Hales Corners and Waukesha Electric Lines Sold
The sale of the Hales Corners and Waukesha electric interurban lines shocks area residents who recall broader networks to Burlington East Troy and Milwaukee suburbs. Bruner plans to convert lines to bus service, salvage tracks, and delay abandonment while growth and transport needs evolve.
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Hales Corners
Waukesha
Burlington
East Troy
Watertown
H. P. Bruner
Office of Defense Transportation
Racine
Hales Cornersine
Bruner
Electric Company
Federal Utilities Holding Company Act
Haies Corners
Kenosha
Milwaukee Real
Zoning Plea Hearing Set For Greenfield Dec 12
The county park commission schedules a public hearing at Greenfield Hall on December 12 at 8 p.m. to discuss a petition by Homer Bell Evelyn Bell Viola Hinz Marie Hambach and the Electric company regarding land for a Heil Co plant. The Heil company will not renew its petition. the new proposal covers land east of the Electric company lines and excludes land north of Cleveland avenue.
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County Park Commission
Greenfield Hall
Homer Bell
Evelyn D. Bell
Viola F. Hinz
Marie Hambach
The
Electric Company
Heil Company
County Commission
Heil
Cleveland Avenue
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Forericks
Heil Co
Greenfield
Anonymous money received for Tri Town News
Two brown manila return envelopes containing money arrived by mail on December 4 for the Tri Town News. Each envelope is postmarked with December dates and towns Mukwonago and Glendale, with no identifying sender. If the payments are for any classified ads, the recipients should contact the paper.
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Tri-Town
Mukwonago
Greendale
Newborns for Sarnowski and Lynfoot Families
The John Sarnowski family announces the birth of a son residing at Route One Box 401 Hales Corners. Mr and Mrs Wainwright C Lynfoot of R 14 Box 38 Milwaukee 13 welcome a baby daughter.
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John Sarnowski
Route One
Box 401
Hales Corners
Wainwright C. Lynfoot
Box 38
Milwaukee
Give A Gift To The Yanks Who Gave Drive Seen
The Friede Eckel Auxiliary joins The American Legion in a nationwide drive to provide gift packages for disabled service members hospitalized at Christmas. Tri-Town News serves as a collection center with Mrs. C. J. Heathcote as drive chair offering her home for donations. Gifts sought include dictionaries, stationery, toiletries, smoking supplies, and wearables.
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American Legion
Auiliary
Tri-Town
C. J. Heathcote
Origin of Stockings and Shoes for Christmas Gifts
The article traces how stockings or shoes became traditional Christmas gift receptacles. It notes regional variations in France and suggests customs tied to warming, drying, or warding off spirits. It mentions St Nicholas and a Purse dropping down a chimney leading to the stocking gift tradition.
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Santa
Claus
France
Mery
St. Nicholas
Hospitals Seek Gift Donations for Gift Centers
Hospitals request donations of candy, games or perishable food. Call Hales Corners 269-1 to arrange pickup. Do not wrap gifts. cash donations are welcome to help fill lists with items not donated but needed.
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Hales Corners
Passion Play Matinees for Students at Pabst Theatre
Tickets for the world famous Black Hills Passion Play sponsored by the Milwaukee Central Lions Club are on sale at the Pabst Theatre Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Christ us story will be presented nightly with Sunday Matinees from December 5 through December 19. Special Student Matinees occur every day except Sundays at 7 p.m. for Milwaukee public parochial and rural school students.
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Milwaukee Central Lions Club
Pabst
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Josef Meier
Black Hills Passion Play Tours U.S. from Spearfish
The Luenen group's move to Spearfish South Dakota and name change to Black Hills Passion Play features a cast of over 125 performing authentic Jerusalem reconstructions. A six week Philadelphia run and three weeks each in Washington D C and Baltimore accompany a stage depicting the last seven days of Christ life with 22 scenes. Christus is portrayed by Josef Meier, the seventh generation in his family to play the role over two centuries.
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Luenen
Westphalia
United States
Spearfish
South Dakota
Black Hills
Philadelphia
Washington
D. C
Baltimore
Jerusalem
Christ
Josef Meier
Christus
Vacuum Question In The Void Dialogues
A short exchange frames a boy asking about a vacuum and his father explains it as a void. The playful pause hints at deeper curiosity about meaning beyond the literal term.
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America
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Evan Vpary
Frazer
Nancy
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