Taxpayers, Inc. Reports Rising Rural School Costs in Kenosha
Taxpayers, Inc. released a statement detailing that the per pupil cost of operating Kenosha county one room rural schools rose from 94.13 in 1943 to 131.28 for the year ending June 30, 1945, with a 645.7 daily attendance in 1943 and 598 in 1945. It notes higher costs than Milwaukee and Waukesha counties and calls for consolidation or extended transportation to improve efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Instruction
Kenosha County
Milwaukee County
Waukesha County
Racine
Walworth
Union Free High School
Wilmot
Union Free
Fire at Nash foundry prompts early morning call
Fire crews were summoned to the Nash factory foundry after a roof blaze broke out early Tuesday. No damage was reported. Other notices include ads for local services and sales, a birth omission correction for Sandra Lee Krahn, and a dairy building permit for Peter J. Bohr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-fifth Avenue
R. T. Karnes
Pucci
Roosevelt Road
Isetts
Nash Factory
Grunow
Simon Electric and
43Rd St
Congress Club
Sandra Lee Krahn
Fred Krahn
Salem
Highway 42
William F. Rademacher
Adjusta
Household Appliance & Radio Co
57Th St
L. Cole
Twentieth Avenue
Standard Oil Station
Kenosha
Newberry Abstract Co
7Th Ave
Annie Simons
Fifty Second Street
Helen Dorece
Eleventh Avenue
63Rd St
Rizzuto
12Th Ave
Peter J. Bohr
Roosevelt Rd
Civilian Production Administration
KR KR Walier
Wisconsin
Fire Suit for Truck Damages
Schild Fire Prevention Service of Milwaukee files a damage action naming Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin as defendant for an accident on September 29, 1945 that damaged a Milwaukee firm's truck. It seeks 333.39 dollars for truck damage and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schild Fire Prevention Service of
Milwaukee
Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin
Insurance Company
Fire Prevention Service
Bnai Brith to Hold Final Meeting and Elect Officers
Emanuel Epstein lodge of B nai Brith will hold its last meeting of the season Wednesday at 8 PM at Beth Hillel temple. Officers for the coming year will be elected and the Adolph and Esther Epstein scholarship award recipient will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Epstein
Paul Schultz Former Kenoshan Dies in Racine
Paul Schultz 67 formerly of Kenosha died this morning at St Mary's hospital Racine after moving from Russia in 1902. He did business until two years ago then relocated to Racine. Survived by four daughters Doris Stein Sarah Schultz Bernice Krulevich Bessie Brown seven grandchildren one great grandchild and his wife Anna preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schultz
Kenosha
St Mary's Hospital
Racine
Russia
Doris Stein
Chicago
Sarah Schultz
Bernice Krulevich
Bessie Brown
Los Angeles
Calif
Anna
Seiberling Urges Clarification in Global Struggle for Freedom
Seiberling Rubber president J P Seiberling keynoted the NIAA conference as Milwau kee chapter members plan to host the 1947 silver anniversary convention in Milwaukee. He warned against hum bug and double talk from collectivists and urged business leaders to defend economic freedom and individual liberty. He contrasted freedom with totalitarianism and urged clear stand by federal leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest J. Nelson
Kenosha
Atlantic City
N. J
Milwaukee
National Industrial Advertisers Association
NIAA
Nelson
J. P. Seiberling
Seiberling Rubber Company
Seiberling
Chester Bowles
OPA
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
United States
Learn Details of Lt Bielok's Death
Mrs. Stella Bielok receives war department update on her son First Lieutenant Adolf Bielok a P51 Mustang pilot killed during a mission in Belgium on June 28 1944. Initial report said burial in France but new documentation places the crash at Vlamertinghe Belgium during a bomber escort and strafing run. The aircraft was believed to be hit by ground fire as it dove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Legion Air Show
Kenosha
Silver's
63Rd St
William A. Durbin
Thirty Third Avenue
Jack
John Walker
Thirty-third Avenue
Jean Ogden
Bernice Kinebrew
John Kinebrew
USN
Cincinnati
Ohio
W.F.W
Gateway Post
F.W. Hall
Sheriff's Department
Stella Bielok
Seventeenth Avenue
War Department
Adolf Bielok
Belgium
Watton
England
France
New York Schools Aid Tangier Island Fishermen With Lost-Books Aid
New York City vocational high schools sent obsolete carpentry and boat building manuals to Tangier Island teacher Henry Jander. The books will guide local apprentices in crab boats and hull construction, aiding a fisherman community near Crab's Hole. Jander thanked George E. Pigott Jr. for the assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Crab's Hole
Tangier Island
Henry Jander
Board of Education
George E. Pigott, Jr
Jander
Piggot
Arthur L. Pierce Taken By Death
Arthur L. Pierce, 71, a native of Kenosha County and longtime Kenosha resident, died after a short illness at the Convalescent Home on Geneva Road. Born May 28, 1875, he spent his life in Kenosha County and worked as a farm laborer before moving to Kenosha in 1934. He had no known relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Pierce
Kenosha County
Twenty-third Avenue
Geneva Road
Wis
Kenosha
Emigration Move From Vienna To Sudetenland Setup
Thirty five thousand Czechs in Vienna begin emigrating to Czechoslovakia, where they will be settled in Sudetenland as part of a government resettlement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Mayors Elected At Boys State in Ripon
Citizens of the Badger Boys State on the Ripon College campus elected mayors for 18 cities. Harold O. Olson administered oaths to mayors and city clerks treasurers attorneys judges and assessors. Lectures by Milwaukee officials and local officials followed with speakers including John H. Bradley of Appleton who helped in Iwo Jima flag raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripon
Wis
Badger Boys
Ripon College
Harold O. Olson
Milwaukee
John L Bohn
Joseph J. Krueger
Frank Ruehl
John Bolan
John Decker
Fond du Lac
Lester J. Burr
Clark G. Kuebler
John H. Bradley
Appleton
Navy
Iwo Jima
Mental Hygiene Clinic Report From Kenosha Delivers Early 1946 Data
The six month June report from the Kenosha County Mental Hygiene Society notes 83 consultations and 95 psychiatric examinations at the clinic from January through June 1946. It records 40 new cases, including 26 school children, 3 World War II veterans, and 11 adults, with clinic gains aided by Genevieve Kelly, Deming School principal, and Elizabeth King and staff of Kenosha Family Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Kenosha County
Mental Hygiene Society
Harold T. Schroeder
Genevieve Kelly
Deming School
Elizabeth King
Kenosha Family Service
Women Workers After War Training, Shipley States
Albert E. Shipley, head of the Kenosha U S Employment Service district, says employers should value women veterans skills gained during military service. He notes training in key punch, teletype, switchboard, draftsman, radio operator, chauffeur, parachute packer, instrument repair, photography, and other roles not usually held by women. He argues these military skills transfer to civilian jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Shipley
Kenosha District
United States Employment Service Office
Armed Forces
Two Wheat Shipments Aid Korean Counties
Two shiploads of American wheat arrived today to supplement the rice ration in four counties of southern Korea. A third shipload was reported en route. A separate note mentions co workers using ticket punchings to shower on a railway workers' bride at Blaenavon England due to a confetti shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Blaenavon
England
Notice of Examination for Deputy Sheriff Positions
The Kenosha County Civil Service Commission will hold an examination for deputy sheriff on July 15, 1946. Applicants may obtain blanks at the County Clerk's office in Kenosha Wisconsin. For details apply at the County Clerk's office. Maurice Wilson chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha County Civil Service Commission
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Maurice Wilson
Kenoshans in the Service Transfer to Guam Teletype Operator
Pfe Richard Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Thompson of Somers Road, has been transferred from Langley Field, Virginia to Guam where he serves as a teletype operator. He received a Father’s Day radiogram from his daughter Lt. Jean Thompson, stationed in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Richard Thompson
William FE. Thompson
Somers Road
Langley Field
Guam
Thompson
Jean Thompson
Korea
County Highway Group Meets in Kenosha for Regular Session
Highway Commissioner Harold H Herzog and Kenosha County hosted the second Wisconsin highway division quarterly meeting with nine county commissioners and divisional engineer Joseph Stranksy. They discussed maintenance and construction concerns from the past three months and planned to inspect Kenosha County’s road system and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold H. Herzog
Kenosha County
Second
Wisconsin Highway Division
Joseph Stransky
Herzog
John Bottkel
Fond du Lac
A. C. Droppers
Sheboygan
Arthur Becker
Washington
H. H. Peters
Ozaukee
Edward Stephan
Waukesha
W. F. Cavanaugh
Milwaukee
E. R. Fischer
Racine
Hl. J. Peters
Walworth
School Freedom Surprises Bride
In Marion Ohio Mrs Alfred M Davis a French war bride says American high schools are less formal and the pupils more free than in France. She notes Americans listen less and questions of discipline and respect for authority differ. A teacher says she began shy but now participates actively. Separately a 30 pound Indian fish sold for 24 dollars due to shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ohio
U.P
Alfred M. Davis
France
Europe
Skau Placed On Probation After Stabbing Incident
Edward John Skau, 19, was found guilty of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and given a one year sentence to Green Bay reform school, followed by probation under Matt J. Coogan. The victim, Jim Banski, 16, was knifed in the basement of the Skau home amid an argument, with no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward John Skau
Forty Ninth Street
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Edward J. Ruets
Skau
Jim Banski
Tenth Avenue
Matt J. Coogan
State Welfare Department
Banski
Det
Arthur J. Riley
John Boswell
Joseph Strubel
Betterment Contest Winners to Be Told
Winners of 18 prizes in Kenosha Betterment contest will be announced this week. Three judges and the promotion committee considered nearly 75 entries proposing city improvements. First prize is a $100 war savings bond with 17 other awards including 15 $5 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Chamber Committee For the Promotion of
First Summer Concert Planned by American Legion Band
The American Legion band opens a summer concert series on Thursday June 27 at the Civic Center beside Kenosha High School. George Manupella conducts with Frank Zoubek as master of ceremonies. Genevieve Klevickis sings The Glow Worm and Tea for Two. The program lists marches overtures waltzes and vocal solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Civic Center
Kenosha High School
Civic Band Concert Committee
Leo C. Meyer
George Manupella
Frank Zoubek
Kenosha Historical and Art Museum
Genevieve Klevickis
J .Cline
F. Suppe
G. Halline
J. Hall
J. Jewell
2Nd Regiment of the
Connecticut National Guard
D. Reeves
J. Turner
Columbia
R. Alexander
Mrs. Sarah Fligel 57 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Sarah Fligel widow of Ralph B. Fligel died at Kenosha Hospital after a long illness. Born in Austria December 24, 1888 she came to America in 1908 and settled in Kenosha in 1911. She belonged to Beth Hillel Temple and Sisterhood. Survived by son Seymour Fligel and daughter Mrs. Byron Harris and one granddaughter. Husband died May 14, 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Fligel
Ralph B. Fligel
Eighth Avenue
Kenosha Hospital
Austria
Rubin
America
Canton
Kenosha
Four Convicted Of Polygamy
Four fundamentalists claiming 15 wives and 81 children between them were denied pardons by the Utah state pardon board and will serve terms at the Utah state penitentiary. They must sign guarantees they will not practice or preach polygamy, otherwise no pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
W.P
Utah State Penitentiary
Utah State Pardon Board
Examinations Set for Embalmers Directors in Wisconsin
The state health board announced exams for funeral directors licenses on August 7 and embalmers licenses on August 8 in Milwaukee. Applications must be filed with the board by July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
U.P
Milwaukee
State Health Board
Daughters Involved In Green Bay Sailboat Tragedy
The daughter of a former Kenoshan Miss Mary Loomis of Winnetka is named among principals in the Green Bay sailboat tragedy near Sturgeon Bay. Patricia Smith is the sole survivor, having swum over six miles to safety and is hospitalized with shock and pneumonia. Other victims include Leatham Smith, Elton Washburn, and Howard Hunt of the Smith shipyard firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenoshan
Charles Coane
Fifth Avenue
Ann
Mary Loomis
John Loomis
Winnetka
Green Bay
Sturgeon Bay
James R. Anderson
Loomis
Kenosha
Patricia Smith
Miss Smith
Pine Manor
Wellesley
Mass
Leather Smith
Leathe
Hearing for Couple Adjourned to July 1
Preliminary hearing for Jacob Winters 39 of 5510 Thirtieth avenue and Miss Evelyn Peterson 18 of 4714 Tenth avenue on lewd and lascivious conduct charges was adjourned from June 7 to July 1. Peterson posted 300 bond, Winters 500. arraignment before County Judge W W Davis. Dets Boswell and Strubel took them into custody at 5 p m June 7. prelim set for June 19 at arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Winters
Thirtieth Avenue
Evelyn Peterson
Tenth Avenue
Clergyman Rescues Child From Canal in Mullingar
In Mullingar Ireland Reverend S Kenny plunged into the Royal Canal fully clothed to rescue a child. He carried the youngster to the canal bank and administered artificial respiration successfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canal
Mullingar
Eire
S. Kenny
Canal Bank
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Lower
Yiems
Pierson’s
22Nd Ave
Comets
Lake Front
Joseph Werenski
Ill
Harry Blank
3811
Sheridan Road
Fiftyninth Street
Royce Greisen
Werenski
Fifty-ninth Street
B'nai B'rith
Maywood
Kelly Buffolo
Clie
Charlie Deming
Sheridan RD
Seiberling Hits
Collectivism
Stad
Lt. Bielok
Evening News
Waupun
Louis Fazio
Mike Farina
John
Leland Chartier
Richard Henderson
Eugene Schend
Milton LaViolette
Shipley
India
Badapur
Harry Mayer
Mayer Drug
Kenoshan Is
Lake
Dia
Wisconsin Iron & Metal Co
Fourteenth Ave
Aperb
Thuy Se
Macon
56Th Street
Ham
Turkey
Rathskeller
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