Warrens Opens School With Transfer Plan for 1965
Warrens Wisconsin announces the start of classes for grades one through eight on August 31 at 8:30 a.m. with kindergarten reporting September 2 at 8:45. District changes move Star Valley pupils to Warrens facilities, with bus routes for those under and over two miles, and a Star School building for kindergarten only.
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Warrens
Wis
Tomah
Star Valley
Star School
Warrens School
Myron Guthrie
Ellen Peterson
Barbara Senteney
Mildred Strozewski
Lucille Rowan
Wilton Rod and Gun Club Fundraiser Weekend
The Wilton Rod and Gun Club will host a two day event August 28 and 29 to fund a 75 by 175 foot fishing pond and local park. Activities include a street dance by the Country Polka Pals, a horse pulling contest, a tug of war and a water fight between Wilton and Oakdale Fire departments.
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Wilton
Wis
Wilton Rod and Gun Club
Gerald Granger
Oakdale
Forester Hired to Combat Elm Disease in Prairie du Chien
Crawford County forester Jerry Lapedakis was hired by Prairie du Chien to lead elm disease efforts. He will train a replacement, assist in locating infected trees including at Villa Louis grounds and St. Mary’s Academy, and prepare a survey of the city’s elm problem.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Jerry Lapedakis
Crawford County
Villa Louis
St. Mary’s Academy
Lapedakis
Service member selected for Chanute AFB flight training
A. C. David A. Lindberg of Melrose has been chosen for technical training at Chanute AFB Illinois as a flight training equipment repairman. He completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas.
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Norman Lindberg
Melrose
Chanute Afb
Ill
Lackland Afb
Tex
Daniel Iverson
Arden Iverson
Waukon
Iowa
Amarillo Afb
Mt. Hebo AF
Ore
University of Iowa
Larry Dineen
Harold Dineen
Caledonia
Minn
San Diego
Calif
la Crosse
Edward Kingsley
Louis Kingsley
Houston
Daniel Kelsey
James Kelsey
Gunter Afb
Ala
Gerald Porath
Black River Falls
Viet Nam
England Afb
Sparta Mother Sees Two Army Majors Depart for Viet Nam
Gold Star mother Mrs. Walter Dutton bid farewell to her two Army major sons Roland and Wayne as they left Sparta to return to assignments in Viet Nam and Okinawa. Roland, a Special Forces commander, and Wayne, a helicopter pilot, led 320 men of the 101st Air Mobile Company.
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Walter Dutton
Sparta
Army
Wayne
Roland
Viet Nam
Okinawa
Wis
101St Air Mobile Company
Arlene Jackson
Mark
Debra
Robert
Cindy
Eddie
Elizabeth
Tomah
Mrs. Dutton
Dutton
Miner
Pauline Devoe
Tunnel City
France
Mauston Public Schools Plan In-Service Aug 25 27
Mauston Wis in service sessions for school faculty run Aug 25 to 27 with school to start Aug 30 for a trial run and resume Sept 7. Principal assignments include Gordon Olson elementary and Charles G Anderson high school. West Side La Crosse Street Lyndon Station Oak and Rock Valley teachers listed. Includes note on local veterans and family service.
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Mauston
Wis
Mauston Public Schools
Clifton Fonstad
Gordon Olson
Charles G. Anderson
Robert Barr
Delbert DeMez
Mary English
Patrick Flanagan
Anastasia Furman
Harlow Gierhart
Barbara Waterman
James Stark
Hazel Robinson
Vernon Hanson
Mary Soma
Geraldine Rutzen
Judith Grotjahn
Edna Lewis
la Crosse Street
Mary Walsh
Genevieve Gugdahl
Margaret Bonney
Erma Kiser
Dorothy Pierce
Julia McMenemy
Bernice Liston
Barbara Vinopal
Alma Lind
Etta Gaedtke
Stella Hoile
Helen Clark
Ruth Watkins
Mmes
Dolores Powers
Geraldine Kranz
Helen Dziewicz
Jacqueline Williams
Lyndon Station
Valerie Baron
Oak
Violet Mauer
Rock Valley
La Farge posts new school year open registration date
Administrator Albert E. Oaklief announces registration for La Farge public schools on Friday August 27 at 8 30 a m for all grades. Classes begin August 30 with hot lunch in operation. Junior and senior high eat in school unless a home written permit allows elsewhere. Bus inquiries, staff list, and open industrial arts instructor position detailed for both faculties.
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LA Farge
Wis
Albert E. Oaklief
la Farge Public
Wayne Stahlkopf
Joan Stahlkopf
Robert Trowbridge
Pat Steuerwald
Dorothy Oaklief
Marlin Pendleton
Mervin Pederson
Sparta Trials Piano Lessons In Rural School Plan
Sparta Wisconsin plans an experimental piano program for fourth through sixth graders with a maximum 1.25 per lesson paid by students. The school board also studies closing several rural schools and will bid on two compact panel trucks for district use.
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Sparta
Wis
Board of Education
Seneca Schools Set Aug 27 Opening
Seneca Wisconsin schools will open Friday August 27. Wayne Stamm administrator says buses will run as usual and lunch will be served. Parents of kindergarten children will be notified by letter when to send their children to school.
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Seneca
Wis
Wayne Stamm
Whitehall Woman Elected Auxiliary Club President
Mrs Willie A Johnson of Whitehall was elected president of the Officers Club of the National Rural Letter Carriers Auxiliary at the national convention in Boston advancing women in postal service leadership.
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Whitehall
Wis
Willie A. Johnson
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
National Rural Carriers Convention
Boston
Jaycees to Supply House Numbers in Spring Grove
The Spring Grove Area Jaycees agreed at their last meeting to supply house numbers for Spring Grove. The numbers were approved as official by the Spring Grove Council.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Jaycees
Jackson County Fair four day schedule at Black River Falls
The Jackson County Fair in Black River Falls Wisconsin runs Thursday August 26 through Sunday August 29 with daily activities. Highlights include 4-H photography judging 8:00 a.m. Thursday, 4-H projects judging Friday, open class judging cattle horses home goods knitting and food preservation Saturday morning, a 2:30 p.m. grandstand show and 7:30 p.m. tractor pulling, a Sunday 1:00 p.m. sports car show and 8:00 p.m. massed band concert with live beer garden entertainment Friday and Saturday nights.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Melrose
Alma Center Square
Beer Garden
Youth Corps Proved Worth In Emergency
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin August 13 1965 Neigh borhood Youth Corps emergency flood cleanup project closes as Thomas J Lucas Jr state director thanks officials volunteers and staff A report will be sent to Madison and Washington detailing all aspects of the effort It was a pilot project first of its kind part of President Johnson antipoverty program and showed a need for a permanent youth corps for work education and funding.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Neighborhood Youth Corps
NYC
Crawford County
Thomas J. Lucas Jr
Lucas
Madison
Washington, D.C
Pres. Johnson
Prairie ‘du Chien
County School Building Closed in Vernon County
The Vernon County building housing the superintendent of schools offices and county records has been closed. County Clerk Roger Navy holds all 1965 records for audit, with records stored in the register of deeds office. A fund balance of 19 342.74 remains and will be transferred to another educational unit.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
County Superintendent of Schools
Roger Navy
Register of Deeds Office
New Music Instructor Appointed in Tomah Elementary
Tomah Wis Supt Kenneth A Curran announces Donna Decker will join the elementary system as music instructor. She previously taught in Berlin Wis for the last three years.
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Tomah
Wis
Kenneth A. Curran
Donna Decker
Berlin
New Lisbon School Term Opens With August Start
New Lisbon Wisconsin announces the new term begins Wednesday August 25 for all students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Buses run for an 8 30 a m start with dismissal at 11 30 a m on opening day no hot lunch. Full day Thursday August 26 includes kindergarten. Charles J Seefeldt leads high school faculty with staff listed and one eighth grade position vacant.
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New Lisbon
Wis
Herbert Juneau
Charles J. Seefeldt
Kenneth Adams
Howard Brockman
Florence Christman
Barbara Dahlke
Ruth Haugh
Robert Dahlke
Roger McCallum
Judith Heagle
Lloyd A. Benrud
Adeline Kijak
Norma Fulton
Sylvia Troxel
Mary Allaby
Gladys Nuttall
Barbara Rabuck
Mary Jean Cauley
Elva Rowe
Judith Bigalke
Margaret Fishcer
Anna McMahon
Erma Martin
Isabelle Nickels
Edward Groskreutz
Eunice Nuttall
Kenneth Hall
Ethelyn York
Mary Beranek
Carol ‘Brooks
Hustler
Francis McCallum
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