Two Injured in Traffic Mishaps
Two accidents in the area left two people injured. Ben Knoch 18 suffered possible skull fracture and facial injuries after a motorcycle crashed on Springbrook Road at McKeon Road and was taken to Kenosha hospital in fair condition. Earlier, eight year old Lester Elyea of Salem Village received scalp lacerations after being struck by a car on Highway 83. he was taken to a physician in Silver Lake.
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Salem Village
Springbrook
McKeon
Pleasant Prairie Township
Ben Knoch
Route 1
Box 356
Kenosha
McKeon Road
Knocz
Kenosha Hospital
Billups Browne
Albert Bornhuetter
Lester Elyea
Theodore Elyea
Robert Pyle
Bristol
Highway
Lester
Theodore, Jr
Silver Lake Village
Kermit Schreck
Ernest Oberhofer
Sen
Jensen
Thums
Newberry Abstract Co
7Th Ave
William R. Childers
USN
Great Lakes
Seventh Avenue
Forty
Advance Novelty Co
Ben August Kasten
Sixtieth Street
Twenty Second Avenue
Patek and
Great Western Paints
Fowler's
Roosevelt Rd
Falmouth
Mass
Helen Hughes
Robert G. Hughes
Hughes
Loretta Thomas
Edward Thomas
Thomas
22Nd Ave
Betty Cole
Bonnie Hume
Sheriff's Department
Arthur Kroupa
Eagle Lake
Allan Gorr
Racine
Earl Gillmore
Robert Pringle
Shirley Hansen
Peter Hansen
Home Economics Demonstration Planned at Lamb School
Miss Irene Schulist county home agent announced a Home Economics demonstration at Lamb school on Highway 42 south of the city Thursday evening starting at 8 pm. The program will feature a vegetable cookery experiment and a salad making project.
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Lamb School
Highway 42
Irene Schulist
June county board to meet at the courthouse
The regular June meeting of the Kenosha county board of supervisors will be held next Monday evening at the courthouse. Community ads include local services, sales and notices from area businesses and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Kenosha County
Anderson Furniture
Bicycle Rodeo Set for Sunday at Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park hosts a Sunday bicycle rodeo with contests testing safety knowledge and bicycle inspection. Scouts must write a 250 word safe riding composition and submit to Scout headquarters to qualify.
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Lincoln Park
Scout
Drunken Driving Extends to Road Scrapers Says AG
Attorney General John Martin ruled that a Kenosha county road grader operator crushed by intoxication faces license revocation. He stated road graders are vehicles and drunken driving laws apply to all vehicles on public highways, not just cars.
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John Martin
Kenosha County
Martin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Divers to Seek Bodies of Two in Twin Lakes Tragedy
Two divers with equipment arrived in Kenosha County to search Lake Elizabeth at Twin Lakes for the bodies of Charles Naegel Jr. and Edward Borowski. Dragging by authorities, Coast Guard, and Scout Leaders rescue squad had failed to locate them since the Memorial Day boating accident and were suspended.
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Lake Elizabeth
Twin Lakes
Kenosha County
Charles Naegel, Jr
Edward Borowski
Coast Guard
Scout Leaders
Charles Naegel
Twin Lakes Village
Naegel
Borowski
Honor Candidate At Post 21 Meeting
Miss Marion Cafferty, candidate in the Victory Queen contest, drew strong support at American Legion Post 21 Tuesday. She served as an army nurse in the India Burma theater during World War II. The post plans an aggressive campaign to elect her queen. Frank Rowan announced arrangements for an air show at Ke nosha airport on June 30 with potential Army and Navy participation. Officials said more details will follow.
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Marion Cafferty
American Legion Post 21
Post
Miss Cafferty
India
Burma
Legion
Marion
Frank Rowan
American Legion Air Show Committee
Kenosha Airport
Army
Navy
Polish Legion in Flag Sale To Aid Wounded Veterans
The Polish Legion George Washington Post 34 will sell flags on June 7 to aid wounded veterans and their families. Volunteers from St Casimir’s School Girl Scout Troop 31 will assist, flags are free but contributions are welcome for welfare and rehabilitation funds. Proceeds support Kenosha veterans and their families.
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George Washington Post
Legion
St. Casimir’s School Girl Scout
No. 31
Legion Auxiliary
Kenosha
Crow Heads Collected as War on Crows Continues
Kenosha county agencies report 165 crow eggs and heads collected under the war on crows. Harold J. Schend, director of the Conservation club collection HQ, tallies totals with weekly inputs from Mrs. Joseph Duffin who submitted six heads and Arthur W. Illansen who delivered 48 heads. The club pays ten cents per crow head to Schend at the register of deeds office. Totals include 84 eggs and 81 heads to date.
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Kenosha County
Harold J. Schend
The
Conservation Club
Joseph Duffin
Arthur W. Llansen
Schend
Register of Deeds
Court House
Willems, Kenosha Resident, Dies After Illness
Alex G Willems 67 died at his residence 4714 Eighth avenue after a lingering illness. Born in Kenosha September 1 1878 he was son of John and Madaline Willems. He worked at Bain Wagon and for 22 years in Simmons furniture finishing. He married Anna Boresch October 24 1899 at St George church. Survived by widow three daughters and four sons three sisters and 11 grandchildren.
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Alex G. Willems
Eighth Avenue
Kenosha
John and
Madaline Thomas Willems
St. George School
Bain Wagon Company
Simmons
Anna Boresch
St. George Church
Elizabeth Drake
Margaret Hanak
Anna Jacobsen
Veterans Eligible for State Guard Positions in Madison Bulletin
Former military police and other veterans qualify for guard jobs not open in the state across industries and institutions. The Bureau of Personnel in Madison notes salaries from 170 to 230 dollars monthly and prefers one year of civil or military law enforcement experience.
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Army
Bureau of Personnel
Madison
County
Veterans’ Service Office
Mexico City to Host $750,000 Industrial Center HQ
Mexico City will house an industrial center office building worth $750,000 serving as the headquarters for chambers of commerce from different provinces. The project reflects regional commerce collaboration and urban development plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Chambers of Commerce
Kenosha County Highway Committee Frames Two Resolutions
At its office the Kenosha County Highway committee drafted two resolutions for state approval. One seeks resurfacing of Highway 50 from the city limits to 41 and Highway 45 from Bristol south to 50 with funds permitting, noting a two mile gap remains unaddressed. The second calls for a $6,000 signal at the West Sixtieth Street crossing of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line with federal help sharing 45 percent each by county and railroad. Signed by George Fried Bernard T McAleer Peter Epping George Smith and Martin J Schenning.
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H. H. Herzog
Kenosha
Woodworth School
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
West Sixtieth Street
George Fried
Bernard T. McAleer
Peter Epping
George Smith
Martin J. Schenning
Col Wienecke Recalls World War II Service for Rotary
Col R H Wienecke, veteran staff officer of the 82nd Airborne, spoke to the Rotary Club recounting highlights from Europe. He served in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany and fought in Sicily, Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He detailed contacts with Allied leaders from French British Russian and American forces.
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R. H. Wienecke
82Nd Army Airborne Division
Rotary Club
Europe
Wienecke
82Nd Division
Africa
Sicily
Maly
France
Germany
Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Rotarians
Champlain Memorial Shaft Rises as Lake Champlain Lighthouse
A memorial shaft to Samuel Champlain serves as a lighthouse at Crown Point New York. It helps save mariners navigating the lake Champlain which Champlain explored and charted.
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Samuel Champlain
Crown Point
N. Y
Champlain
McFaddin to Build Five Frame Residences Here
Orrin McFaddin, general contractor, has permits to build five frame houses on Seventy second street and Twenty third avenue. Projects include 7803 Twenty third avenue for 7300 dollars and 2916 Seventy second street for 6500 dollars along with 2917 2920 and 2921 Seventy second street for 6000 dollars. Also permit issued for a 6000 dollar frame residence by Holger Pohl at 6023 Thirty fifth avenue.
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Orrin McFaddin
Seventy Second Street
Twenty Third Avenue
Seventy Second
Holger Pohl
Thirty Fifth Avenue
Mrs. L. R. Anderson Dies at 81 in Stevens Point
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Anderson of 416 Seventy-first street returned from Stevens Point Wisconsin after the death of Mrs. L. R. Anderson aged 81. She was prominent in civic and educational affairs.
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R. V. Anderson
Seventy-first Street
Stevens Point
Wis
Anderson
L. R. Anderson
Death notice for Stevens Point resident with family rites
Of Stevens Point, died on Tuesday. Funeral rites were held there on Friday. In addition to Royal Anderson she is survived by another son A. E. Anderson Stevens Point a daughter Mrs L R Peterson of Greenwich Conn and by seven grandchildren.
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Stevens Point
Royal Anderson
A. E. Anderson
L. R. Peterson
Greenwich
Coins and artifacts found on James Lyons farm in Erie
A trove including two hundred seventy coins dated ninth to twelfth centuries a stone hammer and a skull and bones were found by James Lyons on his farm at Tullyduff Erie and sent to national museums.
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James Lyons
Tullyduff
Erie
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Becker
Wisconsin Iron & Metal Co
Adios
Isetts
Grunow
Simon Electric and Refrigeration Service
43Rd St
Pucci
Stel-Mar Tavern
Roosevelt Road
Lydia
59Th St
Advance Machine Company
County Register of Deeds Office
Harold J. Sehend
Register
Congress Club
Lee
Schwartz
Jennie Davis
William F. Rademacher
Barden
V.F.W
Roosevelt School
Pennoyer Park
Gateway Theater
Avenue Bar
2Nd Ave
Cliff
Clyde
Wally
Flexaire
Westown Sport Shop
Schneeberger's
Osrd Studv
Petit Electric
Lecker
14Th Ave
Jen
L.T. Kent
Fifty-eighth St
30Th Avenue
30Th Ave
6Th Ave
Sun
Kenosha Motor Coach Lines
Paige
Sandwich
Kenosha Road
Polish Legion
Maywood
Kelly Ruffolo
Bistrick Radio Electric
ESDY
Schindlers
63Rd St
Col. Wienecke
Champlain’s
Colombia
McFaddin
J. R. Mulich Agency
6Th Avenue
Benner
Father
Lequere
Bill
Seaforth
Charter House
L. Aiglon
Sixth Avenue
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