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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1955
Page
6
Women and juniors earned praise for golf prowess with prize winners named in nine and eighteen hole events. Junior Jane Savage won the nine hole putting prize while Roger Kruger took the eighteen hole putting prize. A summer Friday junior tournament series was announced.
At St Casimir parish hall a 25th reunion dinner and dance for the class of 1930 featured music from the year 1930. Orchid and yellow decorations complemented the event. Guests included Rev Edwin Grochowski and Rev John Kuyawa. committees were led by Mrs Chester Madura and Mrs Sophie Foster with further help from Stanley Klonowski and others. 35 classmates attended.
The Racine Kenosha Women’s Traffic association held its June meeting in Kenosha. Plans are underway for the 10th annual reunion in September. A committee seeks charter and former members, with the July meeting set for the annual summer picnic at Mrs. Donovan Moore’s home.
Garden Club members plan a two day trip to Door County sponsored by the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation leaving Kenosha by bus at 5 am on June 28 and 29 with an overnight stop in Ephraim. Information available from Mrs Anthony Trehan of Kenosha or Mrs Elsie Lautenbach 18 Grove St Plymouth Wis.
Royal Neighbors meet Wednesday night at ? o'clock at the Odd Fellows Temple. Grace Lutheran church Group B meets Thursday at 3 p.m. at Mrs. Ben Lambrecht 512 Fist St. Group of Grace church meets Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. William Anderson 7921 44th Ave. Women's Missionary Society of St Pauls Lutheran meets Tuesday at ? p.m. at the church. Hostesses are Mrs. Algot Holm Mrs. Hjalmar Peterson and Mrs. Anna Ronnk vist.
Women's Evening Guild of the First Presbyterian church met in the church parlors for a regular meeting. A violin duet by Mrs. Anton Burman and Kenneth Davison opened the program, followed by a synodical meeting report by Mrs. E R Lorenz. President Mrs. Sylvia Caldwell led a business session after a dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs. Olive Hickok and Mrs Rachel Frederick.
The University of Wisconsin lists 29 graduates claiming Kenosha as home, including John Grebetz in metallurgical engineering and Richard McEvoy in art education. Other named Kenoshans and alumni span Mount Mary Milwaukee, Wisconsin State College Milwaukee, Lawrence College Appleton, Rosary College River Forest, Carroll College, and Yale University among many institutions with degrees in fields from journalism and pharmacy to philosophy and engineering.
Richard Tappa married Miss Lois Elaine Burgy at the First Methodist church in Monroe Wisconsin. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Fred A Chandler and Prof Paul G Jones provided organ music. The bride is a 1954 UW School of Music graduate and will teach in Baldwin New York. the groom is also a 1954 UW graduate planning further study at Union Theological Seminary.
Miss Mabel LaVonne Berger and Karl John Keller were married at Calvary Memorial church Racine in a 4 p.m. ceremony performed by Dr. M R Siemans. The bride wore a mauve silk street length dress with rhinestones and white accessories. The couple plan a wedding trip to northern Wisconsin and will reside at 7516 36th Ave Racine.
Beatrice Austin and Walter L Meyer wed in a 10 am ceremony at St Anastasias in Waukegan. The bride's daughters Gloria and Glenda served as bridesmaids, and Meyer's son Gilbert was best man. A 300 guest reception followed at the Waukegan American Legion club house. The couple, residents of Waukegan and North Chicago, plan to live at 6329 25th Ave after a wedding trip through the East.
Mr and Mrs Gene Kirsch hoffer of Winthrop Harbor welcomed a daughter named Lise Anne on June 18 at St Catherine’s. The birth adds to the Kirsch hoffer family and local community records.
Tiny birth notices report a daughter for Mr and Mrs Morris Yellen of Waukegan Illinois born June 21. Dorothy Ann Hammel is named as maternal relative through Kenosha. A son Stephen George to Mr and Mrs Orby Knutsen Jr at 5811 60th Street born June 21. Another son James Grant to Mr and Mrs Harold De Tancy at 7412 22nd Avenue born June 21.
The Kenosha CYO band opens outdoor recitals tonight at St. Joseph's home on 61st Street beginning 7 15 p m under director Frank Niccolai. Later they perform at St Joseph's in South Kenosha and other parish grounds around the city.
Mrs Bojan Hamlin Jennings a 1937 Kemper Hall graduate earned her Ph D from Harvard University She came to Kemper Hall on a scholarship in 1934 graduated with honors won a Bryn Mawr scholarship for her bachelor’s degree earned a Wheaton College masters and taught there She lives with her husband in Norton Massachusetts and is the 12th woman in Harvard history to receive a doctorate in science Also noted visitors George McGill and son Dennis from Denver Colorado at 6913 Sheridan Rd
Svea lodge schedules an annual midsummer party and regular meeting for Friday at 8 p.m. at the Swedish American club. Program committee chair Oscar Miller and assistants Elin Johnson Oscar Morrison Sten Hagberg and Sigurd Swanson are listed.
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