Federal Grant Approved For Area Council in Wisconsin
The Office of Economic Opportunity approved a 46467 grant for administration and operation of the Wisconsin Coulee Region Community Action Council. Robert V. Hanson announced the grant at a four-county Spar ta meeting. Grant Ringsten will be administrator when the Viroqua office opens Monday June 6.
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Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin Coulee
Office of Economic Opportunity
Robert V. Hanson
Viroqua
Superintendent of Schools
Grant Ringsten
Whitehall
Births Offer Three New Arrivals in Wisconsin and D C
In La Crosse Lutheran Hospital on June 3 a son was born to Mr and Mrs John Guy of 1747 Rose Street Geroldine Pfaff. On June 4 a daughter arrived to Mr and Mrs Donald Buck R 3 Winona Minnesota Sonja Nelson. In Washington George Washington Hospital on May 24 a daughter Lisa Marie was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Sheehy Esther Bakken notes the parents were formerly of La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cashton
Wis
Frank Basenach
Milwaukee
Basenach
George Basenach
Cashton Lumber Co
Doris Olson
Larry Olson
Air Force
Viet Nam
Edwin T Meredith Jr Dies At 60 Publisher Of Major Magazines
Edwin Thomas Meredith Jr., 60, longtime publisher who helped Meredith Publishing Co. grow into a leading magazine firm, died Sunday in Des Moines. The company publishes Better Homes and Gardens and Successful Farming and owns multiple radio and television stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines, Iowa
Edwin Thomas Meredith Jr
Meredith Publishing Co
Wellington Rankin Dies at 81 in Helena Montana
Rochester AP reports Wellington D. Rankin a prominent attorney political leader and major landholder died Saturday at age 81 in Helena Montana. Rankin known for public service and influence in national politics and landownership.
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Rochester, Minn
Wellington D. Rankin
Helena
Mont
Doerflinger's Offers $1 Day Electric Carpet Shampooer
Safe Blue Lustre brightens colors and leaves carpet nap fluffy. Rent an electric carpet shampooer for $1 a day at Doerflinger's Housewares downstairs.
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Doerflinger’s
Tri State Deaths from Wisconsin
Several Wisconsin communities report multiple deaths with details of services burial survivors and funeral home arrangements including Lois Haight Earl Lee Joseph Ward Frank Basenach Joseph Levy and Douglas Frazee with locations in Tomah Westby Wauk on Cashton Yuba Sparta and Hillsboro all noted with dates and service times.
Milk Day Queen Crowned In Illinois Milk Day Queen Crowned In Illinois
Harvard Illinois crowned June Clark a 16 year old from Poplar Grove Milk Day queen at the 25th annual Milk Day celebration More than 21 girls competed from Boone McHenry and Walworth counties and over 30 000 visitors attended the event Milk capital of the world label highlighted for the town 70 miles northwest of Chicago percent further details unavailable due to fragmentary text
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Harvard
Ill
June Clark
Poplar Grove
Clark
North Boone High School
Boone and McHenry
Walworth County
Wis
Minnie Otto
N. 10Th St
McHenry County
Chicago
Walter
la Crosse
Leslie
Elmhurst
First Lutheran
Gas Station Fire Highlights Fueling Error in Lawrence
In Lawrence Kansas a service station attendant was fueling a small foreign car when the rear engine caught fire. Firemen extinguished the blaze and the driver James Fields said gasoline had been poured into the car's cooling system.
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Lawrence, Kan
James Fields
Fields
Obituary notices from La Crosse area June 1966
Henry E Schmidt 53 of 122 S 10th St died in a local hospital June 5 born August 24 1912 in Fremont Ill. Services Wednesday in Sletten McKee Funeral Home. Burial at unknown location. Frances Rudrud 51 of 1310 Market St died June 5 in a La Crosse hospital member of Our Savior s Lutheran Church and United Commercial Travelers Auxiliary 240. Funeral details set for Wednesday at Sletten McKee and Our Savior s Lutheran Church. Burial in Mormon Coulee Memorial Park. William H Michel 66 of 1919 For Old Times S S 19th St died June 5 veteran of World War I survivors include five daughters and a son. Burial Wednesday following services at Schumacher Funeral Home.
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Waukon
Iowa
Joseph Ward
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
John McDonald
Mt. Olivet
Bakke-Hanson Funeral Home
Mr. Ward
Hanover
Veronica McGinnis
Alice
Chicago
Raymond Nelson
Min
Walter H. Smith
Kane
North Side
Blaschke Funeral Home
Rose St
St. James Catholic Church
Henry Hoerburger
Catholic
Mary E
Elmer McClanathan
la Crosse
Henry E. Schmidt
S. 10Th St
Fremont
Ill
Vivian
Henry
Ridott
Dennis
Kenneth
Freeport
Ray
Helen) Dilly
Austin
Mary) Eisenman
Kermit
Frances) Rudrud
Market St
Rudrud
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
United Commercial Travelers of America
Coulee Region
White Cane Club
Frank
Lansing
Mich
Charles
John Erickson
Westby
Stella Bentson
Viroqua
Chester Elifritz
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Raymond Plamadore
Orville Transtad
Gordon Steenson
Madison
Lee Hagen
Sycamore
Sletten-McKee
Roland Schwandt
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park
William H. Michel
S. 19Th St
Bernard
Anthony
Bernice) Sherman
Rochester
Minn
David
Dolores) Duell
Roger
Dorothy) Asher
Donna Bingham Michel
Oliver
Mary
Butter Production Near Lowest Level Of Century
The Agriculture Department forecasts 12 month butter production ending Oct 1 at 1.125 billion pounds, down from 1.423 billion a year earlier. Exports drop to 25 million pounds, per capita supply below 6 pounds, while Sen George D Aiken urges immediate federal subsidies to sustain dairy output.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Funeral Service Details For Rev Lloyd Lambert
Funeral home will host visitation Tuesday from 7 to 9 p m Rev Lloyd Lambert will officiate and burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at a later date, according to family notices.
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Lloyd Lambert
Woodlawn Cemetery
Injured Elderly Man Dies After Ladder Fall
Chester Oliver 71 of 1417 South 10th Street died Sunday at 10 a.m. from head injuries after falling from a ladder while trimming a tree. Survived by wife, two daughters Margie Rennes and Marilyn McGowen of La Crosse, two sons Wilbert and Orbin, sister Mrs. Clara Anderson, brothers Russell and Otto, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services set for Wednesday 2 p.m. at Wesley Methodist Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. McKee Funeral Home.
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Agnes E. McConaghy
S. 13Th St
Josephine Winchell
la Crosse
Edward
Burlington
Iowa
James
Raymond
Arthur
Donald
Baraboo
Wis
John
Margaret) McCain
Hugo
Mandolene) Block
Tigerton
Frances Gauthier
Laura Winchel
Rhinelander
Arthur Bergeon
Milwaukee
Harold Bergeon
South Side
Chester Oliver
S. 10Th St
Oca
George
Margie) Rennes
Lewis
Marilyn) McGowen
Wilbert
Orbin
Genoa
Clara Anderson
de Soto
Russell
Otto
Wesley Methodist Church
Randolph Lunsford
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sletten-McKee
Trautwein Brothers Exchange 32 Year Birthday Card
The Trautwein brothers George and Rudy have passed a birthday card back and forth for 32 years starting in 1935. They estimate total postage spent at about $2 far exceeding the original 10 cent card cost.
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Louisville
Trautwein Brothers
Marathon
George
Rudy
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Area Council
Edwin T. Meredith
Montana
Mrs
Lois Haight
Tomah
Ninneman Funeral Home
Boyce Wilcox
Joyce Slater
Hazel Stevens
Monrovia
Calif
Isabel
Earl Lee
Timber Coulee
Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
H. O. Aasen
Coon Prairie Cemetery
James,Lee
Viven Nystad
Vernon, Electric Cooperative
Brenda
Arden
Brian
Selmer Strand
Lawrence Larson
Bernard Werner
S. C. Knutson
Woodville
Neapolis
Joseph W. Levy
Yuba
Hillsboro
Greenwood
Vernon County
Albena Beranek
McKenzie
Rudolph
Margaret) Vodak
Marie), Kouba
Edward J
Ann) Beil
St. Petersburg
Frank D. Levy
Josephine Rosa
Wonewoc
Christena Libansky
LaValle
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
James F. Murphy
Champion Valley Cemetery
Fick Funeral Home
Douglas Frazee
Gamble
Robert Page
Jackson Plaza
DIAL
Rowley
Globe-Wernicke's
GLOBE
Illinois
Agnes McConaghy
Clara H. Berg
Arthur Berg
Sletten- McKee
Andrew Frinke
Berg
Portland
Ore
Dodge
Faith Till
Forest A
Emil
Ruby) Holz
Winona
Otto Harm
Independence
West Avenue
Ferry Street
Kermit Audrud
Aiken
Congress
Franklin County
Zingo
Rollers
New Calif
Raggedy Ann
Henri
Wyler
Wilson Bacon
Quart Basket
Maxwell House
Btl
Schildman Trucking
Berg’s
Clyde Brothers
Mary E. Sawyer
Pitzner’s Cleaners
Wittenbers’s Cigar Store
Bodega
Hoeschler’s Pharmacy
Art’s Dairyland
Heslip’s Grocery
Onalaska Hdw
Appl. Co
Sweet Shop
Major Drug
Spell’s North Side
All Shriners
First Credit
United States
Canada
Pacific Finance Corporation
Coast To Coast
Transamerica Company
Cass Street
Jene A. Bendel
Mgr
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