Mt Horeb Plans Centennial Celebration and Pageants
Mt. Horeb will mark its 100th birthday with a June 15 to 17 celebration featuring parades fireworks a centennial ball rides pageants bands and reunions. Edward J. Smi serves as centennial general chairman. Seven finalists vie for Centennial Belle Gerry Collins Mrs Elmer Wyss Mrs Dean Hefty Mrs William Ayers Jackie Geishert Sandra Birrenkoett and Jean Hillesheim earned votes through selling centennial buttons. The post office began in 1861 when George Wright named Mt Horeb after a Bible term. the community grew alongside the railroad in 1881 as Norwegians moved businesses to the depot.
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Mt. Horeb
Edward J. Smi
Mt. Horeb Centenniel
Gerry Collins
Elmer Wyss
Dean Hefty
William Ayers
Jackie Geishert
Sandra Birrenkoett
Jean Hillesheim
George Wright
Wright
Methodist Church
Mr. Horeb
Zor Shrine Initiates Seven From Monroe
Seven Monroe men were among initiates at Zor Temple spring ceremony held in Madison on Saturday. Named initiates include Frank A. Buehler Lester G. Forcade William H. Kibbe Elmer J. Lawrence Victor R. Marean William A. Park and Samuel A. Rubi.
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Monroe
Zor Temple
Madison
Frank A. Buehler
Lester G. Forcade
William H. Kibbe
Elmer J. Lawrence
Victor R. Marean
William A. Park
Samuel A. Rubi
Howard L. Grange
Darlington
James D. Thornton
Evansville
Oliver J. Delehanty
Aldro G. Schaack
Mineral Point
John B. McManus
Oregon
Kenneth G. Isenberger
Orfordville
Luray S. Tregloan
Shullsburg
Merlyn J. Williams
South Wayne
Gustav Kleinfeldt 75 Madison dies after brief illness
Gustav Kleinfeldt aged 75 retired Cross Plains farmer dies in a Madison hospital after a brief illness. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at St James Lutheran Verona with calling hours tonight at Gesme funeral home Horeb. Surviving are two sisters Eliza and Mrs Stampfli plus brother William.
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Gustav Kleinfeldt
Cross Plains
Lucy Stampfli
Horeb
Madison
St. James Lutheran Church
Verona
Gesme
Eliza
Sta Fk
William
Reading Clerk Maurer Keeps Fast Pace in House Oratory
George Maurer of Easton Pennsylvania serves as chief reading clerk in the House. He reads at about 300 words a minute translating bills messages and letters into lively speech while memorizing all 437 members by sight. He calls the roll with distinct aye and no votes and still enjoys reading as his favorite pastime.
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John Beckler
Washington
House of Representatives
George Maurer
Easton
Maurer
House
White House
Senate
Congress
Killdeer Nest Camouflaged in Pebble Hollow
The killdeer, an American plover, lays eggs that are stone colored. She builds her nest in a hollow surrounded by a camouflage of small stones and shell bits that resemble the eggs.
Marquette Commencement Honors 1 254 Graduates
Marquette University in Milwaukee awarded a 1961 graduating class of 1 254 students and urged continued self education for wisdom and virtue. Msgr. Edward J. O'Donnell warned graduates not to postpone responsibility, while six honorary degrees were given to Egidio Vagnezzi Denlen Murphy Quarles Regan and Taylor.
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Milwaukee
Marquette University
Edward J. O'Donnell
Egidio Vagnezzi
Washington, D.C
United States
Mary H. Denlen
U.S. Customs Court
New York City
Francis D. Murphy
Wauwatosa
Louis Quarles
Ben Regan
Chicago
Hugh Scott Taylor
Princeton University Graduate School
Featherson Family Weekend Visit Spanned States
Lt Featherson and family spent a weekend with great aunts Margaret and Alice Martin at 1402 15th Avenue. They travel from Rochester, New York via Albuquerque to Alameda and San Diego for naval air force training over the next four months.
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California
Kansas
Featherston
Naval Base
San Diego
Compact brain to power a lighter computer
Westinghouse Air Arm Division develops a Mol-E computer one-tenth the size and weight of a conventional transistorized unit. The device, weighing under 15 pounds and occupying less than one-third of a cubic foot, uses a solid state crystal with no tubes or transistors and promises full capabilities of current models. Dr. Patrick Conley notes the present unit weighs 175 pounds and fills three cubic feet.
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Baltimore
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Air Arm
Patrick Conley
Mrs. Earl Barge 58 Dies in Warren
Mrs Earl Barge 58 Warren dies suddenly at home Saturday morning Funeral services held at Bartell funeral home and St Ann's Church Burial in Calvary Cemetery Blanchardville Rosary recited at 730 p m Born July 10 1902 in Blanchardville daughter of John and Theresa Kainz Married to Earl Barge in September 1927 Survived by husband and two sisters Caspar Mayer Monroe and Peter Kammerode Blanchardville Preceded in death by one brother
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Warren
Earl Barge
Bartell
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Blanchardville
Barge
John and
Theresa Forster Kainz
Casper Mayer
Monroe
Peter Kammerode
Lindbergh’s Paris Flight Began With Five Ham Sandwiches
Charles Lindbergh took off for Paris on May 20 1927 during the first solo non stop trans Atlantic flight after eating five ham sandwiches as his only food.
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Charles Lindbergh
Paris
Alumni of UW Elect Surgeon
Dr Norman Becker was shired president of the association succeeding Don Anderson of Madison publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal who was named chairman of the board. Lloyd Larson Milwaukee Sentinel sports editor was elected first vice president and Charles O Newlin Chicago banker second vice president Russell A Techemeyer Madison treasurer and Mrs John Walsh Madison secretary were named to board terms. Adolph A Ackerman Madison and Mrs L J Walker Berlin appointed to four year terms on the board of visitors succeeding Tecemeyer and Fred Genrich of Wausau. John Hobbins Madison named to succeed Howard Weiss Milwaukee on the athletic board.
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Norman Becker
The
Don Anderson
Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Association
Anderson
Lloyd Larson
Milwaukee Sentinel
Charles O. Newlin
Chicago
Russell A. Techemeyer
John Walsh
Adolph A. Ackerman
L. J. Walker
Berlin
Tecemeyer
Fred Genrich
Wausau
John Hobbins
Howard Weiss
Milwaukee
Groundbreaking held for Van Vieck Hall at UW Madison
The University of Wisconsin announces a Tuesday ground breaking for Van Vieck Hall the new mathematics building on the central campus between Bascom and Sterling halls. The $3.2 million structure is named for Edward Burr Van Vieck a UW faculty member from 1893 to 1929.
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Madison
van Vieck
University of Wisconsin
Edward Burr van Vieck
Bascom
Sterling
Dairy Month Recipe For Today
Editor notes this June series features Farm Bureau women collected recipes to highlight dairy products. Readers are invited to enjoy a daily recipe during Dairy Month as part of ongoing kitchen suggestions.
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Farm Bureau
Double Frosted Brownies Classic Recipe Card
A classic brownie recipe detailing a batter with flour sugar butter eggs vanilla unsweetened chocolate and nuts baked at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. It includes a two part frosting with chocolate butter vanilla and powdered sugar spread between and on top, then refrigerated to set. Recipe credited to Mrs Arleigh Frautschy of rural Monroe.
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Arleigh Frautschy
Monroe
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