Blue Ribbons For Swine At Monroe County Fair
Monroe County Fair in Tomah Wisconsin features record swine entries and multiple champions. Chris Spolum Tomah wins senior showmanship. Art Tralmer Tomah gets junior showmanship. breed champions include Hampshire Landrace Yorkshire Duroc and Poland China with multiple top boars sows and groups named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Tomah
Wis
Chris Spolum
Art Tralmer
Monroe County
Jim Gerke
Spolum
Robert Gerke
Whitehall Boy Girl Scouts Hold Camps
Whitehall Wisconsin report lists Camp Decorah for Boy Scout Troop 78 with eighteen members including John Boehm Bradley Guinn Gary Knudtson Wayne Knudtson Greg Warner Bruce Nordhagen Robert Melby James Back Fred Eckern Ken Thorson Bruce Ausderau Jim Smith Ricky Sesvold Ray Knudtson Ronald Evenson and Ed Dubiel. Chaperones Mrs Bill Cantrell and Mr Cantrell led Girl Scout Troop 197 at Lake Arbutus Hatfield with seventeen girls on a Friday to Sunday campout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boehm
Bradley Guinn
Gary Knudtson
Wayne Knudtson
Greg Warner
Bruce Nordhagen
Robert Melby
James Back
Fred Eckern
Ken Thorson
Bruce Ausderau
Jim Smith
Ricky Sesvold
Ray Knudtson
Ronald Evenson
Ed Dubiel
Bill Cantrell
Lake Arbutus
Hatfield
Waukon Youth To Attend Drum Major School
Jerry Renk son of Mr and Mrs Otto Renk will attend a drum major school July 22 27 in Rock Island Illinois. His trip is sponsored by the Band Boosters Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Jerry Renk
Otto Renk
Waukon High School
Rock Island
Band Boosters Club
Top Sheep Picked At Fair In Monroe County
Dale Woodliff Kendall won senior showmanship among sheep exhibitors at the Monroe County Fair in Tomah Wisconsin. Richard Martin Cashton took junior championship. Byron Stefferud Tomah exhibited the top breed males and females in Shropshires and amb ram and several top ewes. Joyce Vieregge swept Oxford breed awards with multiple winners. Norman Martin Cashton was junior showmanship champ among swine and took several Cheviot wins. Cashton youths Jay Hankee and David Hanzicker shared Corriedale top honors. Dale Woodliff captured all Norfolk Suffolk Montadale class wins and top animals in many divisions. Kermit Gasper Tomah earned top placings with a yearling ewe and a lamb ewe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshires
Bill Steinhoff
Tomah
Tom Zastoupil
Steinhoff
Zastoupil
Jerry Schaller
Sparta
Richard Hansen
Cashton
Dale Woodliff
Kendall
Dale
Dan Stiehl
Wis
Monroe County
Richard Martin
Byron Stefferud
Byron
Woodliff
Hampshire
Joanne Woodliff
Glen Dreier
Norwalk
Joanne
Glen
Joyce Vieregge
Oxford
Terry Shea
Joyce
Ewe
Ram Lamb
Norman Martin
Corriedale
Jay Hankee
David Hanzicker
David
Lamb
Jay
Lamb Ram
Shropshire
Suffolk
Montadale
Jim Shea
Kermit Gasper
Villa FFA Unit To Meet Thursday
The Viola Future Farmers of America will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Viola Old High School agriculture room. Plans for a new swine chain potluck supper at the Eastside program will be discussed. The meeting is open to FFA members and their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Wis
Viola Future Farmers of America
Viola Galesville
High School
Grads of
Galesville
Beulah Wiley
FFA
Farewell Set For Marynook Man At Gale
GALESVILLE Wis An appreciation farewell program is planned for Brother Joseph Barrett S M at Marynook on Wednesday July 24 from 730 to 830 pm sponsored by the Galesville Businessmen's Association. He departs for Texas in August after arriving at Marynook in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Joseph Barrett
Marynook
Brother Joseph
Wilkes-Barre
Detroit
University of Dayton
Dayton
Ohio
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
Tex
Charles Neuman
Bids Received for New North Winneshiek School
Bids will be received for the new North Winneshiek School on Tuesday July 22 at 2 p.m. at Burr Oak Schoolhouse for general work plumbing electrical water supply kitchen equipment and combined plumbing heating and ventilating. Plans may be obtained from Durant and Bergquist architects engineers 666 Loras Blvd Dubuque Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Winneshiek
Burr Oak
Durant and Bergquist, Architects and Engineers
Loras Blvd
Dubuque
Iowa
Three Liquor Licenses Approved in Allamakee
The Iowa Liquor Control Commission approved three on-sale liquor licenses in Allamakee County for the Waukon Golf and Country Club Roeder's Tavern of Lansing and Valleys Tavern Harpers Ferry. The Waukon Veterans Club has also applied for a license. Licenses have been granted by town councils while the board of supervisors has seen no applications in unincorporated areas yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Allamakee County
Waukon Golf and Country Club
Roeder’s Tavern
Lansing
Valley’s
Harpers Ferry
Waukon Veterans Club
Board of Supervisors
Houston County Board weighs joint health center plan
Houston County Commissioners consider a proposal with Winona and Wabasha counties to share a mental health center operation and costs. A 50 000 population figure is suggested for economical operation. The board met after bidding on road projects and approving next year’s tax levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Board of Commissioners
Winona County Mental Health Committee
Wabasha County
Houston County
Winona Group
Hector Construction Co
Monroe Fair Dress Revue Winners Set for State Fair
Monroe County fair dress revue announces 17 year old Mary Potter of Warrens and Carolyn Henderson of Norwalk as state dress revue representatives. Alternates include Roselynn Heath and Charlene Weber. Top blue ribbon wearings span class levels with contestants from Cashton Sparta Tomah Kendall Norwalk Wilton and more receiving blue ribbons in multiple categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County Fair
Mary Potter
Tomah
Carolyn Henderson
Norwalk
Charlene Weber
Kendall
Roselynn Heath
Camp Douglas
Wis
Homemakers of America
Warrens
Clifton
Lois Jernandez
Rockland
Mary Savall
Cashton
Camilla Olson
Sparta
Dorothea Erilandson
Janice Semrau
Arlys Radke
Wilton
Arlys Vlasak
Emily Amundson
Karolyn Jameson
Wyeville
Donna Poss
Annette Birkholz
Pat Brookman
Summer Dress
Mary Johnson
Christy Erbs
Oakdale
Eileen Geier
Summer Sports Outfit
Judith Sharp
Joyce Cook
Elroy
Jenny Steinmetz
Terry Seflow
Jean Hanson
Rita Ziegler
Karen Olson
Darlene Fauska
Sandra Wandschneider
Cheryl Stark
Jackie Miller
Janice Knoll
Apron
Margaret Rattle
Diane Ruskell
Vicki
Barbara Harrison
Carla Beecher
Janet Baltz
Virginia Roscovius
Joanne Woodliff
Cotton
Mary Oldenburg
Joann Kennedy
Donna Malzacher
Winners Of Fair Flower Competition in Tomah Wisconsin
Floral display fills Monroe County fair educational building with top gardeners entering artistic arrangements. Mrs Edwin Hubbard Norwalk wins blue ribbons for roses and perennial varieties. Tomah exhibitors lead with cosmos zinnias petunias and begonias as juniors show cacti ivy and philodendron among blue ribbon entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Monroe County Fair
Edwin Hubbard
Norwalk
Donald Puls
Sparta
Bells of Ireland
Herbert Gruen
Phlox
Jean Gerke
Susan Poss
Emil Lien
Nancy Zimmerman
Wilton
Sylvia Shiras
Arthur Wagner
Ivy Jand
Ruby Clay
Ees
Orland Vieregge
J. A. Weiner
Arthur ‘Reuckheim
Kendall
Coleus
Cherylynn Fletcher
Sharon Ebert
Linda Pettis
Fred Sacia of Gale Marks 90th Birthday
GALESVILLE Wis About 33 friends and relatives visited Fred Sacia at his home on Monday July 15 to honor his 90th birthday He is known as the grand old man of apple growers Born July 15 1873 near Stevenstown La Crosse County He married Lily Roberts June 15 1898 She died in January this year They would have celebrated 65 years in June Sacia founded Sacia Orchards in 1904 and helped start a new local apple growing industry His sons Ethan and Robert run the orchards with families They have two other children Roger of West Bend and Myrtle Ballentine with husband They total 30 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren The gathering will occur Aug 4 at Onalaska Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Fred Sacia
Sacia
Stevenstown
la Crosse County
Lily Roberts
Lucia
Ethan
Robert
Roger
West Bend
Neal
Myrtle) Ballentine
Lacia
Onalaska Park
Champions Selected In Cattle Judging At Monroe County Fair
At Tomah Wisconsin the Monroe County Fair concluded judging for open class dairy cattle. Top honors in multiple breeds went to competitors from Camp Douglas Norwalk Tomah Sparta and Cashton with Barrett Brothers winning both open class championships and several production awards including top aged herd and produce of dam. Local 4-H clubs and youth exhibitors also earned club and showman recognitions as Tri-State Breeders presented trophies to top junior and senior showmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe County Fair
Glen Betthauser
Tomah
John Jacobs
Sparta
Dan Jacobs
Janelle Nichols
Wis
Monroe County
Glen Dreier
Norwalk
Monroe County Holstein Association
Tom Barrett
Camp Douglas
Barrett Brothers
Dreier
Roger Neitzel
Wilton
LaVern Wappler
Pat Dwyer
Kendall
Betty Wappler
Guernsey
Jay Nichols
John
Dan
Floyd Nichols
Floyd
Jay
Janelle
Eugene Zirk
Elroy
Joyce Kowitz
Robert Hubbard
Sherwin Giraud
Jersey
Arvid Nilsestuen
Cashton
David Hanson
Rachel Johnson
Kenneth Lenz
Kenneth
Gary Peterson
Ayrshire
Dwight Carlisle
DeWell Clay
William Steinhoff
Douglas Brown
Beaver Creek
Little Creek
Sparta Ffa
Valle Ville
Clover Club
South Tomah
la Grange
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Jerry Thiemke
Bruce Thiemke
Arthur Tralmer
Poland China
Poland
China
Whitehall
Boy Scout Troop 78
Camp Decorah
Carlisle Brothers
Dwight
Steven
Gale Old Grads
Villa Ffa
Wettstein’s
General Electric Refrigerator
Freezer
Dial
Mabel
Allamakee
Leslie C. Erickson C
James R. Burns
Peter Groves
Griffin Ron Ping
Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Joint Health Center
H. J. Dunn
Black Top Surfacing Inc
Winona
Reverud Construction Co
Spring Grove
Hector
Pine Creek
Dunn
Roverud
la Crosse
la Crescent
Rushford
Richard and
Elaine Wruck
Snare
Monroe Fair Dress Revue
Serta
Robinson
State RD
Gale
Vt W
Gautsch
Rossage
Cities Service
RAU Distributors
Monroe Fair
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