Loose housing display draws farmers at Centennial Green County Fair
The Grassland Association exhibit in the Co op tent features a loose housing system with a bunker silo hay barn loafing barn milking parlor and bedding storage. Palmer Welsh of New Glarus touts the bunker silo as cheaper safer and easier to fill while the milking parlor offers easier milking and a cleaner area. The loafing barn gives cows more freedom reduces ventilation problems and enables mechanical manure removal. The hay barn is easy to fill and the display is provided by Pet Milk Co. of New Glarus with Edwin Klassy and Donald Hart responsible for building the hay barn.
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Grassland Association
Palmer Welsh
New Glarus
Welsh
Pet Milk Co
Edwin Klassy
Donald Hart
Sun Prairie
Times
Cecil Thacker Retires After 40 Years at Pet Milk Co
Cecil Thacker will retire after 40 years of service at Pet Milk Co in New Glarus. He began Aug. 10, 1914 after moving from Greenville Indiana and spent most of his career in the engine and boiler rooms. Thacker and his wife have four children and he serves as village trustee and chairs building and zoning, is on the school building committee, and conducts quarterly inspections for the volunteer fire department.
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EW Ularud
First Guided Missile Unit Sent to Europe
The Army announced its first battalion equipped with Corporal guided missiles will be sent to Europe. The 159th Field Artillery Battalion, with 10 launchers, is completing training at Fort Bliss Texas. The missiles have a range over 100 miles and can carry atomic or conventional warheads.
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Europe
Washington
159Th Field Artillery
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Ciucci Gets 45 Years In Slaying Of Family
Vincent Ciucci, 28, was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the December 5 murder of his wife and three children in a West Side grocery and flat. Judge Richard B. Austin noted the jury lacked the internal fortitude to impose the electric chair. The state said he plotted to marry a nightclub acquaintance. In Bogota, Colombia, Colombia's Constituent Assembly voted to retain Gustavo R. Pinilla as president for four more years, against exiled Laureano Gomez.
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Ciucci
Chicago
Vincent Ciucci
Richard B. Austin
West Side
Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Ro Pinilla
Laureano Gomez
Spain
Charles Blodgett Dies in Fond du Lac at 67
Charles L. Blodgett 67 of Fond du Lac died Tuesday after a brief illness at a local hospital. A former telegrapher at the Chicago and Northwestern station in Fond du Lac, he also lived in Ripon for years. He leaves wife Mary Ellen, two daughters Mrs Wilbert May of Monroe and Mrs M B Miller of Browntown, and three sons Frederick York Francis York Pa Karl Park Falls. Funeral services will be held at Hansen Lowe funeral home in Ripon at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow with graveside services at Greenwood cemetery at 2 p.m. Tomorrow. Rev Glen H. Ridnour officiates.
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Charles L. Blodgett
Fond du Lac
Wilbert May
Monroe
M. B. Miller
Browntown
Blodgett
Chicago and Northwestern
Ripon
Mary Ellen
Frederick
York
Francis
Karl
Park Falls
Hanson-Lowe Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Glen H. Ridnour
Methodist Church
Offici
Brodhead School Board to Act on Own Buses
The Brodhead School Board plans to act on acquiring or using its own buses. The decision involves Fred Arnol and Alvin Arnol and is expected to be discussed in a forthcoming classified column.
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Brodhead School Board
Agd
Fred and
Alvin Arnol
CIO Lawyer Asks Overturned NLRB Question Rule
Washington CIO attorney condemns an NLRB decision that allows employers to question workers about union affiliation without implying reprisal. The Blue Flash Express case in New Orleans prompted the 3-2 ruling, with the CIO alleging intimidation and espionage risk.
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Washington
Abor Relations Board
CIO
NLRB
Tom Harris
Blue Flash Express, Inc
New Orleans
AFL Teamsters Union
Local County Fair Swiss Cheese Winners Named
Albert Abplanalo of Monroe scored 96 points to win top honors in round Swiss at the county fair. Em Rufer Jr of Juda led black Swiss with 93, and Werner Thaler topped limburger at 98. Other firsts included Albert Deppeler Jr in brick with 93 and Ambrose Mayer in Pleasant Valley.
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Albert Abplanalo
Monroe
Richland
Route 5
Em. Rufer Jr
Juda
Health Valley
Walter Schild
Albert Deppeler Jr
Chalet
Limburger
Werner Thaler
John Marty
Davis
Fred Minder
Monticello
Roy Kundert
Blanchardville
Hay Hollow
Werner Zi
Warren
Ill
Fred Ochsner
Routeny
Richard Ewing
York Center
Arnold Zumkehr
Pleasant Valley
Ambrose Mayer
Prosper factory ranks second in limburger event at Monticello
Mayer scored 92 points and Seeholzer 80 as contenders from the Silver and Lewis factory in Monticello. Judges Edward Lee Brod head and Ernest Locher Monroe presided over the event conducted on Route 4.
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Prosper Factory
Route 4
Limburger
David Seeholzer
Silver
Lewis Factory
Monticello
Mayer
Seeholzer
Edward Lee
Brodhead
Ernest Locher
Monroe
Truax Project Funds Included in New Bill
Washington reports that the supplemental appropriations bill includes 8.136 million for Truax Air Force Base construction at Madison. The measure adds 352.403 million to the house total of 557.597 million and totals military construction at 1.3229 billion, with 910 million new and 412.9 million from unobligated balances for the year ending June 30.
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Washington
Truax Air Force Base
Madison
Senate
House
State Setup Founder To Be Honored by GOP
Milwaukee area brief notes an upcoming honor for a state political founder by the GOP. The item mentions Kempfert Pharmacy in a general notice style and references a keratolytic product with a promotional claim, but details are unclear and the text is fragmented.
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GOP
Milwaukee
Kempfert Pharmacy
Wisconsin GOP Clubs Sponsor August 21 Dinner
A testimonial dinner is set for August 21 with top leaders in attendance. The event is sponsored by the Wisconsin GOP Clubs, Inc. and the Republican Party of Milwaukee County. Campbell, a wealthy lumberman, founded the Republican voluntary committee in 1925 and spent two years developing the organization.
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Wisconsin Gop Clubs, Inc
Republican Party of
Milwaukee County
Campbell
Republican Voluntary Committee
Car Crash Kills Wisconsin Man Near Freeport
Harry V. Bolliett, 44, of Cornell, Wisconsin, died in a collision on U.S. Route 20 about five miles east of Freeport today. He was riding in a car driven by Francis Petska, 32, of Holcomb, Wisconsin.
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Freeport
Ill
Harry V. Bolliett
Cornell
Wis
U.S. Route 20
Bolliett
Francis Petska
Holcomb
Annual Turner Picnic Planned for August Fifteenth
Exhibitions of team work from the National Turnfest in San Francisco will be shown at the Turner picnic on August 15 in Baumgartner's Grove west of Monroe on Highway 11. The Turn and Schwing Club sponsors a 2 p.m. program featuring parallel bars and horizontal bar routines by men and women, followed by a dance at Turner Hall with Hartwig's Jolly Switzers.
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San Francisco
Baumgartner's Grove
Monroe
Highway 11
Turner Hall
Hartwig
Jolly Switzers
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Cecil Thacker
Wisconsin Power and
Otis Gerke
Eet
Hay Bien
NS Labun
Charles Blodgett
Burnell
Golden Touch
AJAX
Monarch
Nabisco
Red Cross
Benuzit
Boca Coffee
Eatwell
Stiak
Smokie Links
Xate California
Elberta
Red Milk
Quick Yacht Club
Chunk Tuna
Holland
West Side Square
Truax
Turner
Peakes
Badger Petroleum Co
Green County
Ernest Spring
Melvin Zentner
Henry Trumpy
Inor Spring
Badger
Henry Spring
Fred Schmid
Fred Hammerly
Albany
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