Russian Talk To Be Given In Kendall Hall
The Rev. Wayne Grover former Kendall pastor now of Black River Falls will present a talk with film, Badgers and Bears, in Kendall Community Hall Wednesday evening August 13 at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Federated Church of Kendall the event features films of Russia Sweden and the Brussels World's Fair. A free will offering will be taken. Grover recently toured Europe and logged over 16 000 miles by air while visiting 11 countries.
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Kendall, Wis
Wayne Grover
Kendall
Black River Falls
Russia
Sweden
Brussels
Kendall Community Hall
Grover
Europe
Federated Church of Kendall
Wisconsin
Composer and wife spend month at Whitehall home
Don Martino composer and music professor from Princeton University and his wife Mari Rice arrived in Whitehall Wisconsin to spend a month with her parents. Martino studied in Florence under a Fulbright scholarship and has published a string quartet a piano solo and a clarinet piano concerto. He wrote the score for the film The Lonely Crime. Mrs Martino is an accomplished violinist with the Trenton and Princeton symphonies and teaches violin to Princeton students.
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Whitehall
Wis
Don Martino
Princeton University
Princeton
N.J
T. O. Rice
Martino
Florence
Italy
Mari Rice
Trenton
Ettrick Pair Move To Albert Lea Minnesota
Mr and Mrs Donald Ofsdahl and child have moved to Albert Lea Minnesota where they purchased a home He graduates from Concordia College Moorhead Minnesota and has been engaged to teach English and German at Albert Lea High School
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Ettrick
Albert Lea, Minn
Ofsdahl
Concordia College
Moorhead, Minn
Albert Lea High School
Leav es for Okinawa Lt Col Hillard Receives Commendation
Lt Col Thomas R Hillard Camp McCoy executive officer received a commendation ribbon marble pendant at a surprise ceremony presided by Col Willie N Thomas. After over three years at Camp McCoy he departs for Okinawa with a six week psychological warfare course at Fort Bragg prior to joining his new station.
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Thomas R. Hillard
Camp McCoy
Center
Willie N. Thomas
Col. Hillard
Mary Jane
Wis
Okinawa
Mander
State Hearing On School Petitions In Wisconsin
The Monroe County school committee schedules a hearing at Leon school Tuesday August 12 at 8 15 p m on two petitions. Pleasant Valley seeks dissolving its district and attaching to Leon. Hahn requests dissolution with part to Leon and the rest to Melvina.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County School Committee
Leon
Pleasant Valley
Hahn
Melvina
Tomah Soldier Named Personality Of Week
Sgt. J C Vern Goff of Tomah named personality of the week at Camp Darby Italy for winning the small bore rifle matches. He earned an overall 363.5 average across four rounds, and is the son of Mrs. Gladys Goff.
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Tomah
Wis
Camp Darby
Italy
J.C. Vern Goff
Gladys Goff
Jackson 4 H Leaders Approve New Trophies
Jackson County 4 H Leader Association approves purchasing trophies for county music drama tractor and softball winners. Leo Martin notes top honors may earn trophies at fall achievement day. Myra Schlegel and Elizabeth De Wolf place in State Fair 4 H demonstration contest with Home for a Honey Comb. Food stand committee to plan county fair operations August 6. Two county executive council members to attend state leaders conference October 26 29.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
4- H
Assn
Leo Martin
Myra Schlegel
Melrose
Elizabeth de Wolf
Madison
Remodeling at Farms in Ettrick Region
Ettrick Wisconsin special report notes extensive remodeling at the Oliver Paulson and Arthur Bryhn farms. At Paulson’s South Beaver Creek property a basement barn wall was rebuilt and a new floor with stanchions added, while part of the house was torn down and rebuilt with a new kitchen and bath. At Bryhn’s farm on County Trunk D east of Ettrick a basement was built and a bathroom added.
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Ettrick
Wis
Oliver Paulson
Arthur Bryhn
Paulson
Beaver Creek
Bryhn
Monroe County Institute Schedule Set
Monroe County teachers institute announced by Supt W Earle Zepplin in Sparta Wisconsin. Beginning teachers meet at courthouse morning August 21. Rural and elementary teachers gather Sparta Municipal Building afternoon August 21 and all day August 22.
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Sparta
Wis
W. Earle Zepplin
Monroe County
Teachers’ Institute
Arcadia Officer Promoted to Major in Wisconsin Guard
Arcadia, Wis special report: Captain Ralph C. Haines Jr. promoted to major in the 32nd Division Wisconsin National Guard. He serves as operations and training officer in the 2nd Battalion of the 426th Infantry Regiment under Lt. Col. Gile A. Herrick. Battalion units are based in Arcadia Stanley Chippewa Falls Ladysmith and Wausau.
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Arcadia
Wis
Ralph C. Haines Jr
32Nd Division
Wisconsin National Guard
Maj. Haines
426Th Infantry Regiment
Gile A. Herrick
Stanley
Chippewa Falls
Ladysmith
Wausau
Riders to Appear in Area Parades
Triple A Saddle Club members voted to ride in the Brownsville Centennial parade in August and in the La Crescent Apple Festival parade in September. They accepted the invitation at the July meeting and discussed plans to hold a gymkhana. The event will be a horse show emphasizing sport with no judges. Further details will follow.
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LA Crescent, Minn
Triple A Saddle Club
Brownsville
la Crescent
Cashton Sets Festival Dates for 11th Annual Fall Fest
Cashton Wisconsin announces dates for the 11th annual Fall Festival. General chairman Richard Oswald says the event runs Saturday and Sunday September 13 and 14, sponsored by Gunwald Overgard Post American Legion. Oswald serves as post commander and a Sunday parade will highlight the celebration.
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Cashton
Wis
Richard Oswald
Gunwald Overgard Post
American Legion
Oswald
Coulee Area Riders Club Elects Staff
Onalaska Wisconsin August meeting elected new officers Fred Hanke president Earl Giel vice president Hollis Hall secretary Ernest Aumock treasurer Kenneth Larson Sr trustee Walter Schaldock ground chairman Earl Giel building chair entertainment chairman Kenneth Larson Sr reporter Rita Tolokken Four new members were voted in Richard Pederson Richard Lubinsky Donna Mae Ellen Waller Annual picnic set for August 24 at club grounds Plans to attend horse shows at Caledonia August 23 and Sparta August 31
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Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska Coulee
Viroqua Reports 1958 Assessed Valuation Rise
Viroqua's 1958 assessed valuation totals 9 328 265 dollars, up over a quarter million from 1957. City assessor treasurer Norris Borgen cites new business places, new residences, and improvements as the cause. The board of review held its annual session with no protests in assessment revisions.
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Viroqua
Wis
Norris Borgen
Board of Review
Iowa Youth 17 Receives Annapolis Appointment
Bus Hurst, 17, son of Mrs. Jeanette Hurst of Ottumwa, earned a presidential appointment to the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. He lived in Marquette for years and is nephew of Art Henthorne. A 1932 academy graduate, his father Edwin W. Hurst is noted.
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Marquette
Iowa
Bus Hurst
Jeanette Hurst
Ottumwa
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Art Henthorne
St. John’s High School
Delafield
Edwin W. Hurst
Academy
Woman To Present Ladies Aid History in Blair Meeting
Alice Thorbus will present the Ladies Aid group history at a Blair Wisconsin meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday. Hostesses are Mrs. Oscar Haugen Mrs. Victor Melby Mrs. Elmer Everson and Mrs. Helmer Strand.
Ladies Aid Program at South West Prairie Church
De Soto Wisconsin residents will attend a Ladies Aid meeting at the South West Prairie Church Wednesday evening. Mrs Jake Verlo and Mrs Elwood Forde prepared the program. Hosts for the event are Mrs Lewis Hendrickson Mrs Nulton Sandvick Mrs Everette Halvorson and Mrs Gerhard Birkele.
440 Head of Cattle Champion Winners Named at Monroe County Fair
At Monroe County Fair in Tomah Wisconsin judges selected top winners from 440 cattle head and 200 sheep and 160 swine amid high 80s heat. Louise Hartley Tomah received a Holstein breeders award. James Gerke Tomah earned a Guernsey prize. Piper Brothers and Tri State Breeders presented additional awards to Paul Nichols Sparta and Jerry Lydon Wilton and to Betty Wappler Clifton and Marcella Blaskey Oakdale for showmanship.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County Fair
Louise Hartley
Holstein Breeders Assn
Guernsey Breeders Assn
Guernsey
James Gerke
Piper Brothers
Paul Nichols
Sparta
Jerry Lydon
Wilton
Tri-State
Breeders Assn
Westby
Betty Wappler
Clifton
Marcella Blaskey
Oakdale
Guy
Pat Guy
Dick Guy
John Guy
Gene Zirk
Kendall
Sherwin Giraud
Jim Schaller
Rick Brandau
Faye Brieske
Norwalk
Michael Arrtus
Kaye Brieske
Sheron Haldeman
Dennis Nofsinger
Richard Shea
Simon Weiss
Ayrshires
Vern Naumann
Ronald Gerke
Karen Gerke
Aberdeen
Neils Jacobs
Simona Wells
Ed Liddane
Heifer
John Jacobs
Bull
Hereford
Joyce Vieregge
Dwight Carlisle
Camp Douglas
Sharon Jones
Gary Shutter
Rodney Wilde
Ann Felber
Douglas Jones
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Harlan Pottinger
Shropshire
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John Jr
Onoka Pufahl
Ontario
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John Clay Jr
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Ram Lamb
Ewe
Ewe Lamb
Onoka Pufahi
Donald Guy
John Clay
Oxford
Janet Vieregge
Janet
Rams
Donita Shea
Hampshire
Leon Schindler
Tom Downing
John Thurston
Get of Fire
Curtiss Thurston
Mike Benrud
Get
Pen
Montdale
Gerald Downing
Suffolk
James Shea
Trempealeau Court Officials Reappointed
John A. Markham of Independence is reappointed divorce counsel by Judge Lincoln Neprud of Circuit Court. Charles Hewitt of Ettrick is reappointed jury commissioner.
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Whitehall
Wis
John A. Markham
Independence
Lincoln Neprud
Circuit Court
Charles Hewitt
Ettrick
Ohioans Visit ETTRICK Wis Residents
Visiting Mrs. C. A. Brye Sunday were Mrs. L. A. Knudson of Coon Valley and guests Mrs. Martin Stalson and her daughter Alpha Linda Stalson of Akron Ohio. Mrs. Stalson was born in Coon Valley and is related to the Brye family there.
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Ettrick
Wis
C. A. Brye
L. A. Knudson
Coon Valley
Martin Stalson
Alpha Linda Stalson
Akron
Ohio
Stalson
Brye
Time Stood Still as Clock Sells Fast in Want Ad
A La Crosse Tribune Want Ad helped a local woman sell a family heirloom clock in one day to an antique dealer. She bought a new clock and a table with the proceeds and plans to sell more unwanted items via Want Ads. She proclaims Want Ads Work.
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Coulee
F. Keil
Smith Valley
la Crosse
Gerald Harnisch
Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
MacCornack Clinic Sold To Milwaukeean
Dr. Sydney T. Gettelman of Milwaukee took over the MacCornack Clinic Aug. 1, renting from retiring Dr. R. L. MacCornack Sr. Gettelman plans to move his family here, with Dr. Joseph Tschetter to continue ophthalmology and ENT care. Dr. Robert L. MacCornack Jr. will remain until Sept. 1 before joining a St. Paul clinic. a surgeon will be secured for the clinic and Community Hospital.
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Joseph Tschetter
Robert L. MacCornack Jr
St. Paul
Teachers Set Institute At County Seat
The Rev Wayne Grover of Black River Falls and a USA visit list will headline Trempealeau County teachers institute in Whitehall Aug 21 22. Robert Van Raalte of the State Department of Public Instruction leads a science workshop. A tea honors teachers earning diplomas this year.
Young Republicans Meet in Caledonia Aug. 6
The regular Houston County Young Republicans gathering will convene at the Hector Construction Co. offices in Caledonia on Wednesday August 6 at 8 p.m. Special notice to members and interested party activists.
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Caledonia, Minn
Young Republicans
Houston County
Hector Construction Co
Caledonia
WSWS Plans Picnic Lunch at Norwalk Meeting
WSWS will serve a picnic lunch at its meeting in Norwalk Wisconsin on Thursday August 7. Mrs Ellen Oldenburg will supervise devotions and lead the program of the gathering.
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Norwalk
Wis
WSWS
Ellen Oldenburg
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