Fair 4-H Winners Announced at Grounds
The 4-H show awarded blue ribbons to eight of 26 garden displays led by Patricia Strittmaier Ruth Hemker and Stanley Schlintz among top winners. Second and third prize entries include Rosemary Matjak Willard Storandt Kenneth Smith Charles Olsen and others with numerous class victories in canning crafts home economics and sewing.
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Charlotte
Patricia Strittmaier
Ruth Hemker
Stanley Schlintz
Pauline Bratberg
Herry Meinking
Elinor Thompson
Rosemary Matjak
Willard Storandt
Kenneth Smith
Charles Olsen
Allen Oelke
Robert Langrehr
Ronald Hess
Freit
Ohio
Peters
Ronald L
Wendell Gilbertson
Ronald Garbers
Robert Gehra
Louise Heuer
Mary Ellen Langrehr
Donna Hoier
Dominic Hansen
Robert Gilster
Pauline Pee
Mary Ellen Ngrehr
Roderick Niedfeldt
Ambrose Brown
John Nelson
Frank Dvorak
Merlin Hoeth
James Thompson
James Freit
Wilma Waldenberger
Janice Horstman
Elva Bratberg
Fern Pfafflin
Delores Langrehr
Gloria Chapiewsky
LaVonne Hahn
Vivian Olssen
Dorothy Matiak
Beverly Schild
Mona Gale Zabel
Doris Evans
Joan Nelson
Snger
Florence Hesseliy
Betty McClintock
Bonnie Jean Meyer
Kathryn Brown
Mer
Rose Maryymer
Gladys van Loon
Kateryn Brown
Allegra Jostad
Loris Waldenberger
Soil Conservation
William Knoblock
Robert Granum
Stanley Hansen
SCS
Gloria Capiensy
la Hoeth
Hamilton Club
Amsterdam Prairie
Shelby Club
Sears Garden Club
Delores Pfaff
Donna Mae Allen
Harry Meinking
Stanley Schlintzee
Ruth
LaVerne Meinking
Ed Schmeckoeper
Barre Mills
Billy Hanson
Upper Dutch Creek
Dorothy
Rosemary Matlak
An Schmitz
Wilson
Hollywood Scene Double Feature May Be Economy Victim
Hollywood economy wave may cancel full length double features. M G M plans a reduced program with one feature and a three reel. Names: Frances Gifford, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby, Joe Louis, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott, Nelson Eddy, Astaire, Rogers, John Garfield, Ben Johnson. Westby obituary notes Harold Schye dies after short illness. Funeral Monday in Westby, burial at Coon Prairie.
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Hollywood
NEA
Infant Kirkeng Born in Onalaska Area Dies at 1 Day
Gordon Manuel, son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Kirkeng of Eastman formerly of Onalaska, born at Beaumont hospital Prairie du Chein on July 30 and died July 31. He is survived by his parents.
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Onalaska
Wis
Gordon Manuel
Herbert Kirkeng
Eastman
Beaumont Hospital
Prairie du Cheii
Waukon School Board seeks $28,000 budget increase
The Waukon school board requests a 28,000 increase in the budget for the public school. They spent 126,195.99 last year led by teachers' salaries 74,663.05 plant operation 12,492.99 plant maintenance 7,919.50 and revolving fund 17,438.24, with an estimated 146,117.50 needed next year.
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Waukon
Minister Fined in Morals Case Amid Church Scandal
The Rev Ezra Vornholtz 49 pastor of Bethel Evangelical church faced a morals offense charge involving an 11 year old boy. Deputy D A John Barry said the disorderly conduct charge was dismissed due to conflicting stories while Vornholtz admitted taking the boy to his room but denied misconduct.
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Milway
Ezra Vornholtz
Bethel Evangelical Church
Sask Gass
Niconatte
John Barry
Vornholtz
Notice for public bid on lighting rewiring at Logan Football Field
The City of La Crosse invites sealed bids by August 1948 for furnishing labor and materials to rewire the lighting system and construct a meter house at Logan Football Field. Plans and specs are on file with Boyum Schubert Sorensen Architects and City Clerk. Bid security required. failure to provide contract and bond forfeits the bid security.
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la Crosse
Board of Education
Washburn
le Crosse
Wisconsin
Pian’ Ee
FAN Spetimnatene Yoann
Boyum
Schubert & Sorensen Gee Gg & Ye
Boyum, Schubert & Sorensen
Boyum, Schubert & Gorensen
Horschier
Common Council
Logan Football Field
Viroqua Man Injured In Car Rollover Near Golf Course
Gordon Bennett of Viroqua sustained back and head injuries when his car overturned at a bend near the Viroqua golf course on state highway 14. He was taken to a Madison hospital for treatment.
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Viroqua
Wis
Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Henry Bennett
Madison
Renowned Norwegian Tenor Eivin Bjornstad to Sing in Westby
Internationally famous tenor Eivin Bjornstad from Oso Norway will present a concert Wednesday August 11 at 8 p m in Our Savior s church Westby Wis He has toured the United States and Europe and visited Evangelical Lutheran churches in the course of his program The concert aims to showcase his vocal artistry in a liturgical setting
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Westby
Wis
Eivin Bjjornstad
Oso
Norway
Our Savior's
Bjornstad
United States
Europe
Heating Alterations Bid Notice for La Crosse Pool Complex
City of La Crosse invites bids for heating alterations at the Municipal Swimming Pool and Bath House on 18th and Campbell Road. Plans from Boyum Schubert Sorensen. bidders may obtain specs and bond forms. Five percent certified check required with bid. contract and bond due within set time.
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la Crosse
Board of Education
Washburn School
Wisconsin
Campbell Road
Boyum, Schubert, & Sorensen
Hoeschier
Boyum
Schubert & Sorensen
Es Eee
Eens Oees
Deaths William Rousey Alma Center Wisconsin
William Grover Rousey 56 died of a heart attack at his Alma Center home. Survived by wife Dorothea two daughters Willa Meier and Mareel Wilson one son Richard Rousey his mother in Osborne Kansas two sisters May Howell Florence Cornwell and four brothers Marion Aylmer Ray Clifford. Body at Jensen Funeral Home Hixton then home. American Legion and Rev Gausman will conduct services Sunday at 1 30 p m and 2 p m at Alma Center Methodist church with burial in Osborne Kansas.
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Black River Falls
Wis
William Grover Rousey
Alma Center
Dorothea
Mmes
Willa Meier
Moline
Mareel Wilson
Richard Rousey
Osborne
Kans
Rousey
May Howell
Deerfield
Florence Cornwell
Marion Rousey
Horton
Aylmer
Seattle
Ray
Jetmore
Clifford
Houston
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
American Legion
Gausman
Merrillan
Kansas
James Clancy 75 Died in Richland Center Hospital
James Clancy 75 died at a Richland Center hospital Wednesday funeral Saturday at 10 am at St Philip Catholic church Rolling Ground Rev Father Lester Seeman will officiate burial in St Philip church cemetery
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Soldiers Grove
James Clancy
Richland Center
St. Phillip Catholic Church
Rolling Ground
Lester Seeman
St. Phillip Church
Happy Birthday Atom Age Aboard a World War II Chronicle
On the atom age’s third birthday a retrospective look at Hiroshima Nagasaki and the bomb’s impact. It notes casualties 120000, Truman’s claim of saving lives, and the dual potential for peace and peril. The piece likens the atomic force to a growing child shaping medicine farming and power, while cautions guardianship remains unsettled.
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New York
Hirdshima
Nagasaki
Strien
Hiroshima
U. S
Truman
Mourner Edward Meyer Family in Burns Cemetery Burial
Edward Meyer and family members from Bangor and Rushford attend burial at Burns Cemetery. relatives Mr and Mrs W E Meyer listed as kin in the short obituary note.
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Edward
W. E. Meyer
Bangor
Ans Kirkengrandparent
Rushford
Milne
Burns Cemetery
Halvorson Daughters Visit Aberdeen Household
Mrs H Halvorson and daughter Geneva visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Elvin Halvorson and family in Aberdeen, as reported from Rushford Minnesota.
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Rushford, Minn
H. Halvorson
Geneva
Elvin Hal
Aberdeen
Daily Records Entry Summary for La Crosse Area
Entries from La Crosse area including fires at 2541 Edgewood Place and 1645 George Street and dispatches. individuals Walter J. Wittich and C Ott cited for grass and furnace incidents. Onalaska mentions Gerhard PF Pierce. Leavitt C. Burdoin Jr. listed at 1328 State Street with $2 payment. county court in La Crosse records Arthur J. Finley pleading guilty to an unregistered motor vehicle operation and pay $1 plus costs.
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Edgewood Place
Walter J. Wittich
Gerhard PF. Pierce
Onalaska
Leavitt C. Burdoin, Jr
State Street
la Crosse
Arthur J. Finley
Market Street
Real Estate Transfers Across City Streets
John Paul Leibold transfers property to Jerry and Bernice Larkin and to Campbell Prank W and Gertrude Sisson and to James F and Edith Skaff on Ferry street between 21st and 22nd streets. Jerome and Mary Louise Sciborski transfer property to Alois Sciborski et al on Losey boulevard near Jackson and Cottage Grove avenue. John F Leithold transfers property in Campbell to Charles F and Martha I Otto.
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la Crosse
John Paul Leibold
Jerry and
Bernice V. Larkin
Campbell Prank W
Gertrude Sisson
James F
Edith Skaff
Ferry Street
21St
22Nd
Jerome
Mary Louise Sciborski
Alois Sciborski
Losey Boulevard
Jackson Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
John F. Leithold
Charles F
Martha I. Otto
Campbell
Elroy Debates Parking Issue in City Hall
About forty residents attended a Wednesday night meeting in Elroy Wisconsin to discuss whether to keep parallel parking or revert to diagonal parking. Mayor Jack Barnard read a business petition urging a return to diagonal parking as farmers oppose current limits. No decision was reached and a follow up meeting was scheduled.
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Elroy
Wis
Jack Barnard
Vatican City Independence and Area
Vatican City gained independent state status within Rome in 1929 and covers 109 acres.
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Vatican City
Rome
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NEA Telephoto
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Palm Springs
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Tommy Dorsey
Casino Gardens Ballroom
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Atlantis
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New Yorker
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Infant Kirkeng
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