Rural Wisconsin dealers hold 52nd annual convention in Wisconsin Rapids
The Rural Wisconsin dealers of the J R Watkins Co held their 52nd annual convention August 7 and 8 in Wisconsin Rapids with attendees from La Crosse Holmen Ettrick West Salem Kendall and Norwalk. Reports also cover Gamble Skogmo Inc acquiring Western Auto stock and multiple regional business moves across Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
J. R. Watkins Co
Wisconsin Rapids
Milton Witt
la Crosse
Clayton Amundson
Holmen
Herman Dapp
Ettrick
Harold Morgan
West Salem
Norbert Prechel
Kendall
Carson Larson
Norwalk
Minneapolis
B. C. Gamble
Gamble- Skogmo, Inc
Gamble-Skogmo
Western Auto Supply Co
Kansas City
John C. Udd
Robert C. Denman
Western Auto
Denman Enterprises, Ltd
Wisconsin Marriage Licenses Get Filed in Sparta Area
Sparta and Tomah based couples listed for marriage licenses including David W. Cline with Wanda M. Wolford. Douglas R. Jensen with Sharon Vandervort. Burton E. Andrus with Rita E. Ray. Rhande Lee Murray with Lois Ann Barry. Donald R. Fairbanks with Nancy J. Monick.
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Sparta
Wis
David W. Cline
Ridgeville
Wanda M. Wolford
Tomah
Douglas R. Jensen
Town of
Orange
Juneau County
Sharon Vandervort
Burton E. Andrus
Rita E. Ray
la Crosse
Rhande Lee Murray
la Grange
Lois Ann Barry
Donald R. Fairbanks
Onalaska
Nancy J. Monick
Clifton
Daily Records: Local court docket and fines list
La Crosse D A R Y daily records show numerous petty offenses with ages and addresses, including Bernard Perlmutter double parking, Isler and Ferris cases, speeding, drunken driving, and disorderly conduct. County Court at Sparta lists guilty pleas, probation, and fines for Kendall, Camp McCoy, Sparta defendants. A theft tie to Sgt Barnes case adds pilfered items from Market Square.
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Richard Hougom
Main St
Onalaska
Claud Crowder
Houston
Thomas M. Isler
Hackberry Lane
Edward F. Larson
Adams St
Harvey Ferris
Harvey
Elaine) Ferris
Reuben Johnson
St. Josephs’ Ridge
Reuben
Dorothy) Johnson
St. Joseph’s Ridge
Jerold Helgerson
Chaseburg
Clifford Roys
4Th St
Roy Kaufman
Oak St
Richard Saltz
Linker
Elmer Woshart
Copeland Ave
John Veit
Pine St
Raymond Schmit
George St
Donald Dolen
Shoreline Hotel
James Degenhardt
Tyler St
Roger Knuldson
S. 16Th St
Robert Barnes
Camp McCoy
Market Square
Irene Swenson
Tony Voight
Sparta
Charles Riley
James Pierce
Harry Jerome
Tri State Obituaries and Notices Across Wisconsin
Mrs. Wilhelmina Wapp of Viroqua dies at 81 with services at Emanuel Lutheran Church. Burial in Viroqua Cemetery. Survived by four daughters two sons and 16 grandchildren. Also noted are deaths of Mrs Hans Hanson in Black River Falls and Ernest Sterner of Northfield with service details and survivors listed.
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Wapp
Peder Johnson
Russel Schroeder
Myrtle Molland
Mildred Wapp
la Crosse
Albert
Viroqua
Daniel
Ferdinand Raether
Fall Creek
Charles Krause
Chaseburg
John Redman
Chippewa Falls
James Dubin
Chicago
Charles Kalmbaugh
Herbert Volbrecht
Northfield
Wis
Ernest P. Sterner
Black River Falls
Sweden
Lena
E. B. Nielsen
Brainerd
Minn
F. R. Johnson
Duluth
R. C. Anderson
Minneapolis
Sigurd
T. C. Hijilvik
Beatrice Scullin
Los Angeles
Northfield Lutheran Church
David Bey
Church
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Obituary notices for Lehrke of Chaseburg and Schulze of Caledonia
Mrs Arthur Lehrke 55 of Chaseburg died Friday night of a heart ailment at home. Services at St Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church Monday at 2pm with burial in church cemetery. Floyd William Schulze 57 of Caledonia died Friday at a local hospital after 33 years with Four Square Oil Co. Funeral at Potter Haugen and St John Evangelical Lutheran Church Monday.
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Viroqua
Wis
Wilhelmina Marie Wapp
Peder Nordsletten
Emmanuel Lutheran
John Wapp
Chaseburg
Vernon County
Can Lutheran Church
Ter Schultheiss
St. Mary’s Catholic
Winona
Wiemer-Killian
Clark
Fountain City
Samuel Clark
Tena Schulte
Milwaukee
Frances Hunnicutt
Arcadia
Clarence
Freida) Mader
Brookfield
Robert D. Clark
East Dubuque
III
Peter
Annette) Groulkowski
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
John Trant
Calvary Cemetery
Groulkowski
la Crosse
William Boberg
Peter Groulkowski
Edmund
Dorothy) Mich
Mankato
Minn
Carlton
Bernice) Kostner
Peter Jr
Ben
William
Elizabeth Stoecker
Ida Stoecker
Arthur Lehrke
Marvin Hawke
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gilbertson
Coon Valley
Lehrke
Esther Schuster
Caledonia, Minn
Floyd William Schulze
Caledonia Hospital
Four-Square Oil Co
Karl Gurgel
Potter-Haugen
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Time Stood Still Clock Sells Fast in Want Ad Sale
A La Crosse Tribune Want Ad brought a local woman a quick sale for a family heirloom clock that no longer kept time. She used the proceeds to buy a new clock and a table, and plans to sell more unwanted items via Want Ads, declaring Want Ads Work.
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la Crosse Tribune
Clyde Beatty Circus to Roll Into La Crosse Sunday
America's largest big top arrives at Erickson Park for 2 and 8 p.m. shows with doors opening an hour earlier. The Clyde Beatty Circus, led by George Werner, brings a major traveling company and a famed lineup including Konyt, Berosini, and Zacchini for a weekend stop before heading to Madison. Tickets available at Spell's Walgreens and on site.
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Clyde Beatty
America
Erickson Park
Ringling
Clyde Beatty Circus
la Crosse
Wisconsin Rapids
Veterans of Foreign Wars
George Werner
Werner
Beke
Madison Square Garden
N.Y
Boston Garden
Alexander Konyot
Josephine Berosini
la Belle Attilana
Spain
Hugo Zacchini
Asia
Ming Toy
Eddie Cullum
Frankie Salute
Jimmy Armstrong
Spell’s
Walgreen
Main St
Pupil Transportation Meeting Set For Monday
The Department of Public Instruction and the Motor Vehicle Department announce a series of meetings for school bus drivers and officials. The La Crosse area session will be at Central High School Monday at 7 p m with officials including A F Jordan Hazel Leicht and Theodore A Sorenson. Topics include new regulations and the school bus stop law requiring motorists to stop for flashing signals. In La Crosse County last year 13 district and 16 private buses carried 717 high school and 998 elementary students at an average of 43 09 per pupil.
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Department of Public Instruction
Motor Vehicle Department
A. F. Jordan
Hazel Leicht
Central High School
State Traffic Patrol
Theodore A. Sorenson
la Crosse County
State Department of Public Instruction
Family ties noted for numerous relatives
In Caledonia Arnold and Mrs George Shirley Nims are listed with a son Dewain of Ontario California a sister Mrs August Korthauer and four brothers Elwin Freemont Harold Schulze and Clarence of Seattle seven grandchildren are named as survivors in the notice highlighting extended family links.
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Virginia
Arnold
George
Shirley) Nims
Caledonia
Dewain
Ontario
Calif
August Korthauer
Elwin
Births in La Crosse area Aug 13 15
La Crosse Lutheran Hospital and St. Benedict Hospital report births on Aug 13 through Aug 15. Names include a son for Olson and a daughter for Bahr and a son for Skiles, with various parents and addresses listed.
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Frederick C. Olson
Badger St
Arlene Engelson
St. Ann’s Maternity Annex
Merlin I. Baird
Melrose
Janice Mahlum
George J. Kannam
Farnam St
Mabel Kiehl
Wayne R. Tourville
Mtd. R
Diane Berzinski
Francis N. Stach
Rockland
Florence Cavadini
Ronald D. Erickson
Rose Anne Greener
Myrel P. Schiltz
Caledonia
Angeline Lehmann
George R. Bahr
la Crosse
Margaret Bina
Herbert G. Schmidt
S. 14Th St
Lucille Hess
Chester E. Skiles
Caledonia St
Patricia Bes
William J. Shimshak
E. Ave. S
Stella Bank
Death notices for Stenberg and Herken families in Holmen region
Joseph Hilmer Stenberg 68 of Holmen died at a La Crosse hospital after a brief illness. Funeral and burial details given with services at Holmen Lutheran Church and Halfway Creek Cemetery. Alma Herken 71 of La Crosse died Friday evening after a long luggage business career. Funeral at Sletten McKee with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Joseph Hilmer Stenberg
Holmen
la Crosse
Holmen Lutheran Church
N. A. Berntson
Halfway Creek
Jostad
West Salem
Stenberg
Anna
Alton
Janice) Carlson
Orris
Onalaska
John Gavin
James
Alma Herken
S. 16Th St
Cashton
Main St
Harvey Herken
First Congregational Church
Alban J. Engebretson
Louie J. Engebretson
Vandal Damages Myrick Park Shelter House
Police report damage at Myrick Park shelter house after a Tuesday night vandalism. Two screens were cut and the fireplace screen plus stone were damaged. total about $42.50. A truck appeared to have backed into the fireplace area.
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Myrick Park
Violet Nelson Beyers Joins Jafek’s Staff
Violet Nelson Beyers will work at Jafek's on Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays starting August 13. Phone 2-4830.
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Violet Nelson Beyers
Jafek
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. V. McNamara
National Tea Co
George Houston
St. Louis
Whitehall
Douglas Bronstad
Chetek
Wy. J. Coffrin
Bronstad
Basil
Coffrin
Vickie
Greg
Nu-Look Cleaners
The
New York Life Insurance Co
United States
Canada
Hawaii
William H. Huff
Eau Claire
Huff
Trees For Tomorrow
Eagle River
Trees For Tomorrow, Inc
Wisconsin Bankers Assn
Robert E. Munk
First National Bank
A. G. Raatz
West Ave
State St
Palmer House
LaSalle Hotel
Howard E. Dahl
Baraboo
Vernon Co-op. Assn
Hilmer Storbakken
Phoenix
Ariz. Dah
Trempealeau County
Galesville
John F. Dance
G. L. Pattison
Gale Packing Company
Giere and Giere
Attorneys For Trustees
Galesville, Wisconsin
Evelyn L. Larson
Said Trust
Beaver Builders Supply, Inc
Attorneys For
Don Dickinson
Dickinson Funeral Home
Bernard Perlmutter
Coulee Dr
Robert Johns
King St
Erma Cade
Richard Solverson
Adeline Quinn
31St St
John Sanger
Hokah
Richard Weibel
Richard L. Ellis
N. 7Th St
Jon Meyer
Stoddard
Margaret Silberschmidt
Losey Blvd
Alma Luebben
Walter Bruemmer
Regina Markos
S. 21St St
John C. Collins
East Ave. S
Charles Kline
S. 17Th St
Alvin Nienast
Cady Ave
Kenneth Hammonds
Modesto
Police Court
Justice Court
Albert Miller
Blair
Earl Roberts
James Noonan
Sam Muhr
Connie
Maytag
Michael Murphy
Murphy
Dewey Reinstra
Reinstra
Foss
Wilhelmina Wapp
Hans Hanson
Jackson County
Hans K. Hanson
Arthur
Helen) Hagen
Agnes Hanson
Anna Olson
Elmer Johnson
Clara Carbinier
Irvin Johnson
Albert Olson
Humbiid
Kermit
Wayne Shawley
Roger Schmid
Winnebago St
Church of Christ
Cass St
6Th
King Streets
John Potter
S, 31St St
Lutheran Hospital
Trane Co
20Th and
Horton Streets
George Lane
St. Francis Hospital
19Th
Townsend Streets
Lawrence Churchill
Stephan Churchill
Kevin Churchill
Avon St
4Th
Cass Streets
Ernest Sterner
William Clark
William A. Clark
St. John’s Christ Ameri
Floyd Schulze
Durand, Wis
St. Benedict Hospital
Richard Thomas
Leonard Knutson
Durand
Lorraine Amundson
Joseph H. Stenberg
Eddie Wolfgram
Kendall, Wis
Monroe County
Edgar Schroeder
Hwy
Farmall
International
BIG Hhl
Handt Implement CO
Mengrancea Moeeastee
Chaseburg Sales & Service
Rasmussen Sales CO
Kenneth G. Johnson—Holmen
Waege Implement CO
Arthur C. Herman
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