Bicentennial toy house stands five feet off ground in Onalaska
The column notes Craig Brye and family building a red white and blue Bicentennial house five feet off the ground in Onalaska with a sandbox below and Bennington flag. It may house tenants for years, with Brye joking his wife warned of multiple hospital trips. The piece also lists local service members including Navy recruit Daniel J. Hinds, Air Force airman Donna J. Daniels, and others connected to Onalaska and Melrose communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Brye
Melvin
Onalaska
Brye
Bennington
Craig
Kristen
Navy
Daniel J. Hinds
Woodrow W. Hinds
1St Ave. E
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Donna J. Daniels
Donald Daniels
Poplar St
Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Michael P. Loomis
Eugene Loomis
12Th Ave
Air Force
Aaron L. Olson
Colman Olson
Melrose
U.S.S
Lemons and Oranges from Zephyr Hills Orchard
Mrs. Art Beier of 3016 S. 23rd St. harvests Ponderosa lemons and oranges. The two lemons yield juice for six pies each, and the fruit weighs about one pound with a 14 inch circumference. Grown by her son Wilfred in Zephyr Hills, Florida. Oranges are not yet ripe and will be ready next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Beier
S. 23Rd St
Wilfred
Zephyr Hills
Fla
Beier
Oktoberfest photo contest winners announced
Gregory W. Smith won first prize in the sixth annual Oktoberfest photography contest. Thomas A. Perkins and Robin Whitlock took second and third place with several others receiving honorable mentions. Winners’ slides will be shown at a Main Library photography show through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory W. Smith
Clinton St
Thomas A. Perkins
S. 4Th Ave
Onalaska
Robin Whitlock
S. 22Nd St
Tom Goodwin
State St
Louis Bornheimer
Birch St
Robert Stuckey
King St
Paul Cuta
Farnam St
Bob Bohm
Elm Drive
Jim Jorstad
Coate
Molasses Storage Area Construction Starts Here
Construction of a four million gallon molasses storage facility begins on French Island near La Crosse. Industrial Molasses plans four tanks to serve rail and barge shipments from Minnesota beet molasses and southern cane molasses, with distribution to dealers by truck. The project includes a rail siding and 1,500 foot pipe to tanks, employing two to three locals, and may finish within six months to a year after use begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Island
Donald Bents
Industrial Molasses
Westway Trading Corp
Englewood
N. J
Black River
Robers Dredging Co
Red River
Minnesota
la Crosse
Bents
Department of Natural Resources
Corps of Engineers
Harold Erickson
Environmental Division
DNR
Eau Claire
Robert Dredge’s
Bainbridge Street
Robers
Bill Molheron
Wisconsin population estimated at 4.6 million in 1975
Wisconsin’s population grew 3.7 percent since the 1970 census to 4,581,701 at the start of 1975, per the state Department of Administration. Milwaukee County and several rural counties showed declines or gains, with Adams County posting the largest increase at 20.9 percent to 11,159 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
State Department of Administration
Administration Department
Milwaukee County
Ashland County
Richland County
Douglas County
Adams County
Castle Rock
Petenwell
Juneau County
Milwaukee
Washington County
Ozaukee County
Waukesha County
Old Cemetery Is Tenderly Restored
Eddie Colsch of Freeburg Minnesota and Kenneth Moore of New Albia led a multi year cleanup of Sand Cove Cemetery south of the Upper Iowa River. They logged 232 hours clearing debris resetting markers and fencing. The effort uncovered more than 50 graves with at least 69 burials historically recorded. Colsch catalogs biographical notes from diaries and family histories to memorialize Cove people for future study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albin
Iowa
Sand Cove
Iowa River
Eddie Colsch
Freeburg
Minn
Cove
Colsch
Pioneer Sand Cove
New Albia
Moore
Peter Colsch
VFW
Mirror and Journal
Allamakee Journal
Lansing
Census Bureau
Margaretta Hutchings
Clint Mulholland
O'Donnell
Martin Moore
John
John Ladd
Eddie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Families Anonymous
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
6Th and Division Sts
Holiday Inn
Howard
June Agger
Mary Park Ford
Dan Moriarity
Robert Whiteway
Don Betz
Tribune
Metro
Isaac Newton
Federal Correctional Institution
Washington
Ozaukee
Vilas County
Oneida County
Burnett County
laCrosse
Cribune
Geneva Smith
S. 5Th St
First Lutheran
Old Cemetery
Kenneth Moore
Isabel
Leander Ferris
Alexander Hancock
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Ferris
Westchester County
Iowa Township
Sand Cove Cemetery
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