Vernon County Centennial Group Plans Five Day Fair Features
Vernon county centennial committee met at the court house to plan a five day fair in Vernon County. The event will feature daily performances by local talent including musicians and dancers on the midway for Old Settlers Day with registration at a designated center. Certificates and ancestry requirements will be issued, with Governor and state centennial leaders signing and presenting at the Governor's Day events.
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Wis
Vernon County Centennial Committee
Court House
Vernon County
Hills Prairie Club
Ontario
Mississippi Valley
Westby Daughters of
Norway
Neil A. Nelson
Vernon County Committee
Rennebohm
Dr. Rice
Moses Decker
Buffalo County 4 H Picnic at Reidt's Park
More than 100 Buffalo County 4 H members families and leaders attended the annual picnic at Reidt s Park Alma Wisconsin. Verne V Varney state 4 H leader led Indian tribe themed challenges while four group chats divided guests. New agent Pauline Poehler introduced. remarks by John Bollinger and Ralph Sevorth highlighted club activity and county fair ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Wis
Reidt's Park
Verne V. Varney
Lois Owen
Delbert Nelson
Janice
Ivan Braem
Vern Adams
Ralph Seyforth
Dorothy Hendrickson
Pauline Poehler
Buffalo County
John Bollinger
Ralph Sevforth
Devaney
Jey
Wide Awakes
Happy Hustlers
Seek County Nurse To Fill Monroe Post
Monroe county seeks a county nurse with an applicant to be interviewed this week. The post has long been funded but wartime nurse shortages delayed filling it. The draft board plans to resume operations and move to quarters near the county clerk if a nurse is hired. New wartime appointments are expected and clerks will resume draft duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Otto Schroeder
Kendall
Monroe County
State Board of Health
Jean Beechert
California
Monroe County Pension Department
Monroe County Draft Board
Draft Board
U. S. Army
Frank Mitchell
Wilton
Herb Gross
Warrens
Bill Lahm
Scout Troops Join For Weeks Outing at Backbone Park
Eight members of Boy Scout troop 46 join other Scouts at Backbone State park near Strawberry Point for a weeklong outing. The group includes Robert Butler Jack Schultz Dick Schultz John Hale Kenneth Johnson Buverne Lude king Stanley Henderson and Brooke Henderson.
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Waukon, In
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Robert Butler
Jack
Dick Schultz
John Hale
Kenneth Johnson
Buverne Ludeking
Stanley
Brooke Henderson
Whitehall Delegates Attend Legion State Convention
Whitehall delegates to the American Legion state convention in Milwaukee included Rev. O. G. Birkeland and Eugene S. Harlow from Hutchins Stendahl post. Mrs Sam Galstad and Mrs L J Wood attended the auxiliary convention in session concurrently.
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Whitehall
Wis
O. G. Birkeland
Eugene S. Harlow
Hutchins-Stendahl Post
American Legion
Milwaukee
Mmes
Sam Galstad
L. J. Wood
New York Couple Guest at Rierson Farm Visit
Spring Grove Minnesota reports Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Siabe of New York City as recent guests at the home of Mrs. Marie Stenseth and the Rierson farm.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Edwin Siabe
New York
N. Y
Marie Stenseth
Rierson
Fourth Word In Tomah Ask Release From District
Monroe county school commission takes under advisement a petition from Old City district residents to join Ontario district. Hearing cites travel distance to Oil City school and tuition arrangements for Ontario students.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County School Commission
Old City
Ontario
Onl City
Oil City
Trempealeau County Pays August Pensions
Trempealeau County pension disbursements for August totalled 35934.80 under Judge A. T. Twelme. Old age pensions covered 28316.25 with 4921.93 borne by the county. Aid to dependent children and foster care totaled 6023.20 with 2416.00 county share. Blind and disabled rolls added 1145.35 with 589.91 county share.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
A. T. Twelme
Wilton Beekeepers Picnic In Wilton Village Park
Beekeepers of Monroe county plan their annual picnic at Wilton village park on Sunday August 8. The program includes packing bees for winter, a talk by state bee visor John Long, and distribution of Gleanings in Culture and The American Bee Journal. The Wilton band will provide music, and attendees bring covered dishes while coffee cream and ice cream are supplied on site.
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Monroe
Tomah
Sparta
Kendall
Bangor
la Crosse County
Monroe County
Wis
Wilton Village
John Long
State
American Bee Journal
Wilton Band
Trempleau Treasurer Receives Highway Maintenance Funds
Trempealeau county treasurer August Knudtson reports two state checks: $60,336.88 for regular county trunk highway maintenance for 1948 and $21,221.58 for supplemental county trunk aid under a 1947 act. The funds come from state appropriations authorized by the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
August Knudtson
Trempealeau County
Return To Ohio RUSHFORD Minn Special
Following a visit at the home of Mr and Mrs O K Quarre Mr and Mrs Stevle Philips have returned to their home at Geneva visiting with friends Mrs Peter
Arcadia Hold Field Trials and Picnic August 7 8
Arcadia Wis special Arcadia Sportsmen club sets Aug 7 8 for picnic and field trials at the club house and ball park Games and stands open Saturday night Children races guinea hens roosters pie eating sack races prizes Coon and fox dog trials Sunday 10 a.m. $2 entry fee prizes awarded Entries close 2 p.m. Friday Rain or shine trials by horses Blair vs Galesville baseball 8 p.m. under lights Sheeney Kferman Rochester attends Lunch refreshments public invited
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Arcadia
Wis
Arcadia Sportsmen's Club
Blair
Galesville
Trempealeau County League
Sheeney Kferman
Rochester
Pastor Birkeland Endorsed as National Legion Chaplain
The Rev. O. G. Birkeland of Our Saviour's Lutheran church Whitehall was endorsed for national chaplain at the Wisconsin state American Legion convention in Milwaukee He has served as post county district and state chaplain and his name will be presented at the national convention in Florida this fall Mrs Martin A Wiemer Independence was elected second vice president of the state Legion auxiliary at its meetings in Milwaukee
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Whitehall
Wis
O. G. Birkeland
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Wisconsin
The
American Legion
Milwaukee
Birkeland
Florida
Martin A. Wiemer
Independence
of the Legion Auxiliary
IC Club Elects New Officers In Meeting
Mrs Hilder Hanson was elected president of the IC club at the home of Mrs Rudolph Jackson succeeding Mrs Bennett Anderson. Mrs George Gilbertson was chosen vice president succeeding Mrs Hanson. Mrs Rudolph Jackson was elected secretary to succeed Mrs Alfred Narveson. Mrs Harry Jackson was reelected treasurer and Mrs G B Anderson was chosen sunshine chairman succeeding Emma Melby. The next meeting will be held Aug 27 with Mrs Anderson acting as hostess.
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Whitehall
Wis
Hilder Hanson
IC Club
Rudolph Jackson
Bennett Anderson
George Gilbertson
Hanson
Alfred Narveson
Harry Jackson
G. B. Anderson
Sunshine
Emma Melby
Anderson
4 H Members Visit Conservation Camp
Gerald Annas of Whitehall joins Ray Shanklin Trempealeau county club agent William Wood Frenchville Cloverleaves Robert Isom Tracy Valley club and Charles Anderson Upper French Creek as guests at the La Crosse experimentation station 4 H conservation camp from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday. Gerald is a member of the Daggett Labor Lovers 4 H club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Gerald Annas
Ray Shanklin
Trempealeau County
William Wood
Frenchville
Earl Otterson Rites Friday
Blair Wisconsin special report says Pfc. Earl Otterson's body will arrive in Blair Thursday evening with military escort. Final rites at Beaver Creek Lutheran Church at 2 p m Friday with Rev L S Borgen officiating. Military honors by Knudtson Mattison Post Blair. Otterson 23 died of wounds in Italy on May 26 1944. Body returned from Nettuno temporary cemetery in Italy.
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Blair
Wis
Earl Otterson
Knudtson-Mattison
American Legion
Beaver Creek Lutheran Church
L. S. Borgen
Otterson
Ed Otterson
Italy
Nettuno
Viola Editor Stricken and Hospitalized in Wisconsin
Viola News editor Jack E. Vermeul was rushed to Richland Center hospital for emergency surgery after arriving from Portland Oregon. He had purchased the Viola News from W B Van Winter in May of this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Wis
Jack E. Vermeul
Viola News
Richland Center
Vermeul
W. B. van Winter
Portland
Ore
Tomah Lutheran Aid Picnic Set For Aug. 8
The Lutheran Aid association picnic will be held at Recreation Park in Tomah Wis on August 8 starting at 12 30 p m. A full afternoon of games and contests has been arranged.
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Tomah
Wis
Lutheran Aid Association
Recreation Park
Mary Ellen Brown Among Group At Frontenac Youth Camp
Mary Ellen Brown Ione Harris Lavonne Sperbeck Marlene Drexel and Alvina Hill spend the week at the Methodist Youth Camp in Frontenac Minnesota.
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Camp Dakota
Minn
Mary Ellen Brown
Ione Harris
Lavonne Sperbeck
Marlene Drexel
Alvina Hill
Methodist
Frontenac
Teachers Institutes Held At Whitehall Wisconsin
Teachers institutes will be held two days again in Trempealeau county this year. All-day sessions are set for Whitehall on August 30 and September 14. At the second meeting the Trempealeau County Teachers association will be reorganized for the year.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Dorris Sander
Teachers Association
Townsendites Picnic Sunday at Lake Tomah Park
A mass meeting of area Townsend clubs will be held Sunday at Lake Tomah park with a picnic dinner at noon and a program at 2 pm. Speakers include Walter A. Graunke and Dr. H. Truman Gordon. Food details and a 12:30 pm district council session are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gordon
Congress
Townsend Club
Tomah Club
Seattle man visits daughter in Hillsboro
Joe Prill of Seattle is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacobson in Hillsboro Wisconsin. Mrs. Jacobson is Prill's daughter.
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Hillsboro, Wis
Joe Prill
Seattle
Robert Jacobson
Plan Changes City Division in Tomah Wisconsin
Tomah city council votes to create a fourth ward by plan using Superior avenue and Monroe street. The four wards cover east of Superior and south of Monroe for Ward 1, west of Superior for Ward 2, north and west of Monroe for Ward 3, and north of Monroe east of Superior for Ward 4. Adoption is set for the September meeting with four aldermen and four supervisors to be appointed.
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Tomah
Wis
Te Council
Superior Avenue
Monroe Street
William Pelz
George Bursinger
Leslie Gamerdinger
E. C. Otto
Roy Chapman
Earl Wilson
Dick Keene
Gust Gerke
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Harvey Sterling
Ge Nichols
Henry Chandler
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John Graham
William Mc Michael
Jefferson
William Struthers
Harmony
Ole Gullord
Mathias Larson
Hamburg
Hans Lebakken
Christiana
Helgar Gilbrowson
Coon
Crume
William Crume
Lucy Grubb
Graham Outcelt
B. C. Brown
Elmer Swann
Arch Thompson
Art Hall
Reidt’s Park
Gude Thynges
Leger
Pound
Spike Jones
Legion
Kaiser-Frazer
Hansen Motor Company
North Sixth Street
Monroe School Committee
Black River Falls
Koy
Monroe Ap
Manston
Melrose
Jackson County
Hillsboro
Cashton
Norwalk
Edwin G. Monick
Kenneth F. Cramer
National Guard Bureau
Washington, D. C
John F. Mullen
Adjutant General of
Madison
Camp Williams
Camp McCoy
Cramer
Mullen
Harry G. Williams
Everette Roberts
Trempleau
Ohio
Bill Williams
Barbara Hale
Hou
Ginger Rogers
Cornel Wilde
Vernon
Zane Greys
Horse Mesa
Tim Bolt
Richard Martin
Reguler
la Crosse
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Ent Roosevelt
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France
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Jack Wright
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