Two Apologize For Statements In Tomah Hospital Case
Monroe County Judge O W Sprecher and District Attorney Leo Goodman issued clarifications over remarks about the Veterans Administration hospital in Tomah as a court case involving Victor Paum, a hospital employee, brought to proceedings for taking a car without consent. Sprecher apologized for suggesting careless hospital hiring noting occasional errors in selecting over 600 staff. Goodman also commented on the situation and its publicity.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
O. W. Sprecher
Leo Goodman
Veterans Administration
Sprecher
Goodman
Victor Paum
Blucher Paulus
Veterans Hospital
Decorah High To Broadcast From School
Decorah public schools mark national education week with student broadcasts of special material. John Cline leads the high school production as pupils air the material. Visitors day is set for Wednesday afternoon November 10. Armistice Day program follows Thursday morning in the high school auditorium with Rev Gerhard Belgum of Luther College as speaker.
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Decorah
John Cline
Philip Fjelsted
Gerhard Belgum
Luther College
Belgum
Pigeon Falls Church Hosts Mission Festival
The Rev. W. O. Rindahl on a year’s leave from South Africa will speak at the Pigeon Falls United Lutheran church mission festival Sunday Oct. 31. He has spoken in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Illinois since arriving from Africa this summer. Special music, slides, and lecture on African work. dinner served by the ladies aid. offering supports the church budget.
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Pigeon Falls
Wis
W. O. Rindahl
Rindah
Africa
Ladies Aid
Monroe Home Agent Guides Wilton 4-H Club Projects
Elizabeth Haberkorn, Monroe home agent, met with Wilton 4-H girls to plan for the coming year. She outlined sewing project requirements including a slip and a plain cotton dress. The group chose cooking as the next project to study foods nutrition and meats in meals.
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Wilton
Wis
Elizabeth Haberkorn
Monroe
Wilton 4-H Club
Fine Driver After Crash
In Sparta hospital after a crash between the Winkelman pickup and a semi driven by Charles M Boatright of St Paul. Boatright was fined ten dollars and costs for speeding.
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Tomah
Wis
Joseph Winkelman
Donald
Sparta
Charles M. Boatright
St. Paul
Boatright
Winkelman
Hold Benefit At Brownsville
A dance will be held at the Germania hall in Brownsville on Friday October 29 as a benefit for the town's newly organized volunteer fire department. A fully equipped truck has been purchased and the combined city hall and fire station is under construction funded by donations.
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Brownsville, Minn
Hawke Orchestra
Mem
Brownsville
Minn
Germania Hall
Stage Hallowe'en Party at Caledonia
Loveless Eikens of the American Legion and its auxiliary announce their annual Hallowe'en party for Caledonia children on Saturday Oct. 30. A bonfire west of the schoolhouse will attract goblins ghosts and witches with music from the band followed by refreshments.
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Caledonia
Minn
Loveless Eikens Post
American Legion
Trempealeau Highway Officials Attend State Convention
Whitehall Wis Special Oscar Arneson Arcadia pa patrol superintendent Trempealeau county highway department Lyle Paine shop foreman and Marvin Olson clerk Whitehall attended the annual state convention for highway department superintendents and shop foremen in Green Bay.
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Whitehall
Wis
Oscar Arneson
Arcadia
Trempealeau County
Lyle Paine
That City
Marvin Olson
Green Bay
Devotion Services Planned at Holy Cross Church Dakota
A 13 hour devotion period begins Sunday at 8 a m at Holy Cross Catholic church in Dakota Minnesota. Special guest speakers will officiate.
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Dakota, Minn
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Monroe official named rural chairman of area PTA groups
Ollie Swanson Monroe county superintendent of schools and rural service chair for the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers organized a Cashton affiliate. Mrs James Homstad was chosen president of the new group and Swanson has helped organize several area PTA units including Hoppville Tarr Valley Reels Valley Wyeville Coon Valley and Washington. Meetings are set for November 1 at Progres sive school and November 4 at Slabtown to advance organization efforts.
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Sparta
Wis
Ollie Swanson
Monroe County
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers
Wisconsin Congress
Cashton
James Homstad
Miss Swanson
PTA
Hoppville
Tomah
Alvin Warnke
Tarr Valley
Hold Reburial For Arcadia Gl
Arcadia Wisconsin special report notes reburial services for Marcel Brownlie Arcadia co pilot killed in the Pacific held at the Arcadia armory Friday at 9 am Rev Cletus Abst a former service chaplain led the rites Brownlie a member of Arcadia military policy company went into service in 1940 killed when his plane went down over the Pacific body recovered buried in the Philippines survived by one son his wife a former Vogel girl from Arcadia is remarried
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Arcadia
Wis
Marcel Brownlie
Pacific
Cletus Abst
Brownlie
Arcadia Military Policy Company
Ocean
Philippines
Whitehall Delegates Return From National Legion Convention
The Rev and Mrs O Birkeland and Dr and Mrs R L MacCornack returned from the national Legion convention in Miami Florida Dr MacCornack served on the state committee promoting Birkelands candidacy for national chaplain He did not win this year but will run again next year Also visiting were Mr and Mrs H S Vreeland of Fort Lauderdale Vreeland is a former Whitehall resident and commercial fisherman The group admired Florida tourism and citrus groves but preferred the vigorous Midwest climate and home farm life.
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Whitehall
Wis
O. Birkeland
R. L. MacCornack
National Legion
Miami
Fla
MacCornack
V. Birkeland
H. S. Vreeland
Fort Lauderdale
Miami Beach
French Creek Club Holds First Fall Meeting in Ettrick
Upper French Creek Homemakers group met at the Ferdinand Sveen home with Mrs. Anna Johnson hosting. A sewing lesson was taught by Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Nelbert Anderson. The next gathering on November 11 will be at Mrs. Milton Thompson home with sewing project led by Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Albert Helstad.
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Ettrick
Wis
Upper French Creek
Wilton Church Sets Fall Festival Date
St. John's Catholic church in Wilton Wisconsin will hold a fall festival on Sunday November beginning with a fancy work sale in the afternoon at 4 30 p m supper will be served a fish pond will entertain children and adults may play cards in the evening
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Wilton
Wis
St. John’s Catholic Church
Former Caledonia Residents Visit Portland Ties
Former Caledonia residents Mr. and Mrs. H. S. White now of Lyons Nebraska visited Bertha Shumway and other relatives in Portland. The trip marked a family reunion as they stopped to see friends and recalls days in Caledonia.
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Caledonia
Minn
H. S. White
Lyons
Nebr
Bertha Shumway
Portland
Annual Whitehall AS Auxiliary Sale Announcement
Whitehall Wisconsin announcements set a midweek sale with delivery options by Friday. Call Mrs Goodwin Anderson assistant to Mrs Nels Hegge if delivery is not possible. Lunch will be served.
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Whitehall
Wis
Rand's
Erickson’s
Goodwin Anderson
Nels Hegge
Onalaska First Lutheran Church 78th Anniversary Oct 31
Onalaska First Lutheran Church marks its 78th anniversary with a special Oct 31 program led by Dr. Carl O. Pederson. The day also kicks off the annual building fund drive, aiming to replace the small current church with a new structure after collecting about $20,000 so far. A children's service starts at 9:30 a.m. followed by a 10:30 a.m. festival sermon and a building fund dinner hosted by the Ladies Aid.
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Onalaska
Wis
First Lutheran Church of
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carl O. Pederson
First Lutheran
I. B. Frick
Halfway Creek
Gordon Selbo
Pederson
Ladies Aid
Car Crashes Viola Hardware Store Front Injuring Three
Mur in Pellett a corporal home on leave and two high school students Delburn and Geneva were injured when Pellett’s car swerved across Main Street in Viola Wisconsin and struck the Henry Clift Hardware Store front. They had been at a party and were returning home about four miles east. Pellett said he may have dozed off.
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Viola
Wis
Murlin Pellett
Histhen Delburn
Geneva
Murlin
Main Street
Henry Clift
Camp Creek
Marlin
Fire Extinguished at Blaha Home on Main Street
Ettrick Wis special report fire department was called Thursday afternoon to extinguish a rubbish fire at the Jake Blaha home on Main street. The incident was reported by a passerby and fire crews contained the blaze without further damage.
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Ettrick
Wis
Jake Blaha
Main Street
Ieolin
Merrillan High School Carnival Tonight Drawing Crowds
Merrillan Wis students sponsor a carnival at 8 p m with stands entertainment and a home talent show. Lunches will be served as part of the annual event hosted by Merrillan high school.
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Merrillan
Wis
Merrillan High School
Ettrick Gains Street Aid and Village Voting Split
Wisconsin highway crews survey Ettrick streets as funds from the state will back street construction. The newly incorporated village will vote separately from the townships in the upcoming election with two new voting booths in the community hall. Village clerk Helmer Christianson urges residents to list Ettrick village on auto license applications to direct revenue to the village.
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Ettrick
Wis
Wisconsin Highway Department
Ettrick Village
Helmer Christianson
Hold Mission Festival At Church In Elroy
Peace Lutheran church in Elroy Wisconsin will hold its annual mission festival Sunday at 8 p m with Rev G Muedeking Arcadia as speaker. Junior and senior choirs will sing and the public is invited. The Ladies aid plans its Thankoffering meeting November 3 at 2 30 p m with a program of readings vocal solo and piano solo. Hostesses are Mrs M Larsen Mrs A Volske and Mrs F Holtz. The Thankoffering supports the Women s Missionary Federation and funds church and foreign Christian service.
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Elroy
Wis
Peace Lutheran Church
G. Muedeking
Arcadia
Ladies’ Aid
Janice Volzke
M. Larsen
A. Volska
F. Holtz
Women's Missionary Federation
American Lutheran Church
America
Deacons to Represent Trinity Lutheran at Filmore Circuit Meeting
Members of the Trinity Lutheran church deacon board will serve as delegates to the Filmore circuit meeting at the Lanesboro church Sunday afternoon and evening. Rev. R. A. Harrisville of Minneapolis will speak on the Lutheran Reformation.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Trinity Lutheran Church
Filmore
Lanesboro
R. A. Harrisville
Minneapolis
Prairie Man Dies After Polio Attack
James Paris, 32, of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, died of poliomyelitis in a local hospital Thursday after a brief illness.
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Prairie Man
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
James Paris
Academy Head Plans Talks At Coon Valley
Rev. Samuel Carlson president of Augustana academy Canton South Dakota will be guest speaker at a spiritual emphasis program in Coon Valley and Lower Coon Valley Lutheran churches from October 31 to November 9. Carlson previously served churches in St. Paul Chicago Story City IA and was appointed to head the academy last year. Services are set each evening through November 5 with additional mission festival Sunday November 7 at 11 am 2 pm and 8 pm in Lower Coon Valley church and Nov 8 9 in Lower Coon Valley evenings. Carlson will also speak Sunday morning at Middle Coon Valley at 9 15 am and Upper Coon Valley at 11 am.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Samuel*Carlson
Augustana Academy
Canton
S. D
Lower Coon Valley
Carlson
Middle Coon Valley
Upper Coon Valley
Hold Military Rites For New Lisbon Sailor
Military funeral rites were to be held this morning for George Edward, cook second class USN, at Wahl Funeral Home in New Lisbon. His body was returned to New Lisbon Thursday.
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New Lisbon
Wis
George Edward, Cook
USN
Wahl
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