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Town of Cassel centennial
(1891-1991)
Saloon licenses (1899-1920), pp. 56-57
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two years when the building was destroyed by fire. He left in search of other work only to return again and rebuild. He operated the plant with his family, LeRoy and Donald until 1944, at which time it was sold to the Frank Ryser Corporation of Mayville, Wisconsin. For the next seven years there were several different cheesemakers, including Myron Benzyn, Hank Voltz and Leanard Weisen- bergen In May 1951 the Pine Valley Coop- erative was formed. Charter officers were, Ignatz Lang, John Boehm, Louis Pospychalla, Alois Soxzka and Anton Burger. Alex Karlen was hired as the first cheesemaker and manager Several cheesemakers after Alex were, Jim Burish, Don and Tom Fahey. The Wisconsin Dairies bought out the Co-op in 1984 and operated the plant for 6 years. In August of 1990 they closed the opera- tion in Cassel and moved to Milan. Co-op dissolved and the factory was sold to a Green Bay firm. They hired Mark Handrick as their cheesemaker, but in a years time the well ran dry and the plant was closed down. How and when a new well was drilled is not known, but, in 1954 another cheesemaker, Kenneth Luther, purchased the plant and made cheese there till 1959. The building is now the site of the Buetsch Implement Co. SALOON UCENSES (1899 - 1920) Theodore Lepak - April 15, 1899 & Charles Wenzel - April 19, 1899. Paid $16.00 for 3 months, re-applied in July, paid $100.00 per year, re-applied each year until 1903. 1903 - 1905 - Joseph Kordus, WE Ceranski, Charles Wenzel 1905 - 1906 - Theo Lepak, Theodore H Best 1907 - 1908 - Alois Buman, John Wenzel, Stanley Lepak 1909 - Adam Maciejewski 1911 - 1912 - Win. Rucks, Stanley Lepak 1912 - 1916 - Wm. Feltz, Otto Kunz, Win. Rucks, Stanley Lepak, 1917 - 1918 - J.N. Nowak, Stanley Lepak, Reinold Hamt, Gust Hanlor March 30, 1920 - A motion made and second that the saloon license be fixed at $25.00 per year. Submitted by Alfred Joswiak Ray and Jennie Wadzinski CASSEL CO-OP CHEESE FACTORY This factory was started by Joseph Goldbach in the early 1900's, but the names of the cheesemakers in those early years are unknown, except for the fact that there were several of them, until 1921 when it was operated by Bernard Hemmrich. After him Joseph Michlig made cheese there till 1933, at which time he sold it to Herman Marquardt, another cheesemaker Herman operated it for 10 years, then it was sold to the farm- ers, thus Cassel Co-op Cheese Co. was formed. They hired Arthur Masanz as their cheesemaker and manager. Some of the officers were, Reynold Fischer, Alois Imhoff and John D. Boehm. In 1948 the
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