Luther College welcomes record freshman class to Decorah
Luther College reports its 106th freshman class exceeds 600 students with 625 freshmen and transfer students expected, boosting fall enrollment to a historic total. Orientation includes parent discussion groups, musical auditions, convocations, and campus events as football practice begins and housing remains tight.
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Decorah
Iowa
Luther College
Luther
Luther Pres
E. D. Farwell
John Linnell
Vernon County Tax Delinquency Figures Reported
Vernon County Treasurer Alvin M. Hauge announced 444373.32 dollars in taxes collected through July leaving 56663.54 dollars in delinquent taxes. He noted 51255.56 dollars more in postponed and delinquent taxes than last year and 1930 tax notices issued in June and July with 1892 receipts in July. Unpaid bills will be sold to the county with proceeds paying the taxes due and delinquent taxes accrue interest retroactive to January 1.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Alvin M. Hauge
Hauge
First Woman Elected Commander in Gale County
Mrs. Dahlgren, a Galesville resident and former Mayo yacht chief stewardess, is named commander of the Galesville American Legion post. A South Dakota native, she served 27 months in the Air Corps at Eglin Field and six months in the Women's Army Corps. The Dahlgrens own Bevel Badge Co. in their home. She will be installed Sept 14 and leads a post where husbands form the auxiliary.
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Galesville
Wis
Crosse
Dahlgren
Frank
Liz) Dahlgren
South Dakota
The
Gales
Teachville American Legion
Posttheers College
Aberdeen
S.D
Stempeareau County
Women’s Army Corps
Army
H. A
Hap) Arnold
Army Air Force
Eglin Field
Sgt
Frank Dahlgren
Galesville Legion Auxiliary
Detrot
Mich
Ralph M. Gordon
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Caledonia
Minn
James Springer
Gordon
Bergland
Knights of Columbus R.C.A
Strong Truth In Lending Bill Sought by Lucey
Lucey presses for full disclosures of interest rates and charges in lending. He faulted the governor and GOP allies for opposing the measure, urging consumer support. Primary election is Tuesday September 13.
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Lucey
Patrick Lucey
Luceyers
Wisconsin
Lutheran School in Caledonia Enrolls 130
St John s Evangelical Lutheran School in Caledonia Minn welcomes 130 pupils for the new term with a 9 am opening worship led by Rev Robert Kant. Opening day dismissals are at 11 am. Kant teaches seventh and eighth grade confirmands three days weekly. faculty includes W A Pape Carl Pautsch Mrs Arnold Braun and Mrs Frederic Schulze with roles across grades and PE music.
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Caledonia
Minn
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran School
Robert Kant
Kant
W. A. Pape
Carl Pautsch
Arnold Braun
Frederic Schulze
Normandy D Day Invasion Deck Faces Greatest Allied Assault
Said to be the greatest invasion in military history the Allied Triphibian operation struck the Normandy coast on D Day June 6 1944.
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Normandy
France
D-Day
35 Exhibit In Gale Flower Show
Thirty five exhibitors showed more than 200 entries in the sixth annual Garden of Eden Club flower show in the Isaac Clark room of the Bank of Galesville. Grand champions included gladiola Jane Brenengen and dahlia Everett Halderson, with numerous firsts across many categories led by Mrs. Everett Halderson, Jane Brenengen, and Carlyle Cory.
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Galesville
Wis
Garden of Eden Club
Isaac Clark
Bank of Galesville
Bells of Ireland
Conrad Amundson
Jane Brenengen
J. O. Beadle
Petunias
Allan Bi
Gladys Spittler
Donald Sacia
Dea Fraust
Sibyl Bell
John Williamson
Ralph Young
Eugene Kenyon
George Oedsma
Maurice Schaller
Grand Champion House
Everett Halderson
Joseph Modahl
Gwynifred Biddy
Gladiola
Passion Flower
John Kopp
Phlox Perennial
Joseph Rindahl
Carlyle Cory
Everett Hoff
Everette Halderson
Elsie Server
David Beadle
Margaret Suttie
Edna Bibby
Roy Poss
Robert Modahl
Ida Mulholland
Theron Brudos
Violet Kenyon
Spider Bite Leaves Man Unable to Work in Wisconsin
ETTRICK Wis Ralph Bettesworth remains unable to work after a poisonous spider bite Thursday while doing construction at To mah He is under treatment by a Blair physician.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ralph Bettesworth
Tomah
Blair
Farmers Union Local To Meet in Preston Town Hall
Blair Wis The Preston Farmers Union local will meet at 8 15 p m Thursday Sept 1 in the Preston Town hall A program and lunch are planned.
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Blair
Wis
Preston Farmers Union
Preston Town Hall
First Class 50 Years Old Holmen High Birth
Holmen High School survived a precarious start in 1916 after principal and teacher William H. Stevenson and a small board battled an injunction and funding woes. Four of the eight original 1916 grads gathered in La Crosse with Stevenson to recall the early struggles and the eventual four year requirement that allowed the school to graduate its first class.
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Holmen High School
la Crosse
William H. Stevenson
Stevenson
Margaret Krueger Ahlstrom
Anna McCabe Brown
Stevenstown
Holmen Union Free High School
Pres. Cotten
la Crosse Normal School
Con F. Hoffma
Alden Casberg
Emil Knudson
Cotten
William Stevenson
Hans Dahley
Institution of Learning
E. C. Higbee
Madison
Congress
Blair Women Join Youth For Fitness
Blair Wisconsin reports a fitness drive as Mrs. Ole Arlien 82 and Mrs. Henry Nelson 74 walked three miles to Selmer Nyberg farm in Larkin Valley for coffee. They crossed woods and barbed wire to save distance but were returned home by car.
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Blair
Wis
Ole Arlien
Henry Nelson
Selmer Nyberg
Larkin Valley
Melrose Blood Drive Totals 41 Pints
Blood mobile in Melrose Wis collected 41 pints toward a 55 pint quota. Larry Fitzmeaurice of Taylor received a one gallon pin for his donation and support.
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Melrose
Wis
Area
Larry Fitzmeaurice
Taylor
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