Tomah Plans Major 1966 Street and Facility Upgrades
Tomah Wisconsin plans a busy 1966 with a new ultra modern senior high school valued at 2.375 million dollars a 1.261 million hospital expansion a 410000 senior citizens building and extensive street water and sewer projects. The city will complete McLean Avenue surfacing storm sewer mains and new water mains as part of a 20 year planning survey by Meade and Hunt. The plan includes airport development state and federal funding application and a new industrial committee to attract business. A public hospital addition and a memorial manor housing project will proceed with 98 bed capacity upon completion.
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la Crosse Tribune
Tomah
Wis
Memorial Hospital
C. E. Bean
McLean Avenue
Benton
Clifton Streets
Howard Street
Bean
Meade and Hunt
Madison
Planning Commission
John Drew
L. W. Kenny
Ernest Long
Earl Koch
del Lonnquist
Bloyer
State Aeronauics Commission
T. K. Jornan
Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission
Lake Tomah
Hammersley Construction Co
Southside Lumber Co
James Leck and Co
Minnneapolis
Greater Tomah Area
Irene Fenske
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Frank King
Mauston Area Chamber Elects Two To Offices
Mauston district leaders elected Dick Shade as president of the Greater Mauston Area Chamber of Commerce and Bill Denicke Jr. as vice president at the organizational meeting. Shade owns Carpenter's Supper Club and Denicke runs in the family automobile business. The group aims to develop an industrial park and push a street lighting program along State Highway 82 from the 190 94 interchange into the city. committees were named and directors will meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays each month.
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Mauston
Dick Shade
Greater
Mauston Area
La Crosse Tribune Dispatch January 3 1966
Local newspaper note indicating the La Crosse Tribune dated January 3 1966 was delivered via RFD on January 4.
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la Crosse Tribune
RFD
Anderson Accepts New Monroe Post in Wisconsin
Leonard Anderson, Monroe County agriculture agent for 10 years, is hired as county resource development agent. The position, created by the county board, keeps him as office manager. The move follows Davis’s promotion and changes among extension staff as contracts were signed for 1966.
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Sparta
Wis
Leonard Anderson
Monroe County
Agriculture Committee
Monroe County Board
Farm agency figures and personnel changes in Monroe County
Donovan Davntl 4H club agent on leave to pursue a masters at Wisconsin signed for another term. Loren Wolfe, former Brookwood High agriculture teacher, who began work as club agent last fall when Davnts entered university, will be inducted into a new position.
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Monroe County
Donovan Davntl
University of Wisconsin
Loren Wolfe
Brookwood High ‘School
Norwalk
Ontario
Davnts
Wisconsin grants offer up to 500 a year for students
State Assemblyman Bernard Lewison announced a $2 million Wisconsin grant in aid program for post high school students. Grants range from 50 to 250 per semester based on income plus family support, with eligibility extending through 1969 for full time residents enrolled at Wisconsin institutions. Applications are available in Madison with a $2.4 million first two year limit.
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Viroqua
Wis
Bernard Lewison
R-Viroqua
Crawford-Vernon
Wisconsin
Lewison
State Commission For Higher Educational Aids
Madison
His Defense Was Simple Too Drunk In Traffic Case
Charles L. McCracken of Kendall pleaded guilty to disregarding an officer’s order and hit and run in Monroe County Wisconsin. Testimony showed he was too drunk to know he hit a highway barricade or hear the stop warning. Marshal Neitzel testified McCracken struck the barricade and then fled before being arrested. Judge James W. Rice fined $23 for disregarding the officer and $13 for hit and run.
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Sparta
Wis
Charles L. McCracken
Kendall
Monroe County
James W. Rice
McCracken
George Neitzel
Neitzel
Rice
Bangor Church to Welcome Milwaukee Pastor in January
Bangor Baptist Church, without a resident pastor since May, will receive Rev. Fred Lemmert of Christ Baptist Church in Milwaukee as its new pastor. Lemmert, a former Bible Street Baptist Church and Dodgeville pastor, will preach his farewell in Milwaukee Jan. 23 and begin duties in February in Bangor. He succeeds Rev. Warren Zinn, now serving two Ohio parishes and one in West Virginia.
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Bangor
Wis
Bangor Baptist Church
Fred Lemmert
Christ Baptist Church
Milwaukee
Warren Zinn
Ohio
West Virginia
Year of Jackson County unfolds with new Memorial Hospital plan
Jackson County readies a $1.5 million Memorial Hospital project rooted in community funding. A 94 bed nursing home and a 50 bed addition to the Jackson Home for the Aged are outlined with state licensing shifts and Hill Burton grants to secure support.
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la Crosse Tribune
Lack River
Jackson County
Blackk River Falls
Jackson Home For
Krohn
State Board of Health
Memorial Hospital
Hill‘Burton
Misenko
Jeanette Misenko
Samuel Misenko
Jackson Home
Jackson County Board
Cerny & Associates
Minneapolis
William McNulty Sr
Milton Jacobson
Victor Emerson
Ray Linnel
Victor Capaul
Louis Gardipee
Monroe County Board Ends Term Before 46 to 30 Member Change
The Monroe County Board of Supervisors meets one last time as a 46 member body on Tuesday January 4 at 10 a.m. The agenda includes setting salaries for deputies and clerks, plus funding for the full time veterans' service officer. The veterans affairs committee requests 5100 to 6600 for the director and 3100 to 3600 for a secretary with a 9160 office budget. Current officers Hutson and Kenyon each earn 3800. Committee members include Darwin Reekie John White Jr. and Robert Page.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County Board of Supervisors
Veterans’ Service
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Darwin Reekie
Tomah
Ofce
John Hutson
Kyle Kenyon
Reekie
John White Jr
Robert Page
Tomah Man Wins Adjournment in Indigence Case
Frederick Bates of Tomah won an adjournment in the case facing him after his employer Jon Schuster, a service station manager, accused Bates of misusing $170.79 in station receipts. Bates appeared before Monroe County Judge James W. Rice, and the case was held open to verify his finances to decide eligibility for a court appointed attorney.
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Sparta
Wis
Frederick Bates
Tomah
Jon Schuster
Bates
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Monroe Defense Director Resigns
Monroe County Civil Defense committee accepts Ralph Dutton resignation as county director. Lester McMullen of Tomah says applications already submitted. Committee members listed include Robert Page Sparta Herman Frei Byron John White Jr Tomah John Will Sparta and Curtis Farmer Wilton.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe ‘County Civil Defense Committee
Ralph Dutton
Lester McMullen
Tomah
Monroe County Board
Robert Page
Herman Frei
Byron
John White Jr
John Will
Curtis Farmer
Wilton
U.S. May Enter Vandalism Case in Wisconsin
Three rural mailboxes were removed and left near a barn in Tomah Wisconsin. Boxes belonged to Theodore Olson Nathan Emerson and Gervaise Shie. Sheriff Oss investigates and federal prosecution possible if vandals are caught.
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Sparta
Wis
Tomah
Theodore Olson
Nathan ‘Merson
Gervaise Shie
Arden Oss
U.S
Removes For Sale By Owner Sign From Window
Mrs March asks for help selling her home after removing a For Sale By Owner sign. The narrator notes MLS with 40 salesmen brings qualified buyers, while Mrs March emphasizes wish for wiser owners. Real estate ads and agencies listed.
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March
Mrs. March
Georgia
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