County Home Volunteers Honored in Iowa Program
Fifty four volunteers at Allamakee County Home were honored for recreation and entertainment efforts. Certificates of commendation were awarded by Hall Roberts with Miss Paula Robinson and Mrs. Mary Ellingson speaking. Duane Bakkum performed piano solos.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County
County Association For Mental Health
Hall Roberts
Postville
Paula Robinson
The
Iowa Association For Mental Health
Mary Ellingson
Duane Bakkum
Aquatic School Slated In Sparta
Sparta Wisconsin hosts a Red Cross aquatic school June 26 to 30. Ted Benzler from Madison will teach a 30 hour course to certify senior life savers as guards and instructors. Open to 18 plus with current senior Red Cross lifesaving cert. Two three hour sessions daily at 9 a.m. Register with Elizabeth Kemp, Sparta Red Cross Chapter.
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Sparta
Wis
Red Cross Aquatic School
Ted Benzler
Madison
Red Cross
Elizabeth Kemp
Sparta Red Cross Chapter
GOP Names Genoa Man To Board
VIROQUA Wisconsin Kenneth Hutson of Viroqua, Vernon County Republican chairman, announced the appointment of Joe Pedretti of Genoa Township to the Republican executive board for a two year term. Pedretti is a former Vernon County Board member active in civic affairs.
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Viroqua
Wis
Kenneth Hutson
Vernon County
Republican Organization
Joe Pedretti
Genoa Township
Pedretti
Roger Navy
Hillsboro
Raymond Erickson
Victory
Clifford Heaverin
Hutson
R. E. Quinn
Halverd Allness
James Schipper
32nd Division is Official's Old Outfit
CAMP MCCOY Wisconsin Carlisle P Runge assistant secretary of defense for manpower visited his old outfit the 32nd Infantry Division Wisconsin National Guard. Maj Gen Ned A Moore director of reserve affairs accompanied him. He met Lt Gen Emerson L Cummings and Col Willie N Thomas at the airfield. Rainy weather forced the secretary to wear combat boots. He visited infantry, engineers, field artillery, and the Wisconsin Military Academy with Gen Herbert A Smith.
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Carlisle P. Runge
Defense
32Nd Infantry Division
Camp McCoy
Runge
32Nd Division
National Guard
Donald Whitwam
National Guard Academy
Wis
Emerson L. Cummings
5Th Army
Willie N. Thomas
32Nd
Wisconsin National Guard
Herbert A. Smith
Oshkosh
Donald F. Mackie
Madison
Wisconsin Military Academy
Tomah Mauston Unit Supports 32nd Infantry Division Training
Camp McCoy Wisconsin unit of the 732nd Ordnance Battalion trains with the 32nd Infantry Division for two weeks. Officers include Lt Col Arthur Wagner and Capt Braund. Lt Oliver Witte Jr receives American Legion Award. Enlisted ranks span specialists, sergeants, privates with names such as Howard Miller Thomas Reigard Gerard Steiner and many others. The unit moves into the field for simulated battlefield work aiding artillery, supplies and maintenance.
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732Nd Ordnance Battalion
Manston
32Nd Infantry Division
Albert Robarge
Ronald Butler
Ist
Richard Braund
la Crosse Tribune
Camp Mccoy
Wis
Howard Miller
Thomas Reigard
Gerard Steiner
National Guard Academy
Oliver Witte Jr
Wisconsin American Legion
Ordnance Battalion
Mauston
Tomah
Arthur Wagner
Eau Claire
Carlisle Range
Madison
32Nd Division
Secretary of Defense
Braund
Oliver Witte
Orley Greene
CWO
Harvey Hansen
Andrew Rosenberger
Bangor Presbyterians Attend Wisconsin Synod Meet
Bangor Wisconsin group including Rev and Mrs C J Auerbach attend the Wisconsin Presbyterian Church synod and synodical meetings in Waukesha from June 19 to 22. Also present are Mrs Elwin Pfaff Mrs Harry Dowe and Mrs Mary Davis.
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Bangor
Wis
C. J. Auerbach
Wisconsin Presbyterian Church
Waukesha
Elwin Pfaff
Harry Dowe
Mary Davis
Construction Delays at North Winneshiek School Center
Decorah Iowa court orders release of ballots and records for the North Winneshiek School District referendum amid a bid challenge claiming the $400000 central building did not receive a 60 percent vote. District Judge G B Richter presides as attorneys for both sides review records in court. The protest is led by Wayne Headington Truman Tollefsrud Paul Thingvold Palmy Anderson Harland Whitney Obert Lacquirie George Kruse Jr Merlin Snell Forrest Little John Lenz Loren Amundson and Bernard Hargen.
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Decorah
Iowa
North Winneshiek
Dist
G. B. Richter
Wayne Headington
Truman Tollefsrud
Area Woman Named To Hospital Staff
Mrs. William F. Harrie of Sparta has been named a histology technician in the laboratory at Sacred Heart Hospital Idaho Falls Idaho. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Ripp of Sparta and wife of W F Harrie of Leon. The Harrie family includes three children Gregory 4 Douglas 2 and Kathy Sue one month.
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Sparta
Wis
William F. Harrie
Herman Ripp
Sacred Heart Hospital
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Harrie
W. F. Harrie
Leon
Gregory
Douglas
Kathy
Sue
Church To Mark 20th Anniversary
SPRING GROVE Minn Calvary Free Church will observe its 20th anniversary with four services Sunday June 25 at 10 11 a.m. 3 and 8 p.m. Rev and Mrs Nels Oldberg former missionaries to The Congo will take part. Dinner will be served at noon.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Calvary Free Church
Nels Oldberg
Congo
Westby Youth Named State FFA President
David Meyer of Westby was elected president of the Wisconsin Association of Future Farmers of America at the state convention in Green Lake. He has been active since 1955 in FFA, led the dairy cattle and dairy products teams, and now attends the University of Wisconsin majoring in agriculture education.
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Westby
Wis
Future Farmers of America
Wisconsin Association of Future Farmers of America
David Meyer
Selmer Meyer
Green Lake
Meyer
FFA
Westby High School
Vernon County
University of Wisconsin
American Institute On Cooperatives
University of Minnesota
Larry Strangstaken
American Farmer
Dale Nestingen
Howard Sherpe
Ralph Torgerson
Returned from Texas student heads to La Crosse College
DRESBACH Minn Lorrie Pierce returns from Dallas Texas where she studied music at Southern Methodist University and plans to attend La Crosse State College this summer for further study.
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Dresbach, Minn
Lorrie Pierce
Dallas
Tex
Southern Methodist University
la Crosse State College
Beef On Menu At City Point Church Dinner
BLACK RIVER FALLS Wis A hot beef and barbecue dinner will be served Thursday evening June 22 at City Point Congregational Church. The dinner is open to the public.
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Black River Falls
Wis
City Point Congregational Church
Interstate System to Expand Over 12 Years
The 41 000 mile Interstate System begun in 1956 is described as the largest construction project ever, likened to combining the Panama Canal Grand Coulee Dam and the St. Lawrence Seaway into one vast venture and then multiplying it 35 times as the road program extends for another 12 years.
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Panama Canal
Grand Coulee Dam
St. Lawrence Seaway
Testimony Begins In Wisconsin Auto Injury Case
In Sparta Wisconsin the plaintiff La Verne Fankhouser testifies in the case against Robert Habelman Jr and Habelman Brothers and insurers. He says a May 12 1960 truck collision near Cataract left him with a damaged right leg and ongoing pain requiring constant medication. Medical testimony cites ligament and nerve damage and a long indefInite period of restricted activity. Jury seated in Circuit Court with Judge Lincoln Neprud.
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Sparta
Wis
la Verne
Fankhouser
Deerfield
Robert Habelman Jr
Habelman
Robert Habelman
Henry Suckle
Madison
Paul Phillips
la Crosse
Suckle
New Pharmacist Joins Warvik Drug Store in Black River Falls
Arthur Clover, formerly of Milwaukee, is now a registered pharmacist at Warvik Drug Store in Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Arthur Clover
Milwaukee
Waarvik Drug Store
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