Tim Main Ils Advanced To County Agent Post
Tim Main known as Tim was elected Trempealeau county agent by the county agricultural committee at a special meeting. He succeeds Arnold Wochos who resigns effective Aug 15 to take a similar post in Manitowoc county. Main has served as assistant county agent since Feb 1 and previously taught agriculture at Holmen and Mindoro. Wolske of Door county was hired as assistant county agent to begin Sept 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
T. C. Main
Tim
Trempealeau
County Agricultural Committee
Arnold Wochos
Wochos
Manitowoc
Main
Holmen
Mindoro
Outagamie
Shiecton
River Falls State
Wolske
Paul J. Wolske
Door County
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Ben Rusy
University Extension Division
Madison
Yen Ching University Faculty Member Has West Salem Service
Dr. Lucius Porter will lead morning services at the Presbyterian church in West Salem starting 10 p.m. Sunday Aug 11. Former Yen Ching University faculty member in China and wartime civilian internee of Japan, he and Mrs Porter are welcome visitors. Vocal music by Roberta Rowe Elaine Vruwink Birdie Krucke will accompany the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Salem
Wis
Lucius Porter
Presbyterian Church
Porter
Yen Ching University
China
Lillian Dudley
Roberta Rowe
Elaine Vruwink
Birdie Krucke
Blair Legion Post Plans Picnic August 18
Walter A. Rose newly elected commander of the Wisconsin department of the American Legion will be the principal speaker at a Riverside Park Blair picnic Sunday August 18. Knutson Mattison Post No 231 and the auxiliary will sponsor the event inviting Legion posts and units Trempealeau county area and the general public. A Junior league boys baseball team will be a forenoon attraction.
Curicura Soap and Talcum Ad Promises Fresh Clean Feel
This vintage styled ad touts Curicura Soap as a daily bath solution that banishes grime and odor instantly leaving you clean and confident. It urges use of Curicura Talcum to absorb perspiration and guard against dampness.
Post Surgeon Appointed at Camp McCoy Wisconsin
Col James L Murchison of Equality Alabama named post surgeon by Col Newton G Bush post commander. He comes from Jefferson Barracks Missouri where he served as surgeon of the station hospital separation center and induction station. He joined the regular army July 1930 and earned an MD at the University of Louisville after pre med at Alabama. He led the 212th General Hospital training unit in Claiborne Louisiana and served with the 127th General Hospital in Europe moving to Rennes France then Nancy France. He and his wife and two daughters Mary Imogene and Donna Ann will reside at the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
James L. Murchison
Equality
Ala
Newton G. Bush
Jefferson Barracks
Regular Army
Murchison
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
University of Louisville
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
212Th General Hospital
Claiborne
127Th General Hospital
England
English Channel
Normandy
University of Rennes
Britany-France
University of Rennes Medical School
127Th
Third Army
Nancy
France
Rhine
Mary Imogene
Donna Ann
Monroe County Draft Board Registers 29 Men
Twenty nine Monroe county men registered with the local draft board in July. Names include Jerome J. Frohmacher Russell D. Logging Camp Douglas Robert O. Simonson Gordon L. Vandervort Darrell Richards James W. Vancil and more from Sparta Tomah Warrens Norwalk Cataract Cashton and KenAll communities. list notes discharged veterans and those reaching draft age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Jerome J. Frohmacher
Russell D. Logging
Camp Douglas
Robert O. Simonson
Gordon L. Vandervort
Darrell Richards
James W. Vancil
Orlo R. Kronberg
William E. Jackson
Stuart H. McMullin
Gardiner E. Wyman, Jr
Plan Furnishing Store In Village Of Westby
Westby Wisconsin special item reports La Verne Roehl former Madison resident and discharged veteran will open a men and boys furnishing store in a building bought by Grant Rudie and formerly the Westby bakery. He will also handle some ladies ready to wear with Mrs Roehl Janet Logan as wife. They have one baby daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
la Verne Roehl
Madison
Grant Rudie
Westby Bakery
Roehl
Janet Logan
Ben Logan
Roehls
Return From Trip Brings Miss Mae Hardie Home
Miss Mae Hardie of Green Bay supervising teacher in Brown County has returned from a vacation to Sand Point Idaho. She flew via Spokane to St Paul and is staying with her parents Mr. and Mrs William Hardie of North Bend. Milwaukee beauty operator Miss Alvina Torkelson is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs Lewis Torkelson of Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Mae Hardie
Green Bay
Brown County
William Hardie
North Bend
Hardie
Sand Point
Ida
Spokane
Wash
St. Paul
Alvina Torkelson
Milwaukee
Lewis Torkelson
Franklin
Monroe County Draft Calls For Pre induction Physicals
Sparta Wis Special report: Monroe county men must report for pre induction physicals by August 15 and a draft call is issued for August 30. With current available men at a very low number it is doubtful these calls can be met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Make Cattle Tests Monday in Houston County
A county wide cattle test to maintain modified accredited tuberculosis free status will start Monday August 12 in Houston County. Twenty five veterinarians will arrive Sunday with 25 local assistants to assist, at no cost to owners, under a cooperative state program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Ralph West
Livestock Sanitation Board
Wayne Hanson
Board of County Commissioners
Hanson
Institute dates set for Monroe county rural teachers
Sparta Wisconsin Miss Ollie Swanson superintendent of schools announces the institute for rural and state graded teachers will be held Monday and Tuesday August 26 and 27 at Sparta high school. She also plans workshop meetings for beginners and for teachers who did not attend summer sessions. Workshop dates have not been sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Ollie Swanson
Monroe County
Sparta High School
Swanson
Food Locker Plant Opens In Norwalk
Norwalk Wisconsin special report announces opening of the Wilton locker plant poultry dressing and packing department. At full capacity about 1000 birds per hour are processed with poultry shipped to Chicago. Owned by Bidwell Tillman the facility includes 500 lockers two freezing rooms three cooling rooms a sharp freeze room and a combined cooling and freezing room for poultry. Tillman employs 32 workers and many local families rent lockers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Wis
Wilton
Chicago
Bidwell Tillman
Tillman
Tilman
Limestone deliveries planned from Leon quarry in Wisconsin
Farmers in Monroe and La Crosse counties will receive limestone deliveries from the Leon quarry on Fish Creek ridge. Arthur Overgaard of Elroy, who is grinding the limestone, reports the quarrying crew has moved from Sparta and equipment is now at Elroy. Orders should contact W. E. Bernett at Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe
la Crosse
Leon
Fish Creek Ridge
Arthur Overgaard
Elroy
Overgaard
Wells
Portland
Monroe County
Bangor
Washington, Barre, Burns and
Shelby Townships
la Crosse County
W. E. Bernett
Prairie Youth Earns School Camp Awards at Shattuck
Cadets at the Shattuck school camp in Faribault Minnesota completed a six week session earning private first class ratings for conduct. John Dyrud of Prairie du Chien was among those listed, receiving an honor camper award and honorable mention in art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faribault
Minn
Shattuck School
John Dyrud
M. J. Dyrud
Prairie du Chien
Eagle Scout Camp Attendance Noted for Nichols Youth
Robert Nichols son of Mr and Mrs Scott B Nichols attends an Eagle Scout forestry camp at Minocqua Wisconsin hitchhiking from Whitehall to the camp Saturday in six and a half hours marked by a long journey and scout spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Robert Nichols
Scott B. Nichols
Minocqua
Misses Council Meet Faces Costly Penalty
W. T. Meyer missed Sparta city council meeting citing his wife's grandmother's funeral. Council fined him by charging a restaurant bill for hamburgers pie and ice cream, which Meyer refused to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
W. T. Meyer
Meyer
Rites Held For Msgr Madden In Minnesota
Death reports the Rt. Rev. Msgr Joseph Eugene Madden 79 pastor of St Charles Borromeo St Charles Minn after long illness He served Caledonia St John the Baptist and St Rose of Lima Lewiston and Fairmont He was vicar general of Winona diocese and received papal honors Funeral services were held in Saint Charles and Sturgeon Bay Wis Burial followed in Sturgeon Bay church cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Joseph Eugene Madden
St. Charles Borromeo
St. Charles
Madden
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Loretto High School
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
John
Louise Weber Madden
Marquette University
Milwaukee
St. John’s Seminary
Collegeville
Innsbruck
Austria
Fribourg
Switzerland
Sitten
J. M. Abbot
St. Paul's Church
Fairmont
Lewiston
St. Rose of Lima
Hartland
St Paul’s Church
Francis M. Kelly
Winona
Father Madden
Pius XI
Leo Binz
Club Committee Plans Gun Picnic At Memorial Park
Special committees map the Rod and Gun club picnic for Sunday Aug 25 shifting from Aug 18 due to a races air circus. William Koehler chairs general arrangements Leo Neiast grounds Jack Ebert tickets B E LaBansky entertainment Grant Osen bach prize. WKBH barn dance city band music ball game archery trap shooting and more set. tickets available soon for Memorial park event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Foreign War Veterans Plan Whitehall Group
Veterans of Foreign Wars invitation for eligible members to join a Whitehall post. Meeting at Whitehall City Hall Friday August 16 at 8 p.m. to organize with E. A. Jack Lew present to discuss the post. Mentions revived Strum post and Arcadia post organized recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Sam
U.S.A
United States
Whitehall City Hall
E. A
Jack” Lewis
Strum
Arcadia
Clinic Head Vacations Reach Northfield and Grindstone Lake
Dr. R. L. MacCornack, president of the MacCornack clinic, and his wife are on a 10 day vacation. They visit their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert Forsythe in Northfield Minnesota. They then go to Grindstone Lake in northern Wisconsin to spend a few days at a college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
R. L. MacCornack
MacCornack Clinic
Northfield
Minn
Robert Forsythe
Grindstone Lake
Wisconsin
Meeting at Whitehall To Discuss Dairy Quality Rules
A Whitehall meeting of field men, plant operators, and dairy mothers will discuss a proposed resolution to refuse milk or cream from patrons with multiple rejects or failure to follow field recommendations. The talk also covers forming a fieldmen group and displaying a milk house at Trempealeau fairgrounds in Galesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Court House
John J. Taylor
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Trempealeau County Fair Grounds
Galesville
Readstown Church Goes to Bible Camp and Picnic At Miller
Nearly 25 members of the Church of Christ at Readstown left Sunday for a Bible camp at Camp Bradfield near Black River Falls. Mr and Mrs Claren Smith have a new home under construction on the west side of the Kickapoo river. Eighty one registered at the Miller picnic held at Readstown Sunday with attendees traveling from several miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readstown
Wis
Church of Christ
Camp Bradfield
Black River Falls
Claren Smith
Kickapoo River
Carrier Pigeon Refuses to Return Home in Whitehall
Theodore Johnson, a retired Trempealeau County game warden in Whitehall, found a carrier pigeon perched on his car. He fed and released the bird, but it did not fly back to its home. The bird bears band No. 1FG 8406 and remains unclaimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Theodore Johnson
Trempealeau County
Johnson
Sparta Details DDT Campaign to Curb City Insects
A citywide plan uses DDT to control flies and disease in Sparta. City crews will spray garbage areas and cans, service trucks, walls, and lake and creek banks with a 25 percent DDT solution. Technical help comes from Camp McCoy sanitation and County Agent A D Begley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
O. O. Bergman
Perch Lake
Camp McCoy
A. D. Begley
Accident at Sparta intersection injures two drivers
Police investigated a collision at the South Water street and U S Highway 16 intersection in Sparta at 5:45 p m. Dr Alfred Sauer of Winona Minnesota and David Tangen of Cashton collided. Tangen's car damaged its left rear fender and Sauers car sustained damage to grill bumper left front fender and glass. Tangen was with his wife. Dr Sauer with his wife and two sons John age 5 and James age 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
South Water Street
U. S. Highway 16
Alfred Sauer
Winona
Minn
Water Street
David Tangen
Cashton
Tangen
Sauer
Dr. Sauer
John 5
James
Ettrick Red Cross Chairman Receives Finland Letter
Ettrick Wisconsin Mrs. C A Brye Red Cross chairman for Ettrick township and her mother Mrs Helen M Allen received a letter from Mrs Helmi Karling of Koskenkyla Finland. She thanks for clothes and bed cover sent by Red Cross noting poverty and four children with a disabled husband. Translation by Rev John Wargelin of Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
C. A. Brye
Red Cross
Helen M. Allen
Helmi Karling
Koskenkyla
Finland
John Wargelin
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Kickapoo Valley Agriculture Club Holds Westby Meeting
The Kickapoo Valley Agriculture Club met in Westby Wisconsin for an all day session with twelve agriculture teachers their wives and county agents Orrin C Johnson and Larson attending Professor Odgen of the University of Wisconsin spoke on raising and caring for tobacco A tour of local tobacco crops followed and dinner was hosted by Ralph Cooper Members came from Tomah Wilton Sparta Cashton Hillsboro La Farge Viola Viroqua Seneca Gays Mills and Readstown The club meets monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
Kickapoo Valley Agriculture Club
Vernon County
Orrin C. Johnson
Larson
Professor Odgen
University of Wisconsin
Ralph Cooper
Tomah
Wilton
Sparta
Cashton
Hillsboro
la Farge
Viola
Viroqua
Seneca Gays Mills
Readstown
Completes Preclinical Training At College
Miss Evelyn Wall returns to Holmen Wisconsin after two weeks in Milwaukee finishing her preclinical training for occupational therapy at Milwaukee Downer College. She is joined by her sister Miss Constance Wall and visited relatives in Palatine Illinois before resuming studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmen
Wis
Evelyn Wall
Milwaukee
Children’s Hospital
Milwaukee Downer College
Constance Wall
Palatine
Ill
Theodore Hegeson
Homecoming Picnic Planned At Rockton
LA FARGE Wis Special A Rockton homecoming picnic is set for Sunday August 11 with all day events and dinner at the picnic grounds. Entertainment is planned in the community hall and old friends from the area are urged to attend for a large gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Farge
Wis
Rockton
Caledonia workers move from Rochester cannery to Dakota harvest
Norman Koenig Russell Rolfing and Cletus Lagauer of Caledonia shift from the Rochester cannery to the Dakota harvest fields. Others from Caledonia LeRoy Pope and Morris Rollins also joined the field crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia, Minn
Norman Koenig
Russell Rolfing
Cletus Lagauer
Caledonia
Rochester
Dakota
LeRoy Pope
Morris Rollins
Radioman Keith E. Anderson Discharged at Great Lakes
Radioman third class Keith E. Anderson was discharged from the navy at Great Lakes Illinois on August 5.
City Council Tables Petitions For City Street Changes
Tomah Wisconsin council meeting considers petitions to alter sidewalk locations save trees and delay curb and gutter work on Elm and Pearl streets while debating street widths 32 36 or 40 feet. A unanimous vote authorized a full 1945 city and water department audit by the Wisconsin Tax Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
McLean Avenue
Elm Street
Hollister Avenue
Pearl Street
Glendale Avenue
H. J. Lenshaw
Water Department
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Will
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Tim Main Ils
West Salem Service
Blair Legion Post
Monroe County Draft Board
Plan Furnishing
Pearl St
Gamble
Friendly Store
Prairie Youth
Laurel
Vernon
Johnny Mack Brown
Msgr
Minnesota
Foreign War Veterans Plan
Whitehall Group
Signal Corps
Ettrick Red Cross
Kickapoo AG
Claude Sowle
Hammel
South Third St
Lacrosse Terminal
South Avenue
Aero Mayflower
Household Dept
Gateway City Transfer Co., Inc
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