Wisconsin Military Academy Class XV Begins Two-Week Camp
At Camp Williams 106 Wisconsin Army National Guardsmen and Army Reservists start a two-week training cycle with 90 support personnel. Senior cadets pursue tactical leadership, plebes drill and map work, aiming for second lieutenant gold bars on Aug. 18. Commandant Col. Frederic G. Mumma leads the program
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Camp Williams
Wis
Wisconsin Army National
Adjutant General of Wisconsin
Frederic G. Mumma
Merrill
Mumma
Jackson Livestock Sale Sets Record Prices at Jackson County Fair
In Black River Falls Wisconsin the second annual junior fair market sale linked to the Jackson County Fair reported record prices for steers barrows and wethers. Top steers sold at 1 a pound with the grand champion weighing 1059 pounds to Jackson County Bank. reserve grand champion at 94 cents per pound. Barrows sold up to 1.65 a pound with grand champion 225 pounds to Production Credit Association and reserve at 1.10 to Millis Brothers. The grand champion wether 106 pounds sold to Bank of Melrose at 1.75 per pound with reserve to Ferries Clothing at 1.30. In Minnesota filings for North Winneshiek School board districts 1 and 4 closed with incumbents Helland and Henry facing challengers. election set for September 11.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Hollis Beede
Merrillan
Barrows
Wethers
Robert Sutton
Jackson County Bank
Larry McDonald
Barrow
Tim Hieb
Melrose
Production Credit Association
Millis Brothers, Inc
Hieb
Wether
Robert Grinde
Ferries Clothing
Minnesota appoints citizen panel to new Environmental Quality Council
Gov. Wendell Anderson named an 11 member citizen advisory committee for Minnesota’s Environmental Quality Council. From eight districts and three at large, members include Ohman, Hunt, Keller, Rockvan, Dayton, Ewing, Reinert, Shields, Bensoni, Magnuson, and others. The EQC combines state officials with appointees to oversee environmental policy. The Wisconsin Women in the Arts exhibit runs in West Bend through September.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota Environmental Quality Council
EQC
Wesley C. Ohman
St. Paul
David Clark
Minneapolis
Shirley K. Hunt
Pfaff Family Centennial Celebrated at Farm
Descendants of Ferdinand and Fedelia Pfaff marked 100 years since the founding of the Pfaff family and home farm on the Marvin Schiller farm, with 350 attendees including Leona Knutson and Harry Pfaff. A milk can keepsake was given away as part of the observance.
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Ferdinand
Fedelia Pfaff
Home Farm
Marvin Schiller
Schiller
Leona Knutson
Bangor
Harry Pfaff
Rockland
Ferdinand and
Fedelia Pfaff Tribune
United States
Coulees
Deike Hills
Kenerny Hill
Wisconsin
Waukon Two Day Trail Ride Set for Aug 11-12
The Upper Iowa Saddle Club schedules a two day invitational trail ride starting at Lloyd Johanningmeier farm two miles east of Volney on August 11 and 12. Meals provided and camping grounds available for overnight stay.
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Waukon
Iowa
Upper Iowa Saddle Club
Lloyd Johanningmeier
Volney
Mabel Native Elected Youngest Chief District Judge
MABEL Minn Douglas K Amdahl 54 son of Mr and Mrs O K Amdahl of Mabel has been elected chief judge of Hennepin County District Court becoming the youngest man to hold the post He has sat on the district bench since November 1962 prior to that he served on the Municipal Court for a year and a half Amdahl is a 1937 Mabel High School graduate and holds a University of Minnesota business administration degree and a William Mitchell School of Law honors degree.
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Mabel, Minn
Douglas K. Amdahl
O. K. Amdahl
Mabel
Hennepin County
Amdahl
Mabel High School
University of Minnesota
William Mitchell School of Law
St. Paul
De Soto School Board Adopts Free Lunch Policy
De Soto Area Schools approve a lunch policy granting free meals to children from families based on income and number of children. The plan targets eligible households and aims to support student nutrition.
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de Soto, Wis
Board of de Soto Area. Schools
Pfaff Reunion Draws 350 To Century Farm
More than 350 people gathered at the Marvin Schiller farm on Highway 162 north of Bangor for a Pfaff family reunion and the 100th anniversary of the original farm. The 420 acre site preserves windmill, old barn, smokehouse, antiques, and stories of German immigrant Ferdinand Pfaff and family roots spanning generations.
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John Ellenbecker
Marvin Schiller
Highway 162
Bangor
Pfaff
Ferdinand Pfaff
Germany
United States
Schiller
Alma Center Girl Named Miss Jackson County
Sheila Larson 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Larson of Alma Center was crowned Miss Jackson County at the Jackson County Fair Sunday evening. The court included Susan Sampson 17 first runner up Ruth Bollom 18 second runner up Susan Walton 18 third runner up and Cheryl Stay 18 fourth runner up.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Sheila Larson
Kenneth Larson
Alma Center
Jackson County
Court of Honor
Susan Sampson
Dean Sampson
Melrose
Ruth Bollom
Ervin Bollom
Susan Walton
Arvid Walton
Cheryl Stay
Kenneth Stay
Blair
Staff Cuts Planned at Wisconsin Child Center in Sparta
Center superintendent Arthur L. Gerg announced a staff reduction from 102 to 81 by Sept. 15 to meet budget constraints. Tenured positions will be cut including 12 counselors and other roles. He warned of projected higher per child costs and said an investigative committee will review operations.
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Sparta
Wis
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Arthur L. Gerg
Gerg
Department of Health and Social Services
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Mike Kunes
Bank of Melrose
North Winneshiek
Merlyn Helland
Martha Littlejohn
Jerome Henry
Tri- A
Minnesota Environment Group
Charles Dayton
Minnetonka
North Star
The
Sierra Club
Fred Ewing
Honeywell
Charles Reinert, Garvin
Southwest State College
Marshall
James T. Shields
Longville
Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry
Peter Bensoni
Duluth
United Steelworkers
Bensoni
Dayton and
Magnuson
Tomah
Elaine Paul
Wisconsin Women In the Arts
West Bend
Pfaff Clan
Tri-State Briefs
Wilton
Theron Budde
Martin Arndt
Waukon High School
Spring Grove
Minn
Wilmington
Town Hall
Cording
Burton Freuchte
Ettrick
Harvey Olson
Harvey's
Betty Elsen
Carl Stensven
Allamakee
West Salem
Steven K. Brauer
Clarence Brauer
College
Aid Association For Lutherans
Steve
West Salem High School
Mabel Native
Century Farm
Texas
Oregon
Puerto Rico
England
Lucy Pfaff
Ernest Storandt
Grandma Pfaff
Alma
Miss Jackson
Jazz
Coon Valley
Leslie Bakkum
Walter S. Horsley
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