association are President, Frank E. Greeler, Neillsville; vice-president, Jerome Stange, Loyal; secretary-treasurer, Louis Wojtkiewicz, Thorp.
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Dr. Frank buys home
Dr. and Mrs. J.H. Frank have purchased the Radke residence, located at the corner of West Fifth and South Clay streets, from Miss Frieda Radke. This is a fine residence and was erected by the late A.F. Radke about 23 years ago. Dr. and Mrs. Frank plan to occupy the new home about September 1, when the house where they are now living will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. William Bradford, the new owners.
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July 22, 1954
4H tractor operators contest on July 24
The annual 4H tractor operator’s contest will be held on July 24 back of the Greenwood High School. This year the contest will feature safety and will be one of the 4H activities of national farm safety week. All the tractor maintenance members of the county are invited to take part in the contest.
Among the things that the members will be doing will be backing farm machinery into sheds and driving through lanes, as well as belting of farm machinery.
The main point that will be stressed will be the safety in handling and operating.
The contest will begin at 1:00 p.m. and all the contestants are urged by the management to be there at that time.
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Luther festival to be held at Loyal June 25
Featured speakers will be Revs. Nielsen and Olsenius
The ninth annual Clark County Lutheran festival will be held on the Trinity Lutheran Church grounds at Loyal Sunday, July 25.
Morning services begin at 10:30 a.m. Rev. W. Clayton Nielsen of Withee will preach the sermon. He will be assisted by the Rev. John H. Jacklin, Granton, as liturgist.
The featured speaker of the 2 p.m. service will be the Rev. L. B. Olsenius, pastor of Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church of St. Paul.
Also participating in the afternoon service will be the Rev. M.S. Egge of Greenwood and Rev. Claude Vander Stoep of Unity. During the noon hour free coffee will be served by the host church. Picnic lunches will be in evidence all over the grounds.
Softball, horseshoes, volleyball and other forms of recreation will be in order.
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Standing left to right, are Linda Suckow, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Roy Suckow of the Neillsville area, alternate; Janice West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James West of the Neillsville community, winner, who will be one of two to represent the county at the state fair; Mary Ann Urbanz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Urbanz of Willard, winner, who will, with Miss West, represent the county at the state fair; Jean Jensen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Jensen, Withee Rt. 2, alternate. Seated is Miss Pauline Poehler, home agent of Buffalo County, who was the judge in the dress revue. (Press July 22, 1954)
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These boys did 1,000 miles in 11 days, 900 of them on their bikes
Left to right, Paul Manz Jon Swenson and Skipper Lee, all of Neillsville. They are shown with their bikes fully loaded with the equipment used on the trip. The boys carried overnight equipment, but depended for food upon eating places along the way. They went to the Soo and back home through northern Michigan and across the lake. They covered about 1,000 miles, of which 900 were pumped on their bikes. (Press photo July 22, 1954)
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August 1, 1974
Fans treated to spectacle of flying car
Stock car racing fans at the Black River Country Raceway last Saturday evening were witnesses to an accident that injured three men, one of them severely, when a speeding auto left the track, went through a fence, leaped over a concession stand and landed in the pit area.
Injured were Vernon Smith, Rt. 1, Greenwood, who is still being treated at a Marshfield hospital for fractures of his shoulder and leg, lacerations to the head and trunk, and damage to his heel; Pat Brownyer, Stratford, and John Martin, driver of the car from Chili, who both were treated and released from the Neillsville hospital.
A concession stand worker, Kevin Grap, was uninjured as he reportedly watched the car fly over him.
The raceway is located on the Clark County Fairgrounds and has been developed with retaining walls and fencing to hold in careening autos.
Smith was not injured by the auto directly as a telephone pole, which was struck by the car, flew through the air hitting Smith in the back and forcing him to the ground.
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Granton has two attend choral lab
Sue Dudei and Fred Schram, both of Rt. 2, Granton are attending the two-week choral workshop at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire directed by famed American choral conductor, Robert De Cormier, in collaboration with Morris Hayes, director of choral organizations at UWEC. The theme of the workshop is “An American Dream,” a preview of choral music for the American bicentennial. Workshop participants are directors of choral music in schools and community groups.
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County gains state road funds totaling $76,000
The state department of transportation has mailed checks to every Wisconsin county totaling $4.7 million from the state highway fund.
The payment is a statutory distribution of $3.5 million which is allocated on the basis of the number of motor vehicle registrations in each county, plus total highway miles exclusive of city and village roads and streets. In addition, a payment of $65 is made for every mile of county trunk highways.
Clark County received a payment of $76,140.05 for assistance in its highway construction and maintenance program. The basic highway aids for county trunks are the second of three major allotments made to counties each year.
A first installment of supplemental aids were distributed in April, and a final installment will be made in September. These funds do not include federal monies which may be allocated on certain construction projects.
With the county aids and payments made to communities under various highway revenue sharing programs, the state eventually will return close to half total net highway revenues to local units of government.
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Nancy German, 16, was named Miss Withee Belle during the festivities of Withee Days this past weekend. Following a grand march of queen candidates crowning took place on the stage in the Withee gymnasium. Her parents are Mrs. Dale Ball and Marvin German of Withee. The new Miss Withee Belle and her court, Sherry Lee Plantico, Cindy Edgar, Susan Schlinder, and Cindy Draheim were showered with gifts as they left the stage. Dancing with the Howie Sturtz orchestra highlighted the remainder of the evening. (Press photo Aug. 1, 1974)
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August 3, 1994
Hatfield rebounds from last year’s woes
Last year’s notorious Father’s Day Flood wreaked havoc with the community of Hatfield. Flooding caused damage to the Hatfield Dam which needed to be repaired before the water levels on Arbutus Lake could be returned. The lake was low all last year which resulted in a decline in tourism in the Hatfield area.
This year the weather has thankfully been pleasant. Repairs to the dam were completed and Lake Arbutus has been up to normal depth since Memorial Day weekend. But how have Hatfield businesses recovered from last year’s bout with Mother Nature?
Business, as anticipated, is much better than last year, said 4 in 1 owner Dwayne Lowry. “My suppliers can tell a heck of a difference,” he said. “Business is double over last year.”
However, word of recovery hasn’t been as far reaching as the word that the lake was low. Business is not as good as it had been before last year’s flood, he said.
Lowry related an incident where a man from Milwaukee passed through on his way up north and was surprised to see the lake levels on Arbutus returned. He ended up camping in Hatfield at Russell Park Campground.
Dwayne and Sandra Lowry feel that it will take another year for business to be as it was before.
They also think that business would be better in Hatfield if there had been advertising on television or in the major newspapers.
A lot of people don’t know the lake is up,” said Sandra. People in Illinois and farther south don’t know the lake is back.”
This sentiment was echoed by Ellen Flood from the Thunderbird Museum. “Business is much better,” she said. But not as good as before. It takes time for some people to come back; they may have found other places to go. It may take a couple of years.
“There isn’t the amount of tourists that we used to see,” she continued. Larry Halweg, Russell Park manager, and his wife Ardie receive many calls asking about the lake situation. Many of the people that come to camp at Russell are new faces, people that have not been here before. “The people are starting to come,” said Halweg.
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Dam 50 percent finished
Snyder Dam is 50 percent completed, according to Clark County Forestry and Parks administrator Mark Heil.
More than half of the concrete is poured for the project, and site work and rock excavation are completed.
Stress tests are currently being performed on the anchors, and contingent upon the results of the stress tests, the main spillway will soon be poured.
“They are anticipating substantial completion before the end of August,” Heil said.
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