May traffic tolls show mixed county results in 1955 56
May brings the worst Wisconsin toll in 19 years with 79 deaths on streets and highways. Green and other counties report declines in 1955 compared with 1954, while Town County and Dane Rock Walworth show mixed changes. Pedestrian deaths fall slightly but total fatalities rise for the first five months of 1956.
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Green County
Lafayette
Dane County
Rock
Walworth
Town County
Wisconsin
Wisconsin dairy recipe contest seeks entries from readers
The June Dairy Month contest by the Women's section of the June Dairy Month committee opened June 1 and runs to June 13. Nine divisions prize winners will get an expense paid trip to the Wisconsin State Fair and cookware gifts.
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Wisconsin
Chicago Promoters Asked to Join Milwaukee Road Board
Arthur M. Wirtz and J. Patrick Lannan have been invited to join the Milwaukee Road board of directors. Leo T. Crowley, president of the railroad, said invitations were voted by the board.
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Chicago
Arthur M. Wirtz
J. Patrick Lannan
Milwaukee Road
Leo T. Crowley
Honor for Kay Guehring Receives Wisconsin Scholarships
Miss Kay Guehring of Davis Illinois daughter of Eldon and Mrs Guehring earns a 320 dollar out of state tuition scholarship from the University of Wisconsin and a 400 dollar annual scholarship. Valedictorian of Durand high school she edited the year book and is a National Honor Society member with a National Merit Award. She plans to study engineering and has family ties to local residents.
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Kay Guehring
Eldon J. Guehring
Davis
Charles Maaske
17Th Avenue
University of Wisconsin
Guehring
Durand High School
Mildred Maaske
Coast Guard Ships Out Promise for Graduates
Coast Guard recruiting officer Chief Petty Officer James Anderson announced that all high school graduates enlisting will receive guaranteed petty officer service school after basic training at Camp May. Two service schools are available including aviation and electronics ratings, with many ratings listed. He also touted an Enlist With Your Buddy program allowing friends to join and train together.
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James Anderson
U. S. Coast Guard
Green Bay
Coast Guard
Camp May
Anderson
Unskilled Jobs Drop Cited By Population Bureau
Census figures indicate the sharpest decline in employment between 1910 and 1950 occurred among unskilled workers in the United States, according to the Population Reference Bureau.
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United States
The
Population Reference Bureau
Adams Lutheran Church Centenary Highlights History of Affiliation
The Adams Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Adams Township Wisconsin marks its centennial. Since 1867 pastors have shifted from Norwegian Synod to Augsburg and the Lutheran Free Church of America while maintaining independence. Rev. Sletten oversaw a church enlargement funded at 1400 dollars and a 24 by 22 foot chancel addition.
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Adams Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Adams Township
Green County
Wisconsin
R. K. Helland
Carl C. Aas
Theo S. Reimestad
Conference
Augsburg College and Seminary of
Minneapolis
Falk Gjertson
Stoughton
Augsburg
Gjertson
Argyle Lutheran Church
Reimestad
Norwegian Synod
Adams
Lutheran Free Church of America
Augsburg College
Ole Paulson
A. O. Kolden
Albert Framstad
Martin Bjornsin
Paulson
O. H. Sletten
Church marks 50th anniversary with re dedication in 1906
The interior received a unique herring bone design using ceiling-board lumber and the church celebrated its 50th anniversary from June 29 to July 1 1906. The enlarged church was re dedicated to mark the milestone.
Mary Waelchli graduates from St Mary's Madison nursing school
Miss Mary Waelchli daughter of Gottlieb Waelchli of Monticello road Albany graduated with 38 in the St Marys Hospital Madison nursing class. Commencement at St Raphael's Cathedral, tea at nurses home. World War II WAC veteran, Albany High School graduate, sixth in class, to complete training in September. now at Mendota mental hospital with five classmates.
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Albany
Mary Waelchli
Gottlieb Waelchli
Monticello Road
St. Mary’s Hospital
Madison
St. Raphael's Cathedral
Anna Rhyner
Waelchli
Albany High School
Women’s Army Corps
Mendota Mental Hospital
Orangeville Scouts Plan Paper Drive Friday
Orangeville Boy Scouts of Troop 24 will conduct a paper drive Friday morning June 29. The pickup will include Clarno Oneco and Orangeville.
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Orangeville
Boy Scouts
Clarno
Oneco
Yellowstone Lake Shows Water Value
Yellowstone Lake in Lafayette County, once pasture land, now boosts local business and property values. May fish harvest exceeded 5 000 with largemouth bass and walleyes among the catch, while growing boat sales and higher recreational demand affect nesting ducks and esthetic value.
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Yellowstone Lake
Lafayette County
Yellowstone
Ben Gurion vows not to strike Arabs in preventive war
After Moshe Sharett’s resignation Israel’s leader David Ben Gurion asserts full control of foreign policy and pledges that Israel will not initiate preventive war against the Arabs.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Moshe Sharett
David Ben-Gurion
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