Sparta Mindoro Memorial Day Programs Observed
Sparta Wis Memorial Day events include a 10:30 a.m. parade with VFW American Legion auxiliaries Trail Dusters Scouts and school bands led by Col Douglas McCoy Ret The service moves to Blyton Park with Monroe County veterans officer Howard Perry as speaker A memorial Mass at St Patrick Catholic Cemetery follows plus Leon Cemetery services with Clara Lathrop speaking Mindoro hosts 10 a.m parade May 31 with Assemblyman Virgil Roberts speaker at Farmington Cemetery and wreaths taps and rifle salute then Lewis Valley Cemetery with Rev Ivan Vallen color guard and bugler dinner at Presbyterian Church
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Sparta
Wis
VFW
American Legion
Gold Star
Trail Dusters Riding Club
Douglas McCoy
Blake
Water Street
Montgomery
Montgomery Street
Blyton Park
Howard Perry
Monroe County
Veterans’ Service
Nick Kass
Maj. Nagard
Camp McCoy
St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery
Leon
Clara Lathrop
Mindoro Wis
Mindoro
Legion Post
Farmington
Lewis Valley
Ivan Vallem
Presbyterian Church
Holmen High Graduates Class of 85
Holmen Wis. Eighty five seniors were graduated Thursday evening in commencement exercises at Holmen High School. The list includes Karen Albers Sally Ammerman Katherine Anderson Paul Anderson Renee Anderson Jacqueline Becker Robert Beranek Bonnie Berg Janet Betsinger Caroline Blackdeer Daniel Boisen Jay Bratberg Janet Brende Susan Brown Doris Campbell Roger Casberg Alyce Dettinger James Dummer Michael Elliott Janet Filler Susan Freier Louis Giertych Thomas Granum Debra Hall Craig Hansen Steven Hanson Eric Haug Steven Haug Diane Hollis Mary Holter Jacqueline Johnson Lynn Johnson Marta Johnson Randall Johnson Sandra Johnson Steven Johnson Kurt Kaufmann Janice Kelly Lloyd Kennedy Jr Debra Kenyon Rich Kleinsmith Edward Knower Scott Koblitz Deborah Laub Lorie Lee Roger Loging Mona Luehne Lieanna Lund Jeff Mahlum Michael McHugh Dale Newman Barbara Ofstedahl Dennis Ofstedahl Elizabeth Olson Paul Patterson David Pandler Elizabeth Phillips Bradford Price Richard Rastall Barbara Roberts Richard Schaller William Schilling Carol Schnabel Roland Schulze Linda Seekamp Arlin Severson Jean Severson Teresa Silha Jane Sjuggerud Sharon Sjuggerud Kathleen Sonsalla Frank Stankey Kathryn Strane Judith Starch Joe Swan Jane Swanson John Swanson Roberta Tabert Barbara Thiel Mark Waldenberger Richard Wall Gregory Weiland Leslie Wing Susan Witte.
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Holmen, Wis
Holmen High School
Karen Albers
Sally Ammerman
Katherine Anderson
Paul Anderson
Renee Anderson
Jacqueline Becker
Robert Beranek
Bonnie Berg
Janet Betsinger
Caroline Blackdeer
Daniel Boisen
Jay Bratberg
Janet Brende
Susan Brown
Doris Campbell
Roger Casberg
Alyce Dettinger
James Dummer
Michael Elliott
Janet Filler
Susan Freier
Louis Giertych
Thomas Granum
Debra Hall
Craig Hansen
Steven Hanson
Eric Haug
Steven Haug
Diane Hollis
Mary Holter
Jacqueline Johnson
Lynn Johnson
Marta Johnson
Randall Johnson
Sandra Johnson
Steven Johnson
Kurt Kaufmann
Janice Kelly
Lloyd Kennedy Jr
Debra Kenyon
Rich Kleinsmith
Edward Knower
Scott Koblitz
Deborah Laub
Lorie Lee
Roger Loging
Mona Luehne
Lieanna Lund
Jeff Mahlum
Michael McHugh
Dale Newman
Barbara Ofstedahl
Dennis Ofstedahl
Elizabeth Olson
Paul Patterson
David Pandler
Elizabeth Phillips
Bradford Price
Richard Rastall
Barbara Roberts
Richard Schaller
William Schilling
Carol Schnabel
Roland Schulze
Linda Seekamp
Arlin Severson
Jean Severson
Teresa Silha
Jane Sjuggerud
Sharon Sjuggerud
Kathleen Sonsalla
Frank Stankey
Kathryn Strane
Judith Starch
Joe Swan
Jane Swanson
John Swanson
Roberta Tabert
Barbara Thiel
Mark Waldenberger
Richard Wall
Gregory Weiland
Leslie Wing
Susan Witte
Gale Legion Plans Memorial Day Parade and Ritual
Galesville Wisconsin The Galesville American Legion Post finished plans for a Memorial Day parade and program on May 31. Rev Obed Swanson pastor of Assembly of God Church will speak. After ceremonies at Memorial Park marchers go to Pine Cliff Cemetery pausing on the bridge to honor Navy dead. A rifle salute and Taps will end the rites.
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Galesville
Wis
Lewis Valley Lutheran Confirmands Hold Reunion
A reunion of Lewis Valley Lutheran Church confirmands from 1897 to 1924 was held at the Holmen church. Dinner served to 270, including 90 confirmands. Notable attendees included Rudolf Eggen, Pauline Hanson Johnson, and Lena Eggen Pfaff. The event featured Norwegian songs and was led by Rev. Ivan Vallem with multiple coordinators. Confirmands came from Holmen, Mindoro, Sparta, West Salem, Onalaska, La Crosse, Galesville, Ettrick, Blair, Minocqua, Milwaukee, Madison, and Minneapolis.
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Holmen
Wis
Lewis Valley Lutheran Church
Rudolf Eggen
Mulder
West Salem
Pauline Hanson Johnson
Lena Eggen Pfaff
Mindoro
Galesville
Ettrick, Blair, Minocqua
Milwaukee, Madison
Minneapolis
Dairyland Co Op Annual Meet Will Feature James K Smith
Dairyland Power Cooperative announces its 30th annual meeting in La Crosse on June 2 with James K. Smith of Washington DC as speaker. Smith is governor of the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp the new private lender for rural electric systems. About 500 rural electric leaders from the Upper Midwest are expected to attend in Coleman Auditorium at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute.
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James K. Smith
Washington, D.C
Dairyland Power Cooperative
la Crosse
Smith
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp
Upper Midwest
Coleman
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
John E. Olson
Chetek
Dairyland
Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp
CFC
Baccalaureate Set At Tomah High
Tomah Wis Commencement week at Tomah High School begins with baccalaureate services in the auditorium for the 256 member senior class. The 256 is the largest since 1959. Rev Daniel Ritter will give the sermon invocation and benediction. Megan Robertson will play the organ processional and recessional. Bruce Ladron, class president, will be master of ceremonies.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah High School
Daniel Ritter
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Megan Robertson
CBS News Producer Harry Morgan Dies of Cancer
Cresskill New Jersey AP reports CBS News documentary producer Harry Morgan aged 41 died Wednesday night after a cancer battle. Morgan joined CBS in 1963 and earned Emmy Awards for The Wyeth Phenomenon in 1968 and Fathers and Sons in 1970.
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Cresskill
Harry Morgan
CBS News
Morgan
CBS
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Wyeth
Dairyland Gets Loan To Expand Rural Electric Service
The REA approves loans totaling 16.526 million to 11 borrowers to extend power to 5,214 new consumers and upgrade 519 miles of distribution and 216 miles of transmission lines. Dairyland Power Cooperative in La Crosse receives 8.442 million for 161 and 69 kilovolt lines, 22 substations, and related facilities. The project spans Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota, including interconnections with Northwest Wisconsin Electric and Northern States Power.
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Rural Electrification Administration
REA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dairyland Power Cooperative of
la Crosse
Dairyland
Postville
Iowa
Harmony
Minn
Northwest Wisconsin Electric Co
Northern States Power Co
Allamakee-Clayton Electric Co-Op
Tri-County Electric
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Campion Scholarship Fund To Honor Doctor
Prairie du Chien firms create the Campion scholarship in honor of Dr. Thomas F. Farrell who has served Campion as physician since 1938. The fund will award annual aid to qualified students with preference for Prairie du Chien residents. Existing Campion scholarships total about 70,000 annually.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Campion
Thomas F. Farrell
Farrell
Edmund Campion
Dr. Farrell
Michael Garrity
Caledonia Girl Wins Theater Internship at Chimera Company
Caledonia Minn Karen Jostad Winona State College speech and theater arts major won a theater internship with Chimera Theater Company at the St Paul Arts and Science Center. She will start mid June in Crawford Livingston Theater and teach creative dramatics workshops for Children’s Theater and join the adult production schedule under Sondra Quinn. Jostad, a 1967 Caledonia High School graduate, is the daughter of Glen and (name not provided) Jostad of Brownsville.
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Chimera Company
Miss Jostad
Sondra Quinn
Caledonia High School
Glen Jostad
Brownsville
Memorial Day Parade In Viroqua At 10 A.M.
A Memorial Day parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday in Viroqua Wisconsin. The piece also notes the term swan song tracing its origins to prehistory and its modern use to describe an artist or musician's final work or the end of a period.
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Viroqua
Wis
Regional notes on youths and community events
VIROQUA and surrounding towns report youths to Badger State Camp and Badger Girls State. Event details include sponsors from VFW Lions and American Legion. Other items cover church music workshops, Kickapoo High School cheerleading selections, band awards, bus driver honors, and graduation notices across Holmen Cashton Ettrick Blair areas.
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Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua High School
Badger State
Ripon College
Steve Hill
Bruce Kuehn
Larry Thompson
John DeLap
VFW
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
American Legion
Badger Girls State
University of Wisconsin
Pam Sievers
Sue Moffitt
Legion VFW Observe Memorial Day in Ca ledonia
Ca ledonia Minnesota observes Memorial Day May 31 with American Legion and VFW conduct. Col John Rice will posthumously present the Purple Heart to DeWaine Brickman’s parents, killed in Vietnam January 16 1971. Parade forms 9:30 a.m. at the high school parking lot, rain program moves to city auditorium.
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Caledonia
Minn
American Legion
VFW
John Rice
Purple Heart
DeWaine Brickman
Vietnam
Village Park
City Auditorium
Arcadia Skips Memorial Day Rites Due to Parade
Arcadia Wisconsin will not hold its traditional Memorial Day program this year. The American Legion unit will participate in the Broiler-Dairy Festival parade on Sunday, the same day as the usual observance. Post commander Lynn Thompson announced the change.
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Arcadia
Wis
American Legion
Lynn Thompson
Monroe County Judge to take legal course
Monroe County Judge James W. Rice will attend a two week postgraduate legal education course conducted by the National College of State Trial Judges and funded by the American Bar Association. The Reno Nevada session July 4 to 16 covers criminal law sentencing probation and corrections.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
James W. Rice
National College of State Trial Judges
Judicial Administration Section
American Bar Association
University of Nevada
Reno
Rice
National College
Mabel businessmen honor 47 oldsters at golden age dinner
In Mabel Minnesota the Mabel Businessmen's Association honored 47 senior citizens at its annual golden age dinner on Wednesday. Rev Guilford Street gave the invocation Rev N K Estrem spoke and Rev D M Sterling delivered the benediction. A pep band from Mabel Canton High School directed by Mel Ruehmann performed several selections. Tom Mengis led the association as president. The oldest attendees were James Headington 95 Edward Hagen 93 Mrs Alice Krumm 92 and Luther Kingsstad 90.
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Mabel, Minn
Mabel Businessmen’s Association
Guilford Street
N. K. Estrem
D. M. Sterling
Mabel Canton High School
Mel Ruehmann
Tom Mengis
Businessmen’s Association
James Headington
Edward Hagen
Alice Krumm
Luther Kingstad
Black River Area People Get Degrees
Several Black River Falls area residents will receive degrees at Eau Claire State University during commencement on May 29. Recipients include Jeffrey Bahnub, Jane Gilbertson, Kay Lynn Holder, William Moe, Leanne Olson, Linda Schroeder, Mary Lou Sukopp, Robert Paul Cherry, Melvina Halverson Kopp, and Ronald Duerkop, earning BA or BS degrees across Education, Elementary Education, Nursing, Social Welfare, and related fields.
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Eau Claire, Wis
Black River Falls Area
Eau Claire State University
Jeffrey Bahnub
Dean Bahnub
Jane Gilbertson
Alwood Gilbertson
Kay Lynn Holder
Doris J. Holder
William Moe
Alvin Moe
School of Education
Leanne Olson
Carl J. Olson
Linda Schroeder
George Schroeder
Alma Center
Mary Lou Sukopp
Herbert Sukopp
Hixton
Robert Paul Cherry
Jack Cherry
Merrillan
Melvina Halverson Kopp
Taylor
Ronald Duerkop
Ivan A. Duerkop
Fairichild
Retired Campbell Soup Chairman Oli ver G Willits Dies
Oli ver G Willits 79, former chairman of Campbell Soup Co, died Wednesday. He led the company from 1956 to 1962 and was active in community and government affairs.
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Philadelphia
Oliver G. Willits
Campbell Soup Co
Willits
Huge
Food Company
Newsman's Widow Florence Roberts Dies in Kansas City
Florence Roberts widow of Roy A Roberts former Kansas City Star board chairman died Wednesday night at her home. She had been married previously to Charles G Ross former presidential press secretary to Harry S Truman.
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Kansas City
Florence Roberts
Roy A. Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Roberts
Charles G. Ross
Harry S Truman
Spring Grove High School names valedictorian and salutatorian
Paul Burtness son of Erling and Mrs Burtness of Caledonia is valedictorian of the Spring Grove High School graduating class. Donelly Ike son of Tilford Ike of Spring Grove is the salutatorian. Honor students Rebecca Olson and Jeffrey Groth also spoke at the commencement exercises.
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Paul Burtness
Erling Burtness
Caledonia
Spring Grove High School
Donelly Ike
Tilford Ike
Spring Grove
Rebecca Olson
Jeffrey Groth
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Chaseburg
David
Helen
Michael
Ann
John
Leo
Mary
Norma
Ralph Jr
Gina
Holmen High
Gale Legion
Lewis Valley Lutheran
Dairyland Co-Op
Dairyland Power
John P. Madgett
Pres. Olson
Allen E. Hoel
Cornwell
Clarence J. Jerrett
Livingston
Illinois
Cooperative Power Association of Minnesota
Tomah High
Bruce Ladron
Elva Zube
Pauline
Ann Zastrow Muetze
Tomah Veterans Administration Hospital
Elvia Zube
Pauline Zastrow
Ann Muetze
la Crosse Tribune
Caledonia Girl
Karen Jostad
Whitehall
Our Savior’s Lutheran
Ray Shanklin
Trempealeau County
4-H
Nate
Kay Emery
Johnna Booth
Polly Sanford
Vicki Jaholski
Debby Ryan
Malone Hornby
Pat Reed
Lynn Sime
Marsha Perry
Roseie Sanford
Clara Wallace
Julie Glass
Kickapoo Band Parents Organization
Robert Wallace
Guy Nicks
Derwin Levy
Lester Perry
Vaughn Hornby
Maureen Marshall
Michael Slade
Julian Olson
Conrad Steen
Lyle Anderson
Leo Waldenberger
Ronald Johnson
Jerome Anderson
Gordon Knudson
Richard Fonstad
Duane Beier
Ronald Bertelson
Clayton Holtern
Joe Niesen
Dean Spengler
Cashton
Cashton High School
Casney Erickson
Allen Webster
Howard Schell
Paul Osuski
Blaine Edmunds
Palmer Melby
Hugh Bacon
Chester Stefferud
la Verne Mitchell
Dick Moore
Fred Sandwick
Philip Brueggen
Alvin Larson
Donald Parker
Gerald Asperson
Jerome Leuck
Alois Fleck
Harry Delap
Ettrick
American Legion Auxiliary
Wayne Truax
Kim Ofsdahl
Jerry Erickson
Blair
Women of the Faith Lutheran Church
Maynard Larson
Zion Lutheran Church
Mary Tjoflat
Bette Tjerstad
Sally Anderson
Roger Misch
Nick Misch
Stout State University
Trinity Lutheran
Bruce Buslaff
Monroe
Mabel
Black River Area
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