Green County Cheese Day Promises Big 1955 Event
Planning for 1955 Green County Cheese Day builds toward a peak on Saturday with Wisconsin Cheese Week promotions in county stores. State officials and the American Dairy Association expect increased attention to Swiss and other Green County cheeses and a cooperative effort by markets to boost visitors. Community decorations and welcoming signs abound as organizers stress hospitality and full effort to impress guests from Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
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Green County
State Department of Agriculture
American Dairy Association
Wisconsin
ADA
Ilinois
State
New Glarus Celebrates 110th Swiss Colony Anniversary
The community marks 110 years since Swiss colonists settled in Green County, acknowledging hardships overcome and the lasting impact on the dairy farming region. The weekend observance highlighted the founding group, their descendants, and the enduring heritage they brought to the area.
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New Glarus
Green County
Prohibition Party Names Holtwick Holdridge For 1956 Ticket
The Prohibition party selected Dr. Enoch A. Holtwick 74 of Greenville Illinois professor emeritus of history as president and Brig. Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge ret 63 of Sherman Oaks California as vice president at a three day national convention. Holdridge known as the Peace General promoted universal military training.
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Milford
Ind
West Point
Eisenhower
National Prohibition Party
Enoch A. Holtwick
Greenville
Ill
Greenfield College
Herbert C. Holdridge
Sherman
Aks
Calif
Holdridge
U. S. Military Academy
MacArthur Predicts Large Japanese Surrender in October
Ten years ago Gen. MacArthur forecast that by mid October seven million Japanese troops would be disarmed the largest capitulation in warfare history. Infantile paralysis strikes Monroe. 13 year old Leland Scace diagnosed. Holsinger assumes Monticello bus depot duties. Edwin Andereck injures collarbone in football practice. Donlin Weeks dies of polio en route to hospital. Lt. Marshall L. Peterson earns Navy Bronze Star for Leyte Gulf action.
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MacArthur
Monroe
Leland Scace
Carl G. Holsinger
Monticello
Times Annex
Edwin Andereck
Donlin Weeks
Beloit
Alta Weeks
Madison Hospital
Marshall L. Peterson
Green County
Navy
Leyte Gulf
Philippines
Two Face Trial In Kidnap-Murder
Sumner Mississippi men Roy Bryant and J W Milam pleaded innocent to the kidnapping and murder of 14 year old Emmett Till. They were indicted by an all white grand jury and face possible death penalty if convicted. Till's body was found in the Tallahatchie River after he was shot. The men were jailed in Charleston and did not seek bond.
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Milam
Tallahatchie County
Charleston
Chicago
NAACP
William Huff
Bryant
Till
Tallahatchie River
Rural schools organize first meeting and elect officers
Susan Jane Schwartzlow called the Silver School Society to order for its first meeting. New officers elected for the first quarter are Daniel Bennet president Ronna Lane Has se secretary and Rita Schwartzlow treasurer. Two beginners enrolled Harriet Keener and Linda Mansheim. Total enrollment 26 Edna A Babler teacher. Sam Ball School welcomes Allen and Janice Siedschlag Nancy Siegenthaler first graders with 20 pupils opening Aug 29. Miss Bernice Baehler teacher. Twin Grove Society elects officers Dick Bell president Liz Jaeggs vice president Gene Bartelt secretary Keith Reed treasurer. New first graders Terry Brunkow Ronald Camron Sharon Higbee Michael Mollenberndt Sandra Grossen. Miss Marion Brecklin teacher.
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Susan Jane Schwartzlow
Silver School Society
Daniel Bennet
Ronna Lane Hasse
Rita Schwartzlow
Harriet Keener
Linda Mansheim
Edna A. Babler
SAM Ball School
Sam Ball
Allen
Janice Siedschlag
Nancy Siegenthaler
Bernice Baehler
Twin Grove Society
Twin Grove School
Dick Bell
Liz Jaeggs
Gene Bartelt
Keith Reed
Terry Brunkow
Ronald Camron
Sharon Higbee
Michael Mollenberndt
Sandra Grossen
Marion Brecklin
Marine Officer Wins Forty Two Thousand On TV Show
New York Marine Captain Richard Sherrill McCutchen won 32000 dollars on The $64000 Question after his fourth appearance. He chose food and cooking as his category and described five desserts with their origins, including bombe zabaglione plykoek flummery and pfeffernuss.
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New York
Richard Sherrill McCutchen
CBS
McCutchen
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