Increased Costs of Maintaining Service Will Raise Phone Rates
The Wisconsin Telephone Company seeks Public Service Commission approval to raise local and long distance rates to cover costs and earnings declines. President William C. Bolenius cites 139 percent wage growth since 1940 and a 70 percent rise in total employees to 10,963, with 54,000 new telephones this year and 20,000 orders backlogged. The plan envisions a $7 million annual revenue increase and a $55 million four-year spend to expand plant and service quality.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
William C. Bolenius
Milwaukee
Bolenius
Stargard School District News Highlights
First and second graders rehearse Little Bo Peep's Christmas for the December 20 program. Third and fourth graders start a Food Makers unit and will create booklets on kitchen helpers. Fifth and sixth graders study plantation life and early southern settlement. Seventh and eighth graders craft art posters for a December 6 basket social.
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South
Basket
Plenty of Cranberries Turkey And Trimmings For Holidays
Homemakers will find a large supply of food for the holiday dinner this year. Wisconsin reports a record cranberry crop of about 14 000 barrels, with higher overall fruit yields and abundant canned and frozen fruits. The national turkey crop is about 40 million birds with Wisconsin contributing over 600 000. Wisconsin turkey production is down four percent from 1945, while the national drop is nine percent. Potatoes and vegetables remain plentiful though nut crops are smaller than 1945.
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Wisconsin
United States Departments of Agriculture
Local Village Board Member Remarks on Paper Boiler Plate
A village board member comments that the sheet contains excessive boilerplate while wishing good luck. The remark suggests frustration with the format but support for the effort. The exchange highlights tension between conciseness and formal requirements in local notices.
Missing Blue Bead Found After 22 Years Ear Investigation
Charles Kiernan now 25 recalls a string of blue beads broken on the Kiernan farm floor in Manitowoc twenty two years ago. His mother recovered all but one bead. Recently ear trouble led to a doctor visit where Dr. Ervin Cary probed the ear and found the bead encased in wax.
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Charles Kiernan
Kiernan
Manitowoc
Luke Keirnan
Charles
Ervin G. Cary
Reedville
Old Maid: A Girl Who Knows All the Answers
A judge notes the paradox of a girl who seems certain of every answer yet is never asked the questions she could resolve. The remark frames a witty critique of knowledge and judgment.
Whitnall Park Garden Club Hosts Christmas Luncheon
Members of the Whitnall Park Garden Club gathered at Ambrosia House Milwaukee for a 1:30 luncheon. Guests included Mmes Marquardt St. Cair Voight Branning O Malley Hibner Warner and others from Hales Corners Wauwatosa Los Angeles and more. Mrs St Clair spoke on Christmas greens and a history of The Night Before Christmas was presented by Mrs Warner.
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Fred C. Marquardt
Whitnall Park
Ambrosia House
Milwaukee
Mines
William Herkt
Hugo Koch
H. W. Gibson
Leonard Branning
John E. Voight
J. R. Ambruster
S. M. O'Malley
G. William Warner
Warner
Charles T. Hibner
Hales Corners
Mollie Feil
Los Angeles
California
Earl A. St. Cair
Wauwatosa
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Eagle
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Trau
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Thomas Duggan
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Santa Claus
Stargard School
Whitnall Park Garden Club
Mine Ai Ue
Edward
Jensen Jewelers & Optometrisis
16Th St
Layton Park State Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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