The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
November 12, 1997
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Old Items Taken from The Thorp Courier files of 1897-1922-1947-1972-1987

100 Years Ago (1897)

Married at the Douglas House in this village on Nov. 6, 1897, by Court Commissioner Geo. Burke were John Perkins and Miss Olga Larson, both of Stanley.
 
Supervisors: E. R. Wiley of the village, Eph. Lindquist, chairman of the Town of Thorp, Math. Brunner Chairman of the Town of Withee, Ole Samulson, Chairman of Reseburg, went to Neillsville on Monday to attend the annual meeting of the county board.
 
Quite a remarkable circumstance occurred here during the noon hour on Sat. last.  Prof. A. O. Rhea discovered a deer in his pasture lot southwest of the school house and securing his shot gun set a charge broadside into the animal, upon which the deer jumped the fence and fled in the direction of the stave factory, came tearing up the street, turned north at the Forest Queen House corner, crossed the R. R. track into Nye, Lusk & Hudson’s mill yard where Chas. Chase happened to be practicing at a mark with a rifle.  The third shot Mr. Chase succeeded in hitting the deer and killing it.  It is several years since deer have been in the habit of roaming around the streets especially in daylight and everybody on the street at the time of the occurrence seemed too much surprised to secure a gun and shoot.
 
75 Years Ago (1922)
 
Reseburg – The marriage of Miss Selma Thiel and Mr. Jessie Offord took place on Tues. Oct. 31st.
 
Neiman’s Corner – Michael Boinski, 68, died suddenly at his home Sun. morning, after a day’s illness.
 
Joe Neiman has sold his entire undertaking supplies to John G. Bogumill, who will open an up-to-date establishment in the Max Weber building.
 
Ignatz Grobelny and Mrs. Mary Gulcynski were united in marriage at the Catholic Church at Junction on Mon. of last week.
 
John Wojech purchased the Big Four Canning Cos. Eighty acre farm south of the village last week, trading in his village residence toward the purchase price.  The consideration was about $11,000.
 
50 Years Ago (1947)
 
Mr. and Mrs. John Troz are the parents of a baby girl born Sat. Nov. 8th.
 
Mrs. Sophia Laniewski sold her 77 acre farm four miles east of Thorp to Henry Shipelbaum.
 
The Laniewski family of Thorp, who recently purchased the store, tavern, gas filling station and dance hall owned by Theo. Woldt at Bateman on Highway 29 east of Chippewa Falls, took possession of the property on Nov. 4th.
 
25 Years Ago (1972)
 
President Richard Nixon won a landslide vote – probably the largest in history – over Senator George McGovern in Tuesday’s heavy balloting.
 
Gilman – Congratulations to the Rev. and Mrs. Jay Miller of Pewaukee on the birth of a son on Nov. 2nd. – Word was received of the birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Dave Markus of Marshfield on Tues. Oct. 31st.  They named the little girl Laurie Mae.  Her mother is the former Ila Mae Welch.
 
Miss Terry LaGasse and Richard Bellin repeated solemn nuptial vows on October 28 at the Thorp United Methodist Church.
 
Miss Jean Lato, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Lato, Thorp became the bride of Randy Kadolph, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hillis Kadolph, Loyal, in a ceremony at St. Hedwig’s Church, Thorp on Sat. Oct. 28th.
 
10 Years Ago (1987)
 
Judith Ann Ciolkosz, Thorp and Roy Joseph Lato, Thorp, exchanged marriage vows on Sat. Sept. 12, 1987, at St. Mary’s Czestochowa Church, Stanley.
 
Sally Jo Smith and Mark Louis Koltis, both of Thorp, exchanged marriage vows at 2:00 p.m., Oct. 10, 1987 at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, Thorp.
 
Julianna Doris Kmieciak, exchanged marriage vows with Brian David Korenuck, Gilman on Aug. 28, 1987 at St. Bernard-St. Hedwig Church, Thorp.
 
Anastasia Kaminski, 85, Thorp, died Fri. Nov. 6, 1987 at Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley.
 
Nicholas (Nick) Stuttgen, 75, Colby and formerly of Stanley, died Thurs. Nov. 5, 1987 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield.
 
Margie C. Lang, 57, rural Gilman, died Sun. Nov. 8, 1987 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield.
 
Marjorie Glidden, 80, Holcombe, died Nov. 2, 1987 in Chippewa County.
 
Air Force Airman Carol M. Plechacek, daughter of Anton and Ruth Plechacek, Route 1, Thorp, has been named out-standing airman of the quarter.