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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1948
Page
9
Tomah municipal pool closes Oct 5 with a lifesaving demonstration by the American Red Cross Junior and senior class. A water ballet, novelty piquets and swimming races with medals will be offered. A clog paddle race for beginners debuts, with Margaret Gill in charge. Program starts at 8 p.m.
Norwalk public schools start Tuesday September 7. The faculty includes notable graduates and teachers from Platteville State Teachers College and Marquette University. School leadership names include Mra Nora Olyon and Mra Dorothy Wrueh, with several grade teachers listed.
A public meeting is set for Wednesday evening September 1 at Vilas Suttre fies for pasture renovation near Gale, with a follow up session on Thursday September 2 north of Catessgie. County conservation service officials will present.
Cashton ushers in Amelia Legion festival Sept 1 with a queen pageant led by Ruth Ann Lee. Top two runners up serve as maids of honor. winner receives gifts and competes in a Monroe county Miss contest in Sparta Labor Day weekend. Event features rodeo, rides, shows, parades, and a two day program chaired by Palmer E Nelson.
The Mauston Juneau County Exposition closed Sunday with horse pulling contests, pride of place awards in many divisions, and a marching unit featuring Revolutionary, Civil, and Spanish American War uniforms. Winners include Lindina Namemakers Mac third, Sumi-Linde 4-H barn contest, and Mile Bluff 4-H Club. Additional fair awards cover horse pulling, crafts, and parade honors across multiple 4-H clubs, posts, and individual exhibitors in Monroe and surrounding counties.
Region students Doris Holt Haus of Onalaska and Aynon R Allen of Mauston win Knapp fund scholarships at the University of Wisconsin. Holt Haus receives 240 dollars and Allen 500 dollars in new cash awards announced from Madison.
Arcadia Wis Teff Larsons milk pasteurizing plant opens Sept 1 in a cement and glass block building beside the REA Buildfire. The plant will stock plain milk cream butter milk and chocolate milk and establish a home delivery route before 6 30 a m for residences.
Ettrick Wis special election set for Sept 2 at the Ettrick Community Hall. From 9 a m to 5 30 p m voters will choose first officers including president clerk treasurer and six trustees among twelve candidates. Inspectors named are A C Hages tad Leonard P Sheehy and James Wall.
Rev. W. J. Steele resigns after three years as pastor of Galeville Presbyterian Church effective Sept 15. He will move to northern Wisconsin to resume swore in the Goxzebi parish on the Iron Range, serving Hurley and western district as assistant director under the Wisconsin synod. Pulp work split among three pastors. focus shifts to youth organizations in the area.
Richard Novy of Hillsborn won four first places and helped six FFA members to red ribbons in a dairy cattle judging contest at Milwaukee Centennial exposition. The event featured county carry cattle judging with ten miles south of Hillsborn noted in the write up.
Sparta Wisconsin weekend police report records two minor collisions. Lloyd Peterson’s car struck a curb at East Avenue and U.S. Highway 16, causing damage to the left front fender bumper grille light wheel and door. Minor damages also reported for vehicles driven by L C Lambert and Fred Scales.
Arcadia Wisconsin will host a three day sportsmen festival September 24 25 and 26 organized by Trempealeau County Association of Conservation Clubs. Events include a carnival a base ball game parade horseshoe pitching and other contests a talent program retriever trials and speeches by prominent men with a final baseball game Sunday evening.
Democratic assembly candidate Patrick J. Lucey urged Stark township farmers to study voting records and organize. He emphasized farming as 18 percent of the population and urged support for Frank Antoine for Congress and Glen Wagar for state senator. Discussion followed on rural school reorganization. lunch closed the meeting.
An old ad style claim promotes a lemon juice remedy for rheumatic and arthritis pain. The text urges a two week trial with four beans of juice daily, touting quick relief and a money back guarantee, warning that if pain persists you should return the product.
Two preventive maintenance projects totaling 22000 dollars are underway at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Myers Inc of Chicago leads a comprehensive painting program in the hospital area and armament shop with fifteen painters. Mathy Construction of Janesville handles a $10000 road improvements. About ten workers are employed on the two efforts, including road resurfacing. Projects aim to halt further deterioration and are to be completed within eighty days. Public records indicate these are preventive measures to preserve facilities at the camp.
Holmen Wis special report details opening for Holmen High School on Tuesday Sept 7 with faculty meeting at 9 am and report time for students. Registrations for 1948 49 sophomores juniors and seniors held Aug 34 3 4 9 am to noon and 7 to 9 pm. Freshmen report Sept 3 at 9 am. Principal George A Glasrud returning from La Crosse. staff reassignment listed alongside new commercial teaching position to be filled by Moss Whelma Pech. Lunch program planned starting early if possible. two assistants needed forjunior project with volunteers to contact Principal Glasrud.
Divorce cases heard by Judge O W Sprecher grant Lucinda Thompson Tomah a divorce from Preston Thompson for cruel and inhuman treatment with custody to the mother. Monthly support of 37 60 from disability payments. No alimony. Grace Dame Tomah also decreed from Robert Dame Chicago for cruel and inhuman treatment with custody to the mother and 32 50 monthly support per stipulation.
Kendall Wisconsin Special John Lyden nine, son of Mr and Mrs Everett Lyden, Kendall, was treated at a Hillsboro hospital Sunday for a broken left shoulder after riding on the back of a tractor driven by his older brother and being thrown to the ground in a ditch. The youths walked home, the boy semi conscious, before seeking medical care.
The malfunction of the automobile windshield wiper may stem from leaks in the tube between the wiper and the intake manifold, suggesting a diagnostic focus on the suction pathway and related seals.
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