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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1964
Page
7
The new St Ansgar Catholic Church in Blair Wisconsin will be dedicated at 4 30 p m Sunday June 28 with a Mass. Bishop John P Treacy and Rev James Ennis will preside. The church cost 4490544 and serves as a mission of St Bridget in Ettrick led by Rev James Ennis.
Madison Wisconsin Fifteen more counties have been declared certified brucellosis free by the USDA bringing the total to 56 in the state. The latest counties are Barron Brown Chippewa Clark Dodge Dunn Manitowoc Oconto Polk Rock Rusk Taylor Washington Waupaca and Winnebago. Certification requires three consecutive milk ring tests or a blood test within 18 months and infection rates at or below one percent for herd infection and two percent for cattle infection. Infected herds must be retested and released from quarantine and all suspects retested until titer stabilizes or becomes negative.
The Monroe County Chapter of the National Farmers Organization will hold a calf sale at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Randall Sales Barn, Tomah. About 30 calves donated by members will be sold, with other donated items such as hay oats corn and even puppies offered to raise funds for NFO television programs.
REA Administrator Norman Clapp told a Milwaukee conference the rural electrification program will meet its goal when rural service matches urban quality and rates. He noted 77 REA financed systems cutting rates in the first 10 months of 1964 and highlighted Dairyland Power Co op of La Crosse as the nation’s largest REA financed generator lowering wholesale rates to 27 member cooperatives.
Mrs Burt Larson was elected president of the Cashton American Legion Auxiliary. Other officers include Mrs Ellsworth Rose and Mrs Victor Amundson as vice presidents, Mrs Owen Bronson secretary treasurer, Mrs H E Strand historian, Mrs Herbert Thompson sergeant at arms, and Mrs Harry Siverhus chaplain.
A zoology note states large male lions can weigh as much as 500 pounds. The observation highlights the species' extreme size among big cats and suggests factors like habitat and prey influence weight.
The VFW Auxiliary and the city recreation department resume teen-age record hops this summer. The kickoff is Friday June 26 from 8:30 to 11 p.m. at City Hall with Lindy Shannon of La Crosse spinning records. Hops are chaperoned and teen code enforced restricting attire and entry after 9 p.m.
Wisconsin cranberry growers vote this week on a proposed marketing order and a two cent per barrel assessment to fund research and a weather warning service. Ballots also select an advisory board. five representatives will be chosen from thirteen. Voting ends July 6.
Ettrick Wisconsin Thomas Stellflue driver for Heileman Brewing Co of La Crosse was seriously cut on his foot after stepping on a broken bottle. He required several stitches and attended his wedding at St. Bridget's Catholic Church to Nancy Bleken while using crutches.
Roger Berirud and Paul Knutson of Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church will be ordained Sunday June 28 at 3 p.m. Both are Luther Theological Seminary graduates class of 1964. Knutson to serve St John Mosinee and Benrud to Ridgeland and Hay River churches. ceremonies at Westby Coon Prairie and Wang churches with church women hosting reception.
The State Board of Vocational and Adult Education approved a rural homemaking program at Sparta High School in Madison. The course, reinstated after being dropped last year due to lack of a teacher, will receive state and federal aid.
The Catholic Church at Pray Wisconsin will hold its annual picnic five miles west of City Point on old Highway 54 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Chicken dinners will be served.
Lt. Gen. Edwin J. Messinger, commanding general of the U S Continental Army Command, backs Wisconsin 32nd National Guard as ready to move from reinforcing to ready status. He notes excellent training and observes rocket launcher and artillery drills at Camp McCoy.
Volunteers from Sparta and Tomah Red Cross chapters hosted a Badger Regional Blood Unit visit at Camp McCoy in Sparta Wisconsin. Over two days 76 pints were collected with 25 pints on the first day and 51 pints on the second day.
Two Dresbach youths William Grodevant Jr and Thomas Shawley found an unusual Indian weapon on a bluff west of Dresbach Minnesota Bruce Remlinger bought the relic and the trio later visited the site discovering a fluted three inch shell filled with petrified soil The larger relic weighs three pounds and is regarded as a perfect toma hawk by George Zenke Dakota Valley.
The U S Chamber of Commerce urges the Senate to cut at least 390 million from the 3 5 billion foreign aid authorization. Spokesman John O Teeter endorses the program but seeks to trim President Johnsons request to not exceed 3 billion.
Four Viroqua youths received $25 fines and costs for contributing to the delinquency of a minor who was drinking beer in a Sparta beer bar. Judge James W. Rice sentenced Stephen K. Elliot 18 Kenneth C. Ostrem 18 Gordon Call 24 and Arvin Orethun 20 all of Viroqua.
Black River Falls golfers Nick Homstad and Milan Faldet qualified at Skyline Golf Course to represent the area in the Channel 7 Invitational at Antigo Bass Lake Club. More than 170 players from central and northern Wisconsin are expected.
About twenty percent of the globe's registered private float planes are based in Anchorage Alaska, highlighting the city's prominence in seaborne aviation and remote-area transport.
ETTRICK Wis A colorful flag ceremony opened a Girl Scout day camp near Ettrick before rain moved the girls indoors The camp runs through Friday at Sunnyside School between Ettrick and Blair serving Girl Scouts and Brownies from the two villages and Whitehall Anne Marie Gjorslie of Norway an International Farm Youth Exchange student hoisted the Norwegian flag under the US flag and above the Girl Scout flag She assists with the camp and a Norwegian theme is used Mrs Ben Erickson is camp director and other staff include Mrs Everett Hanson Blair business manager and Sonya Erickson first aid instructor Divided into two age units 41 girls enrolled Unit 1 directors Dea Fraust and Kristy Peterson Ettrick Unit 2 directors James Davis Blair and Melvin Hanson Whitehall Friday mothers day will feature Norwegian pastries
GALESVILLE Wis. Of the 36 members of the class of 1959 Gale-Ettrick High School who attended the fifth anniversary reunion 18 are still unmarried. One graduate Mrs Fred Sandra Larson Hill of Denver Colo had been married only one week. Coming the farthest for the reunion was Kenneth Kopp from Germany.
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