Local youths and travelers mark busy summer in brief notes
Helen Kim Thompson 17 of Pecatonica plans to fund college at Wartburg College in Iowa with earnings from house cleaning and odd jobs. The Feldts celebrate 50 years harvesting grain in DeSmet while touring the Northwest. A sick bird returns home from California, and a 73-year-old Swiss-born Ernest Schweizer leaves hospital after 43 years with Monticello families. Golfing veteran Bill Fish places fourth in Scotland and joins a Europe tour. Other items cover Mrs. Waelchli's Wyoming vacation cooking on Box K Ranch rides, and Stephenson County cattle feeders joining a Montana ranch tour sponsored by the Illinois Livestock Feeders Association.
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Kim Thompson
Kim
Pecatonica
Allen Thompson
Wartburg College
Waverly
Iowa
Ren. F. Feldt
DeSmet
S.C
Northwest States
Black Hills
Yellowstone National Park
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Glacier National Park
Monroe
Harold Finkenbinder
Kent
Irvin
Dorothy Searing
Baileyville
Stephenson County
Ill
Livestock Feeders Association
Montana
O‘hare Field
Great Falls
Mont
Havre
Bear Paw Mountains
Illinois Livestock Feeders Association
Colorado
Illinois
Klashna Benkert Wedding in Chicago
Miss Kimberly Kathleen Klashna and John Jay Benkert wed at St. Peter’s Church Chicago on July 10 with Fr Valentine Scherrer officiating The ceremony featured an ivory silk organza gown and a three tier cathedral train The couple plans a wedding trip to Hot Springs Arkansas and Texas where the groom serves with the US Army at Ft Hood
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Kimberly Kathleen Klashna
Erwin Wooster
Justice, Ill
John Jay Benkert
Josef Benkert
15Th St
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Chicago
Valentine Scherrer
Mr. Wooster
Ron Schmidt
Bach
Luann Coleman
Robert Snedeker
Jan Benkert
Darlene Wojciak
Bruce Wagner
Jim Martin
Curt Schwerin
Monroe
Robert Baier
Indiana
George Hanekamp
Midland Hotel
Dukes
Benita Benkert
Kathryn Benkert
Stoughton
Madison
Wis
Michigan
Missouri
Illinois
Hot Springs
Ark
Texas
U.S. Army
Ft. Hood
20Th St
Killeen
Tex
University of Illinois
Chicago Arbitration Committee
Oklahoma State University
American Insurance Association
O Neill Family Honored At Midwest Picnic
Blanchardville Times reports a San Diego California based O Neill family and relatives held a lengthy relatives picnic to honor the O Neill lineage. Dozens of attendees from Madison Mt Horeb Oregon Belleville Janesville and River Falls gathered to celebrate with family.
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O'Neill
Blanchardville
E. J. O'Neill
San Diego
Calif
O’neill
Ruth Syse
Sanford Syse
O’neills
Midwest
Ole Gunderson
Minneapolis
Minn
Forrest Gunderson
Flint
Mich
Wally Davidson
Alexandria
Ernie Wellman
Lena, Ill
Billy Williams
Monroe
Leonard Monum
Gladys Purcell
Russell Mann
Darwin Jordee
Delores Monum
Robert Syse
Edna Syse
Ed Love
Sheldon Jacobson
Wilma Jacobson
Myron
Mikelson
Madison
River Falls
George Paulson
McFarland
Orville Syse
Middleton
Jack McCaughey
Oregon
Donald Meyer
Belleville
Art Swiggum
Dora Domholt
Clara Jordee
Vernon Edseth
Joe Swiggum
Mt. Horeb
Julie
John
Masonic Potluck Picnic Set Sunday
The 24th annual Masonic Potluck Picnic sponsored by Benton Lodge No 268 will be Sunday afternoon at the Masonic Cemetery in New Diggings Wisconsin. The event honors early Wisconsin Freemasonry and ties to Olive Branch No 6, once active during the lead and zinc boom and California gold rush era.
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Benton Lodge No. 268
New Diggings
Benton Lodge
Wisconsin
Olive Branch No. 6
Lafayette County
California
Olive Branch
Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge
Pediatrics staff honors Mrs Raymond Meier at St Clare Hospital
Co workers in the pediatrics department at St. Clare Hospital held a party Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Irene Strasser to honor Mrs. Raymond Meier R N. A gift was presented and refreshments served. Attending were Mmes Gary Meinert Mel Will Mike Sigalus Orville Gadow Bernard Vine Melvin Elmer Rudy Kuehl Lorraine Baumgartner and Misses Peggy Beckman and Mary Salzwedel.
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Pediatrics
St. Clare Hospital
Raymond Meier R.N
Irene Strasser
Norway native Mrs. C. J. Brooks celebrates 93rd birthday
Mrs. C. J. Brooks of Argyle, born in Norway Aug 18 1878, marked her 93rd birthday with a family dinner. Guests included grandnieces from Janesville and Monroe, plus Brooks’s niece Mrs. Benson and Miss Olga Liljedahl. She moved to Argyle four years ago and remains active in daily life.
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C. J. Brooks
Norway
Albert Benson
Argyle
Bernard Marker
Janesville
Fred Ziltener
Monroe
Benson
Olga Liljedahl
Bessie Huseboe
Deerfield
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Chevy Jelle in Blanchardville
Miss Chevy Jelle of New Glarus was honored at a bridal shower August 11 at the Larry Syfestad home Blanchardville. Hostesses were Mrs. Larry Syfestad Mrs. Glennys Jelle and Miss Kathleen Syfestad. She and David Guth plan to marry at Primrose Lutheran Church this Saturday. Guests included Mrs. Martin Jelle Art Legler Richard Iverson Marvin Schneider Gary Jelle Vern Klitch Valerie Gordon Price and several Jelle and Iverson family members. Dial 325-5101 for Adtaker.
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Blanchardville
Chevy Jelle
Merlin Jelle
New Glarus
Larry
Iverson
Marvin Schneider
Gary Jelle
Vern Klitch
Valerie
Coralville
Iowa
Gordon Price
Madison
Keith Jelle
Carroll Iverson
Mt. Horeb
Jacob Syfestad
Sharon Iverson
Larry Syfestad
Carl Iverson
Sandra
Randall Syfestad
Engagement and meeting notices in Beloit and South Wayne
Tuesday meeting of the Friday Night Progressive League set for 7 30 p m in Turner Hall. Betrothed Lina Lou Van Stone Beloit to Donald Eugene Meier South Wayne with a Spring wedding planned. Meier is a 1963 South Wayne High School graduate employed by Shear Construction Co Beloit.
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Progressive League
Turner Hall
Leo van Stone
Beloit
Lina Lou
Donald Eugene Meier
Glen Meier
South Wayne
South Wayne High School
Shear Construction Co
Voting conviction voiced by 18 year old reader
Dear Abby advises that in a democracy change starts in the voting booth and urges the 18 year old to speak up. The column then answers a couple with a catering dispute over feeding musicians and offers guidance on personal life choices and sharing feelings with others.
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Abby
Edmund Burke
Open House Sunday for 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Robert Rickey observe their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house at 2 p m Sunday at the Wheel Bar Ridgeway Formerly Anna Marie Wirth and Robert Rickey were married August 25 1946 They have five children Allan Columbus Ohio Sue Jane Julie and Sally at home
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Barneveld
Robert Rickey
Wheel Bar
Ridgeway
Anna Marie Wirth
Allan
Columbus
Ohio
Sue
Jane
Julie
Sally
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Agnes
Fred Worthington
Rt. 2
Roger Tory Peterson
Ernest Schweizer
Jake and
Howard Voegeli
Voegeli Brown
Monticello
Switzerland
St. Clare
Charles
Bill) Fish
Freeport
Gleneagles
Scotland
Atlanta
American Seniors Golf Association
Brussels
Belgium
Royal Belgique
King Baudoin
Alfred
Marie) Waelchli
Wachy
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Walter Korn
Monce
Box K Ranch
Klashna-Benkert
Joseph
John J. Benkert
St. Paul, Minn
William
Chisago
Adtaker
Green County Fairgrounds
Monroe, Wis
Jean Z
Abigail van Buren
Tribune NI
San Antonio ED
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