The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
 April 14, 2010
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of 1910-1935-1960-1985-2000

100 Years Ago (1910)

Stanley Sunbeams – On Friday evening last as Joseph Flora, a farmer of Eidsvold, was driving his team over the Broadway railroad crossing, a freight train demolished his wagon, killed his horses and threw him heavily to the ground.  He was taken in an unconscious condition to Dr. Cunningham’s office.  
 
Reedsburg Ramblings – Seeding has again begun after a week’s delay, caused by the rain.
 
Worden Wavelets – Wm. Thormahlen loaded a car for shipment of his goods last Friday and is going to leave with his family for Montana on Tuesday.
 
The cheese factories of Mat Meyer and Wm. Sommer in the Town of Worden are in operation again.
 
Jay Alger, aged sixteen years, son of Geo. Alger, narrowly escaped death by jumping from a moving train while enjoying a short ride at the depot on Wednesday evening of last week.
 
75 Years Ago (1935)
 
R. E. Schmitt, proprietor of the Thorp Bakery, left Saturday for Minneapolis for a ten-day course of study at the General Mills’ Specialty Bread School.
 
Breezy Hill Cheese Factory Neighborhood – Elmer Broeren made cheese at the Breezy Hill factory on Sunday as Mr. Soeller was unable to work on account of his back.
 
Now that Clark County has knocked out its relief system and the towns, cities and villages must bear the entire burden of this expense, it behooves them to find ways to pare down these costs or rapidly go bankrupt.
 
50 Years Ago (1960)
 
Dale W. Amundson and Melvin D. Postler, teachers in the science and mathematics department have been awarded scholarships by the National Science Foundation for the summer school session of 1960.
 
The City Council approved the purchase of the cost of $5,730 for a Coleman stabilized base mixing plant from the Adams Machinery Co. of Milwaukee.
 
The Thorp Fire Department was called out Tuesday noon to put out a grass fire that got out of control and track spread into a silo and barn loaded with stored machinery and hay on the Stanley Neiman farm, two miles north and 1 ½ miles east of Thorp.
 
25 Years Ago (1985)
 
As a general rule, the history of most Thorp buildings is of diversity; most buildings have several different kinds of business in them over their existence. The building where H and E Appliances is now located, is an exception to that rule.  It is true that the building has had different owners over its 80 or so years of existence, but one consistency it had is being a hardware store.
 
Thorp Area Chapter #2254 of AARP will celebrate their 10th anniversary on Monday, April 15th at Morgan Plaza.
 
10 Years Ago (2000)
 
Attention Thorp area residents!  There is now a cheese store just outside of town for all you cheese lovers.  Esther Abramowicz in partnership with Bryan Drangle has opened Papa Cheese, two miles north and one mile west on Center Road.
 
The first place winner of the Thorp Jaycees’ Beautiful Baby contest was Brandy Rycerz, daughter of Judy and Ron Rycerz. The second place winner was Emily Micke, daughter of Kristy and Jim Micke.