Regional Alice to be named as Arcadia hosts contest
Arcadia Wisconsin will crown the regional Alice in Dairyland on Saturday with a parade at 1 30 p m and judging at 6 15 p m in St Stanislaus hall. Mary Ellen McCabe current Alice will attend along with judges from the State Department of Agriculture. Nancy Glanzer already won the Brosler Dairy Festival queen title and is a candidate.
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Arcadia
Wis
la Crosse
Trempealeau
Buffalo
Jackson
Monroe
Juneau
Vernon Counthre
Alice
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church
Mary Ellen McCabe
Alice In Dairyland
State Department of Agriculture
Nancy Glanzer
Brosler
Betty Sobotta
Joyce Meistad
Mayor Proclaims HF Poppy Day
Harpers Ferry honors veterans with a Poppy Day proclamation by Mayor E. W. Christ. American Legion Auxiliary notes the memorial poppies symbolize remembrance and support disabled veterans in VA hospitals. Theresa Frank urges community response.
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Harpers Ferry
E. W. Christ
Ben Quillin
American Legion Auxiliary
Theresa Frank
Power Line May Be Built Between Prairie du Chien and Bloomington
Edward T. Kaveny of the State Public Service Commission reports Wisconsin Power and Light filed on May 12 for authority to build a 69 000 volt three phase wood pole transmission line about 17 miles long from Prairie du Chien to Bloomington costing around 370 484 dollars. The project part of a long range rehabilitation plan after the state purchase from Interstate Power Co. PSC will study the application and hold a public hearing in Madison at 10 a.m. June 2.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Edward T. Kaveny
State Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
PSC O
Bloomington
Interstate Power Co
Kaveny
PSC
Madison
Last Card Party Of Year Sunday In Coon Valley
St Marys Congregation in Coon Valley holds its last card party of the spring season Sunday at 7 30 p m Euchre and 500 will be played Sponsored by St Theresa s Guild with Mines Frank Misna Joseph McCormick Otto Horman Bernard Humfeld William Le Jeune and Eugene Kammel in charge Frank Misna as general chairman and party director
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Coon Valley
Wis
St. Mary's Congregation of
St Theresa's Guild
Frank Misna
Joseph McCormick
Otto Horman
Bernard Humfeld
William le Jeune
Eugene Kammel
Half of Crawford Polio Sign-Ups Show Up
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin reports only about 50 percent of parents signed approval for polio vaccine for first and second graders in Crawford County. Make-up centers set for May 31 at Prairie du Chien and Gays Mills to allow more children to receive the initial dose.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Hastman
Seneca Center
Gays Mills
Stoddard Church To Confirm Eight Members
In Stoddard Wisconsin eight children will be confirmed at St Matthew's Lutheran Church on Sunday. The four girls are Janet Christianson Doris Helke Frances Huebner and Carol Miller. The four boys are Coy Kohn Lyle Proksch Wilbert Proksch and Dean Wrobel. The choir directed by Oscar Wehling will sing the service begins at 9 a.m. Reverend Gerhardt Kionka is the pastor.
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Stoddard
Wis
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Janet Christianson
Doris Helke
Frances Huebner
Blair Area Leagues Send 7 To Conclave
Blair Wisconsin Blair area Luther Leagues select seven delegates to the Luther Leagues international convention in San Francisco California June 21 26 Delegates include Mary Lou Amundson Marlene Nestingen Monte Blaske Gale Toranson from Zion Parish and Solveig Urberg Charles Knutson and Mary Kellen Oppegaard from the First Lutheran
Blair pupils receive Salk polio vaccine shots
At Blair Public School only 53 of 77 first and second graders who returned consent slips were inoculated on Monday morning. Several students were absent due to illness.
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Blair, Wis
Blair Public School
Memorial Day rites planned by Sparta Vets Council
Sparta Wisconsin observers Memorial Day with Maj. Edwin Monick as general chairman and veterans group leaders as associates. Col. Robert McCoy is marshal, parade forms at 12 45 p m for a march to Woodlawn Cemetery with readings, prayers, taps, and a drum and bugle corps participation.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Veterans Council
Maj
Edwin Monick
D. Sayner
American Legion
Russell de Witt
VFW
Louis Losby
United Spanish War Veterans
A. V. Littlejohn
Robert McCoy
Cmdr
Don Radde
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Louis Lesby
J. G. Morgan
Charles Hansen
David Widrick
National Guard
Courthouse Square
Oak Street
Woodlawn
Peterson
Veterans Hospital
Tomah
G. Phillip Jung
James Dvorak
Flanders Field
Camp McCoy
Sparta Drum and Bugle Corps
Play Program Nears Completion in Melrose
Melrose Wisconsin plans a supervised summer recreation program for area children with a full schedule soon. Activities target all ages and interests, including swimming lessons at a nearby pool twice weekly if city councils approve. Richard Huxtable is named supervisor and will select an assistant.
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Melrose
Wis
Black River Falls
Sparta
Memorial Day Service Then Dinner in Ettrick Wisconsin
First Lutheran Church on North Beaver Creek in Ettrick will hold a Memorial Day service at 11 30 a m led by Rev K M Arberg. A noon dinner provided by church women benefits the Cemetery Association.
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Ettrick
Wis
First Lutheran Church
North Beaver Creek
K. M. Arberg
Guest Day by St John Ladies Aid in Spring Grove
SPRING GROVE Minn Guests day hosted by St John Ladies Aid Saturday at 2 30 p m meets at Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Spring Grove
Minn
St. John’s Ladies Aid
Trinity Luitheran Church
Horseback Tours Planned at Effigy Mounds Park
Special horseback tours will begin to the Effigy Mounds National Monument west of here. Hugh Parker of Marquette Iowa guides the tours under a Department of the Interior permit issued to Walter Barett, supervisor of Effigy Mounds Park. The Marching Bear group is included and has been largely inaccessible due to steep bluffs.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Here
Hugh Parker
Marquette
Iowa
Department of the Interior
Walter Barett
Effigy Mounds Park
Commandant’s Wife Takes Sick Leave to Mexico
Mrs. P. D. Ginder wife of Maj. Gen. Ginder new Camp McCoy commander left for Mexico to continue work on Teahouse of the August Moon for Spanish speaking audiences. The Spanish version opens in Mexico City June 3 with her expected return around June 15.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
P. D. Ginder
Ginder
Mexico
Central
South America
Jean Dalrymple
New York City
Mexico City
Spring Grove Plans Baccalaureate Service
Baccalaureate services for the Spring Grove High School graduating class will be held at 8 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. Oscar Engebretson.
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Memorial Park
Joseph G. Morgan
Kay Heineck
Mary
Lee Brockman
June Zachow
Spring Grove, Minn
Spring Grove High School
Trinity Lutheran Church
Oscar Engebretson
Whitehall Senior Luther League to host barbecue for trip
In Whitehall Wisconsin the Senior Luther League will run a barbecue stand downtown Saturday evening to raise funds for members attending the International Luther League convention in San Francisco in June.
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Whitehall
Wis
San Francisco
Luther League
Elroy Lions Name Sartori Elroy Lions Name Sartori
Elroy Wisconsin special report states the Elroy Lions Club elected James Sartori as president for the coming year. Dr. P J Leib was named first vice president and John Thompson second vice president. C W Hazel- Kine is secretary, R A Supple treasurer, H A Leist lion tamer, Bernard Zenner tail twister. Directors include Kenneth Fleming Phil Egan Eugene Hartman and Robert Heiking.
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Elroy
Wis
Elroy Lions Club
James Sartori
P. J. Leib
John Thompson
C. W. Hazel- Kine
R. A. Supple
H. A. Leist
Bernard Zenner
Kenneth Fleming
Phil Egan
Euugene Hartman
Robert Heiking
Tomah Centennial traffic plan aided by state patrol
Tomah Wisconsin gears up for its Centennial celebration from Thursday through Memorial Day. Traffic control will be aided by State Patrol Captain Bruce Bishop and officers Lewis Versnick Merlin Peter, with 262 National Guard troops, Camp McCoy MPs, and local police deploying extended shifts for the parades and street closures along U.S. Highway 12 and Gasoline Alley.
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al Clumpner
Hollister Avenue
Kilbourn Avenue
Tomah
National Guard
Sparta
Viroqua
Mauston
Camp McCoy
Bruce Bishop
Lewis Versnick
Merlin Peter
Lions
Black River Falls
Kandy
Medford
Dewey
Monroe County
Main Street
Elroy
Local Merchants Prepare for Crowds with Extra Lodging
Merchants dealing in refreshments, lodging and food have made special preparations to handle the crowds, and homes are also providing additional housing.
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Betty Ann Strand
Blair
Jean O'Brien
Joanna Johnson
Cashton
Carol Bibby
Kathleen Neal
Alma Center
Donna Servais
Faythe Laatsch
Betty Patzner
Shirley Guenther
Janice Veraguth
Fountain City
Helen Schulty
Sylvia Dopson
Galesville
Corrine Miller
Hillsboro
Betty Mae Halverson
Lois Secker
Beverly Ann Duerkop
Anna Bel Ripp
la- Vonne Kovgaard
Ellen Steinhoff
Wilton
Bethel Baptist Church
Speech and Dramatics
Tomah High School
Kirby's
New School
St. Mary's School
Woodsville
St. Mary's Rhythm Band
Ollie M. Swanson
Irvin Loff
Charlotte Anderle
Davey Jones
Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Mich
Mae Maynard
Portage
Jones
L. W. Kenny
Centennial
Center
F. J. McKean
Coon Valley Farmers Telephone Co
Crawford
Stoddard Church
Blair Area
Conclave
Hi Nabor Lolin Miller
Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate
Vets Council
Richard Huxtable
Easons
Sth Ave
Mary Jane Jacobs
Roy Jacobs
Richard Heilman
Adolph Heilman
Mary Jane
Richard
Hungry Five
Luther College
Sparta High
Sparta High School
J. E. Teporten
State Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Supt. of
Dale F. Davis
Ralph Osborne
W. C. Schowalter
Board of Education
Joyce Koboski
L. B. Keegan
Charles Schultenover
Patricia Solverson
Carroll Thurston
Wayne Hallingstad
John Lehman
Peter Betts
Ivy
Joan Wendorf
Jeanne Spink
Louise Schowalter
Carla Aney
Robert Benedict
Man
League
Holmen Canning CO
Holmen, Wisconsin
North Ridge House
Clark Coon Valley
Mindoro
Bernie Schlifer
Tel
Hardies Creek
Ettrick, Wis
Roy Waller
Winters
Merlyn Winters
JIM & Gen
James Mulheron
R. 1
Westby Westby, Wis
Westby
Garland Jackson
Morris Olson
Victor Hammersback
Cashton, Wis
Jake
Dodge Creamery
Dodge, Wis
Jacob H. Knorst
Leonard Kiedrowski
West Salem
Wilbert Nesseth
West Salem, Wis
N. Mill St
W. Salem
Gene’s
Kreuzer Mobil
Stoddard, Wis
Abbotts Grocery
Warrens, Wis
Kletzke
Plumbing & Heating
la Crescent
Hokah
Angus Ekern
Freeburg
Elmer Kohlmeier
Freeburg, Minn
Elroy Lions
Sartori
State Patrol
McCoy
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