Platteville Church Dedication Sunday
The Lutheran Church of Peace at Platteville will be dedicated at 10 30 a m Sunday. The $300 000 structure on 17 acres at the city edge houses a 400 seat sanctuary with overflow and a 16 room Sunday school unit. Dr Robert Long and Dr E W Mueller will speak at 9 45 a m and 2 30 p m. A noon fellowship lunch, vesper service at 7 p m, open house and reception follow.
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Platteville
New
Lutheran Church of Peace At
North Water Street
Luther League
Robert Long
American Missions
National Lutheran Council
E. W. Mueller
Dodgeville
American Lutheran Church
New Glarus to Get Historical Marker
The Wisconsin Historical Society plans a marker in a state property midway between Bulk D-X and Highway 69 to honor New Glarus and its Swiss settlement origins. Inscription notes 1845 immigration from Canton Glarus, 108 settlers arriving August, 1820 acres settled, town organized 1850, first store 1851, hotel 1853, cheese factory 1870, population 600 by 1892, Swiss dialect and holidays continue. Work start date unspecified. landscaping planned for a tourist picnic stop.
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New Glarus
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Highway 69
Immigration Society of
Canton of Glarus
Nickolas Duerst
Fridolin Streiff
United States
State Highway Department
Kriehn Market Sold To New Glarus Man
Mr and Mrs Paul Kriehn sold their Monticello meat market to Karl Duerst of New Glarus effective July 15 They have run the shop since October 1958 The Duersts will move to the upstairs apartment by August 1 Duerst has worked at Ziltner s Red Bell Market in New Glarus for two years The article also notes the General Court term for Massachusetts and New Hampshire and cites the 1938 New England Hurricane wind speed of 186 miles per hour
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Monticello
Paul Kriehn
Karl Duerst
New Glarus
Kriehns
Beaver Dam
Duersts
Duerst
Ziltner
Red Bell
Swiss Roots in Green County Battle Valor Across Civil War
The article honors Swiss and German colonists from New Glarus and Green County who served in the 9th Wisconsin and the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. It notes their arrival before 1861, key engagements from Van Buren to Gettysburg, and figures like Thomas Schmid, Jacob Kundert, and Fridolin Streiff, highlighting contributions and postwar outcomes.
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OLD Guard OF
New Glarus
Henry Altman
17Th
Wisconsin Infantry
Peter Disch
Wisconsin
Fridolin
Len Dutchman
Streiff
Jacob Jordi
Ulrich Kubly
Thomas Schmid
Henry Hoesly
Wisconsin Regiment
Oswald Babler
Millard Tschudy
Millard Tschud
Sempach
Morgarten
Murten
Green County
Bull Run
South Mountain
Gettysburg
Switzerland
2Nd
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
9Th
Europe
van Buren
Arkansas
Red River
White Oak Creek
Kirby Smith
Jenkin’s Ferry
Little Rock
Co. D
9Th Regiment
Galena
Jacob Kundert
New G
Indiana
Michigan
Iron Brigade
Virginia
Gainesville
Laurel Hill
Fredericksburg
Maryland
Antietam
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Lee
Fridolin Streiff
2Nd Wisconsin Infantry
Bethesda Church
Cold Harbor
Stonewall Jackson
Pope
John L. Streiff
Mrs. Eberts 82 Fennimore dies in Platteville home
Mrs Ethel Eberts 82 a past matron of the Benton Eastern Star chapter died yesterday in a Platteville nursing home. Services will be at 2 p m tomorrow in the Ristow funeral home at Fennimore with Eastern Star rites at 8 p.m. She was born in La Valle and lived in Fennimore since 1945. Surviving are a son Bertrand a daughter Mrs Rolland G Heberlein and six granddaughters
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Ethel Eberts
Fennimore
Benton Eastern Star
Platteville
Ristow
Eastern Star
Eberts
la Valle
Walter
Fennimore Eastern Star
Bertrand
Rolland G. Heberlein
Cabinet sizes through U.S. presidents show growth
Washington formed a four member cabinet while Eisenhower later maintained ten cabinet members. The comparison highlights expansion of executive leadership as the nation’s government evolved.
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George Washington
Eisenhower
The Iron Dutchman of the Iron Brigade
A son recalls his father’s Civil War service in the 2nd Wisconsin and Iron Brigade. He describes furloughs to New Glarus and a battlefield duel with an Irish Confederate in which both stood ready to shoot, ending with the Irishman killed and the father earning a new home for Set. Streiff and earning the nickname The Iron Dutchman.
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Madison
New Glarus
Set. Streiff
2Nd Wisconsin
Iron Brigade
Iron Dutchman
Wisconsin Assembly push to raise beer age to nineteen
A bill to raise the minimum legal beer age from 18 to 19 and void local option laws that ban sales to under 21 was introduced in the Assembly. Sponsored by Frederick Kessler and Earl McEssy, the measure would impose fines from 50 to 200 dollars on underage buyers and 50 to 500 dollars on operators selling to minors, and would bar off premise sales to those under 19.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
Frederick Kessler
Milwaukee
Earl McEssy
Fond du Lac
Kessler
Wisconsin
Davis Donnelly
D-Fau Claire
Mexico Demographics Highlight Agriculture Engagement
About 58 percent of Mexico's population is employed in agriculture. The remark underscores the rural economy's central role amid broader social patterns.
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Mexico
Mrs Pankhurst Dies at 59 in Orfordville
Pearl Pankhurst formerly Pearl Reagle a Decatur Township native died unexpectedly at her home in Orfordville. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Plymouth Methodist Church with Rev. A C Prust. Burial in Maple Grove Cemetery. She was born July 23 1901 and married Burr Pankhurst in Monroe on October 16 1918. She belonged to Plymouth Methodist WSCS Rebekah lodge and Royal Neighbors. Survived by one sister Mrs Elmer Nelson Route 1 Orfordville.
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Pearl Pankhurst
Decatur Township
Orfordville
Plymouth Methodist Church
A. C. Prust
Maple Grove
Silverthorn - Newcomer Funeral Home
Ray Kinzinger to Receive National Science Scholarship
Ray Kinzinger son in law of Mrs. Vernis Pierce is among 34 Americans chosen for a National Science Foundation Experimental Psychology scholarship. He will attend an eight week Reed College summer institute in Portland Oregon. Kinzinger his wife Patricia Pierce and son Steven depart June 12 for Portland. He teaches at Appleton Senior High School.
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Brodhead
Ray Kinziger
Vernis Pierce
United States
Experimental
National Science Foundation
Reed College
Portland
Ore
Kinziger
Patricia Pierce
Steven
Appleton
Neighbors Help Road Plant Corn on Farm
Neighbor farmers aided Manford Road of rural Argyle during convalescence after an appendectomy. Orlan G Bahn Gilbert Greenhill Or ville Berg Delano Glenn Nybroten Arnold Lien Gunnar Bertelrud and Ansel Thompson organized by Bahn helped plant corn on Road s Adams Township farm located three miles south of Postville off County Trunk J.
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Manford Road
Argyle
Orlan G. Bahn
Gilbert Greenhill
Orville Berg
Delano
Glenn Nybroten
Arnold Lien
Gunnar Bertelrud
Ansel Thompson
Bahn
Road
Adams Township
Postville
Cub Scouts Honor Members at Twining Park Pow Wow
Cub Scout Pack 314 awarded bear awards to Andy Affolter Gary Baker Nathan Burkhalter and Jim Kosek. Gold arrows went to Jim Kosek Tom Hefty Jim Bosanny and Ricky Olson. Silver arrows awarded to Charles Pfund Bob Lewis and Mark Severson. A picnic is planned for Thursday June 29 at Twining Park.
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Cub
Twining Park
Andy Affolter
Gary Baker
Nathan Burkhalter
Jim Kosek
Tom Hefty
Jim Bosanny
Ricky Olson
Charles Pfund
Bob Lewis
Mark Severson
Marian Feller Wins 1961 Homemaker Grant
Marian Feller of Belleville receives the Dane County Homemakers scholarship for 1961. She and her parents Harold and Mrs Feller announce plans to attend the University of Wisconsin as a home economics major. The award was presented at the Homemakers annual achievement program.
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Belleville
Marian Feller
Harold Feller
Dane County Council
University of Wisconsin
Horemakers
Mrs. Jackson Stricken at 77
Mrs. Robert Jackson, 77, died Wednesday of a heart attack at her home. Services set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Treweek funeral home in Mineral Point. Survived by husband John Jackson, sister Mrs. Pearl Medinger of Chicago, and brother George of Barton. Formerly Annie Terrell. Farmed with husband near Mineral Point before moving to the city two years ago.
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Mineral Point
Robert Jackson
Treweek
Jackson
Annie Terrell
City
Pearl Medinger
Chicago
George
Barton
Harden Will Enter College in Missouri
John Harden, Monticello high school graduate, will enter North East Missouri State Teachers College for the summer session. He and his mother left for Kirksville, Missouri, where Mrs. Harden plans to work near the college. The White House has 132 rooms.
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Monticello
John Harden
Monticello High School
North East Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Harden
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Woodmen Accident and Life Company
Woodmen
20Th Ave
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Ray Kinzinger
Marco’s
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Lith
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