Burr Oak Church Inspired Song by Vision Impaired Pianist
In Burr Oak Iowa 79 year old Geneva Smith who could not read music wrote The Little White Church on the Hill inspired by the Burr Oak Methodist Church. Luther College student Myron Heaton arranged the music and copyrights were prepared as copies were printed for release. The Laymen quartet will perform the piece at a concert in Holland Iowa.
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Geneva Smith
Mearle Griffith
Burr Oak
Iowa
Myron Heaton
Luther College
Burr Oak Methodist
Winneshiek County
Holland
Towa
Little White Church
Interchange Station Refused By Board in Tomah
Monroe County zoning board denies D X Sunray Co. petition to build a service station at the U S 12 and STH 21 interchange north of Tomah for setback and code violations. New hearings set May 9 and May 17 on further zoning changes and permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Monroe County Zoning Board of Adjustments
D-X Sunray Co
de Nessius
D-X Co
Monroe County Board
Charles Fiedler
Gordon Stelter
Myroney
Gale Baumgarten
Rudy Wagner
Ted Schlaver
Sparta
Elmer Bradley
Glendale
Joe Blinston
New Lyme
Skelly Oil Co
Robert Clay
Town Hall
Robert Dietzman
Oakdale
Arden Oss
Robert Olson
Bangor
Monroe-La Crosse
Norman Culpitt
Whitehall approves first Wisconsin rural senior housing loan
A $185 000 Farmers Home Administration loan to Brookside Apartments Inc for a 20 unit senior housing project begins July 1 1966 in Frederickson Addition Whitehall Trempealeau County. The project features fireproof soundproof walls nonskid flooring and garden space with 3 percent interest repaid over 50 years and serves retired farmers and rural residents.
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Whitehall
Wis
Wisconsin
Farmers Home Administration
Thomas R. Pattison
Brookside Apartments, Inc
Brookside
Trempealeau County
Keil Blank
N. S. Simons
Floren Hegge
Promotion Group Chooses Wisconsin Coulee Region Name
Elroy Wisconsin joined a regional effort to promote tourism and recreation in southwestern Wisconsin. The winning name Wisconsin Coulee Region was chosen from 223 submissions. Bob Burgdorf of Mauston earned a $25 savings bond and an air tour. A steering committee will meet May 10 to plan objectives and staffing while a May 14 15 bike trail dedication event is scheduled with stops at Sparta and Mauston.
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Elroy
Wis
Wisconsin Coulee Region Association
Wisconsin
Bob Burgdorf
Mauston
Tom O'Hearn
Sparta
Henry Hedding
Union Center
Harvey Brandall
Kendall
Wisconsin Coulee
Roy Balder
Leonard Atkins
Viroqua
Earl Teal
Ontario
Monroe County
Larry Davis
Juneau County
A. J. Karisch
Viroqua Teachers Sign Contracts as Resignations Noted
The Viroqua Area School District reports all teacher contracts signed and returned except three resignations from Mrs. Orlin Kvamme Jeanette Kephart and James Catania. Retirees include Mrs. John Moen Garnet Eide Patience Swiggum and Van Aumock. Vernon County Teachers College staff will return in the fall with Neil Green as principal.
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Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua Area School District
Mauston Doctor to Begin Psychiatry Training
Mauston physician Dr. M. S. Tverberg will leave general medicine and surgery in mid May to specialize in psychiatry. He has practiced 17 years in Mauston and received a three year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for study at Independence Iowa. The program starts July 1 and must begin this year due to age limits.
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Mauston
Wis
M. S. Tverberg
National Institute of Mental Health
Mental Health Institute
Independence
Iowa
Viroqua Plans New Junior High and Elementary Center
The Viroqua Board of Education backs building a junior high school at 1 205 million and an elementary center at 318 thousand. A committee including Ernest Urban James Bjorge Arnold Kuehn and others will study needs and financing by bond issue as the district moves to modernize and possibly close several one room schools.
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Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua Board of Education
Ernest Urban
James Bjorge
Arnold Kuehn
Bernard de Lap
Dale Bennett
Nelius Larson
Noel Nelson
David Vig
Charles Lee
Buford Baumgartner
Harlan Hjelter
Genoa
Clayton Berge
Westby
Early Chinese Use of Peas as Food
The record notes peas were known and used as food by the Chinese as early as 2000 8.C. This highlights ancient agricultural practices and dietary integration of peas in early Chinese cuisine.
Dedication Of Hospital Set In June
Sparta Wisconsin set to dedicate the new St Marys Hospital with ceremonies and an open house on Sunday June 19. The drive raised 327956 from 2380 area supporters with 1526 paid in full and unpaid pledges totaling 82752. The project included a new wing remodeling mandatorily approved by the State Board of Health and received 40 percent of 1660851 from the federal government. A nursing home section will soon be licensed.
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Sparta
Wis
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mary David
State Board of Health
Blair High May Schedule Highlights School Events
Blair High School in Blair Wisconsin released a May calendar of events. The Drama Club play on May 6 and several student activities run throughout the month including picnics May 9 and May 12, a Scrib ble party May 13, an awards banquet May 16, track meets May 18 and May 20, baccalaureate May 22, senior banquet May 23, and graduation May 27.
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Blair
Wis
Blair High School
Girls Athletic Association
Library Club
Eau Claire
Jury To Decide Case Involving Road Land
A jury was to be selected in Sparta Wisconsin to hear the appeal of Kenneth and Ardella Garber against the State Highway Commission over two land acquisition awards for the interstate system north of Tomah. Also, Jerry Holmes pleaded guilty to two traffic counts and was fined $50 on each.
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Sparta
Wis
Lincoln Neprud
Kenneth
Ardella Garber
Lincoln
State Highway Commission of Wisconsin
Tomah
Zel Rice II
Steven Abbott
Attawnaive Ramracantinag
Jerry Holmes
Madison
Circuit Court
Neprud
General Telephone Holds Open House in Galeville
General Telephone Co of Wisconsin will hold an open house at the new central office in Galesville starting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. H. R. Anger of Black River Falls, district commercial manager, says employees will explain telephone equipment. The Galesville exchange was converted to dial phones on March 16.
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West Bend Mutual Insurance Co
C ‘and
H Sales and
Triad Sales ‘Corp
Lawrence Radke
Radke Plumbing and Heating Co
Black River Falls
Robert Storandt
Cataract
Storandt
Neprud
Galesville
Wis
General Telephone Co
Wisconsin
H. R. Anger
Petition Drives Downtown Street Light Upgrade in Sparta
A petition with several hundred names circulates asking the Sparta City Council to consider improved street lighting in the downtown business district. Earlier, new lighting for Wisconsin Street and nearby residential areas was approved.
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Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin
Class Confirmed in Viroqua Church
In Viroqua Wisconsin a class of 13 boys and girls was confirmed at the Viroqua Methodist Church on Sunday May 1 by Rev Lee Holmes. Confirmed were Cindy Benson Judy Parr Lynn Piper Mary Fleming Brad Kline Paul Knower James Brewer Tom Selin Gary Symons Craig Starr Adrian Primmer Russell Reynolds and Gary Patterson.
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Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua Methodist
Lee Holmes
Cindy Benson
Judy Parr
Lynn Piper
Mary Fleming
Brad Kline
Paul Knower
James Brewer
Tom Selin
Gary Symons
Craig Starr
Adrian Primmer
Russel Reynolds
Gary Patterson
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Burr Oak Church
Viet Nam
Stanley
Peterson
Life Group Major Medical
DIAL
Linker Hotel
Lynne Tower
Bank of Tomah
Ed Erickson
State Highway Commission
George Brueggen
Cashton
Parkview Lanes
Brueggen
Ray
Frederickson Addition
Aere
South Ave
American Millwork Co, We
Barin
Dave Sandell
Roger
Jayme
Tracy
Teresa
Lei
RFC
Marilyn Peterson
Chester Peterson
Holmen
University of Oregon At
Blair High
Uit auVvilcus Luploocnlilque Highway Commission
Firm
Edwards, Hafner and McDonald of
la Crosse
The
Garbers
Pierre and
Marie Curie
A. Robert Peterson
Harley Gullickson
Ralph Zielke
Lacrosse
Robert Anderson
Ervin Baudhuin
William Baum Lloyd Caspersen
Merlin Eggen
Ara Fish Anthony Gertner
Paul Richling Stuert Sletten
James Sokolik Lovell Stevens
Gene Strittmater
Lloyd Tryggestad
Virgil Wohlwend
William Hilbert
Morris Lattimore
Robert Sieber
Goodwin Wells
M.I.C
John Perlich
SO. 7Th ST
Lacrosse, Wis
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York, N.Y
Schumacher
Ray J. Schumacher
Roy Tichenor
Don Kish, Jr
LA Crosse, Wis
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