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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1947
Page
11
Madison Wis special dairy leaders from coast to coast endorsed a nationwide plan to boost milk production while opposing price controls. ADA officials cited regional reports showing grain use, grassland capacity, and dairy output supporting food self sufficiency and feeding hungry Europe.
Wisconsin will observe its annual five day Co-Op Week from February 16 to 21, 1948. Milo K. Swanton, executive secretary of the Wisconsin cooperative program and radio efforts, announced the event with local activities across the state. Committee members listed include K Swanton Madison chair R E Fisher Madison secretary Eric Lenz Madison Fred Huntzicker Greenwood Ray Steidl Milwaukee Harvey Schermerhorn Madison Dale Aebischer Madison Claude Willoughby Evansville Einard O Hammer Madison William Groves Lodi Arlie Macks Madison Oswald Anderson Madison Louis Zahradka Shawano Kenneth Hones Chippewa Falls Milton Bliss Madison and A J Hayes Superior.
Fagerness Lutherans schedule Christmas tree programs at 7 30 p m with services at Creek on Sunday Facerness on Monday Dec 28 at Tamarack and Dec 26 at South Beaver Creek.
Dozens of miners in the Netherlands stay at the pits on Sundays to ease coal shortages, signaling cooperation with shortages and labor practices during the period.
Wisconsin farmers produced nearly half a million tons of vegetables for canning this year with 140,870 tons of peas, 235,800 tons of sweet corn, 2,520 tons of lima beans, 12,500 tons of snap beans, 27,200 tons of beets, 46,300 tons of cucumbers for pickles, 15,300 tons of cabbage for kraut, and 5,500 tons of tomatoes. The state used about 260,000 acres for canning crops, remaining a leading producer while crops varied from the prior year.
Black River Falls Wisconsin students staged a holiday program in the high school auditorium directed by Mrs. Jeanne Whitter Miss Verna Keefe and Robert Gruetzman. The one act Shoes for Susannah featured Helen Werner Kay Gruetzman Robert Engebretson Louis Bauer and Spencer Lewis with lights and decor by Monne Richards Oscar Marking John Bowler and Richard Duxbury. The conservation department provided the trees as every seat filled and standing room ran out.
ETTRICK Wis A Christmas program will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Presbyterian church by Sunday school pupils. The previous service was conducted Sunday at 2 30 p.m. The Rev William J Steele is the pastor.
Whitehall Wisconsin hosted a monthly gathering at County Agent T. C. Main's home for Trempealeau agriculture teachers, the county extension office staff, and their wives and friends.
Vernon county conservation district reports soil conservation practices set up on 105 farms this year. Contour plowing on 4 acres across 300 farms, three miles of terraces on 1 farm, and 11 000 linear feet of diversion terraces on 20 farms. Louis Trudeau notes progress this fall.
University of Wisconsin taste tests with over 1000 high school students find that a 50-50 mix of fresh milk and re made dry whole milk tastes as good as fresh milk. Re made milk stores and ships easily, potentially boosting demand for Wisconsin milk in areas with surplus or short supply.
In Gal esville Wisconsin eighty public school pupils performed an operetta titled In Quest to the city auditorium. Upper grade singers and instrumentalists closed with a musical finale directed by Miss Keth with William Fisher on instruments and Mrs Alfred Anderson as accompanist. Durelle Hanson played Jane and Richard McKeeth was Santa Claus with Philip Jensen as Wongaloo leading goblins and William Kindsley leading toy soldiers.
Emil Trog head of the soils department at the university says chopped straw is a better absorbent. Chopped straw mixes with soil more evenly and rots faster whether used for bedding or applied directly to the soil.
Dairy plants in Wisconsin are expanding and upgrading during the low milk production period. Improvements aim to add processing space, improve sanitation, install new equipment, and enhance lighting and ventilation while enabling easier milk checks and safer water disposal.
Independence high school Future Homemakers club held a hayride party using Bautch hayrack and tractor with Miss Mary Reichling driving. After the ride the group returned to the home economics room for lunch prepared by Marian Marsolek and assistants Blanche Kuka Patricia Puchalla and Delores Wozney.
Max Maier, formerly of Little Falls Minnesota, opens a jewelry repair shop in the rear basement of the State Bank of Viroqua. Maier is a graduate of the Western Pennsylvania Horological Institute.
Merlin Benrud of Chicago plans Christmas with his parents in Frenchville. Local university students from Wisconsin and Chicago will also return home for the holidays, including William Gordon, Robert Rogne, John Rogne, Theodore Enger, Evanston, Allen Hogden of Ann Arbor, and Robert Briggs training at Alexian Brothers hospital in Chicago with De Paul university.
The Middle West Soil Improvement Committee urges rebuilding soil structure by restoring organic matter. Dr. Dodd of Ohio recommends deep rooted legumes and grasses, phosphorus and potash fertilizers, manure returns, and soil liming to improve porosity, air channels, and water storage for higher corn yields.
Wisconsin extension animal husbandman James Lacey urges hog producers to feed high protein supplements. He says 40 pounds of protein saves 200 pounds of corn by producing 100 pounds of gain, cutting corn needs from 600 to 400 pounds per 100 pounds gain. Balanced rations speed gains and increase net returns.
The article weighs winter rye against sweet clover for green manure. Sweet clover fixes nitrogen when inoculated, enriching soil, but must be sown in spring. Rye adds organic matter and can be fall-sown for spring growth, though it does not add nitrogen.
Miss Emma Melby of Whitehall Wisconsin received a Christmas gift from Mrs Mina Sweindby of Fiering Norway. The framed enlarged picture shows the church near Lake Nijosen where Melby was confirmed 40 years ago. She treasures the replica and noted it is exactly the same.
Mexico announced it is prepared to operate its uranium mines when necessary raising questions about energy strategy and security. Officials stated readiness to ramp up extraction should conditions require.
William J. Daley was chosen as chairman of the Houston county agricultural conservation committee for 1948 at a Caledonia court house meeting. The panel includes vice chairman William T. Malay and member Walter Fruechte, with alternates John D. Keefe and Frank McNelly.
The Wisconsin Association of Fairs will hold its annual conven tion in Milwaukee January 7 and 8 with talks on inflation health rules and promotion. The event includes fair circuit meetings and a convention banquet. Officers include Drewry Seyforth Curran Brown Eldridge Johnson Kalbus.
T-5 Philip F. Uehling of Onalaska has passed the high speed code operator's test and been made technician fifth class. He enlisted Oct. 4, 1946, trained at Fort Bliss, and after Camp Stoneman he arrived in Yokohama Dec. 29, 1946. He is stationed at Camp Drew near Tokyo and in 1947 served as recorder for a graves search and witnessed the 1st cavalry flood event.
The Rev. K. M. Arberg announces a Christmas day festival service at North Beaver Creek Lutheran church at 1 30 p m. A Christmas tree program is set for Dec 26 at 8 p m. Another festival service is planned at Ettrick Lutheran church at 9 a m Christmas day with an 8 p m service that day.
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee reports total farm assets at 111.209 million, up from 40.805 million in 1940. Real estate values up 74 percent to 58.604 billion, with other assets at 31.0 billion and financial assets at 22.077 billion. Warns asset shrinkage if prices fall.
The St. Charles Sodality held a social at the Genoa Wisconsin church basement on Wednesday evening December 17. Entertainment included dancing and card playing with refreshments served.
Eire plans a new vacation camp near Dublin housing 2000 people. The project outlines a large coastal or countryside site to support temporary stays and recreational facilities for visitors and residents.
The Wisconsin conservation department conducted an annual timber harvest on a 52 acre demonstration forest between La Farge and Hillsboro led by F B Trenk and assistant Dick Abbott. About 100 local farmers attended as the stand of mixed hardwoods is managed to yield annual growth while salvage cutting occurred after a May snowstorm. A six to seven block plan aims to cut one block yearly, with 8 360 board feet logged and 62 labor hours used, costs $134.16, expected gross $312 and net $177.84, wages about $2.87 per hour, illustrating sustainable harvesting of new growth without reducing timber on the land.
A new lunchroom at public school of district 12 in HOKAH opens. Mrs Lillian Foss oversees the hot lunch program serving 60 to 70 children daily. The project is funded with federal cooperation and each child pays 10 cents per meal.
Johannesburg South Africa outlines a project to install statues in newly created city gardens. Authorities aim to enhance public spaces with art, featuring multiple works by local and international sculptors across planned garden zones.
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