Trempealeau Bridge Closure Recalled McGilvray Ferry
Whitehall report recalls the McGilvray ferry and its role before the Trempealeau bridge closure. Historians note the ferry carried freight wagons and soldiers during the Civil War era and helped shape Trempealeau county's development, with several boats used from 1854 to 1890.
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Trempealeau
McGilvray
Whitehall
Wis
State Highway Commission
Rempealeau
Caledonia
la Crosse
House of Memories
Eben D. Pierce
H. A. Anderson
Trempealeau County
Decorah Prairie
Gordon's Ferry
Hunter's Bridge
Black River
McGilvray's Ferry
Bull Run
Rankin
Alexander McGilvray
Lytles
Gilvray
County seeks integrated districts amid school board events
Monroe county villages push for reorganization toward integrated districts. Lions club dinners host school boards including the Monroe county school committee with plans to join Cashton area meetings. Petitions seek attachment of Ridgeville and Norwalk Wilton areas to Tomah district, while Graft and Rock Edge petition Tomah high. Sparta area studies integration with no steps yet.
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Monroe County
Lions Club of
Kendall
Cashton
Lions Club
Theodore Sorenson
State Department of Public Instruction
Wilton
Leslie Wallerman
Ridgeville
Tomah
Norwalk
Wilton Union
Rock Edge
Sparta
Mobile X Ray Unit Arrives in Elroy for Free Checkup
A mobile X ray unit will be in Elroy on Wednesday 2 to 5 p m for adults and Thursday 9 to 12 noon for students. The unit at the school gymnasium offers free screening and invites all area residents to participate.
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Elroy
Wis
Viola Band Parents Hold State Rummage and Food Sale
Viola Wisconsin special report says parents of Viola grade and high school musicians will stage a combined rummage and food sale in the community hall all day Friday and Saturday March 10 and 11. Lunch will be served both days.
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Viola, Wis
Viola
Coon Valley Ladies Aid Meets Wednesday
Coon Valley Wisconsin reports the Middle Coon Valley Ladies Aid will gather Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Joseph Linrud with hostesses Mrs. Art Hosley and Palmer Role assisting.
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Coon Valley Ladies Aid
Coon Valley
Wis
Scial
Coon Va
Ladies Aid
Joseph Linrud
Mmes
Art Hosley
Palmer
Stoddard Ladies Aid to Meet Thursday
The St Matthew's Lutheran Ladies Aid in Stoddard Wisconsin will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon March 9 Hostesses are Mrs W H Proksch Mrs Melvin Proksch and Mrs Albert Schnick
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Stoddard Ladies
Galesville DAR Chapter Aids Indians in Wisconsin
Galesville Wisconsin D A R chapter members plan to send clothing and household articles to Native Americans in need. Edith Bartlett discussed Indian problems and a scrapbook highlighted current hardships. Two donation boxes were prepared, with current events shared by Mrs. R E Mossberg, and next meeting set for April 5.
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Galesville
Wis
Wisconsin
Fort Perrot
Daughters of the American Revolution
Edith Bartlett
R. E. Mossberg
C. W. Homer
Farm Couple Travels With Duke and Duchess in Mexico Trip
Mr and Mrs John O'Brien of near Waukon report riding the same train as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on a three week trip into Mexico. Crowds gathered at stations along the route and the Windsors greeted them from the rear observation platform.
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Waukon
Specila
John O'Brien
Mexico
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Windsors
Wide-Awake club entertains members at Solberg home
Wide-Awake club members were hosted at the home of Mrs. Henry Solberg with Mrs. Lloyd Anderson of Trempealeau as a guest at the gathering in Ettrick Wisconsin.
Huffman and Kolsrud Seek Re election in Waukon
William Huffman incumbent Allamakee sheriff and Lloyd Kolsrud incumbent clerk of court filed nomination papers for another term. Both appear on the Republican ticket.
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Waukon
William Huffman
Allamakee
Lloyd Kolsrud
Bus Sideswipes Car Youths Hospitalized in Wisconsin Crash
Harold Giers of Neillsville and Carol Miller of Merrillan were hospitalized at Black River Falls following a Sunday night crash on highway 12 three miles south of Merrillan. A Greyhound bus sideswiped their car, with slick road conditions cited as the cause. Miss Miller is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Miller and a Lincoln high school junior.
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Mary Dwyer
Lincoln High School
DAR
Merrillan
Wis
Harold Giers
Neillsville
Carol Miller
Black River Falls
Greyhound
Highway 12
Miss Miller
Fred Miller
Lansing Roll Of Honor Honors Fourth Six Weeks
The Lansing school honors list for the fourth six week period shows A B honor students in various grades led by Mary Ascham Marie Glynn Shirley Gramlich and others. Perfect attendance is noted for multiple students across grades with names including Bonita Clancy Marie Glynn Shirley Gramlich and more.
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Lansing
Mary Ascham
Marie Glynn
Shirley Gramlich
Bonita Clancy
Mary Ellen Ellefson
Dorothy Heuer
Joan
Patsy Benett
Kenneth Leppert
Ronald Ribbeck
Billy Landry
Jackie Strong
Betty Fink
Esther Fritz
Helen Knutson
Lorna Irons
John Engiehorn
Jerry Fink
Jerry Middendorf
Emmett Gaunitz
Kenneth Wood
Phyllis Steiber
Ruth Heideman
Marjorie Moline
Elena Collard
Beverly Irons
Pauline Olloff
Jean Paulson
Ruth Steiber
Barbara Clancy
Marjorie Irons
Donald Bartheld
Curtis Gramlich
Robert Leppert
Robert van Brocklin
Ruth Ascham
Donna Bailey
Jean Ann Cooper
Meta Frerichs
Ruth Fritz
Virginia Kaufman
Jean Ann Middendorf
George Feuerhelm
Jean Cooper
Jean Middendorf
Lois Protsman
James Gruber
Howard Ingles
Harry Walters
Billy Wendel
Displaced Families from Elroy Move to New Homes
Two families in the Elroy area relocate. The Ivan Varcholas from the Dwyer farm move to New York. their child Marie is three. The Beelik family, Hungarians, stay with Edwin Halvorson, with a friend in Hungary offering work in California. Their son Viktor, an Elroy High student, plans to join the air corps.
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Elroy
Wis
Ivan Varcholas
Dwyer
New York
Varcholas
Ukraina
Marie
Victor Beelik
Edwin Halvorson
Hungary
Calfornia
Viktor
Elroy High
Air Corps
Dakota-Dresbach Auxiliary Elects Officers Meeting at Dresbach
The Dakota-Dresbach auxiliary will hold its March meeting and annual election of officers at the Leach Baker home in Dresbach on Thursday March 9. A noon luncheon will be served by committee members Mrs Al Hussa Mrs Lorne Ernest Mrs Charlotte Uehaf Mrs Lucy Neuman Mrs Margaret Leach Mrs Alice Baker and Mrs Ray Iverson.
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Dakota, Minn
Dakota-Dresbach
Leach-Baker
Dresbach
al Hussa
Lorne Ernest
Charlotte Uehaf
Lucy Neuman
Argaret Leach
Alice Baker
Ray Iverson
Stoddard Legion Plans Card Party Sunday Afternoon
Stoddard Wisconsin Special The Stoddard American Legion post 315 will host a euchre and 500 card party in the Legion hall Sunday March 12 at 2 p m Refreshments will be served.
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Stoddard
Wis
American Legion
Legion Hall
WSCS Of Stoddard To Meet Wednesday
Mrs. Viola Groeschel president of the WSCS at Stoddard announces a general meeting at the Methodist church on Wednesday March 8.
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Wscs of
Stoddard
Wis
Viola Groeschel
WSCS
Methodist
Visits Relatives Near Elkhorn Wisconsin
Mrs Anton Story spent several days visiting relatives near Elkhorn Wisconsin.
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DE Soto
Wis
Anton Story
Elkhorn
Tomah Receives Share of Monroe County Property Taxes
State property taxes in Monroe county totaled 19956.49 with Tomah city receiving 6393.21 of the levy. Tomah’s share included 5925.38 state property tax and 467.83 income tax for 1948. Distribution shows 65 percent to the city, 20 percent to the county, 15 percent retained. Other towns and villages listed with varied allocations.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
E. A. Soderstrom
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
City of
Angelo Township
Byron
Clifton
Glendale
Grant
Greenfield
Village of Kendall
la Grange Township
Lincgin
Oakdale
Idgeville
Sheldon
Wellington
Wells
Wilton
Village of
Child to appear in La Crosse style revue
Carol Off Ogee, four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ogee of La Crescent, will appear in a La Crosse style revue sponsored by a La Crosse shop.
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LA Crescent, Minn
Carol Off Ogee
Kenneth Ogee
la Crescent
la Crosse
Decorah Chamber Plans Day Celebration for Day Family Arrival
Decorah Iowa plans a Decorah day event on June 10 honoring the Day family arrival in 1849. The tentative program includes local entertainment rides for children street dancing and a rededication of the Day spring by the Decorah Chamber of Commerce.
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Decorah
Erickson brothers purchase Aberdeen Angus bull
ETTRICK Wis special report the Erickson brothers have purchased a purebred Aberdeen Angus bull from Archie Nuttleman of West Salem.
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Ettrick, Wis
Erickson Brothers
Archie Nuttleman
West Salem
Kendall High Presents Play Here Comes Charlie
Kendall Wisconsin junior class staged two performances of its play Here Comes Charlie on March 3 and 4. Cast included Joan Sheridan Gerald Schoppe Pat Sutcliffe Gerald O’Rourke Pat O Beirne Peter Dwyer Audrey Popp Bonnie Norton. Directed by Mrs Beulah O’Beirne.
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Kendall, Wis
Kendall High School
Here
Charlie
Joan Sheridan
Gerald Schoppe
Pat Sutcliffe
Gerald O'Rourke
Pat O' Beirne
Peter Dwyer
Audrey Popp
Bonnie Norton
Beulah O’beirne
District rural art show opens in Sparta with 236 entries
The Sparta city hall hosts a district rural art show featuring 236 entries across crayon, oils, tempera and pastels along with carvings and clay modeling. Notable exhibitors include Lloyd Thrune from Coon Valley with a Will Rogers plaque and Lincoln bust, Grover Stettler of Juneau County, and Hillsboro artist E. Hagenak. Five paintings will advance to the state exhibit after school sessions by James Schwabach and Santos Zingele.
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Sparta
Wis
Lloyd Thrune
Coon Valley
Will Rogers
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Stettler
Juneau County
Tomah High School
Derwood Dank
Hillsboro
Vernon Cry
E. Hagenak
Harlan Helson
Viroqua
James Schwabach
Santos Zingele
University of Wisconsin
Holmen Musicians Meet La Crosse Civic Band Members
Holmen Wisconsin musicians Marilyn Olson Karen Ong Pauline Bratberg and Ward Olson will join La Crosse civic band for a concert in Holmen High School Vocational auditorium on Wednesday March 8 starting at evening. Tickets are available from Willis Knight the Holmen high school music instructor.
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Holmen
Wis
la Crosse
Marilyn Olson
Karen Ong
Pauline Bratberg
Ward Olson
Holmen High School
Vocational
Willis Knight
Ex-Decorah Woman Named Ossian Clerk
William Mosby formerly of Decorah was appointed town clerk at Ossian succeeding P J E who recently resigned due to illness. Mosby is the husband of Mrs Socky and previously served as clerk of court before his illness last year.
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Ossi la
William Mosby
Deecorah
Ossian
Socky
Suumeges
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