Vernon Homemakers Hold Achievement Day in Genoa
About 400 women attended the Vernon County Homemakers achievement day on June 3 at the REA Auditorium Genoa. Morning activities featured group singing readings piano solo flower arrangement talk and demonstrations. Afternoon included solos songs a 4-H Club group number a Netherlands home economist talk and various skits and solos. Lunch was by Bad Axe Lutheran Church. badges awarded for originality appropriateness humor and fanciness to Pioneer Homemakers Spring Coulee Jolly Workers Viroqua and Hillsdale Hustlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon County Homemakers
REA
Genoa
Pearl Getter
R. E. Clausen
Viroqua
Reading
C. L. Garner
Hillsboro
Maureen Hoffland
Prairie du Chien
F. C. Middleton
Madison
Mary Jane Monti
Mercill Pieper
Colonel
Jerry Skaar
Johanna Heesen
The
Netherlands
Valley
Howard Schnick
Coon Creek
Armen Wolf
Sunny Hill Club
Pieper
Spring Coulee Club
Genoa II Group of
Ruth Banta
Bad Axe Lutheran Church
Pioneer Homemakers
Spring Coulee
Jolly Workers
Hillsdale
Houston Host To Swiss Show At Brown Swiss Canton
Grand champion cow shown by Guy Smith Houston and grand champion sire by Irvin Bailey Houston at the Brown Swiss Canton Show at Houston Village Park June 2. Judge Wayne Lyons Galesville praised the 30 head exhibit and contests provided afternoon fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Smith
Houston
Irvin Bailey
Brown
Houston Village Park
Keifer
Wayne Lyons
Galesville
Harold Poppe
Houston Commercial Club
D. L. Dyer
Dyer
Allen Eglington
Caledonia
Osmund Gilbertson
Spring Grove
George Beach
la Crescent
Brown Swiss Association
Walter Borgwan
Glencoe
Marvin Kruse
Beloit
Fieldman
Charles Choate
Cletus Schleich
Ervin Michael
Glenn Schultz
Ralph Lind
Assemblyman Discusses Reapportionment At Local Meeting
Raymond Rice La Crosse assemblyman spoke on reapportionment to Washington Township La Crosse County Farm Bureau members at the Valentine Hilley home. Virginia Staiston and Vivian Clark performed musical numbers and the next meeting was set for the John Lusk Jr. home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Rice
la Crosse
Washington Township
Annual Wisconsin plowing contest set near Whitehall
The fourth annual Wisconsin state plowing match and soil conservation field day will be held Sept. 20 1952 on Robert Simonson’s 160 acre farm near Whitehall Wisconsin. The event will feature level land plowing and contour plowing with entrants from across the state and is co sponsored by the Soil Conservation Service University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture the state soil conservation committee and Station WEAU Eau Claire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Simonson
Whitehall
Simonson
Pigeon
Coral City School
U. S. Highway 53
Soil Conservation Service of Wisconsin
The
College of Agriculture of
University of Wisconsin
State Soil Conservation Committee
Station Weau
Eau Claire
Silage Meeting Set Near Seneca and Barnum
A June 16 meeting at the Schreck brothers farm in Crawford County will cover grass silage. Orrin Borge from the College of Agriculture will discuss moisture, optimal cut length, preservatives, and silage methods for conventional silos stacks and pits. The Schrecks will showcase a chopper unloading wagons and a blower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schreck Brothers
Seneca and Barnum
Crawford County
Orrin Borge
The
College of Agrriculture
Schrecks
Hillsboro FHA unit attends convention in Green Lake
Betty Havlik Lyndall Least man and Mrs. Ervin Lindsay the Hillsboro High School home economics instructor attended the Future Homemakers of America convention at Green Lake last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro, Wis
Betty Havlik
Lyndall Leastman
Ervin Lindsay
Hillsboro High School
Future Homemakers of American
Green Lake
Summer lawn care tips from University Farm Minnesota
The guide advises watering newly seeded lawns until established and mowing high in warm weather. Water deeply during dry spells to strengthen roots, avoid frequent sprinkling, and use 2,4-D carefully to control weeds. Choose amine forms, spray on still days above 60F, rinse equipment, and edge the lawn for a neat appearance.
Master Farmers Elect Larson of La Crosse
Elmer H. Larson of 1326 Kane Street La Crosse was elected to the Wisconsin Master Farmers Association at the annual meeting in Green Lake Wisconsin. Secretary Carl J. Ritland Eau Claire cited Larson’s good farming and outstanding unselfish work in community social and public life. Mr and Mrs Larson attended the session Saturday to be welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer H. Larson
Kane St
la Crosse
Wisconsin Master Farmers Association
Green Lake
Wis
Carl J. Ritland
Eau Claire
Larson
FALSE TEETH FASTEETH POWDER PROMISES FIRM FIT
An improved alkaline powder named FASTEETH sprinkles on upper or lower plates to prevent sliding and rocking. It claims no gummy taste, no sour feeling, and even helps reduce denture odor with a non acid formula. Available at drug stores.
Farm Bureau tour visits four Houston County farms
Houston County Farm Bureau members held a farm family tour by car caravan from the county’s southern edge to La Crescent, visiting Sylling near Spring Grove, Deters near Caledonia, Kelly on Root River, and Burow on South Ridge. Wayne Hanson hosted, with Julia Bartlett guiding women participants and Dr. Leon Snyder demonstrating landscaping and pruning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Farm Bureau
Beaver Creek Park
James Sylling
Spring Grove
George Kelly
Houston
Karl Burow
la Crescent
Wayne Hanson
Ed Deters
Caledonia
Leon Snyder
Tribune
Houston County Farm Bureau
Beaver Creek State Park
la ‘Crescent
Wayne ‘Hanson
Julia Bartlett
University Farm
Root River
South Ridge
Sylling
Ed Oertel
Smith Valley
la Crosse
Eskimo Language Dialects Spanning Greenland to Siberia
A single Eskimo language with several dialects is spoken from Greenland in the west to the eastern reaches of Siberia, indicating broad linguistic continuity across Arctic regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Siberis
Two Area FHA Advisers Awarded Honorary Degrees
Two area home economics teachers and FHA advisers received honorary degrees at the state Future Homemakers of America convention at Green Lake last week. Mrs. Margaret Slotwinski of Holmen and Mrs. Dorothy Bell of Trempealeau earned the honors for outstanding work with their FHA chapter girls. Marlene Haines of Holmen was among 25 state recipients. State officers elected include Mary Ellen Nontello of La Crosse Aquinas High School as historian and Betty Havlik of Hillsboro as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Future Homemakers of America
Green Lake
Margaret Slotwinski
Holmen
Dorothy Bell
Trempealeau
Marlene Haines
Mary Ellen Nontello
la Crosse Aquinas
Betty Havlik
Hillsboro
Farm Events Calendar June Trempealeau and Houston Counties
A calendar of farm events lists 4H electricity project lessons in Trempealeau County at Centerville and Whitehall Courthouse on June 11 and 16, a Guernsey Breeders moonlight meeting at the A. E. Nehring farm, a Rural Youth hayride at Grant Lapham farm in Houston County on June 16, and a Houston County farmers supper and soil conservation meeting at Caledonia Auditorium on June 18 with the schedule continuing to June 23.
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Trempealeau County
Whitehall Courthouse
Houston County
Grant Lapham Farm
Houston County Farmers
Caledonia Auditorium
Centerville
Whitehall
Farm Changes Hands Near Hegg Wisconsin
ETTRICK Wis Special William Salzwedel of South Beaver Creek has purchased the former Jerome Skorstad farm near Hegg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
William Salzwedel
South Beaver Creek
Jerome Skorstad
Hegg
Tobacco Pool Names Officer
At the Northern Wisconsin Co-Operative Tobacco Pool meeting in Viroqua on June 5 1952 Blaine Pederson of Westby was named successor to the late A J Peterson Pederson has long worked in tobacco processing with Bek Kedal American Suppliers Inc and Viroqua Leaf Tobacco Co He recently helped Tri State Breeders Co operative build a new barn at Westby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Wisconsin Co-Operative Tobacco Pool
Viroqua
Blaine Pederson
Westby
A. J. Peterson
Pederson
Bekkedal Company
American Suppliers, Inc
Viroqua Leaf Tobacco Company
Tri-State Breeders Co-operative
Nehrings Plant 170 Acres Of Corn In Trempealeau County
A. E. Nehring and sons of Preston Township planted 170 acres of corn this spring on three adjoining farms along Highway 53 between Whitehall and Blair. The Nehrings, long-time Trempealeau County residents, originated from Iowa and have farmed in the area about 35 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall, Wis
Annual Picnic Set June 25
Twenty two La Crosse County rural youths will receive pigs at the annual La Crosse Pig Club picnic June 25 at Myrick Park. George E. Krause leads the club the oldest organization of its kind in continuous service. Fifteen pigs are Chester Whites and seven are Durocs with a dinner at 12 30 p.m. and a talk on the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Pig Club
Myrick Park
George E. Krause
Chester Whites
Durocs
Barre
Conrad Nehls
Swett
Carol E. Linse
Burns
Donna Rondorf
Glen Kirchner
Gordon Pfaff
Farmington
Joanne Skoy
Shirley Ruth Muller
Alice Tracey
Gordon Radcliffe
Douglas Drogseth
Greenfield
James Strupp
Ronald Hess
Eugene Becker
Mary Kapanke
Hamilton
Duane Horstman
Thomas Jewett
Holland
Ronald Hanson
Loren Waldenberger
Janice Hanson
Onalaska
Allen Asmus
Washington
Sonja Torgerson
Trempealeau Guernseymen To Hold Picnic
Trempealeau County Guernsey Breeders Association invites the public to an evening meeting and picnic at the A. E. Nehring and Sons farm on Highway 53 between Blair and Whitehall Friday June 13 at 7 p.m. Carl Shoemaker will speak. judging of three classes milk cows yearlings and calves will begin. Prizes for top breeders and special awards will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Trempealeau County
A. E. Nehring Farm
Whitehall
Blair
Wis
Carl Shoemaker
Guernsey Breeders Association
A. E. Nehring and Sons
Highway 53
Blair and
Otto Kline
Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders
Nehring
FFA
P. J. Speerstra
A. E. Nehring
Ray Shanklin
Peter Bieri
Marshall Nehring
Galesville
Phillip Dahl
Spuds Face Blight Threat in Wisconsin Summer
Wisconsin potato crop faces a late blight threat this summer. Earl Wade, plant disease specialist at the University of Wisconsin, warns that blight control is crucial amid the current potato shortage and past two seasons of tomato crop losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Earl Wade
University of Wisconsin
Wade
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Vernon Homemakers
SUMAC
Penstix
Fifth Ave
Aden
Unniversity Farm
ST. Paul 1. Minn
Teon Snyber
Orrin Turnquist
Larson of
Soil Men Aid
Frank Fairbanks
Harri Larson
SCS
Deters
Kelly Farm
Kellys
Kelly
George Moriarty
LCS
Baron Farm
Snyder
Buron
Burow
Walter E. Spreiter
McCord
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Pinay Sn
Lee's Hill
Jersey
Brother
Prescription Pharmacy
Welch
Dial
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