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The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
April 26, 2006
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon
Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of
1906-1931-1956-1981-1996
100 Years Ago (1906)
Stanley Sunbeams—Mayor Crane, at his inauguration speech, recommended to
the city council an extension of the sewer system, the macadamizing of
the two main streets and the installation of a municipal lighting plant.
A large number of Polish settlers have arrived during the past week and
have located on lands in the Town of Roosevelt.
C. F. Rainey has purchased the B. C. Werner Drug Store at Black River
Falls and will shortly remove to that city, with all his family, to
reside.
Mat Greisch, Val Prybylski, John Verkuilen and Geo. Burke are present
members of the county board.
75 Years Ago (1931)
A Soo Line special passenger train carrying the King and Queen of Siam
and their Royal Party went through the village about 11 o’clock Monday
night on the heels of the Limited No. 4, bound for New York and
Washington D. C.
Roger Creek and Town Line—Ed Meadtke has purchased the Deerbrook Cheese
Factory and store in Edson, of Dan Klein, and put the factory again in
operation. Mr. Meadtke was the original owner of this property.—The Star
Calf Club has been organized in this neighborhood. Everett Starks is
leader, Arthur Samuelson, president, John Qualheim, vice president and
Philip McCaffery, secretary and treasurer.
50 Years Ago (1956)
Clark County’s first two traffic deaths, of 1956 came in separate
accidents on Highway 29 on opposite sides of the county within seven
hours of each other.
Anton Gulcynski received the contract for Mail Messenger at the Thorp
Post Office and started carrying mail between the Post Office and the
Soo Depot on Monday, April 23rd.
The junior class of Thorp High School will present their Junior
Promenade on April 28 in the beautifully decorated high school
gymnasium. The crowing (crowning) of Prom King and Queen, Dan Winger and
Jean Mattes, will climax this festive occasion.
25 Years Ago (1981)
Julie A. Slipek, Dennis Postler and Jayne Giwojna received recognition
in the University of Wisconsin-River Falls 1981 History Essay Contest.
More than 70 senior citizens turned out to hear plans for the Thorp Area
Senior Citizens Center Inc. being formed. Delton Ebben was elected
president of the Thorp Area Senior Citizens Center, Inc.
The Thorp High School Junior Prom court consists of Jennie Kryzanski and
Darrel Haas, Dawn Benzschawel and Frank Waszinski, Prom Queen Kim Jacque
and Prom King Mike Lewien, Becky Turner and Dennis Wojt and Renata Palms
and Bob Szymanski.
Thorp’s star runner, Cheri Slowiak, broke her own school record in the
1,600 meter run, April 21 at the Altoona quadrangular.
10 Years Ago (1996)
Randy Mertens of Cloverleaf Cheese, Inc., Stanley captured
Best-In-The-World honors at the World Championship Cheese Contest which
was held March 5-7 in Green Bay, WI for his Monterey Jack Longhorn.
Joe Frenette and Luke Seaman participated along with over 800 other
athletes in the 1996 Wisconsin Special Olympics State Indoor Sports
Tournament, April 12-14.
Jessica Milas of Thorp has been named a United States National Award
winner in Science.
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