Portage Daily Register from Portage, Wisconsin • 4

tt w- 5 'twwteiw i 1 1 i PORTAGE DAILY REGISTER Fri July 28 1967 Page 4 Doors openat Church for Gym ainfa Abopt1 Club Notes Round and Daily Records i by Mrs John Jones vale and other places in the vicinity The pastors were asked to sing an impromptu number to which they gladly responded with the Rev White at the organ Solos were also sung by Tim Morgan of Cambria and Roger Fickaw of Waukesha So many attended from Wisconsin communities that the chairman called this year just for those from out of state to show hands and tell their place of residence This roll showed there were persons from Massachusetts Pennsylvania Arizona Minnesota and Illinois Among them was a young woman from Wales Great Britian who had just recently moved to the US The and Mineral The and a The the church served years Meyer of message this service the choir and this Divine Savior Hospital I Admissions Josephine Koepp Poynette Joseph Romero Montello Mrs Gerald Mael Route 3 Patricia Wollschlager Arlington Raymond Gerbitz Endeavor Mrs Parker Dewey Milwaukee Hubert Hendrickson Ram Hotel Discharges William Jowett Route 3 Christa Mussey Endeavor John Youness Westfield Mrs Marguerite Williams 229)4 Franklin Susan Parisi Rio Mrs Avolt Teske Westfield Mary Ann Miller 128 Michigan Stanley Brossard Cambria Sharon Stelter Montello Mrs Irene Gray Route 3 Mrs Errol Mrotek New Lisbon Ronald Dreyer Route 3 Mrs Warren Spear Wyocena Charles Burger 614 Cook Mrs Robert Barton Pardeeville Mrs Mara Schlotfeldt 303 Volk Births Daughter to Mr and Mrs Dale Natta Route 1 Daughter to Mr and Mrs Eloi Schmitt Dane Van Area Personals an sing Solos were also presented by Thomas Williams and Tim Morgan both of Cambria A special feature was the appearance of dub accompanists Mrs Clifford Mays on her own organ and the Rev Tom White on the old church reed organ A special recognition and thanks were extended to Mrs Lou Williams of Dalton who has backed the organization for many years to Tom Welk who brought and manned the sound system and to several persons from Cambria Wales Madison etc who spent many hours getting the church and grounds ready- if vice president Mark second vice president Mrs Robert Vennie treasur- er and Mrs John Wolfram secretary Mrs Arnold Groener Award chairman Mrs Robert Friess Leadership Training chairman Mrs Norbert Esser president of the Leaders Association Mrs Pat Malone Organization Chairman Mrs Joseph Cooney Organization assistant Mrs Donald Alf publicity Mrs Fred Cramer Candy Sale chairman and Mrs Donald Woodman Registrar Lighting and sound was handled by Robert Friess Mrs Robert Friess was in charge of arrangements assisted by Mrs Norbert Esser Mrs Tom Foley and Mrs Lloyal Manley Jki OVER! TUESDAY INTERNATIONAL presents The Portage Council of Camp Fire Girls played to standing room Norhert Esser and Mrs Robert Friess all standing Kneeling from only on Wednesday evening at the Columbia County Fairgrounds Jett to right are "honor Erin Foley Roxanne Young Kathy Shown in dress rehearsal for their city-wide pageant are Maralyn Sutfin Sandy Miller Mary Ann Mell Jean Krause and Sandy Woodman seated at desk at far left and Mrs Donald Woodman Dreyer Mrs Fred Cramer Mrs Donald Alf Mrs Joseph Coonev Mrs REGISTER STAFF PHOTO dates for the Picketts Cambria Point Gymanfas were announced by representatives of each place afternoon session closed with singing benediction by Rev Beers evening session was held again with David Bogue who has as evening chairman for many again presiding The Rev Portage delivered the evening One of the usual highlights of has been the appearance of of the Friesland Reformed church year they were also present to SV (1967 Camp Fire Girls) Kathy Koch Patty Kronenberg Toni Cragin and Lomat Reichardt (1967 Bluebirds) Michelle Cook Mary Martha Klahn Mary Sutfin Sharon Schroeder Nancy Koch and Tami Cragin (Camp Fire Girls in Ceremonial Jackets) Mary Ann Esser Jody Bell Sally Mootz Maureen Arbogast and Laura Robinson (Junior High Camp Fire Girls) Loretta Goetz and Brenda Miller (Horizon Clubber) Holly Jones (Spelunkers) Ruth Hoffman Regina Stensrud Lynette" Johnson Patty Lingd and Peggy Alf (Candy Sellers) Beth Drake Karen Mutchler Sharen Mutchler and Maryls Void (Christmas Carolers) A HELD THRU AMERICAN Camp Fire girl pageant is termed 'one of big hits 7 of county fair Mrs Frances Sullivan Mrs Harriet Munson Mrs Mabel Knaack and Mrs Ruth Rubin have returned home after spending a week at Green Bay with relatives of Mrs Mr and Mrs Don Miller and Scott spent a two week vacation in Winter Haven Fla at the Harold Miller and August Miller homes While there they toured Busch Gardens Bellms cars of yesterday Ring-ling Brothers Circus Hall of Fame and Cypress Gardens They all spent July 4th at the gulf fishing and picking up sea-shells Brian and Garry Phelps sons of Mr and Mrs Alden Phelps spent last week with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Orlando Phelps Mr and Mrs Alden Phelps have moved from Madison into their new home recently purchased on Lake Kegonsa Road at Stoughton Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mecham of Sherman Tex are spending a few days in Pardeeville with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Thayer Mrs Mecham is the former Bonnie Thayer Mr Mecham has completed four years with the US Air Force The Mechams will make their home in San Jose Calif aer their visit here John Rogers son of Mr and Mrs Harlan Rogers 220 Pleasant Street has been named director of industrial relations in the district agency department of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance company He will be responsible for labor-management relations for district agency personnel He joined the company in 1959 as assistant director and was appointed associate director in 1963 Rogers received his bachelor of arts and law de- grees from the University of Wisconsin He and his wife and six children reside in Natick Mass List Donald Batty son of Mr and Mrs Don- aid Batty Pardeeville is on the Evan- gel College Springfield Mo list for i 1 fj i t'i FQ ik CAMBRIA The annual Gymanfa Ganu held near Dalton at Bach Rock on Sunday was another long to be remembered occasion The little church built by early Welsh settlers over 125 years ago is surrounded by a grove of trees and adjoining it is the peaceful country cemetery where many of the forefathers of that area are buried The church is no longer used except on the one Sunday in July when it hosts the sing festival at its morning afternoon and evening meetings On Sunday morning the Rev Thademof Pardeeville was the guest speaker there were several musical selections with Mrs Clifford Mays accompanying them Patty Lawson sang the welcome song as she has several times before and there were duets by Mrs Olwyn Welk and daughter Mary Gwen of Ripon and one by Maurice Steely of Wales and Mary Lou Bessac of Dalton During the noon hours a potluck picnic was enjoyed under the trees with some of the women serving tea and coffee The afternoon session was held out of doors in the shade of a large oak A temporary podium had been erected for the leader the chairman and speakers and also served as a choir loft Howell Pritchard of Ixonia was chairman and the director of music was Mrs Olwyn Morgan Welk of Ripon Mrs Catherine Mays played the accompaniment Following the singing of Neal Lloyd of Cambria who is a student in the Pittsburg Theological Semminary spoke briefly and conducted the devotions The choir composed of a group of volunteers then sang At the close of the number Mrs Welk announced that there had been requests from representatives of the Milwaukee Folk Fair and from the New Glams Festival for a Welsh Choir to appear at both places and invited any interested persons to contact her Four or five groups of hymns were sung during the afternoon Midway in the afternoon several guests were introduced and asked to contribute a few words Among them was Tom Jones who for many years was coach for the track teams of the University of Wisconsin at Madison now retired Jones is a native of the Rock Hill Neighborhood and it was his great-grandfather who donated the land on which the church stands and the area around it He recalled several interesting events of his childhood on the farm near by Other guests were Zaremha a professor from the University of Wales Swansea who is now at the Mathematical Research Cent- er at the Madison University the Rev Samual Beers Chaplin of the State PrUon at Waupun Rev Funk of Nazareth Pa and Rev Tom White of Beloit whose faip- ily at one time lived iir the town of Spring- Mrs Mills is feted An old-world custom was revived July 26 when the staff and pupils at Qur Lady of Guadalupe Mission school1 together with those participating in the Migrant Health project honored Mrs Clayton Mills on her name day the feast of St Anne The intentions of Mrs Mills were prayed for during the II o'clock mass which was offered by the Rev George Hastrich and the choir sang her favorite hymns For his homily Father Hastrich chose a text from Proverbs hath I Century owned farm site of Towers family reunion The Towers family recently held its century reunion One farm in the town of Caledonia has been owned by some member of the family for a century This farm was purchased in January 1867 by John and Marion (Shanks) Towers who had been bom and raised in Scotland and came to America in 1850 They resided in a log cabin on the farm and raised a family of six children A son James took over the farm in 1884 and in 1913 his son Wallace bought the farm At the present time it is owned by Mr and Mrs Neil Jensen Mrs Jensen is a great-great-granddaughter of John and Marion Towers The century reunion was held at the farm on Sunday July 23 Mrs Willard Kindschi a daughter of Wallace Towers had written the family tree and history and many old photos were also displayed Present at the reunion were Mr and Mrs Willard Kindschi Mrs Mae Meikle Mrs Amanda Towers and Mr and Mrs Glen Towers and son all of Baraboo Mrs Florence Stewart Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stewart Mr and Mrs Lelarid Harris and family all of Poynette Mr and Mrs Dean Voeks and Chad Mr and Mrs Rod Lindgren Mr and Mrs James Parks and family and Rathleen Feddick all of Madison Mr and Mrs Gordon Parks of Middleton Mrs Ella Stevenson of Rochelle 111 Mr and Mrs Herbert Feddick of Duluth Minn Mr and Mrs Tom Sacharski and Scott of LaCrosse Mr and Mrs Ed Scharski and Jane Mr and Mrs John Sacharski and Steven and Otto Leone all of West Allis Don Jeske of Bonduel Mr and Mrs Robert Parks and Brad of Island Height NJ Mr and Mrs Roger Friede and family and Mrs Fernanda Towers of Reedsburg Mr and Mrs Harold Zunker and Nancy of Cambria Lewis Towers and John of Chilton Mrs Mary Marshall and Mr and Mrs Neil Jensen and family of Merrimac and Mr and Mrs Ralph Dalton Mr and Mrs Stanley Dalton and family and Clarence Marshall Columbia County Historical Society Picnic meeting at Ft Winnebago way-side park Monday July 31 6:30 pm Bring own sandwiches drink and a dish to pass Meeting at Surgeons Quarters in case of rain 4 St Episcopal Church Coffee hour for congregation following morning service on Sunday July 30 to honor the Rev Davies and family SPARS to celebrate silver anniversary The Coast Guard Reserve SPARS will commemorate their silver anniversary this November Plans are being made to celebrate the occasion at the Biltmore Hotel in Palm Beach Fla over the Thanksgiving weekend (November 23-26) Efforts are being made to contact all the women who served their country during World War II All SPARS former SPARS and others desiring information on the reunion should write to Genera! Chairman SPAR Silver Anniversary Coast Guard Headquarters 1300 St Washington DC 20591 at the home of the oldest daughter Mr and Mrs Alex Drosen on Swan Lake on a recent Sunday Those in attendance were Mr and Mrs Joseph Koebler Mr and Mrs Frank Grubb Mrs Margaret Kleist and Gary and Michaei Mr and Mrs Harlan Grubb and Julian and Jennifer Mr and Mrs Henry Mootz and Tina and Timothy Mrs William Wilson and Mrs Charles Thompson and Rita and Ronald Mr and Mrs Lewis Wilson of Endeavor Mrs Eva Chase and Ronald Randy Ricky Rodney and Rhonda and Robert Peterson of Columbus Franklin A Koebler of Washington DC 5 Charles Dewsnap son of Mrs Drosen who was home on leave from DeSoto Kan Li-nette Gary and Todd children of Robert and Vilma Thompson of Chicago and Olin-da Bernal of Chicago who is spending her vacation with Mr and Mrs Alex Drosen To 'make the day perfect Mrs Alex son Clifford and wife and son Joseph arrived from Jacksonville Fla to spend a vacation DEATH NOTICES Stauton rites A Graveside services for Mrs Vera1 Stauton who died Tuesay will be held at 9:30 am Saturdayat St Jeromes cemetery at Columbus Friends may call after 3 pm today at the Zeidler funeral Jiome at Columbus Archie Kinney Archie Kinney 74 Packwaukee died suddenly on Thursday Mr Kinney operated a general store in Packwaukee for number of years until his retirement a few years ago He is survived by a son Atty Pat Kinney of Lancaster and a number of grandchildren Cummings funeral after '3 pm today be conducted at funeral home will officiate Underhill cemetery Richland Center nursing home after sons John of Stevens Point Charles of Black River Falls six daughters Mrs Faye dayman of San Mateo Calif Mrs Jose phine Estrada of San Jose Calif Mrs Knute Everson of Ridgeway Marion Smith of Richland Center Mrs Carolyn Solberg of Milwaukee and Mrs Kenneth Johnson of Saratoga Calif two sisters Mrs Flossie Higgins of Janesville Mrs Jasper Wolfe of Milton Junction 26 grandchild-children and six great grandchildren The funeral will be at 3 pm Saturday in the Pratt funeral home at Richland Center where friends may call after 2 pm today 1925 holds reunion The group gathered at the Carroll Callahan cottage at White Lake in the early evening for a couple of hours of becoming re-acquainted and visiting and at 8:30 were served dinner at White Lake Resort After the dinner letters were read from some of the absent members the Gass Poem and Class were read and short speeches were made by the two teachers Miss Wohlfert and Mr Cavanaugh and by Carroll Callahan A moment of silent thought was spent in memory of the three members Adeline Schumann Toll Edwin Flynn and Vincent Goodnature who had passed away After many fond farewells and with the hope that the classmates could meet again for other reunions the very enjoyable get -to-g ether made possible by Car-roll and Phyllis Callahan and the Scharen-bergs and their staff of workers came to an end Bluebirds Camp Fire Girls Junior High Camp Fire Girls and Horizon Clubbers as well as many leaders and board mem- bers from throughout the Portage area participated in a pageant on Wednesday evening during Youth Day at the Columbia County Fair By participating in the pageant the girls not only learned the mechanics of voice recording staging and costuming but also earned honors toward their national pro- by old-world custom found the valiant At noon the adults gathered in Lions Park for a picnic lunch while the school children had a special fiesta luncheon on the patio Those present at the picnic in addition to the honoree and Father Hastrich were the Rev Salvador Llano OSF of Peru Sister Rita Cascia OP principal of the Guadalupe school Dr Robin Allin of Madison who was in charge of the medical clinic Larry Burger and Tom Vrobel of the University of Wisconsin Sister Mary Eloise SSM Sister Agnes Therese SSM of St hospital Mrs Pecher of the Auxilians Dr and Mrs James Twohig the dentist and dental assistant in residence for the summer Sister Joselda and Sister Sarah OSF who are affiliated with the migrant health project Sister Ruth Marie OSF of the Wautoma Health Center Mr and Mrs Gerald 'Boehm UMOS and Mrs Peter Velasquez of Briggsville The crafts class at the Mission school had made a wall hanging for Mrs Mills which was presented to her by Alfonso Casas and Graciela Gonzalez the spring semester He had a grade point average of 400 and is a sophomore majoring in math He graduated from Portage high school Miss Ruth Ann Jorgenson was included on the Dean's list for the second semester at Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire A student must earn a grade point average of 32 or higher to be included in the list She is the daughter of Rev and Mrs Mrs loin ITlifh Obert Jorgenson of Rio and graduated 'UIU from WSU-Eau Claire on June 4 with a degree of bachelor of science in elementary education She has accepted a contract with the Beloit public schools as a kindergarten teacher this fall Endeavor Country Club Friends may call at the home at Montello Funeral services will 1:30 pm Saturday in the The Rev Russell Peterson and burial will be at the at Packwaukee Mrs Iola Smith 85 died Wednesday in a a long illness She is survived by four Richland Center Lesie of Herman of Portage and TONIGHT SAT Eves at 7 :00 9:10 sail EH POttiCenlur1 Fo presents pc jpijfn VrT Production COlDRLte'j-e SUN MON TUES 1 One bullet can kill a town AUDIENCES 4 ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK RECORDING ON TOWER RECORDS JANE ll Plus at 9:00 and love from spinout to crackup The Endeavor Country Club met with Mrs John Ellis last Friday afternoon The time was spent playing games and visiting Mrs Lottie Barton will be hostess to the next meeting on August 4 Members present were Mrs Sam Skinner president Mrs Lottie Barton Mrs Etta Smith of Portage with visitors Mrs Adolph Egner and Mrs Alfred Parrott and Mrs Lyle Stock and two children of Cicero 111 Koebler Family Picnic The eight children of the late Mr and Mrs Frank Koebler held a family picnic Montello Class of The Montello high school class of 1925 held its first reunion in over forty years on Saturday evening July 22 at White Lake Fourteen members of the class were present Attending the reunion were: Alta McAfee of LaCrosse Bernice of Wauwatosa John Rozek of Oshkosh Harold Zabel and his wife Sylvia of Hales Comers Evelyn Krueger Rhia and her sister Edna Krueger Anderson and her husband Edward Bemadine Kurkowski Keefe of Milwaukee Lynn Wells and his wife Julia of Green Lake Marcellus Roidt and his wife Fay of Viroqua Carroll Callahan and his wife Phyllis of Columbus Marion Roskie Anne Weiske McNamee and her husband John Edna Cummings Ritchie" and her husband Edwin Ella Schmitz Crown and her husband William of Montello Miss Lily Wohlfert jo Oxford and Mr and Mrs Jack Cavanaugh of PHck Earth I jmws TIMES AT 6:45 iast like a man! They live ttr atur it FRANKIE METR0C010R at 6:15 and 10:80 And at :30 Only ANN-MARGRET RED HUTTONS STAGECOACH.