Sparta Defeats Annexation Plan Name Cashton Fest Planners
CASHTON Wis Special Dr Moen and Arvid Einer co chairmen announce committees for fifth annual Fall Festival sponsored by the Cashion American Legion Post Dates set for 1952 festival Sept 13 and 14 Committee chairmen include Moen parade Ted Cole concessions James Homstad Sunday night show H E Strand finance Ed Misna and Norris Olson police Donald Hundt and M L Flickinger dance at Community Hall A J Dettmann and Edward E Berens dance at Legion Hall Clement Neuheisel and Howard Schell kitchen at Legion Hall Leonard Bolstad and Gerald Trescher dugout Lloyd Peterson Conrad Hansen and Richard Oswald beer tent Herb Von Ruden Casper Schaub and John A Schreier and Cole building stands H M Bartlett and E L Bessey publicity Al Stuckey and Mrs M L Flickinger exhibits at tobacco warehouse
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Cashton
Wis
In. H. Moen
Arvid Einer
Cashion American Legion Post
Dr. Moen
Ted Cole
James Homstad
H. E. Strand
Ed Misna
Norris Olson
Police
Donald Hundt
M. L. Flickinger
Community Hall
A. J. Dettmann
Edward E Berens
Legion Hall
Clement Neuheisel
Howard ‘Schell
Leonard Bolstad
Gerald Trescher
Lloyd Peterson
Conrad Hansen
Richard Oswald
Herb von Ruden
Casper Schaub
John A. Schreier
Cole
H. M. Bartlett
E. L. Bessey
al Stuckey
Tobacco Warehouse
Engineers Learn Trade Under Fire at Camp McCoy
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin Company B of the 199th Engineer Combat Battalion completed a two week on the job training project building and resurfacing 13 miles of roads and parking lots. They produced 2500 yards of crushed rock from a limestone quarry and built a surplus stockpile. Lt Raymond Peters notes the training value and field experience gained under simulated battle conditions. The unit maintained a 100 percent safety record and demonstrated strong esprit de corps as they operated drills blasting rock and using heavy equipment.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
199Th Engineer Combat Battalion
McCoy
Raymond Peters
Hutchison, Kans
Kansas
New Guinea
Korea
Greenhorns
St. Peters
Peters
199Th
Donald Anderson
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Homer Dunn
Cincinnati
Five Nun Daughters Visit Elroy Home
Mr and Mrs Joseph Collins Sr hosted their five daughters who are nuns visiting Elroy Wisconsin for a week Sisters Clare Elizabeth Agnes Carmel Emile and Helen Loretto plus guest Sister Ann Thomasine plan to report to their mother houses in Minneapolis and St Paul on August 15 for new assignments
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Elroy
Wis
Joseph Collins Sr
Clare
Elizabeth
Agnes Carmel
Emile
Helen Loretto
Ann Thomasine
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Elroy School Increases Hot Lunch Ticket Price
Elroy Wisconsin special report says the Elroy school board approved a rise in hot lunch tickets to 1.15 dollars per week starting September. The move comes amid higher costs and fewer government commodities.
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Elroy
Wis
Mauston to Buy Land for New Grade School
Mauston Wisconsin special meeting votes to purchase about three acres at Linden and Grove Streets for a new grade school site. The Dusell property is owned by Ivan and Fay Dusell. Board may buy additional adjacent land if needed. Estimated building cost $84,000, expected to cover site.
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Mauston, Wis
Mauston
Linden and
Grove Streets
Ivan
Fay Dusell
Gays Mills FHA girls at Wisconsin State Fair demonstrations
Patricia Jameson and Marlene Dexter, Gays Mills FHA seniors, will demonstrate flower arranging and silver and furniture work in the model home utility room at the Youth Building during the State Fair. On the 16th 17th and 18th Trudice Zajicek and Mary Jean Boland will also perform similar demonstrations and showcase clothes ironing and freezing fruits and vegetables.
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Gays Mills
Wis
Patricia Jameson
Marlene Dexter
Gays Mills Fha
Patricia
Marlene
Trudice Zajicek
Mary Jean Boland
Seneca Fha
Leita Slayton
Seneca
Dakota-Dresbach Unity Club Auxiliary Ham Dinner
The Dakota-Dresbach Unity Club Auxiliary will hold its annual ham supper at the D and D Cabin in Dakota Minnesota starting at 6 p.m. It will be a potluck affair with the group providing ham and members bringing their own service, sandwiches, and one other food item. The dinner is open to all auxiliary members and families with Mrs. Carl Iverson assisting alongside O Mueller, E Waldow, J Hesselgrave, H Baerwald, and W Waas.
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Dakota, Minn
Dakota-Dresbach Unity Club
Carl Iverson
Mmes. O. Mueller
E. Waldow
J. Hesselgrave
H. Baerwald
W. Waas
Tomah Chamber Directs Mail Election For Director
Tomah Wisconsin special report states chamber members vote by mail to elect a three year director. Incumbent L W Kenny term ends as nominations list Burris Donovan Johnson Kenny Kress Larkin Loehr McCurdy O Meara Rose Schweppe Woodliff for the ballot. James Langwell to act as vote teller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Tomah Chamber of Commerce
Board of
L. W. Kenny
C. C. Burris
Dr. S. F. Donovan
Art Johnson
Fred Kress
Jack Larkin
Hilmer Loehr
M. McCurdy
Charles O'Meara
Paul Rose
H. C. Schweppe
Earl Woodliff
James Langwell
Fifty-Fourth Coulee Region tribute to Dakota Minn in aerial view
La Crosse Tribune highlights Dakota Minnesota population 300 on a scenic Mississippi River corridor between La Crosse and Winona along Highways 14 and 61. Points shown include Dakota Public Grade School U S Highways 14 61 Milwaukee Railroad Mississippi River churches and community landmarks.
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Coulee
la Crosse Tribune
Dakota, Minn
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Winona
Dakota
Winona County
U.S
Milwaukee Railroad
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Methodist Church
Nadine
Iverson Lumberyard
Terpstra Feed Mill
Milwaukee Rail+road Depot
Dresbach and
Dakota) Club
Dakota Mayor and Wife Featured in Wildwood Leader
Dakota Minnesota Mayor John Donehower and his wife were photographed with their son Weston and his wife in a Wildwood New Jersey feature. The party toured Cape May and Atlantic counties, observed Wildwood’s city hall governance, and shared a river motif remark about the Mississippi. Donehower recently sold his 52 year old Dakota merchandise business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Minn
John Donehower
Wildwood
N.J
Weston
Donehower
Harry Steele Jr
Bernard Maxwell
A. E. Tedesco
Capa May County
Atlantic County
Donehowers
Steele
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi
la Crosse Tribune
Mississippi River
Spring Grove Area Ladies Aids Meet
The Black Hammer Lutheran Ladies Aid meets Thursday at the Spring Grove church with a foreign missions program planned by Mrs. Theodore Ike as chairman. Hostesses will be Ames. Arnold Onstad and Peter Onstad. The Waterloo Ridge Ladies Aid also meets Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the church with hostesses Mmes. Iver Raaen, Almer Bergeson, Laura Vongroven and Lewis Overhaug.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Black Hammer Lutheran Ladies Aid
Theodore Ike
Beames
Arnold Onstad
Peter Onstad
Waterloo Ridge
Two Trempealeau 4 H girls to demo at state fair
Whitehall Wisconsin two Trempealeau County 4 H club girls Rhea Van Vleet and Eileen Brenengen from the Tri School Workers Club in the southern part of the county will spend three days at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee next week as kitchen demonstrators in the home area department. They will work in the kitchen of the home area, demonstrating planning and preparing an afternoon party.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Rhea van Vleet
Eileen Brenengen
Tri-School Workers Club
Milwaukee
Houston Fair To Repeat Unique Wild Life Exhibition
Caledonia Minnesota special report on the Houston County Fair opening August 27 to 30. Mickey the trained squirrel and Stinky the disarmed skunk return to the wildlife exhibit in the Game and Fish Building with a new deer and possibly a bear cub. Local club workers rebuilt cages cleaned fish tanks and prepared a pond for wild ducks and pheasants as State Game and Fish trucks bring in large fish for the exhibit.
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Houston Fair
Caledonia, Minn
Mickey
Stinky
Gengler
State Game and Fish Department
Wiener roast for Ettrick Sunday school tots
First grade pupils in the Ettrick Lutheran Sunday school gathered at teacher Mrs. Ben Erickson's home for a wiener roast. Attending were Nyla and William Pederson Charles and Paulson Robert Terpening Sonja Hogden James Ekern Ronald Mitchell and Sonja Erickson Bur Savings Bonds.
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Ettrick, Wis
Ettrick Lutheran Sunday School
Ben Erickson
Nyla
William Pederson
Charles and Paulson
Robert Terpening
Sonja Hogden
James Ekern
Ronald Mitchell
Sonja Erickson
Proposal Loses By One Vote in Sparta Annexation Fight
Sparta Wisconsin special report: the City Council defeated an annexation plan by a 5 to 1 vote with two aldermen absent and one opposition. The 3.8 acre site near 21 proposed FHA housing units would have required city water sewer curbs streets at about $12,614. Mississippi Valley Construction offered to cover extras. Jason Jones opposed.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta City Council
Nathan Shlimovitz
Shlimoevitz
Mississippi Valley Construction Company
O. O. Bergman
Harry L. Beckman
L. J. Goodman
Jason Jones
W. T. Meyer
J. F. Morse
Meeting Series Begins In Ontario
A series of meetings conducted by Alec Studnicka of Muscoda Wisconsin and Paul Eliot of Arlington Iowa began Sunday in a tent at the north edge of Ontario Wisconsin The public is welcome.
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Ontario
Wis
Alec Studnicka
Muscoda
Paul Eliot
Arlington
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Tribune Atrial
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Caledonia Rods and Gun Club
J. C. Gengler
Beanie Sheehan
John Zenner
Frank Morey
Francis Klug
Bur Savings
Jones
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