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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1966
Page
12
Root River Soil and Water Conservation District advances pond and gully control work as soil moisture improves. A Jerome Ellingson farm pond in Spring Grove provides pasture water and prevents runoff across cropland. Joe McManimon Sr. of Houston completed a gully control structure diverting water away from fields.
Twenty seven La Crosse businessmen joined a chartered tour sponsored by the La Crosse Chamber of Commerce rural affairs committee. Stops included U.S. Lock and Dam Genoa La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor Genoa Westby Tri State Producers and Arthur Thiege dairy farm Coon Valley.
WEST SALEM Wisconsin Barre Badgers 4 H Club marks 35th anniversary with a noon picnic at the Barre Town Hall on Sunday June 12. Former members and leaders and families invited. The club began in 1931 under Alfred Bringe with Merlien Jaekel as current adult leader. 51 members, 14 projects plus music and speech contests. Officers listed.
Edwin Hill, assistant state conservationist of the U S Soil Conservation Service, received a certificate of merit at the June 6 Manitowish Waters meeting for advancing Wisconsin soil and water programs and enlisting local cooperation. The award was presented by D A Williams and Hill was lauded for his many roles from 1934 onward and for initiating a youth conservation education program in 1946. The note also explains the Gaelic origin of Dublin, meaning black pool.
Whitehall Wisconsin clothing schools for 4 H clothing members leaders and mothers will be held at the Galesville Bank on Monday June 13 at 1 30 p m and at the Whitehall courthouse the same day at 8 p m with a session at the Strum community building on Monday June 20 at 1 30 p m Girls who attended the State Fair dress revue last year will teach modeling and poise for the dress revue Items pertaining to the clothing project will be judged followed by a judging discussion
The Viroqua Future Farmers of America celebrated its annual banquet with awards for top placers in the state judging contest including Randy Nigh and Roger Swenson. Honors covered leadership, dairy, swine, beef, crops, farm mechanics, public speaking, and Star Farmer. Ken Hutson spoke as WKBT’s farm news director. chapter adviser Gene Schroeder presented honors.
Galesville fire department answered two calls on Thursday. A chimney fire at the Hans Falls home in Hardies Creek was first, at 7:50 a.m., followed by a blaze in a 1951 stock truck south of Decorah Hill after noon. The truck was heavily damaged with two young boys as drivers.
Kathy De Haan 16 of New Lisbon was named Miss Oakdale at the Oakdale Rural Electric Cooperative annual meeting. She will be a New Lisbon High School senior next year. Miss Siemens of Tomah, last year’s winner, crowned her. Runnerup Lynda Faivre is a UW Madison pre medical sophomore. Several former Wisconsin REC queens attended.
Brookwood High School will send five attendees to the Wisconsin Future Farmers of America convention at Green Lake June 13 through 15. Delegates James Haun Mike Giese and Steven Kastberg along with adviser Richard Fossum and Delmar Schmitz will receive State Farmer degrees.
Brookwood High School sends Lonnie Whitinger and Marvin Johnson as delegates to the Junior Dairyman's state convention in Mauston June 9 and 10. Richard Fossum serves as adviser. Several Brookwood boys participate in a judging contest.
Jackson County farmers join a Wisconsin cheese drive sending 40 tons to U S armed forces in South Viet Nam. Sponsored with District 3 of the National Farmers Organization and the group We Care. Contributions accepted at Radio WWII in Black River Falls before June 20. Cheese packing in La Crosse on June 20.
Angela Van de Plasse from the Netherlands visits Vernon County to study American farming as part of an International Foreign Youth exchange. She stays with Mr and Mrs Irvin Nerison near Westby and will depart June 13 for Kentucky then Virginia. She plans to teach home economics after returning home.
The star Mira cycles its size every 330 days causing its light to brighten during expansion and fade during contraction, a regular pulsation observed by astronomers. The periodic brightness changes link to the star’s stellar atmosphere dynamics and rhythmic pulsations.
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