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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1952
Page
17
The USO center in the YMCA Building invites women aged 18 to 30 to join as junior hostesses. Applications are available evenings 7 to 10 p m and on weekends 1 to 10 p m. The group will be reorganized into teams of 10 to 15 under a leader and rotate service.
The notice records a birth at 416 N. 10th St. to Leroy and wife, with Lois Segler as the informant. A second birth notes a daughter Aug. 14 to Verdell Ruud at 923 Tyler St., with Pearl Bakken listed. Teunis Willem Jr. born Aug. 9 at Tompkins Memorial Hospital Ithaca New York to Teunis W. Van Wyk and spouse Olive Wojahn La Crosse.
Mr and Mrs Paul J Mezera celebrate their silver wedding anniversary with an Aug 16 open house at their daughter Mrs Steve Houser home corner S Bainbridge and Usher Streets French Island hours three to nine for relatives friends and neighbors
A violent rain and hail storm with a tornado struck Price County Wisconsin killing 75 year old farmer Andrew Hollander near Ogema. Barn parts flew up to 1000 feet as hail battered the area for hours and Highway 13 was buried under six inches of hail. Other parts of Northwestern Wisconsin reported showers and warm temperatures with highs in the 70s and 80s.
Several couples from Black River Falls and surrounding towns were issued marriage licenses with ceremony dates in August. Notable pairs include Peter John Hoffman and Carol Shirley Olson, both associated with local towns, slated to wed August 16, along with Bennie Ellis Hart and Eva Jean Bahnub on August 17 and Peter Donald Peasley with Carole Jean Gee on August 16. Additional licenses cover Fern O. Feller and Lyle C. Sperbeck in distant states, with note of Caledonia Minnesota and other pairings in the listing.
LOS ANGELES A veteran streetcar conductor Francis H. Van Wie age 66 known as the Ding Dong Daddy of the D line wed his 15th wife Amelia Pritchard 73. He was locked out of their apartment by his bride nine days after the Las Vegas wedding and previously served prison terms for bigamy. The tale notes he claimed 12 or 13 marriages when tried and paroled in 1947 after two years behind bars.
H F Liso of 1234 West Ave S reported to police on Wednesday a blanket was stolen from his car parked in front of the Standard Oil Company at 20 Copeland Ave. No further details were provided on suspects or time of theft.
Robert Jenkins aged 28 from 2025 Main Street was transported by police ambulance to a local hospital after falling ill at 12 11 p m on Wednesday.
Military funeral services are announced for George Wehrenberg 57 of West Salem to be held Friday afternoon at 1 30 at Jostad Funeral Home and 2 at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church with burial in Hamilton Cemetery. Antone Krunzl 65 of 2308 Loomis Street dies in a local hospital and funeral services set for Friday at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Avon and St. Paul Streets with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Otto F. Nelson 75 of 335 South 22nd Street dies in a local hospital. He had Swedish birth and a long career in education and business, with services Saturday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday evening for all.
Emma Reichert aged 84 of 922 Cameron Ave died in a local hospital Wednesday. Survived by one son Henry Van Etten of Poynette Wisconsin three daughters Louise Tholdorf Sophie Pevisky Laura Schultz of La Crosse one sister Mary Richardson of Santa Ana California 12 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Services Saturday at 2 pm at Hellwig Morris Chapel with Rev Harold Becker officiating. Burial in Leon Wisconsin Cemetery.
A 75-year-old farmer died when a tornado and storm struck the south central Price County area near Ogema. The Hollander farm barn was torn apart, parts hurled as far as 1,000 feet, with no other major injuries. Hailstones inches thick fell for hours, with Highway 13 south of Prentice buried under ice and cornfields left as stubs.
A 19 year old La Crosse youth Rex Leeson on probation from a Green Bay Reformatory sentence pleaded guilty to taking part in the Onalaska Page’s Grocery break in. Leeson was ordered to serve a 1 to 3 year reformatory term with bond set at $1,000. Two companions faced charges with one pleading innocent and the other pleading guilty and sent to Juvenile Court.
La Crosse records show Douglas King sentenced to 10 days for vagrancy after guilty plea. Leonard Kilian fined $5 for overloaded truck in Holmen. Alvin Meinking fined $5 for overloaded truck in Onalaska. Ralph Diderrich faces nonsupport charges. preliminary hearing set Aug. 21. Drunken driving: Freda Minor fined $100 and license revoked for one year. Fires reported Aug. 12 13 14 include wiring short and gasoline spill with limited damage.
Frank Leibl, R. 2, fined $100 and had his Wisconsin license suspended for a year in police court after an accident at 1:19 a.m. Wednesday. He drove a southbound truck on the Rose Street viaduct, struck the center girder and rolled over, with about $200 in damages. Want Ads Bring Results.
Westby Wisconsin special report says Jacob Olson 81 died at a Viroqua hospital Tuesday. Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 30 p m at Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church with Rev H O Aasen officiating. Born May 13 1871 in Gulbrandsdalen Norway he immigrated as a young man. He married Josephine Rasmussen July 9 1900. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs William Storbakken Westby and Mrs Amanda Mortenson Kansas City Mo one son Olaf Westby and one brother Anne Westby. A daughter Mrs Mandas Anna Volden died a year ago.
A 1609 Green Bay Street youth named Dale Verse was hit by an eastbound car at 1 a.m. Thursday in front of his home. Driver Junior Grabinski of 1415 Green Bay Street says the child ran into the road. The car stopped 10 to 15 feet away after striking him and the boy was taken to a local hospital for X rays. The report notes the driver’s account and notes a subsequent hospital evaluation.
Maj. Gen. Hayden L. Boatner, who controlled the Koje Island prison camps during the Koje riot, will become deputy commander of the Fourth Army in San Antonio, Texas. He plans to leave Korea by Sept. 1, saying the camps are quiet and he is pleased with the new assignment and can be with his family.
Mrs Henry Folman aged 73 was killed when struck by a passing automobile while waiting by the roadside for a bus to her workplace near Lake Geneva Wisconsin. The second sentence notes a reference to the Leyden school of anatomy scholars, but the OCR fragment is unclear and not directly connected to the incident.
Detroit reports a 42 day carferry strike on Lake Michigan and the Detroit River lingers in silence as negotiations stall. Great Lakes Licensed Officers Organization and independent union leaders press wage demands against four railroads operating 20 ferries. Both sides pause, quote: will sit in silence at the table again today. The strike began July 4 with 250 licensed officers idle.
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