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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1963
Page
2
A La Crosse Tribune column excerpt features letters to Ann Landers about a 12 year old seeking a horse dictionary and horse talk, a 17 year old sister seeking guidance on a rebellious brother, and a reader's business nepotism concern with family relatives in a 1963 context.
Aug births listed for multiple families in Wisconsin and Iowa with names and addresses. An adoption entry notes Frank Eugene Looney adopted by James R. Henry at 705 Mormon Coulee Road. Additional birth listings from Memorial Hospital and surrounding towns include ages and parent details.
Rev. Fred Scherle missionary to New Guinea Africa speaks at Taylor Lutheran Parish Trempealeau Valley and Upper Beaver Creek Sunday Aug 18 He outlines his work and presents slides of New Guinea noting the 15 000 parish population Services are at 8 15 am 9 30 am and 11 am
The Sunday lesson-sermon will explore the meaning of Soul at all Christian Science churches. The Golden Text cites Psalm 77 13, Thy way O God is in the sanctuary. Related readings from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy begin with God as infinite Life Spirit and Soul and the sole intelligence of the universe including man.
Will Attend Camp Larry Mahlum at 603 Plainview Road W. for a six day Seventh day Adventist nature and family camp in Nicolet National Forest near Franklin Lake. The program runs Sunday through Friday and features nature study field trips hikes canoeing swimming and boating.
WKTY at 1 15 p.m. features Milwaukee Braves versus Houston Colts. WKBH at 1 25 p.m. carries Minnesota Twins against Washington Senators.
Washington AP reports that Mercer Wisconsin receives a 15000 dollar federal grant to build a medical center building funded by the Community Facilities Administration.
Obituaries list Mrs. George A Ludeking 58 of Waukon Iowa died Aug 16 in her home with service at Salem Reformed Church Ludlow Township. Agnes Bertling 73 Cashton Wis died Aug 16 with services at Immanuel Lutheran Cashton. Mrs Walter Young 71 Melrose Wis died Aug 16 in a Black River Falls hospital. Lucy G Bothne 93 Houston Minn died Aug 17 with funeral in Houston Hill Funeral Home and Hokah Cemetery.
Bayard Rustin, deputy director of the planned August 28 Washington civil rights march, admits he joined the Young Communist League over 20 years ago but denies being a Communist. Thurmond accused Rustin of past Communist ties and a 1953 sex conviction, which Rustin rejects. A. Philip Randolph vouches for Rustin’s character and integrity.
MILWAUKEE AP The 440th Troop Carrier Wing Air Force Reserve unit based in Milwaukee was commended for its role in joint exercise Swiftstrike Three. The Red Forces commander sent praise from Bush Field Ga praising the unit’s achievement, can-do attitude and teamwork.
Herman Rose aged 75 of Plymouth town died in a hospital Friday from injuries suffered the previous day when he was trampled by cattle at his son Willy's farm.
On August 17, 1717 the Mississippi Company was chartered with exclusive commerce in Louisiana and New France awaiting 9000 slaves within 25 years. Other items note Columbus claiming Honduras in 1502 and 1909 Alabama ratifying the income tax amendment.
Dale R. Pennel and Linda E. Anderson plan to wed August 31 in Onalaska. Larry L. Ballwahn and Arlis A. Arndt wed August 24 in Wilton. Samuel S. Solverson and Elizabeth Mutch wed August 24 in La Crosse. Joel D. Lange and Linda L. Vanderohe wed August 24 in Tomah. David L. Ritter and Jeanette F. Hohlfeld wed August 24. Herbert Haut and Fern Fenneman, both of Nashua, Iowa, plan to marry. Robert G. Schneider and Linda Lou Welsch wed August 24 in Prairie du Chien. Carl J. Kritschman Jr. and Julia Fernette wed August 24 in Prairie du Chien.
A Marshalltown Iowa church bulletin notes Sunday sermon topic and upcoming activities. The page shows a 9th grade picnic at 2 PM and a trim picnic at 2 15, with a light remark on humor about things not meant to amuse.
In Chicago the mobile classroom program incites protests at a 73rd Street and Lowe Avenue site where 19 units are deployed. The move aims to cut double shifts as pupil populations rise, with 215 such rooms planned citywide. Demonstrators demand open enrollment and oppose white area relocation of Black students.
Edward A. Flottmeyer 3 of Shorewood Drive will be honored with a Mass at St. Thomas More Church at 9 a.m. Monday. Rev. Thomas E. Mullen will officiate and burial will follow at Catholic Cemetery. The child died after being struck by a mail truck on Shorewood Drive as he rode a tricycle. The driver Darold A. Dahlke 30 of Denton Street was delivering mail at about five miles per hour. The accident is La Crosse County’s 13th fatality this year, with four deaths in the county higher than the 1957 peak.
Mrs. Fred C. Barnes 68 of 150142 Avon St died in a Rapid City hospital on August 15. Survived by four sons Charles Frederick Eugene Wendell and more. three daughters Dorothy Nellie and Darlene. 26 grandchildren. two brothers and two sisters. Preceded in death by husband and daughter Patricia. Services Monday at 1 30 p m North Presbyterian Church Rev Leonard Beenken officiating. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at Schumacher Funeral Home 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm and at church Monday noon until service.
Hollywood dispatch reports Polo Negri, famed original vamp, signs with Walt Disney studios to appear in Moon-Spinners alongside Hayley Mills and Eli Wallach. Negri resides in San Antonio Texas.
New Albin supper club owner Victor Cremer faces bootlegging charges after a police raid at Mills Supper Club in Waukon Iowa. The raid ordered by State Liquor Control Commission investigator R F Hoyt found liquor bottles on site. The operation involved Allamakee County Sheriff Theodore Rumph deputy Mulroy McDermott and Lansing marshal Cletus Marti. Cremer is to appear before the Waukon Justice of the Peace on Monday.
In Tomah Wisconsin the final escaped steer from a highway wreck was struck by a car driven by Evert Swenson of Minneapolis. The steer was killed and another valued at 400 dollars was shot. Herman Steiner and Herbert Betthauser of Mauston face charges. Twenty eight cattle were en route to Chicago markets when a Volkswagen driven by John Grygo of Forest Lake Illinois crashed, killing Grygo’s wife and injuring others. Two cattle died in the crash and 23 were moved to Tomah stockyards.
Sparks from a clothes dryer brought the Blair Preston volunteer fire department to the Lester Moon residence at 7 10 p m Thursday. The fire had been checked by family members before responders arrived.
Local sale notes advertise LOCALS 20 percent off remaining stock at Major Confectionery 1107 La Crosse Street and Real Estate services by George Dialler Bonded Realty 2 3380 plus residence 4 1845. Gladioli afternoons and evenings at Al Cuta 1016 Farnam 4 0428. Rummage sale 1211 South 14th Street featuring dresses coats miscellaneous perennials house plants new scythe antiques 511 South 3rd La Crescent.
Mrs. Madalyn Murray of Baltimore says she will sue to bar Catholic nuns in public schools near Stockton Kansas. She cites her son Garth 8 to enroll in Hayes school and notes a prior Bible case involving her son William 17. She also plans a suit on church tax exemptions.
The La Crosse Concert Band presents a 2 30 p m concert Sunday at Veterans Memorial Park supported by the Recording Industries Trust Fund.
Detailed listing of area churches with addresses and service times. Includes pastors names such as Elder John Holstein Rev Donald Skaggs Rev Floyd R Har bold Rev Robert Bosworth and many others, plus notes on Sunday school worship and prayer meetings across multiple denominations and locations.
Madison AP The Wisconsin House approved a 1.2 billion college aid bill by 287 to 113 to fund higher education facility construction with five million dollars for Wisconsin projects if the Senate backs the measure Gov John W Reynolds said. The plan also would allow loans from a 120 million construction fund and 25 million for graduate school construction loans nationally.
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