Chronology continues with fires deaths and civic notes
Chronology lists a flood of events from Wisconsin and nearby states. Notable items include fires destroying homes and businesses, multiple accidental deaths, hospital fund drives, civic projects and municipal actions across towns such as Tomah Sparta Black River Falls Gays Mills Viroqua Decorah and Prairie du Chien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readstown
Eugene Merlo
Bangor
Hokah
Kate Simble
Norway
Melvina
Lucy Grubb
Viroqua
Wisconsin
Henry
Mary
Hiram Miner
Paul Klonecki
Daniel
Arcadia
Independence
Harold Giers
Neillsville
Carol Miller
Merrillan
Kickapoo
Viola
la Farge
Ontario
Wilton
George Chambers
Passes
John Kimball
Lansing
Merton E. Davis
Mauston
Helena
Mont
Ervin Onsgard
Mabel
Spring Grove
Rush Ord Feed
Minnesota
George Larson
Trempealeau County
Whitehall
Paul B. Sc
Francis Parr
Sparta
Burlington
Prairie du Chien
National Truck Drivers Association
Tomah
Barbara Schmitt
Caledonia
Mary Riley Moody McGregor
Milwaukee National Guard
Root River
Camp McCoy
Seneca
Decorah
Dry Run
Morial Hospital Association
Rushford
Prairie du Chien Furniture
Lawrence Larson
Joint Association of Wisconsin County Officers
Lloyd Heintz
Caledonia Road
Darrell Prell
Kendall
Lake Winona
North Bend
Mindoro
Robert Trayden
Hesper
Villa Louis
Prairie
National Guard
Camp Williams
Anna van Hoof
Necedah
Howard
Black River Falls
McGregor
Tomah Hospital
Norwalk
la Crescent
Houston
ROTC
Vernon County
la Crosse Tribune
Stoddard
de Soto
George Loby
New Lisbon
Otto Hussa
Jose Ramirez
Etta Hoag
State Park
Virgil Moody
Robert Orr
Onalaska
Mina Moen
Barbara Hammer
Galesville
Alice In Dairyland
Growth on the 1940s region highway routes boosts tourism
The article recounts large ribbon cuttings and parades along new highway 14 in western Wisconsin including Richland Center Readstown Viroqua Westby and Coon Valley. It notes queen contests for 14 year olds, and the impact on tourism in the Coulee Region as the Black Hawk trail route is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Center
Readstown
Viroqua
Westby
Coon Valley
Coulee
Wisconsin
Violans Enjoy Christmas Leaves From World War II Service
A group of Viola men serving in the armed forces secured holiday leaves to spend Christmas with their families. Names include Pfc Robert Anderson at Barksdale AFB Louisiana, Sgt Joseph Pellett and Mrs L D Pellett, Pvt Keith O Smith at Lackland AFB Texas, Pvt James Buchanan in Wichita Falls Texas, Pvt William Hill at Lackland AFB, Pfc Herbert Hunter at Keesler AFB Mississippi, Pvt Logan Winger at Shepard Field Texas, Pvt Donald Heal at Scott Field Illinois, Pvt Melvern Bankes at Keesler AFB, and Pvt Robert Robinson from Hungnam beachhead the Robinsons report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Hunter
Logan Winger
Shepard Field
Tex
Fred Winger
Donald Heal
Scott Field
Belleville
Ill
Kenneth Heal
Melvern Bankes
Keesler Afb
Orville Bankes
F. G. Robinson
Pvt
Robert Robinson
Hungnam
Robinson
Brookside Homemakers Set Wednesday Meeting in Blair
Brookside homemakers gather Wednesday January 3 at 1 30 p m at Mrs Wilmer Jahr residence with Mrs Julius Amundson Jr as assisting hostess The group will respond to roll call with a New Year resolution A social hour follows a brief business session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wis
Brookside
Wilmer Jahr
Julius Amundson, Jr
Idaho man stays with Wisconsin relatives on holiday
Gene Simonson, who works in Idaho, was a holiday guest of relatives in Merrillan Wisconsin. He is employed in Idaho and visited the area for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro
Minn
Shirley Knutson
Fountain Township
Rochester
Raymond Randall
Donald L. Cook
Randall
Miss Knutson
Shirley
Laif Randall
Merrillan
Wis
Gene Simonson
Idaho
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Nora Bowden
Robert
Harpers Ferry
William Beall
Waukon
Donna Mae Knudson
West Salem
U. S
William Hill, Sr
Glen Hartman
R. K. Frover
University of Wisconsin School of Agricult
Lee Piel
Trempealeau
Piel
Assenger
Luther Colege
John M. Basberg
Holmen
la Crosse
Chicago
Clifford Swanson
Tech
Ettrick
Robert Clark
Manston
Duane Hertzman
Air Academy
H. W. Barker
Fayickau
Monroe County School Committee
Clifton
Ettrick Farm
Ernest Remus
A. S. Waller
Taylor Village Council
West Lima
Charles Dunn
Harmony
Hillsboro
Walter Blakley
Camp Douglas
Anna la Faunge
M-iiston
Roy Matson
Mervin Yeske
Cataract
Japan
Chaseburg
Esther Blackburn
Frank Mitchell
Monroe
Albert Roemer
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Europe
C. H. Ostrom
Okinawa
Hillsboro Hospital
Kenneth Boyds
Wolf River
John Kelly
William Rooney
Lyndon Station
Florida
Plack River Falls
Harris Larson
Hixton
George Maloney
Fort Edwards New Women
Luther College
Martin Schroeder
Margaret Ann
Leomonweir
Lutheran Church
D. J. Creden
Edmund Witt
Alma
Elena
Lena Halverson
Fred Schoville
Ole Applen
Norman Feil
Michael Snell
West Point
Joseph Whitfield
Daniel M. la Reviere
Slough
Oakdale
John de Beer
Folsom
Fred Koppen
William Carroll
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
William Krase
Maurice Whelan
Philip Nelsestuen
Fort Snelling Veterans Hospital
William Zimmer
C. F. Schonlau
Cashton
Arnold Forschler
Brownsville
Winnebagos
Chimney Rock Lutherans
Ambrose Finnegan
Monroe County
Hans Larson
Duane Senn
Hokah Spring Grove
Gustave Schulze
Maine
Gays Mills
Vernon Sallander
Donald Shanks
Viroqua High School
New Vernon Memorial Hospital
Leslie Robinson
Emmet Jones
Frieda Ziese
Dorothy
Elroy
Ernest Wyman
Wilton Lutherans
Mary Jane Taylor
Coon Valley Farms
Hokah Lutherans
Latvia
Ivan Lankford O. de Soto
Fred Jackson
Sparta Crossing
Tomah Me
Louis Chandler
Milwaukee
Allamakee County
Iowa River
Emma Johnson
John Owen
Patrick Olander
Millston
Osseoman
Wayne Erickson
North Coon Prairie
Melrose Area
Jackson County
Lake Lee
White Way
West Salem Unified School District
Reuben Valley
Library of Congress
Tri- State
Iowa
Thomas Traog
Burns
Edward Potter
Fairview
Model
J. C. Lanain
Farge
Preston
Frank Hofrichter
Loren Austin
George Cook
Berry-Picking
Parm Woods
Warrens
Beaver Creek Dam
Charles Dickman
Korea
Clifford Morgan
Cazenovia
Park
New Methodist Church
Carl Anderson
Castle Rock
Clifford Kruse
la Cross Tribune
South Pacific Isle
Lans
State Welfare Board
Wisconsin Child Center
John Maphy
Taylor Area
Civil Service Plan
Angelo
Ettrick Township
McGregor Priest
Milwaukee Railroad
Fred van Hoff
Edwin Ryder
Kenneth Drugan
Caledonia Consolidated School
Clara Wells
Leon
Donald Hedding
James Enyart
Beatrice Marie Dunn
Dean Peterson
George Waters
Neal Sather
Kenneth Dunnum
Elroy Rundle
Melrose
Gilmanton
Anne C. Rose
Buffalo County
Mary’’ Noone
Crawford County
Mathias Kurtz
Houston Council
Houston County
Houston County Fair
Winneshiek County
Sparta National Guards
Fillmore County
Harold Olerud
Theodore Olerud
Theodore Erickson
Strum
T. C. Main
Earl C. Knutson
Westby Schools
Wisconsin- Upper Michigan
Kiwanis District
State
Homstad Lumber and Coal Co
H. L. Landers
Alice Anderson
Wilton Dairy
Karen J. Moilien
George Schleicher
Everett Woehrmann
Ray Austin
Black River
Osseo
Pfc
David Carlson
Alaska
Vicky Hardwick
Jacob Gerhardt
Neil Nelson
Viroqua Highway 14
American Legionsts
Burl Kerrigan
H. Gale Carlisle
Marianist Society
Marynook
Our Saviour’s Church of Whitehall
Earl J. McGrath
Walter Hakes
Tommy Thomasgaard
Helmer Benrud
Blair City
I. G. Davis
Winona
J. Roland Eddie
Lena Carrier
U. S. Highway 14
Eddie
Winonan
John Davis
Harold
Pat) Rice
James Rice
van Hoof
Sparta National Guard
Eau Claire
Carl Shattuck
Elmer_ Proksch
Taylor
Omer Evistad
Eldon
Vernon County Circuit Court
Henry Ford
Gifford Ford
Christ Egilson
Independence High School
Anne Moen
Alfred Nesham
New Albia
Marine Corp
Leo Heilmann
Manchester
Conn
St. Gabriel’s Catholic
Stanley Christianson
Mindoro Marine
Joze Ramirez
Waukon Veterans Memorial Hospital
Houston District Court
David Burchell
Dakota
Gilbert S. Woxland
Mary Cook
Orley Sims
Sparta Farm
John William Wilcox, Jr
Caroline
William Japier Wardwell
Cassville
Adolph Kube
Noble Eide
William
Daniel Irvine
Arthur J. Irvine
Janet
Marjorie Sandreal
Orville Sandreal
North Dakota
Irvines
Luther Youngdahl
New la Crescent
Thomas Tierney
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Norman E. Himle
Gale College
St. Paul
Irvine
Don Hedding
la Vane Narveson
Chatfield Farm
Vernon County Board
New Lutheran Church
E. C. Knutson
Kiwanis
Corp
Mitchell Red Cloud
Clem Cassidy
Leonard Garin
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Russell Haakenson
New Caledonia
William T. O’brien
van Hoof Farm
Phillip Hammer
Patricia Benson
Carroll Eastman
Whitehall Methodist Church
Louis Kochendorfer
Dale Reeder
Alt Engebretson
Clifford Ness
Ervin Jones
Will Mayer
Norman Betsinger
Canton
John Aceney
Hatfield
Petticoat
Charles Moavee
Omah
Emma Harris
George Mohr
Rhodes
Leon Congregational Church
New Shon
Thomas Jones
David Lysaker
Linda Lou Ewert
Welch Valley
Mary Johnson
Joseph Hanson
REA Power
Gospet Helland
U. 8S. Army
Rage
Arnold Forscher
Forschers
Flossie Corcoran
Forschler
Barbara Jean
Aquinas High School
Mary Patricia
Gateway Transfer Co
Kay Frances
Kay
Harpers, Ferry
William D. Carroll
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Florence Bittner
Hercules Dousman
Col. Dousman
Midwest
State Historical Society
Root
Fillmore
Mississippi
Norman Berg
Elvin Humble
Gene Kelly
Mickey Rooney
Pat O’brien