Vernon County teachers discuss compulsory schooling and reorganization
Prof. Peterson of the University of Wisconsin told Vernon County teachers that a bill to require rural pupils to stay in school until 16 would likely pass the assembly. A proposed statewide reorganization would place all areas in high school districts under one board and govern both elementary and secondary schooling. The panel included Benrud, Mrs. Halver Allness, and Wheelock.
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Y Peterson
University of Wisconsin
Educa
Peterson
Senate
Assembly
Tnry
Benrud
Stoddard
Halver Allness
Viroqua
Vernon County
Wheelock
Dame
Benaud
Allness
Aliness
R. E. Clausen
Poles Ation
John G. Stoffel
Richland County
Firearm Found In Ice Near Vernon County Jail
A snub-nose automatic 25 Colt revolver loaded in the magazine was found in the ice near Vernon county jail in Viroqua. Sheriff Morris Moon holds the weapon believed to belong to Fred Turner of Richland Center, recently sentenced for armed robbery. Turner, jailed for prowling Milwaukee depot areas, faced related Vernon county 1948 robberies and a Westby lumber yard robbery. detainers from Grant, Iowa and Sauk counties await his release. Authorities think Turner threw the gun from a car as he approached the jail.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Morris Moon
Fred Turner
Richland Center
Waupun
Richland
Turner
Milwaukee
Taylor
Westby
Grant
Iowa
Sauk
Missouri State Prison
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Vernon
Sheriff's Department
Ferryville Artists Shine In Prairie Show
Shirley Helgerson of Ferryville won praise for her “Girl in Rocking Chair” crayon drawing in the four county Prairie du Chien rural art show. Raymond Olson, also of Ferryville, placed among the five best adult entries with an oil titled “Tobacco Spheres” and will be shown at the Wisconsin State rural art show in Madison May 27 to June 13. Other Ferryville winners include Robbie Helgerson with “Coulee Dairy Farm” and Kay Clason as a junior winner. Five Prairie du Chien artists earned honorable mention. The eligible counties were Vernon, Crawford, Richland and Sauk.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Shirley Helgerson
Ferryville
Fred Lauritzen
University of Wisconsin
Raymond Olson
Madison
Robbie Helgerson
Coulee
Kay Clason
Olson
Lauritzen
Vi Ia de Gaynor
Barnum
Beulah Davis
Richland Center
Hanna Hayes
Spring Green
Midgie Brown
Blue River
Gordon Lake
Gwen Drager
Marilyn Finley
Mary Jo Zajicek
Vernon, Crawford, Richland
Sauk
Independence Men Guilty in Whitehall Unemployment Case
Eight Independence men pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Peter M. Paulson. Fines range from 15 to 150 dollars with costs or 15 to 150 days in jail. Harold Roehrborn, attorney for the Wisconsin Industrial Commission, said these were the first cases of this type since the war and noted the men claimed unemployment though they were actually working.
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Whitehall
Wis
Independence
Justice of the Peace
Peter M. Paulson
Galeen
Ole Howland
Paul P. Wozney
Edmund L. Silaby
Frank Wozney
Roman J. Klimek
Peter Klimek
Killian
Harold Roehrborn
Madison
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Merchants Of Elroy To Hold Dollar Day
Elroy Wisconsin merchants announced a Dollar Day event this Saturday with all shops participating in the sale.
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Elroy
Wis
Saturn
Seven Kendall Offices Go Uncontested
Kendall Wisconsin special report notes caucus nominees withdrew from six offices leaving seven seats open. Judge George Phelipp was renominated without opposition. Incumbent president Ralph Norman faced no opponent after Paul Zimmerman withdrew. Several other races saw candidates scratched, leaving only a few incumbents and changes in clerk constable treasurer and assessor positions to Art Koehler and others. Kendall voters will still face state and county elections.
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Kendall
Wis
George Phelipp
Jusce
Louis Ewers
Glen Schanke
Robert Gorham
Ernest Huschka
Constable
Bill Kreuger
A. J. Gammon
Leon Potter
Art Koehler
Wilton Forensic Contest Names Local Winners
Wilton high school held its local forensics contest with judges Agnes Rice Mae Roberts and Ervin Loff. Betty Rice won humorous declamation with Marlene Martalock second, Norma Jean Huber won extemporaneous reading with Betty Stark second, and winners advance to the district contest in Ontario on March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton
Wis
Wilton High School
Agnes Rice
Mae Roberts
Ervin Loff
Betty Rice
Marlene Martalock
Norma Jean Huber
Betty Stark
Ontario
Pastor and Wife Host Luncheon for Study Club
The Rev and Mrs Hebbard hosted a luncheon for the Study Club at 12 m on Friday March 1. The couple, longtime Methodist missionaries to China, presented a partial report of their 26 years of service and served Chinese dishes including tea from China.
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Gay Cere
Earl
Hebbard
Men Hold Wood Bee for De Soto Lutheran Church
De Soto Lutheran church men hosted a wood bee in Harold Seymour pasture on Thursday. Ladies Aid committee served dinner in the church kitchen after the work session.
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DE de Wis
de Soto Lutheran Church
Harold Seymour
Ladies Aid
Trempealeau High Declamation Winners Named
Trempealeau Wisconsin specials report winners in the high school forensic contest to represent the school in the con test. Joan Hubley and Shirley Minkewitz placed high in non humorous declamation while Ramona Pie and Lois Hanson led humorous declamation. Allen Fiedler won extemporaneous speech with Mary Jessessky and Mary Jean Raymond in extemporaneous reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trempealeau
Wis
Don Matt
George Mar
Tomah Completes Eight-Room School Addition Plan
In Tomah Wisconsin special report contractor J B D Allessandris says the eight room elementary school addition is on track. The two story wing will house four current classrooms and four more on the second floor with kindergarten and primary rooms on the first floor. The new space connects to the high school building via corridors enabling shared use of the auditorium and gym.
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Tomah
Wis
J. B. D’allessandris
Board of Education
D’allessandris
Muller
Congregational Church
American Legion
Ing
Youths Tell PTA Of Wants
Kendall Wisconsin special report covers Kendall PTA meeting where social studies class members discuss What the PTA Can Do For the School. Clarence Wildes chaired with Dean Woodard Marie Urban Keith Schuman Joyce Doms Donnaphee Eberhardt Phillip Dwyer Charles Riley Valerie Olson and Theresa Warsaw contributed ideas on home economics manual training and youth support.
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Kendall, Wis
Kendall Pta
PTA
Clarence Wildes
Dean Woodard
Marie Urban
Keith Schuman
Joyce Doms
Donnaphee Eberhardt
Phillip Dwyer
Charles Riley
Valerie Olson
Theressa Warsaw
Pastor addresses St Marys Altar Society in Caledonia
At the St Marys Altar Society meeting in Caledonia Rev A E Wermerskirchen addressed the group. President Gereard Gardner urged attendance for first five Saturdays for a peace intention. Members folded gauze pads for medical aims while Mrs Trude Hendel supervised and Mary Hellickson discussed You Can Change The World by James Keller.
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Caledonia
Minn
St. Mary’s Altar Society
St. Peter’s Church
A. E. Wermerskirchen
Ciety
Gereard Gardner
Gertrude Hendel
Mary Hellickson
James Keller
Maryknoll
The
Christophers
Knights of Pythias Held Annual Card Party and Oyster Supper
The Knights of Pythias hosted their annual card party and oyster supper for members and their wives and the Pythian Sisters at their hall in Ontario Wisconsin on Wednesday evening March 16 with sixty people in attendance.
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Ontario
Wis
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Society At Dakota Meets On Thursday
The Women's Society of Christian Service will meet Thursday afternoon at Mrs. James Hesselgrave’s home with Mrs. George Zenke as hostess.
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Society At
Dakota
Dakota, Minn
Women’s Society of Christian Service
James Hesselgrave
George Zenke
Trempealeau 4-H Honors Go To Skonieczny And Giese
Florence Skonieczny of Independence and Lloyd Giese of Whitehall received Trempealeau County 4-H awards for their frozen foods and field crops projects respectively. The honors came from the International Harvester Company which funded the medals.
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Whitehall, Wis
Florence Skonieczny
Independence
International Harvester Company
Lloyd Giese
Whitehall
Future Homemakers Plan Three Day Session At Galesville
Wisconsin Future Homemakers association schedules a three day meeting at Galesville high school from March 31 to April 2. Eleanor Curtis will preside as state president, Barbara Hammer coordinates locally, with 18 officers and advisers coming from across the state. Plans include housing for out of town guests, a June convention, scholarship winners, a state homemaker degree decision, and a Trempealeau county FHA party.
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Galesville
Wis
Wisconsin Future Homemakers Association
Martha Halama Misch
FHA
Eleanor Curtis
Barbara Hammer
Columbus
Ohio
Trempealeau County
Caledonia Parish Transfers Highlight Catholic Clergy Moves
Two appointments announced by Bishop Leo Binz move Rev Ambrose Payes from Caledonia to St Pauls Fairmont effective March 24. A farewell drew about 600 as Rev Albanis E Kuisle becomes new pastor at Caledonia, with prior roles across Rochester Winona and St Clair among his long service in the diocese.
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Caledonia
Minn
Leo Binz
Winona
Ambrose Payes
St. Mary’s College
North American College
Rome
Italy
Cardinal Pomfilli
St. John the Lateran
St. Charles Church
Father Layne
St. Ignatius Church
Spring Valley
St. Patrick’s Church
le Roy
St. John the Baptist
Commission of Deputies
Loretto High School
Albanis E. Kuisle
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Clair
Father Kuisle
Eyota
Kuisle
St. Paul Seminary
Cocteny
Owatonna
Francis M. Kelly
Burlington
N. J
St. John’s Church
Rochester
St. Francis Church
Remont
St. Mary’s Church
Winnebago
Election Of Officers Planned At Dakota Dresbach Auxiliary
The Dakota Dresbach auxiliary April meeting will be at C J Iverson home. Election of officers will be held. Present officers are Mrs Eleanor Sanford president, Mrs Mildred Waas secretary, and Mrs Annabelle Boerwald treasurer.
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Dakota, Minn
Dakota-Dresbach
C.J
Missionary Plans Services At Ettrick
W O Rindahl, a returned missionary from Zululand South Africa, will lead a Lenten service in Ettrick Wisconsin. He was born in Hardies Creek Gale township and served as superintendent of Umpumulo institution for over a decade. A lunch will follow, served by the Lutheran Men's club.
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Ettrick
Wis
W. O. Rindahl
South Africa
Feavereg Guinea
Rindahl
Hardies Creek
Gale Township
Zululand
Umpumulo
Lutheran Men's Club
Scouters Meet In Houston District Round Table
Representatives from Cub and Boy Scout units in Spring Grove La Crescent and Houston met in Houston Friday to plan forming new units in Houston county. Four men will report at the April 21 Caledonia courthouse meeting on district growth and summer camp readiness.
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Houston
Minn
Spring Grove
la Crescent
Houston County
Martin Shuler
Money Creek
Flavia Goergen
Eitzen
H. Rybold
Hokah
J. C. Evans
Brownsville
Caledonia
Court House
Deer damage nets Monroe farmer 317 dollar judgment
Alfred Johnson, Little Falls farmer and Monroe county AAA committee chair, won a 317 dollar circuit court judgment against the Wisconsin Conservation Department for deer damage to his orchard trees. The ruling, issued by Judge Bruce Beilfuss on a stipulation, bars future claims and reflects Johnson giving up plans for a commercial orchard after ongoing deer damage since 1946. Neighbors Clarence Merow and Donatus Anderson testified for Johnson, while Game Wardens John Adamski and L. D. Jones testified for the commission.
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Sparta
Wis
Alfred Johnson
Little Falls
Monroe County
Bruce F. Beilfuss
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Johnson
Commission
Clarence Merow
Donatus Anderson
John Adamski
L. D. Jones
Black River Falls
W. J. Gleiss
Beilfuss
George Owens
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Portland Prairie
Julia Bartlett
County Home Demonstration
Edna Meyer
Portland Eee
Herbert Deters
Ella Freiberg
Tribune
Immaculate Conception
Father Islen R Ki
Missionary Plans
Hoye
Laurence Olivier
Shakespeare
Henry V
Technicolor
S3c
Dorothy Lamour
Don Ameche
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Vesta Gloss
John Schneider CO
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