Hesper Mabel Steam Engine Days Set for Sept 11 13
The annual Hesper and Mabel Steam Engine Days festival runs Friday to Sunday September 11 12 and 13 in Mabel Minnesota. A talent contest on the main platform opens the event with two parades at 1 30 p m Saturday and Sunday. Rides for children by Davidson United States and Shows plus a helicopter ride, a new Steam Engine Queen selected Saturday night, tractor pull Sunday 3 p m, Shrine Cycle Patrols from Rochester and Winona, Troubadours, Ronnie Eastman, Skydivers Unlimited, chicken barbecue by the Mabel Lions Club, door prizes including a 1964 Chevrolet sedan and a TV set, fireworks, old steam engines and wood sawing demonstrations. Odell Lee Sr is general chairman.
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Mabel, Minn
Hesper and Mabel
Davidson United
Mabel Business Association
Mabel Legion Hall
Shrine Cycle
Rochester
Winona
Main
Troubadours
Ronnie Eastman
Mabel Lions Club
Creamery
Hesper Improvement Club
Odell Lee Sr
Upper Midwest
Trempealeau School Opens August 24
Trempealeau Wisconsin adds the 1964 65 school year with students reporting at 8 35 on August 24. Two days of faculty in service on August 20 and 21 will introduce a new mathematics program and art and music developments.
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Trempealeau
Wis
Benjamin Campa
Osceola
Albina Haniff
Allen Goetzman
James Larson
Duane Freuchie
Verne Olson
Albert Schultz
Lois Fetting
Carolyn Kosidowski
New Albin Class Of 29 Holds Second Reunion
New Albin Iowa class of 1929 gathered August 9 at the Cavalier Inn La Crosse for a second reunion. John McCormack presided. Attendees from New Albin Sauk City Dubuque and other towns shared memories and discussed another reunion set for July 1965 in New Albin.
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New Albin
Iowa
Cavalier Inn
la Crosse
John McCormack
Bismarck
N.D
Harold Bellows
Milton Zielenski
Overland, Mo
Arnold
Zeta Crowley) Anderson
Sauk City
Ina (Gantenbein
Marks
Joe
Mae Sires
Elmer
Eleanor Wild) Bechtel
Waukon
Walter Mack
Leonard Crowley
Waterloo
Kjome Named To FHA Houston County Unit
Spring Grove Minnesota news reports Andrew Kjome named to the three member Houston County Farmers Home Administration Committee for a three year term. He succeeds Nels Gulbranson whose term expired this year.
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Kjome
Houston
Spring Grove
Minn
Andrew Kjome
Houston County Farmers Home Administration Committee
Nels Gulbranson
Three Cooperators Added To Soil Rolls
WAUKON Iowa three new cooperators were added to the Allamakee County Soil Conservation District They are Dean Thorstensen Loretta Mullarky and Robert Buckmaster.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County
Severson files to run for Trempealeau County register of deeds
Mrs Gerald Severson of Galesville has filed nomination papers to seek the Trempealeau County register of deeds post in the September 8 primary on the Republican ticket. She is a Trempealeau County native, former school board president, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church organist, and past North Centerville Homemaker Club officer. Her sons Roger and Charles live in Wisconsin and California respectively.
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Kenneth Drugan
Adam Sonsalla
John Lucas
Harry Eichman
John Pittenger
Kenneth Wagner
Leona Wagner
Herman Eichman
David Ties
Lois Gilberg
Gertrude Stellpflug
Nora Hjelsand
Esther Robinson
Trempealeau
Marion Nichols
Centerville
Board of Education
Gerald Severson
T. C. Harris
Earl Malles
O. M. Leavitt
Leonard Bender
Galesville
Wis
Trempealeau County Register of Deeds
Sigrid Schansberg
Louis Schansberg
Schansberg
Whitehall
Trempealeau County
Roger
Tamairack
Winona State
Charles
United Airlines
Burlingame
Calif
Registration Set For New Students In West Salem
West Salem Wis registration for all new students K 12 in the district will be held Aug 20. New students and parents register at West Salem Elementary School office on West Garland between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Bring educational records and birth certificate.
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West Salem
Wis
West Garland
Taylor Fire Department Busy Weekend in Wisconsin
Taylor Volunteer Fire Department responded to multiple grass and marsh fires in Trump and Vosse Coulees, tied to electric fences and wiring under vehicle dashboards. Crews battled fires at Vilas Benedict farm, Sylfest farm, a car fire near High way 95, and a pine tree blaze behind the local high school with short to several hour shifts and minimal damage overall.
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Taylor
Wis
Taylor Volunteer
Vilas Benedict
Trump Coulee
Sylfest Farm
Glen Benedict
Vosse Coulee
Roger Finstad
Kenosha
Whitehall
Highway 95
Houston GOP Meets Wednesday in Spring Grove
The Houston County Republican Party will hold an 8 p.m. meeting Wednesday at Spring Grove City Hall. The district chairwoman and district fieldman are listed as guests.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Houston County
Republican Party
Allamakee Jurors Are Selected for September Term
Allamakee County jurors for the September district court term have been chosen. The term opens September 1 before Judge G B Richter. jurors include Teresa O Hearn Barbara Cote Joseph Fahey Leora Flage Idella Gallagher Bonnie Hager Althea Harrison John Hausman Virgil Herman Leslie Hull Helen Johanningmeier James Meighan Dorothy Nagel Virgil Opfer Alice Palas Charles Ryan Patricia Schwamman Robert Stock Ben Treendle Lloyd Weber Dean Downing all from Waukon. additional jurors from Waterville Lansing Dorchester Postville Monona New Albin Harpers Ferry Spring Grove.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County
G. B. Richter
Teresa O’hearn
Barbara Cote
Joseph Fahey
Leora Flage
Idella Gallagher
Bonnie Hager
Althea Harrison
John Hausman
Virgil Herman
Leslie Hull
Helen Johanningmeier
James Meighan
Dorothy Nagel
Virgil Opfer
Alice Palas
Charles Ryan
Patricia Schwamman
Robert Stock
Ben Treendle
Lloyd Weber
Dean Downing
Emma Anderson
Jean Hagen
Emeline Jeglum
Marjorie Johnson
Doris Sorum
Eldon’ ‘Leas
Cora Lier
Waterville
Duane Bakewell
Donald Kerndt
Ida Mooney
James Peterson
Jean Rooney
John ‘Scholtes
Della Wendell
Lansing
Elmer Brinker
Mary Steinhart
Dorchester
Bette Eder
Salley Groth
Lorenz Kuhse
Clay Lawson
Kenneth Peake
Rodney Smith
Marvin Suckow
Janice Walby
Postville
Stanley Ewing
Lowell Walters
Monona
Dorothy Goettel
Virgil Whittle
Harpers Ferry
Lucille Mauss
Lorna
Whitehall Festival Hootenanny Draws Crowds
Whitehall Wis Folk Festival of the Nations presented as part of Beef and Dairy Day runs Friday to Sunday. In the high school gym the 8 p.m. program opens with songs from many nations in costume and ends with a modern American hootenanny. Directors William Dahl Loren Hanson. Accompanists Loren Hanson Suzanne Sheehy Richard Staff Tekla Anderson.
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall High School
William Dahl
Loren Hanson
Suzanne Sheehy
Richard Staff
Tekla Anderson
Viroqua Girl Serves With Peace Corps In Turkey
Judy Johnson of Viroqua Wisconsin serves in the Peace Corps in Turkey after training in Puerto Rico and Portland Oregon. She teaches home economics and sewing in villages near Zonguldak Iskenderun and interacts with Turkish families while learning language and customs.
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Turkey
Judith Johnson
Peace Corps
Neth Johnson
U.S. Peace Corps
Puerto Rico
Portland
Ore
Judy
Zonguldak
Black Sea
Iskenderun
Kennedy
Cindy
Antalya
Hokah Man Hosts 71st Birthday Watermelon Feast
Hokah Minnesota maintenance man Roy Giewitz celebrated his 71st birthday by entertaining about 60 youths in Hokah village park. This marked the 10th year he has held the birthday celebration in this manner.
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Hokah, Minn
Roy Giewitz
Hokah
Giewitz
Unopposed Republicans Vie For Monroe County Posts
Three Republican candidates run without opposition in Monroe County races. Donald Lee Goodman seeks a second term as district attorney in Sparta, Dr. Ed Lukasek, a Sparta physician, aims to succeed the retiring coroner, and Harley A. Sime seeks re election as county surveyor.
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Sparta
Wis
Tomah
Monroe County
Donald Lee Goodman
Groves St
Ed Edward 0. Lukassek
Pearl St
Candidate Calls For Increased Tech Training
In La Farge Wisconsin Democratic candidate Charles F Dahl for the 32nd District State Senate urged expanded post high school technical and vocational training. He noted youth unemployment and lack of qualifications as a major delinquency factor and suggested raising compulsory education age if needed. Dahl, a Vernon County Democratic picnic speaker and state college regent, argued for productive skills training.
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LA Farge
Wis
Charles F. Dahl
Dahl
Board of Regents of State Colleges
Vernon County
Brookwood Band Performs at Wisconsin State Fair
Brookwood High School band directed by Samuel Slaman played a 30 minute concert at the Wisconsin Fair in Ontario. Black River Falls High School and several other state bands appeared during the week with Crandon Colby River Valley Elkhorn and Mayville scheduled to perform on Tuesday August 18.
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Ontario
Wis
Brookwood
Samuel Slaman
Black River Falls
Crandon
Colby
River Valley
Elkhorn
Mayville
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Eugene Steffes
Richard Pampuch
Winifred Mattson
Audrey Nerby
Clarence Prindle
Dean Mewhorter
Hubert Parr
Evelyn Grover
Marjorie Mewhorter
Marjorie Brueggen
Beverly Nelson
Dolores Gallagher
Elaine Haug
Burdonna Drugan
Marlene Steffes
Jean Kribs
Joan Galewski
Sigrid Severson
Tremple County
Mrs. Severson
Taylor Fire Department
DR. Fixit
Viroqua
Mrs
Ken
Mediterranean
Nur Dag
Alexander the Great
Alexandria
Roy Tichenor
Don Kish JR
Wisconsin
Mt. Sterling
Crawford County
Readstown
Bureau of Reclamation
California
State Highway Commission
University of Wisconsin
Ethel Meyer
Harold
32Nd Infantry Division
Goodman
Ft. Lewis
Wash
American Legion
Knights of Columbus
Jaycees Chamber of Commerce
Betty
Kathleen
Mary
Mark
Lukasek
St. Mary's Hospital
Chicago
Ill
Chicago School of Medicine
St. Francis Hospital
Evanston
U.S. Army
South Pacific
American Medical Association
Wisconsin Medical Society
Monroe Medical Society
American Academy of General Practice
Kathryn Coey
Kathryn
Edward
Peter
Fredrick
Sime
Bokiz
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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