The Thorp Courier (Thorp, WI)
 March 17, 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 – A movement is on foot to give the Stanleyites a chance to vote for No License at the coming election. – Jas. Notman has been appointed warehouseman of the N-W-L Co. in place of H. N. Bennett who resigned preparatory to moving to Eau Claire.
 
Butlerville – D. N. Butler is expecting to start his saw mill soon.
 
The Spur Dew Drop says that a young, pretty school teacher, who is teaching near Boyd, inaugurated a new cure for tardiness recently.  She offered a kiss to the first arrival at school each morning.  The next morning at 5 o’clock three young men were seen roosting on the fence and by 6 all boys of the school and two directors had put in an appearance.
 
75 Years Ago (1935)
 
Roger Creek and Town Line – When Joe Wagener went to hitch up his team to take his milk to the factory Sunday morning he found a new horse in the barn, a colt having arrived during the night.  The raising of colts, which was abandoned some years ago, because of a surplus of horses, has been resumed since horses are becoming scarce and bringing a high price.
 
Roger Creek and Town Line – Wm. Blazel installed a new boiler in his cheese factory recently.
 
50 Years Ago (1960)
 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ziemba of Stanley announce the opening of their new air-conditioned bowling lanes on Wednesday, March 23.
 
A group of fifteen Gray Ladies of Thorp, who are affiliated with the Clark County Chapter of the American Red Cross, received their caps in a special ceremony at Victory Medical Hospital.  Superintendent Alice Thorpe was in charge.
 
Cadott residents who think the girl on the cover of the 1960 Wisconsin Highway map looks a lot like Jane Kysilko of Cadott are correct because it is she!
 
25 Years Ago (1985)
 
Senior FBLA member, Julie Sniegowski, was recently selected as Throp FBLA’s candidate for Who’s Who in FBLA.
 
Terry Olson, Thorp School District Administrator, was one of 110 area “volunteers” placed under arrest by the American Cancer Society.  The society used its “Jail ‘n Bail” program to raise $48,000 in pledges for cancer treatment and research.
 
An estimated $200 damage was reported after a Sunday morning barn fire at the Ed Hempleman Jr. Farm, fire No. 1023, in the Town of Thorp.
 
John Oberle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Oberle, of Thorp, was one of three District One Technical Institute students to return with medals from the Wisconsin Restaurant Association Convention and Trade Show competition at the Mecca in Milwaukee, March 6.
 
10 Years Ago (2000)
 
Eighteen-year-old Amanda Bresina of Gilman became Taylor County’s first traffic fatality of 2000.  Early reports that Bresina lost control of her vehicle as she traveled northbound on STH 73, approximately one mile north of STH 64, early Thursday morning, March 9, crossing the center line where she was struck by a southbound straight truck driven by Rodney E. Martens, 37, of Thorp.
 
Thorp Elementary School student Christ Chmelik qualified for the State Geography Bee, which will be held on April 7, in Milwaukee.  Only 100 students qualified in the state. 

 

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