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The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
May 17, 2006
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon
Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of
1906-1931-1956-1981-1996
100 Years Ago (1906)
The Northeast Part of the Town of Withee—Anton Strick will place a new
35 horse power engine in his saw mill.—A barn belonging to Jos. Gewoina
was burned. Piles of brush were being burned by neighbors across the
road and it is supposed that the wind, which blew in the direction of
the barn, set the fire.
Eleven years ago on the 15th of May, the founder of The Boston Store
ventured to this city and opened a modest general merchandise store.
Older residents will recall it as occupying less space than its present
location. It was not large enough to claim dignity, small in size, but
inflexible in spirit. We became, and are today, the leading most
up-to-date store in the city.
Hay Forks, 3 tines, best quality 45¢ Manure Forks, 4 tines, best quality
75¢ Garden Hoe, good 20¢ A good steel Shovel or Spade, each 50¢ Noxall,
fast color, Paint, $1.40 per gallon; Pitkins Barn Paint 65¢ per gallon.
A freight wreck occurred six miles east of the village, three boxcars
being entirely demolished. Trains were delayed several hours. Nobody
injured.
75 Years Ago (1931)
Joseph G. Thorp, 78, Boston Lawyer and son-in-law of the late poet Henry
W. Longfellow, died May 7, 1931 at his home at Cambridge, Mass. He was
the son of J. G. Thorp Sr. after who Thorp Village and Thorp Township
were named.
The Wolf Drug Store and George McClaren’s Jewelry Shop were visited by a
gang of burglars, getting away safely with a large amount of goods.
Harry Hewett, age 64, former sheriff of Clark County was found dead in
bed at his home in Stevens Point.
50 Years Ago (1956)
The 50th anniversary of the great fire will be observed at Stanley May
18. In 1906, a spark from the burner of the big saw mill there started a
fire that left about 600 people homeless.
A roaring tornado which had come and gone before many residents of the
area realized what was happening, slashed across the midsection of Clark
County and laid a trail of mounting damage to farm buildings, trees,
television aerials, and power lines. No injuries were reported.
May 23rd, commencement exercises will be held at the high school
auditorium for the Senior Class of 1956. Forty-eight seniors will
receive their diplomas, which will be presented by Corwin C. Guell,
President of the Board of Education.
The grocery store known as J. & F. Store has been given a new name. It
will be known as Pabich’s Food Mart.
25 Years Ago (1981)
A letter to Wisconsin U. S. Rep David Obey in Washington, D. C. by Thorp
Elementary School sixth grader Scott Alger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger
Alger, netted the school a new American Flag.
The Thorp FBLA Parliamentary Procedure Team was No. 1 in the statewide
competition at the FBLA Green Bay conference. John G. Anderson received
first place in Wisconsin’s Who’s Who in FBLA competition.
10 Years Ago (1996)
Forty-two Thorp High School seniors and their parents will gather in the
Thorp High School Gymnasium for the last time on May 17, to hold its
annual Commencement Ceremony.
Toni Gulcynski received the 1996 Gold Crest Award. Silver Crest Award
winners were: Dorrie Eichman, Stephanie Larson, Sadie McCredden, and
Mark Wacker.
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