Taylor Class Celebrates 20th Anniversary Reunion
Taylor High School 1943 graduates held a 20th anniversary reunion at Club Midway Independence. Special guests included former teachers and a former principal. Attendees and absentees listed. booklets with members’ addresses occupations and children distributed. five year reunion planned with committee members named.
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Taylor
Wis
Taylor High School
Ernest Johnstad
al Fischer
Robert Thurston
Torrance
Calif
Ellen Waller
Reno
Nev
Allen Johnson
Litchfield
Minn
Ardell Brynildson
Jay Gilpin
Theodora
Josephine Peterson
Harlan Larson
Blair
Harlan Huber
Pearl Peterson
Melrose
Woodrow Jeffery
Joyce Johnson
Scott City
Kan
Edward Nandory
Black River Falls
Robert Anderson
Maize
Wyoming University
Jenny Colwell
Sparta
Keith Sobeck
Vernon Rumppe
Harlan
BRF Firm Makes Personnel Changes Across Wisconsin Stores
BLACK RIVER FALLS Wisconsin Robert Hansen longtime Schultz Brothers Store employee transfers to Wisconsin Dells store Charles Kolitz moves to Menomonie and Dave Thompson of Northfield begins training at the local Schultz Store in Black River Falls.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Robert Hansen
Schultz Brothers
Wisconsin Dells
Charles Kolitz
Menomonie
Dave Thompson
Northfield
Schultz
World travel books for young readers and adults
The Life World Library covers Britain France Germany Scandinavia Spain Italy Greece Russia and more with on the scene photos and authoritative texts. Companion titles follow Kate Keating a teenager visiting France and Italy with diary style scenes and practical info on currency holidays languages and hotels. Disney film inspired travel volumes add color with illustrated journeys to Scotland the Amazon Samoa and Thailand.
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France
Italy
Greece
Southeast Asia
Africa
Life World Library
Britain
Scandinavia
Spain
Russia
Arab World
India
Brazil
Denmark
Kate Keating
Europe
Kate
Keating
Lyons
Limoges
Walt Disney
Highlands
Scotland
Amazon
Samoa
Thailand
Monroe Fair entries dip from 1962 totals
Readiness for the 1963 Monroe County Fair opens at the Monroe Fairground. Total entries fall to 4109 from 4184 last year due to the elimination of rural school educational exhibits, earlier fair timing, and a dry spell affecting crops. Open class entries reach 1142 with gains in beef swine flowers and crafts.
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Tmoah
Wis
Monroe County Fairground
William Urban
Urban
Wll
Tomah VA worker wins cash award for hospital improvement
Robert C. Stump of the physical medicine and rehabilitation service at Tomah Veterans Hospital received a cash award for an improvement suggestion. The proposal was sent to the Veterans Administration central office for possible national adoption. Other cash awardees were Philip Abbott Garland Behrens Donald Kremmer Donald Olson and George Harp from engineering. Dorothea Mackenthan earned a certificate for an approved suggestion.
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Tomah
Wis
Robert C. Stump
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Central Office
The
Veterans Administration
Philip Abbott
Garland Behrens
Donald Kremmer
Donald Olson
George Harp
Dorothea Mackenthan
Venetian Night Lights Up Lansing Fish Days
Venetian Night during Lansing Fish Days will be Friday July 19 with fireworks moved to Saturday. The event features the St Croix flagship led by John Brophy, 50 boats, boat floats, and a river parade from Main Street to the Marina. The program includes a large musical lineup with Gerry Gonyea and local vocalists, a De Soto High School swing band, and new sound system.
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Lansing
Iowa
St. Croix
John Brophy
Marina
Front Street
Gerry Gonyea
la Crosse
Stanley Wierson
de Soto
Otto
Andy) Anderson
Terry Inman
Scott Smith
Postville
New Jersey Moves To Curb Interstate Billboards
New Jersey joined 18 states by approving billboard controls on interstate highways. The measure offers a half percent incentive bonus tied to covered highway sections. Rev. M. Whitton backs the plan, citing beauty and safety, while AAA warns of a billboard surge and potential risks to the system.
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New Jersey
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
M. Whitton
Nebraska
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Congress
American Automobile Association
AAA
Two Parishes Plan Joint Parsonage Near Spring Grove
MABEL Minn After months of study Faith Lutheran Parish of Black Hammer and Our Saviors Parish rural Spring Grove vote to build a joint parish parsonage with Sunday school facilities. Estimated cost 25000 dollars, to be located near the Black Hammer Church five miles north of Spring Grove. Building and finance committees named. Ground breaking planned soon.
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Tillford Morken
Thomas Moen
Robert Wiste
Herbert Staven
Tilford Ike
Laurence Skauge
Edwin Nerstad
Arthur Brown
Harry Laing
Black River Falls Family Tours Europe
Mr and Mrs Richard Waldun of Black River Falls are touring Europe with their 15 year old son Craig. They visited Scotland London Paris and Hamburg where they bought a camping trailer. They are currently with relatives in Hadeland Norway north of Oslo and plan to return in mid August. Waldun served in European countries during World War II.
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Ettrick
Wis
Richard Waldun
Black River Falls
Europe
Waldun
Dorothy Gilbertson
Gordon Bahnub
Walduns
Craig
Scotland
London
Paris
Hamburg
Germany
Hadeland
Norway
Oslo
Raymond Bock Led Jackson County Cancer Crusade Over Quota
Raymond Bock reports Jackson County has surpassed its drive goal by 445 dollars with a total of 2545.74 collected toward a 2100 target. The cancer crusade chairman notes successful fundraising milestone for the county unit and its volunteers.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Raymond Bock
Jackson County
Cancer Crusade Drive
Budget Hearing Precedes Annual Whitehall Meet
Whitehall School District holds a budget hearing Monday at 7 p.m. in the high school gym, followed by the annual school meeting. The proposed budget is 719,763, down 63,582 from last year, with a tax levy of 241,469 up 3,509 but a steady mill rate due to higher district valuation. If a state budget delay leads to a 25 percent aid cut, the district could face about four mills in tax increases to maintain current services.
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Whitehall
Wis
Republicans Meet NORWALK Wis Norwalk Republicans Breakfast Meet
The Norwalk Wisconsin Republicans will hold a 9 a.m. breakfast on Saturday July 20 at the Dora Helen Chico farm along County Trunk A near the Ridgeville Store.
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Norwalk
Wis
Dora Helen Chico
Ridgeville
Auction to Aid Medical Center in La Farge Wisconsin
La Farge VFW Post sponsors an auction sale on Saturday evening July 20 in the parking lot behind the Mars Theater. Items donated by area farmers and local business people will be sold to raise funds for a new medical center costing 40,900 dollars, with 36,000 already raised.
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LA Farge
Wis
la Farge Vfw Post
Mars Theater
Mindoro district approves estimated budget and levy
Mindoro Wis electors approved an estimated annual budget of 122 627 33 dollars for the Mindoro Union Free High School District pending state aid. A 55 000 dollar tax levy was approved to support school purposes, hot lunch, student insurance, and bus transportation. Free text books and 185 school days were set for a three year term with Harold L Hanson reelected clerk. LaVerne Mikkelson presided.
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Mindoro
Wis
Mindoro Union Free
Harold L. Hanson
LaVerne Mikkelson
Couple assumes motel management in Waukon IA
Mr and Mrs Leslie McCormick have taken over management of the Village Motel in Waukon Iowa. Mrs McCormick previously worked for 19 years at the J C Penney store in the town.
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Waukon
Lowa
Leslie McCormick
McCormick
J. C. Penney
Juneau Board seeks more traffic officers
Juneau County Board acts on routine measures after approving county plan and endorsing continued Area Redevelopment Act. It allocates federal funds to highway construction in Cutler Kingston Necedah and Clearfield and requests extra state traffic officers for US 12 16. Also licenses Island Resort cabaret and sells Lot 207 in Elroy. park report notes Castle Rock Park’s strong season with camping fees and net profit.
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Maulton
Wis
Juneau County
Necedah Wildlife Refuge
Cutler
Kingston
Necedah
Clearfield
Jane Dakin
James Karnes
Wisconsin
Ann Nikrin
R. J. Manston
Island Resort
Lisbon
Elroy
Land and Forestry Committee
Ronald Hanson
Manston
Glenn Goetzke
Leo Nelson
Paul Woggon
Allan Thompson
Don Robinson
Castle Rock Park
Tremplo Girls Spend Week At Blind Camp
WHITEHALL Wisconsin two Trempealeau County girls spend a week at the State Lions Club Camp for the Blind in Rosholt. Marie Larson daughter of Odell Larson Osseo and Patricia Ann Slaby daughter of Eugene Slaby Arcadia both 10 sponsored by their village Lions Clubs. They are classmates at the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped in Janesville Patricia was born blind and Marie has been blind since infancy.
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Patricia
Marie
Legion Auxiliary Shower For Fire Victims Near Ettrick
American Legion Auxiliary members in Ettrick Wisconsin sponsor a shower for the Jack Johnson family of South Beaver Creek who lost their home and belongings in a July 6 fire. Bring household articles bedding towels and canned goods to Terpening Grocery by July 20. Mrs Jack Cantlon chairs the project. Mrs Kamprud will attend auxiliary convention in Madison July 19 21. Mrs Gunderson leads a membership drive and lunch will be served at the August meeting by Mrs Amundson and Mrs Erickson.
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Ettrick
Wis
American Legion Auxiliary
Jack Johnson
South Beaver Creek
Terpening
Jack Cantlon
Johnsons
J. A. Kamprud
Madison
Legion Auxiliary Hold Annual Picnic in Mindoro Wisconsin
The American Legion and Auxiliary in Mindoro Wisconsin will host their annual picnic starting Saturday evening and running through Sunday. Barbecue chicken is served from 5 p.m. Saturday and all day Sunday. Planned entertainments include a sawdust pile folk singing trap shooting and pony rides for children.
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Mindoro
Wis
American Legion and Auxiliary
Houston Girl To Make Canoe Trip
Linda Benson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Benson of Houston, joins 28 other local Girl Scouts for a wilderness canoe journey on the Canadian border from July 21 to 27. Kristie Benson will attend Camp.
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Houston, Minn
Linda Benson
Norman Benson
Houston
Bensons
Kristie
Five Confirmed In Stoddard Church
Five youths were confirmed by Rev. Jonathan Schaller at St Luke's Lutheran Church in Stoddard Wisconsin last Sunday. Confirmands include Ruth Fiers of Onalaska Betsy Stellick and James Stellner of Stoddard and Jerry and Shirley Veglahn of Victory.
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Stoddard
Wis
Jonathan Schaller
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Ruth Fiers
Onalaska
Betsy Stellick
James Stellner
Jerry
Shirley Veglahn
Victory
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Henninger’s
Jay St. Dial
County Library Notebook
Young Traveler
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RCA Victor
Jack
Hwy
Mississippi
Old Man River
Blackhawk Bridge
James Tanner
Waterloo
Bruce Wilson
Judy Peterson
Iowa City
Donald Dee
John Forde
Ferryville
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Bill Foley
Harpers Ferry
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Chicago
UPI
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Black River Falls Family
Jackson
Medical Center
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Vernon County
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Greenfield
la Crosse County
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LEICA
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Honeywell
Electric Eye
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