The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
February 22, 1996
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of 1896-1921-1946-1971-1986

100 Years Ago (1896)

Peter Deforth has gone to Owen’s Mill near Withee where he will practice his profession as general blacksmith for the John S. Owen Lumber Co.
 
Ignatz Woitkewicz and Miss Lizzie Malinowski were united in marriage by Rev. Jachiniak, at the residence of Anton Malinowski, near Lombard, on Wed. of last week.
 
The finishing touches are being put on the $4,000 iron bridge across Black River in the Town of Hixon.  The approaches will be completed in the spring.  This bridge will be a great convenience for traffic along the line.
 
Gormley Bros. who have two camps north of this village, have banked 5,500,000 feet of logs up to date this season and are still rolling them in at the rate of 130,000 per day.  4,000,000 of this is hemlock, the balance pine.  They have also hauled to the N. W. Lumber Co. track 1,000 cords of tan bark. The logs are being banked on the North Fork of the Eau Claire for the N.W.C. Co. and will be manufactured into lumber at Eau Claire.
 
75 Years Ago (1921)
 
Bobb’s Mill – A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Arciszewski on Feb. 11. – Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schott are the proud parents of a baby boy which was born on Feb. 19th.
 
At the annual meeting of the Big Four Canning Co. held at Stanley last week the following directors were elected: F. A. Lange, H. T. Lanae, L. I. Roe, Chas. Nelson, F. W. Fischer, R. C. Lange and Norman Roe.
 
50 Years Ago (1946)
 
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Budzinski, Fri. Feb. 15th.
 
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Larson, of Withee, are the proud parents of a daughter, Sharon Ann, born Feb. 7th at the Stanley Hospital.
 
A very lovely double-ring wedding ceremony was performed when Miss Marion Micke, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Micke, of this village became the bride of Francis Culbert, son of Mrs. Ann Culbert, of Chippewa Falls, on Thurs. Feb. 14, 1946, Valentine’s Day, at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, Thorp.
 
Gilman – A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rademaker, Sun. morning.
 
Yellow River – A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Olson, Feb. 9th at their home here.
 
25 Years Ago (1971)
 
A son, Jerry James, weighing 9 lb. 5 oz., 20 ½ inches long, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Buss of Rockford, Ill. on Jan. 29, 1971 at Rockford Memorial Hospital.
 
Ann Neis, age 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Neis, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away on Feb. 11th.
 
Norbert Kolodziej, 36, Eau Claire, passed away Fri. Feb. 5th at Sacred Heart Hospital.
 
Funeral Services were held Tues. at St. Hedwig’s Chapel on Mon. Feb. 8th, for Louis P. Gulcynski, 58, who passed away Feb. 4, 1971.
 
Funeral services were held Tues. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Withee, for Mrs. Clara Zasoba, 84, of Withee, who died Sun. morning of an apparent heart attack.
 
Reseburg – Born to Mr. and Mrs. Julian Slowiak, a baby boy on Feb. 7 at the Victory Memorial Hospital.
 
10 Years Ago (1986)
 
William Zagorski, 86, Withee, former City of Thorp employee died Sun. Feb. 16, 1986.
 
Tom Smasal, Sec-Treas. of the Thorp Lions Club presented a $100 check to Fire Department President, Bernie Stuttgen and Thorp Fire Chief Ray Stroinski, Mon. Feb. 17.
 
John “Jack” Dallas, 84, Thorp, died Tues. evening, Feb.11, 1986 at the Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley.
 
Maryanna Wisz, 85, died Feb. 13, 1986 at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago.
 
Services for Everett P. Skroch, 74, Neillsville, a local attorney who was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital, Thurs. Feb. 13, 1986, were held Sat. Feb 15 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Neillsville.
 
John Jarocki, a graduate of Thorp High School, recently was installed as President of the L. E. Phillips Career Development Center in Eau Claire.
 
Holly Szymanski, daughter of Richard and Elaine Szymanski of Thorp, has been named as National Award Winner by the United States Achievement Academy.