Tomah to Host 4th of July Family Fest in 1961
Tomah Wisconsin will host a four day 4th of July celebration designed for families at the fairground park. Activities include the Shorter Shows with 15 rides and 25 concessions, Maggie and Scotty Show with guests, a kiddie parade, fast drawing contest, reduced fare rides, motorcycle races, and a big fireworks finale. Organizers include Lou Gawron general chair and Leon Lenz new American Legion commander with the Wilton Post operating a chicken barbecue.
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Colonel Larson
la Verle
Whitehall
Larson
Lyceum
Tomah
Legionnaires
American Motorcycle Association
Wilton American Legion Post
Lou Gawron
Howard Gerke
Florence Garvey
Legion Auxiliary
Leon Lenz
American Legion
Westby Kiwanis Honors Outstanding Young Farmer
Westby Wisconsin Kiwanis selects ten farmers ages 21 to 35 for outstanding farming certificates and names Harlan Mathison as Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year. Other certificate recipients include Sherman Erlandson Richard Ekern Norman Sidie Gerald Schultz Clarence Urbanek James Sabkowisk and Jerold Nestingen. Mathison farms 110 acres with 38 Guernsey cows, practicing crop rotation strip cropping and pasture renovation. A banquet guest speaker is Neil First from UW College of Agriculture on artificial insemination in swine.
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Westby
Wis
Westby Kiwanis Club
Harlan Mathison
Sherman Erlandson
Richard Ekern
Norman Sidie
Jerold Nestingen
Harold Johnson
Kenneth Berg
Coon Valley
Gerald Schultz
Clarence Urbanek
James Sabkowisk
Oeve Ov
Westby High School
Dale Nestingen
Mathison
Guernsey
Keke
Farmers Union
Cashton Cooperative Creamery
Tri-State Breeders
The
Soil Conservation Service
Neil First
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
James Sobkowiak
Jerald Nestingen
Must Have License To Run Scooter
The death of a 14 year old Minnesota boy on a motor scooter prompts Garnet E Hall to warn parents against allowing youths to operate motor vehicles on public streets. Under Minnesota law no one under 15 may drive a motor vehicle. Vehicles designed to carry passengers require a license plate.
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Minnesota
Garnet E. Hall
Hall
Highway Department
Assessment Meet Slated At Blair Wisconsin Hearing Set
John H. Anderson, clerk of the Town of Preston, says the Wisconsin Department of Taxation will hold a public hearing at Preston Town Hall at 9 am on Thursday June 29. The hearing will consider a petition by landowners for assessment adjustments.
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Blair
Wis
John H. Anderson
Preston
Wisconsin Department of Taxation
Preston Town Hall
Former Waukon Man Promoted to Brigadier General
Gordon O'Brien, former Waukon resident and son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John O'Brien, has been promoted to brigadier general at Beidelberg Germany where he is stationed. Since 1930 he has been with the fudge advocate school in Washington D C and has served in India and Hawaii. Mrs. O'Brien accompanies him in Germany.
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Waukon
Iowa
Gordon O'Brien
John O’brien
Beidelberg
Germany
Fudge Advocate School
Washington, D.C
India
Hawaii
O'Brien
Janice Halama Selected To Attend State Fair
Trempealeau County 4 H demonstrators are named after a Whitehall contest. Janice Halama won blue in senior home economics for custard making and is recommended for the State Fair. Renee Waller named alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Halama
Whitehall
Wis
Nyla Musser
Black River Falls
Jackson County
Nancy Berge
Grant County
Trempealeau County
Renee Waller
Bringe Speaks at Holstein Gathering in Wisconsin
Allen Bringe of the University of Wisconsin Dairy Husbandry spoke at the Twi-Light meeting of the Trempealeau County Guernsey Breeders Association at Miles McKeeth farm near Galesville. Cattle judging winners included 14-21 youth winner John Berg and multiple county residents across divisions.
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Maurice Wangen
Blair
William Thomas
Ettrick
Goodwin Christianson
Spencer Thomas
Galesville
Frank Coburn
Whitehall
Joe Lakey
Trempealeau
Merlin Wilbur
John Berg
Hale
Hardy
Arden Hardie
Carpenter
Jon Young
Lakes Coulee
Eugene Guse
Pike
Leslie Lakey
Caledonia
Gary Armitage
Marvin Lunde
King’s Valley
Lacia Betz
Decorah Prairie
Garth Shanklin
Whitehall Willing Workers
Margaret Hanson
Hale and Hardy
James Thompson
David Girtman
Chimney Rock Northern Lights
Whitehall Woman Heads Letter Carrier Auxiliary
Mrs Willie A Johnson of Whitehall was elected president of the auxiliary to the Wisconsin Rural Letter Carriers Association at a Milwaukee convention. She was re elected to the Let ter Carriers Association board and as a state officer, both Johnsons are delegates to the national convention in Atlanta August 14 18. Linda Johnson of the 1961 Whitehall High School class won the $100 Eunice Harris Memorial Scholarship for nurses sponsored by Trempealeau County Letter Carriers Association.
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Whitehall
Wis
Willie A. Johnson
Wisconsin Rural Letter Carriers Association
Milwaukee
Willie Johnson
Letter Carriers Association
Johnson
Atlanta
Linda Johnson
Whitehall High School
Eunice Harris
Linda
Trempealeau County Letter Carriers Association
Plans for Elroy Clinic Under Way
Elroy Wisconsin plans for a clinic building by Dr Roy Balder of Hillsboro. The 32 by 80 foot structure will hold offices for a physician dentist optometrist and veterinarian. Site at Academy and Erickson streets offers parking. construction starts in late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elroy
Wis
Roy Balder
Hillsboro
Academy
Erickson Streets
Happy Herb Leads Double Life At Camp McCoy
Indiana broadcaster Herb Isaacs known as Happy Herb from the Popeye Show serves two weeks of Army Reserve duty at Camp McCoy. He conducts taped interviews with reservists for radio broadcast and will return to his Indianapolis waterfront host role after training.
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Indiana
McCoy
Camp Mccoy
Wis
Happy Herb
Indianapolis
WTTV
Popeye
Herb Isaacs
Herb
Indianapolis Indians
American Association
Indiana University
U.S
U.S. Army Corps of
Trout Run Watershed Plan OK'd in Wisconsin
Tentative approval given by State Conservation Office members Edward Hill and Edward Landwehr for the Trout Run Watershed flood control plan. Four grade stabilization structures estimated at 65 000 dollars with overall costs around 84 000 dollars. Irving Town and Jackson County to jointly build a bridge connecting one structure. Final appraisal pending with state committee and the U S Soil Conservation Service.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Trout Run
State Conservation Office
Edward Hill
Edward Landwehr
Watershed Committee
Jackson County Conservation District
Irving
Jackson County
Robert E. Lee
la Crosse
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Blair Woman 87 Birthday Observed in Blair Wisconsin
Mrs. Edward Elland marked her 87th birthday on June 22 in Blair Wis. She is the sole survivor of ten siblings and was born in La Crosse County near West Salem. A niece from Bothell Wash. joined her in 1957. Elland keeps busy with family chores including outdoor laundry year round. Her first husband Charles Jordson died five years after their marriage and her second husband Edward Elland, who ran a Blair meat market for 21 years, has since died.
Lamps From Worn Phones Sparkling In Bronze Finish
Larry Lufkin of Manston repurposes discarded telephones into decorative lamps. He collects old receivers, mouthpieces, and stems, fashions black enamel and vacuum bronze bases, and adds yellow cord details. Lamps are made in his apartment and sold through novelty shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Lufkin
Manston
County 4 H and FFA win at State Junior Dairymen contest
County 4 H and FFA members excel at Marshfield for the State Junior Dairymen’s Association event. Gary Hesselberg of Bangor FFA captured first in five-breed dairy classification among 280 contestants. Gary Jones of Bangor took third in cow exhibition with a third-place trophy. Ronald Hoyer won a first on points while his cow finished ninth. David Garbers also earned a first-place trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Dairymen’s Association
Marshfield
Gary Hesselberg
Bangor Ffa
Gary Jones
Bangor
Ronald Hoyer
David Garbers
Extemporaneous speaking contest notes two FFA members
Jones from Bangor FFA competes alongside Hoyer and Garbers from West Salem FFA in the extemporaneous speaking contest.
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Jones
Bangor Ffa
Hoyer and Garbers
West Salem
FFA
Gays Mills Phone Meeting Slated
Gays Mills and Soldiers Grove telephone subscribers are invited to a community meeting at the Gays Mills building midweek. Lorraine Orrick and Tell Hooverson Jr. organized the session with regional telephone co op leaders including R W Little and Fay Grim invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gays Mills
Wis
Soldiers Grove
Lorraine Orrick
Utica Mutual Telephone
Fay Grim
Richland- Grant Telephone Co-Op
Blue River
BRF Auxiliary Receives Merit Certificate for Volunteer Service
Dorothy Rutherford accepted a certificate of merit for the Thompson Red Cloud VFW Auxiliary of Black River Falls for volunteering at Tomah Veterans Hospital. Arthur Tell of Milwaukee presented the award. State auxiliaries exceed 500 units with nearly 21,000 hours and $25,000 in distributed treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Dorothy Rutherford
Thompson-Red Cloud
VFW
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Arthur Tell
Milwaukee
Veterans’ Hospitals
GAR
King
NSP Appeal Seeks New Interconnection in Merrillan Area
Northern States Power Co applies for authority to add an inter-connection with Dairyland Power Cooperative in Merrillan to minimize duplication of 69 000 volt transmission lines. PSC will investigate the application without a hearing.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Northern States Power Co. J
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Merrillan
Public Service Commission
Floodarama Parade Draws Wide Local Entries
The July 4 Floodarama celebration in the city will start at 11:30 a.m. with a parade from the schoolhouse in the 1st Ward past the Catholic Church to the Hotel Freemen and the Grove.entries include marching units from Manston La Crosse Commanders drum corps National Guard Camp McCoy La Crosse 40 et 8 state agencies and many local groups. A large missile from Minneapolis will be displayed for three days and a Camp Douglas jet will fly over at the parade start.
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Black River Falls
Wis
1St Ward
Legion
Air Force
Alma Center
Strawberry Queen
Miss
Minneapolis
Legion Auxiliary at Holmen installs new officers
Mrs. Wesley Chalsma, past president, presided at the Holmen American Legion Auxiliary installation. New officers include Mrs. Gary Tolvstad president, Mrs. Roy Rogstad and Mrs. Harry Sween vice presidents, Mrs. Olson secretary, Mrs. E. W. Craig treasurer, Mrs. Knutson historian, Mrs. Ray Martin chaplain, and Mrs. Roger Stone sergeant at arms. The group voted to aid the Legion chicken fry on July 2 and to hold a July picnic supper meeting for members families. Miss Nora Tolvstad received a past president pin and gifts were given to the other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmen
Wis
Wesley Chalsma
Holmen American Legion Auxiliary
Gary Tolvstad
Roy Rogstad
Harry Sween
Robert Olson
E. W. Craig
Donald Knutson
Ray Martin
Roger Stone
Legion Post
Nora Tolvstad
Blair High School Teacher Directs Summer Recreation
Blair Wis Philip Dimmer a Blair High School teacher supervises a city sponsored summer recreation program. Activities include croquet badminton team events handicrafts and a softball program with girls included. Swimming supervision runs 1 to 4 p m daily when possible and other free time activities feature volleyball beanbag pitching and clock golf.
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Blair
Wis
Philip Dimmer
Blair High
Dimmer
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