Governor Okays College Buildings Plan Across State
Governor approves a 4.3 million state college building program funded by the 1949 legislature. The Eau Claire Teachers College project totals 1.3 million for a health unit educational wing auditorium and nine classrooms. Bids begin Aug 1 with construction Sept 1. Dormitories cost 825,000 each at six campuses with early bid dates in June and July. A Whitewater library building bids Sept 1 around 600,000.
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Maanen —Vry— Lov
Senne Ohm
State Board of Normal School
Egents
Legisature
Eau Claire Teachers’ College
River Falls
LaCrosse
Platteville
Superior
Stevens Point
Oshkosh
Whitewater
Augana
Community Calendar and Family News from Orangeville
Social notes detail visits and gatherings around Orangeville and nearby towns. Families such as Bolenaer, Schoch, Parriott, Wohlford, and Dinges are mentioned with kin from Freeport Monroe Davis Cedarville and Grand Marias. A birth is recorded: Barry Lee Dinges born May 13 to Marian Niffenesger Dinges.
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Ed Petermeier
Freeport
Eldon Rabe
Karen
Winslow
Stanley Thorp
Albert Steffes
Stockton
Guy Boyer
James Boyer
Victor Folgate
Ira Zimmerman
Monroe
Myron Schoch
Davis
Vernon Best
Schoch
Beulah Parriott
Eugene
Betty) Marcantonio
Chicago
Elman Babler
Darlene
Cedarville
Harold Harnish
Myrna Lee
Peggy Ann Parriott
Billy Parriott
Ray Wagner
Adam Zweifel
Miles Barr
Kermit
Ray Wohlford
Jerah Crawford
Susan
Port Washington
Wendell Wohlford
Jeffry
Brent
Charleston
Til
Lola Wohlford
Wendell Wohlfords
South Wayne
Jesse Gapen
Gateway Lodge
Grand Marias
Minn
Carrie Musser
Minnie M. Leitzell
Benton
Wis
Donald Bennett
Ray Frautsch
Linda Frautschy
C. W. Frautschy
Robert Dinges
Barry Lee
R. L. Dinges
Dinges
Marian Niffenesger
Rural schools hold closing picnics and awards
Green Valley Cadiz Township celebrates end of term with eighth grader Kenneth Stites graduating and teacher Paul Severson visiting Madison. Jordan Prairie Mothers club elects officers Lenora Riemer president Ferrell Malkow vice president Sylvia Schwartzlow secretary Margaret Kubly treasurer. Sunshine committee member Eleanor Klemm. show er for Viola Stues sy. Blackford school Monroe area closes with picnic ball game and awards for perfect attendances Charles Huber Marian Huber Kathleen Hartch. Karen Yeazel receives WHA award. two eighth graders Karen Yeazel Betty Flannery to graduate. Juda high welcome day hosts 24 eighth graders from nearby districts. home economics luncheon and contests held.
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Green Valley
Cadiz ‘Ownship
Kenneth Stites
Paul Severson
Mary Larson
Robert Hastings
Madison
Severson
Jordan
Prairie Mothers Club
Paul Zingrich
Lenora Riemer
Ferrell Malkow
Sylvia Schwartzlow
Margaret Kubly
Eleanor Klemm
Sunshine Committee
Gladys Schupbach
Viola Stuessy
Blackford
Monroe
Charles
Marian Huber
Kathleen Hartch
Karen Yeazel
Betty Flannery
Janesville
Florence Golickson
Juda High School
Jerry Jordan
School Talks Set by Green County Committee
The Green County School committee schedules a meeting next Monday evening at the courthouse to discuss local education matters.
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Green County School Committee
Court House
Dominating School Color Battle Draws Packed Field
A foot race and ball throwing contest featured Roger Stark and Marlene Torkelson with a guessing game and pin the tail on the donkey led by Nancy Cameron. From 12:45 to 2:15 classes visited before Feldt's field hosted Purple vs Gold, with visitors including Margaret Roberts, Shirley Ruef, Phyllis Alexander, and many others from the Judo baseball squad.
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Roger Stark
Marlene Torkelson
Nancy Cameron
Feldt
Margaret Roberts
Shirley Ruef
Phyllis Alexander
Harr
Jene ‘Torkelson
Tila Andrews
Charles Trotter
Joanne Schwartzlow
Larry Siedschlag
John Jaeggi
Jerry Jordan
Thomas Theiler
Plis Andrews
Augrey Seidel
Mary Pagel
Joan Brunner
Bonnie Scheidegger
Edwin Schenk
Alfred Peterson
Gene Coplien
Charles Bohren
Edward Flanagan
Gary Wunschel
Michigan Man Freed In Amarillo Slaying
Ewald Johnson was acquitted Tuesday in the bludgeon slaying of oil field troubleshooter W. A. Thornton. The verdict sparked cheers. Johnson plans to return to Michigan, while his wife Diana Johnson, 19, remained jailed. Both face federal charges of transporting a stolen automobile across state lines.
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Amarillo
Rex
Ewald Johnson
W. A
Tex
Thornton
Johnson
Michigan
Diana
Marquette To Award Degree To FBI Chief
Edgar Hoover director of the FBI will receive an honorary doctor of laws from Marquette University at June 11 commencement. Rev Edward J O Donnell S J president said Hoover accepted the invitation to participate but will not deliver an address.
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Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Marquette
Edward J. O'Donnell
S. J
University
FBI
Father O'Donnell
Blue Law Petition Seeks Return in Zion
A group of 940 petitioners in Zion asks the city to restore Sunday blue laws repealed in 1949 after a 292 vote margin. The move aims to bar commerce and amusements on Sundays with charity and necessity exceptions. church leader Michael J. Mintern notes the petition is not connected to the church oversight.
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Zion
John D. Tipe
D. C. Huntley
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Sine
Michael J. Mintern
Hi Group
New Glarus Social Roundup Includes Local Visitors
New Glarus residents and guests share weekly visits from Madison, Belleville, Chicago, and Milwaukee. Mrs. Barbara Marty and Mrs. Vern Marshall host or visit relatives. Millard Tschudy with Kim attend events in Belleville Baraboo and Portage.
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New Glarus
Mrs. Millard Tschudy
Karl Mueller
Ed Zwieckey
Spring Green
Walter Zwiefel
Belleville
Barbara Marty
Madison
Palmer Welsch
John Kundert
Robert Green
Davis
Henry Schmid
Mmes
Clarence
Oliver
Fred Duerst
J. P. Murphy
Walter Mills
Barbara
Margaret
Chicago
Margaret Hefty
Lee Hefty
Watertown
Millard Tschudy
Kim
Melvin Jenson
Robert Strickler
Dessert Bridge
Ralph Luchsinger
Ger
Ald Disch
Roswell Phillipson
Palmer Duerst
Dean Gmar
Myron Bartle
Harley Hoesly
Marshall Ingwell
Millard ‘Tschudy
Palmer Strickler
George Hartman
Ilse Strickler
Milwaukee
Eugene Strickler
Vern Marshall
Blanchardville
Herghter
Warren Ruesch
Pigeon Falls
Fred Tschudy
Baraboo
Portage
Church Reaches Peak in National Presbyterian Membership
Dr William Barrow Pugh reports tentative figures show the Presbyterian Church in the U S A reaching a peak membership of 2401849 with a net rise of 71713 last year. He noted the growth reflects continued expansion across the denomination.
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Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
William Barrow Pugh
Pugh
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