Community Council Opens Ward Based Garden Contest in La Crosse
The Community Council divides the Garden Contest into twenty one ward units to serve all city children. Ward captains and residents supervise gardens with frequent home inspections to keep interest high. Listings name ward captains and assistants, with addresses, plus a late note on Abernathy Texas where Hael Crow’s 26 cousins attend school.
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Community Council
George Fries
North Ninth
J. M Blair
S. J. de Ranitz
A. M
A. Geiwitz
H. J. Marcotte
Fernam
Harry Spence
Kane
Louis Robinson
George
J. G. Dubraks
Avon
Bernard Finley
Sam Feinberg
Badger
George E. Schneeer
State
Hirteenth
J.S. O’connor
Christ Burns
Ferry
Jack Roop
Bouth
Kester Allen
J. D. Taylor
St Andrew
Ray Synita
L. K. Adkins
Cass
Flossie Lenz
Oirs
Stanley Olson
South Eighth
J. F. Herman
Charles
Charles Jack
Emil Olson
South Avenue
Peter Muenzenberger
Abernathy
Tex
Hael Crow
Abernathy High School
Garden Contest Record Sheet Sample and Notes
A sample garden contest record blank shows fields for name address age grade planting area seeds and costs. It asks what was done and when including planning reading discussions with teachers ward captains and greenhouse owners.
Child May Get Seeds From Any Source Open
Children entering the Community Council Garden Contest should keep the cost low as the effort and garden appearance determine prizes. They are urged to obtain seeds from friends neighbors greenhouse or other sources. Citizens may donate seeds bulbs plants and garden stock and ward captains will notify children of gifts. Adults with bulbs seeds or seedlings are asked to telephone their ward captain.
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Community Council
Do Your Own Work In Garden Contest Declared Rule
Children entering the Garden Contest of La Crosse County Community Council must do all spading planting weeding and garden care themselves The record sheet entries must show what the child has done and the dates of those actions The rule emphasizes the child’s personal effort as the contest’s core principle
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la Crosse County
County Children Enter Garden Contest Invitation
Children of La Crosse county are invited to join the Community Council's Children’s Garden contest. Interested residents should write to Mrs L W Ender at 600 West Avenue South for details on section chairmen blanks and the entry process.
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la Crosse County
L. W. Ender
West Avenue South
Lke
Crest Lake Inn Job Offer Delights Jo Darien
Jo Darien awakes to a morning of chic plans after accepting a Crest Lake Inn job with Douglas Marsh. He promises calls and arrangements for her summer wardrobe at Lytsens, while Jo mulls the new life and the certainty of the unexpected turn her career has taken.
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Cemel Marine Maly
Bret
Douglas Mandsome
Sux
C Lake
Rhnen Bret
Crest Lake
Bostese
Burch
Marsh
Babs Montgomery
Xow
Douglas Marsh
Crest Lake Inn
the Lake
SCU
Sey
Lytsen's
Jo Darien
Ito
Brown
Arthur L. Darien
Tub
Lytsen’s
Fendale
Sr Inca
Crest Lake Contract Sparks City Contest Plans
Jo gains a plum Crest Lake assignment after securing a new Pacific Heights job. She calls Mr Brown to confirm the deal, apologizes to a friend, and gazes over the busy street below as the Lytsen's sign looms above. The scene ends with a promise of continuation at Lytsen's.
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Crest Lake
Lytsen's
Mr. Brown
Brown
Joe
Bret
Placido Beach
Lytsen’s
France builds undercourt archive room at Quai dOrsay
Paris reports officials plan a large subterranean room beneath the foreign ministry courtyard to relieve bulging postwar archives of pacts communiques and treaties accumulated in France since the war.
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France
Foreign Ministry
Quai d'Orsay
British Pedestrian Code Issued by Hore Belisha
Britain’s transport minister Sir Leslie Hore Belisha issued a new pedestrian code printing fifteen million copies for homes in England and Scotland. The code mandates walkers to stay to the left on sidewalks, reversing the prior habit where pedestrians wandered at will. Even King George VI reportedly has a copy.
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London
England
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Scotland
George Bes
Neolithic Bones Found in Thames River at Magna Charta Isle
In Windsor England dredging of the Thames near Magna Charta island uncovered fossilized remains believed to be three neolithic men dating to about 2009 B C. The site also yielded a bronze dagger from the middle Bronze Age and a battle axe from the 9th or 10th century. In Everton Maine D W Thomason reports a five legged pig weighing 60 pounds with an extra leg on the forepart of its body.
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W. Thomason
Garden Contest Record Sheet For La Crosse County Children
Children entering the La Crosse County Community Council Garden Contest will receive a record sheet from their ward captain and directions. Free pamphlets on planning a garden and growing vegetables and flowers will be distributed to all enrollees. To join, contact ward captains listed on this page or call the provided phone numbers to learn ward assignment.
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la Crosse
la Crosse County
Community Council
L. W. Ender
Wil
Library and Schools Back Garden Contest Aid
La Crosse Public Library and city and parochial schools will provide material support for the Children's Garden Contest of the Community Council. Miss Lilly M. E. Borresen will offer old and new books on gardens and related topics. The Brede schools plan to use the contest in busy work projects with Superintendent G. M. Wiley. Catholic and Lutheran schools pledge cooperation through diocesan and church leaders.
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J. T. Gamm
First Lutheran Church
Forty-Two Prizes For Garden Contest By Council
The Community Council offers nearly four dozen prizes for the Children s Garden Contest. Two prizes per ward across twenty-one wards, with first prizes worth seven dollars and second prizes three dollars. Each winner also receives an enlarged garden picture. Four winners will attend the October 1936 luncheon as special guests.
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Community Council
Bargain With Robbers Costs Kansan Plenty
Wichita man Fred T. Ferrier was robbed of a $2,000 ring and $1,175 in cash Saturday by two bandits after he tried to bargain for the ring’s return. He handed over a billfold and then lost a second billfold as the robbers fled on foot. Ferrier was the principal beneficiary of a $455,000 estate left by his mother, Katie Ferrier, who died in Wichita about a year ago.
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Kansas City
Fred T. Ferrier
Wichita
Kas
Ferrier
Katie Ferrier
Pilot And Pupil Die In Airplane Crash
Roy Bledsoe an unlicensed pilot and John Moore his student were killed when the plane crashed near Valley Park in St Louis on Saturday. The accident left investigators seeking cause and noting the loss of two lives in a local air mishap.
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St. Louis
Roy Bledsoe
John Moore
Bledsoe
Valley Park
Chicken Stealing Fine French Art
Argentewil France two expert operators were arrested after police alleged a four year chicken raid ring. They boasted that once they smelled potent grease they could wring the necks of two hundred chicks in about three quarters of an hour without a sound.
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Argentewil
France
Children Garden Contest Opens Countywide for 1936
La Crosse County Community Council launches a yearlong Children’s Garden Contest open to all boys and girls in grades or junior high. Enrollment August through September. prizes total 200 to 300 dollars. Contest supports child welfare, outdoor activity, garden education, and parish community effort with aid from ward captains and seeds.
La Crosse County Council Officers Lead Work
All members of the La Crosse County Community Council will join in the coming year's Children's Garden contest with officers guiding the work. President Mrs L W Ender leads a slate including vice presidents and secretaries covering child welfare, legislation, citizenship, industrial relations, thrift and homemaking, home service, recreation, juvenile court, recording and corresponding secretaries, and treasurers.
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la Crosse County
Snapshots Set For Community Garden Contest Judging
Garden judging relies on start and finish snapshots to record plots before work begins and after the contest ends. Ward captains will file these photos, monitor progress, and offer guidance to participating children at their homes to ensure fair comparison of results and effort.
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Community Council
Interested Children Asked To Save Page For Contest Reference
The Tribune requests that children interested in entering the garden contest save this page for handy future reference. The note emphasizes keeping the details clear for future steps and entries.
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The
Tribune
Couple Has Charivari By Fire Department
The Salvatore Millenzies wed at noon and on their way to a photographer a car caught fire at a busy downtown intersection. Two district chiefs three engine companies a fire boat a water tower two trucks and the rescue squad arrived. The bride and groom were amused and uninjured. Los Angeles Street is to be a museum of early California days after the state supreme court upheld a city ordinance closing it to vehicles.
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Milwaukee
Fie
Salvatore Millenzies
Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles
Olvera Street
California
California State Supreme Court
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