Outagamie County, WI - "New London 1873"
         
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  Subject: newspaper article "New London 1873"
  Submitted by: county coordinator 
  EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
  Date Submitted: 15 March 2000
         
  Source: New London Press newspaper article from Bicentennial issue, undated.
                                                         
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                        New London 1873
       Ira Millerd, Jr., with the help of his brother-in-law, C.L. Allen erected a cheese factory on the east side of
  what is  now Highway 45 and on this side of Don's Supper Club.  The factory is planned to process milk from 400 or 500
  cows.
       The first batch of cheese made by this factory was during the early half of June.  A cheesemaker by the
  name of Murray from Berlin, WI, was in charge.
       The "Parsons Corner", by Rev. Stanley Lathrop, New London Times, states that the local Catholic Church
  had a membership of 93 families or 600 persons, the Pastor was Rev.  J.M. Gunterscheid,  Church was located on south side of Wolf River Street, and public service was held every Sunday morning.
       Chas.  Carroll, a local contractor, commenced building the new Village Hall on the northeast corner of
  North Pearl and North Water Streets.  The contract specified that the hall must be completed by July.
       When the contract was drawn up, the committee inadvertently omitted the clause providing for the painting
  of the  building.  The contract was awarded to Mr. Carroll with the clause for painting left out.  Mr. Carroll was aware of it
  and he refused to paint it.
       Legal action would have cost more than the paint job, so the Village Board on Aug. 9 decided to use what
  money was in the treasury, convert cash certificates into cash at not less than 90 percent and raise the balance in 30
  days.  During August and September, Gilbert and Peasley were hired to paint the hall.