Hi Everyone, In case there are any new subscribers here, just a brief run down of what my entries are. I receive 2 newspapers weekly from Clark Co. Wisconsin (I live in CA). Each has an Old Items section which lists many many names. Because of copyright infringements, I type some information from these and mail them to the list in hope they will help someone find some information on their family. If you do find info that pertains to your family and it is in a 2 week or so period of me sending the post out, please write me and I'll send you the entire tidbit. Forgive me if you find typos :-) Take care! Kathy THORP COURIER dated May 16, 2001 100 YEARS AGO... Mr & Mrs John Pinter had a daughter. Peter VanErt and family moved into the village from the Stone farm. Mr & Mrs Ernest Anderson had a daughter on the 14th. John Daniels has moved here from Boyd and will be a stave cutter at the Cirkel Mnfg. Co's factory. Jos. Sheblak sold his property to Stan. Pietrowich. On May 9, 1901, Ida M. Covert and Guy D. Sargent were wed. Building new sidewalks are A. David, Nelson & Brunner, Louis Kolb, Dr. Selden, Dr. McCutcheon, F.A. Klemp, E.R. Wiley, Jos. Shblak, P. Egnoski, W. Walsdorf, Nye, Luck & Hudson, Ollie McKee and Wm. Sattler. 75 YEARS AGO... Mr & Mrs Wm. Glasshof had a son on May 9th. Anton Klugiewicz's barn and home were destroyed by a fire on April 29th. George L. Schmidt and Alvian Kocherer were wed on May 11th. Thorp Volunteer Fire Co held the annual meeting and baquet. Officers elected were Wm. Schoch-President, R.G. Lawrence-VP, R.H. Tolford-Secretary, Wm. S. Wagner-Treasurer, Harvey Ebben-Fire Chief and Jos. Walsdorf-Asst. Fire Chief. Louis Turenne, age 67, died in Reseburg on May 6th. 50 YEARS AGO... Irene Moczarny will graduate from Eau Claire Teachers College. Pvt. John L. Slupski is completeing his AF basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland AFB. Mr & Mrs Tony Sandel had a son on April 28th. Mr & Mrs Alvin Kubera had a son on May 3rd in Stanley. Laverne Irene Horn and PFC Vern E. Vollrath, were married on Friday. Phyllis Tollefson and Glenn Shilts were wed April 21st in Stanley. On Paril 19th, Roselyn Janssen and Marvin Steinmetz were wed. John Keller, age 52, died April 28th. 25 YEARS AGO... John Romanowski died May 7th and his brother Richard died May 1st from an car accident. Robert Benzschawel, age 71, died May 6th. Mr & Mrs Chester Johnson are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on May 22nd. James H. Boylan, age 70, died in Marshfield on Friday. Mr & Mrs Kenneth Grajkowski had a daughter on May 1st. Mr & Mrs Gaylord Tieman had a daughter on May 5th. Joseph Wynimko recently advanced in rate from Airman to Petty Officer Thrid class. Sam and Mary Daines graduated from Stephens College in Columbus Missouri. 10 YEARS AGO... Tyrni Dehne, age 85, died May 12th in Withee. Ruth Zimmer, 86, died May 11th in Marshfield. Frank Everett Johnson, age 61, died May 10th in Marshfield. Lorraine Wehlacz, age 61, died May 1st in West Covina, CA Candace Walteraitis and Gerald Woodford were wed April 27th in Lublin. Wally and Kim Zurakowski had a son May 9th. Sherrie Szemraj recieved the "Outstanding Graduating Senior Award" from UW-Madison. OLD PICTURE: A man and small child. I'm guessing the 1940's. April 25th's picture is Mr & Mrs Paul Slinka. May 2nd's picture was Olga (Winiarczyk) Burns at age 14. The May 9th picture is Carolyn (Samuelson) Isenberger & Patricia (Samuelson) Rimes. OBITUARIES: GORSEGNER, Richard 5/16/1915 - 5/9/2001 (Parents: Christian & Pearl (Warner); spouse: Dolly Couillard) SLAWATYNIEC, Tom ? - 5/19/2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THORP COURIER dated May 23, 2001 Ed. Heller broke his leg last week. Dr. McCutheon reduced the fracture. Coaude Colby and his best girl, drove to hear Maj. Lake of the Christian Crusaders preach. L.N. Jones sold his home and goods to Mary Deforth of Kiel. R.H. Tolford rented Chris Zapp's home. Prof. A.F. Elmegreen, principal of schools at Hillsboro will be principal here next year. C.H. Sheldon purchased another forty adjoining to his farm in Aurora and now owns 200 acres. 75 YEARS AGO... Apoulinia Tomczak died May 9th. Rheinhold Daniels bought a Gardner coach fro mOtto Simmers. Mr & Mrs Nick Sydorowicz had a son on the 16th. Bill Lockbaum broke his leg while playing ball. John Papera and Mrs. Ksaweny, were wed May 11th by Judge O.W. Schoengarth. Helen Kotrych and Oscar Dudonsky were wed May 4th. Magnus C. Hansen & Dorothy M. Parvis were wed. John Pogodzinski Sr., died at his home on Sunday in Thorp. Mr & Mrs S.J. Manicki had a son on May 15th. Mrs. Dan Fitzhugh died in Eau Claire last Thursday. 50 YEARS AGO... Barbara Ann Przybylski and Joseph S. Kosik were wed May 5th by Father Piekarski. Barbara Vanderhyden, age 65, died Wednesday. Ella Soper, age 37, died on the train in Oklahoma enroute from Chicago to Houston on May 12th. John Ciokewicz, age 76, died May 14th in Neillsville. Charles (Sol) Pettit, age 82, died May 15th of a blood clot. Mr & Mrs Ben Wibben had a daughter on May 7th. She is the former Grace Godferson. Otto Beckman's farm had a fire and destroyed the machinery shed. The farm is rented to his son Arnold. John Misfeldt received word that hi sister Margaret Aitchison had died in Missoula, Montana. 25 YEARS AGO... Kurtis D. Brandt, age 15, was killed May 17th in a car accident. Robert Elkins is going on a 3,000 mile solo canoe trip. James Kuehni, age 18, died Saturday of a car accident near Ashland. Mrs. Alfred Kleckner died May 15th. Arnold (Arleigh) Syth, age 75, died May 2nd in Marshfield. Pearl Maslowski, age 72 of Twin Lakes, died Friday. Celine Gau and Dale Danielewicz were wed May 1st in Wausau. Melvin (Midge) and Mabel Biddle celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 10 YEARS AGO... Walter Pietras, age 75, died May 17th at Oakbrook Manor. James Babbitt, age 38 of Vancouver, Washington, died May 17th. Betty Halida, 60, died May 16th. Sergeant Jeffrey Frenette was selected to attend the FBI Academy in Virginia. Edward John Lato, age 31 of Madison, died May 17th. Rose Schmidtmayr's 1975 cadillac was destroyed by an engine fire. Victoria V. Zawadzki, age 76 died May 15th. Ray and Kathryn Pszeniczny had a son May 16th. Randy and Loralee Madlon had a son May 13th. OLD PICTURE: Service Station in the 1960's-70's. OBITUARIES: HAAS, Marion F. 1/5/1931 - 5/18/2001 (Parents: John & Beatrice (Wry) Foster; spouse: Arnold Haas) ZALEWSKI, Rose A. 9/24/1911 - 5/15/01 (Parents: Michael & Catherine (Zaranski) Djubenski; spouse: Joseph Zalewski) SZCZESNIAK, Evelyn 12/5/1919 - 5/21/2001 (Parents: Alvin & Martha (Hanneman) Pribbernow; spouse: Stanley Szczesniak) RUFF, Marie 7/15/1916 - 5/18/2001 (Parents: William "Jack" & Anna (Harings) McQuillan; spouse: Alvin Ruff)