Sparta High Alumni Honor 3rd Banquet Guests
Sparta Wisconsin hosts 275 at the third annual Sparta High School alumni banquet honoring classes 1904 1906 and anniversary members. Mrs. Robert McCoy presided. Marie Rienks paid tribute. new organ dedicated by the alumni. Officers elected include Robert Dengel president and Leslie Riley treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Sparta High School
Robert McCoy
Marie Rienks
A. L. Nicol
Wisconsin Assembly
Harold McCoy
Arlington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D.C
Lillian Parmenter
Sparta Public Library
Frances Kline
Fordham University
New York City
Robert Frederick
Erama Mobile Homes
Robert Dengel
Raymond Easley
Leslie Riley
Donald Clay
Area Graduate Directs Luther College Union
Rev. Paul Hjelle a 1958 Luther College graduate has become director of Centennial Union on the Luther College campus. A Fargo North Dakota native he graduated from Spring Grove Minnesota high school and from Luther Theological Seminary and studied at the University of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa
Paul Hjelle
Luther College
Centennial Union
Fargo
N.D
Hjelle
Spring Grove
Minn
Luther Theological Seminary
University of Minnesota
New Boy Scout Executive Named for Kickapoo Blackhawk District
Richard Whitlock 23 of Viroqua Wis has been named executive of the Kickapoo and Blackhawk Boy Scout District serving Vernon and Crawford Counties He succeeds Ben Smallman who moves to La Crosse Whitlock born in St Louis educated in Downers Grove Ill he taught business administration in Adrian Minn last year He spent eight years on the West Suburban Council camp staff and is a Gustavus Adolphus College graduate 1965 Whitlock and his wife reside at Route 2 Viroqua and he will run his office from home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Richard Whitlock
Kickapoo and Blackhawk
Veronon
Crawford
Ben Smallman
la Crosse
Whitlock
R. 2
St. Louis
Downers Grove
West Suburban Council of
Boy Scouts
Gustavus Adolphus College
Adrian
Minn
576 Enroll In Summer School In Caledonia
Caledonia public schools report 576 students in grades 1 through 12 in the summer session. About 75 percent take two classes while the rest, mainly town residents, take one of 142 hours. Classes run 8 45 a m to noon daily with bus routes aiding rural, Eitzen, and Brownsville students. Rural students comprise about 55 percent. The faculty includes Mrs For syth, Arnold Rensle, Mrs Burmeister, Kathy Torvick, and many others. End-of-session program and open house planned. session ends Friday July 22 with no class July 4.
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Caledonia
Minn
Caledonia Public Schools
Eitzen
Brownsville
Dennis Forsyth
Arnold Rensle
Merrill Burmeister
Kathy Torvick
Leonard Wohlers
Cheryl Fadum
LeAnn Berg
John Pongratz
Alice van Wychen
Ella Matheson
Lawrence Janikowski
Terry Mullins
Lloyd Smrkowski
Mike Wagner
Francis Simons
Robert Erickson
Mary Weichert
Rosalie Bunge
Susan Rippe
Ruby Wiemerslage
Felix Percucco
Ed Ferkingstad
Brookwood Band reps attend Madison music clinic
Nancy Woods and Delores Schmitz of Brookwood High School participate in a Madison music clinic as delegates for the Brookwood band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Wis
Nancy Woods
Delores Schmitz
Madison
Brookwood High School
Bids Sought for Legion Club Rooms in West Salem Wisconsin
The American Legion Post No. 51 invites bids for its South Leonard Street club rooms West Salem. Bids due by 6 P M July 11 1966 include 10 percent of total bid. Inspect 8 A M to 12 P M at Martys Bar. Submit to Charles Teringer Rt No 1 West Salem. The post may reject any or all bids and will return deposits.
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American Legion Club
South Leonard Street
West Salem
Wis
Marty’s Bar
American Legion Post
Charles Teringer
Rt. No
Fence Contract Set For Job Corps Center Fence
SPARTA Wis Struck and Irwin Inc Madison has a 28875 contract to fence Camp McCoy Job Corps Center. The job covers 17000 feet of chain link fencing with gates and hardware, starting June 30 and due in 12 weeks to enclose 165 buildings for Job Corps use.
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Sparta
Wis
Struck and Irwin, Inc
Madison
Job Corps Center
Camp McCoy
Kempton B. Browning
Browning
Melrose Mindoro School Board Seats To Be Filled
Melrose Mindoro School District will elect two members to the school board at the annual meeting set for Monday July 25. Area 5 incumbent Lorraine Hanson seeks re election from rural Mindoro and Area 2 challenger Norman Blaken of rural Melrose seeks re election. Hanson is a Mindoro mother of four and Blaken is a farmer with seven children.
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Melrose
Wis
Melrose-Mindoro
Lorraine Hanson
Mindoro
Area 5
la Crosse County
Hanson
Norman Blaken
Jackson County
Monroe County
Melrose Area School Board Member Recalled After Seven Years
Former Melrose Area School Board member, serving about seven years, is noted in La Crosse Cribune’s June 27 1966 item. Delivered June 28, RFC.
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RFC
Melrose Area School Board
Knights of Columbus elect new Caledonia officers
In Caledonia Minnesota the Knights of Columbus elected new officers led by Julius Ernster as grand knight and George Lampert as deputy grand knight Others include Wilfred Schmitz chancellor Wilfred T Schiltz recording secretary B A Qualy treasurer Alan Huesmann advocate John Kennedy warden Edmund Lee inside guard and Milton Graf outside guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Knights of Columbus
Julius Ernster
George Lampert
Wilfred Schmitz
Wilfred T. Schiltz
B. A. Qualy
Alan Huesmann
John Kennedy
Edmund Lee
Milton Graf
Waukon Residents Plan Europe Vacation Trip
WAUKON Iowa Mrs Vern Letchford and daughter Virginia of Waukon will leave Aug 11 from New York for a five week vacation in Europe. They will travel by ship and land at their European destination to begin a sight seeing tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Vern Letchford
Virginia
New York
Europe
International tour plans and local studio owner noted
The text lists a European itinerary visiting Southampton Denmark Holland Paris and Italy with return by plane from Rome on September 15. Virginia Letchford is identified as owner and operator of Letchford Studios in Waukon.
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Southampton
England
Denmark
Holland
Paris
Italy
Rome
Virginia Letchford
Letchford
Waukon
Edinburg woman watches Sound of Music repeatedly
Miss Louise McVicar of Edinburgh says she has seen The Sound of Music 100 times. She has paid 27 pounds 10 shillings for tickets and 10 pounds for travel, and she believes the effort was worth it to be close to Julie Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Scotland
Louise McVicar
Julie Andrews
Miss McVicar
Julie
West Salem Honor Roll Announced
West Salem High School declares its second semester 1965 66 honor roll. The junior class leads with 10 honorees. seniors, sophomores, and freshmen each have five. Names span Sarah Ekeren Janet Hanson Linda Jenkins James Pischke Linda Trocinski and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Salem
Wis
West Salem High School
Sarah Ekeren
Janina Hanson
Linda Jenkins
James Pischke
Linda Trocinski
Lillian Achterkirch
Cheryl Anderson
Jane Bjerke
Elizabeth Drecktrah
Janice Fish
Sue Jacobs
Life in a Cambodian Village Amid Ceremonies and Rites
A Cambodian village centers its life on continuous rites from puberty ceremonies to solemn weddings and funerals reflecting deep cultural traditions and social bonds.
Brachiosaurus Thigh Bones Measure Seven Feet
The thigh bones of Brachiosaurus measured seven feet, indicating the creature’s enormous leg span and size.
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Sparta High
Ethel Slayton
Edna (Dyke) Emerson
Miami, Fla
Helen Leete
Vena (Hemstock) Rice
Dora (Burrows) Robertson
Angelo
James Johnson
Minneapolis, Minn
Kcine
Coulee
Ettrick
Tribune
Union
Library
Blair
First National Bank
Argentina
Music Clinic
Office of Economic Opportunity
Area Gas Pipeline Route
Houston
Coon Valley
Westby
Sinola
Northern Natural Gas Company
Canton
Harmony
Mabel
Minnesota
Cashton
la Farge
Viola
Vernon County
Caledonia Knights
Central Air
N.S.P
Wettstein’s
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