Beehive Revival Born From Abandoned Wisconsin School
EASTMAN Wis A deserted school becomes a buzzing beehive as Elmer White Crawford County apiarist and helper Phil Wall manage 600 to 700 hives across 3 yards. They extract about 60000 pounds of honey while facing risks from disease sprays insurance gaps and demanding outdoor labor.
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Eastman
Wis
Elmer White
Crawford County
Wisconsin
White
Phil Wall
Grant County
Bonney School
Dutch Ridge School
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Lt. Col. Otha Payne Retires After 24 Years at Camp McCoy
Lt. Col. Otha E. Payne long time executive officer at Camp McCoy retires Aug 31 1964 after 24 years in service. He received the Army Commendation Medal from Headquarters 5th Army for meritorious leadership and his camp conservation program and active Army support of reserve personnel training. Payne and his family will relocate to McMinnville Tennessee.
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Otha E. Payne
Camp McCoy
Havilland A. N. Connolly
Col. Payne
Payne
George E. Glover
Glover
Wis
Post Officers Club
5Th United States Army
Chicago
Ft. Benning
Korea
Thailand
China
Faye
Betty
Susan
Jim
McMinnville
Tenn
Mrs. Payne
Middle State Tennessee College
Murfreesboro
St. Mary’s
Swanee
McCoy
5Th Army
Department of the Army
Civil Defense Review Distributed in Two-County Area
The first Buffalo Trempealeau County Civil Defense Review issued in July is being mailed to county board supervisors civil defense heads schools hospitals and local officials in both counties. Howard Molink heads the program with chairmanship alternations between Buffalo and Trempealeau. current chair Ed Sendelbach and vice chair Joseph Roskos lead a team including Ed Servais Lee Sacia Earl Blank and Dave Brunkow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Buffalo-Trempealeau County
Howard Molink
Joint Civil Defense Committee
Ed Sendelbach
Buffalo County
Joseph Roskos
Trempealeau County
Ed Servais
Lee Sacia
Earl Blank
Dave Brunkow
Finch to attend 72nd Jackson County Fair in Black River Falls
Charles Finch, 84, will attend his 72nd Jackson County Fair in Black River Falls Wisconsin. The fair opens Thursday September 3 and runs through Monday September 7 marking a record length of attendance by a single exhibitor.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Charles Finch
Jackson County
Finch
Jackson Fair
Work Begins on New Park at Ettrick Wisconsin
Ettrick residents commence park development beside Seawall Creek with brush removal and a protective dike. A dredge, funded by the village, operates with volunteer Lions and Legionnaires help to clear silt and mud from the pond named Lake Chapultepec, which may be stocked with trout by the Wisconsin Conservation Department.
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Ettrick
Wis
Seawall Creek
Ettrick Lions and Legionnaires
Lake Chapultepec
Little Pederson Brothers Estate
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Beaver Creek
Waukon Teacher Accepts Alaskan Teaching Post
Waukon Iowa educator Milton Nolting, son of Mr and Mrs Martin Nolting, will teach at Metlakat on Annette Island Alaska where 90 percent of pupils are Indians. He previously taught in Vinton Iowa.
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Waukon
Iowa
Milton Nolting
Martin Nolting
Metlakat
Annette
Nolting
Vinton
Viroqua Appoints Stulken To Ristow For Congress Role
Dr. Donald Stulken of Viroqua has been named co ordinator of the Ristow For Congress committee. The move was announced by Walter Thoresen, district Democratic chairman from La Crosse.
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Viroqua
Wis
Donald Stulken
Ristow For Congress
Walter Thoresen
la Crosse
Blacksmith For 30 Years He's Still On Job
EITZEN Minn Frank Paul 79 longtime blacksmith continues to operate a shop he built in 1912 using his father s forge tools and a new electric welder. He recalls shoeing up to a hundred hooves in a day before cars and recalls biweekly shoeing for icebound routes. He married Emma Deters Oct 4 1916 and has three sons Milton Harold Glenn and four grandchildren.
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Eitzen
Minn
Frank Paul
Paul
Emma Deters
Milton
Harold
Glenn
Minneapolis
Bangor Woman Transferred to Denver Restaurant Role
Doris Evans of Bangor has been transferred from Atlanta to a new Stouffer's restaurant in Denver as institutional manager after extra studies at Stout State University to qualify as a dietitian. EMCEE Ronnie Eastman of La Crosse will host the grand finale of Hesper Mabel Steam Engine Days on Sunday Sept 13 with Checkerboard Square Dancers and a fireworks display. event opens Friday Sept 11.
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Bangor
Wis
Doris Evans
Richard Evans
Stouffer’s Restaurants, Inc
Atlanta
Denver
Colo
Ronnie Eastman
la Crosse
Mabel
Military Highlights from Wisconsin Families in Service
Local servicemen and women from La Crosse area families are noted in federal duty assignments and training. Pfc Robert Thayer serves as cook with an artillery unit at Fort Carson. Pvt Thomas Enos completes eight weeks of military police training at Fort Gordon. Howard Bandell sails with USS De Soto County on a Great Lakes exhibition tour. S Sgt Richard Wilson earns air training command master instructor rating at Myrtle Beach. M Sgt Marvin Dary arrives at Glasgow AFB for duty. Lt Jimmy Helof begins pilot training at Webb AFB following US Air Force Academy degree. Pvt Albert Thoma completes aviation training screening in Memphis. Paul Storberg listed, basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. Cpl David Thompson participates in Operation Banana Peel in California. Rodney Moen on leave from USS Kitty Hawk, plans Syracuse photojournalism study. Pvt Larry Bentley completes four weeks at Camp Pendleton. Richard Trussoni serving aboard USS Kearsarge in Far East. Richard White in six months active training at Fort Leonard Wood. Ronald Gilson in training at Great Lakes. A3C Gerald Porath transferred to Far Pacific from England. Jay Iserloth transferred to Saigon. Dean Wallace enlists at Fort Leonard Wood.
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Robert Thayer
Robert Thayer Sr
la Farge
la Crosse
Ft. Carson
Colo
Thomas Enos
Robert Lash
Mindoro
Ft. Gordon
Louis Enos
Marvin Dary
Odessa Dary
Soldiers Grove
Glasgow Afb
Mont
Philippines
Jimmy Helof
Frank Heisz
Eastman
Webb Afb
Tex
Air Training Command
Heisz
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Albert Thoma
Louis Thomas Strum
Marine Corps
Memphis
Tenn
Paul Storberg
Sigward Storberg
Independence
Richard Trussoni
David Trussoni
Genoa
Kearsarge
7Th Fleet
Far East
Richard White
Robert White
Waukon
Iowa
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ronald Gilson
John Gilson
Navy
Camp Berry
Great Lakes
Ill
Black River Falls
Gerald Porath
Neva Porath
England
Far Pacific
Jay Iserloth
Orville Iserloth
Saigon
Dean Wallace
Boyd Wallace
Norwalk
Army
Luther College Student From Rhodesia Plans Teaching Career
Thomas Tlou of Southern Rhodesia, visiting Luther College student Adrian Olson in Eitzen, will graduate in 1965 with a history major and biology minor. He aims to teach in a Lutheran mission high school in Rhodesia and later join his country’s foreign service. He previously worked for General Motors in Bulawayo and taught at a Lutheran school.
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Eitzen
Minn
Thomas Tlou
Southern Rhodesia
Luther College
Adrian Olson
Olson
Raymond Olson
Tlou
University of Chicago
Lutheran Mission
Southern
Rhodesia
Foreign Service
United States
General Motors
Bulawayo
Swedish Lutheran Church
Two Swiss Teachers to Join Luther College Faculty
DECORAH Iowa Two teachers from Switzerland will join Luther College faculty next month as the fall term opens Doris Hubscher will assist in French and Georg Koprio will teach German Hubscher previously taught German French English and history at Bezirksschule Baden She holds studies at Zurich and the Sorbonne Koprio earned a PhD from the University of Basel and has taught Latin German and history
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Decorah
Iowa
Switzerland
Luther College
E. D. Farwell
Luther
Doris Hubscher
Georg Koprio
Miss Hubscher
Bezirksschule
Baden
Zug
Hubscher
University of Zurich
University of Paris
Sorbonne
Dr. Koprio
University of Basel
Foresters Meet in New Albin Iowa
St Josephs Court of Women Foresters will meet Thursday September 10 at 8 p m at the home of Mrs Donna Darling in New Albin Iowa.
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New Albin
Iowa
St. Joseph’s Court of Women Foresters
Donna Darling
Hay Needed in Monroe County Drought Areas
Sparta Wisconsin farmers with hay to sell may list with County Agent Leonard Anderson. Buyers seeking hay should contact the agent. Do not sell hay outside the county until local needs are met.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Leonard Anderson
Waukon Area School Vote Set Sept 14
Waukon Iowa voters will choose a three year director to replace Leo Livingston and a two year treasurer to replace Ruth Dravis. They will decide on using $100 000 from the schoolhouse fund to build and equip a new elementary center and high school and remodel district buildings. Polls open noon to 7 p m at Dorchester School Waukon City Hall Waterville School and Harpers Ferry School.
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Waukon
Iowa
Leo Livingston
Ruth Dravis
Dorchester
Waterville
Harpers Ferry
GOP Women Gather for Sept 12 Tomah Luncheon
Monroe County Republican Women plan a 1 p.m. luncheon at the Carlton in Tomah on Saturday September 12. It aims to discuss party activities and local GOP priorities.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
Carlton
Taylor Old Fashion Days Parade Draws 5000 Viewers
Approximately 5000 people watched Taylor Wisconsin Old Fashion Days parade on Sunday. Leading the route were child riders with decorated doll buggies and bikes followed by village marshal Herbert J. Olson, Mayor Chester Lunde and wife. Connie Olson was named Old Fashion Days princess with attendants Enid Skaar and Marsha Olstad. John Clipper was crowned king with Mrs. Clipper as queen. The event lasted 90 minutes despite rain. Ove Bergerson’s orchestra provided music.
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Taylor
Wis
Herbert J. Olson
Chester Lunde
Connie Olson
Duane Hulett
Commercial Club
Enid Skaar
Marsha Olstad
John Clipper
Jackson County Bank
Viroqua Man Heads Vernon County Petroleum Council
Herbert Egeness of Viroqua is the newly elected chairman of the Vernon County Petroleum Council. Other officers are C A Sebranek of Hillsboro as vice chairman and Theodore Johnegon as secretary.
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Viroqua
Wis
Herbert Egeness
Vernon County Petroleum Council
C. A. Sebranek
Hillsboro
Theodore Johnegon
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American University At
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San Diego
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