Novelist Helen White to headline Wisconsin History Society meeting
Dr. Helen C. White novelist and UW English chair will be principal speaker at the State Historical Society annual meeting June 8-9 in Stevens Point. Swanson and Rosholt will discuss local and ethnic history. a Polish program and circuses provide thematic sessions. awards honor local history achievements.
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State College
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Cable
Portage County Historical Society
Clifford D. Swanson
Swanson
Portage County
Malcom Rosholt
Pioneer Museum
Rosholt
State Historical Society
John W. Jenkins
State Historical Society Museum
Hardware Mutuals
Society
College
Adam Bartosz
Rolnik
Gwiazda Polanna
Maria High School
al Priddy
Oconomowoc
John M. Kelley
Baraboo
Ringling Brothers
Circus World Museum, Inc
Emerson Junior High School
Michael Kinney
Helen Sager
David Stoltenberg
Jerry Colbert
Marianne Barnes
Virginia Johnson
Noom
Paul Vanderbilt
L. H. Adolfson
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
Merle Borrowman
University
Grads Plan Reunion for Central High Class of 1946
Graduates of Central High School class of 1946 schedule a reunion for Saturday June 23 at the Eagles Club. Committees include Douglas Reese Dick Rifenberg Shirley Barker and several others. Pulpwood firms in the United States own or lease 6.1 percent of the nation’s commercial forest lands.
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Central High School
Eagles Club
Douglas Reese
Dick Rifenberg
Shirley Barker
Ralph Horn
Donald Tischer
Donald Nissalke
Pulpwood
United States
Wisconsin Dells to Host School Patrol Congress Event
The 13th Wisconsin Congress of School Safety Patrols will be held June 7 and 8 at Wisconsin Dells High School. More than 2,000 delegates have registered for the entertainment program produced by Ben Berger featuring The Strong trio and other acts, with chaperon briefings and multiple sponsoring groups supporting travel and lodging.
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Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin Dells High School
Wisconsin Congress of
Les H. Albertson
Congress Committee
Ben Berger
Madison
America
Gene Autry
Lindy
Hank Sieman
Archie
Louis Tops
Judy Ryan
Kenosha
Congress
R. C. Salisbury
State
Dells
Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin Division
AAA
Wisconsin Dells Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Praises Message On Social Tensions
President Eisenhower endorses a call by the National Conference of Christians and Jews for local religious leaders to lead in handling social and group tensions. He says race relations and intercultural goodwill require moral and spiritual action and courageous leadership from the three major religious traditions.
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New York
Eisenhower
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Americans Open 490 Million Tin and Glass Food Containers Daily
Americans now open about 490 million tin and glass food containers each day in consumer packaging activity. The figure reflects high usage across households and food products.
Boy Found Hanging After School Day In Milwaukee
Milwaukee police say 13 year old Michael Vrobel returned from St Agnes School with a 95.3 average and then went out to play. He was found hanging in a wooded area hours later by his brother Thomas 12. Raymond cut him down and he died at a hospital. Police deem the death an accidental hanging from a clothesline over a tree limb with an oil drum nearby.
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Milwaukee
Michael Vrobel
St. Agnes
Michael
Thomas
Raymond
Pabst Farms Cow Wins Top Holstein Honor
Inga a 1900 pound black and white cow owned by Pabst Farms was named grand champion at the 71st Holstein Friesian Assn of America convention in Oconomowoc near her home. The four year old defeated seven other finalists and had previously been reserve all American at the International Dairy Show in Chicago.
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Oconomowoc
Plain View
Inga
Pabst Farms
Chicago
Monegar Ate Dope Before Slayings in Wisconsin Case
Winnebago tribal member Russell Monegar 38 is accused of four counts of first degree murder in Marathon County Wisconsin. His attorney said he consumed 95 peyote buttons described as the H-bomb of narcotics before the killings and that mescaline from the peyote induced hallucinations. The victims include his wife Ophelia and her relatives. Monegar pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Wausau
Russell Monegar
Monegar
Marathon County
Ophelia
Elizabeth Long
Iris Kolbeck
Iris
Phillip Garvin
Walter Graunke
Graunke
Shoes For A Pinch
A Norfolk man jailed for public drunkenness fled in court with no shoes after failing to pay a $5 fine by $3. He then bought time by selling his shoes to another prisoner to cover the shortfall.
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Norfolk
Police
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Richard H. Mayer
Allen Hetts
Fort Atkinson
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Wisconsin Reformatory
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Elmer F. Berg
Brownsville
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Waukesha
Pinehurst Farms
Sheboygan Falls
Elmer Berg
Piper Bros
Keer
Bibles
NON Nao Company
Hemstock
LA Crosse
Mary £. Sawyer
Daavenport
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