Viroqua selects site for new city pool in Western ave block
A several acre tract east of Eckhart on Western avenue between West Decker and Independence streets has been chosen as Viroqua Wisconsin’s pool site. Excavation will start after WPA approval and engineering plans, with the project modeled after the Lancaster pool at an estimated cost of 23000 dollars and city cost of 1800 dollars. A county board special session is planned Tuesday August 27 to discuss old age pensions. Newlyweds Theressa Fortney and Daniel Borgen wed at Mrs Fortney’s home with sixty relatives attending, the bride taught Beloit schools and the groom works in the University of Wisconsin chemistry department.
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Viroqua
Wis
Western Avenue
West Decker
Independence Street
WPA
Madison
Lancaster
Melvin Vance
County Board of Supervisors
D. O. Mahoney
Pedra Fortney
Theressa Fortney
Daniel Borgen
D. T. Borgen
Borgen
University of Wisconsin
Immanuel Church Choir
Immigrants' Preacher Pinkert Dies in New York
The Rev. Maximilian Pinkert aged 66, who preached to immigrants on Ellis Island for 29 years, died at his New York home. Funeral services are planned for Saturday. prior to serving in New York he led a Lutheran church in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
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New York
Maximilian Pinkert
Ellis Island
Pinkert
Oconomowoc
Wis
Peachy Recipes With Fruit Now In Season
Peachy recipes celebrate sun ripened fruit with peaches featured in broiled peaches with lamb chops and ham pairings. A frozen peach salad, ice box cake, and peach based freezes showcase desserts and chilled dishes. A peach ice box cake serves eight with layered wafers and melt in your mouth fillings.
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Mary E. Dague
NEA Service
Hundred-Year-Old Walks Mile and Half to City Hall
George Wilder, aged 100 on July 26, walked one and a half miles from his Aurora home to the city hall to invite Mayor C. M. Bjorseth to attend a local old settlers picnic on August 29.
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Aurora
George Wilder
C. M. Bjorseth
Old Settlers
Speckled Sea Trout Reigns As Gulf’s Best Eating Game Fish
In Biloxi Mississippi Anthony V Ragusin notes the speckled sea trout as the Gulf coast’s premier eating game fish. He highlights red headed wooden plugs and live shrimp as top baits, recalls catching twenty speckles near Breton Island, and mentions bays rivers and bayous as prime fishing grounds in fall.
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Gulf
Anthony V. Ragusin
NEA
Biloxi
Gulf Coast
Breton Island
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pierre Le,Moyne d’Iberville
NEA Service, Inc
Holmen High School Opens September 2 1935
Holmen Wisconsin special report: Holmen high school will start the 1935-36 year on Monday September 2 with registration in the morning and class assignments. There will be no school in the afternoon for a teachers meeting. Improvements include refinished floors new stairs and redecorated classrooms. New cabinet and wardrobe added to sewing room and more shelving. Elective subjects broadened. Faculty listed: Miss Agnes Hisetfer English and Latin Miss Mercedes Anderson home economics and social science John Stanton agriculture and science L H Halverson principal.
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Holmen
Wis
Holmen High School
Agnes Hisetfer
Mercedes Anderson
John Stanton
L. H. Halverson
L.H. Halverson
Alaska Colonists Satisfied in Matanuska Valley
Seattle, June 21 Representative C Elmer Dietrich a member of the house territorial committee returned from a three month Alaska tour and said twenty families in the Matanuska valley are satisfied they will have homes built before winter. He noted settlement will improve as some who left did not fit in and authorities feel the area will be better off.
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Seattle
Wash
Matanuska Valley
C. Elmer Dietrich
D.-Pa
House
Territorial Committee
Alaska
Sheet Metal Workers May Take Examination
The U S civil service commission announces an open competitive examination for sheet metal worker at a salary of 1690 per year. Qualifications include U S citizenship, four years of apprenticeship or equivalent experience, not past age 48 by September 9, and sound health. Call 323 for expert Want Ad assistance.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
United States
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Wansau
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John Schridter
Walter W. Harmony
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Sportsman's Scrapbooe
Buehler Brothers. Inc
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Libby
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England
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