Argyle Gratiot State Festivities Labor Day Observed
Labor Day events fill Argyle and Gratiot with two days of baseball tournaments charity supper and a big talent show at Argyle Legion Park. Acts include the Kopy Kats Ted Rugh the Kittleson Brothers and the Zweifel brothers with rides beer and a tractor pull. Gratiot’s VFW program features a parade and a giant dented display at 1 pm Monday.
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Legion Firemen
Argyle
Legion Community Park
Gratiot
VFW
Kopy Kats
Madison
Ted Rugh
Kittleson Brothers
Blanchardville
Zweifel Brothers
Juda
Godfrey Boys
Ostby Warehouse
Park Shelter House
Toe Ticklers
Rockford Kilts
East Dubuque Drum and Bugle Corps
Dubuque Navy Girls
Schmoe
T Day Set to Stage Wilhelm Tell in New Glarus
New Glarus prepares a three performance Wilhelm Tell festival starting Saturday with English versions on Saturday and Monday and a German show on Sunday. Gov Knowles expected Monday. tickets limited with an Alpine concert and art show planned. 174 artists will participate in the Tell Art Show.
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Schiller
Wilhelm Tell
Tell
Tell Grounds
Warren P. Knowles
Ken Ross
Jim Schroeder
New Glarus High School
Wilhelm Tell Art Guild
Midwest
Robert Elkins
Wisconsin
Hapsburgs
Herman Gessler
Charlie Predicts Mild Canadian Winter
Vancouver residents hear the elderly Squamish prophet Dominic Charlie predicts a mild winter after last year’s heavy snow. He based his forecast on leaf color and now revises his outlook to a gentler season for British Columbia communities and services.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Dominic Charlie
Charlie
Wilson Named Argyle Police Chief After Jaggs Resigns
Basil Wilson of Monroe has been hired as Argyle police chief to replace Adolph Jaggs who resigned. Wilson began yesterday and previously worked at Dearth Motors Monroe for two years. He is a Marine veteran served as military policeman 14 months and plans to move to Argyle with his wife Jean Flannery and one child. The Jaggis moved to Elkhorn Wisconsin, where Jaggs joined Walworth County Hospital. their Argyle home was sold to Gerald Hawkins of Monroe who will relocate soon.
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Basil Wilson
Monroe
Argyle
Adolph Jaggs
Wilson
Dearth Motors
Jean Flannery
Jaggs
Elkhorn
Wis
Walworth County Hospital
Jaggis
Gerald Hawkins
Calf Scramble Plans Advance in Green County
The Green County Beef Producers Association meets in the Agriculture Building to advance plans for the second annual Fall Calf Scramble on Sunday October 10 at the Green County Fairgrounds. Calvin Kraemer and Kenneth C Allen outline calf availability and entry rules for 4 H and FFA youths with about eight calves to be auctioned from 1964 scramblers.
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Green County Beef Producers Association
Calvin Kraemer
Kenneth C. Allen
Green County Fairgrounds
Monroe Jaycees
FFA
4-H
Saving St. Croix River Plan Promoted by Senators
Sens. Nelson and Mondale predicted Senate passage of a bill to create a St. Croix National Scenic Riverway with 6.5 million dollars over five years for 152 miles of St. Croix and 90 miles of the Namekagon. The plan would protect riverbanks by scenic easements and zoning, exempt Lower St. Croix shoreline within towns, and include a wild river segment on the upper stretch.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
St. Croix National Scenic
Gaylord Nelson
D - Wis
Walter F. Mondale
D Minn
Senate Interior Committee
St. Croix
Wisconsin
Lower St. Croix
Midwest
Minnesota
Mississippi
Upper St. Croix
Namekagon
Secretary of the Interior
Danbury
Mondale
Hudson River
New York
Lake Erie
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cheese Days Parade Sets Swiss Costume Contests and Demos
The Monroe Jaycees announce two bands will perform in the Swiss Costume Parade on Saturday September 18 as part of Cheese Days. Children are urged to wear Swiss costumes with at least a hat. prizes in 12 categories include best story book character and Swiss girl.
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Monroe Jaycees
Jaycees
Walt Disney
O. N. Johnson
Martha Bernet
Gottlieb Brandli
Washington
Democratic Party
Monroe Post Office
Bronson C. LaFollette
William Proxmire
Patrick Lucey
Gaylord Nelson
Robert Kastenmeier
LaFollette
Lacey
Nelson
Kastenmeier
Cigarette Smoking Called Great Hazard
Washington health officials release a Public Health Service leaflet calling cigarette smoking one of the century’s greatest hazards. It stresses the danger is entirely preventable by a personal decision not to smoke.
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Washington
Public Health Service
New Glarus Physician Dr Earl V Hicks Dies in Houston
Dr Earl V Hicks 62 longtime New Glarus physician died in his sleep at Methodist Hospital Houston after recent circulatory surgery He opened a New Glarus medical center in 1952 with Dr Phillip Marty later served at St Clare Monroe He was born 1902 in Sheboygan Falls and was active in Wisconsin medical societies Surviving son and daughter and a sister are listed Zentner Funeral Home New Glarus to receive his body tomorrow
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Earl V. Hicks
New Glarus
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Tex
Hicks
Blanchardville
New Medical Center
Phillip Marty
Sheboygan Falls
University of Wisconsin
Madison General Hospital
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Green County
State of Wisconsin
American Medical Societies
Hick
Ruth Heiden
Charles
Logan
Utah
Randolph Ott
Columbus
Rhea Schultz
Union Grove
Frank
Zentner Funeral Home
Beatles Return Home From Third American Tour
London crowd greets the Beatles as they return from their third American tour. About 500 teenagers keep vigil through the night to welcome the group.
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London
Security Seen Necessary After Bombing Incident
National Guard troops moved into Natchez Mississippi after a Negro leader warned of rising racial tension and a Ku Klux Klan spokesman said his men were armed. About 100 guardsmen appeared at a motel for breakfast as city officials prepared to meet Negroes over desegregation demands following a boobytrapped bombing of NAACP leader George Metcalfe. Metcalfe was in fair condition with injuries from the blast. The protests include denunciation of the Klan desegregation of public facilities equal job opportunities and police escorts for Negro funerals.
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National Guard
Natchez
Miss
Ku Klux Klan
George Metcalfe
NAACP
Plymouth
North Carolina
Durham
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
King
Chicago
Los Angeles
Louisiana
Bogalusa
Wisconsin Governor Proclaims Labor Day
Governor Warren P. Knowles pledges state support to labor and management for Wisconsin’s economic development. He notes the state’s labor force now totals 1.7 million and Labor Day will be observed on Monday.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
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