Sparta Couple Foster Eight Girls Featured in Ladies Home Journal
Mr and Mrs Max Harris of Sparta host eight foster girls under Wisconsin group foster parent rules. The September Ladies Home Journal article titled New Open Door Policy for Wayward Girls includes interviews with local officials and Harris family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Max Harris
Harris
Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare
Ladies Homes
Sparta High School
Ferdinand Setter
Philadelphia
Hannah Lees
James de Gracie
Edith Sommer
la Crosse
State Department of Public Welfare
Saturday Evening Post
Andree Abecassis
Fredric C. Appel
The
Post
Susan Szasz
Viroqua Lutheran Pastor Resigns
Viroqua Wis Rev Burnell Lund resigns after five and a half years and will leave Sept 25 to become pastor in Rapid City SD Rev Kermit Forde will lead the congregation temporarily until a new pastor is called Grandview Hospital Aug 23 son Eric Howard to Christianson La Crescent Minn La Crosse Hospital Aug 22 daughter to Gary Mitchell Onalaska Lutheran Hospital Aug 25 daughter to Phillip A Jenson 776 N 23rd St Maria Roycraft ROYAL OAK Mich Aug 25 daughter Elizabeth Bothwell to Peter J C Bertelson Franklin Mich Betty Roberts Radford Va Bertelson formerly of La Crosse
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Viroqua
Wis
Burnell Lacrosse A. Lund
Viroqua Lutheran Church
Lund
Rapid City
S.D
Kermit Forde
Viroqua Church
Eric Howard
Christianson
la Crescent
Minn
Rita Campbell
la Crosse Hospital
Gary Mitchell
Main St
Onalaska
Geraldine Amborn
Lutheran Hospital
Phillip A. Jenson
N. 23Rd St
Maria Roycraft
Royal Oak
Mich
Elizabeth Bothwell
Peter JC. Bertelson
Ponds View Drive
Franklin, Mich
Betty Roberts
Radford
Bertelson
la Crosse
Girl is rescued after boat capsizes on Mississippi River
Patricia Kelly, 3, wedged beneath a seat in a sunken 14 foot boat, was saved by Robert Halligan as her father Edward E. Kelly and four siblings bobbed in life preservers. She was treated for a forehead gash and pneumonia risk at a St. Paul hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Patricia Kelly
Edward E. Kelly
Kelly
Patricia
Mary
Tim
Kathleen
St. Paul Yacht Club
Robert Halligan
Lutheran Pastors From Formosa and Ethiopia Visit Independence
Two Lutheran pastors Rev. Peter Chou of Formosa and Rev. Gudina Tumsa of Ethiopia arrived in Independence Wisconsin for about three weeks as guests of the Independence Lutheran Parish. They will attend Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul this fall and have left families at home to study.
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Independence, Wis
Peter Chou
Formosa
Gudina Tumsa
Ethiopia
United States
Independence Lutheran
Chou
Taipei
Lutheran Church of
Tumsa
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Olaf Christianson
Rural Strum
Eldon Schorbahn
Whitehall
Rev
Carl Preuss
Osseo
Veteran actor James Kirkwood dies at 80
James Kirkwood, a veteran actor known for stage work, died Saturday in Woodland Hills California at age 80. He began his acting career in stock companies in 1900 and built a long career in theatre.
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Woodland Hills
Calif
James Kirkwood
Kirkwood
Tri State Deaths Highlight Melrose and Tomah Obituaries
Harold E Wike 55 banker and Melrose native dies in Minneapolis hospital after a career at Bank of Melrose including service as cashier and president since 1963 He is survived by Marian and a daughter Mary Lee Bue Services set for Melrose Methodist Church with Masonic rites. Myron Richard Von Haden 56 dies of heart attack in Tomah burial at Oak Grove. born in Monroe County married Alma Cook and survived by two daughters and siblings Lloyd L Duxbury Sr wife mourns at Caledonia home. funeral plans pending.
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Melrose
Wis
Harold E. Wike
Minneapolis
Mr. Wike
Underwood
N.D
Andrew White
Marian Kowitz
Bank of Melrose
Consistory
Shrine
Elks Club
Rotary
Eugene
Mary Lee) Bue
Jack Walsh
New Richmond
Melrose Methodist Church
Bruce Willett
Woodlawn
Sparta
Masonic Lodge
Smith Mortuary
Tomah
Myron
Richard von Haden
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Indian Creek
Oak Grove
Mr. von Haden
Clifton
Monroe County
Alma Cook
Ronald
Almyra) Prell
Lester
Floyd
Boscobel
Russell Ellingson
Caledonia
Minn
Lloyd L. Duxbury Sr
Severson Rites Held At Tamarack Lutheran Church
Jerald Severson 48 died Sunday at his Galesville home after a life of farm work. Born May 18 1915 in Trempealeau County he married Sigrid Schansberg in 1939. Surviving: two sons Charles and Roger both of Galesville two sisters Mrs Ralph Legreid Winona and Mrs Merlin Klein Galesville two brothers Lyle Trempealeau and Lloyd Port Cartier Quebec and his father Louis of Galesville. Services were held Wednesday at Tamarack Lutheran Church with Rev Odean Tieman officiating burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call Smith Mortuary 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday with a prayer service at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Jerald Severson
Severson
Trempealeau
Ralph Legreid
Winona
Merlin Klein
Lyle Severson
Lloyd
Port Cartier
Quebec
Canada
Louis
Tamarack Lutheran Church
Odean Tieman
Smith Mortuary
Obituary notices and services for local residents
Obituaries for Mrs. Minnie Hefti of 1526 La Crosse St. and Irvin C. Rommel, both with services listed in Oak Grove Mausoleum and Mindoro Lutheran Church respectively. Visitation windows set for Monday evenings. officers and veterans noted among survivors. Also a note that polo was invented in India by British Army officers in the 1860s.
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India
La Crosse City Council Minutes August 8 1963
Regular meeting led by Mayor Milo Gnutson approved minutes andJuly bills totaling 1 315 046 14 for beega departments. Numerous ordinances and resolutions introduced adopted and referred on zoning parking and fire station plans. Key items include moving property to parking lot and multiple dwelling districts and authorizing water mains and road work.
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Milo Gnutson
Bee Ga
Kaye Pederson
Board of Public Works
Allis Chalmers Motor Patrol
City of
la Crosse
City of la Crosse
Steven
Colwell Court
South 6Th Street
Healy and Anderson
Wisconsin
Moore Street
Avon Street
Firefighters Union
Public Works Departments
Park Department
Director of Public Works
American Public Works Association
Detroit
Michigan
Chief of Police
Wisconsin Plumbing Inspectors
Beloit
Ray Lichtie
Sumner Street
Carr Street
St. James Street
Robinson Transfer Company
Indian Hill
16Th
Farnam Streets
Main
King Streets
Ward Avenue
South Avenue
32Nd Street
Health Department
Northern Natural Gas Co
Milwaukee Street
Copeland Avenue
Lang Drive
Gateway Realty Corporation
St James Street
Gateway Grocery Company
George Street
Cb&q RR
Park Plaza Drive
Hayes Street
Eugene R. McPhee
Wisconsin State Colleges At Madison
Board of Regents of State Colleges
Curling Club
Edwin B. Magill
Sunnyside
28Th
Cass Streets
22Nd
Green Bay Streets
Air Force
Airport
6Th Street
Cass Street
Division Street
Interstate Fair
Bluffview
Diocese of la Crosse
Gacan
Initson
Caledonia Street
Three Men Arrested After Beer Depot Burglary
In Oconomowoc Wisconsin three men were captured after a seven hour manhunt for burglaries at a beer depot and a supermarket. Patrolman Richard Riehle fired two warning shots as the suspects fled. One man escaped through a skylight others were pulled from a roof. About $50 found on the roof and a stolen Milwaukee car was recovered nearby. The final suspect was dragged from under a porch after a ground search with 22 officers. No loot estimate yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconomowoc
Richard Riehle
Riehle
Milwaukee
Raymond Hollatz
Hollatz
City of La Crosse Seeks Bids for curb and gutter project
The City of La Crosse invites sealed proposals for the Blanket Curb and Gutter Project and related grading and paving work in Green Acres Addn. Bids due September 10 1963 by 2 45 PM. Plans and specs available for a $5 deposit, refundable if returned in good condition.
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Exten City of
la Crosse
Board of Public Works
City of
Wisconsin
29Th St
W. Fairchild
State Rd
30Th St
E. Fairchild
City of la Crosse
Green Acres
Addia
M. R. Birnbaum
Robert M. Scheible
John K. Flanagan
Milo G. Knutson
Carl A. Wahlstrom
Cit
19Th
20Th St
Cass
King St
Common Council
John K
Forecast Preview From Weather Bureau 7 A.M. EST
Weather Bureau preview for the morning hours details temperatures ranging from 26 to 63 degrees Fahrenheit across regions. The forecast highlights expected conditions and regional differences to help readers plan the day.
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U.s.weather Bureau
World briefs from Moscow to Berlin A P
Soviet media attack China with rationing talk while Pravda mocks Peking’s propaganda. In Seoul four parties back one candidate against Gen Park to face the junta. Oslo youth congress condemns both capitalism and communism and calls for UN disarmament. Berlin posters tie Hitler to WWII and blame Jews for Britain’s war.
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Moscow
Red China
Izvestia
China
Pravda
Peking
Joseph Goebbels
Chung Hee Park
Park
Democratic Republican Party
Oslo
Norway
International Union of Socialist Youth
United Nations
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Britain
Adolf Hitler
West Berlin
Paving Myrick Park roads and foreclosures in La Crosse area
Public works notice for asphalt paving in Myrick Park with 1100 tons of asphaltic concrete and a 1963 completion target. Foreclosure sale set for Sept 6 1963 on a 5.0 acre La Crosse County property under mortgage by Northern States Power Company Credit Union and others. Also a zoning appeal hearing for Gaylord Harrell on an attached garage and breezeway in Wedgewood Terrace, scheduled Aug 16 1963.
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City of la Crosse
Board of Public Works
Wisconsin
Myrick Park
M. R. Birnbaum
Robert M. Scheible
John K. Flanagan
Milo G. Knutson
Carl A. Wahlstrom
Thomas E. Cooper
Beverly R. Cooper
Gerb-Janni Lumber Company
Seeman Lumber and Coal Company
Minnesota
Household Finance Corporation
Delaware Corporation
la Crosse County
la Crosse County Court House
la Crosse
Township 16
Paul Wuest
Ruediger & Jeanis
Exchange
Board of Adjustment
Gaylord Harrell
Shelby
Wedgewood Terrace
Richard D. Nagle
Forest Fire Spreads In Cin nabar Basin Near Yellowstone
Forest service crews fought a spreading blaze in the Cin nabar Basin near Yellowstone National Park. The fire covered about 700 acres of heavy timber. Smoke jumpers traveled by air from Missoula and 100 Indian firefighters came from Billings as bulldozers worked to create fire lines.
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Gardiner
Mont
Forest Service
Cinnabar Basin
Yellowstone National Park
Missoula
Billings
Retired Editor Dies in Syracuse Skull Fracture
Edgar F. Steve Schilder aged 74, longtime editor of the Syracuse Post Standard Sunday rotogravure section, died Sunday from a skull fracture after a fall down stairs at his home. He had a noted career in the paper's features desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N.Y
Edgar F
Steve) Schilder
Syracuse Post-Standard
Weather prospects across region with showers and warmth
The forecast calls for scattered thundershowers late tonight and Tuesday across Lacrosse area with warmer highs in the 80s. Wisconsin sees fair southeast and showers west with occasional rain in the northwest, Minnesota reports scattered showers and thunderstorms, and Iowa expects widely scattered activity. degree days and normal temps noted. Five day outlook keeps temps near 58 to 78 with about 0.2 inches of rain in scattered showers.
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Plains
Mississippi Valley
Middle Atlantic Coast
Tennessee Valley
Central Plains
Upper
Great Lakes Region
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River readings and flood stage data update
Flood stage readings show river gauges at Winona Dam No 6 Dakota and La Crosse and tributary streams with 24 hour changes. Tidal times listed indicate sunrise and sunset for Tuesday with a notation of times around 2 am and 0 p.m.
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Winona
C.P
T.W
Dakota
Ila Crosse
Lansing
Prairie du Ch
Dodge
Gales
Root
Houston
Teens Flood Minnesota State Fair for Kids Day
ST. PAUL AP Thousands of youngsters under 15 entered free for Kids Day at the Minnesota State Fair with a free grandstand show planned. Two day attendance reached 258,569, a best in history, with 152,964 on Sunday. Jerry Daniels, 25, won his second straight feature race boosting earnings to 1910. A race wreck injured Dick Gaines, and two young riders fell during the horse show. Gust Kiehne and son showed Hampshire for grand champion in the barrow show. Charles Saari, 17, won the potato sweepstake with Snowflake, a North Dakota variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Jerry Daniels
Daniels
Dick Gaines
Mitchell
Ind
Gust Kiehne and Son
Lanesboro
Hampshire
Barrow
iCharles Saari
North Dakota
Local notices include eateries and service changes in La Crosse area
Rudy's A&W adds Bratwurst and Sauerkraut sandwiches. Adele moves to Mil dred’s La Crescent at 910 Oak. Gladioli available afternoons and evenings. Al Cuta at 1016 Farnam. George Dialler Bonded Realty 2-3380. Berna Dean’s Beauty Salon 705 So 8th. Universal Photo Service at 514 State Street. Rummage Sale August 27 and 28 at 2114 Onalaska Ave La Crosse.
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Rudy’s A&w
Adele
Babe's Beauty Shop
Mildred’s
la Crescent
Oak
Gladioli
al Cuta
Farnam
George Dialler
Berna Dean
Universal Photo Service
State Street
Onalaska Ave
la Crosse
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Home Journal
Viroqua Lutheran
Grandview Hospital
William Beaumont Hospital
Tizzy
NEA, Inc
TM. Rag. US
Pot. OF
Synaclear
Ruud
Maker
Sowice
West Ave
Jackson St
Harold Wike
Myron von Haden
John G. Hazlehurst
Sletten-McKee
Stefan Guttormsson
Oak Grove Cemetery
la Crosse American Legion
la Crosse Elks Lodge
Mrs. Nicholas
Minnie
Hefti
Nicholas
Minnie) Hefti
la Crosse St
Charles
Adrienne) Heileman
Belleville
Ill
Robert
Oak Grove Mausoleum
Ernest Nelson
Sletten- McKee
Rvin Rommel
Irvin C. Rommel
Mindoro
Prairie du Chien
Mindoro Lutheran Church
C. Rolf Olson
Neshonoe Cemetery
Rommel
Walter (Mathilda) Storandt
Logan Junior High
Northern States Power Co
Sanitarian Aid I
Williams Construction Co
Eversole- Rogers, Inc
Plymouth
Fire Department
Police Justice of the Peace
National Association of Municipal Judges
Chicago
Vocational School
B. M. Healy
8Th
9Th Street
Farnam Street
State of
East Avenue
Pine Street
16Th Street
State Road
Misssissippi
Alex Genz
Genz
Paul Wangen
Barnabee Road
Sunset Drive
Jackson Street
Cliffwood Lane
Vine Street
7Th Street
Aviation Board
North Central States
Clear Lake
Municipal Assessors Training Institute
Eagle River
Parks and Recreation
Wisconsin Parks and Recreation Society
Appleton
Green Bay
Clinton Street
Police Department
Green Bay Street
Hyde Avenue
Board of Education
Oktoberfest Corp
5Th and Vine Streets
Trane Lodge No
Houska Park
Robert Stein
State St
Grounds, Buildings and Utilities Committee
Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
King and Cass Streets
17Th Place
17Th Street
Main Street
29Th Street
Fairchild
30Th Street
West
29Th
East
Losey- Green Bay
Maney
Alice A. Dickson
Seattle
Kansas City
Ft.worth
Montreal
Poston
EIR
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Boston
Denver
Des Moines
Duluth
Fairbanks Port Worth
Honolulu
Helena
Los Angeles
Madison
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Rochester
Salt Lake City
San Diego
St. Louis
Washington
Winnipeg
Weather Outlook
World Briefs
Associated Press
Seoul
State Sts
Yellowstone Park
Jam Minn
Ola
Tribune
DR. Fixit
Aluminum
Quality Lumber
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