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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1958
Page
10
Inter State Fair hosts a large junior dairy show with many top entries. Judges Dr James Crowley and A J Francour praise numbers and quality as winners are listed across Holstein Guernsey Jersey Swiss Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorn divisions with numerous named youths and breeders.
Preston Minnesota special edition lists a full day program for the East Willow Creek Watershed Exposition near Preston. Activities include land judging for FFA and 4 H, a nine mile bus tour at 10 am, wagon tours to a detention dam and air tours, plus afternoon repeats of tours and exhibits.
An agricultural calendar lists events across Minnesota and Wisconsin including the East Willow Creek Watershed Exposition in Preston on August 18, the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee starting August 16, the Houston County Fair in Caledonia on August 20, and the Jackson County Fair in Black River Falls starting August 21.
Allamakee County Farm Bureau women announce the first tour of the season on Oct. 4 visiting Rochester Minnesota and Minneapolis. In Minneapolis they will view the new Cinerama film Searching for Paradise and tour the observation tower at Wold-Chamberlain Airport. A second tour is set for Oct. 14 to Austin Minnesota.
The Foreign Mission Circle of De Soto Lutheran Church plans a bake and rummage sale at L. R. Sandvick store in De Soto on Saturday August 16 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Edna Hanson of New Richland assumed the duties of home agent for Houston County on Aug 11. She holds a B S from the University of Minnesota and has trained as assistant home agent in Faribault County since July 16. Hanson grew up on a Freeborn County farm and was active in 4 H, Clovia, and national honor societies. She will focus on home economics within the 4 H program and extension home work.
The La Crosse Inter-State Fair sheep show set records with top placings across breeds. Winners include Gotz Reigel and Zube leading SHROPSHIRE and multiple farm entries. Oxford Down, Hampshire, Southdown, Montedale, Cheviots, Dorsets, Corriedale, and more with names like Pfaff, Bunker, Hankie, and Pufahl achieving first to fourth in several classes.
The La Crosse Inter-State Fair junior show introduced a new division for club dairy herds. The Union Mills Club won first honors with five jerseys shown by the Ross family Rickey Dennis Terry and Don ald. Barre Badgers took second, Brookside third, Pleasant Valley fourth, 400 Club fifth, Bangor Township sixth, Halfway seventh, Mindoro eighth, and Lewis Valley ninth.
The Brookside 4-H Club will sponsor an ice cream social on Wednesday August 13 at the Neshonoc School grounds on Highway 108 starting at 8 p.m. Pies cake ice cream floats and beverages will be sold.
La Crosse County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee will convene at 9 30 a m Wednesday August 27 in the new ASC office Room 307 Federal Building La Crosse Richard Gilster county chairman said Delegates from 11 townships will attend with first names as delegates and second as alternates The elected committeemen start Sept 1 serving until successors named in 1959 Delegates and alternates listed by township with names
Mrs. Lyle D. Olson of De Soto hosted a dessert luncheon honoring Mrs. Wesley Sturdevant of Retreat who recently completed a four year course and earned a bachelor of elementary education degree. Present were Ada McKnight of Stoughton, Wesley Sturdevant of Retreat, Harold Worman, Harlan Bolster, Shirley Sandvick, and Olson, all of De Soto. A gift was presented to Mrs. Sturdevant.
Mildred Horman was named top senior showman at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair junior dairy show and received a blanket from the Tri-State Breeders Cooperative. Other blankets went to Ronald Hoyer Holstein Barbara Good Enough Brown Swiss Richard Lueck Brown Swiss Doris Lueck Brown Swiss and Roger Wolters Brown Swiss. The LaVerne Hall award went to Dennis Ross for the best fitted animal and a trip to the National Dairy Cattle Congress at Waterloo Iowa. Hall, a Westby Jersey breeder, is giving similar awards at the Monroe and Vernon County fairs.
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