Thomson speaks on Wildcat Park Lake hope in Ontario
In Ontario Wisconsin Rep Vernon Thomson told a meeting of 100 plus attendees he would approach the U S Soil and Water Conservation Service about establishing a 240 acre lake at Wildcat Mountain State Park linking it to Kickapoo flood control. The plan hinges on Public Law 566 approval and possible one major project per state yearly.
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Wildcat Mountain State Park
Ontario
Mike Bishirian
Hillsboro
Hollis Meacham
Wilton
Wisconsin Coulee Region Association
Curt Linholm
Wisconsin Soil and Water Conservation Service
Vernon Thomson
Don Jones
Hope
Wildcat Park
la Crosse Tribune
Wis
Coulee
Thomson
Washington
la Farge
Norwalk
Tri-Creek
Madison
State Soil and Water Conservation Service
Billings Creek
Linholm
Bill Killian
Viroqua Area Schools Set Open Date and Enrollment
Viroqua area schools plan to open September 1 at 8:30 a.m. with initial enrollment about 2 024 students. Senior high projected at 442, junior high 467, and elementary 1 115. In service sessions for new teachers begin August 29, with staff breakfast August 30. Officials note repairs and trail work underway and six vacancies to fill. Wisconsin homemakers win national health and water safety awards.
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Viroqua
Wis
Edwin Sievers
Board of Education
Russell Diehl
Richard Wenzel
Wisconsin Education Association
Home Razed in Alma Center under Village Board Order
Alma Center Wisconsin The Art Rochester home on Main Street is being razed after the village board demanded repairs to meet health standards. Built by Louis Cowles more than 70 years ago the house will be demolished as part of enforcing the blighted area law with over 25 buildings in the village already repaired or razed.
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Alma Center
Wis
Rochester
Main Street
Louis Cowles
Luther Book Store Manager Named
Luther College in Decorah announces Paul Kilbert of Thousand Oaks California as new manager of the Luther College Book Store. He replaces Donald Hatlestad who resigned to take a book sales position. Kilbert is a Fresno native and a 1965 California Lutheran College graduate. He has managed the book store at California Lutheran College since graduation.
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Decorah
Iowa
Paul Kilbert
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Luther College
Donald Hatlestad
Kilbert
Fresno
California Lutheran College
Necedah Area Schools Form New Unit This Fall
Necedah High and Grade Schools and Rockview Rural School consolidate into Necedah Area Schools effective this fall after a July 1 merger. Registration is Friday Aug 26 at 1 30 p m. teachers report at 8 a m. Vacancies remain in library fifth grade and kindergarten.
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Necedah
Wis
Rockview
Necedah Area
Frank Worachek
Carolyn Suminski
Ashland
James Guilbault
Charles Allen
Phil Bicket
Tim Hallihan
Woman Moves From Galesville to Minneapolis
Mrs Elsie Hegg of Galesville is moving to live with her sister in Minneapolis. She was honored at a supper party hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Galesville
Wis
Elsie Hegg
Minneapolis
American Legion Auxiliary
Merrillan Girls Seek Jackson County Title
Diane Heath and Karen Holmgreen vie for Miss Jackson County at Black River Falls on Saturday August 27 during the Jackson County Fair. Heath is a Lincoln High School graduate and 1964 Alma Center strawberry queen. Holmgreen also a Lincoln alum and will be a junior at Eau Claire State University this fall.
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Merrillan
Wis
Diane Heath
Julian Heath
Karen Holmgreen
Marion Holmgreen
Jackson County
Miss Heath
Lincoln High School
Alma Center
Miss Holmgreen
Eau Claire State University
Black River Falls
Merrillan fire department limits calls to village only
Merrillan Fire Chief Mahlon Bue says the Merrillan Volunteer Fire Department will respond only within Merrillan village limits. Town of Alma residents must call the Alma Center Fire Department at 964 5251. Merrillan firefighters will assist Alma Center only when requested by Chief Darrell Edwards.
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Merrillan
Wis
Mahlon Bue
Alma
Alma Center
Darrell Edwards
New Apartments and Homes Rise in West Salem
West Salem Wis A surge in building this summer brings two new apartment houses Cur tis Stavle and Raymer apartments across from the new high school Also under construction are Warren Brun's home on South Tilson Street Alfred Wehrson W Garland Howard Raymer and Leonard Sprain houses on Park Street Previously completed last fall were homes of Robert Leicht Ted Kneifl and Eugene Huffman
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West Salem
Wis
Curtis Stavle
Raymer
New High School
Warren Brun
South Tilson Street
Alfred Wehrson W. Garland
Howard Raymer
Leonard Sprain
Park Street
Robert Leicht
Ted Kneifl
Eugene Huffman
Ferryville OK for Mississippi River ramp project
The Public Service Commission orders Ferryville Crawford County to build a 145 by 30 foot boat ramp along the Mississippi River near public parking. Construction must finish by September 15, 1968 under state authority.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Ferryville
Crawford County
Mississippi River
State Public Service Commission
Federal Land Bank Names Decorah Manager
Paul Cote formerly connected with the Federal Land Bank Association of Omaha has been named manager of the Decorah Federal Land Bank Association, effective September 19, pending any changes in assignment.
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Federal Land Bank
Waukon
Iowa
Paul Cote
Federal Land Bank Association of Omaha
Decorah
La Crescent Woman Hurt In Collision
SPARTA Wis Mrs Marian Elizabeth Deyo 35 of La Crescent Minnesota was seriously injured in a two car crash 1.5 miles east of Sparta on U S Highway 16 at 11 pm Saturday. She rode with her husband Keith 33 who rammed the rear of a car driven by Robert Jackson 18 of Bellaire Ohio. Jackson swung into Deyo s lane from a driveway the impact wrecked the windshield and left Deyo in fair condition at St Mary s Hospital Sparta The Jackson car plunged into a ditch and was a total loss while Deyo s 1965 model car sustained about 1000 in damage. Carolyn Knutson 17 of Sparta was a passenger in Jackson s car and unhurt.
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Marian Deyo
la Crescent
Minn
Robert Jackson
Belair
Ohio
Sparta
Deyo
Wis
Marian Elizabeth Deyo
Keith
Bellaire
Dale Trowbridge
Jackson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Softball's rise from Chicago gym to playgrounds nationwide
The piece notes an estimated 20 million Americans play softball annually. It traces the game's origins to a Chicago gymnasium in 1887 and its spread to playgrounds in Chicago Minneapolis and other cities.
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United States
Chicago
Minneapolis
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