Centennial themes at Buffalo County Fair Mondovi Aug 26 28
Buffalo County fair in Mondovi August 26 27 and 28 features Centennial themes in most booths led by Paine Poehler home agent. Nationalities take a prominent place with four homemaker booths and several 4 H clubs sponsor booths on industries education religion and agriculture with named chairmen.
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Buffalo County Fair
Mondovi
Alma
Wis
Paine Poehler
of Nyre
Norman Nyre
Merlin Haeuser
George Engel
Fountain City
Booth
Ture Farmers and
America
Ray Scholl
Cochrane
Eugene King
Gilmanton
Lawrence Niedzwiecki
FFA Booth
Jane Rosenthal
FHA
Doug Solberg
Boy and Girl Scouts Booth
Roy LaDuke
Farmers Union Juniors
Hillsboro Youth Soloist in State Centennial Band
Allen Wheeler and accompanist Tom Saltz have been chosen from Hillsboro High School to perform as soloist and accompanist in the state centennial band in Milwaukee on August 11 and 12. Wheeler, a sousaphone player, won in Madison's state music festival this May with Barbareossa, and is a four year band member. Saltz, a trumpet player and pianist, is a senior in his fifth year in the band.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Allen Wheeler
Lorna Wheeler
Tom Saltz
Hillsboro High School
Milwaukee
Wheeler
Madison
Saltz
Attorney To Speak To Luther League at Whitehall Farm
Whitehall Wisconsin attorney O J Eggum will be guest speaker at a joint outdoor Luther league meeting for juniors and seniors at Oscar Anderson farm in Larkin valley on Sunday evening August 15. The program begins with hymn singing a scripture reading and prayer by Richard W Mattson. Vocal solo by Stella Windjue violin solo by Beverly Schaefer a reading by Mayme Hallingstad and a cornet solo by Hans Aleckson.
Goes To Rochester For Medical Exam
Mrs Johnnie Bostrack accompanies her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Ingvard Iverson and son Wayne to Rochester on Monday for Wayne's medical checkup after the serious accident in which a car he was riding in overturned.
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Whalan
Minn
Johnnie Bostrack
Ingvard Iverson
Wayne
Rochester
Waukon buttermaker takes new post at Nordness
Lloyd Monroe, formerly at the Farmers Waukon creamery, accepts the butter maker job at Nordness in Winnebagol county.
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Waukon, Ia
Lloyd Monroe
Waukon Creamery
Nordness
Winneshiek County
Hold Double Military Rites For Westby Explosion Victims
Westby Wisconsin reports a double military funeral set for Saturday at 1 30 p m at Anderson funeral home and Prairie church for Olaf Larson 54 and his son killed by a dynamite blast at a highway 14 stone quarry six miles west of Westby The Syverson Funk American Legion post will lead the military service and Rev H O Aasen will officiate at the church
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Westby
Wis
Anderson Funeral Home
One Prairie Church
Olaf Larson
Highway 14
Syverson-Funk American Legion Post
H. O. Aasen
Blair Egg Festival Committees Named in Blair Wisconsin
At a Blair Commercial club special meeting George Winrich named festival committees for the Blair Egg festival set for October 1 to 3. Committees cover concessions and carnival, free acts, home economics, agriculture, parade, dance, egg queen, advertising, and groom roles. Kolbaard and Ed Gunderson to attend horse and colt meeting August 17 for festival plans.
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Blair
Wis
Blair Commercial Club
George Winrich
Sherbeck Carnival Company
R. V. Eirschele
Amos Kolve
Angus Sather
George Larson
Louis Berg
Warren Richter
Frank Reynolds
Buford Smith
Prie Olson
Leland Chenoweth
Orvin Stay
Clint Immel
Reuben Swanson
Herb Stone
James Pederson
Ed Nanstad
Oswald Silette
Bill Schroeder
Mert Jensen
Ray Olson
William Duffield, Jr
Hal Goetsch
Stanley
George Hennings
Kolbaard
Ed Gunderson
Tomah GI Serves in Kumamoto Japan as Penal Institutions Investigator
Eugene R. Sorenson of Tomah is serving as an investigator with a Kumamoto team in Japan. He acts in an advisory supervisory capacity to the Kumamoto prefectural government on public safety sanitation public works and health matters. Sorenson attended Tomah High School and entered service in 1946.
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Tomah
Wis
Corp
Eugene R. Sorenson
Kumamoto
Tareas Oe
Kumine
Kumamoto Prefectural
Sorenson
Tomah High School
Signal Corps
Fort Dix
N. J
R. H. Sorenson
Veterans Hospital
Separated Cousins Reunite In Whalan
Mr and Mrs Tom Hadoff hosted visiting relatives Robert Nakoff his wife and daughter Catherine from Coleman Alberta Canada In Whalan Minnesota the two men were born in Russia and later settled in the United States The reunion highlighted family roots and relocation paths from Russia to North America.
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Whalan, Minn
Tom Hadoff
Hadoff
Robert Nakoff
Catherine
Coleman
Alberta
Canada
Russia
Fillmore FHA Body Considers New Loans
Fillmore county farmers home administration committee meeting with Supervisor G. E. McMillan at Preston to consider new loan applications.
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Fillmore Fha
Preston, Mainn
Fillmore County Farmers Home Administration Committee
G. E. McMillan
Preston
Fillmore Court Holds Short Session Monday
Fillmore County district court will hold a one day session Monday August 16 with Judge Martin A Neilson presiding. No jury will be called.
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Fillmore Court
Preston
Minn
Fillmore County District Court
Martin A. Neilson
Austin
Gale Lodge Picnic Marks 49th Anniversary in Gale Memorial Park
Galeville Wis Aug 17 special notes Royal Neighbors of America Grotto will observe its 49th anniversary with a social afternoon at Gale Memorial Park. A picnic closes the day with charter members invited and Mmes C A Kellman Alice Nichols and Cora Wilber attending. Kellman holds the longest service with annual officer roles since the camp’s founding.
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Galesville
Wis
Royal Neighbors of America
Gale Memorial Park
Mmes
C. A. Kellman
Alice Nichols
Cora Wilber
Kellman
Oak Ridge Badgers 4-H Club Meet at Hunder Home
The Oak Ridge Badgers 4-H club met at the John O. Hunder home August 2. The program included the 4H pledge, a poem, a piano solo, a safety talk, a greeting song, and a game committee. Members entered a style review at Viroqua August 4 modeling clothes made before 1910.
Milwaukee Families Visit Week In Genoa
Milwaukee residents Mrs. Caroline Svensson Mr. Hilmer Svenson and Mickey visited Genoa for a week to see relatives. They brought Gerald Doucet who attended an eight week summer session at Marquette University back home.
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Genoa
Wis
Caroline Svensson
Hilmer Svenson
Mickey
Milwaukee
Gerald Doucet
Marquette University
Whalan Family Has North Dakota Guests
Mr and Mrs Paul Hoff hosted house guests from Fargo North Dakota during a visit to Whalan Minnesota They visited the Martin and Melvin Myer homes and other relatives in the area The article notes the Hoff family hosting Hilda Myer LaVern and Les ter Myer during the stay.
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Whalan
North Dakota
Whalan, Minn
Paul Hoff
Hoff
Hilda Myer
LaVern
Lester
Fargo
N. D
Martin
Melvin Myer
Blair Youths Enlist In Engineering Corps
S Sgt Ralph E Moulis of the Black River Falls army recruiting station announces the enlistment of two Blair youths in the engineering corps. The item notes local interest and the youths' decision to join the service.
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Blair
Blair appoints Lyle Duxbury village marshal
Blair Wis Special report states Lyle Duxbury was appointed village marshal to succeed George Clatt. Duxbury began duties August 4 and will serve daily from 5 p m to 1 a m. He will also act as traffic officer at the bank corner after ball games to help prevent accidents.
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Blair
Wis
Lyle Duxbury
George Clatt
Duxbury
Viola EUB Church Meeting Closes with Ordination and Appointments
The annual Swanselioal United Broth ern church gathering at Viola concluded with J. Dennis presiding. Rev. L. L. Outcast was ordained in the morning service. Appointments listed include George McAhren as conference superintendent and pastors such as E. C. Wagd Beloit, G. A. Bailey Bloomer, Harold Welch Boaz, and many others across districts north central west and east with Roy Headley and E. C. Ward named district leaders.
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Oo Wis
Swanselioal United Brothern
Viola
J. Dennis
L. L
George McAhren
E. C. Wagd
Beloit
G. A. Bailey
Bloomer
Harold Welch
Boaz
W. W. Sutton
Cascade
L. L. McCormick
Dell
G. A. Waite
East Lincoln
Robert Janney
Fennimore
L. A. Davison
Gillingham
Mayte Richardson
Sara Moyer
Ithaca
K. F. Brice
Janesville
Lawrence Brown
Monroe
Wallace Davison
New Auburn
L. L. Outcast
Ontario
W. H. Adams
Lime Ridge
R. E. Bosserman
Richland Center
Lester Mathews
Pleasant Ridge
G. H. Kintz
Reedsbrug
Roy Headley
Turtle Lake
Keith Davison
Valley
Lester Gudgeon
West Lima
F. E. Warren
Viola Church
North
Roy Bosserman
Central
Gordon Cove
West
East
E. C. Ward
South
Crawford Farm Bureau Picnic Set for Gays Mills Grounds
Gays Mills Wisconsin special edition reports the Crawford County Farm Bureau annual picnic at the Gays Mills Fairgrounds on Sunday in August. Rural residents should bring dinners and enjoy a program and entertainment afternoon. Speakers include Paul Wolke agricultural agent and James Rose of Wisconsin Cooperative Farm Supply.
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Crawford Farm Group
Gays Mills
Wis
Crawford County Farm Bureau
Gaysoo Fairgrounds
Paul Wolke
Crawford County
James Rose
Wisconsin Cooperative Farm Supply Company
Lucey Named To VFW Public Relations Post
Patrick J. Lucey of Ferryville is appointed to the VFW public relations committee representing Wisconsin’s third and seventh districts. He will attend a meeting in Milwaukee on August 14. Other committee members include George H. Johnson and Dane County Sheriff Edward Fisher. Lucey is former commander of the De Soto post and a Crawford County assembly candidate.
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Ferryville
Wis
Department of Wisconsin of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Lucey
Milwaukee
George H. Johnson
VFW
Edward Fisher
Dane County
de Soto
Crawford County
Sisters Return Home From Glacier Park
Maribeth and Rita Anne Hallo ran have returned home from Glacier National Park where they had been employed since ay.
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Glacier Park
Canton
Minn
Maribeth
Rita Anne Halloran
Glacier National Park
Spring Grove Soldier Transferred To Alaska
Spring Grove soldier previously stationed in Tucson Arizona has been transferred to Alaska for duty.
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Spring Grove
Alaska
Minn
Spe
Tucson
Ariz
Memorial marker recalls 1856 Salter killings site
A limestone slab along highway 80 near Necedah marks the alleged home and Hell's Delight tavern of George Salter, known as Daddy Salter. The 1856 murder tale involves two Indians and subsequent vigilante justice, with Salter killed. stories vary on how many Indians died. Locals urge a concrete pedestal and plaque to explain the history to visitors.
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Necedah
Wis
New Lisbon
Wisconsin
Daddy Salter
George Salter
Vernon County
Clearfield Township
Juneau County
Salter
Milwaukee
Wisconsin River
Hell’s Delight
Church Plans Early Rites In De Soto Wisconsin
Beginning Sunday August 15 and through September Methodist services in De Soto will start at 8 45 a m with lay preacher Clark Nixon from La Crosse delivering the sermon Nixon will also lead worship at Red Mound at 10 a m and Retreat at 11 15 a m due to the illness of Rev Ralph Parr The Rev Paul B White district superintendent may conduct August 22 services and Sunday schools will meet at regular times
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DE Soto
Wis
Methodists of
la Crosse
Clark Nixon
Nixon
Red Mound
Retreat Methodist Church
Ralph Parr
Paul B. White
Central District
Methodist Church
Milwaukee Woman and Sons Visit Whalan
Mrs. Elery Waters of Milwaukee Wisconsin visited Whalan Minnesota on Monday and Tuesday with her brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs Norris Bothan and their sons. She also visited in Rochester Minnesota.
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Whalan, Minn
Elery Waters
Tommy
John
Milwaukee
Wis
Waters
Norris Bothan
Rochester
Minn
Dakota Pastor Directs Vacation Bible School
In Dakota Minnesota the Rev. Paul Metzger of the Methodist church directs the vacation Bible school begun at 1 30 p m Monday. Assistant teachers are Mrs Ray Iverson Mariellen Chandler and Mary Elien Brown all of Dakota.
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Dakota, Minn
Paul Metzger
The
Methodist Church
Ray Iverson
Mariellen Chandler
Mary Elien Brown
Dakota
Dakota Family Heads West on Tour Across States
Mrs. Ida Richmond, her son Charlies and daughters Lillian and Maude left Dakota, Minnesota for Salmon, Ida to visit Charlies Duvudge, her brother, and spend a month touring the western states.
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Dakota
Minn
Ida Richmond
Charlies
Lillian
Maude
Salmon
Ida
Charlies Duvudge
Mrs Knute Buregard Visits Daughter in Evanston
Spring Grove Minnesota special report notes Mrs Knute Buregard spent a week with her daughter Jean in Evanston.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Knute Buregard
Jean
Evanston, JL
Ettrick Legion Heads Elect New Officers
Newly elected Ettrick American Legion post officers include Kenneth Truax as commander Casper Erickson as vice commander Paul Bishop as finance officer William Hosey as sergeant at arms Clifford Blaha as historian Robert Ofsdahl as athletic director and Clayton Sime as chaplain. F M Pederson and Sheldon Cantlon were re elected service officer and adjutant.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick American Legion Post
Kenneth Truax
Casper Erickson
Paul Bishop
William Hosey
Clifford Blaha
Robert Ofsdahl
Clayton Sime
F. M. Pederson
Sheldon Cantlon
Brownie Troop Elects New Club Officers
Ettrick Wisconsin special report: new officers elected by the Brownie troop include Beverly Folkedahl president Maxine Olsen vice president Mary Ann Stephenson secretary Betty Steliflue treasurer Diane Terpening and Jo Ellen Runnestrand messengers Helen Knutson reporter leaders are Mrs Henry Solberg and Mrs Lloyd Anderson.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick Brownie
Beverly Folkedahl
Maxine Olsen
Mary Ann Stephenson
Betty Steliflue
Diane Terpening
Jo Ellen Runnestrand
Helen Knutson
Henry Solberg
Lloyd Anderson
Caledonia Officer to Return from Libya Route
Lieut. Com. Fritz Molitor reports from Libya that he will likely reach Caledonia in a month before heading to shore duty in San Diego. He is en route home to the Midwest community after serving overseas.
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Caledonia
Minn
Fritz Molitor
Libya
North Africa
San Diego
Takes Radio Course In Aerial Operation
ETTRICK Wis Special Clayton Mahlum World War II veteran takes a course in aerial radio operation and technique conducted in Kansas City Missouri. Mrs Mahlum is the former Elaine Williams of Ettrick and La Crosse.
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Ettrick, Wis
Clayton Mahlum
Kansas City
Hillsboro Moves In For Two Local Homes
Mr and Mrs Cecil Greeley bought the Mrs Grace Hornby home from the Hornby heirs and plan to move in around August 15 after making improvements. Will Liska sold his newly built house one block south of the Maraschowsky building to his nephew Joe Liska. James Holak purchased the vacant lot on the same street from Mr and Mrs Will Stein, locating one block north of the city hall.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Cecil Greeley
Grace Hornby
Hornby
Will Liska
Maraschowsky
Joe Liska
James Holak
Will Stein
City Hall
Requiem Held for Pvt Thomas E Murphy at Gays Mills
Services were held Thursday at St Marys Catholic Church Gays Mills for Pvt Thomas E Murphy army air force serviceman returned from Europe for burial in Sacred Heart cemetery Wauzeka. Rt Rev Msgr Thomas E O Shaughnessy and Rev John Agnew officiated with aid from local Legion posts. Gays Mills businesses closed and flags flown in tribute.
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Gays Mills
Wis
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Thomas E. Murphy
Army Air Force
Sacred Heart
Wauzeka
Murphy
Leo Murphy
Thomas E. O'Shaughnessy
John Agnew
McCormick - Rose Legion Post
Radio Pastor Speaks At New Amsterdam
Anton Cedarholm a radio preacher from St. Paul will deliver the sermon Sunday morning at the New Amsterdam Presbyterian church in New Amsterdam Wisconsin.
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New Amsterdam
Wis
Anton Cedarholm
New Amsterdam Presbyterian Church
St. Paul
13-Year-Old 4 H Club Girl Killed Near Mauston
Marjorie Ruth Scoville 13, of Lindina township Juneau County, died after being crushed when the horse she was mounting reared and trampled her. She died at Manston hospital about a half hour later. Survivors include her parents and two sisters. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Methodist church.
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Mauston
Wis
Marjorie Ruth Scoville
Jusneau County
Marjorie
Clifford Leo Scoville
Lindina
Manston Hospital
Juneau County
Lois Jean
Patricia Rae
Crandall Funeral Home
Manston
Methodist Church
Fleet
Viola Church Dedicates New Electric Organ in Viola Wis
Viola Wisconsin special service dedication of the church organ with a $2000 legacy from Dick Gribble funding the memorial. Dr George H McAhren former pastor spoke. Bishop Fred L Dennis led the response. Floyd Mevis and Merlin Orheke of Janesville were guest organists. Regular organists are Mrs Minnie Murless and Mrs Norman Wheeler.
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Viola
Wis
Viola Evangelical United Brethren Church
Dick Gribble
George H. McAhren
Fred L. Dennis
Indianapolis
Floyd Mevis
Merlin Orheke
Janesville
Buck Creek Circle Plans Annual Picnic at Fay Allen Home
The Buck Creek circle in Ferryville Wisconsin plans its annual picnic Sunday August 15 at Fay Allen's home. Mrs. Allen leads the circle and members will provide lunch for a large crowd. Now in its third year the picnics raise funds for the group.
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Ferryville
Wis
Buck Creek Circle
Fay Allen
Whitehall playground program to close August 14
Whitehall will close its playground program for the season on August 14. Thome as Larson, director, announces the closure but Larson will continue as lifeguard at the bathing beach.
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Whitehall
Wis
Thome
Larson
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