Crawford County Homemakers Hold 18th Achievement Day
In Wauzeka Crawford County homemakers wrapped up activities with an achievement day in the new community hall. About 250 gathered for demonstrations exhibits and a noon lunch by the local church ladies. County agent Paul Wolske highlighted 4 H projects and soil conservation while Florence Sale earned an all expenses trip for her 4-H essay.
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Wauzeka
Wis
Crawford County
Coun
Eva L. Martin
Home Economics Extension Department
University of Wisconsin
Florence Sale
4-H
Blackbawk Busy Bee Club
Rin
Sondacasia
Powderhorn County
Paul J. Wolske
Adment
SCS
Goer gen Family Returns From Alaska Visit
Mr and Mrs C L Goergen and son Jan have returned to Caledonia from a visit to Anchorage Alaska.
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Caledonia
Mian
C. L. Goergen
Jan
Anchorage
Alaska
Record 45 Pound Catfish Caught On Pole In McGregor
Mason Gramling of McGregor with John Boland and son Ronnie of Monticello fished the Wisconsin River mouth to the river for a 4 10 p m best time. At 4 15 p m a 45 pound catfish struck their cane pole line and was landed two hours 22 minutes later. The fish, weighing 45 pounds, set a hook and line record for the area and was carved into steaks and frozen.
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Mason Gramling
McGregor
Wisconsin River
Prairie du Chien
Mcgregor, Ia
John Boland
Ronnie
Monticello
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Gramling
Sponsors Free Movie At Alma Benefit
Special Montana and Waumancee 4-H clubs sponsor an ice cream pie and basket social at St Boni face school Waumancee Tuesday at 8 pm. A free movie will be shown with proceeds donated to the CROP program in Buffalo coat. Public is invited to attend.
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Alma
Wis
Montana
Priest Monarski Marks 25th Anniversary in Wisconsin
The Rev. Paul Monarski, Prairie du Chien priest, marks 25 years as a priest with a jubilee Mass at Campion College Our Lady of Angels chapel. Bishop John Patrick Treacy of La Crosse will preside with local clergy assisting and a dinner to follow led by B A Kennedy and Holy Name Society president Andrew Novak.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Paul Monarski
Our Lady of Angels
Campion College
Monarski
John Patrick Treacy
la Crosse
Treacy
T. J. Stemper
S. J
Campion
Ettrick marks 91st birthday of Anton Berger
Anton Berger celebrated his 91st birthday on Saturday June 12 with a gathering of family and friends in Ettrick Wisconsin. Born in Norway in 1856 he farmed near Galesville and Ettrick for 43 years and has lived in German Coulee for 37 years. He has four sons and five daughters, 34 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Guests included Watson Vaughn and daughter Paulette from Seattle, Berger's granddaughter.
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Ettrick
Wis
Anton Berger
Berger
Norway
Galesville
German Coulee
Nickolena Nelson
Levi
Bangor
John
Shake Hollow
Alfred
la Crosse
Lloyd
Louis Becker
Winona
Louis Osley
South Beaver Creek
Julius Mason
Kolbjorn Oppegaard
Blair
Watson Vaughn
Paulette
Seattle
Wash
Vaughn
Spring Grove Youths Attend Bible Camp
More than 30 Spring Grove young people left for a Bible camp held at Frontenac Old as Frontenac. The trip was organized by local youths and leaders from Spring Grove, Minnesota, reflecting community faith activities.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Old As Frontenac
Frontenac, Is
Ex-Eastman Farm Boy Receives First Mass in Town
Rev Cletus Edward La Mere son of Mrs John La Mere Prairie du Chien was ordained June 4 at St Nazianz and celebrated his first solemn mass June 10 at St Wenceslaus Eastman. Deacon Rev Alban DeGroot and sub-deacon Rev J J Sheridan La Crosse aided. sermon by Very Rev Edmund G La Crosse. A banquet followed at Loyal Hall Campion.
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Eastman
Wis
Cletus Edward Mere
John la Mere
Prairie du Chien
St. Nazianz
St. Wenceslaus Church
la Mere
Alban DeGroot
S.D.S
J. J. Sheridan
la Crosse
Campion College
Dave Noble
Madison
Rosewitha
Services Pending For World War II Veteran Orlin Callaway
Funeral services for Lieut Orlin R. Callaway a World War II veteran and son of Mr and Mrs Lester Callaway of Baraboo are planned with the body arriving in Hillsboro. Callaway born January 28 1922 in Hillsboro attended local schools and joined the National Guard in 1939 later serving in the army and being commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1944. He was killed March 22 1944 on Los Negros island and was temporarily interred in New Guinea with his body to be shipped to Chicago then Hillsboro accompanied by an army escort. He is survived by his parents two brothers and one sister all of Baraboo and by his maternal grandmother Mrs Hattie Jefferies Hillsboro.
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Olga Bassett
Baraboo
Hillsboro
Wis
Lin R. Callaway
Lester Callaway
Mount Vernot
Orlin Callaway Callaway
First Congregational Church
National Guard
Guard
Army
Orlin
Viroqua
Louisiane
Australia
Callaway
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Finschaffen
New Guinea
Chicago
American Grave Registration Division
Join
Donald
Hattie Jefferies
Hills
Cars Collide East of Cashton Involving Norwalk Residents
In Sparta Wisconsin on June 13 at 10 40 a m Quinton Sullivan and Gust Vieth from Norwalk were drivers in two cars that collided on county trunk in Jefferson town six miles east of Cashton. Sullivan and Vieth sustained damage to multiple vehicle panels and passengers included Sullivan’s wife and Gust Vieth.
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Sparta
Wis
Quinton Sullivan
Norwalk
Donald Vieth
Jefferson
Cashton
Sullivan
Vieth
Gust Vieth
Larson Announces Candidacy for Monroe County Treasurer
Louis H. Larson of Sparta former farmer in Jefferson announces his candidacy for Monroe County treasurer to oppose incumbent L. H. Hoard. Larson and Hoard are circulating nomination papers for the post currently.
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Sparta
Wis
Louis H. Larson
Jefferson
Monroeounty
L. H. Hoard
Larson
Hoard
First Water Shipment Arrives for Prairie City
The first water shipment in years is due to reach Prairie City about Sunday. A 12,000 ton barge load of raw material from the south will be unloaded at the river wall by a special crane. Fertilizer material will be trucked to the Wisconsin Cooperative Plant Foods plant in Lower Town.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Leslie Hoppe
Wisconsin Cooperative Plant Foods Company
Lower Town
Monroe Homemakers Plan Achievement Day in Tomah Wis
Monroe county homemakers stage a centennial themed achievement day with exhibits of old fashioned kitchen utensils and modern 1947 48 projects. Forty members model 1910 era costumes. a centennial skit and German folk dances are planned. Gladys Stillman will speak on Old World Wisconsin. a colored film on freezing produce will be shown. About 400 of 760 Monroe clubs members expected. Elizabeth Haberkorn leads as home agent.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
North Tomah
Roland Clay
Clifton Civic Club
Reinhold Schultz
Armory
Gladys Stillman
College O Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Elizabeth Haberkorn
Twins Picnic Reaches 20th Cassville Anniversary
In Cassville Wisconsin the 20th annual twins picnic unfolds Saturday and Sunday June 26 and 27 at Riverside Park. Harrison Eyebe troupe provides free entertainment both days alongside State Lake shows and a midway. Saturday features a high school class reunion with about 700 alumni invited. special awards honor visiting towns. Boat rides and state park trips are among many offerings for twins and the public.
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Cassville
Wis
Riverside Park
Harrison
State Lake
West Salem dairy shows feature Miss Alice in Dairyland
Two cattle events in West Salem attract breeders from four counties for Guernsey and five-county Brown Swiss shows. The Guernsey exhibit highlights Miss Alice in Dairyland Miss Margaret McGuire, famed as queen of Wisconsin's 1948 centennial fair, with Miss Bonnie Jean Hougom nearby. Judging and showmanship drew crowds as Wednesday’s canton show prepared, with Edwin E Heizer and Jacob Voegli leading Brown Swiss judging.
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Coulee
West Salem
Alice
Margaret McGuire
Bonnie Jean Hougom
la Crosse County
Edwin E. Heizer
College of Agriculture
Jacob Voegli
Picnic Dinner to Highlight Green County Event
Speakers include Dick Stumbo field man of the national Brown Swiss association. Families attending will contribute to the picnic dinner at the park.
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Green County
Dick Stumbo
National Brown Swiss Association
Doctor Comes To Gays Mills
Gays Mills Wisconsin reports a fulltime resident doctor, Dr. Harold E. Oppert. He arrives from the army medical corps at Brooks General Hospital in Texas where he was a first lieutenant. He and his wife, both University of Wisconsin graduates, have two small children, and the town is building an office for him.
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Gays Mills
Wis
Harold E. Oppert
Oppert
Army Medical Corps
Brooks General Hospital
San Antonio
Tex
University of Wisconsin
Robbery duo sentenced in Minnesota district court
Clennard Johnson and Bennie Storlie, both Whalan residents, were given indeterminate sentences of two years six months for third degree burglary tied to a Whalan gas station robbery. Each may be eligible for parole after serving the minimum, with merchandise valued at 15 dollars. Court adjourned to June 28 for two additional matters.
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Thomas Richards
Winona
Fillmore District Court
Waukon Council Grants Beer Permits
WAUKON Ia Special at the regular meeting the city council approved a class B beer permit for the S and D cafe and a class C permit for Kiesan's Market.
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Waukon
Kiesan’s
Black River Falls Mayor vetoes 600 KW diesel unit
Mayor Roy Landers vetoed the city council's June 10 decision to buy a 600 KW diesel generator to boost electric capacity. He argued the unit is too small for future loads and noted parts, housing, and supply delays. The council had initially rejected then approved the utility commission's recommendation.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Roy Landers
City Council
City Utility Commission
Landers
Eilert Hagen
Worthington Company
Madison
Worthington
Utility Commission
Mrs Bowers Heads to Oklahoma for Ill Daughter
Caledonia Minnesota reports Mrs Clarence Bowers travels to Oklahoma City to be with her ill daughter Mrs Leonard Hollis.
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Caledonia, Minn
Clarence Bowers
Oklahoma City
Okla
Leonard Hollis
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