Manning Site Becomes Focal Point In Kickapoo District Vote
Voters in Kickapoo Area School District face a June 15 special meeting to decide on a 39 acre Manning Site for a new high school. The district plans conversion of village high schools to elementary, with about 450 student capacity and 1100 district children.
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Kickapoo Area
Robert C. Gehl
la Crosse Tribune
Wis
Kickapoo River Valley
Readstown
Viola
Soldiers Grove
Sevenman School Board
Vernon
Richland
Kickapoo School Area
Manning
New
Kickapoo Schools
Kickapoo
Paul Dull
Julius Jacobson
Alvin Sime
Jerry Dull
Gayle Smith
Hans Peterson
Ath Quarter Honor Roll Announced at Blair High
Blair Wisconsin reports the fourth quarter honor roll from Blair High School listing top A students and twenty two B students. On the A list are seniors Helen Hoff Ilene Nelson Beverly Rude Roseanne Borreson juniors Glenn Borreson Wilmer Dahl sophomores Joanne Anderegg Richard Anderson Sharon Schansberg Sondra Skorstad and freshmen Leone Fredrickson Ellen Knutson Dorothy Johnson Ronald Rude Jo Ann Schultz. The B list includes Faith Benedict William Paul Mary Ann Knutson Kim McAuliffe Mary Stirn Donald Anderson Sharon Servais Judy Stirn Norman Anderson Dawn Berg Helen Knutson Nancy Nelson Sophomores Sally Thompson Mavis Johnson Donald Naustad Mark Schunder and freshmen Dennis Bjorge Martha Engebretson James Rawson Philip Borreson Diane Anderson Robert Twesme.
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Blair
Wis
Helen Hoff
Ilene Nelson
Beverly Rude
Roseanne Borreson
Glenn Borreson
Wilmer Dahl
Joanne Anderegg
Richard Anderson
Sharon Schansberg
Sondra Skorstad
Leone Fredrickson
Ellen Knutson
Dorothy Johnson
Ronald Rude
Jo Ann Schultz
Faith Benedict
William Paul
Mary Ann Knutson
Kim McAuliffe
Mary Stirn
Donald Anderson
Sharon Servais
Judy Stirn
Norman Anderson
Dawn Berg
Helen Knutson
Nancy Nelson
Sally Thompson
Mavis Johnson
Donald Naustad
Mark Schunder
Dennis Bjorge
Martha Engebretson
James Rawson
Philip Borreson
Diane Anderson
Robert Twesme
Tomah High School Bands Begin Rehearsals
Rehearsals for Tomah High School bands start under director William Mellin. The cadet band meets at 7 p.m. Fridays and the senior band at 7 p.m. Saturdays in the high school band room.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah High School
William Mellin
Polio Clinic Planned in Kendall Wisconsin
Kendall Wisconsin to host polio clinic from 1 to 3 p m Thursday June 15 in the community hall. Sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Monroe County Medical Board and county nurses office. Shots cost 50 cents. Open to children and adults.
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Kendall
Wis
American Legion Auxiliary
Monroe County Medical Board
County Nurses’ Office
Institute Attendees from Monroe Finance at Marquette
George Bacon and Robert Pollard attended the Institute on Consumer Finance at Marquette University in Milwaukee June 11 14. Both are on the staff of the Monroe Finance Corp in Tomah.
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Tomah, Wis
George Bacon
Robert Pollard
Institute On Consumer Finance
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Monroe Finance Corp
Tomah
Whitehall honors Dr and Mrs MacCornack on Day of service
About 500 people gathered in Whitehall Wisconsin to honor Dr R L MacCornack Sr and his wife at a Mac Cornack Day celebration. The event featured a high school band concert, tributes from Dr N S Simons and Dr Roy Ragatz, gifts including a silver tray and a bust of Aesculapius, and life memberships to several groups. The ceremony emphasized lifelong service by the couple and was sponsored by local clubs churches and civic groups.
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Whitehall
Wis
R. L. MacCornack Sr
American Legion Post
Sheridan. Johnson
Norman Friske
The
Legion Post
N S$. Simons
MacCornack
W. D. Stovall
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Aesculapius
Bell Phone Moves To New Caledonia Offices
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. moves business office to new main street building next to Palen Studio. The office remains 8 am to 5 pm weekdays with a night drop. First Western Electric technicians will install dial switching as part of a $250000plus project to convert to dial operation later this fall.
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Bell Phone
Caledonia
Minn
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
W. Main Street
Palen
R. M. Gordon
Main
Kingston
Gordon
Western Electric Co
Chaseburg Board Ends Sunday Mornings Taverns Policy
The Chaseburg Village Board votes to close tavern forenoons on Sundays and keep them open noon to 7 p.m. starting the first Sunday in July. A curb, gutter, and sidewalk program is planned this summer along with new ordinances by attorney Larry Sieger. New parallel and no parking rules and revised signs will take effect after adoption. Taverns now close at 7 p.m. and open at 8 a.m. on Sundays.
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Chaseburg
Wis
Atty
Larry Sieger
Viroqua
Public Hearing Set On Rate Hike For Melrose Exchange
Madison report notes General Telephone Co proposes higher rates for Melrose exchange customers to fund automatic dial service due in July. Jackson County community exchange adds area service to Black River Falls and will continue after dial conversion. Hearing scheduled at Jackson County courthouse in Black River Falls on June 26.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Melrose Exchange
General Telephone Co
State Public Service Commission
Jackson County Community Exchange
Black River Falls
Jackson County
Vernon County Resources Development talk set for June 14
Sherman Weiss of the Wisconsin Resource Development Association will speak at 8 30 p m on Wednesday June 14 in the Vernon County court house annex Vernon County Resources Development Association meeting will hear progress updates from its seven units.
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Viroqua
Wis
Sherman Weiss
Wisconsin Resource Development Association
Vernon County Resources Development Association
County Association
BAF Pool Opens in Black River Falls
The Black River Falls pool will open Thursday June 15 with hours 10 a.m. to noon 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 8 30 p.m. Teenagers 13 and older may swim until 9 p.m. Adults can swim on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Brownie Day Camp Scheduled at Girl Scout Cabin
Brownie day camp for 2nd 3rd and 4th grade girls will be held June 19 22 at the Girl Scout cabin with a schedule of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday 7 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Hold Piano Recital in Melrose Wisconsin
Melrose Wisconsin piano students of Mrs Francis Heller presented a Saturday recital featuring Darlene Lietz Jane Mahlum Brenda Johnson Joyce Stetzer Patty Stetzer Kathy Young Virginia Stevens and Dia Kelsey.
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Melrose
Wis
Francis Heller
Darlene Lietz
Jane Mahlum
Brenda Johnson
Joyce Stetzer
Patty Stetzer
Kathy Young
Virginia Stevens
Dia Kelsey
Reading Session Opens in Tomah Library Basement
A summer reading group session begins in the Tomah library basement at 7 p.m. Tuesday June 13. Miss Rita Adamek chairs the session.
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Tomah
Wis
Rita Adamek
Camp McCoy Population About 17 000
Camp McCoy swelled to about 17 000 as citizen soldiers from across the Midwest gathered for two weeks of active duty training. Units include the Wisconsin National Guard 32nd Infantry Division the Michigan-Indiana 70th U.S. Army Reserve Training Division and USAR 44th General Hospital plus reserve units from Illinois Indiana Minnesota Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. Major arrivals Sunday were the Headquarters 416th Engineer Brigade from Chicago and the 4580th Ordnance Unit Training Center from Freeport Illinois each over 1 000 personnel.
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Camp Mccoy
Midwest
Wisconsin National Guard 32Nd Infantry Division
Michigan-Indiana 70Th U.S. Army Reserve Training Division
Madison
Usar 44Th General Hospital
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
416Th Engineer Brigade
Chicago
4580Th Ordnance Unit
Freeport
Ill
4580Th Ordnance Unit Training Center
Ovid L. Maples
Decatur
Grand Island
Neb
Anderson
Ind
180Th Transportation Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
477Th Medical
Duluth
Minn
361St Quartermaster Battalion
New Principal Engaged For Viroqua High
Edwin Sievers, Kickapoo Area schools administrator, is named the new principal of Viroqua High School replacing Alvin E. Long who resigned. Sievers previously served as supervising principal of Ravina public schools. Two new English teachers Patricia George and Margaret Douglas join next fall. Margaret Moe will become the third fifth grade teacher in the Viroqua system.
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Viroqua
Wis
Edwin Sievers
Kickapoo
Viroqua High School
Sievers
Alvin E. Long
Ravina
Patricia George
Platteville State College
Margaret Douglas
Sparta
Margaret Moe
Broiler Festival Set Friday In Eleva
The third annual broiler festival is scheduled for June 16 17 and 18 in Eleva Wisconsin. A talent show Friday night a kiddie parade and coronation ceremony and ball Saturday and a parade with fireworks Sunday are planned.
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Eleva
Wis
We Are OK Gale Parents Hear From Dominican Isle Missionaries
The Van Vleets, parents of Rev. Russell Van Vleet and family, received a cryptic telegram confirming they are safe amid Dominican Republic unrest after Trujillo’s assassination. The family plans visits, furloughs, and speaking tours in 1958 and 1959, with arrangements to base in Berne Indiana.
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L. E. Danuser
la Crosse Tribune
Galesville
Wis
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Oscar van Vleet
Russell van Vleet
van Vleets
Republic
Virginia
Vilas
America
Evangelical-Mennonite Church
Berne
Ind
James and
Paul van Vleet
United States
Rev. van Vleet
Caribbean
Try
First Aid Certificates Awarded by Sparta Red Cross
The Sparta Wisconsin Red Cross chapter issued 34 first aid certificates split between 11 juniors and 23 adults. Junior recipients include Girl Scouts Troop 136 members led by Mary Blakely and others. adults include nine Wilton fire department members and local residents such as Merlin Ebert and Dr. J. S. Flood.
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Sparta
Wis
American Red Cross
Girl Scouts of
Troop 136
Mary Blakely
Nancy Christopherson
Margaret Ebert
Peggy Foss
Sue Gustafson
Linda Sue Hall
Marie Jenkins
Pamela Johnson
Nancy Knapp
Kennon Graeger
Jane Salisbury
Wilton Fire Department
Phil Creviston
Duane Evans
Kenneth Fleck
Omar Geier
Roland Heath
Norman Kuderer
Don Paeth
Everett Reineke
Gene McCann
Fire Department
Merlin Ebert
J. S. Flood
Roland Baumbach
A. C. Heilman
Lloyd Holliday
Andrew Jensen
Darrell Koopman
Robert Manuel
Maynard Paulson
Darrell Sanders
Lester Schlaver
Dean Schmalz
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Kickapoo Center
Sugar Grove
Crawford County
Vernon County
Warazyn Engineering Co. Inc
Lee H. Griffin
Ginn & Co
New High School
New York
N.Y
E. B. Christopherson
Pigeon Falls
William Dahl
Dr. Scholl
Scholls
Bily Brothers
Spillville
Iowa
Anthon Dvorak
Hoto
416Th
Lawrence G. Treece
Clarendon
385Th Engineer Group
367Th
Ft. Snelling
468Th
Bismarck
N.C
Burlington
Ellsworth
Coy
Viroqua High
Pallwrark
Rexall Jackson Plaza
Westinghouse
Cass St
Dial
Dominican Isle
Savings and Loan Associations
First Federal Savings and Loan Association OF Lacrosse
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