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The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
March 8, 2006
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon
Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of 1906-1931-1956-1981-1996
100 Years Ago (1906)
Frank Switalski has traded his store and saloon property in Thorp to E
Schneider for a 170-acre farm lying near Friendship, Adams County, WI.
Will M. Brintnall sold his confectionery business last week to Otto A.
Klug of Milwaukee, who expects to move here and take possession next
week.
Maurice Huls, of M Huls & Co. of Stanley, manufactures of seltzer,
ginger ale, pop and a general line of soft drinks, was in town on his
regular trip, supplying customers with his goods. In the course of but a
few years this company has firmly established a business in that line
that far exceeds their fondest dreams.
Many jobbers in the log hauling line stopped work last week owing to the
poor sleighing.
John Collins and Capt. Collins of Indiana arrived here with their
families and two carloads of household goods, farming tools and
livestock. They have purchased eighty acres of land in the Town of
Worden from the Lusk-Peterson Land Co., which they will occupy and
improve.
75 Years Ago (1931)
The March 15 deadline draws near after which arrests will be made in
Wisconsin for driving automobiles without 1931 license plates. The
fine(s) for that is (are) $15 to $25 as the judge may determine and also
an extra $2, which goes to the informer.
The heaviest snow fall during the present occurred when from four to
five inches covered the bare ground before the storm was over.
Men’s Overalls, 220 weight denim 77¢ Grapefruit, 5 lbs. for 25¢ Rockwood
Cocoa, ½ lb. boxes 29¢ Winesap Apples in bushel baskets at $1.98 per
basket.
Beef Roast 16¢ lb.; Sirloin Steak 22¢ lb.; Spare Ribs 9¢ lb.; Veal Chops
18¢ lb.; Veal Breast 9¢.
A bill authorizing cities, village and towns to extend the payment of
real estate taxes to June 1 was signed by Governor La Follette.
50 Years Ago (1956)
Richard Navarre, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Navarre of Thorp, and a
first Philosophy student at Holy Cross Seminary, was chosen in the
tryouts to portray Nicodemus in the production of the Passion Play, ‘The
Betrayal’.
Pvt. Richard V. Swienton, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swienton, Thorp,
is scheduled to leave the U. S. for Germany with the 101st Airborne
Division as part of Operation Gyroscope, the Army’s unit rotation plan.
The Clark County Medical Society has voted to request the State Board of
Health to provide all vaccines available for use in anti-polio clinics
for sixth and seventh grade students in the county.
The Fun Goes UPÓThe Costs Go Down with America’s Most Wanted Car, The
All-New Rambler, Cross Country!
25 Years Ago (1981)
Pope John Paul II greeted Chris McIntire, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
McIntire, Thorp. McIntire is a first year theology student studying in
the Vatican. He served Mass for the Pope, New Year’s Day in Rome.
Parvo Virus, a deadly virus that affects dogs, has apparently reached
the Thorp area, according to Veterinarian, Dr. Ralph Stuesser.
10 Years Ago (1996)
Cindi Blecka and Tracy Alger, who are originally from Gilman, started
the novel Revenge is My Name, published by Northwest Publishing back in
February 1993 and had it accepted for publication the following August.
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