Olson Wins High Honor Despite Residence Technicality
Mrs. Borghild Olson, praised for a flawless four year record with no grade below an A, faced a residence requirement technicality in the award. She excelled in campus life, participated in four college plays, attended the rural life conference in Madison, and earned honorary society honors. Her husband Arnold Olson, a Trane Co. assembler, plans for future teaching work while the couple expands their home at 627 South 20th Street.
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Alice Drake
Olson
Madison
Kappa Delta Pi
Alpha Psi Omega
Paul
Vernon County
Elm Grove
Highway 14
Poer
Valley
Halmar Lindevig
Coon Vley
Arnold So
Westby
Trane Co
Olsons
Tampa
Borghild
Rexford Mitchell
la Crosse State College
Arnold
Wartime Worm Invasion Strikes Cedarville Area
The worm army continues its advance into the Cedarville Hessel region about 40 miles south of Sault Ste. Marie near Lake Huron. Trees appear leafless as the plague nears its end, with worms unable to cross the Mackinac Straits unaided and about five days remaining before dormancy.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Upper Michigan
Ontario
Cedarville- Hessel
Soa
Lake Huron
Straits of Mackinac
Lower Michigan
Lucienne Flies Back To France Guarding Bit Of Ol La Crosse
Lucienne Oles, war bride of Milton Oles of 1404 South 20th street, returns to Paris for two months visiting family and Paris celebrating its 2000th anniversary. Milton flies with her to New York and Paris, then returns to the states. He recalls joining her in France after meeting in a hospital in Etampes. Milton, with the 102nd cavalry, later came home to Boston while Lucienne followed in 1946 aboard an Italian liner. The couple later settled in Wisconsin and he now promotes La Crosse beer, noting French habits but hoping to chill beer for a toast back home.
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Lucienne
France
Paris
Lucienne Avart Oles
Milton Oles
South 20Th Street
Milton
Minneapolis
New York
la Crosse
Madeleine Church
102Nd Cavalry Regiment
First Army
Dwight Eisenhower
Oles
Hallencourt
le Havre
States
Boston
City
United States
Wisconsin
G. Heilman Brewing Co
Olds
Sergeant Leads Recon Platoon In Korea Frontline Patrols
Sergeant Roger A. Seybold leads the seventh reconnaissance company of the seventh infantry division in Korea. His unit patrols daily in front of division lines to contact the enemy, dating back to Inchon and Seoul actions. Seybold, from Milwaukee, served in World War II with the 11th Armored Division and earned the Silver Star. Census day is a national holiday with citizens staying home except census workers.
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Seventh Infantry Division
U. S. Army
Korea
Roger A. Seybold
Mary Seybold
Jackson Street
la Crosse
Wis
Seventh Reconnaissance
Seybold
Seventh Division
Inchon
Seoul
Rufus King High School
Milwaukee
11Th Armored
City Barbershoppers Sing At Post Theater
Camp McCoy Wis Special Barbershop chorus from La Crosse joins three La Crosse quartets and two Sparta quartets for a music festival at post theater 3 at 8 30 p m. A new quartet of McCoy servicemen from Sparta will debut plus members of the Sparta and La Crosse chapters perform and the evening ends with coffee and cake in the recreation hall.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
The
la Crosse
For the
Barber Shop
America
Post Theater
Robert Dorrell
Soldier Show
Sparta
McCoy
Irvin Smith
107Th Engineer Maintenance Company
Holland, Mich
Holland, Mich. Spebsqsa Chapter; Pvt. J. D. Cook
807Th Engineer Light Equipment Company
Detroit
Paul Kriles
194Th Field Artillery Battalion
Spencer
Adam Kipsmiller
114Th Engineer Combat Battalion
Saginaw
Mich
Georgia Attorney Heads U. S. Jaycees
Miami Fla The U S Junior Chamber of Commerce adjourned its national convention after electing Lee Price a 33 year old attorney of Swainsboro Georgia as its new president Ten vice presidents were chosen including William Edward Allman Gary Ind The convention adopted a resolution endorsing universal military training UMT
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Miami
Fla
U. S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lee Price
Swainsboro
William Edward Allman
Gary
Ind
Appeal for Volunteer Raid Wardens in City
Norman Oldenburg urges volunteers to join the air raid warden program's ward supervisory posts. Women may sign up with Miss Henry at 26238 between 8 am and noon or 1 pm to 4 pm. Upon compiling a list, ward supervisors will be appointed and wardens assigned per block.
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Norman Oldenburg
Miss Henry
Oldenburg
Neprud Attends Juvenile Judges Convention at Bailey's Harbor
Judge Lincoln Neprud attended a state convention of juvenile judges at Bailey's Harbor, VIROQUA. The meeting brought together judges for discussions on juvenile court practices and reform.
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Viroqua
Wis
Lincoln Neprud
Bailey’s Harbor
Artillery Crew Fires Planned Time on Target Mission
Cannoneers of the 187th Field Artillery Group opened fire with all pieces in a time on target mission. It marks the first group sized firing since Camp McCoy’s 1950 reactivation. The 130th group is following this precedent.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
187Th Field Artillery Group
Field Army plans local setup and fall meeting
James Kelly county chairman says the Field Army should complete its local setup by early fall. The group met at Mrs. A M M s home with district adjutant and several officers including Mrs. George Athan and B E Dellenbach. State committee says area educational meetings replace district conferences with the first in early fall. 1952 Green Lake state meeting planned.
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James Kelly
B. E. Dellenbach
Emma Erickson
J. E. Kraft
J. C. Morgan
Gd Lynn Vant
Oswald Gunderson
George Thompson
Early Falls
Green Lake
Woman Pilot Major Sa Gokcen Approved for UN Korea Service
Turkey announced that Major Sa Gokcen, a woman pilot, was approved by the defense ministry to serve with UN forces over Korea, marking a notable milestone in military aviation and women's roles.
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Turkey
Sa- Gokcen
Defense Ministry
Korea
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