Galesville Scout Troop Wins District Camporee Honors
Galesville Boy Scout Troop 61 led by Carlton Jensen topped the Decorah-Black River district camporee at Black River Falls May 24-25 with 195 points. Black River Falls Troop 59 scored 110 for second, Indian Mission Troop 109 earned 75 for third, and Troop 58 also from Black River Falls totaled 609. The event featured Indian regalia, crafts, and contests on campcraft, fire building, signaling, and knot tying.
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Ettrick
Wis
Galesville
Carlton Jensen
Decorah-Black River District
Black River Falls
Gerald E. Muir
Gateway Area Council
Larry Gilbertson
Indian Mission
Winnebagoes
Clarence Monegar
Robert Tliff
Muir
Hugh Trask
Carlton Jengen
Russell Largo
Group Of 36 Reports For Draft Physicals
Sparta Wisconsin reports 36 men ordered to report for pre induction physicals on May 28 at the Chicago induction station. Four men will be inducted. leaders Donald Minnecke and Harvey Eberdt direct the group. Names listed include Moe Bloom Williams Harris and many others across Wisconsin and surrounding states.
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Sparta
Wis
Chicago
Lievel Moe
Camp Douglas
Ernest Bloom
Raymond Williams
Harvey Eberdt
Chica
Max D. Harris, Jr
Donald Minnecke
Wyeville
Joe Schumacher
Maron Erickson
Leonard Miller
Raymond Gilbert
Albert Schmutz
Lawrence Laufenberg
Cashton
Norman Jothem
Westby
John Meyer
Douglas Christenson
Schawnke
Durwood Leverenz
Kenneth Peterson
Donald Clay
Merle Clay
First Train Jumps Track At Merrillan
A first train passing Merrillan derailed seven cars and a caboose after leaving the track about a mile east of town at 2 p m Monday. Conductor August Beyers was shaken and treated for minor injuries. The Omaha wrecking crew from Altoona cleared the line by midnight.
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Whitehall
Wis
Merrillan
August Beyers
Omaha Railroad
Altoona
Memorial Day Program Set in Holmen Park
A Memorial Day program is set in Holmen park on Thursday starting at 10 a.m. The Rev. Kenneth R. Torvik will address Our Heritage and speak at Pigeon Falls later that morning. Holmen High School band directed by Frank M. Smith will perform.
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Holmen
Wis
Holmen Park
Kenneth R. Torvik
Pigeon Fall
Frank M. Smith
M. H. Ekern
American Legion Hall
Annulment And One Divorce Are Granted In Wisconsin
In Sparta Judge O W Sprecher granted a divorce to Carmen Kulpinski from Ben Kuplinski and approved a $20 000 property split. Laurel B Urlie of Sparta obtained an annulment from G Bernhard Urlie Jr of Condon Oregon after marrying Dec 23 1943 and separating two years later. Laurel kept her maiden name Urlie.
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Sparta
Wis
O. W. Sprecher
Carmen Kulpinski
Ben Kuplinski
Laurel B. Urlie
G. Bernhard Urlie, Jr
Condon
Ore
Arice
Laurel ‘Illey
Lutheran Brotherhood Holds Annual Wiener Roast
The Luther an Brotherhood of a Savior's church in Whitehall holds its final meeting of the year as a Wiener roast at the municipal golf grounds Tuesday at 6 45 p m Families and friends are invited to bring dishes and silver and contribute a hot dish salad or dessert The wieners buns and coffee are provided by the group with Mrs Alice Stuve supplying coffee at the clubhouse
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Whitehall, A
Lutheran Brotherhood of A Savior's Church
Brotherhood
Alice Stuve
Confirmation Fete for Paul Onsrud Jr At La Crosse Area
A party of residents from French Creek Ettrick and La Crosse celebrated Paul Onsrud Jr.’s confirmation with services at St. Paul’s Lutheran in La Crosse and a family reunion picnic at Myrick Park. Attending were Andrew Ofsdahl Helstad and families Benhardin ten T P Nelsestuen Paul Onsrud Curtis Hussa Ole Espenes and Miss Jone Espenes.
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Ettrick
Wis
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
la Crosse
Myrick Park
Messrs
Mmnes
Andrew Ofsdahl
Helstad
Benhard
French Creek
T. P
Bring Bodies To Coon Valley
Three members of the Johnson family were killed in a Black Earth collision. Joseph Johnson 57 Argyle Johnson 26 and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson 29 of Milwaukee died en route to Coon Valley. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Wang church with burial in the church cemetery. Joseph Johnson survived by three daughters and two sons. Mrs. Lloyd Johnson by her husband and two children.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Joseph Johnson
Argyle Johnson
Lloyd Johnson
Milwaukee
Black Earth
Madison
Wang Church
J. O. Holum
Westby
Oscar Kleven
Viroqua
John
Josephine) Jacobson, Jr
Lewis
Judith) Gilbertson
Clinton
Eva) Gullord
James
Telmar
U. S. Army
Rebecca
Jonette
Clarinet Winner Had Only Two Years Of Band Experience
Lola Mae Dobbs won first place in Class C at the state music meet in Madison with a clarinet solo "Dream of the Shepherdess" despite only two years in band and this being her first year in the senior band. She previously won Class C at the La Crosse district meet. she is the daughter of Mrs. Maude Dobbs of La Farge.
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LA Farge
Wis
Lola Mae Dobbs
Madison
Dream of the Shepherdess
la Crosse
Maude Dobbs
Whitehall Memorial Day Dinner to Feature Attorney O J Eggum
Whitehall Wisconsin attorney O J Eggum has been invited to speak at a Memorial Day dinner at Upper Pigeon Creek church. The event honors returned service men with a 12 p m dinner following an 11 a m service led by Rev E B Christopherson.
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Whitehall
Wis
O. J. Eggum
Upper Pigeon Creek
E. B. Christophersen
Rushford High to graduate 31 seniors in May ceremony
Rushford Minnesota special report notes 31 seniors will graduate from Rushford High School in the auditorium May 29 at 8 p m. Valedictorian Hazel Bjorge and salutatorian Herbert Thompson lead the class with Lois Sorum Betsey Huseboe Wallace Larson and Earl Knutson among other honor students. Awards include American Legion to Margaret Carlson and Richard Stoyke and Citizenship to Lois Sorum and Herbert Higham.
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Hazel Bjorge
Herbert Thompson
Rushford High School
Rushford, Minn
Olaf Bjorge
Alfred Thompson
Lois Sorum
Betsey Huseboe
Wallace Larson
Earl Knutson
American Legion
Margaret Carlson
Richard Stoyke
Herbert Higham
National Honor Society
GAA
Ripples
Saietubastats
New Pastor Moves From Monona to New Richmond
The Rev. Harvey W. Racuege, pastor of the Evangelical church at Monona for nine years, will assume the pastorate at New Richmond Wisconsin on June 1. The Rev. Alvin Ebert of Beaver Dam succeeds him at Monona.
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Waukon
Harvey W. Racuege
Evangelical Church
Monona
New Richmond
Wis
Alvin Ebert
Beaver Dam
Whitehall Sergeant Phones Wife From Seattle Visit
Whitehall Wis special Earle Fraser a sergeant telephoned his wife from Seattle where he had just arrived from Alaska where he had been stationed the past year He expected discharge there and plans to reach Whitehall as travel permits allow His wife and their daughter Barbara have stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Adolph Hanson during his absence
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Whitehall
Wis
Earle Fraser
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Barbara
Adolph Hanson
Ettrick Pupils Rate Highest
A program honoring the top soil conservation students and schools will be held at Wayside School Ettrick. County officials and teachers will present a three year traveling plaque a framed soil conservation picture and merit certificates to top schools and students. Joan Burt Oscar Westlie Beat rice Engelsen and seven others receive individual awards and nature guides for outstanding work.
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Whitehall
Wis
Wayside
Ettrick
Arnold Woches
Jack Dundas
Trempealeau County Soil Conservation Service
Dorris Sander
Winifred Mahlum
North Creek
Arcadia
M. Catherine
M. Innocent
Hegg
Leone Mattson
Elk Creek
Hale
Myrtle Back
Johnson
Joan Burt
Veam
Oscar Westlie
Riverside
Beatrice Engelsen
Eileen Bue
Verle Austad
Sunnyside
George Halama
Wagner
Elizabeth Cornell
Hardies Creek
Gordon Melby
Brookside
Agatha Maule
Sunnyslope
Philip Hanevold
Fly Creek
Banking Facility At Camp McCoy To Close
Camp McCoy will close its banking facility on May 31 as part of a Army-wide policy closing all post banks by that date. The McCoy branch of the Farmers National Bank of Sparta opened in August 1943 with L. C. Erickson in charge and A. N. Jackson as teller serving the 2nd and 76th divisions and McCoy units. Leslie Riley now leads the McCoy bank with teller Mrs. Ann Schendel.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
McCoy
Farmer’s National Bank of Sparta
L. C. Erickson
A. N. Jackson
Teller
Leslie Riley
McCoy Bank
Ann Schendel
Army Commendation Ribbon Award to Two Captains
Captains John A. Kaehler and Werner R. Taves received the Army Commendation Ribbon by order of Maj. Gen. Louis A. Craig, commanding general of the Sixth Service Command, and by direction of the Secretary of War. Global rust costs exceed 5 billion dollars yearly.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
John A. Kaehler
Werner R. Taves
Louis A. Craig
Sixth Service Command
Secretary of War
Memorial Day Speakers at Hillsboro Coon Valley and Friendship Wis
Chaplains Theodore Pfeiffer and Cathrinus Nettinga and Lieut C S Wright Jr will be the main speakers at Memorial Day programs in Hillsboro Coon Valley and Friendship Wis Pfeiffer a major has served six years in the army including the air corps most recently at McCoy He will discuss The Contributions of Our Honored Dead Nettinga a captain based at McCoy since November 1945 will speak on Loyalty to Our Heritage He served 20 months in New Guinea with the 128th Station Hospital Wright a lieutenant will speak on The World and Permanent Peace He earned battle stars for Central Europe Rhineland campaigns while overseas with the McCoy trained 250th Combat Engineers Battalion and served as public relations officer at McCoy
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Theodore Pfeiffer
Cathrinus Nettinga
C. S. Wright, Jr
Hillsboro
Coon Valley
Friendship
Pfeiffer
Army
Air Corps
McCoy
Chanute Field
Truax Field
Madison
6Th Air Force
Atlantic
Pacific
Nettinga
New Guinea
128Th Station
Wright
250Th Combat Engineers Battalion
ETO
Central Europe
Rhineland
Houston Girl Wins Honors in National Oratorical Contests
Miss Mary Ann Pablo of St Rose's school Washington D C won first prize May 10 at the Catholic University Conference of Clerics and Religious oratorical contest in Washington. The next day she represented the district in Baltimore at Seaton school but lost to Kathleen Teeley Notre Dame of Maryland high school. She belongs to the Manuel Pablo family who returned to Houston after wartime Manila then Washington D C and Houston relatives include Mrs Lester Olson and Raymond O Connor.
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Houston, Minn
Mary Ann Pablo
St. Rose's School
Washington, D. C
Catholic University Conference of
Interior Department
Seaton School
Baltimore
Kathleen Teeley
Notre Dame of Maryland High School
Pablo
Manuel Pablo
Houston
Manila
Miss Pablo
Lester Olson
Raymond O'Connor
New Rectory Planned for Waukon Church
Plans are completed for a parochial residence for St. Patrick's church in Waukon Iowa The Rev E J McDonald has let the contract to Butler brothers Construction company of Minneapolis Work will begin next week The building will be of Bedford stone and sit south of the present residence
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Waukon
St. Patrick’s Church
E. J. McDonald
Butler Brothers Construction Company
Minneapolis
Readstown Veteran Takes Over Store and Builds Home
Readstown Wisconsin Roy Glass a Readstown veteran has bought parcels on Church Street behind the Anderson furniture store and is digging a basement for a new house He will take over the general store June 1 from Russell Larson who has run it while Glass served in the U S forces
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Readstown
Wis
Roy Glass
Church Street
Anderson Furniture
Glass
Russell Larson
U. S
Tarantula Jump Startles Sparta Grocer
Donald Smith manager of the Atlantic and Pacific store in Sparta Wisconsin was unpacking bananas Monday morning when a tarantula jumped onto his hand. He captured the spider and sought medical precautions at the Sparta Clinic. No bite signs appeared and the spider is kept in a jar at the clinic.
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Sparta
Wis
Donald Smith
Atlantic and Pacific
Smith
South Pacific
Sparta Clinic
Memorial Day Exercises In Viroqua Wisconsin
The local American Legion leads the Memorial Day program with committees on arrangements led by Commander Larry Sieger. Parade order includes colors, firing squad, city band, armed forces, World War I and I veterans, recruiting staff, gold star mothers, Girl Scouts, officials, students, and scouts. At the cemetery a full program features invocation, memorials, Gettysburg address, tributes to Civil and Spanish American war dead, and salutes by firing squads with taps.
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Viroqua
Wis
American Legion
Larry Sieger
Legion
Lincoln Neprud
Evan Fridell
Ernest Stout
Roy Adams
Ray Welch
V. R. Schaefer
Martin Gulbrandsen
Howard Jacobson
Clarence Gorman
Art Moline
Arch Morrison
Walter Gorman
Armed Forces
Army
Women’s Relief Corps
H. T. Haagenson
Alba Graves
Girl Scouts
Legion Auxiliary
Ermon Cass, Jr
Grace Best
Joshua L. Johns
Rev. Roemer
Return Home After Educational Trip
Eight members of the Ettrick sophomore class returned from a weekend educational trip to Rochester Minnesota and Minneapolis. They visited Mayo Clinic facilities and WCCO radio, stayed at the Vendome hotel, and traveled home by two cars. Also noted, the newly purchased school bus arrived only to be returned as unsatisfactory.
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Ettrick
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Minneapolis
Mayo Medical Museum
WCCO
Vendome
Eau Claire
F. M. Pederson
Maurice Casey
Carol Onsrud
Lois Erickson
Erling Ofsdahl
Ann Abell Pederson
Bernice Simonson
Janice Pederson
John Johnson
Allan Smith
Lloyd Anderson
Ettrick Boy Scouts Camp Overnight at Park
Ettrick Troop members Reginald Nelson patrol leader Philip Folkedahl Clayton Erickson Kaye Hamilton Vernon Arne son and Donald Isom camped overnight in Ettrick Park Friday. Scoutmaster Arild Engelien and Robert Engelien accompanied them.
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Ettrick, Wis
Reginald Nelson
Philip Folkedahl
Clayton Erickson
Kaye Hamilton
Vernon Arneson
Donald Isom
Ettrick
Ettrick Park
Arild Engelien
Robert Engelien
Paratrooper Walter Stahoski Heads Back to Camp Polk
Pvt Walter Stahoski returns to Camp Polk La after a 10 day furlough with his father Joe Stahoski and relatives. He was drafted recently, discharged, then reenlisted in the paratroopers for three years.
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Whitehall
Wis
Walter Stahoski
Camp Polk
Joe Stahoski
Walter
Miss Mary Ann Kinney Named Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Mary Ann Kinney of Hudson has been engaged as the new home demonstration agent in Buffalo County and will begin work in June. She brings six years of 4 H club experience and will be stationed at Alma the county seat.
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Whitehall
Wis
Mary Ann Kinney
Hudson
Buffalo County
Alma
Undersheriff Edwin Musch Departed From St Mary's Hospital
Edwin Musch was moved from St Mary's hospital to his home where he has been receiving care for a heart ailment and will be confined to residence for some time.
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Sparta
Wis
Edwin Musch
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tomah High Honors Top Students in Annual Award Day
Richard Soderstrom chaired a Tomah high school awards assembly recognizing students who won state championships across extemporaneous and vocal events. Recipients included Mary Virginia Kiefer, Thomas Ninnemann, William Nigbor, Joan Fiedler, and multiple solo and trio performers with John Pongratz and Glenn Vandervort among instrumental awardees.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah High School
Richard Soderstrom
Mary Virginia Kiefer
Thomas Ninnemann
William Nigbor
Glenn Vandervort
John Pongratz
Joan Fiedler
Nina Lick
Marion Dohlin
Gertrude Thom
Madeline Fick
Janet Chapman
Jane Graf
Elaine Laufenberg
Joan Dams
Helen Giesser
Grace Elaine Laudon
John B. Taylor
Cleo Miller
Merton Perry
Marian Allen
Marcella Davis
Robert Hones
Eugene Gerke
William Hoag
Beverly Belt
Joan Davis
Donna Jo Stoll
Calvin Wappler
Donna Larry
Betty Langston
Ruth Splittstoesser
Elaine Steinhoff
Leilla Westpfahl
Twirling
Lucille Morse
Joyce Lawrence
Barbara Henry
Helen Fisher
Maxine Grovesteen
Marise Grovesteen
Marian Dohlin
la Crosse
Helen Giesler
Grace Elaine Landon
Thomas Rezin
Leela Neitzel
Darlene Janssen
Alice Mae Rudelf
Lois Belt
William Hoan
Marjorie Mae Hanson
Darlene Schultz
Beverly Burnstad
Leila Westpfahl
Robert Howes
Mary Schultz
John Fischer
Carol Steele
Jean Eckelberg
Joanne Eckelberg
June Giesler
Madison
Robert Howe l
Beverly Burnstaad
C. M. Rayment
Alta Mae School
Alice Mae Rudolf
Peter Ninneman
Eileen Murphy
Ruth Uischner
Virginia Nye
Thomas Ninneman
Donald Eckelberg
Jean Meyers
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