Notes: Jindra & Chaloupka Roots and Branches

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#	Notes	Linked to
1651	Section W2, BLock 205, Lot 1, Space 5	WENHOLZ, Margaretha Christine (I1052)
1652	Section Y, Block 1, Lot 17, Space 1	KLOIDA, Francis W. (I2591)
1653	Section Y, Block 1, Lot 17, Space 2	O'RILEY, Emma Jean (I2592)
1654	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I2657)
1655	Section Y, Block 6, Lot 16, Space 3	DUSHEK, Francis J. (I1445)
1656	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I2663)
1657	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I589)
1658	Sectionn B, Block 12, Lot 3, Space 2	HORSTMANN, Adolph (I823)
1659	Secton U, Block 22, Lot 5, Space 5	AVERY, Virgil Dillon (I6510)
1660	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I7247)
1661	See Dale Sporleder's Book	SPORLEDER, William Carl (I3036)
1662	Sept. 15, 1955 Joan Chaloupka was listed as a new teacher at Hickory Grove School Waukesha. She is listed as Miss Joan Chaloupka, 4th and 5th grades, from Two Rivers.	CHALOUPKA, Joan Ann (I1551)
1663	Served in the First Regiment Minnesota Heavy Artillery and First Regiment Minnesota Cavalry Invalid-Application number 594137 Certificate number 775209 Also listed on this pension index is Minnie Freitag, widow Application number 732723 Certificate number 549475 Minnesota date 28 Dec 1900 filed a few weeks after the death of Herman.	FREITAG, Herman J. (I904)
1664	Served in the VMF-213 Squadron US Marines ECKART, Leland Leroy, 11354, POW&MPDet, HQUSMC, Washington DC, April 26, 1945, missing-killed in action (mc) + ECKART, Leland Leroy, Captain, O-011354, USMC, from Illinois, Manila American Cemetery (bm) + ECKART, Leland LeRoy, 1st Lt., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Eckart, 4875 North Kilpatrick Ave., Chicago, Ill (na) + ECKART, Leland L, CAPT, O-011354, USMC, from Texas, location Solomon Islands, date of loss April 25, 1943 (pm)	ECKART, Capt. Leland Leroy (I5396)
1665	Served overseas from July 14, 1918-March 30, 1919	TUMA, Harry John Sr. (I415)
1666	Service Number 6919906 Rank Sargeant Killed in Action The serial number starting with a 6 indicates that Willard was enlist ed in the Army before the time of selected service. Willard died January 7, 1945 in Belgium. He was shipped back home a nd is buried in Bayside Cemetery - Sturgeon Bay Door County advocate h as articles on him on the following dates: Feb 02,1945, Oct. 31, 1948, Dec. 05, 1947	TESS, Willard Gilbert (I5184)
1667	Setion E, Block 27, Lot 5, Space 4	SCHNORR, Jeanette C. (I2667)
1668	Setion P, Block 16, Lot 6, Space 2	SHUSTER, Mary (I1788)
1669	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I2006)
1670	Setion T, Block 33, Lot 10, Space 3	HOLLEY, Anna (I2390)
1671	Setion T, Block 37, Lot 3, Space 4	HONZIK, Julia Josie (I2556)
1672	Setion U, Block 29, Lot 5, Space 4	SKUBAL, Emma Katerina (I2509)
1673	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I2666)
1674	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I2832)
1675	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I6665)
1676	She appears in the 1900 census living with her daughter Minnie Kleist GARTZ, DOROTHY 1903-04-07 CHICAGO 88 YR U 00005573 COOK Immigration Year: 1862	TAGER, Dorothea (I1837)
1677	She came down with Cancer 1 year prior to her death. Nov. 1, 1922, she first visited the Chicago Doctor. December 5, 1922, he operated on her. Treated her until Feb. 20, 1923 . Last saw her Feb 23 Dies at Chicago The body of Mrs. Fred Jonas, former resident of Two Creeks who died at Chicago, arrived here last night and was taken to Two Creeks where the funeral will be held tomorrow. Mrs. Jonas was well known in and about Two Rivers. Death was due to complications of diseases. The Manitowoc Herald News Page 12 col 5 28 Feb 1923	SPORLEDER, Wilhelmine (I923)
1678	She was approximately age 12. 1900 census states 1869. 1910 census states 1868.	LENHARDT, Katherina Maria (I817)
1679	Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) 1944 April 8 Infant Daughter Dies at Hospital Here on Friday Kiel-Patricia Lou Olm, 1 year and ten month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Olm, Town Meeme, passed away at 12: 30 a.m. on Friday at St. Nichol as hospital in Sheboygan following an operation which took place about s ix weeks ago. She was born in Town Meeme on May 14, 1942, at the farm home of her parent s. Among the survivors are her father and mother, the former Miss Ruth Streich of Manitowoc, a brother, Billy Roy and a sister, Ione Louise. Her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Olm of Town Meeme and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Streich of Manitowoc also survive with a great grandmother Mrs. M. Radey. Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock at the Meiselwitz funeral home in Kiel and at 2 o'clock at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church in Schwartzwald. The Rev. William will officiate and burial will be made in the adjoining church cemetery.	OLM, Patricia Lou (I1190)
1680	Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1937 > April > 10 Mrs. Teresa Radey underwent an operation at St. Nicholas hospital Wednesday morning.	STIEBER, Theresa (I1180)
1681	Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1965 > August > 6 Arraign Woman on Extortion A 38-year-old Sheboygan woman , arraigned before county Judge John G. Buchen today on charges of forgery, extortion, robbery and petty theft, was re leased on $1,000 cash bond until date of trial. Mrs. Ralph (Marion) Radey of 1422 N. 14th St. on the extortion charge, allegedly called Household Finance Company here July 30, and said she was holding the manager, WIlliam Savage. She allegedly threatened to harm him unless $1,000 was placed in a container on a certain street corner. A company employe compiled with her request and she allegedly picked up t he packet of money. In other charges she allegedly robbed a local cleaning establishment of $4 1; a liquor store of $55 and forged a payroll check in the amount of $181. 11.	GRAFF, Marion L. (I1193)
1682	Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1974 > May > 28 Mrs. Mary Radey Mrs. Mary Radey, 60, of 2611 Elizabeth St., widow of Adolph, died at a Bridgman, Mich. hospital Sunday afternoon after suffering an apparent heart attack. Mrs. Radey was in Bridgeman to attend a wedding. Born in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Dimitri and Josephine Horon. She came to Sheboygan prior to her Jan. 25, 1941 marriage to Mr. Radey. He died in 1968. Mrs. Radey had been employed by Thomas Industries for about 25 years, retiring last January. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Backus of Bethel, Ohio; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild; two brother Joseph Horon of Sheboygan and John of Bridgman, Mich. Preceding in death was a brother and granddaughter. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Nickel's Funeral Home with the Rev. Vernon Jaberg, pastor of St. John UCC, officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.	HORON, Mary A. (I1194)
1683	Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1975 > January > 11 UW Stout Degrees Eleven are students nine from Sheboygan have received degrees in the December commencement at UW Stout, the university reports today. Degree recipients are the following, listed by community Sheboygan- Michael Radey son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Radey Sr. 1422 N. 14 th St. Sheboygan Press May 22 1976 Michael Radey, Eau Claire and Carol Boettner 1610 Spruce St. applied for marriage license.	RADEY, Michael D. (I1196)
1684	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I1188)
1685	Sheboygan Press Feb 6 1932 Willard Mott, father of 15 children, was sentenced to from one to two yea rs on a fourth degree manslaughter charge. He was convicted of drivi ng an automobile while intoxicated which struck and killed Joseph Souku p, town of Gibson farmer, last June. [June 21, 1931] Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1935 > August > 10 Town of Gibson Man is Missing Manitowoc, Wis-Willard Mott 51-year-old town of Gibson father of 15 children, who has been missing from his home since last Tuesday was reported seen Thursday hitchhiking toward Sheboygan. Mott had ridden to Manitowoc with a man who left him off at the Tenth street bridge when the missing man said he planned to attend a meeting. Sheboygan police informed of this report kept a lookout but up to noon today had no trace of the missing man. Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1935 > August > 14 Larrabee Man returns home Manitowoc, Wis-Willard Mott Larrabee truck driver missing since Aug 6, returned to his home last Monday, it was reported to Sheriff Max Hiller, Jr. No explanation to the man's absense was given to the sheriff. Mott was the object of an intensive search by sheriff's deputies and police in which authorities of nearby cities co-operated. 1972 > January > 10 Herald Times Reporter Mott Willard Mott Sr., 88 retired Town of Gibson farmer, who had been making his home with a daughter Mrs. Loretta Avery of 1016-20th St., Two Rivers, died at Holy Family Hosptial Extended care Unit, Manitowoc, Sunday Morning. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Melnick Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Charles Freuden officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Mott was born in the Town of Gibson December 23, 1883, a son of the late George and Sarah Haese Mott. He married Anne Chaloupka, Sept. 29, 1909 and she preceded him in death Jan. 30, 1950. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Avery and Mrs.Amand (Joyce) Marcelle of Two Rivers, Mrs. August (Eunice) Stueck of Rt. 1 Two Rivers, and Mrs. John (Carol) Gilbert of Rt. 1 Mishicot; nine sons, Milton and Stanley of Two Rivers, George of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, Marvin of Rt. 1 Manitowoc, Willard Jr., of Rt. 1 Maribel, Russell of Rt. 1 Denmark, Raymond and Omar of Rt. 1 Mishicot, and Eugene of Manitowoc; three brothers, William of Rt.2 Two Rivers, Oliver of Manitowoc and Sam of Rt. 1 Mishicot, 45 grandchildren and 67 great grandchildren. A son, daughter and brother and two sisters preceded him in death. Friends may call at Lambert Funeral Home, Mishicot after 3 p.m. Tuesday until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be taken to the church where the body will lie in state until the time of services.	MOTT, Willard Tillemon (I1393)
1686	Sheboygan Press Telegram (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1922 > December > 12 Radey - Streich Miss Lillian Radey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Radey, 1335 Herman court and Roy Streich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Streich, were united in marriage Saturday by the Rev. Edward Schmidt, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church.	RADEY, Lillian Mary (I1168)
1687	Sheboygan Press Telegram Wednesday February 13, 1924 Mrs. Math. Radey has returned from Manitowoc where she visited the past week with her daughter Mrs. Alex Glysch. (Alvina) In 1930 Elizabeth was listed as living with her daughter Lillian Streich according to the Federal Census of Manitowoc County, 5th Ward Sheet 11-A	STEUBER, Elizabeth (I1171)
1688	Sheriff's Sale By Virtue of an Execution, issued out of and under the Seal of the District Court of Minnesota, upon a judgment rendered and docketed in the said Court, on the 19th day of May A.D. 1896, in an action wherein John C. Rudolph was Plaintiff, and Herman Freitag and Wilhelm Meyer were Defendants, in favor of the said Plaintiff and against the said Defendants, for the sum of three hundred forty and 75-100 ($349.75) Dollars, which execution was directed and delivered to me as Sheriff in and for the said County of Brown. I have this 23d day of May A.D. 1896, levied upon all the right, little and interest of the said Defendant Wilhelm Meyer in and to the following described real property in Brown County, State of Minnesota to wit: The north half of the North West quarter of Section No. Four (4) in Township No. One Hundred and eleven (111) North of Range No. Thirty-three (33), West; the South half the South West quarter of Section No. Thirty-three(33), Lot. No. Two (2) of Section No. Thirty-four (34), also a tract of land described as follows, to-wit; Commencing at the North East corner of the South East quarter of the South West quarter of Section No. Thirty-three (33), thence running West to the North West corners of the South East quarter of the South West quarter of said Section No. Thirty-three (33), thence North 7.91 chains, thence East 16 degrees North 5.95 chains, thence in a Southeasterly direction to the place of beginning, containing 14 acres more or less; All of the foregoing being in Township No. One Hundred and twelve (112) North of Range No. Thirty-three (33) West. Notice is Hereby Given, that I, the undersigned, as Sheriff as aforesaid, will sell the above described property to the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction at the front door of the Court House, in the City of New Ulm in the County of Brown and State of Minnesota, on Friday the 17th day of July, A.D. 1896, at 10 o'clock A.M., of that day, to satisfy the Execution, together with the interest and costs thereon. Dated may 29th, A.D. 1896 Nels Anderson, Sheriff of Brown County, Minn. Jos. A. Eckstein, Plaintiff's Attorney New Ulm, Minn.	FREITAG, Herman J. (I904)
1689	Ship Leocadia Port of Departure Bremen Place of Origin Bremen Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland Ludwig Friedrich Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 42 Male Johanna Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 40 Female Christine Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 11 Female Ludwig Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 9 Male Johann Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 7 Male Hermann Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 5 Male Another transcription: Mantuwick should be spelled Manitowoc 1 Lud. Fried. Warholz 72 Bremen Bremen Mantuwi ck Joiner 2 Johanne Warholz 40 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k 3 Christine Warholz 11 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k 4 Ludwig Warholz 9 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k 5 Johann Warholz 7 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k 6 Hermann Warholz 5 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k 7 Christine Galjer 40 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k 8 Metz Vielstich 20 Hanoveran Lesum Mantuwic k	WENHOLZ, Friedrich Ludwig (I1049)
1690	Ship Name Quebec	WULF, John Heinrich (I1038)
1691	Ship Ohio	CHALOUPKA, Anna (I1713)
1692	Shirley Hunt Wenzel Shirley Hunt Wenzel, 67, of Ellenton, died September 29, 1994, at home. There is no visitation. Memorial service is 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 504 26th St. W., Palmetto, with the Rev. Nick LaPata officiating. Burial will be in Mansion Memorial park, Ellenton. Mansion Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southwest Florida, 432 Eighth Ave. W., Palmetto, Fla. 34221. Born in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Mrs. Wenzel came here from Indiana in 1976. She was a homemaker. She was a Catholic. She is survived by her husband Alston; a daughter, Marsha Kuhn of Schererville, Ind.; a son, James Hunt of Pinellas Park; two step-sons, Earl, of Dry Prong, La., and Jeffrey, of El Paso, Texas; four grandchildren; and six step-grandchildren.	LARSON, Shirley A. (I582)
1693	Shown in the 1940 census as living in residence with Josephine Jindra	LARSON, Winfield (I6910)
1694	Siegel Cup Goes To Senior Class Finals in declamation contest at high school are interesting Member of 1917 and freshman to represent school at Elmore. The finals in the High School Declamation Contest were held Wednesday and Thursday evening at the Auditorium. This was the first year of the contests and great interest was shown by the students of the local High School, in the innovation; students and faculty members alike are delighted over the result obatined (sic). Twenty-three girls and sixteen boys entered in the contest. Win Siegel Trophy Max Freitag, a senior, won first place in the contest for the boys, and Thelma Rinke, a freshman, was awarded first in the girls' contest. This not only decides the winners for the Siegel trophy, but entitles Mr. Freitag and Miss Rinke to represent the New Ulm school at the District Declamation Contest to be held at Elmore, Minn., March 16.	FREITAG, Max (I2838)
1695	Sister Casilda Former Door county resident Sister M. Casilda Rohr, 80, Wheaton, Ill. died there July 30. Funeral services were held there Friday at Our Lady of the Angel Mother House Chapel. The Rev. Wilbert Hegener officiated with interment at Assumption cemetery, Winfield, Ill. Sister Casilda was born in Forestville on August 19, 1894 to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rohr. She entered the convent in 1912 and retired in 1971 in Wheaton. During those years she worked as a trained nurse in several hospitals. Surviving are sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Yano, New York; Mrs. Ed (Ethel) Reiman, Kenosha, and Mrs. Roy (Helen) Schaefer, Sturgeon Bay. Also surviving are brothers Alvin, Kewaunee; Joseph, Sturgeon Bay and John, Forestville. Two sisters and one brother preceded her in death.	CASILDA, Sr. M. (I6812)
1696	Six new subscribers were added to The Age list this week, as follows: Herman Freitag, Wm. Paulson, Torsten Paulson, Aitkin; A.M. Seivert, Waldeck; James H. Strong, Howard's Creek, Kentucky and Keen Strong, Elton, Wis. The circulation of The AGE is now guaranteed the largest in the county by at least a hundred.	FREITAG, Herman J. (I904)
1697	SKWOR MEAT MARKET Skwor's Meat Market, 326 East Main Street, in Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, dates back to 1879 when Adolf Grim deeded the building to Louis Levenhagan. This was the original meat market, much the same as it is now, more than 116 years later. In 1894, Levenhagan deeded the market to Joseph Skwor. Joseph and his wife, Rose, working together, built the business. Rose helped where needed. A petite but strong woman, she could carry a quarter of beef on her shoulder to where it would be trimmed into special cuts of meat. The story, passed down from Joseph Skwor, tells how Joseph actually walked several head of cattle from Mishicot to the Stockyards in Chicago and walked back to Mishicot, in order to get his meat business started. He butchered all sorts of animals and processed them into cuts of meat and sausages which he sold at retail. He established quite a big business by shipping truckloads of veal to Chicago. Joseph and Rose continued in business until their two sons, Charles and Hugo, joined in the business. It then became known as Jos. Skwor and Sons Meats. When Joseph semi-retired, Charles and Hugo entered into a partnership, and a new sign over the door said "Skwor Bros. Meat Market. In 1939, Charles moved to Milwaukee and sold his half of the business to Hugo. It then became Skwor Meat Market. Paul, son of Hugo, helped him, along with hired help. They bought livestock, butchered, retailed meat, made ring bologna, liver sausage, blood sausage, summer sausage, sultz, weiners, and bratwurst from Bohemian and Polish recipes handed down in the family. They cured and smoked their own hams and bacon. Joseph would walk down to the market every day to help. His home was about two blocks away. People would stand in line waiting for "Joe" to wait on them, as he would frequently forget the latest price and charge them for meats at the old, lower price. Joseph, Charles and Hugo could converse in Polish and Bohemian with the early settlers. In the earlier days, sawdust and wood shavings were used to cover the floor where the customers stood, to keep the floor clean and for fragrance. When mothers brought their young children into the meat shop, Joseph and Hugo would give them a cooked and smoked weiner to eat. Before electrical refrigeration was invented, Skwor Meats used large chunks of ice to cool the meat and keep it from spoiling. Hugo invented a gasolene engine-powered saw which would cut ice from the nearby West Twin river, when it was frozen the thickest, usually between the holidays of Christmas and the New Year. The blocks were about 18" x 30" x 24" deep, and several men helped load them into a truck bed to be hauled to the ice house located near the market. Here they were covered with sawdust to keep them from melting. They cut enough ice for their own needs for a whole year, as well as selling it to customers for their ice boxes. After electric refrigerators were available, the ice business was no longer needed. Hugo built insulated containers which fit onto a pick-up truck, and with blocks of ice to keep the meat cool, both Hugo and Charles traveled regular routes throughout the county to bring their meat products to the farmers. Summer was usually a very busy time for the farmers, and they appreciated having their meat brought to them. As children, during the summer vacation, we liked to go along with our Dads to keep them company during the 5-hour trip. In the Spring, the "Mishicot" river would flood -- ice dams caused the water to rise over the banks onto Main Street, running through the building, filling the basement of the Meat Market. Everything was shut down to prevent a fire or explosion until the water subsided. Since that time, a dam has been built to regulate the level of the water. I can remember seeing Dad lead the livestock out of the holding pens to higher ground. Hugo gradually taught Paul the business, and when Hugo retired, he sold the meat market to Paul and LaVerne Skwor. Paul made many improvements in the building and areas of meat processing. He built a new smokehouse, and people from many miles away would come to buy Skwor's Ho-Made Sausages. Skwors had their own spice recipe, developed over the years. It was never written down. As "kids" we would stop after school to watch Dad and Grandpa make sausages and weiners. After the meat was ground and the spices added, it was stuffed into natural animal casings, twisted and tied, and loaded onto carts on which were hung rows of the raw products. When the cart was full, they were pushed to another room and lowered into a huge boiler of boiling water. When they had cooked to about the right time, my sister and I remember Grandpa Joseph fishing a sausage out, holding it up to his ear and squeezing it. If it sounded "like a bullfrog", he would toss it back to cook some more. Since 1959, meat of USDA quality was purchased in quarters from nearby meat packing houses in Green Bay and Milwaukee. Slaughtering was no longer done at Mishicot. At the end of each day, the wooden chopping blocks were scraped and salted, and the saws and knives sharpened, cleaned and put away, ready for the next day's business. In 1961, Hugo retired and his son, Paul Skwor, carried on the same recipe and homemade style of sausage-making. Paul's brother, Peter Skwor, also learned the meat business and helped Paul occasionally. Peter's son, James, attended meat processing school, also learning the trade. Paul's son, Edward, during his summer breaks from studies at the University of Wisconsin, also helped in the business. Edward earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, and then worked for the 3M Company, Minneapolis, MN. They cured and smoked their own hams, sausages and bacon. While the smokehouse was being used, Paul got little sleep, because the fire had to be checked every fifteen minutes. Smoking was done the old fashioned way, using sweet maple wood. Paul could smell if the fire was too hot or too low from three rooms away. Water was kept handy, and some was poured in to keep the humidity just right. Smoking of hams usually took three days. Summer sausage, bacon, weiners and bologna were smoked once a week, and were always all sold out before the next batch was made. Paul operated the business until November 23, 1984, when he suddenly passed away of a heart attack. The business was carried on by David and Laverne, Paul's son and widow. Laverne, fondly known as Susie, worked with David in the market, waiting on customers and tying weiners and sausages. They operated the business for six years, until September 1991, just three years shy of Skwor Meats 100th anniversary. Many new government regulations were being enforced, and the town of Mishicot had become more of a tourist area, causing it to be extremely difficult for a profitable business. The "Mom and Pop" businesses were being squeezed out by large-scale stores mainly in shopping centers, a trend all over the country. The Skwor Meats history, written by Victoria Skwor Kellner and Lois Skwor Vawter, 1998.	SKWOR, Joseph (I2463)
1698	Skwor Meat Market Skwor's Meat Market, 326 East Main Street, in Mishicot was established by Joseph Skwor. When Joseph semi-retired , Charles and Hugo entered into a partnership, and a new sign over the door said "Skwor Bros. Meat Market. In 1939, Charles moved to Milwaukee and sold his half of the business to Hugo. It then became Skwor Meat Market. Paul, son of Hugo, helped him, along with hired help. They bought livestock, butchered, retailed meat, made ring bologna, liver sausage, blood sausage, summer sausage, sultz, wieners, and bratwurst from Bohemian and Polish recipes handed down in the family. They cured and smoked their own hams and bacon. Joseph would walk down to the market every day to help. His home was about two blocks away. People would stand in line waiting for "Joe" to wait on them, as he would frequently forget the latest price and charge them for meats at the old, lower price. Joseph, Charles and Hugo could converse in Polish and Bohemian with the early settlers. In the earlier days, sawdust and wood shavings were used to cover the floor where the customers stood, to keep the floor clean and for fragrance. When mothers brought their young children into the meat shop, Joseph and Hugo would give them a cooked and smoked Weiner to eat. Before electrical refrigeration was invented, Skwor Meats used large chunks of ice to cool the meat and keep it from spoiling. Hugo invented a gasoline engine-powered saw which would cut ice from the nearby West Twin river, when it was frozen the thickest, usually between the holidays of Christmas and the New Year. The blocks were about 18" x 30" x 24" deep, and several men helped load them into a truck bed to be hauled to the ice house located near the market. Here they were covered with sawdust to keep them from melting. They cut enough ice for their own needs for a whole year, as well as selling it to customers for their ice boxes. After electric refrigerators were available, the ice business was no longer needed. Hugo built insulated containers which fit onto a pick-up truck, and with blocks of ice to keep the meat cool, both Hugo and Charles traveled regular routes throughout the county to bring their meat products to the farmers. Summer was usually a very busy time for the farmers, and they appreciated having their meat brought to them. As children, during the summer vacation, we liked to go along with our Dads to keep them company during the 5-hour trip. In the Spring, the "Mishicot" river would flood -- ice dams caused the water to rise over the banks onto Main Street, running through the building, filling the basement of the Meat Market. Everything was shut down to prevent a fire or explosion until the water subsided. Since that time, a dam has been built to regulate the level of the water. I can remember seeing Dad lead the livestock out of the holding pens to higher ground. Hugo gradually taught Paul the business, and when Hugo retired, he sold the meat market to Paul and LaVerne Skwor. Paul made many improvements in the building and areas of meat processing. He built a new smokehouse, and people from many miles away would come to buy Skwor's Ho-Made Sausages. Skwor's had their own spice recipe, developed over the years. It was never written down. As "kids" we would stop after school to watch Dad and Grandpa make sausages and wieners. After the meat was ground and the spices added, it was stuffed into natural animal casings, twisted and tied, and loaded onto carts on which were hung rows of the raw products. When the cart was full, they were pushed to another room and lowered into a huge boiler of boiling water. When they had cooked to about the right time, my sister and I remember Grandpa Joseph fishing a sausage out, holding it up to his ear and squeezing it. If it sounded "like a bullfrog", he would toss it back to cook some more. Since 1959, meat of USDA quality was purchased in quarters from nearby meat packing houses in Green Bay and Milwaukee. Slaughtering was no longer done at Mishicot. At the end of each day, the wooden chopping blocks were scraped and salted, and the saws and knives sharpened, cleaned and put away, ready for the next day's business. In 1961, Hugo retired and his son, Paul Skwor, carried on the same recipe and homemade style of sausage-making. Paul's brother, Peter Skwor, also learned the meat business and helped Paul occasionally. Peter's son, James, attended meat processing school, also learning the trade. Paul's son, Edward, during his summer breaks from studies at the University of Wisconsin, also helped in the business. Edward earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, and then worked for the 3M Company, Minneapolis, MN. They cured and smoked their own hams, sausages and bacon. While the smokehouse was being used, Paul got little sleep, because the fire had to be checked every fifteen minutes. Smoking was done the old fashioned way, using sweet maple wood. Paul could smell if the fire was too hot or too low from three rooms away. Water was kept handy, and some was poured in to keep the humidity just right. Smoking of hams usually took three days. Summer sausage, bacon, wieners and bologna were smoked once a week, and were always all sold out before the next batch was made. Paul operated the business until November 23, 1984, when he suddenly passed away of a heart attack. The business was carried on by David and Laverne, Paul's son and widow. Laverne, fondly known as Susie, worked with David in the market, waiting on customers and tying wieners and sausages. They operated the business for six years, until September 1991, just three years shy of Skwor Meats 100th anniversary. Many new government regulations were being enforced, and the town of Mishicot had become more of a tourist area, causing it to be extremely difficult for a profitable business. The "Mom and Pop" businesses were being squeezed out by large-scale stores mainly in shopping centers, a trend all over the country. The Skwor Meats history, written by Victoria Skwor Kellner and Lois Skwor Vawter, 1998. Manitowoc Herald Times 1961 June 23 Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Skwor, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skwor and children, Edward, Sherry, and David, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Skwor attended the double birthday celebration for Jeffery and Danny Kellner sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kellner of Two Rivers. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Schumacher and Robert Garceau of Two Rivers. Mrs. Kellner is the former Victoria Skwor.	SKWOR, Hugo Stephen (I2485)
1699	SKWOR MEAT MARKET Skwor's Meat Market, 326 East Main Street, in Mishicot, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, dates back to 1879 when Adolf Grim deeded the building to Louis Levenhagan. This was the original meat market, much the same as it is now, more than 116 years later. In 1894, Levenhagan deeded the market to Joseph Skwor. Joseph and his wife, Rose, working together, built the business. Rose helped where needed. A petite but strong woman, she could carry a quarter of beef on her shoulder to where it would be trimmed into special cuts of meat. The story, passed down from Joseph Skwor, tells how Joseph actually walked several head of cattle from Mishicot to the Stockyards in Chicago and walked back to Mishicot, in order to get his meat business started. He butchered all sorts of animals and processed them into cuts of meat and sausages which he sold at retail. He established quite a big business by shipping truckloads of veal to Chicago. Joseph and Rose continued in business until their two sons, Charles and Hugo, joined in the business. It then became known as Jos. Skwor and Sons Meats. When Joseph semi-retired, Charles and Hugo entered into a partnership, and a new sign over the door said "Skwor Bros. Meat Market.	SKWOR, Joseph (I2463)
1700	Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, : Social Security Administration	Source (S426)

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1651

Section W2, BLock 205, Lot 1, Space 5

WENHOLZ, Margaretha Christine (I1052)

1652

Section Y, Block 1, Lot 17, Space 1

KLOIDA, Francis W. (I2591)

1653

Section Y, Block 1, Lot 17, Space 2

O'RILEY, Emma Jean (I2592)

1654

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I2657)

1655

Section Y, Block 6, Lot 16, Space 3

DUSHEK, Francis J. (I1445)

1656

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I2663)

1657

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I589)

1658

Sectionn B, Block 12, Lot 3, Space 2

HORSTMANN, Adolph (I823)

1659

Secton U, Block 22, Lot 5, Space 5

AVERY, Virgil Dillon (I6510)

1660

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I7247)

1661

See Dale Sporleder's Book

SPORLEDER, William Carl (I3036)

1662

Sept. 15, 1955 Joan Chaloupka was listed as a new teacher at Hickory Grove School Waukesha. She is listed as Miss Joan Chaloupka, 4th and 5th grades, from Two Rivers.

CHALOUPKA, Joan Ann (I1551)

1663

Served in the First Regiment Minnesota Heavy Artillery and First Regiment Minnesota Cavalry
Invalid-Application number 594137
Certificate number 775209

Also listed on this pension index is
Minnie Freitag, widow
Application number 732723
Certificate number 549475 Minnesota
date 28 Dec 1900 filed a few weeks after the death of Herman.

FREITAG, Herman J. (I904)

1664

Served in the VMF-213 Squadron US Marines
ECKART, Leland Leroy, 11354, POW&MPDet, HQUSMC, Washington DC, April 26, 1945, missing-killed in action (mc) + ECKART, Leland Leroy, Captain, O-011354, USMC, from Illinois, Manila American Cemetery (bm) + ECKART, Leland LeRoy, 1st Lt., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Eckart, 4875 North Kilpatrick Ave., Chicago, Ill (na) + ECKART, Leland L, CAPT, O-011354, USMC, from Texas, location Solomon Islands, date of loss April 25, 1943 (pm)

ECKART, Capt. Leland Leroy (I5396)

1665

Served overseas from July 14, 1918-March 30, 1919

TUMA, Harry John Sr. (I415)

1666

Service Number 6919906 Rank Sargeant Killed in Action The serial number starting with a 6 indicates that Willard was enlist ed in the Army before the time of selected service. Willard died January 7, 1945 in Belgium. He was shipped back home a nd is buried in Bayside Cemetery - Sturgeon Bay Door County advocate h as articles on him on the following dates: Feb 02,1945, Oct. 31, 1948, Dec. 05, 1947

TESS, Willard Gilbert (I5184)

1667

Setion E, Block 27, Lot 5, Space 4

SCHNORR, Jeanette C. (I2667)

1668

Setion P, Block 16, Lot 6, Space 2

SHUSTER, Mary (I1788)

1669

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Private (I2006)

1670

Setion T, Block 33, Lot 10, Space 3

HOLLEY, Anna (I2390)

1671

Setion T, Block 37, Lot 3, Space 4

HONZIK, Julia Josie (I2556)

1672

Setion U, Block 29, Lot 5, Space 4

SKUBAL, Emma Katerina (I2509)

1673

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Private (I2666)

1674

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I2832)

1675

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I6665)

1676

She appears in the 1900 census living with her daughter Minnie Kleist

GARTZ, DOROTHY 1903-04-07 CHICAGO 88 YR U 00005573 COOK

Immigration Year: 1862

TAGER, Dorothea (I1837)

1677

She came down with Cancer 1 year prior to her death. Nov. 1, 1922, she first visited the Chicago Doctor. December 5, 1922, he operated on her. Treated her until Feb. 20, 1923 . Last saw her Feb 23

Dies at Chicago

The body of Mrs. Fred Jonas, former resident of Two Creeks who died at Chicago, arrived here last night and was taken to Two Creeks where the funeral will be held tomorrow. Mrs. Jonas was well known in and about Two Rivers. Death was due to complications of diseases.
The Manitowoc Herald News Page 12 col 5
28 Feb 1923

SPORLEDER, Wilhelmine (I923)

1678

She was approximately age 12.
1900 census states 1869.
1910 census states 1868.

LENHARDT, Katherina Maria (I817)

1679

Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) 1944 April 8

Infant Daughter Dies at Hospital Here on Friday

Kiel-Patricia Lou Olm, 1 year and ten month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Olm, Town Meeme, passed away at 12: 30 a.m. on Friday at St. Nichol as hospital in Sheboygan following an operation which took place about s ix weeks ago.

She was born in Town Meeme on May 14, 1942, at the farm home of her parent s.

Among the survivors are her father and mother, the former Miss Ruth Streich of Manitowoc, a brother, Billy Roy and a sister, Ione Louise. Her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Olm of Town Meeme and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Streich of Manitowoc also survive with a great grandmother Mrs. M. Radey.

Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock at the Meiselwitz funeral home in Kiel and at 2 o'clock at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church in Schwartzwald. The Rev. William will officiate and burial will be made in the adjoining church cemetery.

OLM, Patricia Lou (I1190)

1680

Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1937 > April > 10 Mrs. Teresa Radey underwent an operation at St. Nicholas hospital Wednesday morning.

STIEBER, Theresa (I1180)

1681

Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1965 > August > 6

Arraign Woman on Extortion

A 38-year-old Sheboygan woman , arraigned before county Judge John G. Buchen today on charges of forgery, extortion, robbery and petty theft, was re leased on $1,000 cash bond until date of trial.

Mrs. Ralph (Marion) Radey of 1422 N. 14th St. on the extortion charge, allegedly called Household Finance Company here July 30, and said she was holding the manager, WIlliam Savage. She allegedly threatened to harm him unless $1,000 was placed in a container on a certain street corner.

A company employe compiled with her request and she allegedly picked up t he packet of money.

In other charges she allegedly robbed a local cleaning establishment of $4 1; a liquor store of $55 and forged a payroll check in the amount of $181. 11.

GRAFF, Marion L. (I1193)

1682

Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1974 > May > 28

Mrs. Mary Radey

Mrs. Mary Radey, 60, of 2611 Elizabeth St., widow of Adolph, died at a Bridgman, Mich. hospital Sunday afternoon after suffering an apparent heart attack.

Mrs. Radey was in Bridgeman to attend a wedding.

Born in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Dimitri and Josephine Horon.

She came to Sheboygan prior to her Jan. 25, 1941 marriage to Mr. Radey. He died in 1968.

Mrs. Radey had been employed by Thomas Industries for about 25 years, retiring last January.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Backus of Bethel, Ohio; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild; two brother Joseph Horon of Sheboygan and John of Bridgman, Mich.

Preceding in death was a brother and granddaughter.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Nickel's Funeral Home with the Rev. Vernon Jaberg, pastor of St. John UCC, officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.

HORON, Mary A. (I1194)

1683

Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1975 > January > 11

UW Stout Degrees Eleven are students nine from Sheboygan have received degrees in the December commencement at UW Stout, the university reports today.

Degree recipients are the following, listed by community

Sheboygan- Michael Radey son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Radey Sr. 1422 N. 14 th St.

Sheboygan Press
May 22 1976

Michael Radey, Eau Claire and Carol Boettner 1610 Spruce St. applied for marriage license.

RADEY, Michael D. (I1196)

1684

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

Living (I1188)

1685

Sheboygan Press Feb 6 1932 Willard Mott, father of 15 children, was sentenced to from one to two yea rs on a fourth degree manslaughter charge. He was convicted of drivi ng an automobile while intoxicated which struck and killed Joseph Souku p, town of Gibson farmer, last June. [June 21, 1931]

Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1935 > August > 10 Town of Gibson Man is Missing

Manitowoc, Wis-Willard Mott 51-year-old town of Gibson father of 15 children, who has been missing from his home since last Tuesday was reported seen Thursday hitchhiking toward Sheboygan.

Mott had ridden to Manitowoc with a man who left him off at the Tenth street bridge when the missing man said he planned to attend a meeting.

Sheboygan police informed of this report kept a lookout but up to noon today had no trace of the missing man.

Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1935 > August > 14 Larrabee Man returns home

Manitowoc, Wis-Willard Mott Larrabee truck driver missing since Aug 6, returned to his home last Monday, it was reported to Sheriff Max Hiller, Jr. No explanation to the man's absense was given to the sheriff.

Mott was the object of an intensive search by sheriff's deputies and police in which authorities of nearby cities co-operated.

1972 > January > 10 Herald Times Reporter

Mott Willard Mott Sr., 88 retired Town of Gibson farmer, who had been making his home with a daughter Mrs. Loretta Avery of 1016-20th St., Two Rivers, died at Holy Family Hosptial Extended care Unit, Manitowoc, Sunday Morning.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Melnick Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Charles Freuden officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Mott was born in the Town of Gibson December 23, 1883, a son of the late George and Sarah Haese Mott. He married Anne Chaloupka, Sept. 29, 1909 and she preceded him in death Jan. 30, 1950.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Avery and Mrs.Amand (Joyce) Marcelle of Two Rivers, Mrs. August (Eunice) Stueck of Rt. 1 Two Rivers, and Mrs. John (Carol) Gilbert of Rt. 1 Mishicot; nine sons, Milton and Stanley of Two Rivers, George of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, Marvin of Rt. 1 Manitowoc, Willard Jr., of Rt. 1 Maribel, Russell of Rt. 1 Denmark, Raymond and Omar of Rt. 1 Mishicot, and Eugene of Manitowoc; three brothers, William of Rt.2 Two Rivers, Oliver of Manitowoc and Sam of Rt. 1 Mishicot, 45 grandchildren and 67 great grandchildren. A son, daughter and brother and two sisters preceded him in death.

Friends may call at Lambert Funeral Home, Mishicot after 3 p.m. Tuesday until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be taken to the church where the body will lie in state until the time of services.

MOTT, Willard Tillemon (I1393)

1686

Sheboygan Press Telegram (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) > 1922 > December > 12

Radey - Streich

Miss Lillian Radey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Radey, 1335 Herman court and Roy Streich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Streich, were united in marriage Saturday by the Rev. Edward Schmidt, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church.

RADEY, Lillian Mary (I1168)

1687

Sheboygan Press Telegram Wednesday February 13, 1924

Mrs. Math. Radey has returned from Manitowoc where she visited the past week with her daughter Mrs. Alex Glysch. (Alvina)

In 1930 Elizabeth was listed as living with her daughter Lillian Streich according to the Federal Census of Manitowoc County, 5th Ward Sheet 11-A

STEUBER, Elizabeth (I1171)

1688

Sheriff's Sale

By Virtue of an Execution, issued out of and under the Seal of the District Court of Minnesota, upon a judgment rendered and docketed in the said Court, on the 19th day of May A.D. 1896, in an action wherein John C. Rudolph was Plaintiff, and Herman Freitag and Wilhelm Meyer were Defendants, in favor of the said Plaintiff and against the said Defendants, for the sum of three hundred forty and 75-100 ($349.75) Dollars, which execution was directed and delivered to me as Sheriff in and for the said County of Brown. I have this 23d day of May A.D. 1896, levied upon all the right, little and interest of the said Defendant Wilhelm Meyer in and to the following described real property in Brown County, State of Minnesota to wit: The north half of the North West quarter of Section No. Four (4) in Township No. One Hundred and eleven (111) North of Range No. Thirty-three (33), West; the South half the South West quarter of Section No. Thirty-three(33), Lot. No. Two (2) of Section No. Thirty-four (34), also a tract of land described as follows, to-wit; Commencing at the North East corner of the South East quarter of the South West quarter of Section No. Thirty-three (33), thence running West to the North West corners of the South East quarter of the South West quarter of said Section No. Thirty-three (33), thence North 7.91 chains, thence East 16 degrees North 5.95 chains, thence in a Southeasterly direction to the place of beginning, containing 14 acres more or less; All of the foregoing being in Township No. One Hundred and twelve (112) North of Range No. Thirty-three (33) West.

Notice is Hereby Given, that I, the undersigned, as Sheriff as aforesaid, will sell the above described property to the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction at the front door of the Court House, in the City of New Ulm in the County of Brown and State of Minnesota, on Friday the 17th day of July, A.D. 1896, at 10 o'clock A.M., of that day, to satisfy the Execution, together with the interest and costs thereon.

Dated may 29th, A.D. 1896
Nels Anderson, Sheriff of Brown County, Minn.

Jos. A. Eckstein, Plaintiff's Attorney
New Ulm, Minn.

FREITAG, Herman J. (I904)

1689

Ship Leocadia
Port of Departure Bremen
Place of Origin Bremen
Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland

Ludwig Friedrich Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 42 Male
Johanna Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 40 Female
Christine Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 11 Female
Ludwig Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 9 Male
Johann Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 7 Male
Hermann Wenholz 07 Jun 1867 5 Male
Another transcription:
Mantuwick should be spelled Manitowoc
1 Lud. Fried. Warholz 72 Bremen Bremen Mantuwi ck Joiner
2 Johanne Warholz 40 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k
3 Christine Warholz 11 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k
4 Ludwig Warholz 9 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k
5 Johann Warholz 7 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k
6 Hermann Warholz 5 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k
7 Christine Galjer 40 Bremen Bremen Mantuwic k
8 Metz Vielstich 20 Hanoveran Lesum Mantuwic k

WENHOLZ, Friedrich Ludwig (I1049)

1690

Ship Name Quebec

WULF, John Heinrich (I1038)

1691

Ship Ohio

CHALOUPKA, Anna (I1713)

1692

Shirley Hunt Wenzel

Shirley Hunt Wenzel, 67, of Ellenton, died September 29, 1994, at home.

There is no visitation. Memorial service is 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 504 26th St. W., Palmetto, with the Rev. Nick LaPata officiating. Burial will be in Mansion Memorial park, Ellenton. Mansion Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southwest Florida, 432 Eighth Ave. W., Palmetto, Fla. 34221.

Born in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Mrs. Wenzel came here from Indiana in 1976. She was a homemaker. She was a Catholic.

She is survived by her husband Alston; a daughter, Marsha Kuhn of Schererville, Ind.; a son, James Hunt of Pinellas Park; two step-sons, Earl, of Dry Prong, La., and Jeffrey, of El Paso, Texas; four grandchildren; and six step-grandchildren.

LARSON, Shirley A. (I582)

1693

Shown in the 1940 census as living in residence with Josephine Jindra

LARSON, Winfield (I6910)

1694

Siegel Cup Goes To Senior Class

Finals in declamation contest at high school are interesting

Member of 1917 and freshman to represent school at Elmore.

The finals in the High School Declamation Contest were held Wednesday and Thursday evening at the Auditorium.

This was the first year of the contests and great interest was shown by the students of the local High School, in the innovation; students and faculty members alike are delighted over the result obatined (sic). Twenty-three girls and sixteen boys entered in the contest.

Win Siegel Trophy
Max Freitag, a senior, won first place in the contest for the boys, and Thelma Rinke, a freshman, was awarded first in the girls' contest. This not only decides the winners for the Siegel trophy, but entitles Mr. Freitag and Miss Rinke to represent the New Ulm school at the District Declamation Contest to be held at Elmore, Minn., March 16.

FREITAG, Max (I2838)

1695

Sister Casilda

Former Door county resident Sister M. Casilda Rohr, 80, Wheaton, Ill. died there July 30. Funeral services were held there Friday at Our Lady of the Angel Mother House Chapel. The Rev. Wilbert Hegener officiated with interment at Assumption cemetery, Winfield, Ill.

Sister Casilda was born in Forestville on August 19, 1894 to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rohr. She entered the convent in 1912 and retired in 1971 in Wheaton. During those years she worked as a trained nurse in several hospitals.
Surviving are sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Yano, New York; Mrs. Ed (Ethel) Reiman, Kenosha, and Mrs. Roy (Helen) Schaefer, Sturgeon Bay. Also surviving are brothers Alvin, Kewaunee; Joseph, Sturgeon Bay and John, Forestville. Two sisters and one brother preceded her in death.

CASILDA, Sr. M. (I6812)

1696

Six new subscribers were added to The Age list this week, as follows: Herman Freitag, Wm. Paulson, Torsten Paulson, Aitkin; A.M. Seivert, Waldeck; James H. Strong, Howard's Creek, Kentucky and Keen Strong, Elton, Wis. The circulation of The AGE is now guaranteed the largest in the county by at least a hundred.

FREITAG, Herman J. (I904)

1697

SKWOR MEAT MARKET

Skwor's Meat Market, 326 East Main Street, in Mishicot, Manitowoc County,
Wisconsin, dates back to 1879 when Adolf Grim deeded the building to Louis
Levenhagan. This was the original meat market, much the same as it is now,
more than 116 years later. In 1894, Levenhagan deeded the market to Joseph
Skwor. Joseph and his wife, Rose, working together, built the business. Rose
helped where needed. A petite but strong woman, she could carry a quarter of
beef on her shoulder to where it would be trimmed into special cuts of meat.

The story, passed down from Joseph Skwor, tells how Joseph actually walked
several head of cattle from Mishicot to the Stockyards in Chicago and walked
back to Mishicot, in order to get his meat business started. He butchered all
sorts of animals and processed them into cuts of meat and sausages which he
sold at retail. He established quite a big business by shipping truckloads of
veal to Chicago.

Joseph and Rose continued in business until their two sons, Charles and Hugo,
joined in the business. It then became known as Jos. Skwor and Sons Meats.

When Joseph semi-retired, Charles and Hugo entered into a partnership, and a new
sign over the door said "Skwor Bros. Meat Market. In 1939, Charles moved to
Milwaukee and sold his half of the business to Hugo. It then became Skwor Meat
Market. Paul, son of Hugo, helped him, along with hired help. They bought
livestock, butchered, retailed meat, made ring bologna, liver sausage, blood
sausage, summer sausage, sultz, weiners, and bratwurst from Bohemian and Polish
recipes handed down in the family. They cured and smoked their own hams and
bacon. Joseph would walk down to the market every day to help. His home was
about two blocks away. People would stand in line waiting for "Joe" to wait on
them, as he would frequently forget the latest price and charge them for meats
at the old, lower price.

Joseph, Charles and Hugo could converse in Polish and Bohemian with the early
settlers. In the earlier days, sawdust and wood shavings were used to cover the
floor where the customers stood, to keep the floor clean and for fragrance. When
mothers brought their young children into the meat shop, Joseph and Hugo would
give them a cooked and smoked weiner to eat.

Before electrical refrigeration was invented, Skwor Meats used large chunks of ice
to cool the meat and keep it from spoiling. Hugo invented a gasolene engine-powered
saw which would cut ice from the nearby West Twin river, when it was frozen the
thickest, usually between the holidays of Christmas and the New Year. The blocks
were about 18" x 30" x 24" deep, and several men helped load them into a truck bed
to be hauled to the ice house located near the market. Here they were covered with
sawdust to keep them from melting. They cut enough ice for their own needs for a
whole year, as well as selling it to customers for their ice boxes. After electric
refrigerators were available, the ice business was no longer needed.

Hugo built insulated containers which fit onto a pick-up truck, and with blocks of
ice to keep the meat cool, both Hugo and Charles traveled regular routes throughout
the county to bring their meat products to the farmers. Summer was usually a very
busy time for the farmers, and they appreciated having their meat brought to them.
As children, during the summer vacation, we liked to go along with our Dads to keep
them company during the 5-hour trip.

In the Spring, the "Mishicot" river would flood -- ice dams caused the water to
rise over the banks onto Main Street, running through the building, filling the
basement of the Meat Market. Everything was shut down to prevent a fire or
explosion until the water subsided. Since that time, a dam has been built to
regulate the level of the water. I can remember seeing Dad lead the livestock
out of the holding pens to higher ground.

Hugo gradually taught Paul the business, and when Hugo retired, he sold the meat
market to Paul and LaVerne Skwor.

Paul made many improvements in the building and areas of meat processing. He
built a new smokehouse, and people from many miles away would come to buy Skwor's
Ho-Made Sausages. Skwors had their own spice recipe, developed over the years.
It was never written down. As "kids" we would stop after school to watch Dad and
Grandpa make sausages and weiners. After the meat was ground and the spices added,
it was stuffed into natural animal casings, twisted and tied, and loaded onto carts
on which were hung rows of the raw products. When the cart was full, they were
pushed to another room and lowered into a huge boiler of boiling water. When they
had cooked to about the right time, my sister and I remember Grandpa Joseph fishing
a sausage out, holding it up to his ear and squeezing it. If it sounded "like a
bullfrog", he would toss it back to cook some more. Since 1959, meat of USDA
quality was purchased in quarters from nearby meat packing houses in Green Bay and
Milwaukee. Slaughtering was no longer done at Mishicot. At the end of each day,
the wooden chopping blocks were scraped and salted, and the saws and knives
sharpened, cleaned and put away, ready for the next day's business.

In 1961, Hugo retired and his son, Paul Skwor, carried on the same recipe and
homemade style of sausage-making. Paul's brother, Peter Skwor, also learned the
meat business and helped Paul occasionally. Peter's son, James, attended meat
processing school, also learning the trade. Paul's son, Edward, during his summer
breaks from studies at the University of Wisconsin, also helped in the business.
Edward earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, and then worked for the 3M Company,
Minneapolis, MN.

They cured and smoked their own hams, sausages and bacon. While the smokehouse was
being used, Paul got little sleep, because the fire had to be checked every fifteen
minutes. Smoking was done the old fashioned way, using sweet maple wood. Paul
could smell if the fire was too hot or too low from three rooms away. Water was
kept handy, and some was poured in to keep the humidity just right. Smoking of
hams usually took three days. Summer sausage, bacon, weiners and bologna were
smoked once a week, and were always all sold out before the next batch was made.

Paul operated the business until November 23, 1984, when he suddenly passed away
of a heart attack. The business was carried on by David and Laverne, Paul's son
and widow. Laverne, fondly known as Susie, worked with David in the market,
waiting on customers and tying weiners and sausages. They operated the business
for six years, until September 1991, just three years shy of Skwor Meats 100th
anniversary. Many new government regulations were being enforced, and the town
of Mishicot had become more of a tourist area, causing it to be extremely difficult
for a profitable business. The "Mom and Pop" businesses were being squeezed out
by large-scale stores mainly in shopping centers, a trend all over the country.

The Skwor Meats history, written by
Victoria Skwor Kellner and Lois Skwor Vawter, 1998.

SKWOR, Joseph (I2463)

1698

Skwor Meat Market

Skwor's Meat Market, 326 East Main Street, in Mishicot was established by Joseph Skwor. When Joseph semi-retired , Charles and Hugo entered into a partnership, and a new sign over the door said "Skwor Bros. Meat Market.

In 1939, Charles moved to Milwaukee and sold his half of the business to Hugo. It then became Skwor Meat Market. Paul, son of Hugo, helped him, along with hired help. They bought livestock, butchered, retailed meat, made ring bologna, liver sausage, blood sausage, summer sausage, sultz, wieners, and bratwurst from Bohemian and Polish recipes handed down in the family. They cured and smoked their own hams and bacon. Joseph would walk down to the market every day to help. His home was about two blocks away. People would stand in line waiting for "Joe" to wait on them, as he would frequently forget the latest price and charge them for meats at the old, lower price.

Joseph, Charles and Hugo could converse in Polish and Bohemian with the early settlers. In the earlier days, sawdust and wood shavings were used to cover the floor where the customers stood, to keep the floor clean and for fragrance. When mothers brought their young children into the meat shop, Joseph and Hugo would give them a cooked and smoked Weiner to eat.

Before electrical refrigeration was invented, Skwor Meats used large chunks of ice to cool the meat and keep it from spoiling. Hugo invented a gasoline engine-powered saw which would cut ice from the nearby West Twin river, when it was frozen the thickest, usually between the holidays of Christmas and the New Year. The blocks were about 18" x 30" x 24" deep, and several men helped load them into a truck bed to be hauled to the ice house located near the market. Here they were covered with sawdust to keep them from melting. They cut enough ice for their own needs for a whole year, as well as selling it to customers for their ice boxes. After electric refrigerators were available, the ice business was no longer needed.

Hugo built insulated containers which fit onto a pick-up truck, and with blocks of ice to keep the meat cool, both Hugo and Charles traveled regular routes throughout the county to bring their meat products to the farmers. Summer was usually a very busy time for the farmers, and they appreciated having their meat brought to them. As children, during the summer vacation, we liked to go along with our Dads to keep them company during the 5-hour trip.

In the Spring, the "Mishicot" river would flood -- ice dams caused the water to rise over the banks onto Main Street, running through the building, filling the basement of the Meat Market. Everything was shut down to prevent a fire or explosion until the water subsided. Since that time, a dam has been built to regulate the level of the water. I can remember seeing Dad lead the livestock out of the holding pens to higher ground.

Hugo gradually taught Paul the business, and when Hugo retired, he sold the meat market to Paul and LaVerne Skwor.

Paul made many improvements in the building and areas of meat processing. He built a new smokehouse, and people from many miles away would come to buy Skwor's Ho-Made Sausages. Skwor's had their own spice recipe, developed over the years. It was never written down. As "kids" we would stop after school to watch Dad and Grandpa make sausages and wieners. After the meat was ground and the spices added, it was stuffed into natural animal casings, twisted and tied, and loaded onto carts on which were hung rows of the raw products. When the cart was full, they were pushed to another room and lowered into a huge boiler of boiling water. When they had cooked to about the right time, my sister and I remember Grandpa Joseph fishing a sausage out, holding it up to his ear and squeezing it. If it sounded "like a bullfrog", he would toss it back to cook some more. Since 1959, meat of USDA quality was purchased in quarters from nearby meat packing houses in Green Bay and Milwaukee.

Slaughtering was no longer done at Mishicot. At the end of each day, the wooden chopping blocks were scraped and salted, and the saws and knives sharpened, cleaned and put away, ready for the next day's business.

In 1961, Hugo retired and his son, Paul Skwor, carried on the same recipe and homemade style of sausage-making. Paul's brother, Peter Skwor, also learned the meat business and helped Paul occasionally. Peter's son, James, attended meat processing school, also learning the trade. Paul's son, Edward, during his summer breaks from studies at the University of Wisconsin, also helped in the business. Edward earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, and then worked for the 3M Company, Minneapolis, MN.

They cured and smoked their own hams, sausages and bacon. While the smokehouse was being used, Paul got little sleep, because the fire had to be checked every fifteen minutes. Smoking was done the old fashioned way, using sweet maple wood. Paul could smell if the fire was too hot or too low from three rooms away. Water was kept handy, and some was poured in to keep the humidity just right. Smoking of hams usually took three days. Summer sausage, bacon, wieners and bologna were smoked once a week, and were always all sold out before the next batch was made.

Paul operated the business until November 23, 1984, when he suddenly passed away of a heart attack. The business was carried on by David and Laverne, Paul's son and widow. Laverne, fondly known as Susie, worked with David in the market, waiting on customers and tying wieners and sausages. They operated the business for six years, until September 1991, just three years shy of Skwor Meats 100th anniversary. Many new government regulations were being enforced, and the town of Mishicot had become more of a tourist area, causing it to be extremely difficult for a profitable business. The "Mom and Pop" businesses were being squeezed out by large-scale stores mainly in shopping centers, a trend all over the country.

The Skwor Meats history, written by Victoria Skwor Kellner and Lois Skwor Vawter, 1998.

Manitowoc Herald Times
1961 June 23

Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Skwor, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skwor and children, Edward, Sherry, and David, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Skwor attended the double birthday celebration for Jeffery and Danny Kellner sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kellner of Two Rivers. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Schumacher and Robert Garceau of Two Rivers. Mrs. Kellner is the former Victoria Skwor.

SKWOR, Hugo Stephen (I2485)

1699

SKWOR, Joseph (I2463)

1700

Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, : Social Security Administration

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