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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1968
Page
15
Merrillan business leaders foresee a brighter 1968 as Interstate 94 diverts traffic from U.S. 12. They anticipate more local jobs, housing for 200 families, and revived demand for nearby properties, with new Church of Christ due by February and recreation sites boosting year-round appeal. The Merrillan Motel may reopen if traffic rebounds.
Trempealeau County voters will elect 21 supervisors across 16 districts in the April 2 election. Nominations may be filed after January 1 and by 5 p.m. January 30. Incumbents and their districts are listed, with two year terms starting April 16 and polls open 8 or 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
In Port Arthur Ontario a Minneapolis hunter Joseph Paul Deason aged 64 was fatally shot while hunting 50 miles northwest of Port Arthur in the Lac Des Mille Lac area. The shooter mistook him for a moose during the weekend incident.
The new West Central headquarters for the State Conservation Department in Black River Falls is largely unfinished with grounds work and road access pending. Work planned for 1968 includes highway grading fencing landscaping and paving connections to the building while additional service garages are expected by 1969. The building has not yet been officially dedicated.
VIROQUA Wisconsin 193 criminal cases filed and processed in 1967 by Clerk of Court Morris Moon. Civil and traffic totals, small claims, passports, and remitted funds are itemized. Deputy clerk Harriet Ostrem assists.
Viroqua Wisconsin secretary treasurer Martin Rusdal begins city tax collection on January 2. Personal property taxes are due by February 28 and half of real estate taxes by February 28 with the remaining half due by July 31. Rusdal’s office hours are 8 am to 4 pm except Tuesday mornings for parking meter duties. The 1968 real estate tax rate is 30.97 per thousand of evaluation. balance may be paid at the county treasurer’s office.
Regional chairmen and vice chairmen of the Wisconsin Council for Local History will be installed at the State Historical Society annual meeting in Milwaukee on January 20. Mabel Vernon of Hillsboro and Mrs. Ray Hurlburt of Jackson County will join the southwestern region.
Olaf Hanson, 75, froze to death after apparently locking himself out of his Duluth home. The coroner said he died Saturday night while trying to remove a storm door in subzero temperatures. A neighbor found his body Sunday morning.
Blair Wisconsin voters will select three aldermen in the April 2 municipal election. Terms of Rudolph Anderson Ward 1 Harold Utne Ward 2 and Donald Stanford Ward 3 expire. Nomination papers may be circulated from Jan 1 until 5 p.m. Jan 30.
Trempealeau Wisconsin school board schedules a special meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday January 4 in the school gym. They seek electors approval to transfer $9000 from the general fund to the building fund to finance two storage rooms in the new addition.
In Milwaukee this week the Wisconsin Nixon for President Committee named Sparta pair Al and Mrs. Wright Monroe County co chairmen. The Wrights run the Sparta Dairy Queen and Al Wright is Spar, Inc. vice president. Wright previously led Monroe Young Republicans in 1962. They report to Robert E. Steele, 3rd District Nixon chairman, Tomah.
Whitehall Wisconsin voters head to the polls April 2 for a five seat primary. Expiring terms include Mayor Lester Brennam 1st Ward Alderman Willie A. Johnson 2nd Ward Alderman Norman Friske 3rd Ward Alderman Eyvind Peterson and Assessor Wesley Briggs. Alderman terms run four years while mayor and assessor serve two. Nomination papers may be issued starting January 1 and must be filed by 5 p.m. January 31. Polls open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. per new state election laws.
The 1968 agenda in Viroqua includes a 1 125 000 expansion at Vernon Memorial Hospital adding 30 beds and new labs and surgery rooms, plus a 325 000 Bethel Home addition with 36 rooms. A Hirsch Clinic is planned by Dr. Robert A. Starr and Dr. Harold Oppert, and a 12 952 federal grant funds Park Bowl improvements with city match. The city eyes a new industry, street revamps, police and city hall planning, and a second supper club at the Oriole Cafe. The Odd Fellows move to new Decker Street quarters and a cemetery machinery building is anticipated.
NEW YORK AP A panel of jurors for the 1968 Pulitzer journalism prizes was named by Columbia University president Dr Grayson Kirk. Forty newspaper editors including Bower Hawthorne of the Minneapolis Tribune will judge entries starting March 7 in nine prize categories. At least six entries will be submitted per prize with an advisory board guiding Columbia trustees for final approval.
Sanford Nerby, formerly of Holmen and son of Mrs Irvin Kriesel Trempealeau, was promoted to assistant manager of data processing at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Nerby has eight years of service with the clinic.
CALEDONIA Minnesota December marked the 50th year Victor Gaspard has worked as a barber in Caledonia. He began in 1917 with his father and has stayed in the same shop. His son Robert is a partner, sharing the business since 1940 aside from WWII service. Gaspard notes he still serves some customers from 50 years ago.
Selmer Johnsrud was elected president of the Spring Grove Lodge of the Sons of Norway for 1968. Elected with him were Joe Joland as vice president Peter Swenson secretary Gladys Kroshus financial secretary A B Rosanen treasurer Leonard Tollefrud corresponding secretary and Clarence Moore trustee.
Pfc. Robert D. Arnold of Galesville dies in Vietnam while honored with Military Merit Medal and Gallantry Cross with Palm. He is celebrated for unselfish service, blocking the Red wave and setting a brilliant example for comrades in arms.
Alma Center Wisconsin hosts New Life Mission services led by Rev. Edwin Sheppard at Alma Center Methodist Church from Sunday January 7 to Wednesday January 10. Evening meetings start 8 p.m. with Teenarama for youths at 7 15 p.m. on January 7 and 10. Rev. Sheppard is pastor at Wesley Methodist Church in La Crosse.
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