Brodhead Students Prepare for Commencement Week Events
Brodhead high school outlines commencement week activities starting with a Sunday baccalaureate in the high school gym at 8 p.m. The program features music by the choruses, an address by Rev. Wilbur Leatherman, and scripture and benediction by local pastors. Class Day on June 1 includes history readings, poems, props, and the president's address. Commencement on Thursday at 8 p.m. will award diplomas to seniors with speeches by Glenn S. Pound and Clarence Hoesly among honored participants.
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Brodhead
Brodhead High School
Donald Schumacher
David Clark
Wilbur Leatherman
Wilfred J. Schuster
Robert A. Boettchers
Carl T. Thompson
Ronald Jones
Supt. C. T. Pfisterer
David Pfisterer
Glenn S. Pound
Pfisterer
Clarence Hoesly
Mary Ll
Nancy Nenneman
Dorothy Niedemeier
Carolyn Olson
Mary Stabler
Rae Staffeld
Franklin Steiner
Janette Stuessy
Bernice Weibel
Jane Wendler
Alien Williams
Three Missing After Fire Destroys Strathcona Hotel
Three persons were missing and five injured early today after a fire destroyed the ramshackle Strathcona hotel in Nelson British Columbia. The 35 room wooden building was called a regular tinderbox by the Canadian Mounted Police.
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Nelson
B. C
Strathcona
Canadian Mounted Police
Spring Grove and Decatur 4-H Club Plays Aired
The Spring Grove and Decatur 4-H Clubs presented the plays Ada Gives First Aid and Whole Toast Burns Monday night in the high school gym. Casts included Marjorie Deppeler Beverly Kundert Janis Ten Eyck Jane Hoesly Helen Wunschel Marjorie Ziltener Bob Wunschel Clarence Hoesly for Spring Grove and Karen Zimmerli Karen Klein Shelby Mauerman Gwen Walters Mary May Stuessy for Decatur. Play directors were Mrs. Raymond Kundert and Mrs. Ben Zimmerli.
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Spring Grove
Decatur
Ada
Marjorie Deppeler
Beverly Kundert
Janis Ten Eyck
Janet Hoesly
Helen Wunschel
Marjorie Ziltener
Bob Wunschel
Clarence Hoesly
Karen Zimmerli
Karen Klein
Shelby Mauerman
Gwen Walters
Mary May Stuessy
Raymond Kundert
Ben Zimmerli
Vacation Bible School Opens Tuesday in Orangeville
The union vacation Bible school will begin Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Orangeville grade school. Director is Mrs. Virgil Dickinson with music supervision by Mmes. Paul Olson and Milford W. Best.
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Orangeville
Union Vacation Bible School
Virgil Dickinson
Paul Olson
Milford W. Best
Emmerson Zettle
Sandra Rinehart
Karen Bostian
Leo Rusk
Lyle Rinehart
Beverly Blankenhorn
Sandra Gross
Donald Moyer
Val Schreiner
Jean Bergeman
Fred Solberger
Guy Boyer
Nancy Davidson
Eliza Franz
Ralph Keister
Nancy Neuenschwander
Services To Be Held Monday in New Glarus
Memorial Day services are planned in the Swiss church cemetery and the New Glarus high school. Rev. Paul J. Gibson of Monroe will deliver the address. Recitations will be by Patricia Gardner and William Kuenzi. The parade will include the Legion and auxiliary, color guards, firing squad, Gold Star Mothers, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and school alumni.
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New Glarus
Paul J. Gibson
Monroe
New Glarus Evangelical United Brethren Church
Patricia Gardner
William Kuenzi
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
Gold Star
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
William Hillstad
Russell Monroe
E. Robert Wittner
Willard Marty
Marshall Ingwell
Auxiliary
Rosemarie Klassy
Norman Fries
Mt Hope 100 Years Old Memorial Day Visitors to Cemetery
Memorial Day brings visitors to Mt Hope cemetery on a hill south of Brodhead. Established 1855, the site has Civil War veterans and historic markers, with ongoing care since 1927 by local groups. Notable names include J P Kildow, J B Oneall, and Mary Farmer honoring a Civil War son.
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Grace Marsh Brodhead
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Sugar River
Brodhead
Mt. Hope
James Keagle
Thomas Martin
James Chapel
J. P. Ki
Muriel Douglas
Farm Bureau
Spring Grove
Mt. Hope Aid Society
Edward Martin
Eliium Allen
Jacob Green
John Renn
Samuel Caldwell
Kirby
Andrew Farmers
Mary Farmer
South
Wisconsin
Marathon Corp. announces $40 million financing plan
Marathon Corp. president John Stevens Jr. announced a $40 million financing program to meet the companys present and future financial requirements.
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Menasha
John Stevens Jr
Marathon Corp
Wheat Allotment Deadline Set For June 20
The local ASC announces June 20 as the deadline for county wheat growers to dispose of excess wheat to avoid ineligibility for the crop program. Edward Roth, ASC chair, notes penalties apply to acreage over 15 acres or the allotment. ASC reporters will survey farms in May to June 5 and farmers not visited by next Thursday should notify the ASC office.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Edward Roth
ASC
Roth
New Glarus Seniors Hear Rev Norenberg
Commencement exercises honored 36 graduates of New Glarus high school. Speaker Rev Jess H Norenberg Madison delivered the address. Class speakers were John Sarbacher and Margaret Meythaler. Honor students included Beulah Argue Mary Lou Colney Dorothy Durst Lorene Eichelkraut Bertran Figi Sally Huseth Werner Kuenzi Margaret Meythaler Otto Puempel Monette Rindy Marlene Stuessy Kathleen Zweifel.
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New Glarus
New Glarus High School
Jess H. Norenberg
Madison
John Sarbacher
Irving Sarbacher
Margaret Meythaler
Ray Meythaler
Beulah Argue
Mary Lou Colney
Dorothy Durst
Lorene Eichelkraut
Bertran Figi
Sally Huseth
Werner Kuenzi
Otto Puempel
Monette Rindy
Marlene Stuessy
Kathleen Zweifel
Surviving Buffalo Population Dwindles by 1889
An estimated 60 million buffalo roamed the United States during early conflicts, but by 1889 only about 600 remained. This stark decline highlights the near extinction of the species due to overhunting and habitat loss.
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United States
Girl Scout Troop 27-A Holds Wiener Roast Plans Memorial Day March
Brownie Troop 27 members held a Wiener roast at John Nussbaum home yesterday. They planned to march in the Memorial Day parade and meet at East school at 8 40 a m. The flyup ceremony was discussed for Recreation Park Wednesday. Dorothy Phillips served a special treat and Mary Nussbaum attended. Mrs Hervey J Hoesly leads the troop.
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John Nussbaum
Brownie Scout
East School
Recreation Park
Dorothy Phillips
Mary Nussbaum
Hervey J. Hoesly
Welsh Palmer to Speak on Dairy Feeding at Richland Meeting
Welsh Palmer of New Glarus will address Richland Creek Watershed Association on farm feeding systems using slides. The meeting at Ball school Tuesday night at 8 features a Richland 4 H Club minstrel show and a potluck with sandwiches cookies and dishes.
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Palmer Welsh
New Glarus
Richland Creek Watershed Association
Donald Deininger
Welsh
Richland
Parade at Brodhead Monday Memorial Day Observance
The Memorial Day parade forms at Everson corner Monday at 8 45 a m and marches to Exchange Square for rites. VFW commander Fred Duchow and chaplain Fred Ties lead the service with Stanley Noonan directing the firing squad. The march continues to Brodhead high school for the memorial program featuring speaker Rev. Robert A Boettcher.
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Stanley Noonan
Robert A. Boettcher
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