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The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
August 20, 1997
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon
Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of
1897-1922-1947-1972-1987
100 Years Ago (1897)
Thorp can boast of a haunted house located in the western part of the
village.
Wm. Poppe of Withee discovered (?) a counterfeiters
den, at that village one night last week. Bill can furnish a
hair-raising account of the affair, just ask him.
The loan of
$1,800, to be used in building additional school room has been received
by the school board and plans and specifications are being perfected in
order to let the contract for the erection of the new structure.
A fishing party including ex-sheriff C. H. Sheldon, Dr. P. McKittrick,
M. Wiltgen, M. O. Olson, Jas. Connors and ye editor, went to Pike Lake,
about twelve miles north of Boyd on Fri. afternoon last and returned the
following day with about one hundred pounds of bass and sun fish.
75 Years Ago (1922)
Neiman’s Corner – A son was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Lubrant last Fri.
Henderson’s Corner – A daughter
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Western, of Junction, Aug. 9th. – A
daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schubel, of Edson last week.
Mrs. Schubel was formerly Dorcas McCaffery.
A son was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Bauernfeind on Thurs. Aug. 10th.
A
daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Neiman on Wed. Aug. 9th.
The Big Four Canning Co. finished their run of pears on Sat. night last
having canned 2,600,000 cans during the six weeks run.
Viola
Andrews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Andrews, of this village and
Percy C. Smith of Withee, were united in marriage at Stanley on Thurs.
Aug. 3rd.
Tom Aucutt, Dewey Andrews and Louie Osowski started
for the western harvest fields on Mon. last.
50 Years
Ago (1947)
Funeral services were held Wed. afternoon at
the Danish Lutheran Church at Withee for Peter Sorensen, who died Sun.
Worden – Mr. and Mrs. Norval Boie are announcing the arrival of a
baby boy, born Sat. night.
Miss Frances Donna Ruzic, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Ruzic, Willard, and Edward Kokaly, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Kokaly, Willard, repeated their marriage vows at the Holy Family
Rectory at 9 a.m. Sat.
A very pretty wedding took place
on Sat. morning, Aug. 2nd at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church at Thorp, when
Miss Dorothy Barbara Harycki, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Harycki,
became the bride of Michael Briski, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Briski, Sr., of Greenwood.
St. Hedwig’s Church, Thorp, was the
scene of a pretty wedding, Aug. 9th, when Miss Vern Markowski, daughter
of Mrs. Angeline Markowski and Joseph Juszczyk Jr., son of Mr. Joseph
Juszczyk, of Sobieski, WI., were united in marriage.
On Aug. 17
at 4:00 p.m. at St. Richard’s Rectory, Chicago, Bonita Mae Jablonski
became the bride of Patrick J. Keating.
25 Years Ago
(1972)
Army Private David D. Rubisch, son of Mrs. Ardis
Rubisch, Thorp, recently completed an eight week wheel vehicle mechanic
course at the U. S. Army Training Center, Infantry, at Fort Ord, Calif.
Mrs. Helen M., Plotke died July 25, 1972, after a lingering
illness.
Helen Szymanski, 82, passed away of a heart attack at
her home Sat. Aug. 5th, 1972.
Raymond Kosla, 45, died Aug. 7th
at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield due to a tractor accident.
Shannon Jaye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kwiesielewicz was baptized
on Sun.
Born: to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ehrlichmann of Milwaukee, a
baby girl on Aug. 14. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wynimko.
George W. Wendt, 65, of Wisconsin Rapids, a native of Thorp, was
pronounced dead on arrival at Riverview Hospital there on Friday of an
apparent heat attack.
10 Years Ago (1987)
Kathy and John Lewan, Lublin, are proud to announce the birth of a
daughter, Lindy Marie, born Aug. 14, 1987.
Gary and patty
Schauer wish to announce the birth of a son, Dustin Jay, born Aug. 11,
1987 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.
Thorp native Marie
Oberle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Oberle, has begun practice in
family dentistry at the Chippewa Valley Dental Health Associated in Eau
Claire.
Joseph Urbas, 83, formerly of Stanley, died Mon. Aug.
10, 1087 (1987) at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Chippewa Falls.
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