Melrose Area School District Opens Aug 29 For New Term
Melrose Wisconsin plans the return to classes on Thursday August 29 with bus routes unchanged. Kindergarten immunization day set for August 28 at the Melrose grade school. Administration reports a full staff including new hires John Croonquist Catherine OHearon Lorraine Wachs and others across high and village schools with updated duties in science English history and more. Lunch cooks and custodians listed with several also serving as bus drivers.
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Melrose
Dist
R. L. Cook
John Croonquist
Catherine O'Hearon
Lorraine Wachs
John Triggs
Bonnie Risberg
West Franklin School
Donald Skillings
Cecil Wanless
Viola
Kickapoo Area
H. W. Laatsch
Brussels
Wis
Wanless
University of Wisconsin
Richland County
Kickapoo
Clifton Fonstad
Mauston
Greenwood
Gordon Olson
C. W. Althaus
Year’s Worst Traffic Seen In Minnesota
Minnesota safety director Ganet E Hall warns the 10 days ending Labor Day will see peak travel as summer ends and the Minnesota State Fair draws more than one million admissions. He urges cautious driving to protect both drivers and the large influx of pedestrians.
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Ganet E. Hall
Minnesota
Northwest
Hall
Two Camp McCoy Sergeants Named Outstanding Soldiers
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin two enlisted men were named outstanding soldiers and will represent the post at the 5th Army area armed forces benefit football game in Chicago August 30 and 31. Sgt. Robert D. Clay and Sgt. James L. Burnett earned the honor for bearing and job knowledge.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
5Th Army
Chicago
Robert D. Clay
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
James L. Burnett
Ft. Benjamin
Museum of Science and Industry
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Clay
Richmond
Sgt
Burnett
Hillsboro
Ohio
William R. Werdrick
Charles Matts
Bids For Rural School Rejected in Blair Wisconsin
Bids on the Upper French Creek School and land were rejected by the Blair Board of Education last week. The property will be sold at a public auction on Sept 14. The land was sold to the School District 3 in 1874 and the school was built over 500 years ago. Pupils of the district are transported to Blair.
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Blair
Wis
Upper French Creek
Blair Board of Education
Caledonia FFA Member May Win American Farmer Title
Caledonia Minnesota youth Joe Schieber Jr of the local FFA chapter has been recommended for the American Farmer Award the top honor in FFA. He farms a 300 acre home operation and 120 acre rented tract with Holstein and Jersey cattle, hogs, and pigs, guided by DHIA data. He excelles in leadership on FFA and 4-H, and plans a farming career.
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Joe Schrieber Jr
Joe Sr
Joe Jr
Future Farmers of America
Caledonia
Minn
Joe Schieber Jr
Caledonia Future Farmers Chapter
FFA
Joe
Joe Schieber Sr
George Bissen
DHIA
Houston
University of Minnesota
Loretto High School
Boys
Boys State
John G. Maier
SG Schools To Open Aug 28
Spring Grove Public schools schedule a start on Wednesday August 28 with high school classes at 8 30 a m and elementary at 8 40 a m Students should report to the auditorium for the first day Lunch will be served Buses start service that day Lunch tickets cost 5 for 20 tickets or 35 for the year
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Spring Grove
Minn
Veryle E. Homuth
Hillsboro Labor Day Fest Planned in Firemen's Park
Hillsboro Wisconsin hosts the 10th annual Labor Day Celebration from August 31 to September 2 sponsored by the Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Department. The event features a rodeo at 2 p.m. Sunday and Monday by the Rodeo Cowboys Association of America with bareback riding bull busting steer wrestling and calf roping. A parade starts at 10:30 a.m. Monday plus park rides dancing each night and free parking and admission.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Firemen’s
Taylor Plans Old-Fashioned Celebration
Taylor Wisconsin hosts Old-Fashion Days Aug 31 to Sept 1 with a parade float contest prize of 15 dollars and a comic entry prize of 10 dollars. Events include judging at the fire station, contests, pancake supper, street dances, and performances by Ove Bergerson and Julie Jorgensen orchestras.
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Taylor
Wis
Taylor Commercial Club
Taylor Alcw
Boy Scouts
Eugene Savage
Jackson County
Ove Bergerson
Taylor High School
Julie Jorgensson
Warrens
St Peters Of Hokah To Open Sept 3
Hokah Minnesota St Peters School set to open Tuesday September 3 with Solemn High Mass at 8 15 am Classes will run a half day and no lunch served Faculty includes Rev Michael J Kuisle Sister Mary Damian Sister M Clarus Sister M Naomi Sister M Albert Ann Sister M Monica Ann Mrs Mildred Shanley Rollie J Tust John M Mainz Mrs Francis Schnedecker Mrs Henry Stauffer Sister M Blanche Mrs Donald Walcker Cooks Mrs William Hafner Mrs John Von Arx Bus drivers listed Herman Feuerhalem Ernie Sloan Robert F Tschumper Martin Feldmeier Bernard Feldmeier
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Hokah
Minn
St. Peter
Michael J. Kuisle
Mary Damian
M. Clarus
M. Naomi
M. Albert Ann
M. Monica Ann
Mildred Shanley
Rollie J. Tust
John M. Mainz
Francis Schnedecker
Henry Stauffer
Sis‘ter M. Blanche
Donald Walck
William Hafner
John von Arx
Herman Feuerhalem
Ernie Sloan
Robert F.tschumper
Martin Feldmeier
Bernard Feldmeier
SG Scouts Return From Canoe Safari
Spring Grove Explorer Scouts and two leaders completed a six day canoe trip to Ely Minnesota. Participants included Larry Johnson Mark Thorson Peter Skaalen Allan Thorson Donald Solberg Dennis Onstad Truman Clauson Bruce Ostern Gregory Roverud Rolf Hanson Larry Bunge Gaylord Anderson and Donald Rosaaen with leaders Edward Rankj and Richard Fossum. The group traveled five 17 foot aluminum canoes and made six portages.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Ely
Larry Johnson
Joyce Kilmer Dies in Action in France During War
Poet Joyce Kilmer, famed for Trees, was killed in French action during the war. His death marks a notable loss in literary and national service circles.
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Joyce Kilmer
France
Sparta prepares for 1963 school term with record enrollment
Sparta Area Schools will open for the 1963-64 term Sept. 3 after posting a record enrollment of 2,623 students. Edsel Vergin becomes in service training director. senior high enrolls 661, junior high 1, and elementary schools total 1,336. New teachers join several grades and there are 26 seniors, 23 juniors, and 50 elementary teachers. Jack Nicklaus, 23, becomes the youngest Masters winner in 1963.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Area
Edsel Vergin
Dale Borreson
Jessie Hoogenhouse
Central Ward
Depot
Lakeview
Lawrence-Lawson
West
Robert Hanson
Rockland
Phyllis Brand
St. Paul
Patricia Gerwitz
la Crosse
Lawrence Lawson
Joan Cook
Vergin
Mary Ames
Winona
Janet Val
Douglas Schroeder
la Crescent
Minn
Judith Swercer
Wisconsin Dells
Judith Pufahl
Gillett
Clifford Seabern
Strum
Peter Hackett
Jefferson
Band
Whitehall Family Returns From Scandinavia Visit
The Whitehall, Wisconsin family of Henrik Herness returns after three weeks abroad visiting relatives in Norway and Denmark. They flew from New York City on July 26 to Oslo and then toured Aalborg Aarhus Copenhagen Lillehammer Elve tram and Fagernes region visiting Osvald Miller Nels Miller and Her ness's grandfather's farm.
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Whitehall
Wis
Norway
Denmark
Henrik Herness
Ruby
New York City
Oslo
Aalborg
Herness
Nels Miller
Aarhus
Osvald Miller
Copenhagen
Lillehammer
Elvetram
Fagernes
Arcadia
Odal
Strum
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Houston County Fair
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Norman Davis
Robert Klein
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Wallace Nordstrom
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West Salem
Colgate Dental Cream
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Lloyd Feltes
Board of Education
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Entine
Elizabeth Wicker
Medford
Charles Enge
Floodwood
Michael Farley
Portage
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Wauwatosa
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Thomas Sletten
Charles Hanson
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