Nationality Food Project Showcases Local Demonstrations
The Inter-State fair program features a series of demonstrations by Mesdames Schaller and Storndt from Walker club and other local groups. Highlights include apple fritters, kolache, tea muffins, and dairy calf exhibits. Four-H members from La Crosse County perform in the 4-H buildings and at the Centennial Exposition program, with selections from district camp at Prairie du Chien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Na Schaller
Alice Stor
Walker Club
Lydia Gunn
E. Anderson
la Crosse City
Eana
Ed Schmekgees
West Salem Center
John Lusk
North Ridge
Monti
French Island
Ellen Hesse
Berg
Gladys Campbell
Rockland
Banclub
John Gilsdorf
Dorothy
Rosemary Matiak
Lucky Four
Norbert Hanson
Bagger Club
la Crosse County
Robert Kome
Pleasant Valley
John Ofstedah
Union Mills
Maple Shade
Campet Prairie du Chien
Milwaukee Man Heads Pressroom Workers
RACINE Wis John Brophy of Milwaukee is the new head of the Wisconsin State Conference of Pressroom Workers. Brophy was named last night at the third annual convention to succeed Clem Newcomb of Condit. Other officers chosen were Gilber Niesen Racine vice president and A Synott of Wausau secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
John Brophy
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State
S. Brophy
Clem Newcomb
Condit
Gilber Niesen
A. Synott
Wausau
No Polio In City Cited By Health Officer
City Health Officer Dr. J. Burris Perrin reports no resident polio cases to date this season while five non-residents are being treated in local hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Burris Perrin
Federal Probation Officers Prepare For Wisconsin Institute
About 70 federal probation and parole officers from the North Central states will register Monday Aug 9 at the University of Wisconsin for a three day in service training institute. Speakers include Henry P Chandler and George G Killinger with topics on probation work and parole. The group will stay in Jones House Kronshage Hall during the three day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
North Central States
University of Wisconsin
United States University Probation
United Tes Courts
J. L. Miller
University Extension Department of Economics
Anthropology and Social Work
Patrick T. Stone
Wisconsin
J. Ryan Duffy
Henry P. Chandler
United States Courts
Marshall B. Clinard
University Department of Sociology
Semeon
H. G. Moeller
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Federal
L. Wallace Hoffman
Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court
Toledo
Hoffman
Hugh P. Reed
Midwestern
National Probation and Parole Association
Stanley E. Krumbiegel
Ednesday
George G. Killinger
U. S. Parole Board
Parole Board
L. Clark Schilder
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Orin S. Thiel
U. S
Richard A. Chappel
Institute
Jones House
Kronshage
Ida Evenson 87 Dies in Stuggerud Coulee Wisconsin
Mrs Ida Johnson Evenson 87 of Stuggerud Coulee Pigeon Falls Wis died after a brief illness at her home. She is survived by sons George West Salem and Manley at home a daughter Mrs Thora Torpen Osseo and Elvin died in 1945. Funeral services were held at Sletteland Funeral home at 2 p m with burial in United Lutheran Cemetery Pigeon Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigeon Falls
Wis
Ida Johnson Evenson
Stuggerud Coulee
George
West Salem
Manley
Thora Torpen
Osseo
Elvin
Sletteland Funeral Home
C. K. Malmin
United Lutheran Cemetery
Syracuse Lacrosse Adds Half From Long Island U
Syracuse University's starting lacrosse unit includes six players from Long Island five from Garden City and Valley Stream plus Forest Hills. Bill Fuller George Cody and Dick Lightfine hail from Garden City Warren Erbe from Valley Stream and Lew Jones from Forest Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
New York
Long Island
Bill Fuller
George Cody
Dick Lightfine
Garden City
Warren Erbe
Valley Stream
Lew Jones
Forest Hills
Polio Mother Dies Hours After Birth Of Daughter
A 22 year old mother in a Houston hospital gave birth to a healthy nine pound daughter named Mary Virginia before dying four hours later in an iron lung. Mrs Lyndon Johnson succumbed to infantile paralysis shortly after a brief glimpse of her baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ouston
Lyndon Johnson
Mary Virginia
Group page notes booth awards at county event
The report lists booth awards with ribbons for soil conservation by Mormon Coulee, 24-D weed eradication by Brookside, and a safety message from Wilson. Walker earned a Red ribbon for King of Crops and forestry stages, while Fish Creek received a white ribbon for farm care awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strate
Mary Ann Hansen
Booth
Mormon Coulee
Brookside
Wilson
Chester Whites and Livestock Winners Report
State page continues with listings of top placings in livestock events. Rhyme and Giennie earned multiple firsts. Gre mum and Leonard EKnower placed in multiple slots. Grand champion boar and barrow awarded to Robert Rhyme. grand champion lamb to Bob Strauss. Various fowl and poultry divisions show winners including Richard Kopp and Henry Kopp with multiple firsts and seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Robert Rhyme
Donavan Giennie
Richard Gremum
Leonard Eknower
Robert Gramum
Ronald Schild
Duree
David Miller
Boar
Barrow
Bob Strauss
Richard Kopp
John Ofster Ahl
Henry Kopp
Arian Pratt
Plyrmouth
Lois Sommerfield
Duane Gommerfield
Denalie Knedteen
Thire
Deane Gommertirie
Dorothy Matiak
Elmer Thompson
Sanéman
Death notices from Allentown and Berks Lehigh districts
Deaths reported Saturday by the Associated Press include Neve Geotica-Frederick Walser Baldwin an associate of Alexander Graham Bell in scientific experiments in Allentown Pennsylvania Pret B Gernerd a noted lawyer and member of congress from the Berks-Lehigh district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baddick
Frederick Walser Baldwin
Alexander Graham Bell
Allentown
Gernerd
Congress
Berks- Legh
English mother hears sad news bravely
Leo F. Jeske said he told his English mother-in-law Laura Emily Hewitt the news of his wife Joyce’s illness and death. Hewitt died in a Sioux City sanatorium after flying from England to visit but her plane departure came as Joyce, 22, died. funeral planned in Jeske family plot in Aniwa, Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aniwa
Wis
Leo F. Jeske
Jeske
Laura Emily Hewitt
Catworth - In - Huntington
England
Hewitt
Chicago
Jesse
Wisconsin
Joux City
Sioux City
Viroqua School Head Resigns for Oregon Post
B L Greenfield longtime Viroqua Public Schools superintendent since 1932 resigns to become mathematics instructor at a Tillamook high school in Oregon. He previously taught 16 years in Viroqua High School. both he and his wife held civic church and fraternal roles and will depart August 16 for Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
B. L. Greenfield
Viroqua Public Schools
Tillamook
Ore
Greenfield
L. W. Fulton
Eastern Star
Viroqua Methodist Church
Oregon
Daily Records Municipal Airport Traffic Roundup
At La Crosse Aug 3 aviation items list numerous aircraft and routes from Chicago Lone Rock Janesville Madison and other points. Notable entries include Luscombe Cessna Cub Cruiser Ercoupe Navion and Cub J-3 with pilots from Joliet Peoria Madison Le Sueur and other locales. multiple cross state hops and return legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Crosse
Luscombe
Robert E. Ringie
Chicago
la Crosse
Cessna
W. Weiss
Lone Rock
Cub Cruiser
H. Breuer
Skyhaven, Inc
Janesville
Aeronca
E. Jardine
Covent
Arronca
H. George
Paul
Madison
Ee Pahert
Chetek
R. C. Lang
Winone
Ercoupe
E. R. Gutener
Lombard
Ely
Minn
Navion
McParland
Joliet
Til
Alexandria
Cub
William Mason
Ill
Minneapolis
Jim Herzog
Peoria
Owatonna
J. L. Torpey
Dewitt
Hayward
Vogel
le Salle
Campbell property transfer noted in estate listing
In La Crosse county court Donald Scheurt of 904 La Crosse Street pleaded innocent to drunken driving with trial set for 2 p m August 11 and bond of 125. Mindoro’s Donald Lash pleaded innocent to non support with preliminary also August 11 and bond 750. Kenneth Creed of Grand Hotel pleaded innocent to assault and battery with intent to rob Budd Murry. preliminary August 13 and bond 1000. Also a fire incident listed at Helleman’s bottle house and nearby roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Crosse
Donald Scheurt
la Crosse Street
Donald Lash
Mindoro
Wis
Kenneth Creed
Grand Hotel
Budd Murry
Brer Fox Nabbed by Police Then Traced to Owner
An alert resident alerted police to a fox near 17th and Pine streets. Two officers cornered and bagged the animal. An hour later Leonard Hass of 915 South 17th Street asked if the fox was reported missing then learned it was dead at the station. He now reportedly seeks a bounty on the dead fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pla
En Fox
Pine Streets
Br’er Fox
Fox
Leonard Hass
South 17Th Street
Hass
Red Fox
Warren Urges Constructive Campaign in California
Governor Earl Warren urged California Republicans to run a constructive campaign. He spoke at the GOP biennial convention and central committee meetings in Sacramento, receiving a large ovation as he called the party a party of all the people without sectional, racial, or economic divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
GOP
California
Warren
Ity
Central Committee
Boy Fends Off Injury After Bike Fall
11 year old James McAhren son of Dr and Mrs George H McAhren sustained head cuts and facial bruises Friday afternoon after a bicycle ride down Mt Nebo hill at the McAhren home. The family attended the Evangelical United Brethren church conference in Viola with Dr McAhren a former Viola church pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Wis
James McAhren
George H. McAhren
Fennimore
Mt. Nebo Hill
McAhren
Evangelical United Brethren Church Conference
Viola Church
Missing man Richard Day Reported by County Sheriff
Richard Day a 22 year old cement finisher from Indian is missing since Friday night. Sheriff Vern Lamp was notified today and authorities seek any information on his whereabouts. Day is 5 ft 9.5 in tall and weighs 145 pounds. Call the local sheriff at 83 or 685 with tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Day
Vern Lamp
Day
Wallace Raps Spy Hearings During War Time
Wallace denounces congressional probes of alleged Russian agents as part of a pattern of terror and fear making. He argues the administration failed to prosecute those who aided Hitler and calls for scrutiny of current wartime allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Party
Russia
Hitler Ger- Wallace
Youth Drives Car 80 MPH in Wisconsin Crash
Five youths were hurt in a highway crash near Port Washington Ozaukee County Sheriff said one car sped at 80 miles per hour during pursuit. The severely injured were Carl Benz 16 and Allen Koopman 18 from Graf ton Route 1. Ronald Rieger 17 of Milwaukee drove the speeding car with Mavis Ash 20 and Harold 16, both Milwaukee, slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Washington
Wis
Highway
Here
Ozaukee County
Wilbert Brady
Carl Benz
Allen Koopman
Route 1
Grafton
Ronald Rieger
Milwaukee
Rieger
Mavis Ash
Harold
UW Seed Processing Plant Nears Completion
Madison report states the central seed processing plant at the University of Wisconsin will process foundation seeds for certified seed growers statewide. The facility will support growers who currently produce over 900,000 bushels annually in small grains and hybrid corn under state law requiring foundation stocks from approved sources like the Wisconsin Experimental Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
University of Wisconsin
College of Agriculture
Wisconsin Experimental Association
Residential Building In City Reaches New Postwar High
City records from Louis Alberts show 124 residential permits issued so far this year, up from 103 in 1947 and 118 in 1946. A June 1947 study cited 1,400 vacant living quarters and a greater need for rental units. July statistics list 18 residential permits valued at 143,300 plus 15 private garages valued at 6,700 and 9 remodeling jobs valued at 9,700 alongside eight commercial permits valued at 347,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Alberts
la Crosse
Papantes Alberts
Mock wedding shocks Milwaukee crowd at industrial picnic
A staged mock wedding at an Milwaukee picnic turned real when justice Floyd Gonyea urged the couple to kiss, and Paul M Hever 44 of South Milwaukee and Elina Simonson 38 of Racine claimed they were truly wed as planned. Attendants included Herman Holtz and others, with the judge joking the stunt became a real ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Floyd Gonyea
Cudahy
Herman Holtz
South Milwaukee
Paul M. Hever
Elina Simonson
Racine
Gonvyes
First MSU Wrestler Becomes Sexton Coach
In East Lansing Michigan State college wrestler Konrad took his first coaching job at Sexton High School in Lansing. He led Sexton to win the first state mat tournament ever held ending an undefeated season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
Lansing
Sexton High School
Konrad
Sexton
Happy Birthday Dorothy Ann Meag
Birthday wishes from West Salem Wisconsin for Dorothy Ann Meag as the Star Route post marks a local celebratory notice in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Ann Meag
West Salem
Wis
Pasteeth false teeth powder promises firmer hold
Do FALSE TEETH PASTEETH, an improved powder to be sprinkled on upper or lower plates, holds false teeth more firmly in place. It does not slide or rock and has no gummy taste. FASTEETH istaline does not sour and helps odor control. Available at any drug store.
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Hoeschlers’ Prescription Pharmacy
Margaret McGuire
Alice
Dairyland
Mary Ludwig
Oscar Rennebohm
Gouna Alee Eits Auaaiaien
Mrs
Ida Evenson
L. I
Victor Ancuine
Hs Egvermed
Berrec
Evenme Post
der Vre Buses
Con
The
Associated Press
Harry Anthony
Campbell
la Crease
Helleman
State Road
Losey
Br'er
Constabulary
St.Joseph
Williams
Wallace
Happy
Craig and
Sherman
Joe Craig
AL Sherman
Quality Coal and Lumber Company
South Avenue
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