Plan Reunion Of Engineers At Camp McCoy Wisconsin
SpartaWis special plans for a two day reunion of the 250th engineer combat battalion at Camp McCoy with registrations on July 22 and a main day July 23. Events include a parade a review of unit progress a minutes silence for Sgt Gordon a 1 pm business meeting officer elections resolutions and policies a baseball game and a 6 30 pm banquet featuring Maj Gen Carl R Gray Jr executive VP of the Chicago Northwestern Railway. Volunteers are being sought for reunion committee duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
250Th Engineer Combat Battalion
Camp McCoy
McCoy
Willlam Virgil Webb
1Nth Army
Wm. F. Gordon
Association
MacMullin Field
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Grey
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Civilian Employee Wins Service Award at Camp McCoy
Velma Haydon of Alma Center Wisconsin received the civilian service award and citation from Maj. Paul A. Newman at Camp McCoy. The Brig. Gen. J. K. Rice letter dated May 16 1946 praises her six months of devot ed duty. Haydon began July 24 1945 at the reception station and later the personnel office. She plans to marry in the fall.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Velma Haydon
Alma Center
Paul A. Newman
J. K. Rice
Two Minor Accidents Reported in Sparta
Two minor accidents were reported in Sparta on Saturday. A car driven by Behrens collided with a car driven by William Meyers on South Water Street at 2 15 p m. Meyers vehicle damaged a parked car on Court near Beaver Creek dairy with damage to its right front fender and Meyers headlight and fender.
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Sparta
Wis
Enriven By & Behrens
William Meyers
South Water Street
Meyers
Court
Beaver Creek Dairy
Soldier Re-Enlists After Tour in Europe
Sgt Francis Seidel completes a campaign in France and Germany and re enlists. He serves as a mechanic in the air force and is stationed in Germany on foreign soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta. Wis
Francis Seidel
Tricay
France
Germany
Museum displays three dioramas on early Wisconsin fur trade
The Villa Louis grounds museum at Prairie du Chien presents three new dioramas by Cal Peters about early fur trading. One scene shows Indians trading at a U S fur factory and explains Washington era factory policy. A second recalls Fort Crawford era factory labor and whisky gifts. The third reproduces the American Fur Company office with Louis Hercules Dousman and John Sibley in conference.
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Cal Peters
Villa Louis Grounds
Prairie du Chien
John W. Johnson
John P. Gates
State
Wis
Museum of Historic
Wisconsin
U. S
Uncle Sam
George Washington
P. L. Scanlan
Indian Department
Johnson
Scanlan
Congress
Fort Crawford
American Fur Company
John Jacob Astor
Northwest
Louis Hercules Dousman
John Sibley
Fort Snelling
Enlistments Dip Nationwide Yet McCoy Continues Pace
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin enlistments rose in May despite a national drop. Maj. Gen. Harold N. Gilbert notes overall declines tied to draft prospects and pay talk, while McCoy posts steady re enlists. In mid May the Army Times cited a weekly national total of 11 043 recruits versus winter weeks around 20 000. At McCoy 26 men enlisted the last week to fill vacancies with numerous names listed for the period May 22 to May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
McCoy
Charles O. Stark
Harold N. Gilbert
Army Times
Capt. Stark
Leland E. Johnson
Pelligrino Fabrigino
Wallace R. Howard
Roger W. Foss
Burton G. Carlson
Jack R. McPherson
Russell W. VanHouten
Louis A. Wilson
Ray J. Pleck
Kenneth Felker
Joseph Olkowski, Jr
Anton B. Bosacki
Hold Outing For Spartans At Camp McCoy Swim Event
Spartans hold a Fathers and Sons outing at the Old Camp McCoy swimming pool in Sparta Wisconsin on Thursday starting at 3 pm. Dr Dewitt C Beebe chairs a program of games treats prizes and a grand surprise gift. A fathers versus sons softball game is included with transportation by special buses for those without wheels.
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Sparta
Wis
Woods Divorce Decree Granted by County Court Judge
Ernest Woods, Warren, obtained a divorce decree from Mayme Woods in county court. Judge O W Sprecher presided on Monday. The court held Woods not the father of a child born to his wife during his absence after he recently returned from overseas military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Ernest Woods
Warren
Mayme Woods
O. W. Sprecher
Woods
Miss Cass Visits Caledonia After 40 Years
Miss Helen Cass of Mexico Missouri returned to Caledonia Minnesota for commencement exercises marking her first visit in over four decades. She was accompanied by Miss Frances Lapham of La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Helen Cass
Mexico
Frances Lapham
la Crosse
Bluebird Returns to Wisconsin Dells Pageant
Black River Falls Wisconsin article reports Joseph Johnson known as Bluebird arriving in the Dells to participate in the Indian ceremony this summer. He previously resided in the city and was a soloist with the Black River Falls Schubert club. He traveled from Chicago with the Dells master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Joseph Johnson
Dells
Johnson
Bluebird
Schubert Club
Chicago
Blair Vet Graduates From Stout Institute
Clinton S. Knutson of Blair received a bachelor of science degree in industrial education at Stout Institute Menomonie during commencement on June 7. He served in the armed forces, was active in Alpha Psi Omega Epsilon Pi Tau the Stout Symphonic Singers and the Lutheran Students association. He plans to teach industrial arts after graduation.
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Whitehall
Wis
Clinton S. Knutson
Albert Knutson
Blair
Stout Institute
Menomonie
Stout
Alpha Psi Omega
Epsilon Pi Tau
Stout Symphonic Singers
Luttheran Students Association
Lutheran Group
Transfer Post Officer to Ft Belvoir Virginia
Capt. Theodore H Ebbert of Portland Oregon is transferred from Camp McCoy to Fort Belvoir Virginia to become an instructor in the Engineering school there He will teach salvage disposal water supply facilities boiler plants and fire department operation His wife and four year old son will stay in Sparta until a home is found near Ft Belvoir
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
Theodore H. Ebbert
Portland
Ore
Ft. Belvoir
McCoy
John
Sparta
Capt. Ebbert
Rensle Becomes Partner at Caledonia Implement
Arnold Rensle, formerly with Caledonia State Bank, becomes a partner at Caledonia Implement. George Schauble, ex partner with Wilfred Klug who founded the company, retires due to ill health.
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Rensle
Caledonia
Caledonia, Minn
Arnold Rensle
Caledonia State Bank
Caledonia Implement Company
George Schauble
Wilfred Klug
Couple Plans Sweden Visit Goes June 20
Wis. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Fredrickson depart Sunday for Chicago and sail June 20 from New York aboard the SS Drottingholm to Granna Sweden for three months. Fredrickson, born in Sweden, has not visited his homeland in 40 years. His son Arthur Fredrickson, a recently discharged air corps lieutenant, will manage the Fredrickson market in his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
A. H. Fredrickson
Chicago
New York
Special meeting ordered to inspect Sparta hotels and theaters
A. C. Swennes, chairman of the police and fire commission, calls a special meeting Tuesday at 8 p m in the council chambers. He seeks a complete fire inspection of Sparta's three hotels the Sidney Hotel Hotel Nicolet and the Briggson Hotel and of theaters and other public gathering places. He urges strict fire rule enforcement to avert tragedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
A. C. Swennes
Police and Fire Commission
Swennes
Sidney Hotel
Hotel
Nicolet
Briggson Hotel
Miss Cantlon to Spend Summer in California
Miss Mary Cantlon graduates from Galesville high school and leaves Tuesday for Oceanside Los Angeles California to stay with Mrs Mary A Burr and relatives. She will attend St Teresa college in Winona next fall and will be chaperoned to Chicago by her mother Mrs James Cantlon.
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Ettrick
Wis
Mary Cantlon
Galesville High School
California
Mary A. Burr
Oceanside
Los Angeles
Calif
Luella Cantlon
Eugene Cantlon
Modesto
Chicago
James Cantlon
Cantlon
St. Teresa's College
Winona
Army MP Pfc Harry O Siverhus Receives Good Conduct Medal
Pfc Harry O Siverhus of the 785th Military Police battalion earned the Good Conduct Medal for honorable service in the United States Army. He is from Cashton Wisconsin where his parents Mr and Mrs Gustave Siverhus reside. Before enlistment he worked on a 160 acre farm owned by his father.
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Okinawa
Harry O. Siverhus
785Th Military Police Battalion
Army of the United States
Pfc
Siverhus
Box 69
Cashton
Wis
Gustave Siverhus
Armed Forces
Houstonians Move to New Home in Houston Village
Mr and Mrs Bernard Green and son John have moved into a new home in the south end of Houston village. Mr Green has recently assumed the role of druggist in the area.
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Houston, Minn
Bernard Green
John
Green
Burman Teaches at South Beaver Creek Lutheran Parochial School
John V. Burman of Carver Minnesota son of the Reverend and Mrs J A Burman begins teaching at the South Beaver Creek Lutheran parochial school in the community.
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Ettrick
Wis
John V. Burman
J. A. Burman
Carver, Minn
South Beaver Creek
Stoddard Veteran Reunites With Irish Wife After 10 Months
Margaret Schnick, a 19 year old from Belfast, joins her GI husband Howard Schnick and their 10 month old son Gordon on a Stoddard, Wisconsin farm. The family traveled from Belfast via Pan Am Clipper Congo to New York and then to Brownsville and Stoddard. Howard, a 25 year old Army veteran, met Margaret while stationed in Ireland. She notes fewer cars and no skyscrapers in Ireland and contrasts American fashion with Irish styles while praising Gordon’s growth and teeth.
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Stoddard
Wis
Gordon
Colleen
Finis
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Howard Schnick
Ireland
Congo
Pan American World Airways
Margaret Schnick
New York
Newfoundland
Schnick
Fred Schnick
Brownsville
Minn
United States
New World
Mrs. Schnick
Tyke
Tribune
Howard
Schnicks
Clipper
Camp McCoy Personnel Lead Salvation Army Drive
Military and civilian personnel at Camp McCoy donated 366.97 to the Salvation Army drive. The NCO club led with 150, separation company No. 2 gave 25, and headquarters company contributed 21.74. Lieut. Alfred J. Seeler thanked all for cooperation and noted current contributions exceed 1945 levels despite a smaller force.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
Salvation Army
NCO Club
Alfred J. Seeler
Austrian WAC Teaches German Class At Camp
German class for beginners held Mondays and Thursdays 6 30 to 7 30 in Lt E building at Camp McCoy. Hedi Schall from Vienna teaches the group about 35 attendees on average. She joined the Wacs 15 months ago and has been at Camp McCoy since April 11.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Hedi Schall
Corp. Schall
Vienna
Austria
Wac
Wacs
Milwaukee
United States
Corp
Schall
Camp Grant
Soldier Reaches Home in Postwar Return to Wisconsin
Whitehall couple Mr and Mrs Carl F Dettinger received a call from their son in law Major A A Amunrud en route to Anna NL after arriving from Europe where he spent over three years with the army finance department He had not visited home since 1942 and his son Robert is in the navy at Memphis En route from Europe the Amunrud family formerly lived in Galesville and La Crosse.
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Whitehall
Wis
Carl F. Dettinger
A. A. Amunrud
Chicago
Anna, NL
Europe
Army Finance Department
Amunrud
Robert
Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Amunruds
Galesville
la Crosse
State Advances Highway Funds to Pepin County
The Wisconsin state highway commission advanced 80 000 of state construction funds to Pepin County to hasten the Highway 10 improvement project from Dur to Bien Hill. The money will be deducted from future annual state construction aid allotments to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Pepin County Board
State Highway Commission
Dur and
Bien Hill
Houston Road To Be Graded
Minnesota highway department awarded contracts on five trunk projects totaling 33 miles of grading across six counties. Houston county will receive 9 miles of grading and five concrete box culverts from Spring Grove to Caledonia at a cost of 266 545 dollars.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Highway Department
M. J. Hoffman
A. T. Nolan
Minneapolis
Spring Grove
Caledonia
Houston County
Three Fighter Pilots Released From Service
F O Harry W Reese Warren Minn Lieut Robert J Low ers Cross Points Mich and Jack L Stevens Evanston IL were relieved from active duty here The pilots trained at Tallahassee Fla with the 3rd Air Force went overseas last summer In the Pacific they flew 1500 mile missions regularly Based on Iwo Jima their missions covered Tokyo and surrounding cities The three officers were fighter pilots on P 51s and Lieut Stevens was a flight leader
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
Harry W. Reese
Warren
Minn
Robert J. Lowers
Cross Points
Mich
Jack L. Stevens
Evanston
Tallahassee
Fla
3Rd Air Force
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Lieut
Stevens
Edward Davis Speaks At Houston Graduation
Eighth grade graduates from Houston county rural schools will attend exercises at Caledonia auditorium on Friday June 14 at 2 p m Edward M Davis an instructor at Winona State Teachers College will deliver the commencement address.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Edward M. Davis
Winona State Teachers College
Cement block warehouse rising for H and R Electric
Alvin Hogden and Arthur Run nestrand proprietors of the H. and R. Electric shop are erecting a cement block warehouse 30 by 50 at the rear of their Main street shop. Ernest Folkedahl handles the construction work and the project is expected to be finished by July 1.
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Ettrick
Wis
Alvin Hogden
Arthur Runnestrand
H. and R. Electric
Ernest Folkedahl
Merchants Plan Meeting On Weekend Store Closings
R E Osborne of the Chamber of Commerce announces a meeting at the USO building Wednesday at 9 30 a m to discuss closing Sparta businesses on Fridays or Saturdays Farmers from the trade area are invited to attend and share their views. Earlier this year merchants agreed to a three month trial closing Saturdays and remaining open on Fridays. Public petitions push for Saturday closings as Tomah splits on the issue while Black River Falls favors Saturday night closures.
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Sparta
Wis
R. E. Osborne
The
Chamber of Commerce
USO
Osborn
Tomah
Black River Falls
Early engines used melted beef tallow as lubricant
The first commercial steam engines serving early industrial plants were lubricated with melted beef tallow. This practice highlights how early engineers relied on animal fats to reduce friction in moving parts during the industrial rise.
Club Arranges Hillside Meet at Dakota-Dresbach
Dakota Minn special notes the Dakota-Dresbach Unity club will host its annual outdoor breakfast Sunday at 7 am on a hillside by the club house. Men cook and serve. wives and families are guests. Attendance typically surpasses 60. Wayne E. Ernest is mentioned in the report. Weekend visitors to the E L Brown and Elsie Brown residences include Elmer Karg and wife, George Karg of Chicago, Jerry Shippe r, Walter Ackerman, District Judge Harry Baker and wife, Roy Kohler and Done ll, Lt Col Morse Winter and son Edward.
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Dakota, Minn
Dakota-Dresbach
E. L. Brown
Elsie Brown
Elmer Karg
George Karg
Chicago
Jerry Shipper
Greyhound
New York City
Waler Ackerman
Davenport la
Harry Baker
Renville
Minn
Roy Kohler
Doneell
St. Paul
Morse Winter
Edward
Olivia
Confirm Class of 19 At Caledonia Church
Caledonia Minnesota St John Lutheran confirms a class of 19 candidates led by Rev Karl A Gurgel on Sunday. Names listed include Lowell Delevan Horn Donald V Peterson Lowell Gran Paul Gensmer Robert Esch Garland Schulze Lloyd Ranzenberger Dale Schroeder Janice Schmidt Janet Schmidt Charlotte Schauble Fern Lutz Marion Schroeder Ruth Arney Evelyn Heany Joyce Kuecker Murial Kuecker Lois Klinski Anita Schroeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Karl A. Gurgel
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lowell Delevan Horn
Donald V. Peterson
Lowell Gran
Paul Gensmer
Robert Esch
Garland Schulze
Lloyd Ranzenberger
Dale Schroeder
Janice Schmidt
Janet Schmidt
Charlotte Schauble
Fern Lutz
Marion Schroeder
Ruth Ar
Local Patients in La Crosse Hospitals
STODDARD Wis Special W J Lamprech is in a La Crosse hospital receiving medical treatment Ernest Bozyske recently discharged from the navy is a patient at a La Crosse hospital after surgery Mrs Lawrence Proksch has returned home from La Crosse hospital where she was treated for several days Mrs Kenneth Robinson underwent a serious operation at a La Crosse hospital on Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoddard. Wis
W. J. Lamprech
la Crosse Hospital
Ernest Bozyske
Navy
Lawerence Proksch
Kenneth Robinson
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Spartans
Gol. D. D. T
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Wisconsin Dells
Ft. Belvoir, Va
Sweden
Houstonians
Arenz Shoe CO
Jack Moser
Jayne
Houston
Edward Davis
Hillside Meet
Wayne E. Ernest
Atlantic
George Ernest
Caledonia Church
Orange
Engles
Lat Lee
Cudahy
America
Tang
the Cudahy
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