The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • Page 20

Sechlerville Never Caught On m. The Old J. H. Sechler Home In Sechlerville Tribune photos by Jean Anderson Sechlerville Today: Store, Left, Run By Loasching Family By JEAN ANDERSON Tribune Staff Writer HIXTON, Wis. became a wide spot in the road while the other prospered It was an old timer talking when he was asked about the rivalry and growth of Hixton and Sechlerville, about one half mile apart on Highway 95 in west central Jackson County While Hixton is an active community with 350 residents, Sechlerville looks like a residential development just outside Hixton Both communities were established in the 1850s Hixton by John Hicks who came to the area in 1854 and Sechlerville by Jacob R.

Sechler who came the following year. The Trempealeau River traversed both communities and afforded excellent water power for grist and flour mills The nearby prairie encouraged farming Both communities were soon platted and both thrived But Hixton, first called Williamsport and later Pole Grove, gradually overshadowed its neighbor to the west Their schools were consolidated and a new brick grade and Hixton High' School was built in between the two communities A post office operated at Sechlerville it had two rural routes for more than 90 years, finally closing in the 1950s Patrons are now served from the Hixton office. There are about 20 families in Sechlerville The Sechler General Store is now owned and operated by the Loasching family and Ed Embretson conducts an auto mechanic shop. Sechler's home, along Highway 95. is occupied by his great- granddaughter, Marion Skolos and her husband.

Carlyle, a Black River Falls lawyer She is keeping it up for its historical memories. Hixton, originally called Pole Grove until 1874, probably had the most advantages from the start, including a political advantage. The main crossing was over a bridge of poles, almost directly back of the Hicks home in Pole Grove And Hicks being the first board member on the Hixton Town Board may account for the D0ERFLI NGER'S Introduces available in white, nude, pink blue with 100 cotton crotch liner CLOTHES LOOK YOU LOOK SUPER You know when your panties wrinkle, your clothes wrinkle. When your panties crinkle, your clothes crinkle. When your panty seams show, they show for all to see.

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According tot records and early historical accounts, Hixton has always been the larger business community. Editor Frank Cooper of the Badger State Journal at Black River Falls wrote of Hixton: place contains somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 buildings including dwellings, stores, shops and school houses, a church and bams There are probably 250 inhabitants." His description perhaps was generous A history written in 1881 lists only 75 inhabitants and about 15 businesses. Sechlerville had a couple small stores, grist mill, cabinet shop, wagon shop and a couple of blacksmith shops But Sechlerville led in the religious element in the two communities A Presbyterian con- gregaton was organized there in 1862, and a Methodist church in 1868 The first church at Hixton is recorded as being a Congregational Church, built in 1875 Rev Joseph Wells, a scholarly man who founded the Presbyterian church, felt the area youth needed more educational opportunities than what the common district schools offered There were no high schools in the county until 1972. when Black River Falls High School was established, and the nearest small academy or college was Gale College at Galesville. The Rev.

Mr Wells then established the Sechlerville Seminary. a private or tuition school, in the large room over Jacob Sechler's general store It served as a preparatory school for Gale College The Rev Mr Wells drilled his eager students in Latin. Greek, algebra, geometry, ancient and Beltone Announces New All-Within- The-Kar Aid Fibef Conieni Body 85 Nylon, 15 Spandex Crotch Liner 100 Colton Exclusive of other elastic La Crosse, Wis. The Beltone Solo, a new, self- contained hearing aid with everything built into a comfortable, flesh- colored earpiece is now available through the tone Hearing Aid Service Offices in La Crosse. Recently introduced by Beltone Electronics Corporation, developers of the first all-in-one hearing aid in the world, the new Beltone Solo will be custom-built to fit the user.

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"In The illage modern history and geography. The school folded when public schools were started After he visited the valley, Cooper in July wrote that the early settlers "found they had located in one of the most beautiful and fertile valleys in Wisconsin. description of the Trempealeau Valley to friends in the other parts of the state and in other states attracted emigrants and in a short time it was demonstrated that the entire valley would be converted into farms." Hixton was incorporated into a village in 1920 and now has a population of approximately 350 City Woman On Staff At Luther College A La Crosse woman has been named director of student activities and the student union at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa She is Anne Temte. daughter of Mr and Mrs Arnold Temte, 121 16th St Miss Temte. a 1974 Luther College graduate, has recently received a masters degree in biology from Utah State University.

Logan. Utah Schools have been consolidated with Black River Falls district and students are bused there Water and sewer system and natural gas lines were installed about 10 years ago There is a new municipal building and fire house, complete with modern equipment An eight-unit low income for the elderly housing and a privately owned housing complex are nearing completion. The Lutheran Congregation has just completed a new church on the east village limits. Also along this section is a rapidly growing residential section. Interstate Highway 94 highway running north and south along the east edge of the village has helped this section grow both with new businesses and homes Sechlerville today for the most part has a new generation, few with memories of the small community.

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