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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1958
Page
5
HAL BOYLE writes that going on the wagon reveals character, estimating 15 million Americans involved with the water wagon. He catalogs types from the early riser to the 100-proof Munchausen, the noser, the profiteer, the hereditary case, and the playback artist, noting many go on and off but few truly meet.
St Ann's Maternity Annex reports births in La Crosse Bangor Milwaukee Tomah Minneapolis and Norfolk with multiple families welcomed Aug 6 7 8 and July 27 28 at home and hospital settings Names include Gollnick Freehill Hammes Hynek Collins Wiese Brueske Bonsack Ross Barry Gaug er Stennison Eckelberg Shisler Radtke and others with parent names and addresses where provided.
Dr. C. H. Becker president of Wartburg Waverly Iowa will preach at St John s Christ American Lutheran Church Arcadia at 7 45 and 10 15 a m Sunday He will address parents and youths on Christian vocations at 8 p m Five Arcadia students from St John s Christ Church will enroll at Wartburg this fall Leigh Borgwardt Edward Scharlau Albert Scharlau Jon Flury and Janice Weltzien.
Trempealeau Wisconsin special A reception and coin show er for the Rev and Mrs Donald Riley will be held Tuesday at 8 p m in the Federated Church here The Rev Mr Riley is the new church pastor A program and lunch are planned
BLACK RIVER FALLS Wis Special Sheriff Julian Larkin and Undersheriff Edward Prusa ended a two week search for two Camp McCoy soldiers wanted by the military police and Monroe County authorities Friday Bobby Martin and Donald Platt were arrested in a local tavern. The pair had stolen a car from another soldier and had been the object of an extensive search by the military Monroe County and the Jackson County sheriff department. The men admitted going to Alabama and had returned by bus which may indicate the stolen car was left in Alabama. Alabama police had also been attempting to locate them. They were held at the Jackson County jail to be picked up by military authorities on an AWOL charge.
Harriet Seekamp daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Seekamp Norwalk and Richard Robinson son of Mr and Mrs John Robinson Ontario spoke their 4 pm vows of marriage before Rev Frank Senger in St Jacob s Lutheran Church Saturday July 26 The bride wore white chantilly lace and nylon net over taffeta and carried a white orchid on her white Bible Two hundred guests attended the reception at the church The newlyweds plan to travel to New Braunfels Texas where the bridegroom is in military service
Locals Mr and Mrs Albert Gerth and Mr and Mrs Colvin Johnson return from a two week vacation in the East visiting Henry Ford Museum Greenfield Village Niagara Falls Gettysburg Mount Vernon and the Great Smoky Mountains. Ronald K Young 17 underwent heart surgery at the University of Wisconsin Hospital Madison and is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Martin Young Onalaska. Violet Nelson Beyers will work Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays starting Aug 13. Phone 2 4830.
A compilation of court entries lists speeding and traffic fines for Jack L. Shanklin Herbert A. Krome and others with amounts from 16.75 to 21.75 dollars. It notes several divorces Jeannette Leklin and Mary Hardiman, with marriage dates and grounds. Also includes a series of Aug 7 8 fire and incident reports and standbys at La Crosse area locations.
On August 8 at 7 26 p.m. Mrs Paul Peterson a 27 year old resident of 2311 East Ave S was transported to La Crosse Hospital in illness health authorities reported.
A Camp McCoy soldier, Robert C. Guinn of the 578th Ordnance Company, was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in Monroe County Jail for reckless driving following a pursuit along highways 21 and 173 from northeast of Tomah to Valley Junction. He and four passengers fled into brush but were later captured.
Dr. Orvis M. Hanson of Sioux Falls will guest minister at Trinity Immanuel and Bethany Lutheran services Sunday morning. A former China missionary and pastor, he recently earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary and will join Augustana College as religion dean. He will lead a Bible study course at the Vernon Circuit Bible Camp near Hatley next week.
The Tribune reports a Thursday fight on 3rd Street disrupted at Christies Spaghetti House, 1258 3rd Street, with the brawl continuing down the street where one man was pushed into and shattered the window at Kathary and Wuensch Sewing Machine Shop, 303 Pearl Street. Police describe the incident as two window breakages by the same fighters.
The Monti family invites relatives to a picnic at Myrick Park on Sunday at noon. Attendees should bring their own table service, food, and drinks for the gathering.
Readers submit questions on veterans benefits from the VA including deducting premiums from disability, transferring GI Bill schooling, restoring GI loan eligibility, life insurance dividends, pension earned income, and backpay for child benefits. Answers outline filing steps, required documents, and policy limitations. Editor invites letters for similar inquiries.
At the Naval Air Development Center in Johnsville Pennsylvania two men rode a Navy built lab spacecraft in a 50 foot centrifuge reaching 128 mph in 27 seconds. For six seconds weight surged to over 20 times normal exceeding a ton and a half. Lt Carter C Collins 33 of San Francisco became the first to exceed 20 Gs and R Flanagan Gray 38 of Levittown later matched the feat using the laboratory centrifuge.
A seven year old girl was mistreated in a Myrick Park toilet while two boys waited outside. A 67 year old city man was arrested for approaching three girls at Cameron Park and offering gum and money to go into the bushes. The girl described the molester as in his early twenties with light hair. The man admitted giving gum to the Cameron Park girls but denied other claims.
An 85 by 40 foot barn on Clarence Jensen’s farm near Elroy Wis burned Friday night destroying 12 heifers 28 hogs a machine shed milk house milk cooler and a fertilizer spreader plus much hay. Spontaneous combustion was blamed and 35 milk cows saved with help from Union Center volunteers.
Bonn AP Gen Maxwell Taylor Army chief of staff said there is no plan to reduce American forces in West Germany. He noted that reorganizations may change numbers but firepower and tactical capability of U S divisions in Germany remain unchanged.
Army 1st Lt. John G. Vaaler, 29, assigned to the Korean Military Advisory Group in Seoul. His wife Muriel lives in Lawrence Massachusetts. A 1946 Central High School La Crosse graduate, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Olaus E Vaaler of La Crosse.
Two La Crosse upperclassmen join 250 UW Madison guides to welcome new students during the New Student Program from September 9 to 13. Names listed are Mike Kirkhorn and John Koehler with street addresses.
A federal grand jury in Macon Georgia declined to indict three Dawson policemen tied to the deaths of two Negro men and the wounding of a third. Officers McDonald Cherry and Jones faced civil rights charges. The cases followed April and May incidents in a town of about 5 000.
In Washington, Manuel Parvis aged 27 from Temple Hills Maryland underwent a 30 minute procedure at Washington Hospital Center to remove a bee stinger embedded in the center of his cornea. The surgeon said only two similar cases have been reported and the patient’s eventual sight remains uncertain.
In San Leandro California 12 year old Ronald Blanc died while practicing knot tying. He looped a hangman's noose over a shower curtain rod. His father Bartus Blanc a deliveryman found him when he arrived home from work. The father said he had warned the boy after seeing him playfully slip the noose over his head.
The State Public Service Commission authorized United Telephone Co. to assume service obligations of a dozen small roadway companies in Green and Lafayette counties after dial equipment is installed. The switch to United exchanges includes its Monroe main exchange, with permission to discontinue service when United is ready to take over. The affected companies are in Monroe, Monticello, Blanchardville, and South Wayne.
Madison AP reports two year old Dawn Reeck, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Leland Reeck, drowned Thursday night in Lake Monona. The tragedy marks the fourth lake drowning this year in Madison. Dawn apparently fell from a pier behind the family’s home. Dr Reeck directs the Dane County Child Guidance Center.
A gunman about 40, weighing 200 pounds, entered a Madison finance office after two male workers left for a coffee break and forced two women clerks into a washroom. He stole $300 in cash and was armed with a .32 caliber pistol. Local police investigated the robbery.
AP reports a Pittsburgh post office received a letter with a 3 cent stamp and one third of another to meet four cent postage. Postmaster James C. Smith says it violates law against mutilation. A second letter carried half of a two cent stamp with the three cent stamp. A local boy and a scooter bargain appear in separate notes.
AP Business News Analyst reports purists blaming past deficit spending for postwar inflation and warning that new deficits could tighten family budgets. Economists differ on cures, while the stock market signals potential inflation and the Fed weighs monetary vs direct credit controls amid rising deficits.
The text notes that March formerly served as the first month of the legal year in many European countries and that England shifted to January in the mid 1700s.
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