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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1973
Page
11
Monroe Fair in Tomah Wisconsin opens with 2007 junior fair entries and 1416 open fair exhibits. Frances King oversees entries noting totals slightly below 1972. Open class totals include 175 dairy 29 beef 41 swine and 138 sheep. Judging starts Friday for dairy cattle beef swine sheep horses and dogs listed for the weekend.
Alma Center Wisconsin adopts a new pumper truck cost about 24000 with 750 gallon tank and 1100 feet of hose. Built by Welch Fire Equipment in Marion, chassis from Gunderson Garage Osseo. 26 volunteers serve Alma Center village and Alma and Garden Valley townships with five fire phones linked to the siren. The old 500-gallon pumper retained as auxiliary. tanker truck remains three vehicles in the fleet.
Harry Trowbridge is installed as Arcadia Wisconsin Lions Club president with Adolph Chitke Paul Dettloff and Charles Vogel as first through third vice presidents. Also named are John Breg secretary Clarence Crum treasurer and Mel Nelson Gile Herrick Alf Woychik Todd Fetsch directors with Dennis Benusa lion tamer and Dr. William Burnap tail twister.
Several area students were listed on the spring honor roll at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point campus for achieving a 3.5 average to qualify for high honors. Among those named are Nancy Millis Black River Falls Angela Cantlon Ettrick Terrance Hanson Hixton Erik Tolvstad Winifield MacDonald Manston Peggy Evans Merrillan John Stastny New Lisbon Tommy Gilbert Donald Olson Norwalk Marilyn Sveen Cynthia Barber Osseo Timothy Kress Sparta Wayne Edgerton Tim Foley Christ Hanson Denise Pedersen Sharon Schendel Steve Weaver Tomah.
Gary Kirking of R 1 Viroqua was elected state sentinel of the Wisconsin Future Farmers Association at Green Lake. He studies agriculture at UW River Falls and led the Viroqua chapter as president and treasurer. The chapter earned a 4 national chapter award to be presented in Kansas City.
Black River Memorial Hospital in Black River Falls Wisconsin expands patient services with full time inhalation and physical therapy programs. The July 1 contract with Tomah Rehabilitation Center covers equipment and staff. Respiratory therapy will be supervised by Gary Pierce with Rebeccah Phillips assistance. Greg Rosenberger heads physical therapy with Joyce Rhoades and Betty Nortman as assistants.
MABEL Minn Committees prepare for the 14th annual Hesper Mabel Steam Engine Days set for Sept 8 9 in Mabel Entertainment includes the Browning and Prohut families Bobby Smith and more Greg Wennes KFIL Preston to crown the 1973 Steam Engine Days queen Saturday at 3 p m Two parades with up to 100 units Sixteen exhibitors from several states to attend the antique show at Mabel High School auditorium both days The queen candidates to be shown at the Steam Engine Bowl halftime football game Harmony vs Mabel Canton Friday Flower shows art exhibits tractor pull dances and more.
University of Wisconsin extension agricultural engineer Robert Graves says most Wisconsin farmers will not be affected by proposed EPA rules requiring permits for point source discharges. The rules may apply to large agricultural operations and certain livestock units, with exemptions and local help from extension agents.
Wisconsin beekeepers faced poor spring weather delaying honey gathering. Bees starved after a mild winter and heavy rains hindered forage causing higher feeding costs. Honey prices climbed from about 28 cents to around 40 cents per pound on wholesale markets.
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