Alice in Dairyland hopefuls named for Prairie du Chien
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin hosts the Alice in Dairyland pageant on May 25 with twenty seven contestants from six counties, including seven from Crawford County. The list names Gene Thurow from Platteville and many other finalists such as Virginia Ann Reiser from Bloomington and Margaret Wiedenbeck from Lancaster.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Charles Colburn
Gene Thurow
Platteville
Virginia Ann Reiser
Bloomington
Margaret Wiedenbeck
Lancaster
Karen Ingebritsen
Rita Moon
Sandra Wiedman
Cassville
Ruby James
Livingston
Margaret A. Fuchs
Hollandale
Mary Ann Ludlum
Belmont
Mary Glenda Gile
Shullsburg
Esther E. Statz
Sauk City
Doris Schroeder
Loganville
Bonnie J. Fike
Reedsburg
Amita Mae Sefkar
Louise Evalyn Green
North Freedom
Eileen C. Eschenbach
Baraboo
Diane Mary Thompson
Jill Klenzing
Richland Cen
Ber
Region 5 Alice in Dairyland Contest Names
Twenty nine contestants will vie for the Region 5 Alice in Dairyland title in Whitehall Wisconsin on May 19 according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Names include Sandra Schrweide Cochrane Myrna Castleberg Nelson Rochelle A Andre Durand Carole Steinke Mondovi Irene Johnson Whitehall Sharon Munson Strum Mary Karen Hanson Osseo Rosemary Anderson Whitehall Jean M Walshe Galesville Helen Jacobson Osseo Joanne Curran Taylor Rita Rose Hoffman Fairchild Barbara Ann Keller La Crosse Karen Joyce Kardin Holmen Wanda Hagen La Crosse Sandra L Blaney Kendall Marlene Mosely Warrens Cathleen Goodenough Warrens Betty Solberg Westby Marjorie Olerud Westby Judith Weber Auburndale Cheryl May Hillman Marshfield Connie J Konietzler Wisconsin Rapids Sharon Ann Robinson Wisconsin Rapids Arlene Swetz Blenker Marcella Jozwiak Marshfield Roberta McMahon Grand Marsh Nellie Pear Krinke Grand Marsh
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Whitehall
Wis
Alice In Dairyland
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Sandra Schrweide Cochrane
Myrna Castleberg
Nelson
Rochelle A. Andre
Durand
Carole Steinke
Mondovi
Irene Johnson
Sharon Munson
Strum
Mary Karen Hanson
Osseo
Rosemary Anderson
Jean M. Walshe
Galesville
Helen Jacobson
Joanne Curran
Taylor
Rita Rose Hoffman
Fairchild
Barbara Ann Keller
Cass St
la Crosse
Karen Joyce Kardin
R. 2
Holmen
Wanda Hagen
N. Bainbridge St
Sandra L. Blaney
Kendall
Marlene Mosely
Mindoro Co-Op Increases Capital At 1962 Meeting
Mindoro Wis Farmers Central Cooperative approved raising authorized capital to 100000. Audit by Harold Schuebel showed 74249 in business volume up 1100 from last year with 10490 in total savings and 51 564 in assets up 3000. Board re elected Floyd Barclay Richard Halver son and Donald Trocinski. other directors include Harry Tracey and Wallace Pfaff. Roger Hinzman spoke on gasoline additives. Alton Olson manages the cooperative which serves 175 patrons. Fred Mulder chaired the meeting and Lynn Pfaff read the minutes.
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Farmers Union Central Exchange
Floyd Barclay
Richard Halverson
Donald Trocinski
Harry Tracey
Wallace Pfaff
Roger Hinzman
Alton Olson
Fred Mulder
Lynn Pfaff
Taylor FFA Plans Parent Son Banquet
Taylor Wisconsin Taylor FFA chapter announces a parent son banquet set for May 7 at 8 p m in Taylor High School gymnasium. Future Homemakers members will prepare and serve the meal under the direction of Mrs Lois Chrisinger.
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Taylor, Wis
Taylor Chapter
The
Future Farmers of America
Taylor High School
Lois Chrisinger
Brookwood FFA awards honor Norwalk youths at banquet
Eugene Kortbein of Norwalk received the top farming award from the Tomah Lions Club during Brookwood Norwalk Ontario FFA Parents Night. Owen Schumacher placed second and Robert Wruck third. Kortbein and Schumacher hold dairy and hog projects. Glen Dreier won the farm mechanics award and received a fan electric drill.
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Brookwood Ffa
Brookwood High School Future Farsites
Eugene Kortbein
Norwalk Lions Club
Donald Alman
Brookwood
Robert Hubbard
Robert Wruck
Glen Dreier
Owne Schumacher
Norwalk
Wis
Myron Kortbein
Brookwood Future ‘Farmers of America
Tomah Lions Club
Brookwood Norwalk
Jack Robinson
Ontario
Glen
Dreier
FFA
Eugene Schroeder
Owen Schumacher
Orlin ‘Clark
Schroeder
Dennis Hubbard
Orlin Clark
Jerry Haun
Robert Walker
Walker
Jim Aynes
Douglas Budde
Vernon Woods
Gene Kortbein
Jerry Muehlenkamp
Bob Wruck
Sentinel
Bob Hubbard
Joyce Vieregge
Carolyn Henderson
Donald Almen
Oswald Johns
Homemakers of America
DHIA States Meeting At Caledonia
Houston County annual dairy herd improvement meeting convenes at Caledonia State Bank Basement on May 8 at 8 30 p m. Lawrence Knutson reports, treasurer delivers finances, Clifford Wilcox speaks. Association officers include Burton Boldman president Lester Beckman vice president Rainer Klug secretary treasurer with directors Jerome Frank Howard Haugstad and Lester Wiegrefe. Open to all dairy men.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
DHIA
Caledonia State Bank
Lawrence Knutson
Unit I
Clifford Wilcox
Extension Dairyman
Burton Boldman
Lester Beckman
Houston
Rainer Klug
Lester Wiegrefe
Jerome Frank
Howard Haugstad
Spring Grove
Good Grooming Contest Slated In Caledonia
Caledonia Auditorium hosts the annual 4-H good grooming contest on May 7 at 8 p.m. Houston County clubs send two delegates each, one boy and one girl. Advanced division winners (ages 14-21) go to the junior leadership conference June 25-28. Junior group winners (ages 9-13) receive merchandise awards. A brief business meeting precedes the event.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Institute of Agriculture
Farm Trainer Honored At Farewell Party In Blair
Robert Luening adult farmer trainer in the Blair School District received a farewell gift at Lakes Coulee School. About 40 of 65 training program members attended. He begins new duties in the extension service in Racine County after serving at Blair since July 1961.
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Blair
Wis
Robert Luening
Lakes Coulee
Luening
Racine County
Meeting on Wheat Plans To Be Held
Whitehall Wisconsin Allan Gilbertson Arcadia chairman Trempealeau County ASC announced a public meeting of wheat growers and interested farmers at the Centerville Town Hall May 6 at 8 p m The Trempealeau County extension service and ASC committee sponsor Roger Johnson University of Wisconsin and Leland Mulder Wisconsin ASC will explain the program and the May 21 wheat referendum Invitations go to American Farm Bureau Federation National Farmers Organization National Grange and Wisconsin Farmers Union for state representatives to discuss the referendum The meeting will be open for discussion afterwards
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Whitehall
Wis
Allan Gilbertson
Arcadia
Trempealeau County
ASC
Town Hall
Centerville
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farmers Organization
National Grange
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Area Man To Attend Holstein Convention
Brattleboro Vermont resident Mahowe I Nelson Westby will be one of 204 delegates at the Holstein-Friesian Association of America annual convention. The event runs June 4 to 7 in Salt Lake City Utah.
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Brattleboro
Mahowe I
Nelson
Westby
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Salt Lake City
Utah
Holsteins classification planned in La Crosse County
Classification of purebred Holstein herds will be done on 11 farms in La Crosse County during the week of May 13 according to Vernon Olson national fieldman for the Holstein Friesian Association of America. The cows are judged for type in comparison with the ideal Holstein cow.
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Spring Green
Wis
la Crosse County
Vernon Olson
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Olson
Wheat allotments mailed for Area 9 64 farmers May referendum
Area 9 64 wheat farm operators receive 1964 allotments from ASCS chair Theodore Piske. Small farms face options on quota participation by May 13 with a May 21 referendum to decide whether to enforce marketing quotas for the 1964 crop.
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Theodore Piske
la Crosse County
Piske
Pine Tells Story Of Seven Forest Fires
A cross section of a log on display at the Lakes States Forest Experiment Station reveals seven fires across 120 years. The scarred log from the Avenue of Pines near Grand Rapids Minnesota shows a fire year 1864 65 with suppressed growth and a Hinckley era scar around 1894. The Chippewa National Forest was established in 1908 and fire protection expanded in following decades.
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C. H. van de Steeg
la Crosse
William Smith
Onalaska
Office of the Lakes States Forest Experiment Station
Federal
Smith
Howard
al Rice
Sand Lake Coulee
van de Steeg
Cataract
Office of the Lakes States Forest Experiment Station J
Grand Rapids
Minn
Richard Sartz
Hinckley
Sartz
Chippewa National Forest
Hog Performance Test Starts on Area Farm in Illinois
An on farm performance test to evaluate hog production is under way at the Erving Nuttleman Jr. farm near Bangor Illinois. The Poland China Record Association leads the study with cooperation from Harold Huth La Crosse County agent Farmers Cooperative Supply and Shipping Association West Salem. The project tests meat type breeding stock using 50 to 60 day old pigs fed a corn based ration plus protein supplement with disinterested weigh ins and measurements of backfat rib eye and carcass length.
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Galesburg
Ill
Erving Nuttleman Jr
Bangor
Poland
China Record Association
Nuttlemans
Harold Huth
la Crosse County
Farmers Cooperative Supply and Shipping Association
West Salem
Star Trust
Galesburg, Ill
Alfalfa Management Program Sets Wisconsin Pilot
Wisconsin launches the Quality Alfalfa Program led by university specialists from seven departments. It aims to integrate seeding fertilizing harvesting storing and feeding into a complete management plan with four pilot counties testing five acres per farmer.
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Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Dick Wiese
University
Crawford
Dodge
St. Croix
Waupaca
Monroe County Junior Leaders Plan Record Hop
Monroe County 4 H Junior Leaders meet in Sparta discuss dating and manners with Mrs Regenia Chadwick. At the business session they approve a May 17 record hop at Sparta City Hall to raise funds for the Junior Leader program with invites extended to La Crosse Vernon Trempealeau and Jackson County units.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Sparta Federal Savings and Loan
Regenia Chadwick
University of Wisconsin
Sparta City Hall
la Crosse
Vernon
Trempealeau
Jackson County
Farm Union Opens Welcome for South American Leaders
CHIPPEWA FALLS Wis Nine young farm leaders from Chile Peru and Venezuela will be welcomed to Wisconsin on May 9 at Camp Kenwood. The group of 75 comes to the United States under the National Farmers Union and AID to learn about building agricultural institutions in their countries. They will stay with host families from Dane Pepin and Pierce Counties for four months. Participants include Gustavo Bolados Fuentealba Carlos Brunau Didier Patricio Marcelo Silva Ananias Olivera Humberto Pena Felix Pas Melecio Silva Asuaje Vidalino Balvuena Pedro Clarencio Escorcha.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chile
Peru
Venezuela
Wisconsin
Camp Kenwood
Farmers Union
Here
United States
National Farmers Union
Agency For International Development (Aid
Dane
Pepin
Pierce
Nxt
Gustavo Bolados Fuentealba
Carlos Brunau Didier
Patricio Marcelo Silva
Ananias Olivera
Humberto Pena
Felix Pas
Melecio Silva Asuaje
Vidalino de Jesus Balvuena
Pedro Clarencio Escorcha
Monroe 4-H Members Chosen for State Band and Chorus
Four Monroe County 4-H members were selected for the state 4-H band and chorus. Paul Baumgarten will play the tuba and Janice Semrau the tenor saxophone in the state band. Tom Baumgarten and Richard Molstad will represent the state chorus with Tom on first tenor and Richard on second bass.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Donovan Daent
Paul Baumgarten
South Tomah Klever Klever Klub
Tomah
Janice Semrau
St. Mary's Hilltoppers Club
Paul
Janice
Tom Baumgarten
Richard Molstad
Lucky Leaf
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Jean Marie Burnham
Lone Rock
Marilyn Joan Novy
Yuba
Marilyn Catherine Kramer
Eastman
Marilyn J. Forst
Karen
Connery
Soldiers Grove
Marilyn Check
Sara Ahrens
Mary Lou White
Ruthann
Kozelka
Vie
Alice
Mindoro
Taylor Ffa
ASCS
St. John’s Church
Wit
Avon and St. James Sts
Stanley W. Peterson
William Stewart
Cooperdale
Stewart
Iowa
F.M. Super Fair
Waukon, Iowa
M. E. Ripplinger
RIP. Bros
Cities Service
Raul Distributors
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