Jersey Winners at Vernon County Jersey Show in Viroqua
Prize winners from the Parish 4 Jersey show held Saturday at the Vernon County Fairgrounds in Viroqua are pictured. Steven Kirchner receives a champion grade female trophy from Rural Insurance Co. for his winning entry, while Larry Sullivan shows the grand champion bull with Vernon County dairy queen Sherry Knutson. Senior showmanship trophy goes to Jim Kellogg. John Selin wins 4-H and Future Farmer class, and Dean Peterson captures the junior showmanship trophy.
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Vernon County Fairgrounds
Viroqua
Steven Kirchner
Mindoro
M.R. McClurg
The
Rural Insurance Co
Larry Sullivan
Sherry Knutson
Vernon County Dairy Queen
Sherry
Old Hospital In Black River Gets Tenants
Black River Falls Wisconsin reports three sections of the old Black River Memorial Hospital rented with a fourth tenant planned. The Farm Home Administration occupies the second floor of the Gebhardt Building addition and Production Credit Association is temporarily in the adjoining small office building. The Krohn Clinic remains on Main Street ground floor. An auction of unused hospital equipment is set for Sunday July 14 at 221 Main St.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Black River Memorial Hospital
Richards M. Manuel
Farm Home Administration
Falls Theater
Gebhardt
Lawrence Babka
Third Street
Production Credit Association
Laymayer
Daniel McKeeth
Krohn Clinic
Main Street
County Welfare Department
Main St
Trial Lawyers Elect Decorah Man
Decorah attorney Frank R. Miller of Miller Pearson and Glee was elected to the fellowship of the American College of Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles. He will be inducted at the group’s annual banquet in Philadelphia on August 3.
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Decorah
Iowa
Frank R. Miller
of Miller, Pearson and Glee of
American College of Trial Lawyers
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Directors to Get $10 Per Meeting
SPRING GROVE Minn At the board of education meeting for School Dist 297 it was voted to pay each director ten dollars per meeting. The treasurer remains paid five hundred dollars yearly. Treasurer bond set at sixteen thousand dollars while superintendent and secretary bonds are twelve thousand dollars each.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Board of Education of School Dist
Leprechaun Folklore Character Described
The leprechaun is described as a tiny shoemaker wearing a cocked hat and leather apron. He is believed to be unfriendly and to inhabit remote places where only the tapping of his hammer reveals his whereabouts.
Poison Ivy All Parts Poisonous
All parts of the poison ivy plant are poisonous and can cause skin irritation. The plant contains urushiol, the oily resin that provokes a rash in sensitive individuals. Avoid contact and wash exposed skin with soap and water after exposure.
Sparta United Fund sets 1968 budget for 11 agencies
Sparta Wisconsin United Fund approves a 1968 budget of 10 600 dollars benefiting 11 agencies including 3000 for Sparta Red Cross 2400 for Boy Scouts 1300 for Girl Scouts and 700 for Monroe County Mental Health with several increases over last year. James Munro to chair general campaign. drives run two weeks starting October 7 and October 21. Other leaders named include Thomas Cooley Eldon Perkins and Hal Ericson. local organizations invited to join but state and national policies limit participation.
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Sparta
Wis
John Wardalion
Kenny Tribee
Sparta Foundation
United Fund
Gateway Area Boy Scout
ap-Council
James Munro
Marian Schorr
Sparta Red Cross
Monroe County Association For Mental Health
Monroe County Association
Salvation Army
Thomas Cooley
Eldon Perkins
Robert Eppers
Hal Ericson
Wartinbee
Stanley Hays
Lester Schlaver
Leone Lahm
William J. Gleiss
Thomas Hem‘stock
Ralph Osborne Sr
DeWitt C. Beebe
Monroe County
American Cancer Society
County Easter Seal Organization
County Unit of the
Heart Association
Sparta United Fund
Northland Teachers To Tell Of Home
Decorah Iowa listeners can call in to Luther College Radio KWLC for the Scandnavian Forum on July 10 at 10 p m. The Nordic institute representatives from five countries Norway Sweden Denmark Iceland and Finland will discuss their homelands and answer questions during the hour long program. The students arrived at Luther for the fifth annual institute and will remain on campus through July 26 culminating with Scandinavian night featuring country slides and discussions.
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Decorah
Iowa
Luther College Radio
KWLC
Institute In American Studies For
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Iceland
Finland
Luther
Blair Salvation Army Drive Receipts Reach $240
Mrs. Almer Olsen, Blair Salvation Army drive chairman, reports receipts totaling $240. The effort supports local aid and community services.
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Blair, Wis
Almer Olsen
Blair Salvation Army
Self-Help Medic First Aid Class Slated In Wilton
Wilton Fire Department sponsors a medical self help and Red Cross first aid course led by Joyce Holly of Tunnel City at the Wilton fire station starting 8 p m Monday July 8. Elmer Pasch urges local volunteers and residents to join for ambulance service coverage. Open to all including students. no pre registration required at first session. Gordon Stelter organizes sessions for Monroe County Civil Defense.
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Wilton
Wis
Red Cross
Joyce Holly
Tunnel City
Elmer Pasch
Fire Department
Wilton Area
Pasch
Gordon Stelter
Monroe County Civil Defense
Grand Pottery Opens in Historic Grand Theater Home
Decorah Iowa locals watch Dean Schwarz engineer pottery on a wheel at Grand Pottery a new shop inside the Grand Theater once Opera House. The store features Schwarz students other regional artists and Japanese prints pre Columbian pots and watercolors expanding the town cultural scene.
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Decorah
Iowa
Grand Theater
New England
Grand Pottery
Dean Schwarz
Schwarz
Luther College
Luther
Saito
Hagawara
Luther Teacher Gets $5700 Grant
Decorah Iowa Dr Dennis Barnaal of Luther College physics department wins a 5700 dollar research grant from Research Corp The funds support building equipment to study molecular motions in ice by pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance He will design the apparatus and use an electromagnet in the Luther physics lab.
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Decorah
Iowa
Dennis Barnaal
Luther College
Research Corp
Barnaal
Luther Physics
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Nelson Funeral Home
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