Ontario Corp Brings Doctor To Community
Ontario Development Corp announces Dr. J. McCarthy of Hillsboro has opened an office in Ontario Wisconsin. Dr. McCarthy trained at Georgetown and served in Navy and Korea, with hours Monday Wednesday Friday 9:30 to noon and Tuesday Thursday 1 to 5. He will base in Hillsboro with another Ontario office.
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Ontario
Wis
Ontario Development Corp
J. McCarthy
Hillsboro
McCarthy
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C
Central Dispensary
Navy
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
1St Marine Division
Korea
Development Corp
Luetke
Clio Club Awards First Myrta Crosby Fey Piano Medal
The Clio Club of Black River Falls presents the first Myrta Crosby Fey piano medal for high school class day. Kenneth Wilkins, a junior, is the inaugural recipient for top piano proficiency and promise. The $100 fund funds the annual gold medal and is managed by Clio Club trustees. Mrs. Fey, a former music teacher, died at 76, leaving a perpetual memorial via gifts from friends and relatives. Kenneth has eight years of piano study and also plays organ.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Clio Club
Myrta Crosby Fey
Kenneth Wilkins
Robert Wilkins
Fey
Milwaukee
Madison
Kenneth
Mabel High School to hold graduation exercises
MABEL Minn Special Mabel High School will hold commencement Friday evening June 1 in the high school auditorium. Dr Howard Hong St Olaf College will deliver the address. Darlene Betsinger will be valedictorian and Shirley Scott salutatorian.
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Mabel
Minn
Mabel High School
Howard Hong
St. Olaf College
Darlene Betsinger
Shirley Scott
Janfice Bangs
Charlyne Danielson
Gale Erickson
James Erickson
Dean Darling
Gerald Erickson
Lorene Erickson
Roger Erickson
Solon Goodno
George
Bulletin Boards Serve As Memorials in Wisconsin Churches
Memorial bulletin boards were dedicated at two churches in Taylor area. The Taylor Lutheran Church board was dedicated by the Rogness family and the Anderson family in memory of their parents. The Upper Beaver Creek Church board was given by Mrs. Cora Lien in memory of her husband Emil Lien who died February 15, 1946.
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Taylor, Wis
Sun Gay
Taylor Lutheran Church
Cornell Rogness
Taylor
Chris Anderson
Jane
Sara
Berlin
Wis
Eric Anderson
Upper Beaver Creek
B. J. Harlem
Cora Lien
Emil Lien
First Units To Hit Camp McCoy Sunday
More than 4000 Reservists and National Guardsmen will arrive at Camp McCoy Wisconsin for a two week summer encampment. Five Reserve units and one National Guard unit come from five states led by Brig Gen D A Parkhurst and Col Henry A Smith. Peak strength of about 16000 will be reached late June as 35 units use camp facilities for field training and instruction.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Ft.Snelling
Minn
H. D. Gish
Chicago
U.S. Army Reserve School
Sioux City
Iowa
Walter F. Kaiser
Pierre
S.C
Henry A. Smith
National Guard
5Th Army
James B. Macdougall
Army
Peanut sale funds four scouts to Philmont trip
Troop 75 of the Boy Scouts of America holds a two day peanut sale in Viroqua Wisconsin to cover travel for four scouts Miles Felix Fred Allness Keith Johnson and Jerry Knutson to Philmont Scout Ranch New Mexico. The four were chosen for leadership and merit and will pay a third of their expenses with the remainder raised by the sale and other efforts. The Lutheran Brotherhood sponsors the troop with Jack Shank as scoutmaster. Peanuts are supplied by Western Fruit Co of La Crosse and a local store serves as sale headquarters.
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Viroqua
Wis
Troop 75
Boy Scouts of America
Philmont
New Mexico
Miles Felix
Fred Allness
Keith Johnson
Jerry Knutson
Santa Fe Trail
Lutheran Brotherhood
Jack Shank
Western Fruit Co
la Crosse
Girl Stater Named For Onalaska High
Diane Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Johnson of Onalaska has been named to represent her high school at Badger Girls State at the University of Wisconsin this summer. She is a junior and has been an honor student the past three years with interests in GAA music dramatics forensics and student government. The American Legion Auxiliary at Onalaska selects the representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska, Wis
Diane Johnson
Earl Johnson
Onalaska
Badger Girls State
University of Wisconsin
Diane
American Legion Auxiliary
Arcadia
Wayne King
Lucille Berg
Arcadia High School
Louis Berg
Lucille
Patricia Smieja
Jeanette Klink
Julius Smieja
Edward Klink
Elizabeth Comstock
Comstock
Broiler
Caswell
Hale
Bruce Valley
Victoria Hanson
Pike School
Harold Hanson
Beaver Creek
Fuller Coulee
Pigeon
Eau Claire State College
Carsten Linnerud
Whitehall
Carpenter
Blair
Duane Halverson
Upper Bennett Valley
Whitehall School
Richard Schmidt
Whitehall High School
Nineteen Confirmands at CY Lutheran Church Sunday
Nineteen confirmands will receive the rites at Upper Coon Valley Lutheran Church in Coon Valley Wisconsin. The 11 a.m. service lists named confirmands including Anne Hage Janice Blaske Susan Moilien Melanie Mason Dorothy Koll Hazel Torgerson Barbara Bakkum Rebecca Jacobson Charlotte Kokkeby Audrey Olson Audrey Gronvold Robert Brye Richard Brye Jon Koula Jon Larsen David Erickson Carl Holte Duane Lee and Dale Nelson. An offering for Lutheran Seminary development fund will be taken. A Communion service is set for 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Upper Coon Valley
Anne Hage
Janice Blaske
Susan Moilien
Melanie Mason
Dorothy Koll
Hazel Torgerson
Barbara Bakkum
Rebecca Jacobson
Charlene Kokkeby
Audrey Olson
Audrey Gronvold
Robert Brye
Richard Brye
Jon Koula
Jon Larsen
David Erickson
Carl
Four Coulee Region Girls Vie for Alice in Dairyland Titles
Four area contestants join 22 others as 26 candidates compete for four Alice in Dairyland crowns at the state contest in Eau Claire. Representing Region 3 are Marlene Malloy of Gays Mills and Betty Havlik of Wonewoc. Representing Region 6 are Della Media of Mondovi and Betty Zeman of Melrose.
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Madison
Coulee
Alice In Dairyland
Eau Claire
Marlene Malloy
Gays Mills
Betty Havlik
Wonewoc
Hillsboro High School
Della Media
Mondovi
Betty Zeman
Melrose
Remodeled Chancel Dedicated Sunday in Wilton
Rev R J Fleming of La Crosse will dedicate the remodeled Wilton Methodist Church chancel Sunday at 2 30 p m. The chancel features a mahogany plywood reredos and altar table with matching wainscoting. The reredos and altar table honor the late Miss Clara Stark with candlesticks memorializing Alvin Longfellow.
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Wilton
Wis
R. J. Fleming
la Crosse
The
Methodist Church
Wilton Methodist Church
Clara Stark
Alvin Longfellow
138 Auxiliary Police Needed In Crawford
Prairie du Chien Wis Special 138 auxiliary police are needed in Crawford County to prepare for radiological emergencies. Sheriff Bruce Hutchins says each city and village has a stated quota, with Prairie du Chien requiring 36 and other towns ranging from two to six, totaling 138 for the county. Plans are under way to establish the auxiliary force to cooperate with regular police.
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Prairie DU Chien Wis
Wisconsin
Crawford County
State Office of Civil Defense
Hutchins
Prairie du Chien
Bell Center
de Soto
Eastman
Ferryville
Gays Mills
Lynxville
Mt. Sterling
Soldiers Grove
Steuben
Waureka
Tots Conduct Lilac Service at Methodist Church
The sixth annual Lilac Service was held at the 10 45 a m Sunday worship by the church Sunday school children. Flower girls included Sandra Cole Donna Grover Nancy Samdahl Vicki Mathews Rosemary Sanford. Baptisms were performed for David Allen and Cathy Ann Scheppke.
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Black River Falls
Wis
The
Methodist Church
Sandra Cole
Donna Grover
Nancy Samdahl
Vicki Mathews
Rosemary Sanford
David Allen
Carlyle Klein
Cathy Ann
Clifford Scheppke
Wayne L. Grover
Jessie Rae Fisher
David Nash
Gile Iliff
Chamber May Hit New High Membership
Black River Falls Wisconsin reports the chamber of commerce membership drive will close this week with indications of an all time high surpassing 256 members from 1955 56.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Spring Grove Town Board Set for Saturday Meeting
Spring Grove town clerk Gerhard Flatin says the Town Board will convene Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Town Hall to discuss local matters.
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Grove, Minn
Gerhard Flatin
Spring Grove
De Soto High Adopts Compulsory Constitution Study
De Soto Union Free High School in Wisconsin makes a semester course on the United States Constitution mandatory. Principal Eugene Bolongia leads the effort after two years of development, writing a text with a comprehensive index when no suitable book existed. The board cites rights and responsibilities as the basis for better citizenship, while letters from alumni and supporters praise the program’s value and reach.
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DE Soto
Wis
de Soto Union Free High School
Eugene Bolongia
de Soto High School Board of Education
The
United States
American Legion Magazine
New Jersey
Duncannon
Bke
Stephen Abbot
Randlett
Utah
Board of Education
Union Free High School
Whitehall Teachers Begin Transfers For Summer Plans
In Whitehall area moves several teachers switch schools within Hale Town districts. Elaine Colby resigns from Pleasantville to Elk Creek to teach upper grades. Kathleen Helgeson transfers from Chimney Rock to Pleasantville.
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Blanche Halverson
Whitehall
Pleasantville
Alpha Girtman
See Son-In-Law Get Diploma
The Rev. and Mrs. W. I. Aamoth attended graduation ceremonies at Lutheran Seminary in Minneapolis. Their son-in-law, the Rev. Lee Staden, was among the graduates and has accepted a call to serve in Platte, South Dakota.
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Spring Grove
Minn
W. I. Aamoth
Lutheran Seminary
Minneapolis
Lee Staden
Staden
Platte
S.D
Summit Ladies Hold Norwalk Food Sale at Heilmann Restaurant
Summit Ladies sponsor a food sale on Saturday in Norwalk Wisconsin at the Heilmann Restaurant to raise funds. Local volunteers organize the event and invite community participation.
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Norwalk
Wis
Summit
Heilmann
New Sound System To Be Dedicated at Warrens Church
A sacred concert of bells will inaugurate the electric sound system at First Baptist Church of Warrens. A 360 degree speaker is mounted in the tower and sacred recordings play on a record system with the amplifier in the choir room. The concert is set for Sunday June 3 at 8 pm with refreshments to follow on the church lawn.
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Warrens
Wis
First Baptist Church
Women's Mission Circle
Peter Favre
Tomah
Newton M. Tweedy
Fund Transfer Authorized for Waukon School Expansion
The Waukon Independent School District authorized a $40 000 transfer from the general fund to the schoolhouse fund to add rooms. A special vote produced 247 yes, 134 no, with four ballots void. Clerks June Jacobson and Harry Heiser presided. judges included E P Reher John Wadsworth Dr Clark Rominger Dr F W Norden and Margaret Straate.
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Waukon
Iowa
Board of Education
Waukon Independent School District
June Jacobson
Harry Heiser
E. P. Reher
John Wadsworth
Clark Rominger
F. W. Norden
Margaret Straate
Thirty of 1931 Galesville class meet in reunion
Thirty of the original 42 members of the Galesville High School class of 1931 gathered for a reunion in Galesville Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon and evening. Former teachers and spouses joined bringing attendance to about 60. Attendees toured the old high school now used as an elementary school and the newer Gale Ettrick High School, followed by a dinner at the golf clubhouse.
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Galesville
Wis
Galesville High School
Gale-Ettrick High School
Plan Church Classes In Harpers Ferry
Nuns of the Presentation Order of Waukon will conduct a week long religious school for children of St. Joseph and St. Ann parishes in Harpers Ferry IA. Classes run Monday June 4 through Sunday June 10 with First Holy Communion at the close of instruction.
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Harpers Ferry
Iowa
The
Presentation Order of Waukon
St. Joseph
St. Ann
Aid Meets Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church
Saint Pauls Ladies Aid will gather Saturday at 2 30 p m at Trinity Lutheran Church with Mrs Ove Fossum Jr and Mrs Clarence Jetson serving as hostesses for the meeting
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Spring Grove
Minn
St. Paul's Ladies Aid
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ove Fossum Jr
Clarence Jetson
Bake Sale in Barron Store by Local Lutheran Church
Circles of the Lower Coon Valley Lutheran Church plan a bake sale at the Barron Store starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. Proceeds will support church activities in Stoddard Wisconsin.
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Juneau County
Manston
Lyndon Station
Camp Douglas
New Lisbon
Necedah
Elroy
Courthouse Lawn
Irwin R. Johns
Herb Macadle
Lillian Bires
Kinzie
Onalaska High
Crawford
de Soto High
Master Lock Co
American Legion
Department of Mexico
Mexico City
Optimist Club of
West Hudson
Prairie du Chien High School
E. R. McPhee
Wisconsin State Colleges
Jean Matousek
Lowell Ahrens
Allene Sedlmayr
John Mercer
Barbara Muchia
Phyllis Krohn
Francis Beewar
Tom Petratz
Wilbur Wagner
Diana Krogman
Aid
Nme
Crescent
Jewelers
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