Two Seek GOP Vote for Jackson Sheriff
Black River Falls residents James Leffingwell and Cleo Thompson announce their candidacies for Jackson County sheriff on the Republican ticket. Leffingwell, a 37 year resident born September 27 1914, is a WWII Navy veteran and local businessman. Thompson, a long time Black River Falls police officer, has served as deputy sheriff and marshal and has FBI training and Red Cross involvement.
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Jackson County
Cleo Thompson
James Leffingwell
Black River Falls
Wis
Leffingwell
Minneapolis
Chicago
Navy
North Atlantic
Miles Hagen
American Legion Post
Ike Hollenbeck
Edward Rockney
Paul Cooper
FBI
Eau Claire
la Crosse
State
Thompson
Brockway
Red Cross
Zella Darwin
Dixie
Linda
Judy
Bruce
Gary
Gale Ettrick youths earn state degrees at convention
Gale Ettrick FFA members Wilbur Salzwedel Riley Emmons and John Corcoran were awarded state farmer degrees at Green Lake with advisor J O Beadle present. Delegates include Vernal Lebakken and Riley Emmons led DHIA and DHSA contests with Emmons placing fourth and Aleckson tying for first in cow classification among 250 contestants.
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Ettrick
Wis
Wilbur Salzwedel
Riley Emmons
Galesville
Gale-Ettrick Ffa
Green Lake
John Corcoran
Vernal Lebakken
Abrahams Cou
Dist. 3
John Beirne
Patrick Cantlon
Eau Claire
Kenneth Aleckson
Glasgow-Hardies Creek
Fasteteeh Denture Aid Sprinkles Comfort and Odor Control
Do false teeth slip when you eat laugh or talk Try FASTEETH a non acidic alkaline powder that secures dentures with less gum irritation It helps prevent slipping and odor while leaving a clean taste and no sour afterfeel Available at drug counters everywhere.
La Crescent Seeks Items for Apple Festival Booklet
The Apple Festival booklet committee in La Crescent Minnesota seeks stories and pictures for a centennial themed 1958 booklet. Materials on village growth and apple industry expansion are requested, contact Mildred Shanley or James Law for submissions.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Mildred Shanley
James Law
New Lisbon Dairy Day Friday at 8 p m
New Lisbon Wisconsin dairy celebration set for Friday June 27 at 8 p m between the Kimball IGA Store and the New Lisbon State Bank. Events include children ice cream eating milk drinking popcorn eating and a 10 contestant butter churning contest chaired by Mrs Ben Mason with prizes for top three. 4 H band from Blackhawk Club to perform with Ronald Ormson as master of ceremonies.
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New Lisbon
Wis
Kimball Iga
Ben Mason
Lester Hall
Jerry Leipert
Fred Fields
Blackhawk Club
Ronald Ormson
De Soto Lutheran Ladies Aid to Meet. Ice Cream Social Planned
De Soto Wisconsin special report notes the Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. with Bible study and cradle roll program. Hostesses listed. Hauge West Prairie Ladies Aid also to meet Thursday evening at Harold Mossholder home with rain plan. Luther League to host ice cream social Sunday at the church at 7 p.m.
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DE Soto, Wis
de Soto Lutheran Ladies Aid
Melvin E. Olson
Leland Nasseth
Harold Rumlin
Elmer McDowell
LaVern Smith
Austin Cole
William Thompson
Hauge West Prairie Ladies Aid
Harold Mossholder
Sandy's Hall
Luther League of de Soto Lutheran Church
Green Mound Cemetery Society Meeting Planned
The Green Mound Cemetery Society will meet Friday afternoon at the Oliver Graham home between Holmen and Midway on old Highway 53. Hostesses are Mrs. F. T. Betsinger and Mrs. Clifford Stuhr. Open invitation extended.
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Holmen
Wis
Green Mound
First Aid in Field at Camp McCoy Train Medics
Prairie-Mondovi medics of the 128th Infantry at Camp McCoy learn new battlefield casualty techniques in a two week encampment. Under Lt. Col. Herman Shapiro the unit trains in chemical, biological and radiological warfare with field exercises and first aid stations. About 30 local visitors toured the area as training continued through the week.
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Jerry Raven
Prairie du Chien
Robert White
Leonard Zabel
Kenneth Emoro
Mondovi
Lloyd Konischek
Richard Kozelka
John Muller
Oelwein
Iowa
Tribune
Camp Mccoy
Wis
128Th Infantry
Herman Shapiro
172Nd
Col. Shapiro
Roy L. George
Sparta Firms Modernize and Reassign Local Businesses
A SpartaWisconsin report details renovations and ownership changes across town. Improvements include Art's Florshop and Lou's Men Store painting facades, Robert L Johnson adding a stainless steel entrance, and W J Meacham adding parking lot canopies. Multiple management shifts occur at local sites including Cities Service Station, Eyler Grocery, Tastic Freez stand, Sinclair Station, Hansen's Lanes and VFW Club. The Classic Theater becomes a roller rink under Harry Martin, and Shapiro junk yard owner Forest Fessler plans expansion. The Dick Ross Appliance Store relocates to N Water Street.
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Art’s Florshop
Lou's Men
N. Water Street
Robert L. Johnson
Jefferson Avenue
Johnson
Otto Synner
Sparta
Johnson Sheet Metal
Reynolds
Grant’s Motors
O’hearn
W. J. Meacham
S. Water Street
P. G. Stathis
Harry Martin
West Salem
Forest Fessler
Shapiro Junk Yard
PSC Studies Proposed Sale Of Phone Firm
The Public Service Commission will investigate the Coon Valley Farmers Telephone Co. and the La Crosse Telephone Corp. to appraise property for a potential sale transfer. The Coon Valley company seeks authority to buy the former La Crosse Genoa toll line for $3 991, bok. The commission will study books and practices to determine property value and feasibility, with study costs charged to both companies.
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PSC
Coon Valley, Wis
Public Service Commission
Coon Valley
Coon Valley Company
The
Commission
la Crosse-Genoa
la Crosse Telephone Corp
Bok
la Crosse
EUB Catechism Class To Be Confirmed
The 1958 catechism class under Rev. James Le Count will be confirmed at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Norwalk Wisconsin. A potluck dinner will follow the service.
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Norwalk
Wis
James le Count
Evangelical United Brethren Church
The Facts About Menopause Digest Summary
Aunt Moly’s gossip has harmed women age forty to fifty. July Digest presents facts to dispel fear and superstition about the change of life and shows misapprehension as the real hazard.
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Molly
Teacher Returns From Iceland Base
Vernon Eid has returned from teaching at an Air Force base in Iceland and spends the summer at his father Albert Eid’s home in Pigeon Falls. He is studying Greek at Luther Seminary in St. Paul and working toward a master’s degree. Next year he will teach seventh and eighth grades in England, leaving Minneapolis August 19 for Maguire Air Force Base New Jersey and reporting August 20 at the Royal Air Force Station West Ruislip.
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Whitehall
Wis
Vernon Eid
Iceland
Albert Eid
Pigeon Falls
Luther Seminary
St. Paul
Eid
England
Minneapolis
Maguire Air Force Base
N.J
Royal Air Force
West Ruislip
West Middlesex
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Lewis Lebakken
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William Betz
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Herbert Aleckson
William Rutschow
Richard Petereson
Ronald Solberg
Gary Smikrud
Wayne Affeldt
Douglas Waller
Ettrick Area
Green Mound Society
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Lacrosse, Wis
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Thomas Kozelka
James White
Eastman
C. Allen Lehman
Edward Gilkes
Bagley
Henry Achenbach
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Forrest Walters
McGregor
Roger Saint Vincent
Frank Jones
Waukon
Larry Stickney
Pfe
Gordon Munson
Gays Mills
Norbert Wertzel
Robert Crumrine
Viroqua
Pany
Arden Adams
Edward Spencer
Dominic Fanello
Lawrence Hanson
Lloyd Knicheck
Robert Caalton
Bernal Deutscher
Harold Phillips
LaVern Picka
J.C. Clayton Halverson
Richard Obmascher
Linus Osterhaud
Robert Welsch
Jack Yeomans
Reuben Dyle
Andrew Nash
Theodore Penfield
Lowell Siegale
Leigh Heck
Charles Jeidy
Leo Martin
Lavere Wenger
Jimmy White
Dennis Abeidinger
Francis Becwar
James Bollinger
Robert Coska
John Feeney
Franklin Fischer
Richard Rischer
Lorenz Foss
Monroe Harris
Merle Holstein
Kenneth Kluesner
John Komro
Lawrence Kozelka
Allen Lehman
James Lewinski
John Landerville
LaVerne Meyers
Clayton Nelson
Richard Parise
Gerald Paulson
Walter Rockwell
Sherman Renner
Donald Rossback
LaVern Schrader
Earl Schwert
Raymond Siegle
Cyril Valley
William Wachter
Charles Welsch
Arnold White
Edward White
Kenneth Wilkins
John Zlabek
Robert Becwar
Harold
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Gerald Amundson
Lawrence Anibas
Merlin Bacon
Richard Dunk
Ronald Fishler
Lawrence Goodman
Ronald Hollenberger
David Johnson
Jerome Kaven
Dennis Kramer
Donald Martin
Harry McKinley Jr
Harris Murley
Lyle Posten
Dennis Regel
James Smreina
Harold Sculli
Timothy Stankus
Verdean Thompson
Wilbur Wagner
Dennis Zlabek
Allen Arneson
Richard Brunner
Kenneth Bruns
Jack Cook
Eli Crogan
Gareth Delury
Louis Eisert
Emmett Gaunitz Jr
Jarold Komro
Kenneth Komro
Raymond Moe
Roger Parkhurst
Larry Stickley
Norbert Wurtzel
Arneson
Bruns
Crogan
Moe
Sparta, Wis
Hanson
Sinclair
Dick Matzinger
LaMont Hansen
Hansen’s Lanes
Lewis Showen
Lem Worley
VFW
Robert Libke
Fred Steel
Nicolet Hotel
Steel
Dick Ross
Marquardt
Jerry Foss
Cdusines
State Street
Theatres
Merchandise Mart
LaSalle Street Financial
Maignv Ign Visir
College Inn Porterhouse
Welle
Sherman Randolph, Clark & Tosalle
Ladies’ Plisse
Main Street
S. S. Kresge Company
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