Tomah Youth Keynoter For Meeting Here
A Tomah youth who attended the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth will address the District 7 Wisconsin Youth Committee meeting in La Crosse State College. Christopher Scott will speak on Youth in the News as the conference opens at 9 30 a.m. Saturday. The event runs to 4 30 p.m. with workshops a luncheon a movie and officer elections. Counties in District 7 include Buffalo Clark Jackson La Crosse Monroe Pepin Trempealeau and Vernon.
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Tomah
White House
la Cross
Christopher Scott
la Crosse State College
Wisconsin Youth Committee
Buffalo
Clark
Jackson
la Crosse
Monroe
Pepin
Trempealeau
Vernon
Charles Burch
Pine St
Campbell Boy Struck By Car Injures 9YearOld
A 9 year old Donald Hagen was hospitalized after being hit in front of his Campbell home. The boy was struck by Russell D. Gerkin a 16 year old who said he was driving about 38 miles per hour and saw only a vague shape. Donald was treated at Lutheran Hospital for shock abdominal injuries and a bruised knee.
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Campbell
Donald Hagen
Carl Hagen Jr
Bainbridge St
Russell D. Gerkin
Gerkin
Bainbridge
Donald
Lutheran Hospital
Jaycees Accept Two New Members
The board of directors admitted two new Jaycees John Krebs of The La Crosse Tribune and Don Schilling of Aid Association for Lutheran Life Insurance. Earl Buswell outlined a toy collection set for Saturday and Sunday while Harold Baker spoke on the Christmas lighting contest and Nick Quinn on caroling plans. The next general meeting is set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Board of
John Krebs
The
la Crosse Tribune
Don Schilling
Aid Association
Lutheran Life Insurance
Earl Buswell
Harold Baker
Nick Quinn
Santa to Fly to La Crosse Sunday for Letter Pickup
Santa Claus will arrive at the La Crosse Municipal Airport at 2 30 p m Sunday for his annual letter pickup. C B Wiemann chairs the event with help from the La Crosse Flyers Association and the South Side Businessmen's Association. This marks the seventh year of the visit which draws 1500 to 1800 people and includes a treat for visiting children and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
North Pole
la Crosse
C. B. Wiemann
Area Cancer Meet To Be Held Jan 29 in La Crosse
The La Crosse County Unit of the American Cancer Society set January 29 as the area meeting date in La Crosse. Projected expenses total $504.69 with a remaining balance of $2,256.71. Reports show 4,672 dressings by seven groups and 3,822 dressings distributed to 16 patients, with 81 volunteers across six city and county units.
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la Crosse County
American Cancer Society
Roger Shepler
Eau Claire Field
la Crosse
Lyle Shanley
Robert Loeffler
Edwin Sage
J. C. Morgan
Carlin Dahler
Madison
Edna Schaller
Don Wille
Sherman
Morgan
Ambulance and truck crash injures woman en route to hospital
A 70 year old woman, Mrs. Ethel Nordrum, was injured when an ambulance ran a red light at 3rd and Cass and collided with a truck driven by Joseph Symbek at a green light. Nordrum continued to St Francis Hospital with hip injuries and new cuts. Symbek was hospitalized with a shoulder injury. The ambulance was total loss. truck damage estimated at $200. Edna Black and Duane Woolley suffered minor injuries.
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Ethel Nordrum
R. 2
Onalaska
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse Hospital
Alvin L. Grosskopf
Badger St
3Rd
Cass
Joseph J. Symbek
R. 1
Symbek
Lutheran Hospital
20 New Members Join Square Dance Group
Twenty new members have joined the Happy Twirlers square dancing group sponsored by the La Crosse park and recreation department. Members include Mr. and Mrs. Scott Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Brown, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Rueter, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Paulson, and other couples. The group meets each Monday at Lincoln School from 8 to 11 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Twirlers
la Crosse Park and Recreation
Scott Burgess
Ira Brown
LeRoy Rueter
Milton Paulson
Thomas Kapellas
Bernard Rice
Blaine Bockenhauer
Daniel Renovetz
Alfred Knorr
Norman Malzacher
Lincoln School
Audience Enthusiastic To Menuhin Concert In La Crosse
Lawrence M. Engelhard reviews Yehudi Menuhin at Vocational Auditorium twenty years after his La Crosse debut. The performance features unaccompanied Bach and a full program including Beethoven Fruhlingssonate Debussy Sonate in G minor Bartok Roumanian Dances and Paganini La Campanella with Roy Bogas as pianist. The crowd responds with mounting enthusiasm and praise for Menuhin as a world citizen artist.
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Yehudia Menuhin
la Crosse
Community Concert Association
Vocational Auditorium
Menuhin
Bach
Yehudi Menuhin
Beethoven
Roy Bogas
Claude Debussy
Bartok
Paganini
Debussy
Wieniawski
Attempt To Revive GOP Sales Tax Bill In Wisconsin
Senator Draheim proposes a new general sales tax bill with food exemption and hopes to revive the stalled GOP plan. Gov Nelson and Assembly resistance cloud prospects while conservatives weigh fate of the governor's compromise and the weathered tax policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Gaylord
Nelson
Gene
Capitol
W. A. Draheim
Neenah
Hope
Senate
Draheim
Jews Begin Chanukah Observance Sunday
Chanukah begins at 4 23 p m Saturday with Congregation Sons of Abraham at 1820 Main St to mark the holiday. Rabbi Bernard Reichtean explains the 165 BCE temple rededication and the miracle of the oil lasting eight days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregation
Sons of Abraham
Temple
Main St
Bernard Reichtean
November 1961 Weather and Chanukah Events
Temperature and precipitation for November 1961 exceeded normal levels with average 35.1 degrees La Crosse 2.52 inches precipitation and 7.5 inches snow at the airport station. Warmest days reached 63 while the coldest 16. A Chanukah program will be directed by Mrs. Fern Abrams with principal players listed and Chanukah services set for December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Peterson
la Crosse
David Levenstein
Dent
Peterson
Ft. Meyer
Fla
Burington
Mullan
Idaho
Fern Abrams
Gladys Neuman
Mike Levenstein
Jeff Lockett
Debra Kaplan
Susan Abrams
Keren Levenstein
Jeff Abrams
Reva Levenstein
Bonnie Neuman
Larry Druck
Roberta Cooper
Jim Lockett
Eddie Neuman
Andy Harrison
Eli Levenstein
Thomas Druck
William Druck
David Cooper
Scott Cooper
Tony Cooper
Mailsters arrive as La Crosse switches to motorized mail carriers
Ten three wheel mailsters are introduced in La Crosse to replace foot carriers on nine routes along the east perimeter from Myrick Park to Ward Avenue. Each vehicle carries hundreds of pounds of mail and reduces need for relay boxes and bus transfers.
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la Crosse
Madison
Superior
Green Bay
Eau Claire
Roy H. Johnson
United States Post Office
Myrick Park
Ward Avenue
Johnson
Lester W. Koblitz
Work Begins On '62 City Directory
The six week search and study for names, addresses and other details for the 1962 La Crosse City Directory has begun. Mrs Fern Myers, crew manager, established an office at 210 Rivoli Building for Wright Directory Co. of Milwaukee. The office can be reached by telephone. The directory will cover French Island, Onalaska, Shelby Town, and La Crosse city limits. Information may be obtained from the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Fern Myers
Rivoli
Wright Directory Co
Milwaukee
French Island
Onalaska
Shelby
Greater la Crosse
Toys For Tots Drive Opens Here Saturday
The annual Toys for Tots campaign sponsored by Marine Reservists and La Crosse Jaycees opens Saturday and Sunday. Areas north and south of La Crosse Street are scheduled for toy collection with curbside pickup and radio dispatched toy pickups in the afternoon. Call WLCX Radio Dispatches for donor pickup at 2-7580.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Reservists
la Crosse Jaycees
la Crosse Street
WLCX
Kiwanis Officers And Directors Set To Meet For 1962 Program
John Bosshard president elect announces a meeting of Kiwanis officers directors and committee chairmen to review the 1962 program. The aim is to stress individual Kiwanian responsibility and the theme of responsible citizenship during the year. The session is scheduled for Thursday at 6 30 p m in the Holiday Inn building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
John Bosshard
Bosshard
Inn
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Harmer Root
Richmond
Santa
City
Robert Ramlow
Robert Lamp
St. Francis
Helen Hanson
Ramlow
County
Marquardt
Square Dance Group
Lawrence M. Engelhard
By John Wyngaard
Shoshanah Reichman
Rabbi Reichman
Joseph Neuwerth
Marlin Yandt
Tribune
Minneapolis
VV Ae
Caledo
Tzen Sletien
Caledonia ST
Oren Johnson
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Norman Rowe
West Salem High School
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Tion
Beas
Te Choice
A. Chinese Checkers
Miss Pixie Set
E. Shari Lewis
Gamble
Pearl St
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