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January 25, 1992 Down on the farm: John and Helen Tauscher look at about 750 acres, rent out about 300 more and own some young stock at their Anston farm. They farm about 500 Holsteins. Don't blink, you'll miss it By Mary Colurso Press-Gazette The Anston file Travelers taking a Sunday drive in the ' Location: Town of Pittsfield in town of Pittsfield probably cruise right Brown County, about 20 miles north through Anston. admiring the scener} on west of Green Bay. County or mooing at cows glimpsed 1 Population: About 35 people, ac from Anston Road. cording to Pittsfield Chairman Leland They may sniff fre:;h country air. exam S=tre ckenbach. ine ram~hackle farm houses .1nd V\Onder, The hub: Intersection of County C for a moment, what it'. hke to hve m un and Anston Road. spoiled coun- .--. Known for: Dairy farming, friendly Press-Gazette photos tryside. neighbors. quiet countryside. byJohnRoemer About :35 Anston resi now-defunct Anston School. which once • Two Anston boys. Ed Brady and Bar dents know - and they wouldn't trade had eight grades and a single teacher. rv Preslaski, became state wrestling their slice of rural heaven for anything. Relatives may have worked for one of An· champions in 1982, as part of the Pulaski "We've got a nice, quiet little commu ston 's formerly thriving businesses a High School team. A congratulatory mes nity,'' says Leland Streckenbach. 59, 2857 feed mill. pickle factory, lumber yard. sage was painted on Anston's abandoned Brown County C. "This is the type of cheese factory, tavern. stockyard, gro schoolhouse, and remains there. place where vou knuw all your neighbors cery store and sauerkraut factory. • Bond Food Products Co. of Oconto and there's not too much violence. These enterprises closed for one rea started as a pickle factory in Anston, "People come out here because they son or another. so industry in Anston has Streckenbach says. The founders stayed want to be a little le"'s governed.'' he sloV\ed considerably over the years. with Streckenbach's grandparents while adds. ''You have a place to run the dog. a Today, the community has one dis the building was under construction. place to put the hor::iel:>." count variety store - a branch of White • Former Vice President Walter ~1on Anston is unincorporated. but very Elephant Stores and its warehoul:>e, dalecq spent 30 minutes at the Taw~cher much a part of Pittsfield. For example. Bav City upply. Also, there is a large farm dW"ing a Midwe~t campaign 'wing. Streckenbach i, Pittsfield town chair dairy farm run by John and Helen Mondale did not tour the farm. but man. Another long-time 1 e ident, Lyle fauscher and their fanuly. held an informal press conference in the "Bob" Buckman. serves as bujlding in "Babically speaking, everyone in An living room. spector. ston minds his own business," says Helen • Rumor has it that country music Even such veteran Anstonians have Tauscher, 58, 4715 Anston Road. "No one stars, the Oak Ridge Boys, spent an eve trouble figw·ing out where their hamlet trie to hve m your pocket. But when the ning in Anston's lone tavern, Irene's Lm ends and the next one begins. chip are do\\n. everybody comes out to ger Longer. now closed, says Cora \'an "We used to do it by school districts." help." derperren. Cletus· wife. ~·a\ Buckman. 71, .t740 Anston Road \Vith pride and good humor, the Residents often ee bargain hunters "Now everything i included in the Pu Tau cher~ and their neighbors describe stopping at the \.\'h1te Elephant, 4575 An lask1 chool Di trict. I don't know how Anston 's other claims to fame: 'ton Road. far An~ton 's boundarie go. But if you • State Rep. Cletus Vanderperren. "Anston's not going any'A-here. but ne1- blink your eye~. you'll go right through elected to a record 17 terms, has roots in ther are the people who live here," it.' An5'ton. The Pittsfield Democrat says his treckenbach says. ''Some come. c;ome Yet people who live in surrounding parents. Joseph and Catherine Vander stay. Everyone loves it. We have no de communitie~ Kunesh, Pula ki. Flint- perren, settled in Anston around 1895. sire to move away." ville. Suanuco - often have strong tie The Vanderperrens owned about 200 to Anston acres. which are now part of the • Next week: Tisch Mills in Kewaunee Their ancestors may have attended the Tauscher farm. County Anston scenes: At top, cler Ju White Elephant store. At right, lte Kunzer, left, and manager breeder Don Conant holds a Lynn aparal la stand m the e Zealand white rabbit.