Entry Day Opens 37th Houston County Fair Schedule
Sept 1 marks entry day for the 37th Houston County Agricultural Society exposition in Caledonia Minnesota. The three day fair features Thrill Acts led by the Bourney-Carrathees bank linked agency and KNWIXY radio, plus performances by the Wright Duo and Monte and Yvonne. Children’s entertainment includes Demeter bears with performers on roller skates and bicycle stunts. Looming exhibits highlight crops, livestock, handwork, and home economies as Secretary Zimmerhake notes extensive entries and a festive, rope-free crowd space.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houton
Demeter
Herara
Wkates
Bleyvclea
Wright
Chuck Brown
Irma
Reo
Larry Noble
Zimmerhake
Houston County
D4immerhike
De Soto celebrates Mrs Tews Mellem's 78th birthday
In De Soto Wisconsin a family gathering honored Mrs Tews Mellem on her 78th birthday at her home. Relatives and friends attended as Bra Lewis Mellem joined in the celebration. The item notes local party customs and a festive scene.
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de Soto
Desoto
Wis
Tews Mellem
Bra. Lewis Mellem
Area Couple Bound Over To Court On Neglect Count
In Vernon county Wisconsin Clarence Larson and his wife Eva Readstown bound over to circuit court on neglect charges for three children ages three six and 10. Their bonds of 1000 each were signed by both spouses after waiving preliminary exam. Testimony at a previous hearing described the family's alcohol related behavior with police and witnesses. The couple was ordered to stay out of taverns and avoid neglect pending circuit court proceedings.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Clarence Larson
Eva
Readstown
Browort
Theron Coppernal
Floyd Potter
Vernon
Garson
Coppernal
Larson
Potter
Soldiers Grove
Henry Sime
Sime
Neprud
Wencil Stanek Earns Wings at Hillsboro Home Leave
Wencil M Stanek son of Mr and Mrs Wencil Stanek Greenwood township recently earned his naval aviation wings and will report to duty on an air craft carrier with torpedo planes after his leave He will be based at San Diego Calif Stanek enlisted in 1945 completed intensive training at multiple locations including Dickin son North Dakota the University of Wisconsin Glenview Corpus Christi Pensacola and Jacksonville He is the fourth son in his family to serve in the armed forces with two brothers serving in the Asia-Pacific and European theaters during World War II.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Wencil M. Stanek
Wencil Stanek
Greenwood Township
San Dlivo
Calif
Stanek
Dickingon
N. D
University of Wiscons Ain
Navy Air Field
Glenview
Corpus Christi
Tex
Pensacola
Fla
Jacksonville
Flin
Edward
Air Corps
Ernest
Leyte
Philippines
Okinawa
One Corp
Ariic
Plan Waukon Corn Festival Approves Chairman and Committee
Howard Hanson was named chairman of the annual Waukon Corn Day celebration to be sponsored by local business men this fall. Assisting Hanson on the general committee are M. L. Connor Elmer Johnson and FP D Cote. Other committees will be named.
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Waukon
Spencalj
Howard Hanson
Hanson
M. L. Connor
Elmer Johnson
FP. D. Cote
Hoist Break Causes Farm Injury and Horse Fall
Martin Stanek, 47, a farmer near La Farge, is hospitalized in Hillsboro with a fractured hip after a barn hoist broke on August 17. Nearby, 15 year old Harry Woodard of Ontario fell from a horse on August 18, injuring his shoulder with no arm fracture.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Martin Stanek
la Farge
Harry Woodard
Joe Woodard
Ontario
Galesville Post Office Faces Name Confusion
Sylvester George, the new owner moving to the Herbert Bockenhauer farm on Oct 1, creates a mail mix up with local resident George Sylvester who runs a Shell service station in Galesville. The two men share the same names reversed, risking misdelivered letters in the Wisconsin town.
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Gale
Galesville
Wis
Herbert Bockenhauners
Sylvester George
George Sylvester
Arcadia
Hold GI Rites At Bangor Return Sgt Freng For Reburial
Bangor Wisconsin special report on funeral services for 5 Sg t Carl youn Orlando Freng killed at Anzio April 4 1944. Services to be held at Bells Coulee Lutheran church Sunday at 2 p m with Rev Paul son presiding and burial in Burns cemetery. Freng entered service 1941 married Betsy McClintock in 1942. Surviving parents Carl ton and Mrs. Freng a sister Lea Schaller Bangor and brothers Carroll and Duaine. Anderson Good post Bangor to conduct military rites.
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Bangor
Wis
Carlyoun Orlando Freng
Anzio
Italy
Bells Coulee Lutheran
Paulson
Burns Cemetery
Freng
Betsy McClintock
Raymond Dahl
West Salem
Carlton Freng
Lea Schaller
Carroll
Duaine
la Crosse
Anderson-Good
Sermons Scheduled Across Wisconsin Lutheran Churches
ETTRICK Wisconsin SpesieMes The Fev George WUmlden Crosse will conduct sermons at Zion Lutheran Blair on Sunday August 22 at 515 PM and at North Beaver Creek Lutheran Ettrick Township at 200 PM due to Pastor Luther Borgen absence. Rev S E Verang of Gal esville will conduct services at Hardies Creek Lutheran 930 AM French Creek Lutheran 130 PM and South Beaver Creek Lutheran 800 PM.
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Ettrick
Wis
SpesieMes
George Wumlden
Crosse
Zion Lutheran Church
Blair
North Beaver Creek Lutheran Church
Ettrick Kaownship
Luther Borgen
S. E. Verang
Galesville
Hardies Creek Lutheran Church
French Creek Lutheran Church
South Beaver Creek Lutheran Church
Oakdale Co op Reports Year of Growth and Growth in Rural Lines
Lloyd McCaskey, manager of Oakdale electric cooperative, reports 234 miles of new line and 636 new customers, bringing total members to 2,907 as of Aug 1, 1948. The report aligns with nationwide REA expansion, noting May 1948 rural connections and line energizations set records, with REA borrowers operating 652,976 miles serving 2,220,788 rural consumers by May 31 and adding 105,595 miles and 377,437 consumers in the 11 months of the 1948 fiscal year.
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Oakdale
Wis
Lloyd McCaskey
Oakdale Electric Cooperative
Oakdale Cooperative
Department of Agriculture
Rea-Finance
REA
Callahan Brothers Visit In Ettrick Farms Heritage Steeped
ETTRICK Wis Special The Callahan brothers Peter and Michael Irish pioneers of Ettrick total their ages to 180 years. Peter, 69, lives with daughter Mrs William Bishop in South Beaver Creek and was born February 9 1853 in Easton Bas ton Massachusetts. He married Catherine Corcoran and later lived in La Crosse as a traveling photographer. Michael, 91, born January 31 1857 in Boston, spent years as a paper hanger and decorator in La Crosse before returning to Ettrick. The brothers’ family includes a son Arnold in Milwaukee and multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren. A familiar sight this summer was the Callahan boy visiting on village street corners.
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Ettrick
Wis
Callahan Brothers
Peter
Michael
William Bishop
South Beaver Creek
Baston
Mass
James Callahan
Nates
Irching
Ettrick Township
Seiling
Beaver Creek
Catherine Ellen Corcoran
la Crosse
Callahen
Callahan
Bishop
Arnold
Milwaukee
Stanley Bishop
Paul Bishop
Erwin Walter
Michael Callahan
Boston
Lai Crosse
Mary Flaherty
Copeland Avenue
Monroe County Institute Set For Tuesday at Sparta Hall
Monroe County Superintendent Olie Swanson announces the annual institute for rural and state funded teachers will be held at a Sparta hall on Tuesday August 24. Enrollment opens at 9 15 a.m. with Dr Morris Graf discussing university extension courses at 9 30 a.m. Senator C W Neale speaks on new education legislation at 10 40 a.m. and Blue Cross for teachers is discussed by Margaret Hull. A noon luncheon follows a business session led by Miss Tiny Sykest. Afternoon features Helen and Harriet Menn singing at 1 15 p.m. Catherine Campbell on Health Education, a Washington National Life Company rep speaks at 2 p.m. and the meeting closes with Swanson’s announcements and group sessions led by Tillie Sylfest and Elma Sholes.
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Sparta. Wis
Olie Swanson
Monroe County
Sparta
Morris Graf
la Crosse
Blue Cross
Margaret Hull
Monroe County Teacher's Association
TiNie Sykest
Emery
Helen
Harriet Menn
Catherine Campbell
State Board of Health
Washington National Lance Company
Swanson
Tillie Sylfest
Elma Sholes
Viola Flower Show Success At Viola Community Center
In Viola Wisconsin the annual flower show sponsored by the Viola Metho dist church men’s brotherhood drew several hundred attendees on Saturday August 14. The 81 exhibitors offered 152 entries plus numerous bouquets baskets and plants. An antiques display dating to 1780 featured quilts bedspreads and other period items. the event also included a free movie to close.
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Viola
Wis
Men's Brotherhood of the
Viola Methodist Church
Wisconsin
Altar Society Food Sale Set Friday in Ettriche
Members of St. Bridget’s Catholic Altar Society will hold a boxed food sale on Friday August 20 at 8 p m under the canopy of Erick Remus gasoline station. Mrs Willard Mack and Mrs Lewis Larson of Bear Creek lead the committee.
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Ettriche
Wis
St. Bridget’s Catholic Altar Society
Easter Lily Now In Bloom In August
Holmen Wisconsin. Mrs. Fred Martin showed an Easter lily blooming unusually in August with three large blossoms on the stem. Gifted at Easter, the plant bloomed again after the weather warmed and was set near the house opposite the creamery plant.
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Holmen
Wis
Fred Martin
Lilies Attract Flower Lovers After Pruned Plant Growth
A damaged OCR fragment describes a plant where pruning led to new wide leaves and budding, producing lilies that attract many flower lovers. The readable text emphasizes growth after pruning and the resulting attractive lilies.
Erect Station and Garage North of Frenchville
Bert Emerson and his brother-in-law Oscar Strand are erecting a concrete block service stall and garage on federal highway 53 just north of Frenchville. The 48 by 28 feet building is being built by Albert Johns, Theodore Moen, and Oscar Severson of Blair, authorized and 42 paid for by Withrow, secretary, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Winneshick County Fair Opens With Strong Harness Field
Winneshiek county fair opens with record purses drawing larger entries across horse and running races. Harness events slated Friday and Sunday, with Saturday card featuring the 118 pacers and 2:18 frontiers. Entries come from La Crosse Limeys er Mineral Point Wisconsin Warenton Marswall? West Union Iowa Rochester and Janesville. Wheat baby beef sale features 65 animals, while 4 H boys show growing participation and best entries yet.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County Fair
Tranment
la Crosse
Limeasyer
Mineral Poin
Wis. Warerton
Marswallsown
West Union
Iawa
Rochester
Janesville
Mainn
Siurda Tunnr Reces
Wisconsin dairy exhibit at Buffalo County Fair
At the Buffalo fair August 26 29 a Wisconsin dairy exposition section will be hosted by Vern Hendrickson. University of Wisconsin specialists Walter Spreiter Evert Wallenfeldt and Gary Neuzke oversee the exhibit in the dairy barn near the model milkhouse. Local farmers may discuss building electrification and dairy problems with experts offering up to date information.
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Wis
Buffalo
Vern Hendrickson
Aaric Hersstren
University of Wisconsin
Walter Spreiter
Evert Wallenfeldt
Gari Neuzke
Ettrick Ladies Bake Sale Nets $130 for Congress Communes
Ettrick Wisconsin special sale by the Lutheran ladies art society cleared $130 at a rummage and bake sale held Saturday in the Knutson building on Main street. Proceeds benefit the Congress communes. Geo. W. assisted.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick Lutheran Ladies Art Society
Knutson
Main Street
Congress Communes
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