Trempleau Begins Tax Collection in 1962
Whitehall Wisconsin report shows Trempealeau County total property taxes for 1962 at 2,560,708.60, up 141,098.79 from 1961, based on equalized valuation of 78,409,390. County Clerk Louise V. Johnson lists totals by locality including Albion, Arcadia, Blair, Ettrick, Galesville, Independence, Pigeon Falls, Strum, Trempealeau, and Whitehall among others.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Louise V. Johnson
Albion
Town of
Arjeco
Burnside
Caledonia
Citiates Rock
Dodge
Ettrick
Gale
Hale
Lincoln
Pigeon
Preston
Sumner
Town of Trempealeau
Unity
Eleva
Pigeon Falls
Strum
Trempealeau
Arcadia
Blair
Galesville
Independence
Heart Fund Drive Heads Appointed In Two Counties
Two Heart Fund campaign representatives have been named in Vernon and Crawford Counties. Edwin M. Jacobson of Viroqua will head the western Vernon County drive, while Noel O. Daugherty of Steuben chairs the southern Crawford County effort. Both appointments are by state chairman Dr. William B. Hildebrand. Jacobson has six years with the Heart Fund. Daugherty also ran the Crawford campaign in 1961 and 1962.
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Heart Fund
Vernon
Crawford Counties
Edwin M. Jacobson
Viroqua
Vernon County
Noel O. Daugherty
Steuben
Crawford County
William B. Hildebrand
Menasha
Jacobson
Daugherty
Crawford
St John’s UCC elects church council at New Albin Iowa
St John’s United Church of Christ at Wheatland has re elected its church council. Members are Elmer Heitman Donald Vonderohe Herbert Renk and Armin Wuennecke.
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New Albin
Iowa
St. John's United Church of Christ At
Wheatland
Elmer Heitman
Donald Vonderohe
Herbert Renk
Armin Wuennecke
New Stamp Sales Volume High In Black River Falls
Black River Falls Postmaster Robert Amo reports a surge in stamp sales after new postal rates take effect January 7. One-cent stamps averaged about 50 daily through January 7, with 14,000 sold on a Monday. five-cent stamps also sold strongly, though less than the one-cent stamps. Many customers were unaware the five-cent stamps had been available since November.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Robert Amo
Amo
Tremplo Welfare Costs Reported
Tremplo Welfare costs for December show Disabled aid $4,956.08 with county share $1,343.63 for 47 recipients. Blind aid $1,175.58 with county share $322.55 for 13 recipients. Aid to dependent children $10,083.19 with county share $3,321.60 for 228 recipients. Old age assistance $49,135.04 with county share $14,019.21 for 509 recipients.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County Public Welfare Department
Church elects elders and trustee in New Albin
Mt Hope Presbyterian Church Union City Township names Art Beardmore and George Hartley Sr as elders and Delbert Mohwinkle as trustee in a church election. Local coverage notes the new leadership at the Iowa congregation.
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New Albin
Iowa
Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church
Union City Township
Art Beardmore
George Hartley Sr
Delbert Mohwinkle
Primatene Tablets Aimed At Asthma Relief Sold At Drugstores
An advertisement touts Primatene tablets as the most prescribed asthma formula by doctors and available without prescription. It claims the three medicines work together to open airways, ease congestion, soothe nerves, and provide hours of relief without injections, priced 98 cents.
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New York
N. Y
Sahara Desert
Top winners repeat at Northern Wisconsin Tobacco Show
The 9th annual Northern Wisconsin Tobacco Show in Viroqua saw repeats from last year as T. J. Swiggum of Soldiers Grove won the champion valley sample and John Aasen of Westby won the top ridge entry. Awards included trophies and $20, with several runners up and junior show honorees earning smaller prizes.
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Gary Leum
Westby
Billy
Carl Olson Jr
Sterling
John Aasen
T. J. Swiggum
Soldiers Grove
Viroqua
Wis
R. J. Westby
Harold S. Wallace
Norwalk
Valley
Jerry Burke
Ridge
Merlin Dregne
Victor Ellefson
Halvor Allness
Honor Necedah Firemen At 22nd Banquet
Necedah Wisconsin events honored the volunteer fire department at the 22nd annual banquet at St Francis Church. Richard Ganther received a service pin and honorary membership for 1942 entry. attendance records highlighted long service by Herbert Stivers and others. The department faced 18 calls in 1962 with three trucks. major fires included the Wilson Home and Gamble Clothing store.
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Necedah
Wis
Herbert Stivers
Thomas Pisarek
Henry Wegner
Morgan Williams
James Christianson
Pisarek
Edwin Zellmer
Finley
Wilson
Gamble Clothing
Art Ziegler
James Christensen
Vernon Plans Major Road Work In 1963
Vernon County Highway Commissioner M. J. Reidt reports major highway projects for 1963. Plans include CTH SS south of Vernon, CTH W in Hillsboro, and CTH in the Bloomingdale Avalanche area. Four miles of CTH SS from U.S. 14 61 to Liberty line graded and sand lifted. poles relocated. CTH W graded and sand lifted in Hillsboro. CTH to be black topped for 12 miles in Bloomingdale and Avalanche. State work includes 3.1 miles of U.S. 14 61 paving between Westby and East Coon Valley Hill, remainder black topped. STH 82 restructured between Hillsboro and Juneau County line.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
M. J. Reidt
Hillsboro
Bloomingdale-Avalanche
Pleasant Ridge
Bloomingdale
Westby
East Coon Valley Hill
Juneau County
French Creek Church OKs 1963 Budget
French Creek Lutheran Church set a 1963 budget of 17 678 dollars at its annual meeting. Local expenses total 11 793 dollars with 4 975 for the synodical budget plus small allocations to Bethany Home for the Aged Lutheran Welfare Luth er Park Bible Camp and Homme Home for Boys. New officers and committees were named including Norman Hagen trustee and Gertrude Ofsdahl financial secretary. The church marked its centennial in 1962 with interior redecorating and exterior repainting.
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Ettrick
Wis
French Creek Lutheran Church
H. A. Lease
Synodical
Bethany
la Crosse
Lutheran Welfare
Luther Park
Cheick
Homme
Wittenberg
Norman Hagen
Arthur Ofsdahl Jr
Ivan Enghagen
la Verne Henderson
Thomas Shay
Gertrude Ofsdahl
Irwin Hogden
Lester Hogden
Dallas Olson
Arnold Solberg
Helmer Thompson
Whitehall Firemen Called Out Only 8 Times In 1962
Whitehall Wisconsin Fire Chief Louis Boehm reports eight fire calls in 1962 five in the city and three in the country Fred Gardner re elected secretary treasurer of the department Chief Boehm announces appointments Ben Bautch first assistant chief Maynard Christianson second assistant chief Fred Gardner first lieutenant Everett Berg second lieutenant and George Fromm fire inspector Committee members named welfare Claude Burkart Donald Pearson Norman Narva Bob Guinn finance A E Berg John Hegge Clifford Hanson traffic Maurice Scow George Fromm Ben Mahle purchasing Harold Arneson Lee Johnson Everett Berg
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Whitehall
Wis
Louis Boehm
Fred Gardner
Boehm
Ben Bautch
Maynard Christianson
Everett Berg
George Fromm
Claude Burkart
Donald Pearson
Norman Narva
Bob Guinn
A. E. Berg
John Hegge
Clifford Hanson
Maurice S Cow
Ben Mahle
Harold Arneson
Lee Johnson
Luther College chemist earns PhD from Chicago
Decorah Iowa Roger Corneliussen assistant professor of chemistry at Luther College has earned a PhD in chemistry from the University of Chicago. A 1953 Concordia College Moorhead Minnesota graduate he studied at Northwestern University Medical School for three years before joining Chicago in 1957. He received the MS degree in physical chemistry in 1960 and held General Electric and university fellowships during his Chicago studies.
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Decorah, Iowan
Roger Corneliussen
Luther College
University of Chicago
Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
Corneliussen
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago
General Electric
Clio Club Meeting Set for Jan 16 Lunch At Home
The Clio Club schedules a 12 30 p m lunch meeting Wednesday January 16 at Mrs M C Schmallenberg's home The hostesses include Mines Glen Voskuilk Mary McDonald Howard Perry Milton Lund and Miss Mabelle Davis.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Clio Club
M. C. Schmallenberg
Mines
Glen Voskuilk
Mary McDonald
Howard Perry
Milton Lund
Mabelle Davis
Monroe farmers honored for conservation in 1962
Three Monroe County farmers Arnold Misna Willard Brueggen and Norbert Roeder were named outstanding conservation farmers at a Carlton banquet. Misna runs 120 acres cropland 23 woodland and pasture with a 193 acre farm family includes five sons and three daughters. Brueggen farms 80 acres 56 under contour strip cropping with 24 livestock and four sons. Roeder manages 275 acres 125 cropland 35 woodland and ongoing pasture renovation. he and his wife have two sons and two daughters.
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Monroe County
Arnold Misna
Willard Brueggen
Norbert Boeder
Boeder
Edward Baker
Eau Claire
F. J
Pat) O'Connell
SCS
Ridge Farms
Misna
la Crosse
Portland
Cashton Creamery Board
Vernon County
Frank Silha
Brueggen
Jefferson
Norbert Roeder
Ha Crossy Crib scheduled event announced
A note dated January 1965 indicates a Crossy Crib event set for Monday January 14 with delivery on January 15 on the RFD route.
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RFD
PTA To Hear Description Of Ceylon
Westby Wisconsin news brief notes Mrs. Carl Meadows of Richland Center will describe the island nation of Ceylon at the Westby PTA meeting on Wednesday January 16 in the old gymnasium. She spent three months there as a visitor-observer for the Julie tte Low World Friendship Fund program of the Girl Scouts and traveled about 3000 miles inside the country. She will use colored slides in the talk and is a leader of a senior Scout troop as well as a member of the Great Lakes Region VII committee. She holds a bachelor of education from La Crosse State College and teaches creative dance in Richland Center where she lives with her husband and three children.
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Westby
Wis
Ceylon
Carl Meadows
Richland Center
Westby Pta
Meadows
la Crosse State College
New Albin Bank Elects Officers
Paul H. Meyer has been re elected president of New Albin Savings Bank. Other directors include Arthur Freuchte as vice president J E Welsh as cashier Albert Freuchte as assistant cashier and Mrs Edna Tabbott Mrs Bonnie Johnson and Mrs Emma Reiser as book keepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albin
Iowa
Paul H. Meyer
New Albin Savings Bank
Arthur Freuchte
J. E. Welsh
Albert Freuchte
Edna Tabbott
Bonnie Johnson
Emma Reiser
Houston County Republicans Schedule Meeting
Caledonia Minn Hector Construction offices at 1 Caledonia hosts Houston County Republicans meeting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday January 16.
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Houston Republicans
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Republicans
Hector Construction
Speech Contest Set For Waukon
Waukon Iowa hosts the Northeastern Iowa speech contest on February 22 and 23 with about 600 students expected to compete.
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Waukon
Iowa
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George Nettum
Robert Frederick
4-H Club
Trempleau
Heart Fund Drive
Maytag
Saytag
America
Midwest Bottle Gas
3Rd St
Church
Band
James R. Burns
Ronald Ping
L. Peter Groves
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
211 Exchange
By John Ellenbecker
la Crosse Tribune
Kenneth Caucutt
Stanley Sherry
Adolph Everson
Lloyd Leum
Mt. Sterling
Hope
Michael Seymore
Carl
Billy Olson
Mr. Sterling
Car
Roger Johnson
Plainview
James Brinkman
Coon Valley
Allen Wreble
Chaseburg
Bill Werth
Werth
George E. Nettum
Northern
Wisconsin Tobacco Pool
Robert C. Newman
University of Wisconsin
United States
Newman
USDA
Lloyd A. Peterson
University of Wisconsin Laboratory
William B. Ogden
Kentucky
Burley 21
Wisconsin
College
Cuba
Jim Appleman
Martin Rusdal
J. J. Swiggum
French Creek
Amund Onsrud
Lauritz Lebakken
Ednar Borreson
Arthur Ofsdahl Sr
Arthur Thompson
Milton Thompson
Henry Onsrud
Joel Henderson
Gerald Berg
Pyrl Helstad
Lloyd Dahl
Melvin Solberg
Bethany Home Commission
Kilmer Erickson
Alex Nelsestuen
Luther
Clio Club Meeting
Farance
Jagr Robinson
State RD
Monroe
PTA
New Albin Bank
Cities Service
An Distributors
Mueller Climatrol
Schneider
Sc. Srd
Mueller
Bob's Sheet Metal
Coon Valley, Wis
Standorf Heating Service
Prairie du Chien, Wis
Flom & Forsyth
Houston, Minn
Joseph Fritsch
Sparta
Clarence’s
la Crescent
George Poehling
Bangor
Sampson Heating
Black River Falls, Wis
Frank
Onalaska, Wis
Kensmoe Heating and Air Conditioning
Galesville, Wis
Jeffries
HIG
Elroy, Wis
Viroqua, Wis
Hixton, Wis
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