McCoy Leads In Enlistments At Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy led the Sixth Service Command in May enlistees with 190, while Ft Sheridan tied for second with 170. During June 5 to 11, 44 signed for continued army duty. Recruiting officer Capt Charles Stark announced vacancies filled and listed names of recent enlistees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
Sixth Service Command
Ft. Sheridan
Charles ©. Stark
Alex D. Brisson
Joseph A. Pangallo
Joseph W. McFerland
Robert James Wm. E. Ae
Richard Buechier
Robert W
A Billie R. Tate
Thomas J. Forrest
Quinten E. Himes
Arthur J. Sikorski
Paul Binsak
Frank L. Kouchky
Donald H. Giebel
Prcs
Walter F. Erlinghagen
Charles J. Harmon
Raymond Crumpler, Jr
Earl L. Cable
John L. Verdico
Paul S. Watson
Ralph W. Milota
Wm. J. Barber
Erwin R. Schiefelbein
Milwaukee
Ralph P. Weaver
Ot Aenn
National Secretary of Engineer Group Receives Overseas Orders
Lieut. c.s. eee Jr of Sparta Wisconsin, secretary of the Silver Dollar Association, has orders for overseas shipment in August. He served as Annaes relations officer at Camp McCo and expects his wife Irene to accompany him, calling it a honeymoon trip if the orders proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Silver Dollar Association
C.s. Eee , Jr
Camp McCo
Lieut
Cone
St Unit
Wright
Irene
Former Baseball Player Visits Ettrick Family
Kenneth Truax and his wife spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs William S Pic in Ettrick Wisconsin. Truax twice wounded in Europe is receiving treatment at Fort Custer Battle Creek Michigan for a shattered right leg. Al White a Chicago veteran and former St. Louis Browns player spent the weekend with the Truaxes. Both Truax and White were paratroopers with the same parachute infantry.
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Ettrick
Wis
Pic
Kenneth Truax
Williams
Truax
Europe
Fort Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
al White
Chicago
White
Servce
Steel Posts Are Returned In Sparta Wisconsin
In Sparta Wisconsin Naset and Evans completed sidewalk curb and gutter work on the east side of Water street between Main and Oak and started west side construction this week. Foundations required reinforcement and old steel lamp posts were returned for temporary use while new cement posts for the white way will be delayed six months.
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Sparta
Wis
Water Street
Main
Oak Streets
Naset and Evans
White Way
Two Vehicle Crashes Reported in Monroe County
Traffic Officer Chris filed two accident reports this week. Irene Ame, 22, of Black River Falls suffered a shoulder injury and leg laceration when her car failed a turn on U S highway 12 north of Tomah on June 17. Guy Ziegler, 27, of Black River Falls was the driver. the car overturned twice and was wrecked. A separate collision on U S highway 16 near Tomah June 14 involved Ronald Kittel and C H Westburg of Salina California with no injuries. Westburg car badly damaged.
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Sparta
Wis
Chris
Hendrickson
Irene Ame
Black River Falls
U.S. Highway 12
Tomah
Guy Ziegler
Ronald Kittel
C. H. Westburg
Salina
Calif
Westburg
Death notices for Mrs. Alvin Tranberg and Clay Gray
Mrs. Alvin Tranberg of Ettrick dies at 31 after a La Crosse hospital stay. Funeral is Thursday at 1 p m at home and 1:30 p m at Ettrick Lutheran Church with burial in Ettrick cemetery. Clay Gray, 39, formerly of Galesville, dies at his Middleton home from a heart condition and heat. funeral was held Wednesday in Middleton with burial at Rose Lawn Cemetery. Surviving family includes his wife, son Dudley, and two sisters.
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Ettrick
Wis
Alvin Tranberg
la Crosse
Ettrick Lutheran Church
K. M. Arberg
Ettrick Cemetery
Galesville
Middleton
Clay Gray
Gray
Roselawn
P. L. Gray
Madison
Dudley
Mmes
Byron Kopp
Alton Johnson
Pioneer William Green Dies in Forest Home at 83
Viola Wisconsin special report notes William Green 83 a Richland county pioneer died Monday night at Leonard Parker's home in Forest. Survivors include sons Harvey Beloit and Laurel Viola, brother Stephen Waukesha, sister Flora La Farge. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. United Brothers church West Lima with Neuburn cemetery burial. Visiting hours at Henthorn funeral home Viola until Thursday morning.
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Viola
Wis
William Green
Richland County
Leonard Parker
Forest
Harvey
Beloit
Laurel
Stephen
Waukesha
Flora Green
la Farge
United Brothern
West Lima
Neuburn
Henthorn Funeral Home
Shawano County Names E. H. Florence New Agent
E H Florence former Trempealeau county agent and Evaporated Milk Association inspector returns to extension work as Shawano county agent. He will start July 20 and will have offices in Shawano city.
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Whitehall
Wis
E. H. Florence
Trempealeau County
Twins Chosen for Badger Boys State Camp
Thomas and Edward Larson twin sons of Mr and Mrs L C Larson of Whitehall were selected by Hutchins Stendahl American Legion post to attend Badger Boys State at Carroll College Ripon Wisconsin from June 22 to 28. Both will be Whitehall High School seniors and are Eagle Scouts. The program aims to teach Wisconsin youths the fundamentals of government through practical duties in city county and state offices. Their father L C Larson is a World War I veteran active in the local Legion post.
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Whitehall
Wis
Thomas and
Edward Larson
L. C. Larson
Hutchins - Stendahl American Legion Post
Badger
Carroll College
Ripon
Whitehall High School
Eagle Scouts
American Legion
Wisconsin
Legion
Raze Church In Ettrick Prompts Shared Services
South Beaver Creek Lutheran will hold services alternately at Ettrick Lutheran church and Melrose high school auditorium. The church is being torn down to make way for a brick and tile modern facility. A children’s day service for pupils of French Creek parochial schools will be held at French Creek Lutheran church at 9 a.m.
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Ettrick
Wis
South Beaver Creek
Public Health Nurse Enters Final Phase
Miss Myrtle Olson, public health nurse of La Crosse, on leave for advanced study in New Haven. She undergoes six months at the University of Minnesota and two months at Glen Lake sanitarium, supported by TB nursing scholarship. Upon completion she returns to La Crosse to resume her duties.
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Galesville
Wis
New Haven
Conn
Myrtle Olson
la Crosse
East
Hilda Olson
Olson
National Organization For Tuberculosis Nursing
University of Minnesota
Glen Lake Sanitarium
Minneapolis
Seating Nurses Association
Paul Whillock Buys Galesville Shoe Shop
Paul Whillock of Trempealeau purchased the Jones shoe shop in Galesville and will reside there while securing quarters for his wife and five children. He is the town’s second new businessman this month, as Chris H. Mulkey prepares to open Coast to Coast in the former Marinus Oson building. Also returning to Galesville are Mr and Mrs Marvin Quinn with their children after years in Deermott Arkansas where Mr Quinn worked in civil service.
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Galesville
Wis
Paul Whillock
Trempealeau
Jones
Whillock
Chris H. Mulkey
Atlanta
Marinus Oson
Ebert Anderson
Marvin Quinn
Deermott
Ark
Quinn
Viroqua Youth Held for Auto Theft in Stevens Point
A 17 year old Viroqua youth was held by Vernon county officers after his Tuesday arrest in Stevens Point on a traffic charge. He admitted stealing the automobile he rode in and a large sum of money from his father, according to Chief of Police E L Zeaman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Wis
Vernon County
E. L. Zeaman
Norwalk Visitors Welcome Church Friends from Wisconsin
Mrs. Emil Zaremba wife of a former St. Jacob Lutheran pastor and her daughters Edith and Thekla plus son Victor of Wausau were guests at Mrs. Emma Horning's home. Rev A Berg former Lutheran pastor and Mrs Berg with sons Richard and Joel of Madison, en route to Ham Lake, stopped to greet Norwalk friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Wis
Emil Zaremba
St. Jacob's Lutheran Church
Edith
Thekla
Victor
Wausau
Emma _ Horning
A. Berg
Lutheran Church
Berg
Richard
Joel
Madison
Ham Lake
Baruch consults students on war prep and Russia
In Rock Creek Park Bernard Baruch, 75, meets four young people inclosed service members and discusses drafts atomic energy and Russian aims. He notes public opinion challenges and says he speaks for the president in official talks. He hints at future picnic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rock Creek Park
Baruch
Institute of Public Relations
New York City
Wac
Jane A. Mengelt
Bangor
Wis
Gaile
John Brady
Red Cross
Henry Ford
United States
Russia
Stalin
England
House of Commons
Bernard Baruch
Elder Statesman
Father’s Day Gift Dropped From Airplane During Reunion
A plane piloted by a Taylor aviator with Melvin Hjerleid dropped a gift for Benjamin Severson during a Father’s Day reunion at the Severson home in South Beaver Creek. Attendees included Nels Severson and family of Eau Claire, Howard Erickson and family, and Martin Severson with Mrs Melvin Hierleid and children from Blair.
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Ettrick
Wis
Benjamin Severson
Severson
South Beaver Creek
Taylor
Melvin Hjerleid
Blair
Messrs
Mmes
Nels Severson
Eau Claire
Howard Erickson
Martin Severson
Melvin Hierleid
Name Teacher To New Post
Sparta Wis Special Arthur E Weiner former agricultural teacher at Tomah has been engaged as assistant to Superintendent W R Bruce of the Sparta high school. The new post for 1946 47 puts Weiner in charge of pupil guidance curriculum and general supervision of bus lunches and activities. He is a Sparta high school and University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture graduate and will attend the UW summer session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Arthur E. Weiner
Tomah
W. R. Bruce
Sparta High School
Weiner
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Tag Day in La Farge Net Proceeds for Food Drive
La Farge Wisconsin special report: the tag day sale on June 15 for the emergency food collection raised 41 dollars and 75 cents. Junior club members and Women’s Relief corps girls ran the sale with sellers Bernadine Dempsey Dorothea Kennedy Lola Mae Dobbs Ardella Larson Rose Marie Calhoon Kay Kennedy Betty Donaldson Charlene Smith Ann Hollenbeck.
Former Whitehall Resident Showcases Shell Earrings
Orpal Senneff of Columbus Georgia, former Whitehall resident, visited Whitehall to display his handmade shell earrings and pins. He learned the craft in Columbus evening classes and has produced about 40 sets. Senneff recently attended the Senneff family reunion in Sterling Illinois, traveling from Sparta to join relatives.
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Whitehall
Wis
Orpal Senneff
Columbus
Senneff
Wesley Senneff
Milwaukee
Sterling
Ill
A. T. Senneff
Sparta
Orpal
Leslie
July 4th Program Planned in Black River Falls
The Holy Name society of St. Josephs Catholic church sponsors a July 4 celebration at the county fair grounds featuring a WLS barn dance dancing fireworks doll buggy and bicycle contests and a hill billy band concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Holy Name Society of St. Joseph's Catholic Church
WLS
Airport Manager Appointed in Waupaca
John L. Moriarty today named manager of the municipal airport in Waupaca succeeding R. E. Huggins who resigned to take charge of an airport at Whitewater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupaca
John L. Moriarty
R. E. Huggins
Whitewater
Ettrick Federated Women’s Club Honors Shut-In Member
Members S J Johnson Clara Hendrickson C H Nelson Maurice Casey Charles Hewitt and Howard Jones hosted an ice cream party Monday to honor Mrs Alfred Gilbertson a shut in member of the Ettrick Federated Women’s Club.
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Ettrick
Wis
S. J. Johnson
Clara Hendrickson
C. H. Nelson
Maurice Casey
Charles Hewitt
Howard Jones
Ettrick Federated Women’s Club
Alfred Gilbertson
Pasture Land-Grader Demonstration At Monroe County Farm
Farmers at PARTA Wisconsin attend a grassland hay harvest demonstration showing ultra modern machinery in one operation. H D Bruhn explained the process as a farmer harvested 80 tons in 11 hours and averages four to six tons per hour. Dr L F Graber urged pasture and hay improvements and new grassland farming frontier. About 4 000 people attended the two day event with local agents and dealers coordinating grounds and equipment. The Monroe county demo is the fourth of nine Wisconsin events with additional demonstrations planned in Eleva St Croix Barron Clark Shawano counties through June 28.
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Parta
Wis
Monroe County
H. D. Bruhn
Bruhn
L. F. Graber
Agronomy
College of Agriculture
Graber
F. W. Burcalow
F. H. Turner
A. J. Wojta
A. D. Begley
Soil Conservation District
Wisconsin
Watford Seguin
Eleva
Eau Claire
Walter Karnes
St. Croix County
A. R. Schutz
Barron County
Gus Rosenbaum
Clark County
Rob Engel
Shawano County
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Paul Luhrsen
Bill Tutthill
William
H. Carroll
Envoy H. Carroll
Lucretia Acher
By Dick Turnes
Pitzner
Raze
Viroqua
Statesman
By Jack Galub
NEA
Baruch Tunes
la Farge Village
Heeschier Phey
Bergs Phey
Kaye Drugs
Deerfling Ford Hopkines
Liggetts
Zemo
Seiberling
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