Whitehall Elders Make Appointments
Whitehall Wisconsin Mrs John Gilbertson was appointed to the library board replacing Mrs Glen Olson who moved from the city The council approved Louie Boehm as fire chief and Fred Gardner as secretary treasurer of the Volunteer Fire Company A new fire department member Floyd Dahl was approved The annual fireman dance will no longer be held due to lack of a venue The city will meet quarterly payrolls by a budget appropriation Some water softener work will be done in the old plant A new snowplow with a blade attached to a city truck is in operation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
John Gilbertson
Common Council
Gilbertson
Glen Olson
Louie Boehm
Fred Gardner
Volunteer Fire Company
Floyd Dahl
Two Towns To Get New Post Offices
Arcadia and Independence will receive new post office buildings with bids underway. Arcadia plans 2,200 square feet interior, 250 square feet platform, 4,000 square feet paved area. Independence 1,590 interior, 108 platform, 3,000 paved. Interested parties contact F. E. Knapp, Real Estate Officer, Minneapolis.
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Washington, D.C
Arcadia
Independence
Lester Johnson
J. Edward Day
Post Office
F. E. Knapp
Real Estate Officer
Regional Post Office Department
Nicollet Ave
Minneapolis 2
Minn
New Aldermanic Contests Form in Sparta Wisconsin
In Sparta Wisconsin a new aldermanic contest emerges in the 6th Ward as John Abbott files to oppose Thomas Gomez who seeks election after appointment. In the 8th Ward ex alderman Walter Daehn faces Clair Blakely. 2nd Ward alderman Fred Bahr does not seek reelection. Roy L. Goodman is a candidate. 4th Ward alderman A. S. Eyler is unopposed, as is City Clerk Ray Stewart. Filing deadline is January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
John Abbott
Thomas Gomez
Walter Daehn
Clair Blakely
Fred Bahr
Roy L. Goodman
Eyler
Ray Stewart
Monroe Delegates Attend Wisconsin Fair Meeting
TOMAH Wis Monroe County delegates at the Wisconsin Association of Fairs meeting in Milwaukee included Mr and Mrs Earl Cram and Mr and Mrs Robert Bloom from Oakdale Firemen's Association and Edward Liddane Ralph Pingel and Dr R A Garman from Monroe County Fair Association They chose entertainment features for the 1963 fairs and celebrations sponsored by the groups
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
Milwaukee
Earl Cram
Robert Bloom
Oakdale
Oakdale Firemen’s Association
Edward Liddane
Ralph Pingel
R. A. Garman
Monroe County Fair Association
Annual Meeting Set at Our Savior's Lutheran Church
SPRING GROVE Minn The annual meeting of Our Savior s Lutheran Church of Ricelord with Rev Vernon Awes as pastor will follow a noon pot luck luncheon on Friday Jan 18 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of
Mauston Man Albert Kastner Retires After 45 Years
Albert W. Kastner 65, vice president of Kastner Bros Inc, retires after 45 years with the Mauston auto and implement firm. The Kastner company began in 1909 as a blacksmith shop and later grew into an auto agency. Kastner joined in 1917, expanded into farm implements in 1919, and the brothers ran the business until incorporating in 1947. He plans to keep farming 120 acres and visiting the business occasionally. He and Julia May of Adams married in 1921 and have seven daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Kastner
Kastner Bros., Inc
Manston
William A. Kastner
Kastner
Richard R. Kastner
Mauston
Wis
Mauston Automobile and Implement
Kastner Company
Juneau County
Albert
William
Seven Mile Creek
Chicago
Germantown
Windy City
Albert Kastner
St. Petersburg
Fla
Nership
Julia May
Adams
Allamakee Board Names Chairman and Committeemen
Waukon Iowa John Baumgartner was elected chairman of the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors. Named committeemen include Frank Beardmore Morrell Yohe and William Whalen with David E. Hoover named county engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
John Baumgartner
Allamakee County
Board of Supervisors
Frank Beardmore
Morrell Yohe
William Whalen
Social Workers Board
David E. Hoover
La Crosse Firm Wins Low Bid for Volk Field Apron
Mathy Construction Co. of La Crosse offered the lowest bid of 640,941 for Volk Field apron improvements, beating a government estimate of 809,722. The work, overseen by the Chicago District for the Air National Guard, includes overlaying 176,000 square yards of pavement with stone base and asphalt, tie-down anchors, markings, drainage work, seeding and underground electrical and lighting systems. Completion is set for 300 calendar days. Other bids ranged up to 685,058.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Douglas
Wis
Mathy Construction Co
la Crosse
Chicago Army Engineer District
Yolk Field
Volk Field
Air National Guard
Chicago
J. A. Smedile
D. L. Gasser Construction Co., Inc
Lake Delton
Arthur Overgaard, Inc
Elroy
Highway Pavers, Inc
Wauwatosa
Reliance Construction Co
Sheboygan
District Scouts Prepare for Community Disaster Alert
In Tomah Wisconsin all Boy Scout troops in the Juneau Winnebago District will take part in a community disaster alert on the third or fourth Saturday of the month. The event tests mobilization time and skills such as tent pitching fire building purifying water first aid communications and rescue work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Juneau-Winnebago
Viola Tax Rate Shows Increase in 1962
Viola Wisconsin village levy edged up from 1961. Richland County mill rate for 1962 rose to 0.05368 from 0.0515, while Vernon County rate climbed to 0.0619 from 0.0602, reflecting slight district increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Wis
Richland
Vernon
Richland County
Vernon County
Thrift and bake sale set for Alma Center church basement
A thrift and bake sale will start at 10 30 a m Saturday January nineteenth in the Methodist Church basement at Alma Center Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Center
Wis
Methodist Church
Kindness Boosts Hope for Sick Blair Girl
Louaine Nyen, a 9 year old from Blair Wisconsin, suffers encephalitis with diabetes since age four. After a long hospital stay in Madison she returned home with her family and a community fundraiser funded a used television to aid her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louaine Nvyen
Tri-County Memorial Hospital
Whitehall
Louaine
Wayne Nyen
Blair
Wis
Louaine Nyen
la Crosse
University Hospital
Madison
Warren
David
James
New Pastor For Area Churches
Rev. Robert M. Salveson will arrive around January 25 to serve Little Norway and Squaw Creek Lutheran Churches in Black River Falls. He is married with four children and has led four congregations in Sheyenne North Dakota in the last four years. Born July 6 1923 in Geddes South Dakota he and his wife are Concordia College graduates. He served in the Navy and studied at Luther Theological Seminary in St Paul. He spent seven years with the Boy Scouts of America as a scout executive in Fargo Red River Valley Council and in Juneau Alaska. He was ordained July 27 1958 at Bethlehem Lutheran Fergus Falls Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Robert M. Salveson
Little Norway
Squaw Creek
Sheyenne
N. C
Salveson
Geddes
S. D
Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
Navy
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Boy Scouts of America
Red River Valley Council
Fargo
N. D
Alaska Council
Juneau
Alaska
Hhe
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Fergus Falls
Stoddard Church Elects Officers
Stoddard Wis St Mathews Lutheran Church at its annual meeting re elected Alois Soucheck secretary Glenn Berra was elected trustee replacing Edwin Schlicht Other board members include Leonard Beitlich president Lloyd Hanson vice president James Wolden treasurer and Robert Kruger trustee
Legion Benefit Dance Slated for February Seventh
American Legion and Auxiliary sponsor a dance February 7 at Matters Hall to raise funds for furnishing a double room at the new hospital. The Auxiliary has donated ten dollars to the hospital association and five dollars for a camera for the Rochester hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
American Legion and Auxiliary
Matters Hall
The
Hospital Association
Rochester Hospital
Iowa panel rejects bid on access road project
WAUKON Iowa The Iowa Conservation Commission rejected a bid of 28704.20 by Harold Riehm of New Albin to clear and grab 16 acres of an access road in the New Albin area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
Harold Riehm
New Albin
Whitehall School evacuated after smoke from burner
Whitehall Memorial School students briefly paused exams as smoke filled the building from an oil burner overflow at about 9 15 a m. Fire drills paid off as administrators ordered an evacuation then firemen checked the furnaces to prevent an explosion and classes resumed 25 minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall, Wis
Whitehall's Memorial School
John Brown
Zion Lutheran Church approves 1963 Blair budget
Zion Lutheran Church of Blair approves a 1963 budget of 26203.35 dollars with allocations including 8000 to the synodical budget 600 to Lutheran Welfare 125 to the Zion Society for Israel 150 to Bethany Lutheran Home and 62.50 to both the American Bible Society and Lutheran Student Foundation. Officers James R. Davis and others are re elected with deacons and cemetery board members named to three year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wis
Zion Lutheran Church of Blair
Synodical
Lutheran Welfare
Zion Society For Israel
Bethany Lutheran Home
American Bible Society
Lutheran Student Foundation
A. R. Suther
James R. Davis
Ray Blaske
Lyle Anderson
Gilbert van Haden
Myron Nestingen
Arnold Olson
Robert Holl
Edwin Nanstad
Lawrence Holven
Alvin Olson
Hearing Set On Carrier License
Arthur Haugstad of R4 seeks a contract motor carrier license from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to haul pulpwood from Clark Jackson Monroe Juneau and Eau Claire counties to mills at Nekoosa Port Edwards and other leading points within those counties. A hearing is scheduled at Jackson County courthouse at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday January 29.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Arthur Haugstad
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Clark
Jackson
Monroe
Juneau
Eau Claire
Nekoosa
Port Edwards
Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co
Jackson County
Bloodmobile to Visit Black River Falls This February
Keith Ferries is named chairman of the Jackson County Bloodmobile drive with Mike Anderson as assistant. The quota increases by 1 pint per stop. The bloodmobile will be at Evangelical Lutheran Church on Tuesday February 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Keith Ferries
Jackson County
Mike Anderson
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Union Mills To Merge With Mindoro Wisconsin
In a public meeting at Union Mills School gym the La Crosse and Jackson County School committees voted 9 to 2 to dissolve the Union Mills District and merge it with Mindoro effective June 1 1963. Earlier petitions sought Holmen attachment but were rejected by District Court after legal challenges.
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Mindoro
Wis
la Crosse
Jackson County
Union Mills
Holmen
la Crosse County
Mindoro High
Rev Rusten to Deliver Final Sermon at Two Churches
Rev A N Rusten who moved to Minneapolis last October will preach his last service here on Sunday January 20 at Squaw Creek at 9 30 am and Little Norway at 11 am The congregation has called Rev Robert Salveson of North Dakota who is due to arrive with his family near month end The Black River Falls parsonage has been cleaned repainted and a new kitchen floor laid by church members for the Salveson family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
A. N. Rusten
Minneapolis
Little Norway
Squaw Creek
Rusten
Austen
Robert Salveson
North Dakota
Salveson
Mauston Candidate Files Nominations For Re election
Alderman Ronald Hanson filed nomina tion papers for re election in Mauston s 16th Ward the first to do so in the city. Election is set for April 2 with papers due by 5 p m January 29. Offices to be elected include ward aldermen for the 3rd 4th 6th wards supervisors for several wards and a justice of the peace. Spaulding and Duckworth will not run again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauston
Wis
Ronald Hanson
David Stackman
Glenn Spaulding
Wayne Duckworth
Thomas McDermott
Don Robinson
Glen Goetzke
August F. Luisi
Jessie Skinner
Spaulding
Duckworth
Westby Lutheran Has Annual Meet
Westby Wisconsin Our Savior's Lutheran Church held its annual meeting with Rev. J. O. Paulsrud as pastor. Treasurer Roger Peterson reported total net receipts from all church organizations of 28554.79, with 8969.47 given to missions and benevolences and 600 to the Bethel Home. Luther an Church Women treasurer Mrs Kenneth Nielson noted 3971.56 for 1962. Officers elected: Wallace Erickson president, Lincoln Knutson vice president, Ben Logan secretary, Roger Peterson treasurer. Arnold Kjelland Lyder Lee and Dr H A Grimsrud elected to the board of deacons for three years. New trustees named Orben Berg Alf Rudrud Everett Witland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
J. O. Paulsrud
Roger Peterson
Bethel Home
Kenneth Nielson
Lutheran Church Women
Wallace Erickson
Lincoln Knutson
Ben Logan
Arnold Kjelland
Lyder Lee
H. A. Grimsrud
St Matthew's Lutheran Church chooses new officers
The women of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Stoddard elected officers. Mrs. Oscar Wehling became secretary replacing Mrs. Richard Bakken and Mrs. Oscar Miller was named vice president replacing Mrs. Philip Krause. Awalt Wolfe is president and Robert Kruger treasurer.
Lansing Bank Stockholders Hold Meeting
Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank stockholders re elected all directors at the annual meeting in Lansing Iowa. Directors include M Kerndt T M Kerndt Gene Brennan John C Brophy Dewey Leppert T A Kerndt and Katherine M Kerndt. The board renamed M k Kerndt as president T M Kerndt as vice president James A Ryan cashier L A Fritz assistant cashier and B J Ferring assistant cashier. New hire Carolyn Ann Thomson Waterville replaces Mrs Darling who will leave soon. Reports show sizable gains in deposits loans and capital compared with last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Iowa
Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank
M. Kerndt
T. M. Kerndt
Gene Brennan
John C. Brophy
Dewey Leppert
T. A. Kerndt
Katherine M. Kerndt
James A. Ryan
L. A. Fritz
B. J. Ferring
Harris McKee
Phyllis Weber
Shirley Darling
Carolyn Ann Thomson
Waterville
Vernon Officials Attend CD Meet In Wisconsin
Vernon County Sheriff Morris Moon and County Civil Defense Director Paul Mockrud attended a county civil defense service meeting in Dodgeville. Workshops set up standard operating procedures for police service use in a national emergency. State civil defense directors addressed the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Morris Moon
Paul Mockrud
L County Civil Defense Service
Dodgeville
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Tom Artes
Britt
Luther College
Decorah
David Miller
Harmony
Fair
Dr. J. S. Hess Sr
Allamakee Board
Thrift Sale
Veronica Madden McGowan
Portage
U.S.A
New York
Loraine
KEV. Salveson
Stoddard Church
Legion
Zion Lutheran Church Elects
Milton Frederixon
Oswald Slette
Main ST
LA Crosse Glove CO
Westby Lutheran
John Forde
de Soto High School
Jan Linderbaum
Lansing Bank
CD Meet
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