40 Tons for Men in War Area Cheese Drive
Coulee Region creameries and individuals push a We Care program to send 40 tons of Wisconsin cheese to South Vietnam servicemen. Local leaders in Ettrick Gale coordinate with the Galesville American Legion and Trempealeau County officials to collect cheddar and Swiss cheese and cash donations by June 15. A city canvass set for June 13 and 14 will gather contributions with donor names on each package.
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la Crosse Tribune
Coulee Region
Wisconsin
Viet Nam
Ettrick-Gale
la Verne Henderson
Ettrick
la Verne Anderson
Gale
Galesville
Emil Skroch
Trempealeau County
Martinus Benaud
Ned Danuser
Preston Cooperative Creamery
Blair
Kenneth Olson
la Crosse
Blair Students Raise 61 For Books In Ecuador
Blair Wisconsin high school student council collected 61 to help establish a library in Tena Ecuador. Mrs Kenneth Coffeen a Blair graduate and Peace Corps worker in South America wrote her father Edgar Nelson who passed the appeal to the council prompting the donation.
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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 Aquatic School
Caledonia Minn Victoria Palen 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
The city of Viroqua Wisconsin invites sealed bids for the construction of a natural gas distribution system. Bids will be received by the Common Council until 5 p.m. Tuesday June 28. Plans and specifications available from the mayor's office or builders exchanges in La Crosse Eau Claire and from Rubl Miller Associates of Duluth Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Common Council
Until & P.m
la Crosse Builders Exchange
Eau Claire Builders Exchange
Rubl-Miller Associates, Inc
Duluth
Whitehall Church Purchases Residence For Assistant Pastor
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church of Whitehall Wisconsin has bought the Alyn Larson residence in Sunset Addition to serve as the assistant pastor's home. John Gannett from Fish Creek will arrive July 1 to assume duties beside Rev. Clifford Rutland. Mr Gannett and his wife have a young son.
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Whitehall
Wis
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Congregation
Alyn Larson
Sunset Addition
John Gannett
Fish Creek
Clifford Rutland
Order To End Pollution In Area Issued
State directs communities and businesses from La Crosse to Prairie du Chien to stop alleged pollution of the Bad Axe drainage basin and Wisconsin side of the Mississippi River. The order lists Prairie du Chien Viroqua Coon Valley and others as recipients with corrective dates between November 1, 1966 and November 1, 1968.
Straight A’s Earned By 13 At Viroqua
Thirteen Viroqua High School students earned straight A grades for the fourth quarter. Seniors named include Eileen Aasen Deborah Allness Shirley Johnson Sherry Knower Mary Munson Maxine Olson Gary Sime Cheryl Skaar and juniors Vicki Bolstad Sophomore Vaughn Weber and others. B roll totals listed by class.
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Viroqua Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua
Eileen Aasen
Deborah Allness
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 graduates include Gloria Brandtner and Ruth Lyon of Galesville along with Leslie Borreson of Pigeon Falls. St Olaf College degrees go to David Meissner of Sparta and others from Appleton Whitehall and Galesville. Masters earned at University of Wyoming, Taft College, and Manhattanville College are noted with multiple hometown ties.
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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 Reassigned Ending Catechetical School
Galesville Wisconsin The Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles who have served in Galesville for the past nine years are reassigned to new duties. They will no longer run the Catechetical School and Center.
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Galesville
Wis
Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles
Closest Finish Splits Canoe Derby Prize at Hokah Fun Daze
Albert Moos and Kenneth Stable tied with Carl and Kenneth Ketter for first in the 12 mile Houston to Hokah canoe race. They split 70 dollars for first and second while Pegg and Meid finished third in Sunday’s Ho kah s Fun Daze event.
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Minneapolis
Hokah
Fun Daze
Albert Moos
Kenneth Stable
Carl
Kenneth Ketter
Houston
Kenneth Pegg
Gary Meid
Viroqua Youth Wins Top Honors at Wisconsin Junior Dairymen Show
John Selin, 16, of the Viroqua Future Farmers of America Chapter led with 262 points at the Wisconsin Junior Dairymen's show in Mauston. His four-year-old Jersey earned 88 points with a "very good" classification after an interview, written test, showmanship, and evaluation talk before judges and spectators amid about 350 junior dairymen from across the state.
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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 received a 7200 grant from the American Chemical Society petroleum research fund for organic chemistry research. Dr Adrian Docken will supervise a student assistant James Duncan senior son of Wendell A Duncan Osage Iowa for two summers. A 300 grant from the Iowa Academy of Science funds another organic chemistry project with James Lewis senior son of Charles Lewis Shell Lake Wisconsin as participant.
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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 Group Elects Officers
Blair Wisconsin the Blair Education Association has elected Robert Scharlan president. Other officers are Mrs Victor Olson vice president and Mrs R Alan Peters secretary treasurer.
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Blair, Wis
Blair Education Association
Robert Scharlan
Victor Olson
R. Alan Peters
Viroqua Girl Receives Augsburg Social Work Scholarship
Eleanor Moe of Viroqua daughter of Mrs. Margaret Moe earned a Lutheran Social Service scholarship at Augsburg College in Minneapolis during honors convocation. 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 Girl Earns Study Grants
Diane Lebakken of Gale-Ettrick High School won a Cane trust fund scholarship and another to Luther College. Other Cane trust fund winners were Josephine Dykstra Steven Fidika and Thomas Nichols. State scholarships went to Dykstra Fidika Gail Olson and Linda Ekern. Leadership scholarships went to James Mahoney and Byron Anderson. PTA scholarship went to Cheryl Nelsestuen. Bank of Galesville awards went to Mary Johnson and Larry Peterson. Peterson also won the faculty award alongside Olson. Lois Lebakken won the Spoon award and Kenneth Johnson the Spade.
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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 Puts 6 On A Honor Roll
Cashton Wisconsin reports six Cashton High School students on the fourth quarter A honor roll. Named are Lynn Chapiewsky senior Gloria Weiner and Mary Ann Larson juniors Ruth Huber and Linda Petersen sophomores 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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Marquette
Prairie du Chien
Prairie-Marquette
Moreland
Leig
Senaua da Rfd
Whitehall Church
Holmen Canning CO
Holmen, Wis
Blue Cross
North Teuronia Avenue
Milwaukee
Blue Shield
Luther Chemistry Department
Gale-Ettrick
Cassie
Cashton High
Maico
Marco
Gordon R. Lumbard
Main St
Rowley
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