40 Tons For Men In War Area Cheese Project
The We Care program in the Coulee Region aims to send 40 tons of Wisconsin cheese to servicemen in South Vietnam. Leaders La Verne Henderson and La Verne Anderson, with support from the Galesville American Legion Post, plan city canvassing June 13 and 14 and collect donations through June 15 at Preston Cooperative Creamery Blair. Donors can contribute cheddar or Swiss cheese or money, with packages bearing donor names to be stored in a La Crosse warehouse then shipped on June 20.
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la Crosse Tribune
Coulee Region
Wisconsin
South
Viet Nam
Ettrick-Gale
la Verne Henderson
Ettrick
la Verne Anderson
Gale
Galesville
Emil Skroch
Trempealeau County
Martinus Benaud
Ned Dannny
la Crosse
Blair Students Raise 61 for Books in Ecuador
Blair Wisconsin high school students raised sixty one dollars to fund a library in Tena Ecuador. The drive followed a request from former Blair graduate Mrs Kenneth Coffeen Peace Corps worker in South America who wrote to her Blair contact. Her father Edgar Nelson forwarded the message and the council acted quickly. Coffeen 1961 alumna attended the University of Wisconsin and moved with her husband to Ecuador in October 1964 to work in a rural community action program.
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Blair
Wis
Tena
Ecuador
Blair High School
Kenneth Coffeen
Edgar Nelson
Peace Corps
South America
Nelson
Coffeen
University of Wisconsin
Swimming Teacher To Attend Red Cross School in Iowa
Caledonia Minnesota awaits Victoria Palen who will attend a Red Cross national aquatic school June 12 to 22 at Spirit Lake Iowa. She will teach swimming this summer at the local pool.
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Caledonia
Minn
Victoria Palen
Red Cross National
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Viroqua Seeks Bids for Gas Distribution System
Viroqua Wisconsin seeks sealed bids for construction of a natural gas distribution system. Bids must be received by 8 p.m. Tuesday June 28. Details available from the mayor's office, plus the La Crosse and Eau Claire Builders Exchanges or Rubl Miller Associates in Duluth Minnesota.
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Viroqua
Wis
Common Council
la Crosse
Whitehall Church Buys Home for Assistant Pastor
Whitehall Wisconsin Our Savior s Lutheran Congregation has bought the Alyn Larson residence in Sunset Addition to serve as the assistant pastor s home. John Gannett of Fish Creek will arrive July 1 to become assistant to Rev. Clifford Rutland. Mr and Mrs Gannett have a young son.
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Whitehall, Wis
Our Saviour’s Lutheran
Alyn Larson
Sunset Addition
John Gannett
Fish Creek
Clifford Rutland
Order To End Pollution In Area Issued
State issues curb pollution order for the Bad Axe drainage basin and Mississippi River area below La Crosse to Prairie du Chien. Recipients include Prairie du Chien, Viroqua, Coon Valley, Vernon County Hospital, Genoa Cooperative Creamery, Wisconsin Farmco Service Cooperative, Erickson Transport, Chaseburg, and 3M Co. with compliance dates from 1966 to 1968.
Straight A’s Earned By 13 At Viroqua High
Thirteen Viroqua High School students earned straight A grades for the fourth quarter. The seniors listed are Eileen Aasen Deborah Aliness Shirley Johnson Sherry Knower Mary Munson Maxine Olson Gary Sime and Cheryl Skaar. Also named as seniors earlier Vicki Bolstad and Marion Erickson. Other top students include Susan Haser Dean Stueland and Vaughn Weber among sophomores.
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Viroqua Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua
Eileen Aasen
Deborah Aliness
Shirley Johnson
Sherry Knower
Mary Munson
Maxine Olson
Gary Sime
Cheryl Skaar
Vicki Bolstad
Marion Erickson
Susan Haser
Dean Stueland
Vaughn Weber
Area Students Listed Among College Grads
Eau Claire State University honors include Gloria Brandtner and Leslie Borreson from Galesville and Pigeon Falls among area graduates. St Olaf College grads feature David Meissner and Irene Johnson with other Wisconsin ties in Sparta Whitehall Galesville and Rochester. Masters and bachelor listings include Richard Horswill at Wyoming, Taft College graduates, and Manhattanville College bachelor of music Theodora Roerkohl of Caledonia.
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Eau Claire State University
Gloria Brandtner
A. B. Brandtner
Galesville
Leslie Borreson
Odell Borreson
Pigeon Falls
Ruth Lyon
Herbert Lyon
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
David Meissner
Albert Meissner
Sparta
Gary Northup
Appleton
Marella Jacobsen
and Nessenius Jacobsen
Irene Johnson
William Johnson
Whitehall
John Freiland
Viroqua
Herbert Schilling
L. John Schilling
Leslie Danuser
Gordon Danuser
Rochester
Lester Danuser
Richard Horswill
Black River Falls
University of Wyoming
Robert Iverson
Milton Iverson
Dorchester
Iowa
Taft College
California
Roger Kaas
Leonard Kaas
University of Wisconsin
Barbara Bautch
Ben Bautch
River Falls State University
Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart
Purchase
N.Y
Theodora Roerkohl
Lionel Roerkohl
Caledonia, Minn
Galesville Nuns Are Reassigned
The Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles in Galesville Wisconsin leave after nine years. They will no longer conduct the Catechetical School and Center and are reassigned to other duties.
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Galesville
Wis
Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles
Canoe Derby Tie At Hokah Splits $70 Prize
Two Minneapolis teams tied for first in the Hokah Fun Daze canoe race. Albert Moos and Kenneth Stable. Carl and Kenneth Ketter shared first and second places completing the 12 mile Houston to Hokah course in two hours, one minute, ten seconds. Kenneth Pegg and Gary Meid took third.
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Minneapolis
Hokah
Fun Daze
Albert Moos
Kenneth Stable
Carl
Kenneth Ketter
Houston
Kenneth Pegg
Gary Meid
Viroqua 16 year old wins Wisconsin Junior Dairymen show
John Selin age 16 of the Viroqua Future Farmers of America Chapter takes top honors at the Wisconsin Junior Dairymen's show in Mauston. He totals 262 points with his four year old Jersey earning 88 points and "very good". The judging included an interview written test showmanship and an evaluation talk before judges and audience. About 350 junior dairymen from across the state competed.
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John Selin
Viroqua Future Farmers of America
Wisconsin
Mauston
Selin
Luther College Chemistry Dept Receives Grants
Luther College in Decorah Iowa announced a $7200 grant from the American Chemical Society petroleum research fund for organic chemistry research. Head Dr Adrian Docken will mentor a student assistant James Duncan a senior from Osage Iowa for two summers. A $300 grant from the Iowa Academy of Science funds another organic chemistry project with James Lewis a senior from Shell Lake Wisconsin working this summer.
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Decorah
Iowa
Luther College
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
Adrian Docken
Luther
James Duncan
Wendell A. Duncan
Osage
Duncan
Docken
Iowa Academy of Science
James Lewis
Charles Lewis
Shell Lake
Wis
Blair Education Association elects officers
Blair Wisconsin group picks Robert Scharlan as president. Mrs. Victor Olson is named vice president and Mrs. R. Alan Peters becomes secretary treasurer.
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Blair, Wis
Blair Education Association
Robert Scharlan
Victor Olson
R. Alan Peters
Viroqua Girl Receives Augsburg College Social Work Scholarship
Eleanor Moe of Viroqua daughter of Mrs. Margaret Moe earned a Lutheran Social Service scholarship at Augsburg College honors convocation in Minneapolis. The awards go to juniors or seniors in social work planning graduate study.
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Viroqua
Wis
Eleanor Moe
Margaret Moe
Augsburg College
Minneapolis
Gale-Ettrick Student Wins Multiple Scholarship Awards
Gale-Ettrick High School student Diane Lebakken earned two scholarships including a Cance trust fund award and a Luther College grant. Other Cance fund recipients were Josephine Dykstra Steven Fidika and Thomas Nichols. State scholarships went to Dykstra Fidika Gail Olson and Linda Ekern with leadership honors to James Mahoney and Byron Anderson.
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Galesville
Wis
Diane Lebakken
Gale-Ettrick High School
Lebakken
Luther College
Josephine Dykstra
Steven Fidika
Thomas Nichols
Ross Jacobson
Augsburg College
Dykstra
Fidika
Gail Olson
Linda Ekern
James Mahoney
Whitewater State University
Byron Anderson
River Falls State
Cheryl Nelsestuen
PTA
Bank of Galesville
Mary Johnson
Larry Peterson
Peterson
Miss Olson
Lois Lebakken
Kenneth Johnson
Cashton High Names Six On A Honor Roll
Cashton Wisconsin announces six students named to the A honor roll for the fourth quarter: Lynn Chapiewsky senior Gloria Weiner and Mary Ann Larson juniors Ruth Huber and Linda Petersen sophomores and Irene Opsahl freshman.
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Cashton, Wis
Cashton High School
Lynn Chapiewsky
Gloria Weiner
Mary Ann Larson
Ruth Huber
Linda Petersen
Irene Opsahl
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Holmen, Wis
Blue Cross
North Teutonic Avenue
Milwaukee
Blue Shield
Blue Cross E Blue Shield
Luther Chemistry Department
Gale-Ettrick
Cashton High
Maico
Marco
Malico
Gordon R. Lumbard
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Rowley
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