City Council Revives Grade Separation West of 26th Ave
The city council revived efforts to obtain a grade separation at the North estern KD tracks west of 26th Ave. There is no crossing between 26th and 39th except a pedestrian underpass at 30th. The council also discussed new fire stations for the expanding north and south sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
26Th Ave
Kenosha Motor Coach Company
Joseph Lourigan
Kenosha
Felix Olkives
Lourigan
Olkives
North Western Railroad
Public Service Commission
Edward Wavro
Vocal School Holds 38th Graduation Thursday Night
The Kenosha Vocational School will hold its annual commencement for 38 graduates at 8 p.m. in the school building. Address by John E. TePoorten, with four songs by William Kuesson and Ellen Sorensen. Diplomas presented by H. M. Clark. graduates listed by department.
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52Nd St
John E. TePoorten
William Kuesson
Ellen Sorensen
H. M. Clark
Ida Krause
Eldyn Leschinsky
Darlene Carlson
Mary Conforti
James Ellis
Delores Hayward
Barbara Higgins
Shirley Kalb
Alice Megrdichian
Carmella Pascucci
Richard Smith
Marilyn Stevesand
Georgia Carr
Aurelia Ruffalo
Rose Salano
Nellie Strehlow
Peter Acerbi
Ronald Beam
Glynn Callahan
Ronald Giombetti
Lawrence Gurske
Gerald Hanson
Donald Kehl
LeRoy Keller
Chester Kloet
Lawrence Lanctot
James Lang
Melvin Lawrence
Norman Mack
Anthony Marabelli
William Neumann
John Ostrom
Charles Otto
Robert Platt
Robert Rossa
LeRoy Usinger
Anthony Venci
Arthur Waldo
Arleigh Walter
Albert Werwie
Municipal court hands 20 day sentence for vagrancy
Geena Bruno Praninsky 39 received a 20 day county jail term in municipal court on two counts of vagrancy. Other items note fines for improper licensing, a motorcycle charge dismissed with costs, a car theft recovery, and local business updates.
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Bruno Praninsky
Guttormsen
City Seeks Young Leaders for Summer Playground Program
The recreation department seeks five or six young men as leaders for a nine week program starting June 19. Recreation Director G. M. Phelan says applicants need two years of education beyond high school and should contact the recreation department at the public schools administration building this week.
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G. M. Phelan
Phelan
Recreation Department
Public Schools Administration
Alpena Arrives in Kenosha for 36th Year Coal Run
The steamer Alpena docked at Baldwin Coal Co. in Kenosha at 10:30 a m with a full 4000 ton eastern coal cargo. This marks the 36th year she has brought coal to Kenosha, dating back to 1914. She will unload this afternoon and return to Alpena, Michigan to load stone for Wyandotte, Michigan.
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Baldwin Coal Co
Kenosha
Lake Erie
Alpena
Mich
Wyandotte
Nash Motors Wins State Safety Award
Nash Motors division of Nash Kelvinator received a certificate of honor from the Wisconsin Council of Safety. H A Klemm announced the award praising the company management and employees for outstanding accident prevention in the past year. Nash reported an accident frequency rate of 8.5 in 1949, with H M Ericksen serving as safety director at the plant.
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Nash Motors
Nash- Kelvinator Corporation
Wisconsin Council of Safety
H. A. Klemm
H. M. Ericksen
Nash
Anderson to Speak at Wisconsin County Treasurers Meet
Walter E. Anderson, county treasurer, will speak at the Wisconsin County Treasurers Association convention in Fond du Lac. He will discuss surplus fund problems and taxpayer protests. The annual event runs June 11 to 13.
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Wisconsin County Treasurer's Association
Walter E. Anderson
Anderson
Fond du Lac
Bus Firm Faces $20,800 Suit Over Kenosha Crash
Kenneth F. Jossart files suit in municipal court demanding 20000 for injuries and lost wages plus 800 for auto damage after a October 20, 1949 collision on Highway 42 in Kenosha County involving a Milwaukee and Lake Shore Lines Inc. bus and vehicles driven by Clarence H. Thompson and Mrs. Blenne H. Malloy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth F. Jossart
Sheridan Rd
Clarence H. Thompson
Milwaukee, Milwaukee and Lake Shore Lines Inc
Continental Casualty Company
Jossart
Thompson
Blenne H. Malloy
Kenosha
Milwaukee and
Lake Shore Lines
Kenosha County
Kenoshan Fined For Drunk Driving In Kenosha City Court
Jack Joseph Oglesby, 19, of 7204 31st Ave., was fined 80 dollars plus costs in municipal court after noon Monday for drunken driving. His license was revoked for one year. He was arrested at 5 30 a m Saturday after his car struck a tree and damaged a lawn on Simmons Island. He had said he drank ten whiskey shots at a tavern in Kenosha county and left with two companions. He did not identify the passengers. No action yet on liquor sale to a minor. He sustained cuts in the crash.
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Charles H. Jotter, Jr
Genoa City
75Th St
22Nd Avenue
Gallo’s
57Th St
Nash-Kenosha
William W. Vincent III
7Th Ave
Hal’s Shell Service
22Nd Ave
Noel Smith
23Rd Ave
Samuel Salerno
Salerno
Noel
Brosk
Tally-Ho
Hwy. 42
Stacy Stevens
Pleasant Prairie
Bullamore Forks Rd
Wilmot Rd
18Th Ave
Guttormsen’'s
52Nd St
Jack Joseph Oglesby
31St Ave
Oglesby
4Th Ave
Simmons Island
Kenosha County
Kenosha Welcomes Visiting Neurology Psychiatrist
Kenosha visitor Dr. V. A. Germano arrives from Philadelphia to spend two weeks with his father Dr. G. A. Germano. He will begin professional work July 1 at Pennsylvania General Hospital, specializing in neurology and psychiatry.
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Mano
Philadelphia
G. A. Germano
Kenosha
Pennsylvania General Hospital
Home Building Permits Still At High Level
Permits for home building remained elevated with 1,934 issued to date this year, up from 1,474 in the same period last year. May saw a Nash Motors plant expansion permit and a total of 494 permits issued during the past month, including numerous frame residences and brick veneer homes, with detailed counts of types and values.
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C. R. Nicolazzo
L. E. Larsen
3Rd Ave
J. C. Tully
39Th Ave
Paul Becker
Lincoln Rd
Larry Peterson
20Th Ave
Robert J. Vidas
75Th St
Stanley Seklinski
Pershing Blvd
Merle McFadden
Eligio Bianchi
52Nd St
Fred Sorensen
Larry Keckler
25Th Ct
Victor Steinway
21St Ave
Peter J. Dahl
44Th Ave
Charles Yandre
31St Ave
Roman Yulga
27Th St
Dahl and Sons, Inc
18Th Ave
Herbert Larsen
76Th St
John Parmentier, Jr
33Rd Ave
William Terwall
Harding Rd
Fred N. Jensen
William Lapidus
22Nd Ave
Ed Mersy
41St Ave
17Th Ave
Louis Durdick
Rudolph DeLuca
19Th Ave
Anthony Melli
35Th Ave
31St St
Austin Construction Co
Chicago
Nash Motors
School Board tackles junior high athletic policy debate
The Kenosha school board meets this afternoon at the administration building to discuss a proposal from Charles Jaskwhich and James Trebbin to allow junior high contact football teams to play games outside Kenosha.
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Public Schools Administration
Charles Jaskwhich
James Trebbin
Kenosha
Mausoleum Door Damaged by Gunfire
Police received a complaint Monday at 7 p.m. reporting gunfire damage to a mausoleum door at St. George's Cemetery on Lake Shore Road. Surveillance was requested.
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St. George's Cemetery
Lake Shore Rd
Missing Girl 15 and Lad Found in Stolen Car
A 15-year-old Kenosha girl and a 19-year-old Sturtevant lad were taken into custody in Racine after a stolen Marquette Michigan car was used in their May 25 disappearance. Police say the car had false registration and the FBI is probing possible Dyer Act charges against Robert Billings.
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Lad
Kenosha
Racine
Marquette, Mich
Robert Billings
Sheboygan
Marquette
Billings
Pleasant Prairie
Wisconsin
Janet Theleen
FBI
Millises Henry T Newport Dies at 59 in Kenosha
Henry Thomas Newport 59 of 601 71st St. Kenosha died at Kenosha hospital after a long illness. Born Torrington Conn Dec 22 1890 he worked 40 years at American Brass company rising from apprentice to foreman. He married Florence Clark Aug 27 1927 and belonged to First Methodist church and several clubs. Survived by widow son Donald daughter Henrietta two brothers and two sisters.
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Henry Thomas Newport
Newport
American Brass Foreman's Club
Donald
Henrietta
Kenosha
Arthur
Howard
Louis Bishop
Clarence Lipe
Torrington
Carl Mortenson dies after long illness in Racine
Carl Mortenson 69 of Racine died after a prolonged illness. He was born April 3 1881 in Racine and ran a furniture moving business for 31 years. Survived by widow Mamie Mulholland and daughters Mmes Gere DeGarmo Nelson Wachs Mortenson, Peg Mortenson. sons Romayne Thomas Wallace. brothers Walter Racine Louis Milwaukee. 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Robert Ryan
36Th Ave
Carl Mortenson
Racine
Mortenson
Mamie Mulholland
Holy Communion Church
The
Brotherhood Society of the Church
Ryan
Mmes
Stanley Gere
Lester DeGarmo
Emmett Nelson
Richard Wachs
Peg Mortenson
Romayne
Thomas
Wallace
Walter
Louis
Milwaukee
Former Kenoshan Agnes Kelly Dies in Illinois Home
Agnes Theresa Kelly 71 a former Kenoshan died at St. Ann's Home Techny Illinois on Monday June 5. She was born in Kenosha County October 9 1878 and had lived in Colorado Springs before moving to Techny five years ago. She is survived by two brothers George B Chicago and Leo Daniel St Louis.
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Agnes Theresa Kelly
St. Ann's
Techny
Ill
Kenosha County
Colorado Springs
Col
George B
Chicago
Leo Daniel
St. Louis
Warrant Issued for Arman Ratunda on Assault Charge
A warrant was issued late this morning for Arman Ratunda of Hill Top trailer camp on Hy. 42 north. He faces assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly striking camp owner Henry Youngkoske in the head with an open end wrench last evening. Youngkoske was not seriously injured.
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Arman Ratunda
Hill Top
Hy. 42
Ratunda
Henry Youngkoske
Youngkoske
Former Recruiter Here Heads for Europe Duty
M Sgt Norman J Delaney an army recruiting officer here from 1945 to 1949 will depart with his family on June 12 for Europe. He has been at Ft Riley Kansas for the last five months and will bring wife Jane Russell and two sons Norman Jr and Donald Lee. Delaney served with the Rainbow division 42nd Infantry overseas in France Germany and Austria earning the bronze star ETO ribbon with three battle stars occupation ribbon pre Pearl Harbor ribbon American defense and good conduct with three clasps.
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Norman J. Delaney
Europe
Delaney
Ft. Riley
Kan
Jane Russell
Kenosha
Norman, Jr
Donald Lee
Rainbow
42Nd Infantry
France
Germany
Austria
Masonic Group To Meet Here
The first district of Wisconsin Royal and Select Masters will meet at the Masonic temple on Saturday June 10 at 3 p.m. Grand officers including Oscar L Anderson Ward A Rowbottom and Stuart H Paul will attend and speak. The Royal Select Masters degree will be conferred in the afternoon and a dinner for ladies and members followed by entertainment.
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Wisconsin
Masonic Temple
Fred Clitheroe
Grand Council
Oscar L. Anderson
Manitowoc
Ward A. Rowbottom
Milwaukee
Grand Recorder
Stuart H. Paul
Janesville
Rowbottom
Paul
Eastern Star
Mark A. Gibson
Kenosha
Paul Thompson
Lincoln Park Lagoon Fishing Banned Until Program Start
The parks department warns against fishing in Lincoln Park Lagoon. Larry Gallagher urges parents to stop children from fishing until the Optimist club sponsored program begins June 24. State water pollution experts arrived to apply sodium arsenate for weed eradication.
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Lincoln Park Lagoon
Parks Department
Larry Gallagher
City Parks
Optimist Club
Gallagher
State Board of Water Pollution
Kenosha
Kenosha Population Surges Far Ahead of Racine 1940 to 1950
District census office reports Kenosha gained 5595 people in the decade, an 11.5 percent rise, versus Racine's 3554 and 3.8 percent. Kenosha County totals rose from 63505 to 75162, an 18 percent increase, while Racine County grew from 94047 to 109047, 16 percent.
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Kenosha
Racine
Racine County
Kenosha County
Additional 800 Workers Needed in Area Report
Kenosha area job offices forecast an 2 percent rise in employment in the next 60 days with 800 more workers needed across manufacturing agriculture and public employment. Gains come from production work especially on second shifts and a 4 percent March to May rise amid 18 800 May payrolls in 56 reporting establishments.
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Kenosha
State Employment Service
Blame Mishaps On Auto Lights
Two accidents within five minutes sent two people to Kenosha hospital last night. Blinding headlights were blamed as the cars collided and another vehicle’s glare blinded a driver. Pedestrian Lyman Osterhout, 66, was struck in the 7700 block of 39th Ave by a car driven by Mary C. Bromley, 52, with Osterhout in fair condition and possible skull fracture. A second crash on Highway 50 eight miles west injures Robert W. Wahl, 33, of Salem, whose car left the road and struck a tree after colliding with a blinding headlight incident. Wahl suffers broken ribs and other injuries.
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Kenosha Hospital
39Th Ave
Lyman Osterhout
Mary C. Bromley
Rt. 3
Kenosha
Osterhout
New County Plat Books Arrive, Show Rural Land Ownership
Harold J. Schend register of deeds says the General Map Company of Rockford Illinois will deliver the new plat books tomorrow. These are the first published since 1931 and they list all new landowners across the county.
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Harold J. Schend
Register of Deeds
General Map Company
Rockford, Ill
Corner Mishap Injures Two In City Traffic
Four Monday accidents were reported with two injured at 57th Street and 19th Avenue. Motorcyclist Michael Whalen suffered a brain concussion and multiple injuries while Stephen LaCombe and his wife Helen were treated for shock at Kenosha hospital. Mrs. Slagoske’s car struck a freight car at a track crossing. no injuries occurred. City council moved to install traffic signs at the intersection.
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Michael Whalen
25Th Ave
Stephen LaCombe
60Th St
57Th St
19Th Ave
Whalen
LaCombe
Helen
Mollie Slagoske
30Th Ave
North Western Railway
27Th Ave
Man Attacked On Roadside by Unknown Suspect in Model A Ford
Deputies continued search for a man who assaulted Einer Hibert at 3013 61st St while he drove Saturday afternoon. The assailant fled in a licenseless Model A Ford after forcing Hibert off the road and striking him. witness described the suspect as over six feet tall.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Einer Hibert
61St St
Hibert
Vacation Ads and Health Tips for Restful Trips
A Tuesday editorial advertisement discusses choosing a vacation offering scenery and rest, and advises pre trip medical checkups and a first aid kit. It frames vacation prep as essential for mind and body refreshment and notes the piece is the 727th in a series of editorials.
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Harnischfeger
National Homes Corporation
City Hall
Vidas
RHA
Nash Aircraft
Carmelite Sisters Home
32Nd St
Domenick Tirabassi
McKinley
Board of Education
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Francis J. Vidas
Kenosha Housing Authority
George A. Flad
A. E. Axtell
Lad Geena
Gordon Ryan
8Th Ave
I. A. Club
al Shipley
Joseph Zalataris
Edward Davidson
Davidson
International Harvester
Coolerator
Iron Rite Ironers
Hamilton Dryers
43Rd St
Charles H. Pfennig, Inc
Sixth St
Phome
Glen Rogers OR
Royal
Pocahontas
Wisconsin Fuel CO
28Th Avenue
Kenoshan
Letter Press
Badger Press
Roosevelt Road
Dr. V. A. Ger
Henry T. Newport
New Plat Books
Wis
Harry Mayer
Mayer Drug
Uptown Business District
M. Plous
Bell Dressed
BELL
PO Wana
Kenosha’s
Air Line
Edmund Lamacchia
Travel Service
Louis Olsman
American Board of Surgery
William H. Lipman, M
Kenosha National Bank
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