News: Owen-Withee School Board Candidates (1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Friedenfels, Gengenbach, Greschner, Haemer, Laube, Muehlbauer

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (12 February 1983)

Friedenfels, Frank

Gengenbach, Richard

Greschner, Jeffrey

Haemer, Norma

Laube, Harriett

Muehlbauer, George

Six candidates are seeking two positions on the Own-Withee School Board. Both positions are for rural representation and voters will be asked to vote for two candidates. The candidates include:

---Frank Friedenfels, 50, Withee, is a self-employed farm equipment distributor. He has six children.

---Richard Gengenbach, 30, Withee, operates a worm farm for manufacturing potting soil, is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and is an aide at an Abbostford nursing home. He and his wife have thee children.

--Jeffrey Greschner, 29, Withee, is seeking a second three-year term on the Board. He is a dairy farmer and has three children.

--Norma Haemer, 62, Owen, is clerk for the Town of Longwood. She has four children.

---Harreitt Laube, Owen, has served six years on the Board. She farms with her husband and has experience as a bookkeeper. One of her four sons attends Owne-Withee schools.

---George Muehlbauer, 50, Withee is a carpenter. He has five children with one enrolled in the Owen-Withee school system.