Area road project bids opened in Madison this week
Eight contractors in the Coulee Region emerged as apparent low bidders on 16.6 million dollars in highway and bridge projects from Madison. Hoffman Construction Co led with 534 430 for a Trempealeau County three phase project on US 10 and WI 27 from Osseo.
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Coulee
Madison
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Hoffman Construction Co
Black River Falls
Trempealeau
Osseo
10Th Street
Eau Claire County
Nelson Construction Co
Eau Claire
Nelson Firm
194
Otter Creek
Chippewa County
Tri-State Construction Co
Alma
Wisconsin Colony
Stillson Creek
Tri-State
Paint Creek
Art Overgaard Inc
Elroy
Menominee River
Pembine
Norway
Dickinson County
Mich
Mathy Construction Co
la Crosse
Monroe County
East County
Wyeville
Viola
Pertzsch
la Crosse Territory
D. L. Gasser Construction Co
Lake Delton
Shrine Circus Delights 1965 Audience With Bears And Lions
About 10 000 attended three Shrine circus performances at Mary E Sawyer Auditorium. A wandering bear briefly escaped before being recaptured and returned to the ring. Strong acts included Osa Barreda’s seven lions and Pete and Petra aerialists, with clowns, unicycle feats, and baby elephants closing the show.
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Shrine
Clyde Brothers
Mary E. Sawyer
Nightins Bears
Blaschke
Osa Barrada
Pete and Petrova
Community Leader of the Week: W. Cee Gordon
W Cee Gordon is La Crosse Transit Company general manager overseeing personnel and buses including school routes. He serves on the chamber of commerce board and as a Kiwanis and Elks member. He and wife Catherine enjoy wildlife study and live at 344 S 20th St. Their son Gerald is an Air Force lieutenant stationed in Tucson Arizona.
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Cee
Gordon
la Crosse
Chamber of Commerce
Times
S. 20Th St
Gerald
Air Force
Tucson
Ariz
City Wading Pools Open In La Crosse This Weekend
Four city wading pools at Trane Houska Copeland and Myrick Parks open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. and 6 30 to 8 p.m. Temperatures below 65 will close pools. Children 10 and under may enter with supervision. No foreign objects like beach balls or toys are allowed.
Carriers Elect New Officers At Wisconsin Meet In La Crosse
Rural mail carriers at their state convention in La Crosse elected Leonard J. Szatkowski as president, Clifford P. Marquardt as vice president, Ralph Patrick secretary, and Willard Spindler treasurer. Executive committee members named were Willie Johnson, Robert Dietrich, and Glen Ristow. A ban on the Post Office Department leasing carrier vehicles was approved, voting against the Gronouski lease plan and its claimed savings. Carriers currently earn 12 cents per mile and supply their own vehicle.
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la Crosse
Leonard J. Szatkowski
Wausaukee
Clifford P. Marquardt
Mosinee
Ralph Patrick
Conrath
Willard Spindler
Elkhart Lake
Willie Johnson
Whitehall
Robert Dietrich
Cassville
Glen Ristow
Genoa
John Gronouski
Post Office Department
First La Crosse Boys' Club Solicitors Plan Breakfast Meet
The first breakfast meeting of solicitors for La Crosse Boys' Club Inc. will be at 7 30 a m Friday in the Regency Room of the Stoddard Hotel. The drive opened last week seeking 33000 to establish and equip a club by September. Campaign HQ in Batavian National Bank lobby open 11 a m to 4 p m Mon through Fri.
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la Crosse Boys’ Club Inc
Regency Room
Stoddard Hotel
Don Wille
Batavian National Bank
Robert Dollum
Ardell Aarstad
Logan
Mailbox Destruction Reports Increase In Onalaska Area
Bill Green of R2 Onalaska reports repeated mailbox damage with mail scattered on nearby property. Earl Lovey of 2030 Wood St says a lock ventilator window on his car was pried open while parked near Lake Onalaska and a 29 dollar rod and reel with a flashlight were stolen.
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Bill Green
R. 2
Onalaska
la Crosse County
Earl Lovey
Wood St
Lake Onalaska
Skeeter Schedule Mosquito Spraying Thursday Night
Mosquito control spraying is planned for Thursday night in the area from Park Drive to the south city limits between Losey Boulevard and the east city limits.
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Skeeter
Park Drive
Losey Boulevard
Presidential Auto to Be Shown in La Crosse This Week
A custom-built Lincoln bubbletop limousine that served three presidents will be displayed in La Crosse from Friday to Tuesday at Low Motor Co and First National Bank. The 1950 four-door convertible, built for Harry S. Truman, will tour the Midwest after White House use through 1963, including Eisenhower inaugurations and Kennedy 1961.
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la Crosse
Low Motor Co
Cass St
First National Bank
Midwest
Logansport
Ind
Low
Harry S. Truman
White House
Ford Motor Co
John F. Kennedy
Calvin C. Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
La Crosse Traffic Club Holds 10th Annual Picnic
The La Crosse Traffic Club held its 10th annual picnic at Myrick Park on Tuesday with 130 members attending. Attendees traveled from Chicago Milwaukee Twin Cities Rochester Red Wing Madison Winona Caledonia Spring Grove Dubuque and Waterloo. The next outing is the annual golf session at La Crosse Country Club on August 11.
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la Crosse
Engineers Move Heavy Gear Across La Crosse River at Camp McCoy
The 173rd Engineer Battalion of the Wisconsin Army National Guard practiced river crossings at Camp McCoy. Capt. Gerald Roob leads 97 La Crosse residents as they haul a 20 ton machine across a 200 foot wide river using a raft system and multiple ropes. Medics stand ready and life jackets are worn during crossings as part of two week annual training. The unit wraps up training Friday night and will head home to La Crosse and surrounding areas after evaluations call their work exceptional.
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Camp Mccoy
Wisconsin Army National Guard
Gerald Roob
Roob
Charles St
la Crosse
Local Girl Elected To Badger Girls State Office
Elizabeth Ramlow daughter of Dr and Mrs Robert Ramlow 2610 Cass St was elected superintendent of instruction at the 22nd annual Badger Girls State. Wendy Whitlinger of Neenah was named governor with Mary Russell Sun Prairie as lieutenant governor Marilyn Jesse Appleton as secretary of state Pauline Mohr Sheboygan as state treasurer Julia Rescorla Green Bay as attorney general.
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Warren Knowles
Wendy Whitlinger
Neenah
Badger
Mary Russell
Sun Prairie
Marilyn Jesse
Appleton
Pauline Mohr
Sheboygan
Julia Rescorla
Green Bay
Elizabeth Ramlow
la Crosse
UPI
Robert Ramlow
Cass St
University of Wisconsin
Wendy L. Whitlinger
Mary L. Russell
Girls Nation
Washington, D.C
Senate
Assembly
Henry A. Hillemann
Wisconsin Judicial Council
Capitol
Warren P. Knowles
Dane County Madison
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Shriners
Tribune
Harry Larsson
U.S. 12
Augusta
Eau Claire River
Faherty Well Drilling Co
Platteville
Millston
G. A. Watson
Barneveld
U.S. 61
Sutzer
Grant County
Kickapoo River
4Th Street
Wisconsin Street
Sparta
Fountain City
Shrine Circus
Cool Freedom
Delta Import Motors
W. Cec
Wille
Thomas A. Rodman
WLCX
Medary
Manuel Janeiro
Bill Hinkley
Patturs
Presidents Auto
Omega
Seamaster
A .Remer
Main St
Gemologists
Hine
Eit Gas Am
T Bottle Gas CO
LA Croasse
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