Military births and careers sweep through area families
Local notices list graduates and assignments from Air University Maxwell AFB to Itazuke Japan. personnel enter or end training at Lackland Vandenburg and Pensacola. South Vietnam service noted for several air and ground troops. Navy honors include sailor of the month and a Bronze Star for a platoon sergeant, with family ties in Sparta, Blair, Holmen, and Galesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jackson
Garland Jackson
Sparta
The
Air University
Maxwell Afb
Ala
Itazuke AB
Japan
Wichita State University
Kansas
Michael Chalsma
Lloyd Chalsma
Holmen
4Th Infantry Division
South Viet Nam
Army
Ft. Wood
David Steinke
Harold Steinke
Genoa
Vandenburg Afb
Calif
LaVern Weibel
Alfons Weibel
Cashton
Lackland Afb
Tex
Amarillo Afb
Phillip Faulkner
Rachel Faulkner
Black River Falls
Fred Bahnub
Ettrick
Henry Bahnub
Galesville
Iceland
Florida
James Bade
Blair High School
Naval Reserve
la Crosse
Lance Cpl
Roger Ellis
Charles Gloeckler
Alan Sparks
Paul Sparks
Rockland
Marine Corps
Leatherneck Magazine
Great Lakes Training Station
Zennon Sobczak
Steve Sobczak
Arcadia
Cam Ranh Bay
South
Viet Nam
Ft. Benning
Gary Bibby
William Belkey
Janesville
Administration Department of the Navy
Puerto Rico
Rose Peterson
Mary Bolger
Daniel Staff
Nelbert Staff
Great Lakes
28Th Infantry
Ft. Carson
Colo
Thomas Ellingson
Oren Ellingson
Spring Grove
Minn
Aviation
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
Cong My
Kramer
de Soto
Navy Mars
American Radio Relay League
F. E. Regan
Regan
Rumsey
Marines
English Girl Visits Eitzen Area Home
A reunion in Eitzen Minnesota brought 17 year old Thea Bisping of Sterton England to meet her grandparents Rev Adolph Bisping and his wife. Other attendees included Rev Alexander Gruetter of Toledo Ohio and local families connected to area churches and military service. The event highlighted long standing church ties and service careers in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Elmer Bunge
Eitzen
Minn
Thea Bisping
Sterton
Miss Bisping
Alexander Gruetter
Toledo
Ohio
Bisping
Adolph Bisping
Quincy
Ill
Eitzen, Minn
Quincy, III
Gruetter
Elmhurst College
Illinois
Eden Theological Seminary
St. Louis
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
St. John’s Church of Christ
Keokuk
Iowa
Zion Church of Christ
Ursa, NL
St. Paul’s Church
Fowler, Ill
Mr. Bisping
Union City Township
Allamakee County
Edward Bisping
Otto Bunge
Herman Hochfeld
Faribault, Minn
100 Year Old Signatures Chronicle Century Life
Tomah area Mrs. Frank Roberts collects signatures from people aged 100 or more. She mails letters with self addressed envelopes, clips newspapers, and enters responses in a scrapbook. The feature includes tales of frontier life, Civil War veterans, and long lived workers who credit hard work and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Oakland
Calif
Santa Barbara
Frank Roberts
Tomah
Blair Kin Taught Theodore Roosevelt Skiing On Prairie Ranch
North Dakota native Mrs Elias Mikkelson a Blair area kin taught President Theodore Roosevelt to ski while ranching near Medora and Beach. The Mikkelsons began ranching in 1887 hosting Roosevelt and Marquis de Mores reportedly friendly with neighbors. Roosevelt admired his host's punctuality and integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wis
North Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt
Elias Mikkelson
Anna Wasberg
Medora
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Elkhorn Ranch
Mikkelsons
Madame Mores
Marquis de Mores
Mikkelson
Waukesha Symphony Conductor Resigns
Dr Milton F Weber, conductor of the Waukesha Symphony and Milwaukee Music for Youth Orchestra, resigns citing he will not return to Wisconsin this fall. He has been living in Reno where he obtained a divorce from Ilse C Weber and faces a $100000 suit involving a former violinist, Mrs Paul Taylor, and an illicit relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Militon F. Weber
Waukesha Symphony
Milwaukee Music For Youth Orchestra
Weber
Milwaukee
School of Fine Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Symphony Board
Wisconsin
Reno
Nev
Ilse C. Weber
Paul Taylor
Monroe judge handles diverse docket in Sparta Wisconsin
Monroe County Judge James W. Rice heard a range of cases Monday including Roger Willard Taylor 20 of Black River Falls charged with resisting arrest and illegal possession of firecrackers. Taylor paid fines and suspended costs. Other defendants from Sparta and nearby towns faced penalties for contributing to delinquency of minors, breaking a door glass accident, and child support issues. A veteran drunk case in Westby completed with a $25 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Roger Willard Taylor
Black River Falls
Earl W. Sammond
Camp McCoy
Spartan Lanes
Sammond
Phillip Puent
Wilton
Oakdale
Puent
Beloit Amputee Dies After Driveway Car Crash
Beloit 64 year old Thomas L. Spohn Sr. died in a Madison hospital from injuries from a Beloit driveway crash. He had recently undergone leg amputation for diabetes and was not accustomed to driving. The death was not recorded as a highway fatality. Aramaic language note follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Thomas L. Spohn Sr
Madison
Spohn
Elroy Girl Won European Study Year at Loyola Chicago
Elroy Wisconsin student Karla Schulz is accepted by Loyola University Chicago to spend her junior year at its Rome European branch. She accepts a scholarship to pursue art studies, leaves August 27 from Kennedy Airport New York, and returns June 1967. She attends St Norbert College and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Karl Schulz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elroy, Wis
Elroy
Karla Schulz
Loyola University of Chicago
Loyola
Rome
Italy
Kennedy Airport
New York
St. Norbert College
West de Pere
Karl Schulz
Wisconsin dairy market seeks federal easing of sales limits
Edward F. Winrich a Democratic Senate candidate from the 31st District argues Wisconsin milk and dairy products face state and southern market restrictions. He advocates federal legislation to ban interstate dairy limits and calls for better Wisconsin public relations to ease open market access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
United States
Edward F. Winrich
Eau Claire
Trempealeau
Jackson, Monroe
Winrich
Jurors Drawn For Tremple Court Term
Whitehall jurors named for the September circuit term include Mrs Goodwin Anderson Norman Miller Ralph Mathhey Melford Thorson and Odell Borrson with many others from Whitehall and surrounding towns. A reserve panel lists John Terpening Sr Thorbin Olson and Mrs Robert Hanson among others from Ettrick Arcadia Independence Strum Trempealeau Osseo and Galesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Goodwin Anderson
Norman Miller
Ralph Mathhey
Melford Thorson
Odell Borreson
Richard Berg
Kolb Oppegaard
Omer Anderson
Blair
George Trim
William Schwarzhoff
Wilfred Brophy
Cedric Suttie
Roy Poss
Louis Halderson
Arvid Evenson
Gordon Deeren
Vilas Berseth
Art Schaller
Galesville
Arlyn Knutson
Ernest Myhre
John Rongstad
Brooks Lindahl
Osseo
Allen Gilbertson
Gile Herrick
Richard Siegle
Arcadia
Kenneth Wagner
Joe Lakey
Raymond Beardsley
Dominic Wiener
Trempealeau
Kenneth Engenhagen
Helen Engenhagen
Raymond Erickson
Ettrick
Jerold Johnson
David Thronson
Strum
Andy Bleacher
David Wozney
Independence
John Terpening Sr
Thorbin Olson
Robert Hanson
Roger Fink
Werner Bill
Stanley Burt
Edmond Filla
Joe Kwosek
Wilfred Smieja
Roman Sura
Donald Fischer
Ernest Myhres
Donald Olson
George Norby
Eleva
James Filkowski
Percy Rogers
Forest Nichols
Hensel Vold
Graduation Gifts Await Corpsmen at Camp McCoy Center
The Fund for Job Corps Graduates plans to provide books on American government to future graduates and offer employment placement services. Center director H J Mills says the initiative supports job corps aims of schooling underprivileged youths into useful citizens. Camp McCoy opens Oct 5 with 1670 enrollment by mid 1967 and will be run by RCA Service Co with the University of Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
McCoy Job Corps Center
Fund For Job Corps Graduates
Job Corp
Amnon Barness
Beverly Hills
Calif
Fund For Job Corps
Humphrey
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington, D.C
H. J. Mills
McCoy Center
Mills
McCoy
RCA Service Co
University of Wisconsin
Encephalitis Death Toll Rises to 68 in Korea
The Health Social Affairs Ministry reports 25 more deaths from encephalitis in the last 24 hours, bringing Korea's total fatalities to 68 and total cases to 489 since early this month. The update covers nationwide affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Health Social Affairs Ministry
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Uncle Sam
Terry Buttke
Ray Windsor
Medical Corps
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Ft. Sam Houston
Ft. Irwin
Richard Favre
Louis Favre
South China Sea
Robert Tarpley
John Helgeson
Camp Humphreys
C. Frederic Olson
Orben Olsen
Westby
Lowry Afb
John Johnson
Otto Johnson
Viola
Pfc
Ronald Kramer
Frank Kramer
Tomah Area
Minnesota Heavy Artillery
John Salling
Slant
Hobart
Ind
Caledonia City Hall
Stanley W
Peterson
Business Men's Assurance
Life Group Major Medical
DIAL
Linker Hotel
Lynne Tower
Teddy
Dren
Egil Mikkelson
Kviteseid
Norway
Elias
Louisberg
Hillview Greenhouse
Peru
China
Soviet Union
Tan
Danny
Monroe
Robert Lee van Kirk
John Lee Sanders
Sanders
Trane Co
Jesus
Syria
Atlas
Atlas Crypt and Manufacturing
LA Crescent, Minnesota
Political For
Tremple Court
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Schumacher
Ray J. Schumacher
Roy Tichenor
Don Kish, JR
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