Queen Junior 4 H Leaders Sponsor Dance in La Crosse County
A queen will be crowned at the La Crosse County Junior H Club Leaders Assn dance on Friday June 21 at the West Salem pavilion. Candidates include Sue Wege Eldora Schober Helen Stolander Marlene Breummer Shirley Stuggerud Jo Ann Johnson and Mary Lou Evans. Wuenschs orchestra will play at 9 p.m. Tickets are available from junior leaders committees and helpers.
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la Crosse County
Assn
Association
Jean Sprain
West Salem Pavilion
Sue Wege
Eldora Schober
Helen Stolander
Marlene Breummer
Shirley Stuggerud
Jo Ann Johnson
Mary Lou Evans
Wuensch
4 H Leaders Contribute To Progress
La Crosse County Adult 4 H Leaders guide rural youth through club and project leadership. Officers include Mrs Frederick Wege president and Harold Niedfeldt adviser. They funded 1955 drives raising 2130 dollars for the 4 H foundation and bought a 25 watt public address system for county meetings.
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la Crosse County
Frederick Wege
Arthur Servais
Emil Brye
Gust Horman
Harold Niedfeldt
Public Health Nurse Attends Madison Orientation Session
Mrs. Mabel Skroch Trempealeau County public health nurse attended the annual orientation sessions for public health nurses in Madison. Beginning June 17 she will attend a short course for public health nurses at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Eight Students Graduated at Genoa State Graded Schools
Genoa Wisconsin Special reports eight students graduated from Genoa State Graded Schools. Names listed include Peggy Gratke Eldora De Germe Barbara Banta Edith Ghelfi Wilma Mitchell Janet Mc Donald Carl Hastings and Donald Bramwell.
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Genoa, Wis
Genoa
Peggy Gratke
Eldora de Germe
Barbara Banta
Edith Ghelfi
Wilma Mitchell
Janet McDonald
Carl Hastings
Donald Bramwell
4 H Judging Contest Top Awards Told
Whitehall Wisconsin special report notes 31 senior 4 H club boys and 35 juniors competed in dairy judging at Trempealeau County Farm and Clifford Anderson farm. Seniors high scorers include Dale Hangartner 350 Clayton Call and Robert Solberg 340 Ronald Syverson 330 LeRoy Brown 320 David Tollefson 310 Sherman Deetz 300 Arden Hardie David Myren Lyle Romundstad. Juniors top scorers include Gloria Christianson Karen Iverson Bruce Hanson Olger Gunderson Gerry Iverson Connie Johnson Linda Berge Glenn Borreson Steven Cooper Curtis Julson Gary Solberg with scores from 320 to 260.
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Whitehall. Wis
Trempealeau County Farm
Clifford Anderson
Whitehall
Anderson's
Dale Hangartner
King’s Valley Club
Clayton Call
Robert Solberg
King's Valley
Ronald Syverson
Sunnyside
LeRoy Brown
King’s Valley
David Tollefson
Sherman Deetz
Plainview
Arden Hardie
Carpenter
David Myren
Lyle Romundstad
Strum-Eleva Ffa
Gloria Christianson
Karen Iverson
Bruce Hanson
Hale and Hardy
Olger Gunderson
Gerry Iverson
Connie Johnson
Linda Berge
Glenn Borreson
Hegge
Steven Cooper
Caledonia
Curtis Julson
Gary Solberg
District 4-H Share the Fun festivals announced for June
Four district 4-H Share the Fun festivals are set across Minnesota in June at Redwood Falls Faribault Aitkin and Ada high schools and fairgrounds. Earl Berge rud district state 4-H club leader said the events start at 8 p m each night with Ada using the high school if rain occurs. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Extension Service and Cargill Inc the program replaces the former 4-H Search for Talent. Acts chosen at district festivals advance to the statewide Minnesota State Fair event. Public attendance and tickets through county extension offices.
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ST. Paul
University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service
Cargill, Inc
4-H Judging Schools Planned in Monroe County
Two 4-H judging schools are set for June 14 at Sparta City Hall and June 17 at Tomah VFW Hall. The sessions run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Home economics project classes will be judged with comments and pointers from home agent Janet Sperstad. While aimed at 4-H members, mothers and leaders may attend.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta City Hall
Tomah Vfw
Janet Sperstad
Fillmore County DHIA Groups Report April Yields Leaders
Preston Minnesota special report shows three Fillmore DHIA associations with 26 herds and 715 cows on test in April. Average milk per cow 880 pounds, fat 33 pounds, test 3.8 percent. Top herds and cows listed across East West and individual farms, with fat yields and milk totals for leaders.
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Preston, Minn
Fillmore County
DHIA
Fillmore Dhia No. 3
Hilbert Roelofs
Preston
Orville Agrimson
Utica
Ed Swiggum and
Nels Osland
Milton Teske
B. G. Witte
Spring Valley
Eugene
Jerry Scheevel
Olaf Howe
Chatfield
Lime Springs
Iowa
Vernon Kappers
Russell Huesinkved
Warren Barnes
Canton
Jerseys
East Fillmore Dhia
Harold Agrimson
Alfred Johnson
Peterson
Kermit Fingerson
Ane Agrimson
Arne Agrimson
Arvid Kjos
Gale-Ettrick FHA delegates return from state convention
Four Gale-Ettrick girls of the Future Homemakers of America travel home from the Wisconsin FHA state convention with adviser Miss Beverly West. Delegates Mary Trim and Gloria Grover reported from Gale-Ettrick, Georgine Schaller modeled in the FHA style revue, and Mary Lou Filner joined the composite chorus in the convention program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Gale-Ettrick
Future
Homemakers of America
Beverly West
Mary Trim
Gloria Grover
Georgine Schaller
Mary Lou Fillner
New Fluid Milk and Soil Conservation Bills Enter House Committee
A hearing on HR-5547, to exclude gully control dam costs from cost-benefit ratio calculations, will be held June 25 before the House Agriculture Committee's conservation and credit subcommittee. Congressman Lester Johnson says the bill helps valley projects like Buffalo County Mill Creek Watershed by not penalizing farmers who have already improved conservation.
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House Agricultural Committee
Washington, D.C
Lester Johnson
Conservation and Credit Subcommittee
House Agriculture Committee
Johnson
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Buffalo County
Mill Creek
Fillmore Dairy Queen Crown To Be Held In Lanesboro
Fillmore County dairy queen will be crowned at a ball held at the Community hall on Thursday June 13 with crowning at 10 p.m. A dinner at 6 30 p.m. and a coronation dance follow. Twenty princesses participate in the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro
Wis
Fillmore County
Lutheran Church Hall
Oak Ridge Badgers Hold May Meeting and 4-H Program
The Oak Ridge Badgers met at the school on May 26 for a brief business session followed by a 4-H Sunday program. Health and safety readings were shared, an electrical demonstration was given, and Robert Fredericks, assistant county agent, showed a movie. Lunch was served. The next meeting is set for June 12.
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Oak Ridge Badgers
Robert Fredericks
Haying Season Dangers Spotlighted by Farm Safety Officials
Caledonia Minn Special Haying is risky warns Wayne Hanson county agent. Glenn Prickett urges shields on shafts and PTOs, stopping machines for adjustments, keeping kids away from hay hoists and tractors, checking ropes and pulleys, quitting when tired, and taking three breaks to reduce injuries.
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Caledonia, Minn
Houston County
Wayne Hanson
Farm Calendar Dense 4-H Events Across Iowa and Minnesota
A list of 4-H related meetings, rallies, tours, picnics, and judging events scheduled across Sparta Waukon Whitehall Green Lake Lanesboro Waterville Houston County Tomah Spring Grove Decorah Pine Bluff West Salem and La Crosse from June 1 to June 21. Highlights include hay days 4-H electricity tours dairy day and a federation meeting.
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Waukon
Iowa
West Salem—County
County Hospital Farm
18 Confirmed At St. Joseph's In New Albin Iowa
Bishop James V. Casey of Dubuque administered confirmation at St. Joseph's Catholic Church New Albin Iowa on May 25 to a class of 18. The confirmands were David Carroll Gene Donovan Lawrence Donovan Daniel Griffin Patrick Hartley Thomas Hartley William Ingles Julia Ann Jordan Jane Metzdorf Thomas Jordan Esther Mitchell William Mitchell Sheryl Moore Alana Smerud Rebecca Pottratz Stephen Smerud James Waters and Gary Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albin
Iowa
James V. Casey
Dubuque
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
David Carroll
Gene Donovan
Lawrence Donovan
Daniel Griffin
Patrick Hartley
Thomas Hartley
William Ingles
Julia Ann Jordan
Jane Metzdorf
Thomas Jordan
Esther Mitchell
William Mitchell
Sheryl Moore
Alana Smerud
Rebecca Pottratz
Stephen Smerud
James Waters
Gary Meyer
Valley View School Promotes Four Eighth Graders in Picnic Day
In Coon Valley Wisconsin four eighth grade students Kay Sebranek Michael Larson Nicholas Thein and Donald Krause were promoted during a May 22 promotional exercise combined with the annual school picnic. Perfect attendance cited for Nancy Cornell Marilyn Martell and Ruth Schultz. Teachers listed as Mrs Sam Stenbeck and Mrs Esther Keilholtz.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Valley View
Kay Sebranek
Michael Larson
Nicholas Thein
Donald Krause
Nancy Cornell
Marilyn Martell
Ruth Schultz
Sam Stenbeck
Esther Keilholtz
Mission Festival Set for Arcadia June 16
The Rev. Richard Buege announces the annual mission festival at Arcadia church on Sunday June 16 at 10 a.m. A chicken dinner begins at 11 a.m. with refreshments on the church grounds. The public is invited.
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Whitehall
Wis
Richard Buege
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of
German Valley
St. John’s Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Church
Arcadia
Hostesses Announce Mission Circle Meeting at Whitehall Church
Mmes. L. M. Quackenbush and H. M. DeBow will host the Mission Circle meeting at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Whitehall Wisconsin on Thursday afternoon June 14.
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Whitehall
Wis
Mmes
L. M. Quackenbush
H. M. DeBow
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Wheat Marketing Referendum Set For June 20 At ASC Office
Farmers in the region may vote at the La Crosse County Agricultural Stabilization office on June 20 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The eligibility rule now includes all persons sharing in the 1958 wheat crop from farms in the commercial area with more than 15 acres to harvest plus any wheat acreage in the reserve. Quotas, if approved, carry a 45 percent parity penalty on excess wheat. support at 75 percent parity is available for those complying with allotments. If more than one third vote against quotas, they won’t take effect but allotments remain, with 30 percent parity support for compliant farmers.
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la Crosse County
Northwestern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition sets entry dates
The 17th annual Northwestern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition will be held Oct 7–9 at the Eau Claire County junior fair grounds. Entries must be filed with county agents by July 20 and blanks sent to the Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Association by July 25. Open to county youths aged 10 to 21 on farms. judging schedules and an auction sale of beef calves, lambs, and barrows are planned. A large list of committee members from multiple counties leads organization and judging events and prize offerings.
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Whitehall
Wis
Eau Claire County
Ken Kopp
Galesville
Wisconsin Livestock Breeders’ Assn
Poultry Building
Madison
Wisconsin
Housing Changes Made At Stoddard
Mr and Mrs Lee Marshall who sold their trailer home to Eugene Fanello have rented the Floyd Christenson house vacated by the Michaels family. The Gordon Haydens are remodeling the house they purchased from the Antonia Michel estate. The Fred Kromke family moved into the Louis Semler house which they have rented.
Ladies Aids Meet at St Matthews Lutheran
Ladies Aid plans a gathering in the church parlors on Thursday June 13 at 2 pm Hostesses include Mrs Albert Klum Mrs Philip Krause and Mrs Robert Krueger in attendance at St Matthews Lutheran church parish meeting notes
Jersey Men Plan Twilight Meeting
The La Crosse Jersey Breeders Assn plans a twilight meeting on Monday June 17 at 7 p.m. at Bernard Timm Farms near Mindoro Wisconsin. A purebred Jersey calf donated by La Crosse County Bankers will be awarded to the 4H judging contest winner, with an adult contest also. Victor Peterson national fieldman for the American Jersey Cattle Club will attend and a lunch will be served.
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Mindoro
Wis
la Crosse Jersey
Johnson bill seeks single federal standard for fluid milk
Congressman Lester Johnson introduces a bill to implement one federal sanitation standard for all interstate fluid milk. It endorses state milk agencies under a Surgeon General overseer, preserves existing state ordinances, and removes duplicative inspections to streamline interstate milk flow while protecting public health.
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Washington, D.C
Lester Johnson
U.S
Johnson
Federal Inspection Corps
ASC Office Hours Change In La Crosse County
La Crosse County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office on State street adjusts summer hours to 7:30 a.m. to noon and 12:34 p.m. through June July and August. After August the schedule shifts to 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with lunch 12 to 12:30.
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la Crosse County
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Darlene Miller
Naomi Stetzer
Paul Schmitz
Janice Hoeth
Marilyn Dahlby
Fred Heuer
Mary Evans
Linda Kilian
Arlene Nubbe
Fred Huhn
Ken Steiger
Irene Hilby
Sylvia Schmidt
Conrad Nehls
Marlin Schilling
Richard Garbers
Cn Ft
Thomas Carlyle
Monroe
Virgil Rindels
Earl Huesink
James Jacobson
Harmony
Louise Runge
Holstein
Russell Huesinkveld
la Crosse
Pig Club
Myrick Park
Pega Aniierrts Fee
Tribane
Fillmore Dairy Queen
Oak Ridge
Badgers
Greg Milk
Lyman McKee
American Dairy Assn
Monroe County
McKee
al Francour
Joe Larson
Leonard Anderson
Prickett
Glenn Prickett
University of Minnesota
Sparta Area
Courthouse
Trempealeau County
Leslie Becker
Waterville
Green Lake
Future Farmers Convention
Minn
Five Star Farm Bureau
City Hall
Tomah
VFW
Sparta—District
Spring Grove
Spring Grove High School
Pine Bluff
Decorah
West Salem
St. Joseph's
ASC
Peter Bieri
Ray Shanklin
Walter Bean
Yvonne Olson
Eau Claire
J. O. Beadle
John Lucente
Independence
Archie Brovold
Ed Baker
W. S. Comings
Jack Halama
Lester Senty
A. J. Chucka
Jackson County
Lucente
Shanklin
Lloyd Feltes
Bieri
Brovold
Beadle
Bernard Hart
Don Rogness
Osseo
Francour
Baker
Miss Olson
Field Service
Barrow Carcass
Stoddard
Schroeder
Cashton
Klinkner
Schroeder Produce
Klinkner & Schroeder
Viroqua
Jersey
North Fourth Street
J. KR. Johnson
Pres
F. L. Kramer
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