This article was found in The Daily Telegram, Eau Claire, WI on 20 February 1942: Pleasant Valley High Duplicating its performance in the regular Red Cross Roll call the town of Pleasant Valley went over the top in the current War Relief drive when its captain, Charley Schmidlin, turned in a total of $219.70 to Harlan Neibuhr, chairman of the drive in the rural area. This brings the total amount reported by towns to date to $1,253.00. Pleasant Valley is the second town to exceed its quota, the town of Wilson having done so previously. Several other towns are also close to their goals, notably the town of Otter Creek which has collected 98.6 percent of its quota, with one worker still to report. Assisting Schmidlin in the town of Pleasant Valley, were the same workers who served in the previous Red Cross drive including Mrs. George Reid, Mrs. Elmer Nelsno, Mrs. Percy Sequin, Mrs. Halvor Evenson, Mrs. Arnold Wilson, Mrs. Ella Knudson, Gorge E. Erickson, Peder Tollefson, and R.E. Evens. Among the substantial contributors in the town of Pleasant Valley was the Ladies Aid Society of the Zion Lutheran Church which donated $10 to the cause. One other town made a substantial return during the week, this being the town of Drammen, which turned in $79.25 to apply on its quota. The town is captained by Charley Lund who is assisted by Mrs. A. Brownell, Mrs. C.E. McCann and Miss Margie Knudson. The drive is continuing in this town. Captain in other towns who have not yet made a report, are urged by Neibuhr to advise him of their progress, and to make advance partial remittances wherever possible so that the money can be turned in to Knute Anderson, general treasurer of the drive. ++++++++++++++++++++++ There are 3 obituaries added to the Obituary Board located at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits Maybe one of them will help you in your search for information. Check them out! Do you have an obituary or a biography that you would like to see posted on the Eau Claire Co. GenWeb pages? If so, please email them to me and I will get them posted right away! Your name and email address will appear under the submission information. It is another excellent way to find other people who are researching the same surname. I've had many people write to me asking me questions about the information that I've submitted. Try it! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]