Mission festival guest speaker to headline Sparta Hokah event
Monroe Circuit Court set to convene in Sparta while Zion Evangelical Reformed church hosts its annual mission festival Sunday Sept 3 with Rev Martin P Davis former Indian missionary as guest speaker at 2 30 p m Rev E J Moritz pastor will lead the morning service at 8 30 a m Davis and wife recently returned to Bellevue Ky after a long missionary tour He wrote Never Saw a Missionary and lectured on Hinduism in India and at Rajkumar College Raipur Frd He was recognized by the Indian government in 1947 for service to the Hind community.
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Hokah
Minn
Martin P. Davis
India
Zion Evangelical Reformed
Davis
E. J. Moritz
Hore
Bellevue
M Davis
Rajkumar College
Raipur
Board of
Christian Institute For the Study of
Stoddard Wis Opens School Staff Listed
Stoddard public schools open Sept. 5 with teaching staff including Robert Erickson principal at Westhy Edith Cruins intermediate grades and Donald Kritchman primary room. New residents Mr and Mrs Kettelmanty from Ga Crosse rent upper annuity in Mrs Agnes Hart's home. other teachers named from La Parge Riverside Clinton and nearby districts.
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Stoddard
Wis
Robert Erickson
Westhy
Edith Cruins
Donald Kritchman
Kettelmanty
Ga Crosse
Agnes Lart
Bergen Township
Aes Byan Lewry
la Parge
Hilops Red
Wiese
Tai Crosse
Mo C. Hod
Mohiwk
Dames Urbs Et Wmillsbora
Ork
Adolphy
Amd Mes
Ate Johnson
Varoquit
Riverside School
Sturge
Summerville Schuel
Clinton
Trempto Draft Board Issues School Ruling
Trempto draft board at WHETEMAN WI issues new rule for college students seeking postponement. Applicants must present a certified school statement showing enrollment for the coming year and that the student ranks in the upper half of their class by grades.
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Trempto Draft Board
Wheteman
Wis
Speen
Clarence Hy Johnson
Trempenienu Coast Selegetive
Oredev
Maia Soe
Child Visits Stoddard Grandparents Three Weeks
Sparse OCR reads Deborah Storm of Evanston Illinois visiting grandparents in Stoddard Wisconsin for three weeks. Mentions Chris and Carl Step, census general in Mexico City, with unclear context and disrupted text.
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Stoddarn
Wis
Sperialy
Deborah Storm
Evanston
Anton
Chris~ Vy
Mexico City
Mex
Mane
Carl Step
Mexicas
Hokah Girl Enters School Of Nursing In Rochester
CORA Speci Carole silver from Hokah has entered Mairy's hospital school of nursing at Rochester, Minnesota. This note confirms her enrollment as she pursues nursing training.
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Hokah
School of Nursing
Cora
Speci
Carole Silver
Mairy's Hospital School of Nursing
Rochester
Misi
Viroqua Sparta National Guard Simulated Battle
In a night exercise near Viroqua Sparta and Viroqua National Guard units staged a mock attack on Judge Lincoin Neprud’s farm. The 32nd reconnaissance company used darkness and hillside defenses while vehicles and jeeps fought off improvised fire. Casualties were reported among Sparta vehicles. Neprud’s farm house was captured. Reverend Fanning of La Crosse observed and praised the drill.
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Viroqua
Sparta National Guard
Sparta
Wis
Unamre
Liewt
Charles Moste
Bowiut
Sehiich Wax Viniit
Hare
Neprud
Bana
Veteran's Organizin
Lionge
Vivercetge
Infantry Disvision
Castalia Opens Bid On Main Construction
Castalia laws council will receive bids on September 11 for 4 395 feet of new main and 5 318 feet of two inch water mains with 383 underground connections. Bids opened September 15 if found satisfactory, contracts awarded and work starts September 20. Work to be completed by December.
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Castalia, Bu
Castalia Laws Council
Cal Ub
Deo
Melvina Grade School Opening Date Set for Sept. 4
Melvina Wisconsin announces the opening of Melvina grade school on Monday September 4 with Principal Louise Oswald of Sparta and teachers Esther Fox of Leon and Oliver Johnson plus Hubert Hemmelsbach among staff.
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Melvina
Melvona
Wis
Melvin State Graded School
Louise Oswald
Sparta
Mes
Esther Fox
Leon
Oliver Johnson
Hubert Hemmelsbac
Daosey Erickson
Dakota Missionary Society Meeting Notice
Dakota Missionary Society to meet on September 1 at the seminary to plan activities. Mac Richmond will serve as host. Church members and local residents invited for a brief session and refreshments.
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Dakota Missionary Society
Family returns to Whitehall after Fargo funeral
Earl Young and family returned to Whitehall after traveling to Fargo North Dakota to attend the funeral of Earl’s mother Mrs B Medberry who died at age 60. The Youngs’ daughter Mrs Clarence Lake of Eau Claire accompanied them.
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Whitehall
Wis
Earl
Young
Fargo
N. D
Medberry
Youngs
Clarence Lake
Eau Claire
Visit Hokah Residents Host Michigan Guests
Special guests Mr and Mrs George Savage of Kalamazoo Michigan and the Horah family spent several days with the John Barer family in Hokah Minnesota. They also visited relatives in Osseo Minnesota and in Canada during their trip.
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Horah
Mann
Speciali
Tre
George Savage Andiven
Kalamzoo
Mich
John Barer
Osseo
Canada
Visit to Parents Home NORWALK
Mrs. Edd Hoffman and daughter Bonita were visiting the home of Mrs. Hoffman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. McGee, in Norwalk.
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Norwalk
Edd Hoffman
140 Teachers Attend Meet in Sparta Wisconsin
One hundred forty Monroe county elementary teachers registered for the annual institute held at the city hall. Three teachers were absent due to travel and illness. Highlights included travel talks by Vern Conitz and Bernice Miller, plus discussions on conservation pupil records and curriculum boards. Milie Swinson distributed schedules and a fund was set up to provide flowers for ill teachers. Red Cross first aid training and civilian defense were also featured with several speakers.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Ethel
Bonita Hoffman
Norwalk
Montana
Pearl Ferries
Tomah
Eau Claire
Vern Conitz
Rome
Europe
Bernice Miller
Toman
Alaska
Clara Kirkeey
Clara Lathrop
Audrey Hurtbutt
Wilton
Elma Sholes
Nora la II
Eiger
Milie Swinson
Ithouls
Us Unt
Haxel Williams
Tomwh
Leons Birkhotx
Monroe County Teachers Association
Wisconsin
M c
Skundberg
Norwalk Woman Attends Nebraska Reunion Journey
Norwalk resident Emma accompanied her son and daughter in law Ale and Mrs Clifford Wenzell of Bloomer Wis on a trip to Council Bluffs Iowa to visit Mrs Walter Path They then went to Grand Island for a family gathering en route home they visited Omaha Dubuque and Platteville where Wenzel attended college
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Norwalk
Emma
Ale
Clifford Wenzell
Bloomer
Wis
Council Bluffs
Walter Path
Foth
Grand Island
New
Union
Omaha
Neb
Dubuque
Den
Platteville
Wenzel
Photographers Association Conclave Return
Mr and Mrs Wales have returned from Chicago after attending the annual convention of the Photographers Association. They were accompanied by Mr and Mrs Henry Wisland, part of Mrs Palen.
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Laleuunia
Alvincial
Mrs. Wales
Chicago
The
Our Photographers Associar
Suey
Henry Wisland
Palen
Spillville Holds Second Annual Day Off Festival
Spillville celebrates the second annual Day Off Festival on Saturday September 8 featuring free acts farm product exhibits and contests for men women and children with a community program and fair atmosphere.
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Spillville
School Bodies Of Monroe Juneau Meet
Monroe and Juneau county educational committees will hold a joint session at the Shennington school house on September 11 to act on a petition by Shennington and Mayflower residents. They seek to dissolve their district and join the Tomah integrated district, with attachment effective July 1, 1951 if approved. The Tomah system will start next week with 10 rural schools plus two city units.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe
Juneau County
Shennington
Mayflower
Hokah Man UM Grad Called To Philadelphia
Hokah Minnesota Gerald Sauer son of Mrs Merge Sauer graduated in electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota in June was called to Philadelphia this week for consultation. He has secured employment with Radio Corporation of America at San Francisco California.
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Hokah, Minn
Gerald Sauer
Merge Sauer
University of Minnesota
Philadelphia
Radio Corporation of América
San Francisco
Calif
Dakota-Dresbach Club Sponsors Stag Party
Dakota-Dresbach club will sponsor a stag party and dinner on Thursday August 31 at 6 30 p m in the park cabin. H F Kelley president, arranging, announces a guest speaker will attend.
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Dakula
Aunh
Dakota-Dresbach Club
H. F. Kelley
Caledonians Tour West
Caledonia Minn specials Mr and his Martin Detors and son Merril are spending several weeks touring the west.
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Caledonia
Minn
Mr. and
His
Martin Deters
Merril
West
Correction bids for Eleva sewer project date change
Correction notice states bids for a sanitary sewer system and sewage disposal plant at Eleva will be received until 9 a.m. on September 8 at the village clerk’s office in the village hall, instead of September 28 as previously announced.
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Eleva
John Bjorklund
Cat Strays From Cat In BRF Preters Trip Home By Plane
Black River Falls Wisconsin story of a stray cat named Holly that wandered from Minnesota to New York, found by Ben Huntley, and prepared for air travel home by local express agent Marty Marquart. The Huntleys will receive $10 for the return.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Ben Hunth
Huntley
Minnesota
New York
Ed Wilder
Huntleys
Wilders
Holly
Air Express
Ben Huntley
Marty Marquart
Huntlers
Hally
Galesville Women Age to 273 Years Combined
Three long time Galesville residents two in nursing homes and one at home are honored as oldest residents. Mary Comstock Jo hanna McWain and Sadie Knight have age 90 or more with full lives detailed including nursing home care and strong family ties.
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Galesville
Johanna McWain
Mary Comstock
Sadie Knight
Mary Camstock
la Crosse Tribune
National Geographic
Caledonia Township
Mendota State Hospital
Robert Nelson
Registration Completed School To Begin At Houston Sept 5
Houston Minn special report: Houston public schools will open Tuesday Sept 5 after advance registration on Aug 25 26. Superintendent Evan Eliassen announces the staff for grades and high school, including Mrs P F Johnson Mary Louw Norton Mrs P Wahl and others. list covers principals teachers and support staff across grade and high school, with veteran classes handled by Martin Shuler and Kent Jacobson.
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Houston
Minn
Houston Public Schools
Evan M. Eliassen
Board of Education
P. F. Johnson
Mary Louw Norton
P. Wahl
Vernor Patterson
Audrey Stephenson
Ingrid Julsrud
Donald Peterson
Anton Void
Harvey Isle
Frederick C. Hauer
Milfred N. Reed
Martin A. Shuler
Kent A. Jacobson
Anton Findreng
Alfred Anderson
Tena W
Omodi
Ethel M. Abramson
Coralyn Bonde
Malayan Educator to Speak at Viroqua Church
Kuppusamy, Kampar Malaya, leader in Methodist youth education, will speak at Liberty Pole Methodist church in Viroqua, Wis. He will show Malay sound films and has attended the International Rotary convention in Detroit and the World Council of Christian Education in Toronto. In Viroqua he will stay with Rev. and Mrs. George Marshall, whose missionary work in Malaya was well known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Kuppusamy
Methodist
Kampar
Malaya
Liberty Pole
International Rotary
Detroit
Mich
World Council of ‘Christian Education
Toronto
Canada
George Marshall
Marshall
United States
Visiting couple from Phoenix stay with Sullivan family
Return for visit in Lyons Waller area as Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Poss and their child from Phoenix, Arizona, visit the home of Mrs. Poss's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan. The note recalls they left the area years ago due to Mrs. Foss's health, which has now improved.
Saltz Returns Home After Midwest Visit
Mrs. Helena Saltz of Cleveland Ohio has returned home after a three week stay with relatives in Norwalk Wisconsin She planned to visit Menominee Wisconsin and Minneapolis en route home This special dispatch notes her travel detour and departure from Norwalk Wisconsin
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Norwalk
Wis
Helena Saltz
Cleveland
Nomonde
Minneapolis
Jeffersons Move to Wyoming for Pharmacy Studies
Mr and Mrs Earl Jefferson and son Jimmy departed Sparta Wisconsin for Laramie where Earl has enrolled in the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy.
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Sparta
Wis
Earl Jefferson
Jimmy
Laramie Wye
Jefferson
School of Pharmacy
University of Wyoming
Crown Couple crowned at Juneau county fair 1950
Mr and Mrs Carl Otto were crowned king and queen as the longest married couple at the Juneau county fair 1950, with 56 years of marriage. Anton Jensen followed in years married, while Louis Wells led in descendants with 10 children, 28 grandchildren and six great grandchildren among attendees.
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Marsrun
Wis
Carl Otto
Juneau County
Ottos
Anton Jensen
Louis Wells
Wells
Iowa Sailor Victimized En Route To Duty
While enroute to Key West to report for navy duty, David Meyer of Decorah reported his car rifled. A thief forced entry and stole $240 worth of clothing and articles, including $200 in navy uniforms, civilian clothes, a portable typewriter, and other items.
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Wacohah
Key West
Fla
Navy
David Meyer
Decorah
Damage suits totaling over one hundred thousand dollars filed
In Sparta Wisconsin 11 damage suits seek more than 100000 in Monroe County circuit court for the September term opening Sept 11. Auto crash suits from April 2 1948 involve Tomah residents with claims from 12899.70 to 50000 for widows and others. Other cases include injuries from tavern scuffle and a fatal fire, with totals ranging from 4800 to 50000. Several defendants include Price Eagle Indemnity Co and American Mutual Liability.
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Sparta
Wis
Oliver Hanson
Monroe County
R. S. Cowie
Tomah
U.S. Highway 12
4. B. Janney
Maynard Nelson
Janney
Nelson
Evelyn Viasek
Fsa New
Preferred Accident Insurance Co
Janne
American Mutual Liability
Arlope Brown
Adminstratoi
Vernon Brown
Frank Walkow
Elroy Schiekert
Russell Warden
Warden
Ote
Tensah
Brown
Trempealeau votes for Caledonia school rebuilding
In Trempealeau Wis a special meeting of joint school district No 1 approved hiring an architect to plan bids and rebuild the Caledonia school destroyed by fire on Aug 15. Insurance funds of 25000 will cap spending. after that, a new meeting may be called.
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Thempealeau
Wis
Caledonia School
Trempedleau High School
Caledonia
Caledonia Town Hall
Merlyn
Fugina
Fountain City
James Robinson
Earl Malles
Trempealeau
Albert Scherr
Elroy Corporal Wounded in Korea
Elroy Wisconsin reports Corp Chanex Roche of the U S Marine Corps wounded in Korea on August 17. The telegram from the War Department did not specify the injuries. Roche enlisted three years ago and was due home for furlough in July but was sent to Korea early that month.
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Elroy
Wis
Alun. Thompson
War | Department
Corp
Chanex P
Roche
U.S. Marine Corps
Korea
Home From Chicago
Caledonia Minnesota residents Jorce Sommermeyer and Sandra DeWitt returned from Chicago after spending several weeks with Mrs. Robert Sommermeyer. Sommermeyer had a daughter named Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Jorce Sommermeyer
Sandra DeWitt
Chicago
Robert’ Sommermeyer
Margaret
Easter Lily Blooms in Estrick Garden
In Estrick Wis a Easter lily owned by Mrs Jennings Johnson kept out of doors has four blossoms despite unseasonable cold weather. Mrs Johnson received the plant at Easter.
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Ettrick
Wis
Jennings Johnson
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