Four possibilities loom in McGilvray Road construction plans
County boards weigh options to restore McGilvray Road across Black River bottoms linking La Crosse Holmen with Trempealeau. Proposals include repair and new bridge with local aid, county funding to gain state class B status, or state trunk highway routing nearby. State aid rules and timelines influence feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGilvray
Black River
la Crosse-Holmen
Trempealeau
la Crosse County
McGilvray Road
la Crosse
Holland
State Highway Commission
R. M. Schlabach
Special Bridge Fund
Trempealeau County
Bottoms
Tremaleau
Black River Bottoms
Social Security Payments Top $1 Million in Coulee Region
The La Crosse area saw federal old age and survivor insurance payments exceed one million dollars annually for 1950, with about 91 406 paid in September to 2 814 beneficiaries. The new law expands coverage, raises benefits, and eases eligibility, bringing nearly 10 million new workers into the program by January 1 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulee Region
Stephen J. Leszcynski
la Crosse
Social Security Office
Leszcynski
Coulee
Adams
Crawford
Grant
Juneau
Monroe
Richland
Vernon
United States
Unification Plan Advances and Upset Mark County Schools
The La Crosse county school committee moved to attach French Island districts 5 and 6 and Boulevard to the La Crosse city system, expanded Mindoro district, and attached Rockland to Bangor district. An upset occurred as West Salem district dissolved after voters rejected the unified district 475 to 244 on July 15.
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la Crosse County
French Island
Campbell
Boulevard
Shelby
la Crosse City
Mindoro Union Free
Rockland
Bangor Union Free
West Salem
State Department of Poets Instruction
la Crosse
Mindoro Union Free High School
Farmington
Burns
Holland
Onalaska
Holmen
Board of Supervisors Elects W E Spreiter and Harry Spence
The annual meeting elected Spreiter of Onalaska and Spence of La Crosse to the board. Other members named are Freehoff of Greenfield, Pfaff of Farming ton, Knudtson of Bangor, and Engelhard of La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Spreiter
Onalaska
Harry Spence
la Crosse
Board of Supervisors
Edwin Freehoff
Greenfield
George Pfaff
Farmington
B. A. Knudtson
Bangor
L. M. Engelhard
Favorable Employment Conditions In La Crosse 1950 Report
The Wisconsin state employment service reports favorable La Crosse employment in 1950 despite layoffs at four major manufacturing firms. Total county employment rose from about 24 000 in January to a July peak of 26 790, aided by construction and food processing canning. Camp McCoy hiring and defense staffing directives may affect future labor needs.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
N. E. Schulze
WSES
la Crosse Area
Chulze
la Crosse County
Camp McCoy
Schulze
Washington
Madison
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Trempealeau Group
Tribune
McGilvray Bridge
Federal
Prairie du Chien
Lancaster
Platteville
Westby
Viroqua
Richland Center
Sparta
Tomah
Mauston
George E. Watson
Elm Grove
Mindoro Union
Bangor Union
Hamilton
Barre
Loren Gamash
India
Manke Hardware
Caledonia Street
Kentucky
Franklin CO
Pocahontas Egg
Taylor Lumber CO
Cameron Ave
Terminix
Rice-Olsen Lumber CO
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