Sparta pool bid near $98 thousand in 1947 project
A. C. Henningsen submitted the low bid of 97 920 for Sparta Wisconsin pool bath and field house construction including plumbing and electrical work. Park board and plan commission recommend acceptance. council to decide next Tuesday. Project aims for completion in time for the 1947 swimming season.
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Sparta
Wis
A. C. Henningsen
Park Board
City Plan Commission
Henningsen
J. H. Pertsch
Onalaska
Evans and Naset
D. F. Gallagher
F. Papenfuss
la Crosse
Gallagher
Bathfield House
Everson Filer Co
Milwaukee
Local Navy Discharges Listed From Wisconsin Area
Navy personnel from this area received discharges at Great Lakes Illinois on July 18. Named are Ivan D. Stewart seaman class from Galesville Philip Lanestad fireman first class from Strum and Eugene Vernon momm third class from Black River Falls.
Wisconsin Doctor Joins California Agriculture Faculty
Charles W. Schaller, son of Holmen residents, earned a PhD in agronomy and plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin and will serve as instructor and junior agronomist at the University of California in Davis. He worked on small grain improvement, including Vicland oats Henry spring wheat and Blackhawk winter wheat, and helped develop Forvic oats. The Schallers will live in Davis while he collaborates with Dr. Briggs in the university’s agriculture program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmen, Wis
Charles W. Schaller
George W. Schaller
Holmen
University of Wisconsin
California
University of California
Briggs
Schailer
College of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Vicland Oats
Henry Spring
Blackhawk
Vicland
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Schaller
Zeta
Phi Sigma Society
Alpha Zeta
Sigma Chi
Mildred Becker
Bangor
Vivian
Madison
Schallers
Davis
Sacramento
Tomah USO Director Becomes University of Oregon Instructor
Milton Dieterich former director of the Tomah USO has been installed as college instructor in cello and theory at the University of Oregon Eugene Oregon a letter to Rev E O Berreth states. In Tomah he organized a combined choir of the First Congregational church and performed solo cello pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah, Wis
Milton Dieterich
Tomah Uso
University of Oregon
Eugene
Oregon
E. O. Berreth
Tomah
Dieterich
First Congregational Church
Pickers At Sturgeon Bay Dorms For Cherry Season
Pickers Pick Cherries in Sturgeon Bay as David Abrahamson Tommy James and Bob McCullough stay in dormitories provided by cherry growers during the picking season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
David Abrahamson
Tommy James
Bob McCullough
Sturgeon Bay
Note Of Thanks From Prague For Food Parcel
Gays Mills Wisconsin widow Mrs Oppriecht sent aid to Prague Czechoslovakia where B Zinnerova, a political prisoner widow of Dr Josef Zinner, thanks Americans for parcels and a letter. She shares family details and asks for coffee chocolate and cocoa. She praises the friendship and mentions her two daughters Eve and Blanka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gays Mills
Wis
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eve
Blanka
Josef Zinner
Pardubice
America
Vernon County AAA Head Asks For Data
Vernon county farmer respondents are urged to list soil conservation practices they plan to implement. Sherry notes 3,600 mailed cards ask for intended actions such as lime and fertilizer application, pasture improvement, contour striping, ditching, weed control under the 1946 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Sherry
Triple A
Vernon County
Holmen Girl Scouts Enjoy Picnic at Myrick Park
Holmen Wisconsin special report. Holmen Girl Scouts held a Tuesday noon picnic at Myrick Park in La Crosse. They were led by Mrs. Bruno Slotwinski and Mrs. A M Casberg. The group included Karen Tolvstad Mary Ebentier Joan Nelson Anna Marie Johnson Patricia Casberg Mary Brudahl Betty Ann Gullickson Judith Brevik Ethel Hanson and Kay Casberg.
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Holmen
Wis
Myrick Park
la Crosse
Bruno Slotwinski
A. M. Casberg
Karen Tolvstad
Mary Ebentier
Joan Nelson
Anna Marie Johnson
Patricia Casberg
Mary Brudahl
Betty Ann Gullickson
Judith Brevik
Ethel Hanson
Kay Casberg
Peterson's Ointment Promises Fast Piles Relief
An advertisement claims over a million dollars yearly is spent on pile remedies while promoting Peterson's Ointment as soothing cooling and astringent. It touts quick relief from itching with a 60 cent tube and money back guarantee if not delighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Whitehall Approves Pump Station Plan for Groundwater
Whitehall Wisconsin city officials announced state board of health approval for a new pump station and iron removal plant to develop a local groundwater supply. The concrete one story facility will include zeolite and sand filtration units with bids due August 12. The well, drilled December 1945, yields 350 gallons per minute from 233 feet deep. Extensions to 4500 feet of water main support postwar growth and planned sewer and athletic field improvements.
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Whitehall
Wis
H. J. Elstad
State Board of Health
Trempealeau River
Housing Authority
Houston County Grants To Reimburse Storm Crop Loss
Caledonia Wisconsin Houston County received 8335 to repay 16 farmers in the Spring Grove area for June storm crop losses. The state executive council approved 39335 from the calamity fund for disaster relief and earlier aid up to 5000 had been granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Wis
Houston County
Caledonia Spring Grove
State Executive Council
Mrs James Foster Appointed Teacher At Holmen
Mrs James Foster of La Crosse has been chosen to succeed Mrs Ivis Whitbeck as teacher of the Council Bay school for the coming year. The Fosters have moved into the community and occupy the residence of James Grayborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Foster
la Crosse
Holmen
Wis
Ivis Whitbeck
Council Bay School
Foster
James Grayborn
Circus At Whitehall Treats Large Crowd
The Mills Bros circus played two shows at Whitehall on Monday with full houses. About 1,000 seats per performance were filled and crowds surpassed Mondovi and Durand combined. The Hutchins Stendahl American Legion post sponsored the event, netting $491 with funds split for a city swimming pool, Melby park log cabin project, and a Legion drum and bugle corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Mills Bros
Jack Mills
Wisconsin
Mondovi
Durand
Hutchins-Stendah! Post
American Legion
Lions Club
Legion
Parking Plan Settled for Sparta Water Street
Sparta adopts street parking changes for Water street with parallel stalls on the east and diagonal stalls on the west aligning with the north business block. Oak street between Spring and Court will mirror this layout as the next improvement. Bids for sidewalks curbs and gutters will be sought this fall with paving next year.
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Sparta
Wis
Water Street
Main
Franklin Streets
Oak Street
Spring
Court Streets
Completion of Cement Pouring on Highway 53 at Ettrick
Concrete work on 5.3 miles of federal highway 53 between Beach and Frenchville is finished. Shouldering and crack-tarring remain. traffic is routed through Ettrick village and over Creamery Hill to French until completion.
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Ettrick
Wis
Beach
Frenchville
Ettrick Village
Creamery Hill
French Op
War photographers forge business partnership in Minnesota
Combat photographers from World War II who documented Yamashita and Homma in war crimes trials have become partners in Lanesboro, Minnesota. George J. Barry of New York City and Robert H. Fifield of Fountain, Minnesota own the Bue Studio, now Yorklane, combining wartime archives with portrait photography.
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Lanesboro
Minn
Yamashita
Homma
George J. Barry
New York City
Robert H. Fifield
Fountain
Bue
Fifield
M. O. Sue
Yorklane
New York
165Th Signal
Europ
3Rd Armored
18Th Airborne Division
Leipzig
Germany
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
168Th Signal Photo Company
George Barry
Barry
Ninth U. S. Army
84Th Infantry
Rhine River
Rhine
17Th Cavalry
Hamm
Philippines
France
Pacific
Manila
Buchenwald
Gardalegen
Ettrick Angler Hooks Big Brown Trout At Mill Dam
Robert Rogne fished below the Ettrick mill dam Monday evening and landed a German brown trout about 19.14 inches long weighing three pounds. Two weeks earlier he caught another German brown about 20 inches long weighing two pounds six ounces at the same spot.
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Ettrick
Wis
Robert Rogne
Ettrick Mill
Rogne
Tomah Sewage Plant Completion Targeted for August
Tomah Wisconsin plans for a new sewage disposal plant should be completed early in August. Bids are expected to be taken promptly. The facility will serve the city, the Veterans Administration hospital, Farmers Creamery, and Ranney's Dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
M. O. Clinton
McMahon Engineering Company
L. G. Griffith
Veterans Administration Hospital
Farmers Creamery
Ranney’s Dairy
Farmers Attend Gays Mills Farm Bureau Picnic
Nearly 500 local Farm Bureau members gathered at the Gays Mills fair grounds on Sunday for a Farm Bureau picnic. State Director Peterson Field Director Ishmel Aspenson County Agent Tunis Nelson and Roy Dale spoke. Participants later played a ball game.
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Gays Mills
Wis
Farm Bureau
Peterson
Ishmel Aspenson
Tunis Nelson
Roy Dale
Wife of Brice Prairie land owner visits New Amsterdam
Mrs. Warren Brice and her daughter Mrs. Laura Fuller with Ernie Fuller of Calhoun Tenn visited Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Whitbeck in New Amsterdam Wis. Brice who recently turned 76 reminisced about the Brice Prairie area where Warren Brice and his brother once owned nearly the entire region. She did not renew old acquaintances nor visit here in over five decades and recalled friendships with the Horace and Jewett Willey families.
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New Amsterdam
Wis
Warren Brice
Laura Fuller
Ernie Fuller
Calhoun
Tenn
Leonard Whitbeck
Brice Prairie
Brice
Prairie
Two Charge Prejudice Have Case Transferred
Grover Iverson and his son August of Warrens face transfer to circuit court after filing an affidavit of prejudice against C W Sprecher. They were bound over on illegal possession of deer after deputies found three butchered carcasses on U S highway 16 near Sparta July 14. Their attorney is Charles Ambelang of Sparta. both men have prior game law convictions.
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Sparta
Wis
Grover Iverson
August
Warrens
C. W. Sprecher
R. S. Cowie
Iversons
Bert O. Johnson
U. S. Highway 16
Sprecher
Charles Ambelang
McCoy Begins Postwar Job at Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy Wisconsin shifts from wartime training to postwar roles as a discharge and test center. Task Force Frost uses the base for future army ground force activities while “The Real Mc Coy” chronicles operations and maintains morale and public relations.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
McCoy
Frost
Army
Real McCoy
Post
Carrier pigeon found dead near Ettrick with metal band codes
A carrier pigeon was found dead at the Howard Mack farm north of Ettrick Wisconsin. The bird wore a metal leg band stamped AU 45A and 5694 with a rubber band bearing 799 beneath it. The discovery may aid local ornithological records.
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Ettrick
Wis
Howard Mack Farm
Way Of Life Theme Promised For Viroqua Centennial
Gerald L. K. Smith, native of Viroqua and America First leader, will address the Viroqua centennial on August 17 18. The centennial committee met at Maple Dale and voiced determination for Smith to speak on Viroqua The Symbol of the American Way of Life. Some locals oppose his appearance though most insist the event stay peaceful with outside disturbance unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Oscar Thureen
Mapledale
Smith
A. E. Smith
Viroquans
Lincoln Neprud
Neprud
Wisconsin
la Crosse Tribune
Gerald
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Viroqua Committee
Gerald Smith
Tribune
Viroqua Kiwanis Club
Roland Felix
A. E. Kuehn
Oscar E. Thureen
Oak Streets
Johnny Adams
Extreme Left
Davy James
Naset and Evans
Sparta Contractors
John Ottum
O. O. Bergman
Vroqua
Jantt Gaynor Friepprich March
Vernon
Veronica Lake
Lonnie Tufts
Susie Slagels
West Coast
Shelby
Town of
Ernest Roesler
AAA
113Th Cavalry
Wittenburg
Gays Mills Bureau
North American Life & Casualty CO
Hoeschier
Brice Prairie Land
Centennial Group
Jerry Moriarity
Easons
E Rock
Molzahn Insulation CO
Madison St
Tei
yIs
LA Crosse-Eau Claire
Ar. Eau Claire
Union Bus Station
South
Reyhound
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