Osseo Legion to Host 16th Labor Day Festival
Osseo Legion post plans a three day Labor Day celebration September 3 4 and 5 with Commander Jim Juison Rex Fuller and Congressman Lester Johnson set to speak Sunday afternoon Sept 4 The Grenadiers drum corps state champions seven times will perform with Miss Ruth Meyer leading as majorette Fireworks are planned Sunday and Monday evenings Jack Kelly Productions from WRFW Eau Claire will present a Sunday afternoon program featuring Jo Davis Erelyn Dancing Review and others
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Whitehall
Wis
Osseo Legion Post
Jim Juison
Rex Fuller
Lester Johnson
Washington
Grenadiers
Thomas Rooney
Jo Davis
Nashville, Tenn
Erelyn Dancing
Eau Claire and
Chippewa Falls
Irish 4-H Speaker William Millar to Visit Wisconsin
Monroe County 4 H Junior Leaders set Aug 31 meeting at Norwalk High School Gym with IFYE speaker William Millar from Ireland. He farms 150 acres in Northern Ireland and joined the 1954 international dairy judging team. Millar to spend several weeks in Monroe County and later helps at a Sept 17 Soil Conservation Field Day refreshments at Louis Schlaver farm in Big Creek.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Assn
Norwalk High School
William Millar
IFYE
Ireland
Millar
Chris Stefferud
North Tomah
Northern Ireland
America
Washington, D.c
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Soil Conservation
Louis Schlaver
Big Creek
Blair Area names James R. Davis new district superintendent
James R. Davis is appointed superintendent of the Blair Pres ton Arcadia and Ettrick School district succeeding A A Buchmiller who resigned effective October 15. Davis previously served as assistant superintendent and taught at Blair High School for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair, Wis
Blair, Preston, Arcadia, and Ettrick
James R. Davis
Blair High School
A. A. Buchmiller
Scout Drive Planned in Tomah to Aid Fund
A Scout drive will be held in Tomah during the first week of October to raise funds. Leading the drive are chairmen John Drew and I. B. Bell. Tomah's allotment is 1666 dollars of the Gateway Area council budget totaling 44000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
John Drew
I. B. Bell
Gateway Area Council
Rainy Jackson County Fair parade despite drought draws 60 entries
More than 60 entries passed in review at the Jackson County Fair parade as 1,000 spectators watched despite rain. Floats required a National Guard jeep aid on muddy track. Queens from multiple counties participated, with judging by John D. Rice, Al Young and Bob Harry.
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Black River Falls
Jackson County Fair
National Guard
Winnebago Veterans Assn
Kitty Neal
Alma
Jackson County
Dairy Queen
Betty Jean Sobotta
Steamboat Days Queen
Winona
Carol Westphal
Tomah Centennial Queen
Marie Kraus
Marshfield
Claudette Strand
Adams County Dairy Queen
Nancy Glanzer
Arcadia Broiler Queen
Winnie Gillis
Alma Center
Strawberry Queen
Judy Martin
Buffalo County Dairy Queen
Melrose High School
Melrose Creamery
VFW Post
South Alma Cheese _ Factory
Hixton High School
Hixton Ffa
Disco Creamery
South Side Cheese Factory
Hiawatha Valley Dairy
Taylor High School
Taylor Creamery
Northfield American Legion
Northfield Cheese Factory
Northfield Farmers Union
North Branch 4-H
Black River American Legion
Queen
Pleasant View
Jnon-Commercial
John D. Rice
al Young
Bob Harry
BRF Schools Prepare to Open With Incomplete Faculty
Black River Falls district No. 2 plans September 1 start with unfilled posts in elementary music library high school social studies mathematics and science. New hires include Leslie McKensie Hugh Di Ulio Betty Wood Richard Thiel and Grace Schult among others with many returning teachers and rural staff listed.
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Black River Walls
Wis
Black River Falls
Melvin Schmallenberg
Robert Huntley
Eugene Upton
Marion Dolezel
Nancy Hendrickson
Edwin Sprague
Mariaine Yakey
Mary McCrory
Joan Thiesse
Leslie McKensie
River Falls
River Falls State College
Hugh di Ulio
Minong
di Alio
Superior State College
Betty Wood
West Allis
Marlaine Yakey
Miss Wood
Milwaukee State College
de Soto
Richard Thiel
Madison
Wrightsville
Richard Knutson
Blair
Herman and Alma Gebhardt School
Eau Claire College
Gebhardt School
Rachael Sshankey
Gertrude Gilbertson
Olga Waldum
Elizabeth Staffon
Helen Relyea
Violette Parlow
Walter Blencoe
Norman Krenz
Leo Grosskreutz
Robert Greutzman
Clayton Clark
Verna Keefe
Grace Holder
Howard Kinney
Kenneth Lindner
Clement Fontaine
Louise Sontag
James Skarda
Harold Satterlund
Deanna Whittet
Jlatin
Neva Porath
Sam Young
Phillip Meyer
Helen Port
Wilma Emerson
Doris Wenzel
Ruth Kreuger
Pearl Bible
Joyce West
Alice Johnson
Agnes Falk
Florence Bolger
Phillippa Hurd
Cassie Webster
Norma Kramerbauer
Carol Kinley
O'Brien
Nilda Torkerson
Papoose Creek
Dorothy Upton
Pine Hill
Gladys Gudbaur
Shamrock
Hazel Sampson
Snow Creek
Anna Schunke
Spring Creek
Hulda Churchill
Squaw Creek
Marian Hagen
Town Creek
Edith Stodola
Vaudreuil
City
Gebhardt
Wilton Hires New Commercial Teacher
Wilton Union High School adds Robert Bartz of Balsam Lake as commercial teacher replacing Mrs. Kenneth Fleck. Bartz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bartz, is a Wilton High School graduate of 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Wis
Robert Bartz
Balsam Lake
Kenneth Fleck
Wilton Union High School
Tony Bartz
Wilton High School
Train At Camp McCoy
Harry Schuldt and Walter Neuman returned Saturday from a two week Army reserve training period at Camp McCoy in New Albin Iowa.
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New Albin
Towa
Harry Schuldt
Walter Neuman
Camp
McCoy
Five VA Hospital Employees Honored At Tomah
Five Tomah VA Hospital employees were awarded cash prizes and certificates of appreciation for efficiency ideas. Recipients were Mrs. Shirley Holmes LeRoy Jacobson Philip Lagerblom Edward Schmidt and Kenneth West. Dr BR F. Jackson, hospital director, urged continued idea submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah, Wis
Veterans Administration
Shirley Holmes
LeRoy Jacobson
Philip Lagerbloom
Edward Schmidt
Kenneth West
BR. F. Jackson
Tomah Area Schools Set to Open September 7
Tomah Wisconsin announces start of the annual term on September 7 led by Superintendent F E J McKean. Enrollment totals 1 850 with 750 high school and 1 100 grade school students up from 1 766 last year.
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Tomah
Wis
FE. J. McKean
Miller
Clarence Lund
Martin Mogenson
Mogenson
Sund
Wisconsin Rapids
Council Meet Set at Town Hall in New Albin
The City Council will convene at the Town Hall on Monday evening September 5. The notice invites residents to attend the meeting and participate in the local civic matters.
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New Albin
Iowa
New Tomah Hospital Wings To Accommodate 30 Patients
Steel frames rise for Tomah Memorial Hospital expansion, boosting capacity from 38 to 68 in emergencies, with west and south wings adding double and private rooms and a solarium. Hospital Auxiliary asks for memorial gifts and birthday and anniversary contributions.
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Tomah Hospital
Tomah
Wis
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Boscobel Schools Plan Sept 1 Opening With Staff Workshop
Boscobel Wisconsin announces a three day teacher orientation before the September 1 opening. Elementary staff includes Grotkin Withee Soliberger Conley Kaile Dyer Bohl Keyes Kalile Haas Larkin Perrott Zintz Barr and Wanderscheid. High school staff features Parkovich Foster Knoche Parkinson Crase Verhulst Bock Heavrin Sullivan Leonhard Johnson Lange Burkholder Brittelli and two replacements Sullivan from Superior and Lange from Oconomowoc. Grades K–4 stay in the old building while grades 5–8 move to the new. high school in the old building and annex. Pupils to report at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Grotkin
Joan Withee
Audrey Soliberger
Duane Conley
Genevieve Kalile
Rose Mary Dyer
Joanne Bohl
Mary Keyes
Josephine Kalile
Wanda Haas
Ruth Larkin
Ben Perrott
Robert Zintz
Myrtle Barr
A. Parkovich
Lare Clarice Sullivan
Superior
Superior State College
Hugh Otten
Ruth Lange
Oconomowoc
University of Dayton
Ohio
Katherine Koser
Ing
Cashton Fall Festival Set for Sept 17 18
Cashton Wisconsin announces its eighth annual Fall Festival to be held September 17 and 18 under the direction of Clement Neuhei sel, general chairman and commander of the sponsoring American Legion post. Committees include funds, finance, police and parking, parade, construction, publicity, exhibits, queen contest and dance, Legion dance, kitchen, beer tent, concession, 4H show, Sunday night entertainment, special activities, and float committee with members named.
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Cashton
Wis
Clement Neuheisel
American Legion Post
Robert Wais
Douglas Jefson
H. E. Strand
Wilbert Schroeder
PaullOsuski
Herbert Thompson
Edwin Misna
N. H. Moen
Herb von Rudenland
Ted Cole
E. L. Bessey
M. L. Flickinger
E. R. L.berger
la Verne Stuckey
W. D.harrison
H. M. Bartlett
Flicklinger
Legion Dance
Edward Berens
Owen Bronson
Charles Brueggen
James McIntyre
Lloyd S. Peterson
Legion Dugout
Conrad Hansen
Donald Hundt
Donald Janzen
Beer
Richard Oswald
Robert Erickson
Dr. F. N. Petersen
Betty Zeman Crowned Dairy Queen At Jackson County Fair
Betty Zeman age 17 of Melrose is Jackson County’s dairy queen after a Saturday ceremony in the fair grandstand attended by about 1,400. She will study elementary education at Luther College Decorah Iowa and will compete in the Alice in Diaryland contest next spring.
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Camp McCoy
Betty Zeman
Jackson Dairy Queen
Brave Rain
Jackson
Kitty Neal
Jackson County
Black River Falls
Melrose
Hotel Freeman
Dairy Queen
John Zeman
Melrose High School
Madison
Decorah
Iowa
Luther College
Hetty
Juanita Loven
Robert
Alma Center
Douglas Curran
Sharon Rickard
Lorraine Bryndisson
Pat Arneson
Virginia ‘Mitchael
Queen Betty
Alice In Dairyland
Thomas Dairy
Fair Assa
Court of Honor
Melrose Bank
Brondes
John D. Rice
WKLJ
Sparta
al Young
Weautv
Eau Claire
Bob Harvey
Clark County Press
Neilisville
Stoddard Aid to Meet at Local Church
The Lower Coon Valley Ladies Aid will meet at the church Friday September 2 at p.m. Members should bring their mission boxes for the suffering. Hostesses are Mrs. Maurice Johnson and Mrs. Russel Stensen.
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Osseo Legion
Sherwin
Williams
Edward W. Young
Onalaska
557Th Aaa
Glen Jacobson
Necedah
S4th Infantry Division
Cpl
Ambrose Russell
Darlington
Lower Con
J.C. Raymond Roberts
Friendship
Eft
Joseph W. Martin
Arthur F. Schmocker
Waukesha
Gerald R. Flagg
Pfc
Earl Voltz
Lawrence Reinhardt
BRF
Honor 5
Vet Hospital
Boscobel
Boscobel, Wis
Boscobel Public Schools
Sharon Heavrin
Clarice Sullivan
Darlene Wanderscheid
Luella Leonhard
Marvin Johnson
Miss R. Lange
Walter Burkholder
Len Brittelli
Tomah Journal
Tomah High School
Mary Murphy
Herman Murphy
Camp Douglas
Virginia Zastoupil
St. Mary's
Norman Dahl
Frank Conrad
James Homstad
Ray Hundt
Alton Paulson
Harrison
Arcadia
Adams County
Buffalo County
Victor Capaul
Fair Board
Curran
Ernie
Stoddard
Dean
Doan
Packard CO
State Street
Packard
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