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June 12, 2024, Page 9 Contributed by "The Clark Co. Press"
Extracted by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. Index of "Oldies" Articles |
Clark County Press, Neillsville, WI
June 12, 2024, Page 9
June 15, 1944
Fight is on against weeds in the county
Campaign given point by meeting called for the weed commissioners
Community officials all over Clark County are busy this week fighting the weed menace. The annual campaign is on, and with emphasis.
The effort of all in responsibility is to see to it that the annual weed campaign does not become a perfunctory affair. While the law prescribes what shall be done, and while the routine is the same from year to year, the menace is constantly recurring and the danger to agriculture is no small or routine matter.
Just how serious the weed menace is, and how the fight in Clark County ought to be conducted this year were announced as the topics of a meeting of all weed commissioners of the county, called for the auditorium of the Greenwood high school Wednesday evening of this week.
Speakers announced for the occasion were Henry Lunz, state weed and seed inspector, and George Briggs of the college of agriculture.
Elsewhere in this issue of The Clark County Press will be found the legal notices of many communities of Clark County, all designed to stir the landholders to action against this common enemy, the noxious weed.
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Rotary at Marshfield
Rotarians of Neillsville joined other Rotary clubs hereabouts in celebrating on Monday evening the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Marshfield Rotary Club. The Rotary Clubs of Clark County were fully represented. The presidents of those clubs were introduced and they in turn asked their members present to stand. The presidents thus introducing their memberships were A.C. Covell for Neillsville, Allen Wuethrich for Greenwood, Leo Meyer for Loyal and Lloyd Spry for Granton.
The address of the occasion was made by Dr. Charles E. Barker, who is celebrating his twenty-fifth anniversary as Rotary International’s only paid lecturer.
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Urgency for dressings is felt in Neillsville
Opening of second front brings a heavy demand upon women here
An urgent request has been received of Red Cross workers here to hurry surgical dressings. This urgency grows out of the second front and the quickened tempo of the war on all fronts.
The demand for dressings is so huge as to bring dismay to those in local responsibility. The estimate of the military authorities is that more than a billion dressings will be required in a single year. This is at the rate of 3 1/2 million per day. When this huge demand is compared with the local output, it is sobering to those in charge. The total output in Neillsville, since the work started September 16, 1942, has been 464,100 dressings.
The quota upon which the women are now working is 34,200, of which 28,900 remain to be done. Upon this work is proceeding on the part of about 45 faithful women, some of whom appear at several sessions each week.
“We need more help, in order that our quota may be quickly filled,” said Mrs. Herbert M. Smith, who is chairman in charge. “When it is considered that our work, if well done, will help prevent a shortage of dressings at the crisis, it is enough to make all thoughtful women do all that they can. On some serious cases as many as 1,000 dressings are required for a single soldier. If there weren’t enough, it would be pretty terrible–especially if that soldier were your husband, brother, or son.”
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June 8, 1954
Drive truck 60 miles instead of fifty feet
The VanGordens encounter a strange effect of red tape of Uncle Sam
The H.H. Van Gordens of Neillsville have trucked from Black River Falls 25 drums of powdered milk which they were not allowed to take from a warehouse within 50 feet of their own warehouse in Neillsville. Unable to get the 25 drums from the Neillsville warehouse, the Van Gordens waited patiently while the powder was loaded into a car in Neillsville and while it made the trip, at Uncle Sam’s cost, to Black River Falls.
The powder was consigned to the associates of the Neillsville Van Gordens at Black River Falls. Upon the arrival of the car at Black River, and its acceptance there, the 25 drums were released to the Neillsville Van Gordens, and they sent a truck down to Black River to get it. The total mileage of the truck was 60 miles.
The Van Gordens have had for some time a second car on order, but the order to ship has not come to local warehouse men. The inference is that the shipment will be made from some other point, though there is an ample supply of dried milk in the warehouse at Neillsville which is right alongside the warehouse owned by the Van Gordens.
The Van Gordens recognize the precautions which have led to the seemingly strange situation, in which they must drive a truck 60 miles to ensure delivery of milk powder which started 50 feet from their own place. Those precautions are concerned with the limited use of the government powder. The government insists that it be used as an additional ingredient in feed, and to insure this they hold specified concerns or individuals responsible for each car sold. A method of insuring this is to sell only in cart lots and to consign it to a pool or to a single concern or individual.
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Two homers help Athletics to win
Take one from Little Rose–will meet Owen here Sunday afternoon
The home run clouts which produced three tallies helped the Neillsville Athletics to a 9-5 victory over Little Rose last Sunday afternoon in a Cloverbelt league game.
The victory was the third in a row over league opposition for the defending titlists.
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Seek fourth straight
Two Neillsville Athletics will go after their fourth straight Cloverbelt league victory on the Neillsville Athletic field Sunday afternoon when they take on a strong Owen team. Game time is 2 p.m. Manager Gus Lezotte expects to start Jerry Baird, with Arne Buchholz in reserve.
Next Thursday the A’s will engage the Winnebago Indians of Wisconsin Dells in their first night game of the season. The Winnebago Indians were defeated only once last year, dropping a 2-1 decision.
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Rollie Benedict chosen as county bee inspector
Rollie Benedict of Route 2, Loyal, residing in the town of York, has been selected as the Clark County bee inspector. He will replace the late Frank Greeler of Neillsville.
Mr. Benedict received word from John F. Long, chief apiary inspector, bee and honey section of the Wisconsin department of agriculture, early this week that he had been selected from among the various applicants.
Prior to working in Clark County, Mr. Benedict will spend the first few days of June working with Herman Rodeske of Fountain City, state bee inspector. The two of them will inspect hives in the Wood County area.
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June 13, 1974
Rare coins are county theft target
As the price of silver and gold increase, the possibility of robbery increases for coin collectors or numismatics as they like to call themselves.
Clark County entered this picture when a Necedah man, Aaron D. Thorn, entered county court this past week for initial appearance on a charge of allegedly stealing approximately $6,000 in silver coins from his father-in-law. Raymond Munson, Rt. 1, Withee.
Thorn was released on a $5,000 property bond and will be arraigned in Clark County court on June 18.
According to a signed complaint by deputy sheriff Micheal Nagy, Munson noted the missing coins late last year and “suspected his son-in-law” of the theft.
Munson then went to coin dealers in the Necedah and Tomah area and “learned that the defendant was dealing in large amounts of silver coins.”
The Withee man was reported to a have found coins in Thorn’s home and identified the money by two silver pieces which had been pierced with two small drill holes for identification purposes.
Thorn faces a possible $10,000 fine and/or five years on the felony count.
Investigating officers pointed out that coin collectors would be wise to deposit the valuable pieces in vaults or banks for safe keeping.
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Fr. Henseler named to St. Mary’s
The Rev. Joseph Henseler, presently serving as pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Alma Center, will begin his duties as pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Neillsville, Wednesday, June 26. On that date, he will succeed the Rev. Charles D. Brady, who has served the parish for the past four years and will be retiring from active administrative duties.
Fr. Henseler’s appointment was announced last week in the “La Crosse Times Review,” the diocese paper, and on Sunday in the parish bulletin. His hometown is Marshfield, where his parents presently reside.
Sunday, June 23, will be Fr. Brady’s last Sunday at St. Mary’s. A congregational potluck lunch honoring him is being planned.
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Neillsville is on path of celestial meeting
Under a scientific title, “The July Occultation of Venus” in the June 1974 issue of Sky and Telescope, Neillsville makes itself known and proudly carries its name across the path of something that happens very rarely in the heavens.
The occultation of Venus is a process by which Venus, a sister planet of the Earth’s, passes behind the moon. Astronomers and hobby star gazers can then study the two celestial objects and learn more about the shape of the moon and the appearance of Venus.
The three-page article in the magazine offered all one wanted to know about the occultation but carried many words of scientific astronomy and physics that forced those not affiliated with the science to pass on to more understandable paragraphs.
According to the article, on July 17, the event can be seen without optical aid from many parts of the eastern United States and the path of the occultation will run in a 19-mile swath, from Nebraska through Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Neillsville will be to the east edge of the path while Medford and Osseo will be directly in the occultation’s path.
A large group of scientists will be in Wisconsin on July 17 to study the event and will use late breaking weather reports to determine where the best location will be to view the meeting of the moon and Venus.
The event was brought to the attention of The Press by members of the Ervin Steiger family, one of whom, Keith, is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an amateur astronomer.
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Joining the Granton ranks of 53 other FFA boys as Wisconsin State Farmers, these three were named to the list this past week at the annual state FFA convention in Green Lake. They included (l to r) Larry Meddaugh, Bruce Stanley, and Steve Walter. (Press photo June 13, 1974)
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June 15, 1994
County in for new fair grandstand
The Clark County Board last week overwhelmingly backed the construction next year of a new grandstand to replace the one that has been part of the county fairgrounds since 1928.
In a June 8 meeting at the fairgrounds dining hall, supervisors voted in favor of building a $252,000 three-quarter roof metal grandstand having a seating capacity of 1,800 spectators. Construction is scheduled to begin in May,1995.
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Snyder dam update
Concrete is expected to be poured at Snyder Lake this week for the first phase of the construction of the new dam, as reported at a meeting of the Clark County Forestry & Parks committee on June 10.
Lametti & Sons had been waiting for a permit from the DNR to begin the work. It arrived last week.
In other business, the committee is planning for the demolition of the existing grandstand to make way for the new grandstand recently approved by the county board.
The demolition is expected to take place shortly after the 1994 fair.
Clark County Forestry and Parks Administrator Mark Heil reported that camping revenues and park usership are up this year.
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Spinning baits and spinning yarns of fishing adventures past and those to come, were the hottest topics of discussion for these young gentlemen who attended the youth angling workshop at Rock Dam on Saturday. Shown above from left to right: Greg Epping, Branden Bodendorfer, Ryan Schoen and Robert Schoen pose with the spinner baits they made. (Press photo June 15, 1994)
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