Volunteers Boost Camp Decorah Improvements This Spring
Gateway Area Council officials credit weekend volunteers for major Camp Decorah upgrades. Work included toilets washstands 1000 feet of piping new septic system and expanded dining facilities. Crews from The Trane Co National Guard Blair Galesville Holmen and others aided in tent platforms and park improvements. Gene Lenard leads camp operations this season.
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Gateway Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Robert Olson
I. T. Wetzel
Trane Co
426Th Infantry Regiment
National Guard
Joseph Redding
Order of the Arrow
Blair
Galesville
Holmen
Alma Center
Sparta
William Eckert
Gene Lenard
Girl Drowns in Kelly Lake Near Pound
Kathleen Boyd eight, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leo Boyd of Pound, drowned Tuesday afternoon in Kelly Lake while playing in shallow water with another eight year old. Other swimmers pulled her from the water minutes later but she could not be revived.
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Suring
Kathleen Boyd
Leo Boyd
Pound
Kelly Lake
Veterans urged to report dependents to VA for benefits
The VA survey of 262000 veterans with 50 percent+ disabilities found many failed to report dependents or changes in status. About 13500 veterans had payments raised, 8600 reduced for unreported changes, and nearly 6000 for not returning forms. Some benefits date back to 1949 with no back pay.
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Veterans Administration
La Crosse Coed Honored By Drake Mortar Board Tap
Doris Schroeder of La Crosse Wisconsin was among 14 Drake University women invited to Mortar Board membership in a candle lit tapping ceremony. Drake leaders placed caps and tapped new members with an ODK key signifying acceptance. Schroeder is a junior in Drake's college of education.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Doris Schroeder
la Crosse
Wis
Drake University
Mortar Board
National Leadership Organization For Women
Drake
Omicron Delta Kappa
No Sign of Setting Up Count At Billy Graham Crusade
Gate count at Billy Graham's New York crusade totals over 501000 in four weeks with an average attendance of 18200. Graham says about 16929 have begun a new life in Christ as crowds fill Madison Square Garden. He notes Times Square bars and theaters draw searchers seeking relief, while stressing the soul's longing for God.
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New York
Billy Graham
Graham
Madison Square Garden
Times Square
God
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