84 year old cancer survivor keeps living life in Wisconsin
Julia Clay, 84, of Tomah area, survived an internal cancer diagnosed after a Chicago specialist confirmed it decades ago. She underwent rectal cancer surgery and removed healthy intestines, recovered at home, and remains active with family. Born 1878, she supported cancer awareness as a Monroe County crusader and credits early detection for her survival.
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Tomah
Wis
Julia Clay
Clay
Pioneer
Chicago
Percy
Augustine’s Hospital
Cindy Thompon
Gervase Thompson
Tunnelity
State Historic Society Seeks Second Bus
The State Historical Society seeks a horse drawn road coach or hotel bus for Stonefield near Cassville to carry 12 to 16 passengers. They had one bus last fall and received nine offers, with a sorrel team donated, and plan to add a second vehicle to handle summer traffic. Respond by writing to Livesind at 816 State St., Madison.
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Madison
State Historical Society
Stonefield
Cassville
Nelson Dewey
State Farm and Craft Museum
Edwin Schultz
Oconomowoc
Raymond Sivesind
Wwe
Livesind
State St
Korean Bishop Hyungki Lew to Speak in Wisconsin
BLACK RIVER FALLS Wis Bishop Hyungki Lew of Korea will address the community at 8 p m Thursday March 21 in the local Methodist Church. Lew served eight years as episcopal leader of the Korean Methodist Church and since 1958 has translated religious literature into Korean. He plans to return to Korea in September to begin a series of Bible Commentaries.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Hyungki Lew
Korea
Lew
PTA To Meet in Spring Grove High School Program
SPRING GROVE Minn The athletic department at the local high school will present the program during the PTA meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday March 19. New officers will be elected. The executive board will meet in the library at 7 15 p.m.
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Spring Grove
Minn
PTA
Six candidates on Tomah Area Board of Education ballot
Six candidates will contest three seats on the Tomah Area Board of Education as of the March 12 filing deadline. Incumbents include Victor H. Breitenfield and Russell Potter, with challengers Ronald Lawrence, Verde Bennett, Martin Morgenson, Harold J. Seitz, and Harold Seitz listed among the names. William Fieting’s term expires and he did not seek reelection.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah Area
Vocational School Group Meets In PdC
In Prairie du Chien Wisconsin the five county vocational school committee of Southwestern Wisconsin will meet at Memorial Library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday March 20. The five counties are Grant Crawford Iowa Lafayette and Richland. A proposal to establish a regional vocational school was discussed at a Fennimore meeting with state officials outlining laws. The group seeks facilities needs and a unified plan with one large school favored over several small units. Crawford County representatives include Mrs Ray Weighner and Carl Hutchison.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Wisconsin
Memorial Library
Grant
Crawford
Iowa
Lafayette
Richland
Fennimore
C. L. Greiber
State Board of Adult and Vocational Education
Crawford County
Ray Weighner
Carl Hutchison
Gays Mills
Town of Preston Candidates Named
Thirty five voters in the Town of Preston approved a slate for the spring election with no contests. Omar Austad seeks re election as chairman while Basil Arneson and Oscar M Olson aim to succeed themselves as supervisors. John H Anderson repeats on the ballot for town clerk with Lorenzo Mattison as treasurer and Elmer A Everson as assessor. Rolf Rude is nominated for justice of the peace and Julius M Amundson for constable.
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Blair
Wis
Preston
Omar Austad
Basil Arneson
Oscar M. Olson
John H. Anderson
Lorenzo Mattison
Elmer A. Everson
Rolf Rude
Justice of the Peace
Julius M. Amundson
Youth Committee Plans For Two Upcoming Events
The district youth committee at Evangelical Lutheran Church, gathering youths and adults from Black River Falls, Melrose and Mondovi, outlined plans for the Governor's Conference on Children and Youth in Madison on April 19 and 20 and for Wisconsin Youth Conference workshops in La Crosse. Chairman Mary Sacia of Melrose and attendee Robert Kuechmann of La Crosse led discussions.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Melrose
Mondovi
Madison
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Pepin
Vernon
Mary Sacia
Robert Kuechmann
Division of Children and Youth
Caledonia five win A ratings in district speech contest
Caledonia High School in Minnesota reports five students earning A ratings at the district speech contest in Spring Valley. Winners Gwen Griffith Marilyn Haugen Lynn Mallory Betty Johnson and Michel Percucco advance to the regional contest in Rochester on Tuesday March 19.
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Caledonia
Minn
Caledonia High School
Spring Valley
Gwen Griffith
Marilyn Haugen
Lynn Mallory
Betty Johnson
Michel Percucco
Rochester
Election Races In North Bend
North Bend Wisconsin voters will choose two Town of North Bend officials on April 2. Incumbent Chairman Raymond Rodenberg runs against Henry Hilton, and incumbent Supervisor Algie Haag faces Howard Nordstrom. Clerks and others run unopposed.
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North Bend
Caucus Selects Bear Bluff Township Candidates
WARRENS Wis Craig Scott will replace Otto Beltz as candidate for side supervisor in Bear Bluff Township Beltz declined re election incumbents seeking re election are Robert Storzewski chairman Milton Staege supervisor Maxine Bennett clerk Mildred Strozewski treasurer and Mark Silver treasurer all unopposed
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Warrens
Wis
Craig Scott
Otto Beltz
Bear Bluff
Beltz
Robert Storzewski
Milton Staege
Maxine Bennett
Mildred Strozewski
Mark Silver
Jackson Towns Name Candidates for April Elections
Three Jackson County towns named candidates for the April 2 elections. Curran sees unopposed chair man M C Ringsten and incumbents Gaylord Olson treasurer Ernest Stalheim assessor on ballot without contest. Supervisors Dudley Hanson Milton Embretson face Helmer Steien and Hensel Berge. Merle Gonia not seeking re election. Gor don Stalheim and Phillip Merrill vie for clerk. Garden Valley's Morris Emerson oppo sed by George Gansel for chairman. Present officers with no opposition include Stanley Flicek Roger Hoonsbeen George Dahl Velma Emerson Ray Stamm. Franklin town nominates La Vera Lien for chairman. Otto Busse faces Fred M Frederickson for supervisor. Leland Clair Walter Tollefson vie for second supervisor. Treasurer Allen K Grinde opposed by Joseph A Olson. Rudolph M Halverson clerk and Joseph A Olson assessor seek re election. Justice of peace candidates Omer Helle Osbourne Lien. constable candidates Melvin Fosse Ammett Peterson.
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Jackson County
Curran
M. C. Ringsten
Gaylord Olson
Ernest Stalheim
Dudley Hanson
Milton Embretson
Helmer Steien
Hensel Berge
Merle Gonia
Gordon Stalheim
Phillip Merrill
Morris Emerson
Garden Valley
George Gansel
Stanley Flicek
Roger Hoonsbeen
George Dahl
Velma Enerson
Ray Stamm
Franklin
la Vera Lien
Theodore M. Foose
Otto Busse
Fred M. Frederickson
Leland Clair
Walter Tollefson
Allen K. Grinde
Joseph A. Olson
Rudolph M. Halverson
Justice of Peace
Omer Helle
Osbourne Lien
Melvin Fosse
Ammett Peterson
Sparta
Wis
Scott
Ted Olson
Leona Olson
Ann Potter
Franklin Nelson
G. M. Potter
Kenneth Hopkins
Robert Miers
Florence Hopkins
Edward C. Miers
Albert Cook
Leo Walters
Adrian Byron Towns Name Candidates
Herman Frei will oppose John Larson for Tomah town chairman. Assessor Alex Allen and Lyle Fell seek reelection unopposed. Supervisors Emil Anderson and Robert Jorgenson faced by Guthrie and Jensen. Clerk Skogen opposed by Olson. Treasurer Jorgenson opposed by Wilson. Justice Cham bers opposed by Williams. Adrian voters see Rasmussen not seeking reelection. Edmund Neal and Gilbert Schultz contest. Albert Wagner opposed by Westspahl. Rischette vs Wagner for assessor. Nauman vs Kuehl for justice. Nominees Schaller, Chapman, and Westpfahl run without opposition.
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Tomah
Wis
Herman Frei
Byron
John Larson
Alex Allen
Lyle Fell
Constable
Emil Anderson
Robert Jorgenson
Harold Guthrie
Charles Jensen
Alvin Skogen
Anton Olson
Anna Jorgenson
Roland Wilson
Justice of Peace
Basil Chambers
Clarence Williams
Adrian
William Rasmussen
Edmund Neal
Gilbert Schultz
Albert Wagner
Reuben Westspahl
John Rischette
Raymond Wagner
Raymond Nauman
Arnold Kuehl
Claude Schaller
Oscar Chapman
Miles Westpfahl
Piano Recital Planned by St Mary’s Grade School
Caledonia Minn piano recital hosted by St Mary’s Grade School music department scheduled for Tuesday March 19 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Public invited.
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Caledonia
Minn
St. Mary's Grade School
Nine Monroe fallout shelters stock survival gear
Nine Monroe County fallout shelters now hold 53700 pounds of survival equipment, enough for over 6000 people. Civil Defense Director Norman Blackwell oversees the stocking and plans for manager courses led by Roy Colbert of Tomah. Training will spread across Sparta, Tomah, and other areas with growing interest in eastern county classes and medical self help and radiological operation courses beginning soon.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Civil Defense
Norman Blackwell
Roy Colbert
Tomah
Tunnel City
Wilton
Norwalk
Warrens
Lawrence Wachter
Blackwell
Chicago
Whitehall Free Library Adds 246 To Shelves
Whitehall Wisconsin. Librarian Mrs Wayne Luke presents annual report showing 136 adult and 110 juvenile books added bringing total to 5640. 1962 circulation 5272 adult and 9476 juvenile. Income 2706.91 with city 2500 town of Lincoln 75 and fines 131.91. Expenses 2752.69: salaries 1877.35 books 592.30 periodicals 185.85 operating 97.19. Library open 28 hours weekly with 413 adult and 711 juvenile borrowers.
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Whitehall
Wis
Wayne Luke
Lincoln
Whitehall Free Library
Trempealeau Village Board Races Set After caucus
Trempealeau Wis races for at least four village board offices were set by a caucus last week Incumbent Walter Hanson will face Ed James for village president Six men Mort Semerson Jack Wiersgalla Irvine Brommerich Harry Eichman George Roberts and John Welch are candidates for the three trustee posts Unopposed are Milton Uhl for justice of the peace Dave Brunkow for supervisor Joseph Hunter for assessor and Oliver Landers for constable The treasurer and clerk will be appointed by the new board
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Trempealeau
Wis
Walter Hanson
Ed James
Mort Semerson
Jack Wiersgalla
Irvine Brommerich
Harry Eichman
George Roberts
John Welch
Milton Uhl
Justice of the Peace
Dave Brunkow
Joseph Hunter
Oliver Landers
Kickapoo School Meet Set Back to April Sixth
Viola Wisconsin special meeting of Kickapoo School District electors moved from March 30 to April 6. Meeting at Readstown Elementary School at 1 30 p m to vote on a petition to relocate the proposed new high school from the Gander site south of Viola to the Peck site in Readstown.
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Viola
Wis
Kickapoo
Readstown
Gander
Peck
Houston Lists Ath Period Honor Roll
Houston High School announces the fourth marking period honor roll with Anna Marie Houge and Laura Summers among seniors, Diane Sherry eighth grade, Nancy Schild and Sandra Schild seventh graders. Also listed are seniors Patricia Carpenter Barbara Peterson Paul Schmitz Ruth Sherry Patricia Steveremer Robert Tweeten, juniors Karen Ask Diane Hanson Elwood Lee Sandra Otis Mary Ann Skifton Anita Torgerson David Winsky, sophomores Karla Ask Jennifer Butcher Betty Eglinton Mary Groeschner Steve Johnson Phillis Moen Peter Orr Douglas Poppe Arlene Schmitz, freshmen James Beckman Nancy Coulson Deloris Feldmeier Arlyn Frauenkron Betty Hendrickson Sharon Holte Maria Houge Gary Lee Joan Runningen Vicky Sheldon Evonne Thorson Margy Webbles Linda Winsum, and eighth grade Douglas Benson Mary Brisseth Terry Butcher Stephen Flynn Leslie Halverson Dee Ann e Hughes Gale Johnson Marsha Johnston James Lehmann Craig Poppe Judy Sather Karen Sherry Jenelle Schultz and Jean Wojahn.
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Houston, Minn
Anna Marie Houge
Laura Summers
Diane Sherry
Nancy Schild
Sandra Schild
Houston High School
Patricia Carpenter
Barbara Peterson
Paul Schmitz
Ruth Sherry
Patricia Steveremer
Robert Tweeten
Karen Ask
Diane Hanson
Elwood Lee
Sandra Otis
Mary Ann Skifton
Anita Torgerson
David
Arlene Schmitz
James Beckman
Nancy Coulson
Deloris Feldmeier
Arlyn Frauenkron
Betty Hendrickson
Sharon Holte
Maria Houge
Gary Lee
Joan Runningen
Vicky Sheldon
Evonne Thorson
Margy Webbles
Linda Winsum
Douglas Benson
Mary Bremseth
Terry Butcher
Stephen Flynn
Leslie Halverson
Dee Anne Hughes
Gale Johnson
Prairie Jail One Of Oldest In Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien is home to one of the oldest jails in Wisconsin and likely the Midwest. The stone basement dungeon in Crawford County courthouse dates 1826 to 1837 with eight small cells, iron doors, and leg chains. Early inmates were mainly charged with vagrancy debt and horse theft. morality crimes were obscurely handled. Two women sheriffs in recent years followed husbands serving two terms.
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la Crosse Tribune
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Wisconsin
Midwest
Twin Cities
Ulysses Day
Marlene Hutchins
Viola Methodist Pastor Resigns to join Mt Greenwood church
Rev Wayne Lang pastor of the Viola Methodist Church resigns to serve Bethel Methodist Church in Mt Greenwood Chicago suburb. His family will move to Chicago April first and he plans to enter Evangelical Seminary in August to finish his education. The Langs have lived in Viola three years.
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Viola
Wis
Wayne Lang
Methodist
Bethel Methodist Church
Mt. Greenwood
Chicago
Lang
Evangelical Seminary
Langs
Town of Scott Has No Candidate For Chairman
In Sparta Wisconsin the Town of Scott caucus produced no candidate for chairman after Ted Olson the sole nominee withdrew. Several offices saw withdrawals or uncontested races including clerk Franklin Nelson lone candidate, and unopposed incumbents and opposed posts across townships.
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Town of
Scott
Rummage sale and lunch at Lutheran Church marked Saturday
Holmen hosts a rummage sale and lunch at 2 30 p m on Saturday March 23 in the Lutheran Church with proceeds for a local cause Elroy hosts a Sunday March 24 concert by UW faculty artists at the High School Auditorium featuring a faculty ensemble and community attendance urged
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Holmen
Lutheran Church
Elroy
HS Auditorium
Town Of Ettrick Has No Contests
Ettrick Wisconsin township caucus at Ettrick Community Hall leaves all incumbents unopposed for town offices including Irwin Hogden chairman Ed Erickson Beach Leslie Larson clerk Norman Thompson treasurer George Melby assessor Ralph Kittleson justice Ralph Kittleson and Kenneth Bue constable In North Bend Town Algie Haag Howard Nordstrom first supervisor Clifford Johnson unopposed second supervisor Dorothea Byom unopposed Ira Johnson unopposed Lloyd Haugstad unopposed Spencer Sacia and Chester Lisota justice of the peace Jerry De Colon unopposed
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North Bend
Wis
Town of
Chester Byom
Raymond Rodenberg
Henry Hilton
Algie Haag
Howard Nordstrom
Clifford Johnson
Byom
Irie Johnson
Lloyd Haugstad
Chester Lisota
Justice of the Peace
Jerry de Colon
Ettrick
Irwin Hogden
French Creek
Erickson Beach
Leslie Larson
South Beaver Creek
Genevieve Mulheron
Norman Thompson
Bear Creek
George Melby
Beach
Ralph Kittleson
Kenneth Bue
North Beaver Creek
Clifford A. Johnson
Dorothea Byom
Ira Johnson
Spencer Sacia
Candidates Named In Ontario Caucus In Ontario
Ontario Wisconsin caucus drew twenty two voters who nominated Earl Teal and Lude Martalock for president Herb Clark and Bernard Bauman Roy Grant Thomas Lamb George Downing Jr and Vere Ferries for trustees E J Giese and Earl Rumppe for assessor Don Jones and Paul Skarda for supervisor.
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Ontario
Wis
Earl Teal
Lude Martalock
Herb Clark
Bernard Bauman
Roy Grant
Thomas Lamb
George Downing Jr
Vere Ferries
E. J. Giese
Earl Rumppe
Don Jones
Paul Skarda
Harpers Ferry mail carrier cited for seven accident-free years
Harpers Ferry Iowa Donald E Easley received a gold lapel badge and an embossed certificate for seven years of accident free driving on his post office route. The award was presented by Postmaster J F Kelly on behalf of Postmaster General Edward Day and National Safety Council president Howard Pyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers Ferry
Iowa
Donald E. Easley
Edward Day
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
J. F. Kelly
Dietetic Association Meet Led by Miss Black
Miss Rita E. Black chief of dietetic service at Tomah Veterans Hospital presided over the Northern Wisconsin Dietetic Association executive board meeting in Wisconsin Rapids on Friday. As president she conducted the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Rita E. Black
Tomah Veterans Hospital
Northern Wisconsin Dietetic Association
Wisconsin Rapids
Miss Black
Alma Center Booster Club to Present Talent Show
Alma Center United School District 3 booster club plans a talent show for Friday April 5 at Lincoln High School Alma Center with auditions March 20 and 27. Steering committee includes Bob Shackelford Mrs Ray Thiede Gordon Gearing George Matalas and Mrs Gibe Gile. Interests range from square dance acts to an Iowa family act.
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Alma Center
Wis
United School Dist. 3
Bob Shackelford
Ray Thiede
Gordon Gearing
Humbird
George Matalas
Gibe Gile
Merrillan
Matalas
Iowa
Lincoln High School
Howie Sturtz
Galesville Business Men's Club Elects Officers
In Galesville Wisconsin Robert Ristow was elected president of the Business Men's Club. Norris Danuser was named secretary and Al Brandtner treasurer. A merchants' day committee includes Walter Johnson Irvin Klein Lee Harnisch Robert Longwell and Ralph Myhre. William Schwarzhoff sought support for a Galesville baseball team next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Galesville Business Men’s Club
Robert Ristow
Norris
Ned) Danuser
al Brandtner
Walter Johnson
Irvin Klein
Lee Harnisch
Robert Longwell
Ralph Myhre
William Schwarzhoff
Tuesday Club Meets With Mrs Iliff and Mrs Hanley
The Tuesday Club will meet Wednesday March 20 at the home of Mrs L Keith Hanley with Mrs Gile Iliff as co host. Mrs Berton D Sherman will lead the meeting on the Wisconsin State Broadcasting Service topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Gile Iliff
L. Keith Hanley
Berton D. Sherman
Wisconsin State Broadcasting Service
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