County nurse hired as districts dissolve and hearings held
Houston County Board held three dissolution hearings with two more planned. District 607 Black Hammer and 638 Vinegar Hill were dissolved and annexed to Spring Grove and Rushford respectively, effective July 1. District 633 Black Hammer dissolution petition denied for lack of legal basis. County nurse Mrs. Cullen Gorilla to start June 1. nursing board members reappointed. Debris removal and water conservation updates discussed. federal funds requested.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Board
Charles Sheehan
Black Hammer
Spring Grove
Vinegar Hill
Rushford
Lloyd Conniff
Hokah
Snare
Heard
Cullen Gorilla
Lanesboro
Warren Detters
Eitzen
Jack Welch
la Crescent
Joe Lorenz
Leslie Sheehan
Hokah Township
Arthur Butcher
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Houston
Viola Horse Show Association Sets September Show Plans
Viola Wisconsin the Viola Horse and Colt Show Association will meet at 8 p m Thursday in the Kickapoo High School agriculture shop to plan the 1966 Horse and Colt Show set for September 24 the meeting is open to the public historical note about barbed wire introduction and Joseph Glidden of DeKalb Illinois is mentioned.
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Viola
Wis
Viola Horse and Colt Show Association
Kickapoo High School
Jackson Official Lyle V Larson To Run Again
Lyle V Larson Jackson County register of deeds announced his Democratic bid for re election. He first won the post in 1952 and has been repeatedly re elected. He is married with four sons. wife Elva Jacobson hails from Garden Valley. The couple lives in Pleasant View and he was born in Northfield and attended Alma Center High School and La Crosse Vocational School.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lyle V. Larson
Jackson County Register of Deeds
Larson
McCoy Ends Second Training Week at Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy Wis ends second week of summer camp for Reserve and National Guard units. From about 1000 personnel, 882 have returned home while units from Indiana Illinois South Dakota and Wisconsin departed. Strength will be about 600 after additions from Wisconsin and North Carolina units joining the post. Reservists prepared facilities for the summer program.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
National Guard
Indianapolis
Terra Haute
Ind
Battle Creek
Mich
Sioux Falls
S.C
242Nd
Yugoslavia Ranks Fourth in European Alcohol Use
Yugoslavia records an average nine liters of alcoholic drinks per person per year, ranking fourth among European nations in consumption rates according to the report.
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Yugoslavia
Twelve Named Honor Students At Caledonia High
Caledonia Minnesota lists 12 honor students along with valedictorian Mary Groeschner and co salutatorians Roxie Rolfing and Mary Heiller. The baccalaureate is Sunday May 29 and commencement Friday June 3 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym.
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Caledonia, Minn
Caledonia High School
Leland Anderson
Jon Ask
Sharon Bolduan
Neil Diersen
Mary Fruechte
Barbara Grob
Gary Haugen
Theresa Janikowski
Cheryl Kruse
Helen Lewis
Rae Pottratz
David Schultz
Mary Groeschner
Roxie Rolfing
Mary Heiller
New Albin Drive Raises $164 for Cancer Fund
New Albin Iowa reports a total of $164.44 collected for the cancer fund drive. Chairman Mrs. Deloris Meyer led a team including Clara Pohlmann Dorothy Visgar Reta Carroll Lucille Mauss Velma Mack Norman Freuchte Phyllis Bresser Maxine Keaster and Millie Darling assisting in the effort.
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New Albin
Iowa
Deloris Meyer
Mmes
Clara Pohlmann
Dorothy Visgar
Reta Carroll
Lucille Mauss
Velma Mack
Norman Freuchte
Phyllis Bresser
Maxine Keaster
Millie Darling
Barbed Wire Collectors Rise in the United States
The piece notes more than 45 collectors in the United States compared with 13 in 1941 and mentions La Crosse as a place tied to the topic.
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United States
Madonna High School to Close in Mauston This Term
Madonna High School in Mauston Wisconsin will close at the end of the current term as the town prepares a new public high school. Rev Edward Hartung says the decision followed parent and student committee input and talks with Manston Public High School authorities. The new school, approved by referendum last May, began construction in December and aims to open next term.
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Mauston
Wis
Madonna High School
Edward Hartung
Father Hartung
Madonna
Manston
Home and School Association
Adolfson and Peterson
Minnneapolis
Amazon River Flows Vast 7.5 Billion Cusec Surpassing Mississippi
Report notes the Amazon River circulation at 7.5 billion cubic feet per second, asserting it is about twelve times faster than the Mississippi River, highlighting the river’s immense discharge.
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Amazon
Air Force seeks Volk Field housing near Camp Douglas Wis
Col. Ben Emmert Jr of the 343rd Fighter Group announces the Air Force will lease homes within an hour of Volk Field. The 1st Detachment unit needs two to four bedroom houses for yearly leases with renewal options. Interested parties contact M Sgt Jack Swanson at Volk Field via Camp Douglas 427-3343 extension 233 or 221.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
Volk Field
Air Force
Ben H. Emmert Jr
343Rd
Duluth
Minn
Col. Emmert
Jack Swanson
Douglas
Spring Grove School Concert May 22
Spring Grove Minn high school junior and concert bands and se... perform in a May 22 concert at Spring Grove School. The program features student ensembles and a showcase of band work.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Viola and Liberty Residents Donate to 1966 Cancer Crusade
Viola and the Town of Liberty residents contributed $182.35 to the 1966 Cancer Crusade drive. Co chairs were Mrs. Joe Potter and Mrs. Chester Goode. Assistants included Mrs. Leon Mellem, Ross Groves, Harold Oliver, Amos Schroeder, Alfred Chroninger, Daryl Fish, Elizabeth Warren, Donna Mikkelson, Betty Peck and Leola Gabel.
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Viola, Wis
California Man Discovers Acryline For False Teeth
Bakersfield report claims a new product Acryline uses a vacuum principle to seal dentures. Users say it fits well and feels like natural teeth, with a six month lasting effect before reapplication. Available at all drug counters.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Concert Sunday at 2:30 Details Band Boosters Awards
Soloists will perform at 2 30 p m on Sunday May 22 in the high school auditorium. Winners of radio awards sponsored by the Band Boosters will be announced during the concert and lunch will follow the program.
Holmen High Graduation Date Corrected
Holmen Wis May 24 is the correct graduation date for Holmen High School. The exercises occur at 8 p.m. in the high school gym, not Friday May 20 as previously reported.
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Holmen
Holmen, Wis
Holmen High School
the Tribune
First practical television camera patent holder named
The first practical television camera, the iconoscope, was patented in 1938 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, a Russian born American inventor.
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Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
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