Alma Center Plans Four Summer Classes
Alma Center Wisconsin summer school runs June 20 to July 29 in district schools. Courses include modern math reading spelling and writing taught by Mines. Teachers listed Olga Waldum Joan Staf fon Helen Hogue and Mary Ann Jensen. Calls for more teachers to WO 4 6661. Grades 2 through 8 eligible. New kindergartners register June 13 14 at Lincoln High School 8 30 am to 4 pm with birth cert or baptismal record.
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Alma Center
Wis
Mines
Olga Waldum
Joan Staffon
Helen Hogue
Mary Ann Jensen
Lincoln High School
Jackson County Shares in Federal Grant for Parks Plan
Jackson County is among 10 Wisconsin counties receiving a total 828 000 federal grant under the Economic Opportunity Act. The Wisconsin Conservation Department will supervise a 388 man program to develop parks and recreation areas in the ten county region, with many workers being Indians.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Principal Wins NDEA Institute Grant for Study
Tomah Junior High School principal Martin Mogensen received a National Defense Education Act grant for advanced study at the University of Wisconsin this summer.
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Tomah, Wis
Martin Mogensen
Tomah Junior High School
University of Wisconsin
Minnesota Receives Road Safety Report
A two year Minnesota traffic safety study issued 101 recommendations to improve highways and driver skills. The Automotive Safety Foundation presented a 900 page summary to the Interim Highway Commission. Proposals include a centralized information center linked to police networks, expanding the Highway Patrol, standardized driver education, unified driver licensing, and uninsured motorist protections. The study involved over 350 Minnesota citizens and called it the most intensive state level traffic safety investigation to date. DAIRY PRINCESS Anna Carol Henning, 18, was named Allamakee County dairy princess at a banquet in Waukon Iowa, crowned by the previous year's princess.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Automotive Safety Foundation of
Washington, D.C
Highway Commission
John R. Jamieson
Minnesota Highway Patrol
State Department of Education
Automotive Safety Foundation
Anna Carol Henning
Irvin Henning
Waterville
Allamakee County
Waukon
Iowa
Carol Flage
Carlton Eberling
Postville
Robert Hagen
Monroe County Sheriff Oss Resigns Post
Monroe County Sheriff Arden Oss submitted his resignation to County Clerk David L. Hering effective June 15. Oss, a contractor, will oversee housing projects near Tomah and will not seek reelection in 1966. Gov. Warren Knowles will appoint a replacement. Undersheriff David Copperfield will run the sheriff's office in the interim.
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Sparta
Wis
Arden Oss
Monroe County
David L. Hering
Oss
Tomah
Warren Knowles
David Copperfield
Keith Henry
Charles Roeske
Community Action Director Named in Northeast Iowa
Neil Wiedeman of Waukon has been named director of the Northeast Iowa Community Action program with an office in Decorah. Wiedeman, a retired Air Force major, will oversee Allamakee Winnebago and Howard Counties to study local economic needs using federal funds.
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Waukon
Iowa
Neil Wiedeman
Northeast
European recipes for edible flowers in early cookbooks
English cookbooks from the 17th and 18th centuries describe edible flowers. They detail how to make rose conserve a violet strup and marigold pie.
Wooden Shoe Dutch Colony Fades in New Amsterdam History
Amsterdam Wis. founder Bonnema led early settlers in New Amsterdam Town of Holland a wooden shoe Dutch community that built a school tavern and sawmill. By 1960 only a quiet village remains with diverse new residents and a shrinking wooden shoe heritage.
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New Amsterdam
Holland
la Crosse County
Gordon
Oeple Bonnema
Presbyterian Church
Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
Wis
Oepke Bonnema
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Bonnema
Orno
Black River
Burr Johnson
Ole O. Black
Ole Hokenson
Sjoerd Tyalsma
John Stienstre
la Crosse
Galesville
Midway
David Neeham
D. M. Deeastre
Emma Miller
Benjamin Miller
Bennema
Henry de Boer
Robert Price
Nettleton
Jewett Chalsma
French Island
Tyalsma
Sjalsma
Chalsma
Ed Greene
Jake Spangler
Jake
Bill Vanderpan
Louise
Harmen
Green Mound
John Hougenhaus
Holmen School
Harris
Lincoln High Students Earn Straight A’s in Final Term
ALMA CENTER Wis Six Lincoln High School students posted straight A grades in the fourth nine week period Nancy Passow and Sharon Wachholz seniors lead the list. Other top performers include Nancy Dimmitt Janice Gosch Janis Putman Linda Schroeder Kathy Buttke Susan Joos Jo Ann Michels Kolene Olson Kathy Printz Nancy Wolfgram Diane Michels Ralph Green Bruce Huebner Cheryl Janke Charles Risch Lisa Anderson Lynette Anderson Teresa Dittner Carol Fitzmaurice Sue Grupe Marilyn Schulze James Schmitz Diane Seguin freshmen and sophomores rellenished the top 10 percent scholastically.
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Alma Center
Wis
Lincoln High School
Nancy Passow
Sharon Wachholz
Nancy Dimmitt
Janice Gosch
Janis Putman
Linda Schroeder
Kathy Buttke
Susan Joos
Jo- Ann Michels
Kolene Olson
Kathy Printz
Nancy Wolfgram
Diane Michels
Ralph Green
Bruce Huebner
Cheryl Janke
Charles Risch
Lisa Anderson
Lynette Anderson
Teresa Dittner
Carol Fitzmaurice
Sue Grupe
Marilyn Schulze
James Schmitz
Diane Seguin
Valedictorian Tops Winners At Sparta HS
Barbara Heffling valedictorian of Sparta High School topped the awards day program receiving the top scholastic award and a Wisconsin legislative scholarship along with the Readers Digest award and the top English award. Several seniors earned legislative scholarships and other honors plus ten top scholastic students received Robert Page gifts of ten dollars each.
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Sparta
Wis
Barbara Heffling
Fred Heffling
Sparta High School
Heffling
Readers Digest
Marie Jenkins
Anita Ewers
Mary Theirl
Jane Eumurian
Antony Spors
John Baudhui
Cynthia Jessie
Anne Nussdorfer
Lynda Loging
Robert Page
Linda Haun
Sparta Education Association
Joyce Goode
Parent-Teacher Association
Janet Gilbertson
Hospital Seeks Housekeeping Aids in Tomah Wisconsin
The Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital seeks applicants for housekeeping aid at $1.61 an hour. Obtain forms at any posted post office or from the Board of U.S. Civil Service Examiners, VA Hospital, Tomah. Positions restricted by veterans preference, but non veterans may apply if no veterans are available.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
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