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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1965
Page
11
Blair Wisconsin reports ongoing reviews of school needs amid federal antipoverty act implications. The board formed a citizens committee to study facilities while awaiting an architect’s plan and a Title I aid application.
Elroy Wisconsin Mrs Reva B Matthias has been employed by the E K W school district as a speech therapist. She is a University of Wisconsin Madison graduate with therapy experience in Beloit. Superintendent Allen Schraumnagel cites about 70 children needing speech help as classes start February 1. Frank Mitchell Wilton elected to Agency No 12 Board of Control as a new seven member school committee member representing Juneau and Monroe Counties.
A humorous anecdote about a girl's remark on having a home but no house, used to promote MLS real estate help for families to find a suitable house. MLS lists 40 salesmen as home and house experts with multiple local agencies and contact numbers in La Crosse.
Pvt Richard Hanson of Taylor enrolled at Army Signal School for a 23 week radar technician course after attending Taylor High School. Kenneth Nelson of Whitehall returned home for a three week visit after three years in Okinawa and a four year re enlistment. Pvt Philip Stone of Wakom0n Iowa will report to Ft Campbell Ky Jan 28 after Christmas home. Dennis Lloyd Deters of Spring Grove Minn has enlisted in the Marine Corps for two years and reports Feb 24 under the 120 day delay. his brother Allen was slated for Marine Reserves duty. Pvt Larry Fjelstad and Pvt Roger Gilman of De Soto and Ferryville completed a five week aircraft maintenance course at Ft Rucker Alabama. both 1962 De Soto High School graduates previously worked for American Motors in Kenosha. Pvt Tilman Legue Jr returned home on leave. stationed at Ft Benning Georgia.
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin saw 122 pints donated to the Red Cross Bloodmobile, one more than the quota. It marked the first time in over a year Prairie du Chien met the target.
Viroqua Wisconsin the 42 member local school orchestra under Emery Nordness will perform January 8 at the Wisconsin Music Educators convention in Madison.
Viroqua Wisconsin Rolland Felix is elected president of the Merchant Club with Henry Hendrickson named vice president and Edward Parker as secretary. The election assigns leadership for the local business group in the city.
Nomination papers circulate for a new 21 member Juneau County Board of Supervisors. Ten districts already have one candidate, while at least three districts may require a primary by January 26. Several incumbents and chairs filed or held back nominations across districts 3 through 18, with multiple wards and villages represented.
Steven Gullickson four year old son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Gullickson of Manston is home from University Hospital Madison after open heart surgery on December 9. He will be bedridden for a week then confined at home six more weeks before a Madison check up. Father says Steven is progressing well and not in pain.
Allamakee County Iowa will receive thirty thousand dollars from the state road use tax fund this year. The distribution is based on gas tax and population and part of the money may be used to pave the diagonal drive south of Waukon Memorial Hospital linking 1st and 2nd Avenues S E. No final project cost has been set.
Prizes awarded by the Lions Club for best decorated homes in Galesville Wisconsin. First prize went to the Kenneth Pass home, second to the William Berg home, and third to the Vilas Everson home. Judges were from the Ettrick Lions Club.
The Sparta Area Schools Board accepted bids for five closed rural buildings including Stark Valley and Goetz with prices from 50 to 1000 dollars. It swapped sites with the City of Sparta Memorial Park and the Depot School property and awarded folding chairs contract. John Wall elected delegate and Warren Isbell alternate to the state school boards convention in Milwaukee. diesel?
Whitehall Wisconsin district Board discusses drainage from hills south of Sunset School and proposes a road to State Highway 121 to divert water. They consider snow removal for bus access and review federal aid for a central film library. A vocational survey and a post 1960 graduate employment study are planned. Vouchers totaling 58406 85 for November expenses were approved.
Jackson County Red Cross Chapter in Black River Falls elected a new board of directors for terms ranging one to three years. Named to three year terms were Edwin Field City Point Mrs Theodore Bathke Millston Mrs Harold Tenner Melrose Mrs Spencer Sacia North Bend Mrs Wanda Bue Town of Albion Arthur Larson Black River Falls Mrs Margaret Wickham Clarence Williams Town of Brockway. Two year terms include Ben Potter Town of Knapp Mrs Ray Chap Hatfield Milton Jacobson Town of Alma Victor Olson Town of Hixton Mrs Earl Larson Town of Garden Valley Wesley Berg Taylor Marshall Graff Town of Franklin Norman Swanson Black River Falls. One year directors are Mrs Edward Heineck Dr H P Langworthy Mrs Theodore Langlois Harvey Gilbertson Mrs Rollin Moe Black River Falls Mrs Sylvia Tolkan Merrillan Mrs Ray Hulburt Town of Manchester and Mrs Donald Peasley Town of Adams. Hulburt elected first vice chairman and Arthur Larson second vice chairman.
Westby Wis residents contributed 374.80 to the first local fund drive for the Wisconsin Association of Retarded Children. The campaign supports statewide research and services for 120,000 retarded children including day care, counseling, recreation, rehabilitation and vocational training led by Vernon County chair Rev George Passehl and coordinators Rita Lawrence, Mrs Roy Bakken and Sterling Gillingham.
WAUKON Iowa Bozarth Service Co of Marion wins an $8,500 contract to raze Waukon High School gutted by fire recently.
Irving Wis. marks 117th year since founding once known as Davis Ferry. Davis built a log tavern and ferry on Trout Run, spurring a small settlement with stores, mill, and a school. Today eight families remain, led by Earl Davis who recalls bygone days and nearby shuttered shops and a burned hotel in 1901.
The world’s largest plain rolls travel from the Arctic edge across Canada, the United States, and Mexico toward the Yucatan flatlands. The procession highlights vast routes and cross border themes as it charts a symbolic journey.
Dr. M. C. Bashirian will start a Hillsboro dental office January 3 in the former Dolan building now remodeled for two chairs. Born Milwaukee January 6, 1935, he is a 1963 Marquette University Dental School graduate with a Marquette liberal arts degree and studied at Heidelberg University in Germany. He has three years Army service.
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