Clark County Press, Neillsville, WI, April 24, 2013, Page 6

 

Clark County Press, Neillsville, Wisconsin

April 24, 2013, Page 6

Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"

Transcribed by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon.

Index of "Oldies" Articles 

 

Compiled by Dee Zimmerman

 

Clark County News

April 1908

 

A meeting was held at the city hall Monday afternoon to consider organizing a farmers’ company to purchase and operate a creamery in Neillsville. A committee of three, O. M. Orvold, H. Bieneck and Fred Wendt was elected to get prices on both the Lange Creamery and Mr. Andrus’ and at such time as the committee in their judgment believe that the terms offered are reasonable, they are to call another meeting of farmers to consider the purchase.

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On settlement day in the town of Levis the officers were looking over the old papers and found the records of the town kept in 1856 by R. B. French, Sr., who was then town clerk.                     

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George Rupprecht, former postmaster at Globe, has bought from R. Schlueter; the place formerly owned by P. Marx, across Black River from Grant Avenue Bridge and has taken possession.

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Abie Turner, of the Town of York, says if he is elected to the office of constable he will lock up his tool chest, trade his hat for a cap and attend strictly to business.  You will make no mistake by voting for him.

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Louis Kleinschmidt, of Chili, bought two corner lots of H. Koser and will put up an up-to-date store building, which will be occupied by L. A. Reichert when finished.                                                  

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John Apfel and family moved on a farm near Prince of Peace Church in Pine Valley last week.

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Tom Joyce of Weston has bought another new horse and set of harness.  My, isn’t he going to shine!

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Some farmers in the Tioga area are getting out telephone posts and expect to have the line extended from David Boyer’s through to G. H. Palm’s store, thus connecting Tioga with Neillsville direct.

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In the town of Weston, Albert Lueck, Theodore Kalsow and Ernest Hemp are going to build new houses this summer.

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By a vote on the liquor license question in the town of Weston on Election Day, no license carried 80 to 50, which will close the saloon at Christie. In the Town of Warner no license carried 8 to 36.

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The following are members of the Clark County Board for 1908:

 

Beaver, A. P. Rossman; Colby, H. A. Frome; Dewhurst, J. A. Iverson; Grant, Otis Slocomb; Green Grove, Wm. Zassenhaus; Hewett, Wm. Ritchie; Hixon, S. M. Munson; Hoard, Frank Tonn; Levis, J. W. Short

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A contract has been entered into between James Paulus who owned the O’Neill House and August Schoengarth owner of the Omaha Hotel, by which they are to exchange properties, Mr. Schoengarth receiving the O’Neill House with its full equipment, including the barn and bus, in fact the entire hotel establishment and Mr. Paulus taking the Omaha Hotel together with the lots west occupied by The Luethe Co., and a vacant lot adjoining the hotel lot on the east.

 

Mr. Kump who has leased the O’Neill House will remain according to the terms of his lease and James Paulus will lease the saloon part from Mr. Schoengarth for a year from July 1st.             

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The Ross teams went down river Tuesday with loads of material for new cottages on the banks of Lake Hatfield to be erected by A. H. Halvorson and El Halvorson.                                   

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The C. St. P. M. & O. Rwy Co. has issued a book giving the origin of the name of states, counties and stations through which the North Western and C. St. P. M. & O. railway runs.  It is a book full of historical and geographical knowledge. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of a copy at this office.    

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Dance - to be held Friday, April 24 at W. H. Thoma’s new barn; also an oyster supper will be served.  Good music and a good time.                                                                                                

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It is reported that a car load of young bass, pike and muskellunge is to be planted in Hatfield pond and that a large amount of wild rice is to be sown in the sloughs and bayous to induce ducks to frequent the lake. A good many ducks have been there this spring.                                                                                         

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Fred Reitz has received and accepted an offer of a position in the tailor shop at the Waupaca Veterans Home and expects soon to move there to take up the work.                                           

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John Wasserburger and Fred Bartell have exchanged property, Mr. Bartell taking the saloon building next to the Dresden House for his twenty-acre farm, which he bought last year from Mrs. Mary Bruley.

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Now when apples are virtually out of the market, why not get a gallon of New York apples for 30 cents at Tragsdorf, Zimmerman & Co.?

 

April 1938

 

Cy Buker, son of Art Buker of Greenwood, has been listed as one of the first string pitchers of the university of Wisconsin baseball team, according to the team roster, announced this week.  Cy pitched for Greenwood in the Cloverbelt league last year and is being sought by Medford for its pitching staff this year.

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As a preliminary step toward the development of a second flowage the Taylor county recreational committee last week authorized a survey of the Miller Dam area on the Yellow River, north of Perkinstown. The first water ran over the new dam on the Mondeau River in north central Taylor County Tuesday, March 22. The dam, built by WPA, creates a flowage having 25 miles of shoreline, grass grown to the water’s edge.          

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Golf play is in full swing at the Neillsville Country Club course, which is one of the sportiest to be found in a city this size in the state. There was a good throughout at the opening Sunday, April 10, and when the reporter asked R. E. Schmedel for the scores he said the players were sworn to secrecy for the first day.

 

Myron Larson, formerly in charge of the Hillcrest course at Eau Claire and also for a time at the Ojibwa course at Chippewa Falls, has been hired as Greenskeeper here, and everything is set for one of the best years in the history of the club. The new clubhouse will be open steady soon instead of just on Saturday and Sunday.

 

William Crow was elected sports chairman of the Neillsville Country Club at the open meeting of stockholders and others interested in golfing held Wednesday evening, April 14.  Mr. Crow will be in charge of local and intercity tournaments and will select a committee to assist him in this work.

 

It was voted at the meeting to remodel and enlarge the clubhouse to provide living quarters for the new Greenskeeper and his wife and also to build an outside fireplace that may be used for cooking purposes.

 

Two weeks later -- Myron Larson of Eau Claire, the new Greenskeeper and Mrs. Larson, arrived in the city yesterday.  Mr. Larson immediately started on course improvements.

 

The Country Club offices  reported that out of about 75 trees planted on the course last fall, all but one are thriving.

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Sale of oleomargarine, butterine, or similar substance with coloring matter in imitation of yellow butter is a violation of the Wisconsin statutes regarding of how the colored product is packaged or sold, Ralph E. Ammon, acting director of the department of agriculture and markets, warned this week.                     

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Ominous forest fires in the vicinity of Pray and Merrillan Junction Sunday caused a pall of smoke to hang over quite a territory in the section.  Bad fires also raged in northern Clark County and southern Taylor County. The woods area extremely dry here as everywhere else and forest rangers are issuing special warnings for smokers and starting forest fires, which may prove very costly.  With most of the CCC camps in this section closed there is a lack of prompt and efficient fire fighting when a blaze breaks out in the woods area.                       

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While Irving Carl of Greenwood was cleaning a room over his shop he found an old tin can with rags stuck in it, underneath, which were silver dollars and 50’ pieces.  It was a pleasant surprise for Carl.

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The Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford last week was a big event. It came on Mrs. Ford’s birthday.  She is 71 and Mr. Ford is 75.  Mr. Ford cut timber from his father’s farm near Detroit, with which to build their first home.  He later found employment with the Detroit Edison Company, as an electrician at $35 a month.  While on this job he invented the first motor driven vehicle, working nights and Sundays on the project.

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Navigation opened up Friday noon on Black River when Bob Dwyer and Snowball Meyer struck out for Hatfield via rowboat, launching their craft just below the Grand Avenue Bridge.

 

A large crowd of spectators gathered at the harbor to bid them farewell and then hurried to the hwy 10 bridge to watch them pass under, thence south to the Cunningham Bridge for a last view of the daring Holt-LaRue wave gliders.

 

They coped with the situation gallantly until a rock down near the Herian farm got in their way and upset the vessel, landing the pair in the icy depths of the river.  Dame fortune or some such miracle chose for them one of the few spots where walking ashore was possible.

 

Thus the urge to cruise downstream to the lake was nipped in the bud, hats off to their bravery, and the desire for adventure arrested for a spell.                                                                     

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The Waumandee State Bank was robbed Friday night of several hundred dollars by “yeggs” that burned a hole with an acetylene torch through the vault door large enough for a man to crawl through.

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May 1 opens the trout season in the Lake Superior counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas and Iron.  The trout season in the rest of the state does not start until May 15.  The conservation commission has withdrawn its order limiting fishing on one section of the Brule River to the use of fly rods, but the contention continues that some form of restriction on the famous stream is needed if trout fishing conditions are to be improved.

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Roller skating at the Silver Dome, Neillsville, Grand Opening Wednesday, April 20;  Skating every Sunday afternoon and evening, every Wednesday night; Admission 30’.                                         

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The old Schroeder Shoe Shop, which was moved to the rear of the lot last winter to make room for a new structure, is being torn down this week. The Schroeder’s have added a shoe shining stand to their shop equipment.

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Free Opening Dance at Hake’s Barn, Saturday Nite April 23rd.  Everybody welcome!

Beer in the tap-room will be served by direct draught from the kegs, doing away with coils.

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Gypsies who crossed through Clark County last Friday left a trail of filching all the way from Greenwood to Black River Falls. The only loss in this vicinity was reported by Sherm Lowery, who said he was robbed of $25 by one of the gypsies while working at the Irving School.                                                     

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Appointment of R. A. Kolb as acting community manager of the 72-farm project in Wood, Marathon, Clark, and Jackson counties was announced this week by the Farm Security Administration.

 

The project near Marshfield contains about 6,800 acres and includes 38 farms in Clark County, 15 in Marathon, 14 in Wood and 5 in Jackson.  Most of these farms wee purchased by the Government from aged persons or other who wished to retire from farming and are now being occupied by their new owners.

 

Most of the necessary remodeling and repair work, which was started last August to place all the buildings in good condition, has been completed.                                                              

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Dividend checks totaling over $41,000 arrived from the comptroller of the currency at Washington, D. C. Wednesday to pay a final and liquidating dividend of 17 per cent of the Old First national Bank. This makes a total of 102 per cent paid to the depositors, which is more than many had anticipated.  H. W. Krueger, receiver for the bank, and his assistants will start today handing out over 1,000 checks.

 

The first 65 per cent dividend was paid when the present First National Bank was chartered June 19, 1934.  A second dividend of ten percent was paid Dec. 31, 1935; a third dividend of ten percent Nov. 14, 1936, and now is the final dividend of 15 percent interest, making a total of 102 percent.

 

The old bank was permitted to reopen after the country-wide bank moratorium of March, 1933, and was operated by James Musil as conservator.  He had served as cashier.  Oct. 25, 1933, J. S. Pullen was named receiver and served until Dec. 31, 1936, when he was succeeded by H. W. Krueger the present receiver, who has served until this time.  James Musil is also now cashier of the new First National Bank.

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The new Wagner restaurant is coming along in fine shape and will be one of the finest found in a city the size of Neillsville in the state when completed.  Mr. Wagner is planning to hold the opening on the same day next month that an important family anniversary takes place.

 

The new front is nearing completion, and as soon as the sidewalls are completed they will be adorned with chromium beading and an artistic blending of colors from the ceiling down to the walnut panels. The ceiling has also been finished in new weather-boarding.

 

The main dining hall will seat 65 people at tables, in booths and at the long counter, at one time.  In the tap room at the west end, which will also have booths finished in walnut wood, forty people can be served at one time. Air conditioning will add to the pleasure of service.  Later on the basement will be fitted into a large clubroom and the upstairs rooms also fitted with air-conditioning, Mr. Wagner states.

 

 

The Wagner restaurant was located on the northwest corner of Hewett and Sixth Streets.

The restaurant was remodeled in 1938 with a grand opening being held when it was completed.

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