Sparta Air Conditioner Tax Draws Complaints
Sparta businessmen protested a water commission tax on water cooled air conditioners approved by the Public Service Commission. The $5 per ton fee targets ten ton units with $50 annual cost, seen as duplicate payment. Camp McCoy troops arrival raises housing needs. 180 servicemen housed, rising to 14 000 by June and 20 000 by mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Chamber of Commerce
Water Commission
Public Service Commission
Bill Sullivan
Orlin Runde
Robert Avon
Camp McCoy
Chamber
Avon
Milt Ranum
Minnesota Film on Art Features 67 Colored Frames
The Minnesota Centennial Commission announces a 30 minute film Art in Minnesota showcasing Minnesota artists. University of Minnesota art Prof Allen Downs narrates. Copies may be rented from the University Audio Visual Extension Service for $1 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Art
Allen Downs
University
Students Of Month Honored By Kiwanis In Sparta
At a Sparta Kiwanis dinner, Kay Carlisle the valedictorian and Loudene Schmidt the salutatorian of the 1958 Sparta High School graduating class were named students of the month. Dr. Harry Mannis presented the awards.
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Sparta
Wis
Kiwanians
Sparta High School
Kay Carlisle
Kenneth Carlisle
Loudene Schmidt
Roger Schmidt
Fred Schmidt
Harry Mannis
Kiwanis
Carol Gammon
LaVerne Gammon
David Zirkuson
Paul Zirk
Kendall High School
Gloria Grover
Gale-Ettrick High School
Douglas Redsten
Lansing Lutherans To Accept Members
Lansing Iowa special report lists new members to be received by adult confirmation and transfer. The adult confirmation class includes Mr. and Mrs. Charles Larkin Robert Isell John Isell Raymond Taylor and James Olson. Transferred members are Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Wurtzel and four children and Lester Knutson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Iowa
Lutheran Church
Oradell Nordness
Charles Larkin
Robert
John Isell
Raymond Taylor
James Olson
Delmar Wurtzel
Lester Knutson
Bible Dept Grad Exercises Slated
Whitehall Wisconsin special report on Our Saviors Lutheran Church seniors of the high school Bible department holding commencement services Sunday morning June 1 followed by the parish picnic. Vacation Bible school starts June 2 at Fly Creek and runs through June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Vacation Bible School
Fly Creek
Ex Westby Youth Wins Rockefeller Theological Fellowship
David Knutson, son of Mr and Mrs I N Knutson Jr of Clarkston Washington and a 1958 graduate of Pacific Lutheran College Parkland Washington, earns one of 46 Rockefeller Theological fellowships nationwide. He was chosen from 400 applicants and awarded $2000. Knutson, president of the Pacific Lutheran student body and a 3.8 GPA mathematics major, will study at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
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Westby
Wis
David Knutson
I. N. Knutson Jr
Clarkston
Wash
Pacific Lutheran College
Parkland
Rockefeller
Amontg
Knutson
Pacific Lutheran
Union Theological Seminary
Columbia University
New York City
David
Twenty One Diploma Recipients at St Stanislaus School Arcadia
Twenty one eighth grade graduates of St Stanislaus Catholic School Arcadia will receive diplomas at the 8:30 a.m. Mass Sunday. The ceremony will be conducted by Very Rev Joseph J Andrzejewski, the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Wis
St. Stanislaus Catholic School
Joseph J. Andrzejewski
Tomah census shows gain in 1959
Tomah Wisconsin reports a preliminary Jaycees census of 5 276 residents, up 516 from the 1950 official count. The figure, compiled to justify expanding from four to eight wards, is not expected to take effect before the April 1959 election.
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Tomah
Wis
Jaycees
Vieth Files for Juneau County District Attorney
Mauston attorney Roland W. Vieth announces candidacy for Juneau County district attorney on the Republican ticket for the September 9 primary. A UW graduate, he has practiced law in Mauston since 1952 and served in World War II. Vieth holds multiple civic posts and notable veteran group memberships.
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Mauston
Wis
Roland W. Vieth
Juneau County
University of Wisconsin
Vieth
American and
Wisconsin Bar Associations
West Central
Navy
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mauston Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Easter Seal Society
Manston
Legion VFW Co Sponsor Mabel Rites
Memorial Day will be observed in Mabel and Hesper under the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Veterans graves will be decorated at 8 a.m. at the Hesper School program at 9 a.m. with Rev Gordon Selbo delivering the address. A parade at 10:30 a.m. goes to Mabel Memorial Park and an 11 a.m. program features Dan Foley of Wabasha speaking.
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Mabel, Minn
Mabel and Hesper
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hesper School
Gordon Selbo
Decorah
Mabel Memorial Park
Main Street
Mabel
Dan Foley
Wabasha
National Legion Executive
Courthouse Square
Woodlawn Cemetery
Oak Street
Water Street
Don Radde
Spencer W. Barlow
Goodwin Wells
Vincent Humphrey
Justice
Camp McCoy
G. Phillip Jung
Zel Rice II
James W. Rice
Clarence Heasty
VFW
32Nd Reconnaissance Company
Sparta National Guard
Blair. Wis
Blair High School
Riverside Park
American Legion and Auxiliary
Wayne L. Grover
Black River Falls
Whitehall
Wis
Marcus Gravdal
Grace Lutheran Church
Eau Claire
Pigeon Falls
Lincoln Cemetery
City Hall Square
Donald Nelson
Osseo
Warren A. Wiles
Whitehall Gospel Tabernacle
Villa Louis Festival Opens With Parade And Pageant
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin special announces the Villa Louis Festival opening Friday at 2 p.m. with an invitation tea and queen talent contest. Events include a ballroom dance, midwest motorboat races, a historic pageant, donkey games, a big Sunday parade, autographs by August Derleth, flag-raising, bands, floats, equestrian contests and carnival rides through Sunday with times in central daylight time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa Louis
Prairie du Chien
Hercules L. Dousman
John Jacob Astor
Col. Dousman
Astors
Dousman
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wis
Jack Busch
Mid- West Power Boat Assn
Lawler Park
Villa Louis Lawn
De Soto Lutheran Church to Confirm Nine Youth
Nine young people will be confirmed in the 10 a.m. services Sunday June 1 at the De Soto Lutheran Church. They are Roger Bean Gary Barker LeRoy Bohland Nancy Cole Larry Johnson Theodore Johnson Patricia McDowell Marilyn Oliver and David Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE Soto, Wis
de Soto Lutheran Church
Roger Bean
Gary Barker
LeRoy Bohland
Nancy Cole
Larry Johnson
Theodore Johnson
Patricia McDowell
Marilyn Oliver
David Olson
First Units Arrive Sunday at Camp McCoy Wisconsin
Camp McCoy Wisconsin readies for a large summer training season as 2600 Kansas National Guard troops arrive along with USAR units from Grand Rapids Michigan and St. Paul Minnesota. By mid June the post will host over 19000 guardsmen and reservists with a total summer training population around 69000, a McCoy record. Advanced parties have prepared facilities and ranges while 1600 support troops reorganize training sites and instructional committees to update participants on new techniques. Field maneuvers will reinforce basic combat principles.
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National Guard
Army Reserve
McCoy
5Th Army
Memorial Day Observances Across Wisconsin Towns
Communities in Tomah Holmen Blair and Whitehall hold Memorial Day services at local cemeteries with parades, speeches by Lawrence Clark Rexford Mitchell and other dignitaries, flag salutes by a National Guard unit, and wreaths laid in memory of war dead.
Holmen High School honors A and B lists I
Holmen Wis Special report lists students earning straight A grades for the fourth nine weeks at Holmen High School. A honor roll names Eileen Anderson Nancy Roberts Helen Stolander Marilyn Peterson Christine Berg and others. B roll includes Peter Berg Ralph Boersma and more.
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Holmen, Wis
Jaclyn Evenson
Carol Kardin
Jerome Grokowsky
Holmen High School
Supt
Harold M. Anderson
Eileen Anderson
Nancy Roberts
Helen Stolander
Marilyn Peterson
Christine Berg
Peter Berg
Ralph Boersma
Elva Freier
Mary McCabe
Sally Pearson
Audrey Pryor
Douglas Stein
Joan Stuhr
Ann van Dunk
Berdene Anderson
Jeanette Brady
Sandra Buran
Sharon Douglas
Sharon McHugh
Marion Marking
Shirley Stuggerud
Waukon Girl Sails for Europe on Tour of Nations
Rosalie Grangaard daughter of Mr and Mrs C H Grangaard will sail from Montreal on the SS Seven Seas June 2 for a European tour visiting England Italy Portugal and Spain She will reunite with sister Norma and meet Rhea Culbertson in England Then she and companions visit a Lutheran camp in Strasbourg and the Brussels World’s Fair before returning September 4 She is a Luther College senior majoring in music
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Waukon
Iowa
Rosalie Grangaard
C. H. Grangaard
Montreal
Canada
Europe
Southampton
England
Rosalie
Norma
Maj
Ralph Nelson
Chateaurou
France
Rhea Culbertson
Chicago
Luther College
Decorah
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Strasbourg
Brussels
Belgium
Miss Grangaard
United States
Sunday School Picnic Planned at Riverside Memorial Park Blair
Zion Lutheran in Blair Wisconsin will hold its annual Sunday school picnic at Riverside Memorial Park at noon marking the close of the season. Five students will graduate from the four year Bible course during the 11 a.m. worship led by Rev. E E Olson. The graduates are Howard Roe Erva Jo Peterson Bonita Melby Roger Anderson and Judy Olson Boe who has perfect attendance for 14 years.
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Roger Anderson
Judy Olson
Boe
Three Women Graduate From Ettrick Bible Course
Ettrick Wisconsin special report notes Janet Daffinson Linda Mitchell and Helen Knutson graduated from the four year Bible course at Ettrick Lutheran Church on Sunday May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick, Wis
Ettrick Lutheran Church
Janet Daffinson
Linda Mitchell
Helen Knutson
Miss West Wisconsin contest draws early entries in Sparta
Interest grows as first entrants arrive for the Miss West Wisconsin pageant in Sparta. Stanley Zdrojowy, Sparta Jaycee president, chairs the event to be held July 5 during Sparta Daily Days, with nine county sponsors and auditions in La Crosse and Tomah areas.
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Sparta
Wis
Stanley Zdrojowy
Jaycee
Sparta Daily
West Wisconsin
la Crosse
Jackson
Trempealeau
Monroe
Juneau
Vernon
Buffalo
Eau Claire
Clark
Zdrojowy
Elm Road
Reedsburg
Wisconsin
Atlantic City
N.J
Kyle Kenyon
Knight Vernier
Peter Guesno
Joyce Westby
Barbara Wolford
Mary Ellen Eglinton
Communion Given 22 At Trempealeau
Twenty two boys and girls received their First Holy Communion Sunday at St. Bartholemew's Catholic Church in Trempealeau Wisconsin. Recipients include Kenneth Critzman Gerald Eichman James Eichman Kenneth Farley Leonard Fegen Dennis Galewski David Grulkowski Richard Grulkowski David Robins on Donald Robinson Charles Sonsalla John Welch Patricia Elbersold Susan Malles Mary Anne Ostrowski Barbara Schuh Diane Stellpflug Geraldine Sweasy Kay Trowbridge Caron Walski Lois Woestman Peggy Wood and Mary Malchaski.
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Geraldine Sweasy
Kay Trowbridge
Caron Walski
Lois Woestman
Peggy Wood
Mary Malchaski
Westby area blood drive tops quota by 18 pints
The Westby-Chaseburg-Coon Valley region collected 148 pints for the Red Cross Bloodmobile in Westby, surpassing the target by 18 pints. Organization leaders included Mrs. L. G. Roehl as general chairman and publicity chairwoman Mrs. Vic Bakke, with doctors P. T. Bland and W. Ottersen assisting at the center.
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Westby
Wis
Westby-Chaseburg-Coon Valley
Red Cross Bloodmobile
L. G. Roehl
Mmes
Roy Running
Noble Stendahl
Myrtle Hovde
R. C. Hagen
D. M. Langve
E. C. Knutson
Odell Nelson
C. C. Smith
Orrin Anderson
H. E. Goldsmith
Olaf Johnson
Earl Evenstad
Grant Rudie Jr
0. T. Nestingen
Joseph Linrnd
Earl Jefson
Einor Anderson
Lloyd Bekkedal
Burton Flugstad
P. N. Rude
Louise Bergtold
Martha Hagen
E. R. Erickson
Agnetta Haugen
Vic Bakke
P. T. Bland
W. Otterson
Blair Health Official Calls Off All School Picnics
Blair Wisconsin health officer Dr. C. M. Schneider urged canceling all Blair district school picnics this weekend to prevent spread of communicable diseases, per school supervisor A. A. Buckmiller.
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Blair
Wis
C. M. Schneider
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Oak Grove Cemetery
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Lake Tomah
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la Crosse State College
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America
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Dennis Odegaard
Mary Olson
Wilmer Pearson
Steve Sacia
Archie Sokolik
Cecelia Starr
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Hamburg-Striegel Cemetery Assn
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