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Crosse Tribune, Monday, April 7, 1969 STATE'S FIRST WOMAN JUDGE It Was A Says Olga opportunity to study the inner workings of the jurisprudence was valuable to her in her law practice. She said that now as she is about to be administering justice the experience will be more meaningful than ever. With J. Henry Bennett as her mentor, the young woman law- CHIPPEWA GOING UP Eau Claire youths fill and place sandbags along the Chippewa River as the city prepares for possible high water when the snow farther north melts. Forecasters predict the river level may rise some 15 feet above Wire- photo.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE OF MONROE RETIRES SPARTA, Wis. Mrs. Estelle1 North, public health nurse of Monroe County since March 1. 1963, has reached retirement age and terminated her employment April 1. After a vacation trip to Europe in May she will engage in some limited employment related to her profession and is considering several offers.

Mrs. North will leave May 17 for a 22-day tour of 11 countries, including Ireland. England, France. Italy. Western Germany.

Belgium, Switzerland and Austria. A native of Altura, Mrs. North, the former Estelle Jung, was graduated from St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, and her first job was in pediatrics nursing at Winona. Minn.

She took advanced education on public health nursing at the University of Minnesota in 193031 and the University of Wisconsin while living at Edgerton and later at Monroe in Green County. She took one year of ear, nose and throat studies at Woodland. earlier in her career. Mrs. North was employed by the Junior Service League for five years, providing nursing services in Manitowoc and Two Rivers.

For 10 months she was employed by the State Board of Health, serving eight counties, with headquarters at Green Bay. Later she served Waupaca County 2h years to give her rural nursing experience. More Security With FALSE TEETH At Any Time Don't live In fear of false teeth loosening, wobbling or dropping Just at the wrong time. For more security and more comfort, just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on your plates. FASTEETH holds false teeth firmer.

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After Pearl Harbor, Mrs. North was employed by the U.S. Public Health Department in Colorado and Utah, resigning in 1944 to marry Thomas North. North was a farm machinery dealer at Edgerton, and after his death in 1957 she operated the business a year. In 1959 she became public health nurse of Green County, with headquarters at Monroe, a position she held until coming to Monroe County.

In Monroe Mrs. North carried a heavy load, and although the county board authorized a second public health nurse, none has been found available. Now the county is faced with a vacancy in the position Mrs. North has one son. Dean, 23.

who is employed by the Wisconsin Telephone in Madison. Alternate Parking Lifted At Tomah TOMAH. Wis. The alternate side-of-street parking which has been in force in Tomah throughout the winter has been lifted by Police Chief Don Fisher. Fisher reminds local drivers, however, that parking is restricted on certain streets during nighttime hours when cleaning operations are under way.

Such streets are posted. Nurse Needed For Girls' Camp WAUKON, Iowa A registered nurse is needed to serve at Camp Tahigwa, the new Girl Scout camp in Allamakee County. The first camp session opens July 13. A salary of $65 to $75 per week will be paid. MRS.

ESTELLE NORTH Work Started, Iowa Highways Closed To Traffic WAUKON, Iowa Iowa State Highway 76 south of Waukon was closed to traffic April 1 for construction work. Iowa Highway 9 between Waukon and Decorah is also closed for construction and traffic is being routed over other roads. The Highway 76 project is scheduled for completion by July 15. Engineer Thomas Jenkins of the Iowa Highway Commission reports that no side road is being provided for the section of Iowa 76 which is undergoing construction in and south of Waukon this summer. He also warned that those who go through the barriers on the north end of the project inside the city limits do so at their own risk.

Advance Sale Opens SPARTA, Wis. Advance sale of tickets for the Sparta ball is under way. The dance will be held at the city hall Saturday. April 26. with music by the Wayne Solberg orchestra.

SEE THE LATEST ELECTRICAL FARM EQUIPMENT AT THE 6TH ANNUAL WESTERN WISCONSIN nsu AUTEBULS SAMSUNG By NORA MAGELEE (La Crosse Tribuna Correspondent) VIROQUA, though she will be wearing the sedate black robes of a judge, the change in status of own hometown girl, Olga Bennett, to may be difficult to remember for the home folks. Miss Bennett, much to her own surprise, was elected judge of Vernon County over Larry Sieger, former district attorney, who was appointed by Gov. Knowles last fall to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Martin Gulbrandsen. felt that the job was up for grabs since Larry was seeking his first election to the post u.id it as a challenge which I took and she said. She is first woman judge.

The loyalty of her friends, manifested in the 3,687 votes of confidence she received, continues to be apparent. In the reception room of her office is a gift bouquet of red roses, and her receptionist and chief office girl, Dorothy DeWitt, who has worked in the Bennett law office for 42 years, is kept busy responding to telephone calls of congratulations and well wishes from her many friends. She responds to the name of the traditional nomenclature for women lawyers derived from the lawyer character in of Said one caller, surely glad judges wear robes, hate to think of appearing before a mini-skirted Miss Bennett will not be sworn into her six-year term until Jan. 1, 1970, so she will still be just plain Olga, or Portia. for the remainder of the year.

Miss Bennett was born in Viroqua 60 years ago, the daughter of J. Henry Bennett, one of West most able trial lawyers, who died in 1956 at the age of 79. The father and daughter were especially close throughout his lifetime, and her venture into law, a field dominated by men, seemed natural. She said her father was naturally happy over her choice of a career, but did not pressure her into it. even know I had entered the law school until after I had she said.

Miss Bennett was admitted to the bar in 1935 and entered active law practice with her father. Later she worked for five years as a law clerk in the State Supreme Court for Associate Justice John D. Wickhem. She said she found this work fascinating and to have had the Phone Firm Gets PSC Go-Ahead COON VALLEY, Wis. The Coon Valley Telephone Co.

has been authorized by the public Service Commission (Pso to upgrade its facilities Election Slated at a cost not to exceed $669,365. The company operates exchanges at Coon Valley, Chaseburg and Stoddard. The firm's system will be converted completely to one-party phones. yer became well versed in law procedures and she learned her lessons well. Her own formal education in preparation for law practice was greater than her who had been admitted to the bar at the age of 18, but he had received a in his 61 years of prac Mauston Clinic To Be Built Next To Hospital MAUSTON, Wis.

A clinic building to be built adjacent to Hess Memorial Hospital in Mauston has been approved. Life members of the Hess Hospital Association voted at their annual meeting Saturday 31 to 1 in favor of building. The action follows the vote last October of the association to go ahead with the project by a margin of 69 to 37. The new building will replace the existing one in the structure which was the original Hess Hospital until 1923. Dr.

Vernon M. Griffin, president of the board and chairman of the life annual meeting, said the estimated cost of $114,000 for the clinic is less than the total amount of the bids received. However, all bids were rejected and are being renegotiated following a slight change in the plans. Dr. Griffin said the basic size of the building will remain the same, but that some extras have been eliminated to bring the cost to within the original estimate.

It is planned by the hospital board to borrow $70,000 to finance the project, the remain- NEW ALBIN, Iowa The Auxiliary of the New Albin post of Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at the clubrooms at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 15. Officers will be elected. der to come from current assets. The building will belong to the Hospital Association, but the mortgage will be repaid from rentals charged the doctors occupying the clinic at the rate of $175 each per month.

Griffin said that under the plan both the debt and interest, more than adequately covered. The clinic is designed to serve five doctors, plus plans for expanding to accommodate an optometrist and a dentist. Re-elected to the board for three-year terms were William Rothe of New Lisbon, Phillip Walsh of Lyndon Station and Henry W. Wells of Mauston. Also, three directors appointed to fill unexpired terms were elected to fulfill the three-year terms.

They are Martin Benson of Elroy, George Seebecker and Glen Goetzke of Mauston. tice. Her father was especially adept in arguing cases in criminal court and in major civil suits. She recalls a suit brought by landowners against the City of Viroqua, claiming damage to their lands by the sewage system. She said the testimony ended in the late afternoon and the arguments were scheduled for the following i ng when Judge Leonard Roraff of La Crosse told attorneys he would hear their arguments after supper if they wished.

Miss Bennet said Victor Brei- tenfield of Tomah, who worked with them on the case, her father and she settled down at separate typewriters and covered different aspects for the arguments. She said she had read her summation to her father. had a retentive mind. When he made his argument before Judge Roraff he had incorporated everything that I was 9 Counties Invited To Sparta Meet SPARTA, Wis. Representatives of nine West Central Wisconsin counties will meet at 11:45 a.m.

Wednesday, April 9, at the Sparta Bowl to discuss the possible organization of an area tourist-recreation association. The counties invited to attend are Crawford, Vernon, La Crosse, Monroe, Buffalo. Trempealeau, Jackson and Clark. This would be similar to other associations now functioning, including the Northwoods Country, Indianhead and Blackhawk associations. The meeting will involve officials from county governments, chambers of commerce, business associations, tourist-recreation organizations and industry personnel.

Donald Schink of university extension and Herbert Lemke of the division of tourism and- information of the Department of Natural Resources will explain how association members could function to promote their own areas. Local arrangements are being made by Leonard Anderson, resource development agent for Monroe County, and university extension personnel of the participating counties. supposed to say so there was no chance for me to give my she said. just plain stole my Miss Bennett has handled many probate and tax matters, divorce proceedings, custody suits, civil cases and the general run of cases which occupy the attention of the county courts. She has on numerous occasions served as public defender by court appointment.

Miss growing up in the little City of Viroqua has given her the background to understand the problems of the people she will be serving and having compassion for the needs of the underprivileged as she presides over the complex juvenile court cases. She lives with her sister, Elizabeth, a retired history teacher, in the old family home in Viroqua. She gaines her greatest re. laxation from playing the piano, which she began studying when she was seven years old. She says, however, she plays only for her own enjoyment.

Miss Bennett also enjoys traveling and records her travels on color slides. She is active in the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and professionally she is affiliated with the Vernon County and Wisconsin State Bar associations, American Trial Lawyers Association and Kappa Beta Pi, a professional legal sorority. Miss Bennett has filled her life with work, hobbies, her family and community associations. I would like to have been married and had a family, but the way the ball she said. She takes great interest in two nephews, one a lawyer, and four grand nieces, who live in La Crosse and Milwaukee.

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