Pastor Who Helped Form Church At Cashton Anniversary
CASHTON Wis The 40th anniversary of Trinity Lutheran Congregation Cashton will be observed Sunday at 11 am Guest pastor Rev Walter L Wang helped organize the parish and served as its first pastor He now serves Hope Lutheran Wheat on Minn He preached his first sermon May 19 1920 and helped recruit members for a new congregation. A congregational dinner will follow with recognition of charter members first baptized child first confirmation class and first married couple.
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Cashton
Wis
Trinity Lutheran Congregation
Walter L. Wang
Hope Lutheran Church
Wheaton
Minn
Trinity Congregation
Wang
Trinity
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Brush Creek
Boehmer
Mr. Wang
Rushford
Concordia Lutheran
Minneapolis
St. Olaf College
Luther Seminary
American University
Los Angeles
Norris Olson
L. C. Jenson
Emer Larson
Trinity Lutheran _ Church of
Harpers Ferry To Cut Over To Dial Telephones
Part one of the Paint Creek project will be completed Tuesday at noon when Harpers Ferry with 215 subscribers switches to dial service. Ace Telephone crews installed new equipment in a modern air conditioned building and tested lines this week under Dave Gilman and Robert Bunke supervision. The $555,000 plan, begun in 1959, adds 103 miles of wire and thousands of poles across Harpers Ferry Church Eton and Waterville with extended service maintained free of charge.
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Harpers Ferry
Iowa
Paint Creek
Church, Eton
Waterville
Waukon
Ace Telephone
Dave Gilman
Ace
Robert Bunke
Elmer Wright
Tomah Native Home From Work In Asia
Douglas Harris of San Marcos Texas an industrial and graphic arts adviser in the Far East made a brief visit with his parents in Tomah. A Tomah High School and Stout Institute graduate he recently returned from Laos where he helped set up a vocational education program for the U S government. Since 1953 he has served in Thailand Laos Saigon South Vietnam and Nepal.
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Tomah
Wis
Douglas Harris
San Marcos
Tex
Far East
Archer Harris
Harris
Tomah High School
Stout Institute
Menomonie
Laos
U.S
Thailand
Saigon
South Viet Name
Nepal
Six Chosen as Hokah St Peter's Cheerleaders
Six girls have been selected as cheerleaders for St. Peter's School at Hokah Frances Tschumper Mary Ellen Dolle Helen Hafner Gay Gleason Dorothy Lehman and Bernadine Miller will perform at school events this season.
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Hokah, Minn
St. Peter's School At
Hokah
Frances Tschumper
Mary Ellen Dolle
Helen Hafner
Gay Gleason
Dorothy Lehman
Bernadine Miller
Fellowship Sets Meet at Dorchester Church Iowa
New Albin Iowa Methodist Youth Fellowship of Grace Methodist Church will meet at 7 30 p m Sunday at the Dorchester Methodist Church for their gathering.
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New Albin
Iowa
Methodist Youth Fellowship of Grace Methodist Church
Dorchester Methodist Church
Bangor High Honor Roll Is Released
Bangor Wisconsin announces the 1960 61 first honor roll at Bangor High School listing seniors Douglas Antony Bonnie Gerke Jeanette Heinz Dorothy Jernandez Ruth Ann Johnson Richard Schroeder Barbara Shelmidine. juniors Carolyn Berg Geraldine Everson Mary Knudson Mildred Repky Bonnie Severson Judy Severson Nancy Torgerud Karen Wegner. sophomores Jean Arentz Ann Austin Susan Chapiewsky Ruth Mackensen. freshmen Susan Arenz Roxy Behrens John Bosshard Arthur Fiet Chenita Hemker Larry Niedfeldt Michael Olson Sandra Wegner. honorable mentions include Sally Craig Ralph Jones Bonnie Pfaff Mane Rondorf Lou Ann Stinzi and more across class levels.
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Douglas Antony
Bonnie Gerke
Jeanette Heinz
Dorothy Jernandez
Ruth Ann Johnson
Richard Schroeder
Barbara Shelmidine
Carolyn Berg
Geraldine Everson
Mary Knudson
Mildred Repky
Bonnie Severson
Judy Severson
Nancy Torgerud
Karen Wegner
Jean Arentz
Ann Austin
Susan Chapiewsky
Ruth Mackensen
Susan Arenz
Roxy Behrens
John Bosshard
Arthur Fiet
Chenita Hemker
Larry Niedfeldt
Michael Olson
Sandra Wegner
Sally Craig
Ralph Jones
Bonnie Pfaff
Mane Rondorf
Lou Ann Stinzi
George Barnes
Bonnie Garves
Marcella Meyer
Timothy Anderson
Donald Schroeder
Marianne Stark
Gary Jones
Monica Niesén
Berdine Olson
George Stinzi
August Zabel
Women donate 250 pounds of clothing to Ontario mission
Women from the local Presbyterian Church and Ft. Perrot Chapter DAR collected about 250 pounds of used winter clothing. The items were sent in seven boxes by truck and plane to Kenora Ontario Canada where Mr and Mrs Martin Castle former residents teach at the Indian Mission. The mission is described as remote and its Indians reportedly nearly destitute.
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Galesville
Wis
Presbyterian Church
Ft. Perrot
DAR
Kenora
Ontario
Canada
Martin Castle
Zion LCR Plans Saturday Meeting in Blair Parish Hall
Zion LCR will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Blair parish hall. Mrs Ronald Johnson will lead the Bible study and a mission study on Japan will be conducted.
Tremple Names New Grade School Chief in Whitehall
Maurice Ewing, previously elementary supervisor for Trempealeau County, begins new duties November 15 in Whitehall. Ewing has 11 years of teaching and supervision experience, studied at Richland, Platteville, La Crosse and Winona State colleges, and holds a Platteville State College bachelor’s in education. He is married with three sons and will relocate once housing is arranged.
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Whitehall
Wis
Maurice Ewing
Trempealeau County
Ewing
Richland Center
Richland Teachers College
la Crosse
Platteville
Winona State
Platteville State College
Winona State College
Negro Educator To Talk Sunday At Lanesboro
Dr. Ernest A. Smith president of Rust College in Holly Springs Mississippi will speak at a sub district rally of the Methodist Youth Fellowship in Lanesboro Minnesota The event starts 3 p m at the Lanesboro Methodist Church with a 4 p m address in the community hall Discussion leaders include John Guenther Hokah Jeanne Duell Winona Carroll Watson Preston Michele Kocher Lanesboro Sue Rippe Caledonia and Mary Lackey Harmony The Rev Donn Downall Mabe is adviser and Robert Wowatt Winona is president of the group
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Lanesboro
Minn
Ernest A. Smith
Mississippi
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Lanesboro Methodist Church
Dr. Smith
John Guenther
Hokah
Jeanne Duell
Winona
Carroll Watson
Preston
Michele Kocher
Sue Rippe
Caledonia
Mary Lackey
Harmony
Smith
Rust College
Holly Springs
Miss
Donn Downall
Robert Wowatt
Houston Plans Aid For Retarded Children
Caledonia Minn. a plan to form a council to design a program aiding retarded school age children in Houston County was discussed by the county nurse advisory board. The group will ask the County Commissioners to buy an audiometer to detect hearing problems in students with Dr Hildegard Viring named medical consultant. Marilyn Uhl reported on her public health nursing work.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
County Nurse Advisory Board
Board of County Commissioners
Hildegard Viring
Marilyn Uhl
New Lisbon approves 358000 bond for high school
Voters in New Lisbon Wisconsin approved selling up to 358000 in bonds by 363 to 103 for a new district high school. The plan includes a 32882 square foot building with lunchroom, science and homemaking departments, music facilities, four practice rooms, a large gymnasium, and moved athletic fields to the Dixon property to free space for education programs.
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New Lisbon Ok’s
New Lisbon
Wis
Frelich-Angus and Associates
Janesville
Tomove
Dixon
Sparta High Honors Aient First Nine Weeks
Sparta Wis The nine week honor roll at Sparta High School for the 1960 61 term lists seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen. Names appear for each class on the high roll and regular roll including Alice Arnold Jeff Biel Laure Brandt Randall Jacobsen Ramomelle Toppel Gwen Traver Bill Burnett Sharyn Foth Donald Hensel Bonnie Herbert Marieta Jacobsen Lyle Koehler Rose Ann Morgan Judith Olson Nancy Ziegler and many others.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta High School
Dale F. Davis
Alice Arnold
Jeff Biel
Laure! Brandt
Randall Jacobsen
Romelle Toppel
Gwen Traver
Bill Burnett
Sharyn Foth
Donald Hensel
Bonnie Herbert
Marieta Jacobsen
Lyle Koehler
Rose Ann Morgan
Judith Olson
Nancy Ziegler
De Soto Church Welcomes New Pastor Rev Carmen Thronson
Freeman Lutheran Church in De Soto Wisconsin hosts an open house for the new pastor the Rev Carmen Thronson and his family from 2 to 4 p.m. A chicken dinner follows at noon at the De Soto Lutheran Church.
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DE Soto
Wis
Freeman Lutheran Church
Carmen Thronson
Rev Bruce Boyce to Speak at PTM Banquet
SPRING GROVE Minn The Rev Bruce Boyce of Mabel Minn will be guest speaker at the PTM banquet at Black Hammer Lutheran Church starting at 7 p m Saturday.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Bruce Boyce
Mabel, Minn
PTM
Black Hammer Lutheran Church
VFW Pancake and Sausage Supper Planned
Sparta Wisconsin VFW and Auxiliary announce a public pancake and sausage supper at the VFW Club on Wednesday November 30 from 5 to 9 p.m. Proceeds benefit post and auxiliary activities and community programs. The event invites all residents to attend.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Vfw and
VFW
Thanksgiving Day Service Planned by Rev James Le Count
Norwalk Wisconsin announces a Thanksgiving service led by Rev James Le Count at 2 p.m. Thursday in the EUB Church.
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Norwalk
Wis
James le Count
Readstown High Names 15 On Honor Roll
Readstown Wisconsin fif teen students were named to the scholastic honor roll for the first nine weeks of the term. Seniors Kay Clancy Ruth Gander Luther Solverson Janet Howell join juniors Cheryl Cox Ronald Larson Ruby Nelson and Gloria Holcombe. Sophomores include Barbara Sievers Barbara Hicking and Oscar Bolstad Ann Marie Dustin Barbara Holcomb Sandra Jackson Caroline Mann.
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Readstown
Wis
Readstown High School
Kay Clancy
Ruth Gander
Luther Solverson
Janet Howell
Cheryl Cox
Ronald Larson
Ruby Nelson
Gloria Holcombe
Barbara Sievers
Barbara Hicking
Oscar Bolstad
Ann Marie Dustin
Barbara Holcomb
Sandra Jackson
Caroline Mann
Buck Loses Fight With Civilization in Tomah Traffic Death
A six point buck wandered into Tomah Wisconsin near the high school and was struck by Edna Hansen the Camp Douglas woman at Clifton and Kilbourn. The deer with two broken legs fled toward a stream before being shot by Game Warden Calvin Clark and Police Officer Don Sundin and taken to the Tomah Ranger Station.
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Tomah
Wis
Edna Hansen
Camp Douglas
Clifton
Kilbourn
Calvin Clark
Don Sundin
Indian Chief Proposes Tomah Gym Program
Jim Smoke known as Chief Daybreak asked the Tomah Board of Education to use the high school gym for an Indian ceremonial program with proceeds to support Indian lore and culture. The board moved to contact Congress to reinstate Public Law 874 funding for districts with children of federal employees at local bases, noting Tomah has 444 eligible children and $60,000 allocated this year. Negotiations to buy more land at the Lemonweir site from Edward Dams ended as Dams chose not to sell.
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Tomah
Wis
Jim Smoke
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Camp McCoy
Yolk Field
Camp Douglas
Lemonweir
Edward Dams
La Farge High School Honor Roll Top Students
La Farge Wisconsin La Farge High School lists the first nine week honor roll. The top ten scholastically are Judy Stalsberg Marjorie Wenzel Danny Rabata Francis Green Gary Davies Beth Andrew Cecil Rolfe Linda Martin Richard Anderson and Diane McNatt with averages 95.6 to 92.2. Additional honorees include juniors Karel Nemec David Stalsberg Leonard Nottestad sophomores Donna Jacobson Karen Andrew Michael Hollenbeck Loren Munson Ruth Davies Karen Miller Phyllis Morris and freshmen Lola Fry Donna Gudgeon Sherry Benish Gloria Hysel Vera Looker and Jim Wood.
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LA Farge
Wis
la Farge High School
Judy Stalsberg
Marjorie Wenzel
Danny Rabata
Francis Green
Gary Davies
Beth Andrew
Cecil Rolfe
Linda Martin
Richard Anderson
Diane McNatt
Karel Nemec
David Stalsberg
Leonard Nottestad
Donna Jacobson
Karen Andrew
Michael Hollenbeck
Loren Munson
Ruth Davies
Karen Miller
Phyllis Morris
Lola Fry
Donna Gudgeon
Sherry Benish
Gloria Hysel
Vera Looker
Jim Wood
Hospital Veterans Entertained by Local Clubs
Cooties and Cootiettes entertained 100 patients at Tomah Veterans Hospital with Sparta barbershop and Tomah quartet. They delivered magazines and a large box of dolls for the DAV Christmas store. Trinity Lutheran Cubs and Scouts decorated pots to use as vases. Hospital chairmen are Mr and Mrs Adron V Littlejohn.
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Sparta
Wis
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Tomah
DAV
Cubs
Scouts
Trinity Lutheran
Missionary Visits Brothers In De Soto
Rev Francis Garvey M M son of Mr and Mrs Frank Garvey of Seneca visited the Motherhouse of the Brothers of Pius X in De Soto Wisconsin He is on a brief leave from his Maryknoll mission in Guatemala where he has served six years He will return to Guatemala after Thanksgiving to resume his work.
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DE Soto
Wis
Brothers of Pius X
Francis Garvey
Frank Garvey
Seneca
Garvey
Guatemala
Maryknoll
Central American
Monroe Service Officers Report Veterans Aid Totals
Sparta's James W. Rice and Tomah's Kyle Kenyon presented Monroe County Veterans Service Commission figures. The report lists 5 allotment claims, 29 grave registrations, 15 housing loans with 2 denied and 10 granted, plus 1 pending and 2 withdrawn. Kenyon processed 35 non service pension cases paying 2406 monthly, 2 dependency cases, 3 compensation applications, hospitalization, and burial work. Sixteen second mortgage loans totaling 55200 and 6 rehabilitation loans totaling 4200 were approved. funds distributed include 733.84 and 2825.35 in relief costs, with a year-end balance of 1174. Commission members include Edwin Bradley, Kenyon, Harold Markham, Rice.
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Sparta
Wis
James W. Rice
Kyle Kenyon
Tomah
Veteran Service
Veterans’ Service Commission
Monroe County Board
Rice
Assemblyman
Kenyon
Army Home For Veterans Et King
Department of Veterans’ Rehabilitation
Veterans’ Commission
Monroe County
Edwin Bradley
Glendale
Harold Markham
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