Westby Class Holds First Get-Together
Westby Wisconsin reports the class of 1939 held its first reunion at a La Crosse supper club. Organizers included James Appleman and Opal Churchill Nestingen. teachers Christine Lea Ladd and Willard Wandschneider joined as special guests. Attendees list many named couples from Wisconsin and beyond. plans were set for a second reunion on the third Saturday in August 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
la Crosse
James Appleman
Almyra Lyhus Schrader
Opal Churchill Nestingen
Marion Galstad Jacobson
Borghild Lindevig Olson
Charles Ladd
Christine Lea
Hales Corners
Willard Wandschneider
Kohler
Orbeck Johnson
Fair Oaks
Calif
Lloyd Onsrud
Lakewood
Trygve Mickelson
Wichita Falls
Tex
I. Taylor Holman
Violet Silbaugh
Villa Park
Ill
Orville Lyhus
Janesville
Virgil Major
Nekoosa
Bob Robbins
Dorothy Melby
Fall River
Les Rausaville
Elaine Martin
Sparta
Luther Lavold
Gertrude Norris
Verdell Olson
Leland Vaaler
Viroqua
Arnold Johnson
Pearl Olson
Holmen
LeRoy Bergh
Cashton
Odell Dock
Paul’ Gilbertson
Elnore Engh
Chaseburg
Orrin Pederson
Arlean Fremstad
Ed Jacobson
Marion Galstad
Norman Melby
Valborg Nelson
Howard Paulson
Gerald Stoltz
Betty Oberson
Orientation Underway as Elroy High Prepares for 145 Freshmen
Elroy Wisconsin plans a fall reunion with 145 freshmen among 475 high school students. Orientation for freshmen is set for Wednesday August 26 and Thursday August 27 marks the reopening with Allen Schraumnagel as principal and W C Clare as guidance counselor. The faculty includes Albert Ballanger Lawrence Berdell Bennett Berhow Duane Butler Clare Francis Daniel Robert Ebbers Lewis Ewers Mabel Ferdon Robert Grossman Harold Heidt Norman Hirsig Elaine Hunter Paul King Joan King John Kueppers William Newmann Ruth Norton Linda Peterson Marjorie Petrowitz Robert Ray John Weger and more. Continuous staffing extends to Wilton Kendall and Elroy Mines with many instructors listed.
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Allen Schraumnagel
W. C. Clare
Albert Ballanger
Lawrence Berdell
Bennett Berhow
Duane Butler
Clare
Francis Daniel
Robert Ebbers
Elroy
Lewis Ewers
Mabel Ferdon
Robert Grossman
Harold Heidt
Norman Hirsig
Elaine Hunter
Paul King
Joan King
John Kueppers
William Newmann
Ruth Norton
Linda Peterson
Marjorie Petrowitz
Robert Ray
William Rice
Mavis Rowsam
John Schieffer
John Weger
Wilton
Orville Groleau
Mmes
Frieda Bever
Gertrude Buswell
Marion Fauska
Mary Goldbeck
Dorothea Good
Winifred Miller
Luella Martalock
Cora Nicolai
Elaine Paul
Doris Wadepuhl
Thelma Weber
Edith Wilson Kendall
Margaret Lafferty
Mary Broome
Martin Splittgerber
Mines
Arlene Burdhe
Ruth Collins
Ann Ebbers
Marie Eberhardt
Joyce Finucan
Esther Huschka
Belva Larson
Fern Sterba
Gays Mills to Open School Year August 31
GM Schools set August 31 as opening day with buses on regular routes and lunch service starting. High school faculty includes Principal G F Goodsir and 14 teachers. elementary staff lists many names. E S Gorman named district superintendent.
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Gays Mills
Wis
Winners Named in Trempealeau Legion Poster and Essay Contests
Trempealeau County American Legion auxiliaries announced winners in the poppy poster contest and the Americanism essay contest. Poster winners include Becky Pietrick Independence Vernon Jacobs Bern Jacobson Gale-Ettrick High School Ann Suchla Independence and Cathy Benedict Blair. Junior essay winners are Carol Severson Galesville Nancy Stensven Ettrick, with seniors Dorothy Engelsen French Creek and John Berg Whitehall. Plans discussed for junior chapters and the annual membership banquet at Club Midway Independence with Galeville unit hosting. A county wide child welfare tag day is set for Saturday Oct 10 and $693 was spent on child welfare from Aug 1 1963 to Aug 1 1964 including minor surgery glasses and dental work.
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Ettrick
Wis
Trempealeau County
American Legion 1
Becky Pietrick
Independence
Vernon Jacobs
Bern Jacobson
Gale-Ettrick High School
Ann Suchla
Cathy Benedict
Blair
Carol Severson
Galesville
Nancy Stensven
Dorothy Engelsen
French Creek
John Berg
Whitehall
Osseo
Monroe County Clerk race shapes up in Sparta
Republican David L. Hering 31 seeks re election to Monroe County Clerk against Democrat Andrew L. Lesby 34, both Spartans. Hering, appointed after Edwin Monick resigned, won in 1961, active in Jaycees Kiwanis and county clerk group, with four daughters. Lesby, 13 years merchandising and accounting at a local store, attended Wabash College, former Odd Fellows noble grand, wife Mary Gulbrandson and five sons.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe
David L. Hering
Andrew L. Lesby
Edwin Monick
Sparta High School
Hering
The
University of Wisconsin
August Hering
Sparta Jaycees
Kiwanis Club
Wisconsin County Clerk’s Association
Methodist Church
Dorothy Spink
Doreatha
Deborah
Deanna
Denise
Lesby
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Losby
Odd Fellows Lodge
Mary Gulbrandson
Viroqua
Louis
Bruce
Perry
Craig
Peter
Sparta Lutheran Church Adds Sixty New Members
Sparta Wis Sixty new members were received into Trinity Lutheran Church on Sunday morning. New members include Richard Erickson and family, Weldon Erickson and daughters, Carl Koelling and sons, Paul A Lemelin, Donald Roberson and seven children, Dale Simonson and seven children, LeRoy Stahl and four children, Ernest Stetzer Jr and family, Glenn L Wadel and Helen Mae Dyer, Mrs Donald Yeoman and seven children, Emma Vian and three children.
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Sparta, Wis
Trinity Lutheran Church
Richard Erickson
Weldon Erickson
Carl Koelling
Paul A. Lemelin
Donald Robertson
Dale Simonson
LeRoy Stahl
Ernest Stetzer Jr
Glenn L. Wadel
Helen Mae Dyer
Donald Yeoman
Emma Vian
Houston County Fair Opens Wednesday in Caledonia
Houston County Fair runs Wednesday to Saturday August 26 to 29 in Caledonia with no Sunday session. The schedule lists 4-H events, judging, and daily concerts by Caledonia Spring Grove and Houston bands, plus grandstand shows and a horse pulling contest.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Caledonia Band
Hal Garven
Barrows
Spring Grove Band
Houston Band
Reaction to Finding of Bodies Stuns Dakota Volunteer
Joseph Morse a 20 year old Civil rights worker from Dakota describes his reaction in a letter to his parents after the bodies of Mickey Schwerner Andy Goodman and James Chaney were found near Philadelphia Mississippi. Morse recounts attending a Pete Seeger concert with SNCC colleagues when the news arrived and notes the unity and resolve shown by the crowd as the song We Shall Overcome was sung.
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Joseph Morse
Dakota
Meridian
Miss
Philadelphia
Marius Morse
Morse
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
CCFC
Pete Seeger
Mickey
Jim
Andy
Mickey Schwerner
Andy Goodman
James Chaney
Student Coordinating Committee
Seeger
COFO
Pete
America
French Creek Woman Observes 92nd Birthday
ETTRICK Wisconsin Mrs Dora Erickson of French Creek who was 92 on Tuesday Aug 25 was honored at a family reunion Sunday. Born in Hardanger Norway Aug 25 1872 she arrived in the United States at 15. She married Hans Erickson in June 1900 and the couple farmed locally. Erickson died in 1939. Her survivors include daughters Anna Luthro Eau Claire and Mrs Kenneth Hage stad White Bear Lake Minn five sons Christopher Haakon Eddie Albert and Donald two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Brookwood High Band Wins First at Wisconsin State Fair
Brookwood High School band earned first place in Class B bands at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee.
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Norwalk
Wis
Brookwood High School
Milwaukee
Sparta Enrolls 2529 for 1964 65 Term
Sparta Wisconsin plans an enrollment of 2529 for the 1964 65 term starting Monday August 31. Superintendent Edsel Vergin reports 1246 kindergartens through sixth grade 623 in seventh through ninth and 660 in senior high. Late registrations expected. Orientation for teachers set August 27 28. New kindergarten age rule requires a child to be five by October 1. Ninety nine new teachers are added across high junior and elementary schools with named hires listed.
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Sparta
Wis
Edsel Vergin
Pastor S. E. Birkner Honored in Hokah Farewell
Rev. S. E. Birkner and his family were honored at a Hokah United Church of Christ picnic as a farewell gesture. He leaves to serve a Stevens Point Wisconsin congregation after nine years in Hokah and prior service at the Coulee Church in Mormon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hokah, Minn
S. E. Birkner
Hokah
Farwell
Birkner
Stevens Point
Wis
Viroqua Earns Praise for Wisconsin Flag Display
Governor Reynolds commends Viroqua for flying the Wisconsin flag across city and county buildings and private sites. The Industrial Development Association and Chamber of Commerce lead the effort with eight flags flown daily, including a home with a flagpole and a donation to the Viroqua Post Office to display the state flag alongside the American flag.
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Viroqua
Wis
John Reynolds
Wisconsin
The
Industrial Development Association
Hillsboro to Open School Term August 27
Hillsboro Wis schools will start Thursday August 27 with lunch served on opening day. There will be no school sessions on Labor Day.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Directors Meet In Monroe County August Meeting
Directors of the Monroe County Cancer Society will gather at the Town Hall Room in the Bank of Tomah on Monday, August 31, at 8 p.m. in Tomah Wisconsin.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County Cancer Society
Bank of Tomah
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