Bert Wood 92 Tomorrow Survivor of Seeley Crew
VIROQUA Wis Special Bert Wood La Farge pioneer mill hand raft builder and lumber man will be 92 Monday He was a crew member of Seeley s white oak timber operation rafting to Davenport Ia and Moline Ill The article recalls raft accidents and life along the Wisconsin river with Wood sharing memories of Green Banks and the Kickapoo Valley tragedy and his long life in La Farge with Marietta Seeley and the Seeley mill history
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Bert Wood
Seeley
Viroqua
Wis
la Farge
North Western Railroad
Davenport
Moline
Seeleyburg
Wisconsin River
Waureka
Hatfield
Lawton
Roberts
Wilson
Green Banks
Wautake
Vernon County
Kickapoo Valley
Wood
Marietta
Seeley and
George Lawton
James Roberts
Erin Hatfield
George Moore
Westby High Names Valedictorian and Salutatorian in 1944
Tekla Bekkedal and Charlotte Cole headline Westby Wisconsin senior class honors with top averages. Bekkedal serves as DAR representative and led in choir pep club and forensics while editing the annual Ski. Cole contributed to mixed chorus and Ski staff and engaged in forensic work.
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Westby
Wis
Tekla Bekkedal
Charlotte Cole
Westby High Miss
Ski
DAR
Lloyd Bekkedal
Cole
Galesville DAR Elects All Former Officers
Galesville Wisconsin Fort Perrot chapter members reelect all former officers at their final study program hosted by Mrs Curtis Homer. Reg ent remains, with secretary treasurer historian registrar chaplain named and Miss Marjorie Server guest speaker and recipient of the good citizenship award. A Flag Day gathering is planned June 14 at the Presbyterian church.
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Galesville
Wis
Fort Perrot
DAR
Curtis Homer
Ride share tires need extra air pressure
Motorists in ride sharing groups should add about two to three pounds of air to their tires to offset the extra weight they carry.
Spartan grocer Hemstock inherits Mason Co. store legacy
Hemstock, a Sparta native born 1877, returned from military service to join the J. J. Mason Co. as a clerk. After 33 years he inherited the store and stock from Mason following Mason’s 1930 death. He modernized the business and remained manager with his wife Alta, and their three grandchildren noted.
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Tribune
Sparta
Wis
J. J. Mason Co
Mason
Hemstock
Watertown
S. D
H. F. W. Schaller
Robert B. McCoy
Masons
Art Hollenbeck
Anna Perry
Orpha Belle Mason
Perry S. Mason
Burns
Alta Mullen
Dorothy
Glen
George E. Hemstock
North Water Street
Perry Mason
Robert McCoy and Vida Gilbertson to reign at Sparta Prom
Sparta Wisconsin junior class president Robert McCoy selects Vida Gilbertson as prom queen for Friday night. The gym will become a southern mansion with a verandah stage, white picket border, roses, and blue ceiling crepe. Student and faculty committees oversee invitations decor finance and punch.
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Robert McCoy
Vida Gilbertson
Sparta
Wis
Larry Zieman
Estelle Mueller
Margaret Hembrecht
Charlote Brookes
Eleanor Wood
Winifred Foster
Wac Headquarters Opens to Visitors at Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy Wisconsin invites the public to tour the WAC headquarters from 1 to 5 p m on Sunday marking the first anniversary of women soldiers on post and the second year of the WAC. Colonel MacMullin and Lt Col Brown will join Lt Dorothy Alexander for the day’s events including a parade and dance at the Service Club.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Women's Army
George M. MacMullin
R. Brown
Dorothy D. Alexander
Service Club
No Man's Land
Wac
Alexander
Westby High Plans Senior Class Activities
Westby Wisconsin special report outlines senior class events for 59 students. Prom on May 19, baccalaureate May 28 at Our Savior's church with Rev Kil dahl and Rev Holum, and graduation May 31 at 8 p m with speaker Dale D Welch president of University of Dubuque. Several seniors listed by name. three already in the armed forces will miss graduation.
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Westby
Wis
Wsetby High School
Our Savior'’s Church
H. B. Kildahl
J. O. Holum
Dale D. Welch
University of Dubuque
Dubuque
Presbyterian Church
Irene Bakkestuen
Tekla Bekkedal
Arlene Bijerkos
Kenneth Chadwick
Charlotte Cole
Alice de Witt
Harley Engh
Luther Flugstad
Leland Gijeffe
Fredzell Goettel
Helen Gronvold
la Verne Hall
Lu Eetta Hanson
Charlotte Harmacek
Evelyn Helgerson
Arlene Hollie
Ingeborg Jacobson
Roger Jaeger
Shirley Jelen
Bergetta Johnson
Audrey Larson
Shirley Lee
Margaret Lind
Maynard Linding
Harriet Lard
Harland Mathison
Alice Midthen
Lola Morkved
Genevieve Nelson
Layton Nelson
Arlene Olson
Arlyn Olson
Burton Olson
David Olson
Gordon Olson
Roger Olson
Alvin Onsrud
Roger Peterson
Howard Ramsland
Yanks Club to Elect Officers in Caledonia Meeting
Caledonia Minnesota hosts a Sunday 2 p m meeting of all Yanks Club members in the municipal auditorium to elect permanent officers and to explain the club's purpose.
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Caledonia
Minn
Municipal Auditorium of
Radio Programs on May 7 1944 Specials and Regulars
Radio listings show a full day of programs from News Roundups to dramas, music, and religious services spanning morning through late evening on May 7 1944 Central War Time. Key names include Paul Lavalle Concert The Nashville Varieties Josef Marais Folklore and Song Ed Murrow and Sammy Kaye The Lutheran Hour and Perry Como among others.
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Paul Lavalle
Nhc
Les Huff
Mbs
Moylan
Nashville Varieties
Voice of the Dairy Farmer
Nbc
Church of the Air
Dbs
John B. Kennedy
Biu Stanley Dixon
Josef Marais
Biu
U. of
Army
Hot Copy
Blu
al Pearce
Wide Horizons
Ed Dowling
Lands of the Free News
Andre Kostelanetz & Orchestra
Cbs
Blu Abe Lincoln
NBC Symphony
Dr. Black
Nbc Family Time
Gladys Swarthout
Mary Small
Dlu
Green Valley
U.S.A
Irene Rich
Catholic Radio Service
CBS Sunday Theater
Cbs Roosty of
AAFP
Gildersleeve
America
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Star
Walter Pidgeon
Greenfield Village
Biu Alexander
Mediation Board
Andy Russell
One Man's Family
Cbs Keepsakes
Gabriel Heatter
Walter Winchell
Weekly
Conrad Nagel
Cbs Mexico Symphony
Basin Street
Bblu
Fred Alien
Jimmy Fidler
Hollywood
Phil Spitalny
Girl Orch
Phil Baker
Cedric Foster
Bob Crosby and Company
Nbec
Galesville Women Honored for Hours of Work on Crosses
Galesville residents celebrate 35 hours of labor by a group of women and men who crafted large crosses. The list includes Mmes S P Ibach F M Smith G M Wiley Grace Lawrence Lizzie Ledbetter H A Jegi A F Kindschi Carl Anderson A B Ekern Ward Risvold Ira Canutesson Julius Stearns Leonard Larson C W Homer Arthur Lyon J C Stewart William Jacobs Anna Cook Jewett Lund William Perr ing Frank Hembd Odell Hanson Harry Gallup Arthur Stenberg Miss Cora Arerson and others. Workers already mentioned received 18 an hour crosses, shared also by Mmes Eugene Miller Lulu Tranberg Mae Schindler R L Alvarez Johnson Heram Sanford Severson and Hugh Elli.
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Galesville
Army of Fighting Men
Mmes
S. P. Ibach
F. M. Smith
G. M. Wiley
Grace Lawrence
Lizzie Ledbetter
H. A. Jegi
A. F. Kindschi
Carl Anderson
A. B. Ekern
Ward Risvold
Ira Canuteson
Julius Stearns
Leonard Larson
C. W. Homer
Arthur Lyon
J. C. Stewart
William Jacobs
Anna Cook
Jewett Lund
William Perring
Frank Hembd
Odell Hanson
Harry Gallup
Arthur Stenberg
Cora Arerson
Eugene Miller
Lulu Tranberg
Mae Schindler
R. L. Alvarez
Johnson, Heram
Sanford Severson
Hugh Ellison
Galesville Women Volunteer for Surgical Dressings Effort
An army of Galesville women dedicates hours weekly to making surgical dressings for Allied front lines. They have logged over 4 100 hours and produced thousands of gauze dressings, with a 14 000+ dressings milestone in 3% hours.
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Galesville
Frank Hembold
Odell Hanson
Vet Of Three Trips Overseas Is Home
Vernon Severson a 19 year old veteran of three overseas trips is at home in Galesville Wis awaiting orders from leaders. He may be re classified and could leave the merchant marine for another service if deferred. Since enlisting last October and training at Sheepshead Bay N Y he has logged about 25000 miles in travel to North Africa and the British Isles. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Vilas Severson and says travel has broadened his geography. Khaki cloth is woven from five colored threads.
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Galesville
Wis
Vernon Severson
Merchant Marine
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Vernon
North Africa
British Isles
Vilas Severson
Twin Dirks Brothers Reunite In England On Birthday
North Bend Wisconsin natives Richard and Robert Dirks, twin brothers and sons of Rev. and Mrs. E. O. Dirks, were together in England for the first time in the European theater. Richard, promoted to private first class, works in the supply department at the 9th Air Force Service Command aircraft assembly depot. Robert serves as a sergeant in a Signal Corps unit. They previously met in Lexington Kentucky last year. Richard trained as a welder at Chanute Field Illinois before serving at Granier Field New Hampshire.
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9Th Air Force Service Command
England
North Bend
Wis
Richard A
Robert W. Dirks
E. O. Dirks
Richard
Ninth Air Force
Robert
Signal Corps
Army
Lexington
Eent
Chanute Field
Ill
Granier Field
New Hampshire
Air Medal Presented to Maj H Dregne of Viroqua Wis
Brig. Gen Murray C Woodbury awarded the Air Medal to Maj H Dregne of Viroqua Wisconsin for meritorious aerial service with 10 operational sorties over enemy occupied Europe. The ceremony honored 42 pilots from the Eighth Fighter Command after a bomber escort over Berlin on March 6. Dregne's parents live in Viroqua. wife and child reside at 223 Montrose Ave San Antonio Texas.
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England
Murray C. Woodbury
Eighth Fighter Command
Maj. H. Dregne
Viroqua
Wis
Europe
Woodbury
Berlin
Donald W. Graham
Calif
Maj
Dregne
Solfert €& Dregne
Flyer
Montrose Ave
San Antonio
Texas
Caledonia Sergeant Wins Air Medal in World War II
S. Sgt. Arlin G. Feil, husband of Mrs. Ruby A. Feil near Caledonia, received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while serving with a 15th AAF B-24 Liberator group based in Italy. A farmer before enlisting in 1942, Feil trained at Sheppard Field Texas, San Diego California, and Wendover Utah, and also wears the Good Conduct Medal and the European Theater ribbon.
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Caledonia
Minn
Arlin G. Feil
Ruby A. Feil
15Th
AAF
Italy
Feil
USAAF
Sheppard Field
Tex
San Diego
Calif
Wendover Field
Utah
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