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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1964
Page
2
A seven day survey at La Crosse Municipal Airport recorded 989 take offs and landings by private planes. Conducted Aug 12 to 18 for Wisconsin resources, the study counts 452 local trainings, 272 arriving itinerant aircraft and 265 departing itinerant aircraft.
The La Crosse Columbian Squires host the 1964 State Squires Convention this weekend with 60 plus delegates from Madison Manitowoc Rhinelander Wausau Kaukauna Green Bay and La Crosse. Activities include instruction sessions a Riverside Park picnic a Saturday dance and Sunday banquet. La Crosse circle, formed in 1944, is among the oldest nationwide. Officers listed: Tom Papacek chief squire, Steve Banasik deputy, Tom Christopher notary,Peter Hulick bursar, Joe Van Aelstyn sentry, Steve Justinger marshal.
Three people were injured in two crashes in Monroe County. At 1 10 a m on state trunk 21 near Spring Bank a Camp McCoy soldier lost control of a 1964 car, struck a telephone pole and rolled over. His 22 year old passenger was treated and released. At 1 50 a m on US 12 at the same road an eastbound driver failed to stop and hit a semi trailer. the 26 year old driver was taken to Tomah hospital.
Rev. Thomas P. Fitzgerald has been named assistant pastor at Crucifixion Catholic Church in La Crescent. Born January 10, 1938 in Rochester, he is a Lourdes High School graduate of 1956 and studied at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary St. Mary's College Winona Mount Saint Bernard Seminary Dubuque. Ordained by Bishop Edward A. Fitzgerald in Winona Cathedral on May 24, he has served at St. Augustine parish Austin and will also teach part time at St. Peter's High School Hokah.
The United States will shift to English for administering sacraments and sacramentals starting Sept. 14. Archbishop John F. Dearden, head of the bishops commission, announced the change, aligning with Vatican Council discussions on the Mass language. The Mass itself remains unchanged.
Services for Theodore Stevlingson 83 were held in Great Falls Montana. Cashton Wisconsin resident Mrs John Brueggeman 73 died at Cashton. Vincent Morando 77 of Merrillan died in Madison with funeral at Alma Center. Survivors, dates, and burial details provided.
Mrs Selma Nordstrom aged 68 of Coon Valley dies in a La Crosse hospital Friday Aug 21. Services are set for 1 30 p m Monday at Upper Coon Valley Lutheran Church with Rev Robert J Verle officiating. Burial follows at the church cemetery. Her survivors include two daughters Serena Kamera of Toledo Ohio and Nancy Rutz of Coon Valley and two sons Clinton and Charles both of Coon Valley along with two brothers and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are at Gilbertsen Funeral Home with calling hours Sunday 7 9 p m and Monday noon until the service.
Clara Talg 89 of Hustler Wis died in a Tomah hospital Thursday evening. She ran the Trav elers Home Hotel in Hustler for 25 years before selling it to Fountain Lutheran Church for a home for the aged. Preceded by her husband and two sons the obituary lists two daughters Edna Biess man of Edgerton and Elizabeth at home two sons Irwin of La Crosse and Melvin of New Auburn one brother Albert Steinbach of Fairfield Mont one sister Mrs Jess Rohmacher of Hustler seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services are set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Hustler with visitation at Hare Funeral Home New Lisbon Saturday.
Melrose Wis Mrs Gertrie Rydberg 76 of Melrose died Thursday Aug 20 at a Black River Falls hospital. Funeral at Melrose Methodist Church 2 p.m. Monday with burial in Melrose Cemetery. Friends may visit Smith Mortuary 7–9 p.m. Sunday and at the church 12:30 p.m. Monday until the service. Rev Bruce Willett will officiate.
On August 20 at St. Francis Hospital and Grandview Hospital several births are recorded. Notable entries include a twin boy and girl for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dew in La Crosse, a son for Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Mattison in La Crosse, and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Dayton in Southfield Michigan.
Viola Wis The Viola High School class of 1954 holds its 10th anniversary reunion Sunday August 23 at the Viola Fairground Park. All members and families are invited to attend.
Rev Emmett Faber of the Diocese of La Crosse returns to Santa Cruz Bolivia for another three year assignment. The parish of the Holy Cross serves 10000 Bolivians, with a school run by Sinsinawa Dominican nuns and lay teachers. The diocese sponsors a full parish complex and a medical clinic with volunteer staff and a 500 member credit union.
Ten Baylor Tarleton North Texas State and other university students volunteer in Raymondville Texas to construct a new Spanish First Baptist church building. They live and work on site digging foundations laying blocks and conducting services sharing funds and duties with the local church. The project cost about 22000 with 10000 population area heavily Mexican and many residents not attending church.
A comprehensive listing of church names, locations, pastors, and weekly schedules across La Crosse and surrounding towns including St. Joseph Cathedral and multiple evangelical, Lutheran, Catholic, Baptist, and Jewish congregations with service times, Sunday schools, and prayer meetings.
Rev Phillip Paulson son of Mrs O S Paulson and the late Rev O S Paulson will conduct Sunday services at Bethel Lutheran Church Livingston and Loomis Streets Ashland Wisconsin at 830 and 950 am He grew up in La Crosse and is a Augsburg College graduate and seminary ordained 1961 His first call was Rossville Lutheran St Paul and now serves two Ashland churches in the absence of Pastor Evenson on vacation
Rev Gustave Edwin Anderson will conduct services Sunday at Bible Baptist Church located at 7th and Ferry Streets. He fills in for Pastor Rev Leon Franck who is away conducting a week long series of meetings in Sumner Iowa.
Sister Leclare leaves Sunday for missionary duties in Agana Guam. She will serve in the Catholic Medical Center run by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration of La Crosse. Leclare entered St Rose Convent in 1944 and took perpetual vows in 1953.
Robert T. Bennie a longtime Green Bay banker died in his sleep while visiting his daughter Mrs Norman Kirkby in Western Springs Illinois. He was about 76 and had just become chairman of the Peoples Bank of Green Bay after its merger. Bennie had headed the Peoples Trust and Savings Bank since 1952 and worked in Green Bay banking for 60 years beginning in 1904 as a cashier at the McCartney National Bank.
Bible readings will include Amos 4 about the Lord forming mountains and wind and knowing man s thoughts. Mary Baker Eddy states Mind as the creator and all that exists as Mind, with creation as the infinite image of this Mind.
Miss Janice Clawson of New Lisbon holds the state title won last March in a Wisconsin contest sponsored by Wisconsin Electric Cooperative. She will compete for the national Miss Rural Electrification title in Miami Florida next January.
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