Ontario Baptist Church to Celebrate Centennial in Ontario Wis
Ontario Community Baptist Church marks 100 years with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship led by Dr. Ezra Roth, and a 2 p.m. service featuring Hans Palutke. Roth will rededicate the church, followed by a noon potluck at the Knights of Pythias Hall. The history notes the 1859 formation of the First Baptist Church of Ontario by Christians in Brush Creek with clerk Robert Sandon and signees M. W. Stedman and others.
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Crosse Tribune
Ontario
Wis
Ontario Community Baptist Church
Ezra Roth
Wisconsin Baptist State Convention
Milwaukee
Ontario Knights of Pythias
Hans Palutke
Minneapolis
Roth
Brush Creek
First Baptist Church of
Robert Sandon
M. W. Stedman
M. M. Curtis
Ordination Slated For Richard Rice In Whitehall
Richard Rice son of Mr and Mrs Donald Rice of Whitehall will be ordained as a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Sunday at 2 30 p m at Our Saviour s Lutheran Church Dr T F Gullixson president emeritus of Luther Theological Seminary St Paul will give the ordination address and Rev O G Birkeland pastor of Our Saviour s will perform the rite assisted by circuit clergy Rice born Nov 9 1932 in Whitehall graduated from St Olaf College in 1955 and Luther Theological Seminary this spring with a Bachelor of Divinity He served an internship in Anchorage Alaska and has accepted a call to serve two congregations near Tofte in northern Minnesota.
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Mr. Rice
Whitehall
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
St. Olaf
Luther Theological Seminary
Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Anchorage
Alaska
A. H. Myford
Tofte
Minnesota
Trempealeau Youth Council names '60 committee
Trempealeau County Youth Council formed a committee at Blair to assist Janice Halama of Independence in preparing a progress report for the White House conference in 1960. Members include Carolyn Severson Ettrick Rita Hagen Pigeon Falls William Paul Blair Judy Kampa Independence Marlene James Trempeae Jean Bonnie Filkowski Galesville James Rhodes Strum Eleva. The council plans monthly hospital entertainments, high school performances, and summer dance rules were set. Forty attended the picnic and 100 youths joined the first summer dance at Ettrick Community Hall. The next teenage dance is June 22 at Independence gym and the next meeting July 12 at Pigeon Falls.
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Ettrick
Wis
Trempealeau County Youth Council
Riverside Park
Blair
Janice Halama
Independence
Trempealeau County Council
Whitehouse
Miss Halama
Carolyn Severson
Rita Hagen
Pigeon Fails
William Paul
Judy Kampa
Donald Betthauser
Marlene James
Trempea- Jean
Bonnie Filkowski
Galesville
James Rhodes
Strum- Eleva
Trempealeau County Hospital
Whitehall
Sara Rice
Trempealeau County
Ettrick Community Hall
Independence High School
Pigeon Falls
Hawaiian Student At LSC To Speak In Area Churches
Caledonia Minnesota Masuda Hawaiian student at La Crosse State College will speak at Caledonia and Hokah Methodist Churches Sunday services about church work in Hawaii. Caledonia service at 9 30 p m Hokah at 11 00 p m Local church students assist in Student Sunday worship.
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LSC
Caledonia, Minn
Stanley Masuda
la Crosse State College
Caledonia
Hokah
Masuda
Wesley Foundation
Asbury Methodist Church
la Crosse
Hawaii
Poppy Sale Proceeds Total $256.34 in Whitehall
Whitehall Wisconsin Mrs J V Maldonado president of Hutchins Stendahl Unit American Legion Auxiliary announces proceeds of Memorial Day poppy sales amounted to $256.34. She thanks sale chairman Mrs Nels Hegge cochairman Mrs Goodwin Anderson and all who conducted the sale.
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Whitehall
Wis
J. V. Maldonado
Hutchins- Stendah! Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Nels Hegge
Goodwin Anderson
Cochairman
Badger
American Legion’s Department of Wisconsin
Hutchins-Stendahl
Legion Auxiliary Entertains 70 Veterans at Tomah Hospital
Ettrick Wisconsin residents Paul Bishop Alfred Truax Irene Briggs Einar Stenberg J A Kamprud and Alfred Halverson members of the Ettrick American Legion Auxiliary entertained 70 patients at the Tomah Veterans Hospital on Saturday with prizes and lunch funded by recent poppy sale proceeds.
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Ettrick
Wis
Aines
Paul Bishop
Alfred Truax
Irene Briggs
Einar Stenberg
J. A. Kamprud
Alfred Halverson
Ettrick American Legion Auxiliary
Tomah Veterans’ Hospital
Conference attendees from Wisconsin Methodist churches
Rev. E den Farmer of Viroqua Methodist Church and Rev. Carl Berry of Liberty Polo Church with delegates attend the Western Central Methodist Churches annual conference in Wisconsin Rapids. There will be no services in their churches Sunday.
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Viroqua
Wis
Eden Farmer
Viroqua Methodist Church
Carl Berry
Liberty Polo Church
Western Central Methodist Churches
Wisconsin Rapids
Parking Lot Sites Ok'd By Viroqua Committee
Viroqua Wisconsin council backs two potential off street parking sites. Olson property at Center Avenue and Jefferson Street offers 15 000 square feet while Rock at Court streets holds 14 000 square feet. Planning board to study before final decision. Funds from meters to buy sites. Aldermen accept beer licenses for three distributors. Police car bid approved at 997 50 with trade in. Water treatment proposal to clean wells rejected. County cancer society allowed weekly basement usage. City pool to open June 15, Red Cross swim lessons may be cut without another instructor.
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Viroqua
Wis
Charles Dahl
City Council
Dahl
Olson
Center Avenue
Jefferson Street
Rock and Court Streets
City Planning Board
Harley Hoesy
County Cancer Society
Alf Walby
Red Cross
Westby Lutherans To Hear Quartet Sunday Evening
Westby Wisconsin church hosts a sacred music concert by the Hillcrest Academy Jubilaires Quartet of Fergus Falls Minnesota at Bethesda Lutheran Church Sunday at 8 pm. The group features four 1959 graduates Joanne Moline Rolette North Dakota Marilyn Bjordahl Kimball Minnesota Rosanne Ragger River Falls Wisconsin Chloe Rangen Moorhead Minnesota. The program includes quartets trios duets and solos with a short meditation by Rollin Rogness the Jubilaires manager and dean of men at Lutheran Brethren Schools.
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Westby
Wis
Hillcrest Academy Jubilaires Quartet
Fergus Falls
Minn
Bethesda Lutheran Church
Hillcrest Academy
Lutheran Brethren Schools
Joanne Moline
Rolette
N.D
Marilyn Bjordahl
Kimball
Rosanne Ragger
River Falls
Chloe Rangen
Moorhead
Rollin Rogness
Lutheran Brethren
PSC OKays Conversion To Dials In Hillsboro
The State Public Service Commission approved Hillsboro Telephone Co. to spend 154000 dollars converting to dial operation. It denied Milwaukee Road’s request to abandon agency service at three stations but allowed part time or on call service. Stations at London Juneau County Somers Kenosha County and Zenda Walworth County were named. Automatic warning signals were required at the crossing with Waukesha County Trunks in Pewaukee town.
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Madison
State Public Service Commission
Hillsboro Telephone Co
Milwaukee Road
London
Juneau County
Somers
Kenosha County
Zenda
Walworth County
Waukesha County
Pewaukee
Viroqua City Band Plans Summer Outdoor Concerts
Viroqua Wisconsin the Viroqua City Band directed by Emery Nordness will stage summer outdoor concerts continuing the traditional schedule. The concerts are usually on Friday nights on the library lawn with the first date yet to be announced.
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Viroqua
Wis
Emery Nordness
Services to Be Held Norwalk Wis Union Churches
Evangelical United Brethren services Sunday at 10 a.m. include catechism class graduation. District Brotherhood picnic will be at Harold Woods home near Ontario the same day. Daily vacation Bible school program to be held at 8 p.m.
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Norwalk
Wis
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Harold Woods
Ontario
Circle To Meet In Whitehall Circle Meeting Notice
WHITEHALL Wis The Coral City Friendly Circle will meet Wednesday afternoon June 17 at the Earl Nelson home with Mrs Nelson and Mmes Peter Simon son and Clifford Seven as hostesses.
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Whitehall
Wis
Coral City
Earl Nelson
Reorganization Order Hit By Rising Sun Men
Five electors from Rising Sun area appeal Crawford County Circuit Court over a reorganization order for Seneca School District claiming 40 acres from Gays Mills were improperly included. The move would keep districts’ status as before the order. The Vernon Crawford Richland tri county committee met in Viroqua and returned Readstown and Soldiers Grove to their original status and asked to dismiss Readstown Soldiers Grove integration appeals.
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Soldiers Grove
Wis
Seneca
Crawford County
Circuit Court
Rising Sun
Gays Mills
Vernon, Crawford and Richland
Viroqua
Readstown
Vernon Circuit Court
Joyce Maybee Crowned Crawford County Dairy Queen 1959
Joyce Maybee of Soldiers Grove was chosen Crawford County dairy queen for 1959 after a field of 15 candidates. She received a wrist watch set with six diamonds from the Crawford County Bankers Assn. She will be a senior at Soldiers Grove High School and has excelled in forensics dramatics band cheerleading and church work.
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Soldiers Grove
Joyce Maybee
Crawford County
Waureka
Maybee
Garret Maybee
Pauline Aspen
Joyce
Crawford County Bankers Assn
Soldiers Grove High School
Altar Group Plans Picnic and Outreach in Caledonia
The Holy Family Altar Society of St. John's Catholic Church in Caledonia held its second quarterly meeting at St Marys School Hall with president Mrs Robert Gaspard presiding. Father Duane led opening prayers and urged early clothing donations for the Pope's Store House to be displayed at the Winona Council of Catholic Women Convention in Owatonna on Sept 27. A First Communion dress and boy suit will be donated, $15 will go to shoe funds for war effected regions, and summer plans include a parish picnic in Church Park on June 21 with co chairs Everest Burg and Charles McCarthy. An annual fall dinner is planned for September with date to be announced. No July or August circles meetings. St Ann's Circle provided lunch and entertainment.
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Caledonia
Minn
Holy Family Altar Society
St. John’s
St. Mary’s School Hall
Robert Gaspard
T. E. Duane
Father Duane
Gaspard
Winona Council of Catholic Women
Owatonna
Paul Klug
Leo Neudecker
Conception
Church Park
Everest Burg
Charles McCarthy
St. Ann’s Circle
John Hemmer
Sunday School Picnic Ends School Year at Whitehall Church
WHITEHALL Wis A Sunday school picnic will close the school year at the Independence Lutheran Church at noon Sunday.
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Whitehall
Wis
Independence Lutheran Church
Caledonia Pool Announces Summer Water Classes Plans
Caledonia Minnesota opens June 14 at 1 p.m. with open swim hours daily 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Houston County Red Cross offers lessons for ages six and taller than 4 feet 2 inches. Beginner to swimmer classes run morning from 11 to 12, six weeks through Aug 1. Registration June 14 to 24. $1.50 fee. no daily admission. Eitzen residents may register at Community Center or Caledonia.
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County Red Cross
Eitzen
Caledonia
Blood Donor Recruitment Meeting Held in Ettrick
A blood donor recruitment meeting at Ettrick School outlined plans for the July 1 Red Cross visit. Twenty two participants from local churches and community groups will recruit donors, manage center logistics at the Ettrick Community Hall, and arrange canteen servicing and dinners for Red Cross personnel.
Luther League Meets at Church in De Soto
North West Prairie Family Luther League will meet at the church Sunday at 8 p.m. The Sunday school will furnish the program and there will be installation of officers.
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DE Soto
Wis
North West Prairie Family Luther League
La Crescent Legion Among Top 10 for Child Welfare Spending
La Crescent American Legion ranked in the top 10 of 59 posts for 1959 child welfare spending. The local unit used 1600 dollars in this area, reported at the First District Convention in Waseca.
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LA Crescent
Minn
la Crescent American Legion
Waseca
Vacation Bible School Opens in La Crosse Churches
La Crescent Minnesota reports a two week Vacation Bible School for La Crosse Lutheran children at Our Savior's and St. Paul's Lutheran Churches from June 15 to 29. A chaperone is provided and transportation costs are paid. A bus stops daily at Overhouse Corner 201 North Elm St at 8 30 am and at Elm Street and Pine Creek Road at 8 35 am.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Our Savior’s
St. Paul's Lutheran
la Crosse
Overhouse Corner
North Elm St
Elm Street
Pine Creek Road
Elroy pool to open with lifeguard return
Elroy Wisconsin announces the reopening of its swimming pool on Sunday June 14 with Ron Green returning as lifeguard and Bill Moran in charge of the summer recreation program which is already underway.
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Elroy
Wis
Ron Green
Bill Moran
EUE Men to Dine at Harold Woods Farm Home
Ontario Wis. Evangelical United Brethren Men plan a noon Sunday family pot luck picnic at the Harold Woods farm home. Members from the district will attend as they share meals and fellowship in a community gathering.
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Ontario
Wis
Evangelical
United Brethren
Harold Woods Farm
Retiring Whitehall Doctor Donates Instrument Collection
Whitehall Wisconsin Dr R L MacCornack physician and surgeon for 40 years donates thousands of dollars in surgical and diagnostic instruments and X ray equipment to Whitehall Community Hospital. He retires from practice though he remains health officer for Whitehall and Pigeon Falls and will assist in emergencies. He has held many medical society roles and started the MacCornack Clinic with his brother. He is a lifelong golfer and has a large family with three children and ten grandchildren.
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R. L. MacCornack
Whitehall Community Hospital
Whitehall
Wis
Pigeon Falls
American Medical Assn
British Medical Society
London
Wisconsin State Medical Society
House of Delegates
Tri-County Medical Society
Seventh Counselor Medical Society
la Crosse
MacCornack
E. A. MacCornack
N. S. Simons
MacCornack Clinic
Phoenix
Ariz
Illinois
Robert
Anna Nesbit MacCornack
Macalester College
St. Paul
Medical School
University of Illinois
City Hospital
St. Louis
Chicago
Alma Center
Gladys E. Fry
Merrillan
N.&. Simons
Robert Forsythe
Washington, D.C
Robert L. MacCornack Jr
Alphonz Lamprecht
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Elkhorn to Host Wisconsin Junior Dairy Meet
SPARTA Wis The Wisconsin Junior Dairymen s Assn will hold its convention and dairy exposition at Elkhorn on Monday and Tuesday. A Sparta delegation will participate along with exhibitors Sherwin Giraud John Jacobs Simon Wells Richard Guy Donald Oswald Donald Guy and Allen Schlaver. Sparta defends its dairy demonstration title with Bob Strembha and Simon Wells performing Quality Pasture for Profitable Dairying. Alice in Dairyland will speak at the evening banquet where awards are presented.
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Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin Junior Dairymen’s Assn
Elkhorn
Sparta Junior Dairymen’s Assn
Sherwin Giraud
John Jacobs
Simon Wells
Richard Guy
Donald Oswald
Donald Guy
Allen Schlaver
Bob Strembha
Kent Jacobsen
David Larson
Donald Ekern
Alan McCoy
Gerald Justin
Robert Quast
Robert Davenport
Heard’s Dairyman
Alice In Dairyland
Whitehall Pool Opens This Weekend In Wisconsin
Whitehall Wisconsin pool opens this weekend with guards Vern Olson and William Brennam stating hours are 1 30 to 5 p m daily. Arrangements for swimming lessons will be announced.
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Whitehall
Wis
Vern Olson
William Brennam
Kelly Cosgrove New Priest at Sacred Heart Church
Kelly Cosgrove named the priest at Sacred Heart Church succeeding Rev. Francis S. Disher who moves to St. Hedwig's Thorp. Disher served Cashton eight years. Cosgrove comes from Seneca after three years there and previously served at St. Patrick's Sparta and St. Mary's La Crosse. He is Air Force veteran in the active reserve with a 1955 meritorious service ribbon from McClellan AFB Sacramento and has also served in Greenland.
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Kelly Cosgrove
Sacred Heart Church
Father Cosgrove
Francis S. Disher
Seneca
St. Patrick's
Sparta
St. Mary's
la Crosse
Air Force
Active Reserve
McClellan Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
Greenland
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Leo E. Woods
Caroline White
E.&. Sandon
William Sandon
Rev
Richard Rice
Samuel Gwyn
Joseph Rich
Martin Stedman
Sarah Severeigh
B. S. Tuttle
W. F. Phillips
Dan Hutchison
Palmer Hartsough
Hartsough
W. R. Phillips
S. E. Price
M. Parsons
N. Feather
Waldron
E. A. Pettingall
W. F. Rausch
S. O. Markland
J. S. Nasmith
0. M. Devore
L. S. Sweet
E. Willard
Thomas W. Gales
James F. Dew
Lillian D. Jones
F. F. Knickerbocher
Carl Denning
E. John Schott
E. J. Christianson
B. E. Neilson
John A. Hentz
H. James Smith
Asa Hoskins
Tremplo Youth Council
Viroqua Committee
Zeker
Gerald Buchanan
Earl Getter
Milford Homstad
Vernon County Motors Corp
Westby Lutherans
PSC
Hillsboro
Houston
Ettrick School
French Creek Lutheran Congregation
South Beaver Creek
A. M. Hogden
Clayton Olsen
Ettrick Lions Club
C. A. Brye
American Legion
First Lutheran Church
North Beaver Creek
Basil Finch
Helmer Tranberg
John Twesme
Lawrence Jordahl
Brye
Henry Solberg
Luther League
la Crescent Legion Post
Elroy Pool
Patek Utility
Patek
Wrane, Pa SP
Lacrosse
The
Green Bay and Western Railroad
State Board of Health
Whitehall Times
B. Well
O. G. Birkeland
Boy Scouts
Clarence Schaefer
Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
S. N. Hegge
Melby Park
Cashton
St. Patrick’s
Mercury
Lydy
America
LOW Motor CO
Cass Streets
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