Change School Opening Date To Sept. 6
Caledonia Minnesota relocates public school opening to September 6 due to vacations and the State Fair. Buses depart at 11 a.m. the first day and lunch programs start the next day. Registration is at 8:45 a.m. for Sept. 6 with early release for grades five through eight for religious instruction.
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Caledonia
Minn
Victor Rupp
John Rolfing
James Richardson
Robert Stark
John Pongratz
Russell Healy
Francis Simons
Marcia Weil
Louise Hansetter
Robert Gilbands
Delores Hemlett
Dorene Stoskopf
Lawrence Janikowski
John Meter
Marie Johnson
Donna Rice
Shirley Ellingson
Henry Spellmeyer
Arnold Milbright
Joyce Keehn
Orin Strand
Holmen Area Schools Classified Integrated for 1955-56 State Aid
Knute Bertelsen and Harold Ankerson announced the Holmen Area Schools are classified as Integrated for 1955-56 state aid by State Superintendent George E. Watson. The district will receive maximum state aids. last year it got $42,720.13. Local levy will be $93,033 with a total budget of $179,933. Mrs Elverda Guberud joins Stevenstown School as teacher, filling all district positions.
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Knute Bertelsen
Harold M. Ankerson
Holmen Area
State Department of Public Instruction
George E. Watson
Holmen
Department of Public Instruction
Elverda Guberud
la Crosse
Stevenstown
Jackson County Fair Invites Camp McCoy Servicemen
The Jackson County Fair Association invites all Camp McCoy personnel to the fair. Service members in uniform will be admitted free of charge at the gates in Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County Fair
Camp McCoy
Farmers honored for century-old family farms at State Fair
Three Monroe County farmers were honored at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee for owning farms in their families for a century. The awardees were Awald F. Bungert of Wilton R 1 Luella Mae Hedding of Tomah R 3 and Arnold Marten of Tomah R 4.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Milwaukee
Awald F. Bungert
Wilton
Luella Mae Hedding
Tomah
Arnold Marten
Teenager Admits Firing During High Speed Chase
A 16 year old Tomah youth confessed to firing a 22 rifle at a pursuing car containing Camp McCoy soldiers during a high speed chase on U S 12 and 21 near Tomah. Three other Tomah youths, all 16 or 17, were to be questioned by the district attorney.
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Sparta
Wis
Harry C. Johnson
Tomah
Camp McCoy
John L. Smith
63Rd Engineer Battalion
Tefford Folsom
Smith
U.S. Highway 12
Sth 21
Three Drive Bus To Canada Visit De Soto and Retreat
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bergphorson and daughter of Les ’bridge Alberta Canada traveled in a 32 passenger bus to visit De Soto Wisconsin and Retreat. Mrs Bergphorson born at Retreat fifty years ago went to Canada with her parents when she was two. The group detoured to Seymour and Sturdevant store built by Mrs Bergphorson’s parents. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs Richard Holley and sons of Cedar Rapids Iowa who visited Gordon Long and Richard Seymour at De Soto homes.
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DE Soto
Wis
E. C.bergphorson
Les‘bridge
Alberta
Canada
Bergphorson
Dorothy Bates
Rettreat
Bergphorsons
Indiana
Seymour and Sturdevant
Retreat
Bergpherson
Wesley Bates
Richard Holley
Smerud And Colsch Families Met Sunday
The Smerud family reunion gathered at the Oscar Smerud home in New Alb in Iowa with relatives from nearby areas attending. Also that day the Colsch family held a picnic at the town’s tourist park with attendees from distant points and a noon lunch served.
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New Albin
Iowa
Smerud
Oscar Smerud
Sarah Smerud
Clovis
Calif
Colsch
Ole Erickson
Bremington
Wash
John Rouster
New York City
Ryden
Europe
Schieren
Luxembourg
Mission Festival Set At St Matthew's Church Stoddard
Stoddard Wisconsin special report notes St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church plans its annual Mission Festival on Sunday August 28 Two services will feature speakers professor E E Kowalke Northwestern College Wa ter town at 10 am and Rev Paul Praeter Eng lish Lutheran Church Viroqua at 2 pm The choir is directed by Oscar Wehling with organist Mrs John Martell and pastor Gerhardt Kionka says ladies will serve dinner
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Stoddard
Wis
St. Matthew's
Oscar Wehling
John Martell
Gerhardt P. Kionka
Whitehall Area Teachers Attend Rural School Workshops
More than 100 teachers from Whitehall and surrounding areas gather for beginning teacher institutes and a rural and city teachers institute led by County Superintendent Miss Tillie Synfest. The sessions include health program briefings by Mrs. Fern Lasiter and feature new teachers and assignments across Blair Ettrick Arcadia Osseo Trempealeau Stanley Wiersgalla Elva Smith Opal Johnson Maida Larson Barbara Lowe Edna Spohn Gladys Rongholt Blanche Halverson Amanda Erickson Doris Hanson Dean Mewhorter Nina Leer and many others.
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Whitehall
Wis
Tillie Synfest
Marie Thompson
Elva Smith
Fern Lasiter
Opal Johnson
Blair
King’s Valley
Maida Larson
Ettrick
Valley View
Stanley Wiersgalla
Arcadia
St. Aloysius
Barbara Lowe
Osseo
Pigeon Falls
Edna Spohn
la Crosse
Gladys Rongholt
Eleva
Plainview
Blanche Halverson
Pleasantville
Duane Halverson
Upper Bennett Valley
Alice Henderson
Hegg
Lloyd Quammen
Sunnyside
Amanda Erickson
Daggett
Doris Hanson
Fuller Coulee
Dean Mewhorter
Trempealeau
Mabel Haskins
Tracy Valley
Nina Leer
Eimon
Preston
Florence Jorgenson
Pleasant View
Myrtle Syverson
Lakes Coulee
Hilma Quammen
Sumner
King's Valley
Glorica Joyce Mahlum
Golden Valley
Unity
Alice Engan
Brick Riverview
Elena
Ida Hopland
August L. Schreiner
Martha Skogstad
Strum
Selma Call
Erna Sherma
Delores Mitchell
Ruby C. Havener
City of Arcadia Public
Catherine Reardon
Elsa Schaefer
Eleanor M. Gleason
Lillian Amundson
Marion Halama
Peck
Independence
Mary J. Elstad
Katherine Amunrud
Caroline Dworechak
Esther Tuff
Margaret Larson
Marion Rogness
Thelma Linnerud
Lila McRae
Sannegrades
Grace G. Nelson
Miriam Olson
Gilma Waller
Trempealeau Public
Eliabeth J. Wirtz
Mmes
Winifred Mahlum
Ethel Sylvester
Dolores Gallagher
Irene Depp
Big Weekend Ahead at Fillmore County Fair
At Preston Minnesota the Fillmore County Fair features 73 4 H club girls modeling outfits, a dress revue queen and princesses chosen from Beginners Juniors and Advanced classes. The All Western horse show opens Sunday with purses ranging to 75 dollars and judges from Ossian Iowa.
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Fillmore Fair
Preston
Minn
Fillmore County Fair
Lanesboro
Arvid Kjos
Peterson
Paul Meyer
Spring Valley
Ralph Simonson
Emil Eickhoff
Fountain
Harley Nagel
Emil Anderson
Mabel
Telude
Truman Bremer
Jswine
Floyd Eskra
Homer Ballinger
Clair Snyder
Apiarian
C. P. Grebin
J. Troy Schrock
Harry
Youth on Bicycle Hit by Car Near Patch Grove
Bruce Finn of Bridgeport was hit by a car while bicycling on a highway near Patch Grove in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. The driver Charles Dean of Cassville said the boy swerved into the car. Finn was taken to a local hospital with injuries described as not serious.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Bruce Finn
Bridgeport
Patch Grove
Charles Dean
Cassville
Dean
Fire damages attic at Prairie du Chien home
A Prairie du Chien Wisconsin residence on Minnesota Street sustained about $1000 in attic fire damage in the early morning blaze. Investigators believe a backfiring oil heated water heater caused flames to rise through the chimney.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Frederick Moris
Minnesota Street
New Bridge Across Kickapoo River on CTH P Planned
VIROQUA Wisconsin special report a new 100 foot long low truss bridge will span the Kickapoo River on CTH P with a 24 foot roadway. construction starts about September 15 and the road will stay open. project costs including engineering total about 100000 dollars.
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Viroqua
Wis
Kickapoo River
Alice in Dairyland to Open Blair Egg Festival
Miss Alice in Dairyland Barbara Brown of Independence will attend Blair Wisconsin’s 16th annual Egg Festival opening Sept 16. The three day event runs Sept 16–18 with a nine- calf 4 H and FFA auction, Tip Top Shows, a public dance, and a big Sunday parade.
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Blair, Wis
Alice
Dairyland
Guernsey
FFA
Trempealeau County
Assa
Gatesville
Tremple Farm Bureau Hires New Secretary
Mrs. Robert Ofsdahl is secretary for Trempealeau County Farm Bureau and its insurance division. Miss Phyllis Molstad of Blair becomes secretary for the new Trempealeau County Co op Supply Co with headquarters in Ettrick.
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Ettrick
Wis
Robert Ofsdahl
Trempealeau County Farm Bureau
Phyllis Molstad
Blair
Trempealeau County Coop Supply Co
Wilton Elects Village Marshal
Daniel Sullivan was elected marshal for the Village of Wilton at a recent Village Board meeting. A curfew at 9 p.m. on evenings warns all children under 16 to stay off the streets.
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Wilton
Wis
Daniel Sullivan
Manawa High School Hires Carl Herreid for 1953-54
Carl Herreid will teach general science coach basketball and serve as assistant football coach at Manawa High School for the coming year. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E W Herreid and was discharged from the Army in March. He attended one session toward a master's degree in education at the University of Wisconsin this summer.
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Blair, Wis
Carl Herreid
Manawa High School
Herreid
E. W. Herreid
University of Wisconsin
Bus to Minnesota State Fair from Spring Grove
Gennat Gilbertson will drive a bus to the Minnesota State Fair in St Paul on Saturday September 3. Interested riders should sign up at the C and D lunch or at the Four Square Co op.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Gennat Gilbertson
St. Paul
Four Square Co-op
Returns From Norway
Mrs. Alma Joten returned to her Taylor home Friday August 19 after a four month visit in Norway.
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Taylor, Wis
Alma Joten
Taylor
Norway
Cashton Schools Open Sept 6 With Four New Instructors
Cashton Wisconsin special report states the Cashton public schools will open Tuesday September 6 marking the start of Principal K A Curran's 26th year. Four new instructors join twenty total teachers including three in high school and one in grades.
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Cashton
Wis
K. A. Curran
Paul J. Rosandiek
Granton
Joseph R. Thienes
Logan High School
la Crosse
Lillian Merlo
Organizing Meeting for Women’s Hospital Auxiliary Held
A meeting to organize a women’s auxiliary for the new memorial hospital is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. in the League of Women Voters building. Women in the area are invited. a temporary chairman and secretary will be elected and a by-laws committee formed. Funds through activities and a later membership drive aim for several hundred members.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
New Memorial Hospital
League of Women Voters
Holmen Church Dedication Week Features Local Choirs
Five local singing groups will participate in dedication services for the new Lutheran church in Holmen Wisconsin during the week of September 18. The schedule includes mixed chorus girls chorus men's group triple trio children's choir and solo performances led by Mrs. Johnson Mrs. Knudson Lester Mickelberg and other church musicians with organ accompaniment.
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Louella Skogen
Johnson
Connie Carson
WMF
Cle Ann Stolander
Darlene Johnson
Delegate to National Parley from Wilton church
Elizabeth Schulte represents St Pauls American Lutheran church of Wilton at the 12th biennial convention of the International Lutheran League of the American Lutheran Church at Texas A and M University College Station Texas. She was elected with over 4000 other young people from the United States and Canada. Rev C Schulte notes the convention lasts through Sunday.
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Elizabeth Schulte
St. Paul's American
4-H Girl Wins Dairy Demonstration Prize
Judy Meyer won a merchandise award from the Houston County Farm Bureau for the best dairy demonstration on achievement day. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Meyer and a member of the Caledonia Racers.
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Caledonia, Minn
Judy Meyer
Houston County Farm Bureau
George Meyer
Caledonia Racers
Sparta Blood Donor Drive Seeks 200 Donors Sept 19
Sparta Wisconsin special report announces a regional blood mobile visit at the Masonic Temple on Monday September 19 from noon to 5 pm. The drive targets 150 quotas and needs at least 200 donors including Rh negative and positive O types.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Madison
St. Mary's Hospital
H. H. Williams
Red Cross
Allamakee Firemen Elect New Officers
Allamakee County Firemen’s Association officers were elected at a recent meeting. Milton Gramlich of Lansing was named president, Paul Meyer of New Albin vice president, Glenn Wendel of Lansing secretary treasurer, and Leon Ball of Postville along with George Haler of Waukon and Lawrence Rathbun of Waterville chosen as directors.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County Firemen’s Association
Milton Gramlich
Lansing
Paul Meyer
New Albia
Glenn Wendel
Leon Ball
Postville
George Haler
Lawrence Rathbun
Waterville
Change Bloodmobile Visit Date At Sparta
The September blood drive by the Red Cross in Sparta has moved from September 19 to September 21. The event will run noon to 5 p.m. at the Masonic Temple and donors can register by calling 432 for appointments.
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Sparta
Wis
Red Cross Blood Mobile
Masonic Temple
Bus Drivers Named for Lansing Iowa Rural Schools
When public schools open Monday in Lansing Iowa rural students will ride in three buses driven by Otto Schubert Lawrence Protsman and Lyle Munz Mrs Art Wendel will prepare daily lunches starting the first day of school.
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Lansing
Iowa
Otto Schubert
Lawrence Protsman
Lyle Munz
Art Wendel
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