Industry Urged To Guard Its Safety Record In City
La Crosse industry leaders were urged to protect its safety leadership by eliminating the hard core of recurring accidents. Clyde Schlueter praised La Crosse for its progress while warning against complacency and stressing aid for small firms. Highway deaths rose 12 percent in the state. Rep. Walter Judd may speak at the January safety council meeting. a Southwestern Wisconsin Safety Conference region is forming with a planned April clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Clyde Schlueter
Employers Mutual Insurance Company
Waugau
Bult Schlueter
Wisconsin Council of Safety
Transportation Department of Businesses
Wisconsin
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Industrial Safety Council
William O. Hanson
Safety Council
Judd
Congress
Hanson
Plattville
Mineral Point
Lancaster
Tomah
Black River Falls
Walter H. Patterson
Pet reward notices mix with ads and slogans
A jumble of pet notices offers a SC Schonacher 5 A male Irish Setter named Mike with a red collar and reward contact 2-2406. It also lists an ost male Golden Retriever, a female Shepherd, and a contact phone 92-0317 after 4. Various product slogans from Barron’s and Glaxo advertise linoleum care and household items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Reeward
la Crosse Animal Hospital
Rep Withrow to Speak at Chamber Dinner in La Crosse
Rep Gardner R Withrow of Wisconsin's Third District will address the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce dinner at 6 30 p m at the Stoddard Hotel. The meeting will also discuss a by law change requiring member approval with state lawmakers present. A committee headed by William T Burgess proposed enlarging the board from 16 to 18, extending terms to three years, and electing one third of members annually, with changes to take effect in 1953 pending approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner R. Withrow
Third
la Crosse County
Rudolph Schlabach
Raymond C. Rice
Eugene Toepel
Withrow
Chamber
John Ward
William T. Burgess
Backache Relief Promoted With Doan’s Pills
Nagging backache and fatigue may signal slow kidney function doctors say good kidney health is essential. Stress and diet can worsen this, causing night urination and frequent passages. Doan’s Pills are touted as a mild diuretic used for over 60 years to flush waste from kidney tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
La Crosse Board Seeks Clarification Of Duties
La Crosse city district board of education will seek a meeting with the Common Council to clarify duties powers and liabilities of the board and the superintendent after a legal interpretation. The board plans a pamphlet for candidates and asks for suggestions from Parent-Teacher groups and others. Enrollment as of Dec 1 shows 6939 pupils, up from Sept 8 and from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse City
Southeastern Area
Uilding
A. J. Jordan
J. B. Brenner
Josephine Hintgen
Dwaine Anderegg
Kumm
Swiss Everest Expedition Reported Returning From Peak
A Bhojpur radio message says Swiss climbers have reached Namche Bazar on the way home. It offers no verdict on success, six days’ march from Bhojpur, after reports last November that a final assault neared the summit. Experts doubt a successful second attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katmandu
Nepal
Bhojpur
Here
Namche Bazar
Mt. Everest
Cortines Becomes Mexico's President and Names Foreign Minister
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines was sworn in as Mexico's president for a six year term in Mexico City. He appointed Luis Padilla Nervo, the Mexican delegate to the United Nations, as foreign minister and pledged to reduce the cost of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
Luis Padilla’ Nervo
United Nations
Ruiz
Winter crashes pile up injuring two in city
Police report 18 crashes and two injuries from Monday and Tuesday as icy streets slowed traffic. One woman, Selma Ruprecht of Lansing Indiana, was dragged briefly after a collision on South Avenue at Redfield Street. Others involved Bus driver Franklin Balzer and passenger E W Ferris suffered injuries in a five vehicle crash at Sill and Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Ruprecht
Lansing
South Avenue
Redfield Street
Ida Beier
S. 21St St
Ruprecht
E. W. Ferris
Onalaska
Sill
Liberty Streets
la Crosse Transit Company
Franklin’ Balzer
Stoddard
Cora Smith
George Sr
James Hobbs
Mindoro
Blanche Kofta
Wood St
Kofta
Paul Kolney
Harvey St
Helen Gilson
Hobbs
Kolney
Gilson
Julitta de Boer
South Pettibone Island
Third
Mississippi
Evert Deal
Hyde Ave
Harry Strand
Cashton
Bernard Anderson
Winnebago
Yule Plans By Caledonia Street Merchants
Final arrangements for Christmas activities by the Caledonia Street Merchants were set at the December meeting. The Christmas party will be Dec 10 at the Knights of Pythias Hall Avon and Clinton Streets with a 7 p.m. dinner. Members agreed to extended shopping hours on two Saturdays before Christmas and the Monday Tuesday before the holiday. Gifts for attending women will be collected at Haroldson's Shoe Store by Dec 8. Tickets should be bought by midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia Street
Knights of Pythias
Avon and
Clinton Streets
Ross Tracy
Tracy
Haroldson
Death notices from Wisconsin and Iowa region
Multiple funeral notices for Emma Bobst and others from Viroqua Waukon and Necedah read of services, burial sites, birth and marriage details, and surviving family members including eight daughters and three sons across Wisconsin and Iowa communities.
Trinity Lutheran Ludefisk Supper Set for December 4
Annual Ludefisk Supper at Trinity Lutheran Church will be held Thursday December 4 in the church parlors at Sill and Charles streets. Serving times start at 11 a.m. and continue until 1 30 p.m. A second meal from 3 30 p.m. until all are served follows. Tickets available at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sill and Charles Streets
Two Injuries From La Crosse County Accidents
Two people were slightly injured in separate La Crosse County crashes Monday. Edward L. Johnson 36 Mindoro suffered head and elbow injuries when his pickup collided with a car driven by Pvt Don ald L. Westlund Camp McCoy on Highway 16 near La Crosse. Quentine Jeffers 31 Mindoro had head injuries after being thrown from the same pickup. No injuries were reported to Westlund or four soldiers in his car. A second crash involved Charles Chapiewsky 71 Bangor and a Hamilton Town School Bus driven by Louis Schild at County Trunk M and a farm road. Schild's four children were aboard. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Edward L. Johnson
Mindoro
Quentine Jeffers
Johnson
Jeffers
Camp McCoy
U.S Highway 16
la Crosse
Donald L. Westlund
Westlund
Charles Chapiewsky
Bangor
Hamilton
Louis Schild
Schild
Chapiewsky
Deer hunter placed on probation after fatal shooting
Earl Westfall 35 of Merrill was placed on probation for two years and stripped of all hunting privileges for 20 years after pleading guilty to criminal negligence in gun use and leaving the scene of an accidental shooting. Westfall said he mistook a movement in brush for a deer and halted when he found Ray Waldron dead in Corning Township on Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Wis
Wausau
Earl Westfall
Lincoln County
Max van Hecke
Dist. Atty
Donald Schnabel
Westfall
Ray Waldron
Kenosha
Corning
Waldron
Birth Announcements From St Ann's and Local Hospitals
A series of birth notices lists newborns at St Ann's and area hospitals with dates from November 28 to December 1. Recipients include Jon Curtis, Joseph Irving, Rita Lynn, James Milton, and others, with parents’ names and addresses in towns such as Hyde Avenue, Trempealeau, Dakota, and La Crescent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ann's
Jon Curtis
Curtis J. Storck
Hyde Ave
Virginia Chapiewsky
Joseph Irving
Richard I. Tinker
Ferry St
Madonna Schmidt
Rita Lynn
William H. Barnett
Galesville
Arnold F. Maiscewski
Trempealeau
Marie Walsky
James Milton
Cecil E. Henderson
Dakota
Georgine Kabat
Lutheran Hospital
Clement Gavin
S. 22Nd St
Frances Levenhagen
Barbershop Chorus Meeting Postponed
Barbershop chorus meeting at Central High School has been postponed from Tuesday to Thursday due to a scheduling conflict with a basketball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High School
Republicans to gain 170 382 patronage federal posts
The Civil Service Commission reports Republicans will have 170 to 382 federal jobs available for patronage. Most are small posts. The announcement follows a recent survey and was issued yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Obituaries for Milton Lepke William Burns and infant David Thompson
Funeral services are set for Milton Lepke 43 of 1200 S 11th St at St Peter s Evangelical Lutheran in Chaseburg with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by siblings and extended family. William R Burns 76 dies at daughter s home in La Crosse with four daughters two sons a brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Slette n McKee Southside chapel with burial at Mount Hope Lynxville. Infant David Thompson three weeks old dies at home. funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Bobst
Viroqua
Wis
Emma Farts
Oakley Inman
Viroqua Methodist Church
C. D. James
Walnut Mound
Retreat
Herman Oliver
Edward Woodhouse
Victory
Edwin Gaphielson
Dewey Sallander
Victor Kuehn
Fred de Lap
la Crosse
Russell Sutter
West Prairie
Adolph
LaCrosse
Walter
Sparta
Raymond
Onalaska
Vance Hill
Charles L. Perkins
Necedah
iCharles Lewis Perkins
Manston Hospital
St. James Lutheran Church
Bayview Cemetery
Hte
Harrisburg
Anna Johnsson
Big Flats
Beulah Jacobson
William Pritychard
Fond du Lac
Lillian Carter
Loren
Milton Lepke
S. Llth St
St.Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Chaseburg
Gershart Horn
Jacobson-Swanson
Virosqua
Paul Blaske
Coon Valley
George
Clarence
John
Lepke
William R. Burns
Ruby Frauenkron
S. 9Th St
Charm
Penn
Lynxville
Frauenkron
Ted
Bernice) Knudson
Edward
Eunice)Kolbross
Charles
Alma) ‘Cook
Milwaukee
Marvin D. Burns
Winona
Minn
Norman N. Burns
Jesse Burns
Peru
Ind
Sletten-McKee Southside
Mount Hope
David Thompson
David
Fay Thompson
Admits Robbing More Than 100 Hotel Rooms
New York police say 24 year old waiter Murray Meckler admitted to burglarizing over 100 hotel rooms in 18 months. He would enter hotels ask clerks for a key to any room and steal jewelry clothing and other items worth thousands then use the proceeds on horses and gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Justice Court fines listed for speeding in Caledonia area
In Caledonia Hennepin County Justice Court fines totaled for four speeding cases: Richard Staupe Spring Grove Minn $12.25 Ralph Danielson Caledonia Minn $12.25 Mrs Muriel Benson Caledonia Minn $17.25 and Fred Theile Eitzen Minn $22.25. Officer William Betz presided. In Sparta Wisconsin County Court Verna Edmunds was granted a divorce from Howard Edmunds on cruelty and non support grounds with custody of two minor children. Eva Brown was granted a divorce from Cecil Brown while he serves a three year prison term with custody to the mother and ordered alimony and child support. Guerdon Bushnell’s support order was reduced from $60 to $50 weekly. In La Crosse County Kenneth J Kellicot pleaded innocent to aggravated assault and a preliminary hearing is set for Dec 8 with $1,000 bond. Norbert D Downey pleaded innocent to non support with a Dec 9 prelim and $1,000 bond. Raymond Lessman pleaded innocent to larceny with a Dec 8 prelim and $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Richard Staupe
Spring Grove
Fred Theile
Eitzen
Ralph Danielson
Muriel
iBenson
William Betz
Paul Matusek
Sparta
Wis
Verna Edmunds
Cashton
Howard Edmunds
South Carolina
Guerdon Bushnell
Bushnell
la Crosse
Kenneth J. Kellicot
S. 11Th St
Norbert D. Downey
S. 13Th St
Raymond Lessman
Arcadia
Priest Urges Drive Against Obscene Books
A Chicago priest urged Congress and publishers to curb obscene periodicals, proposing a national board to review prenuptial material and stronger federal action to impound mail of distributors. He spoke to a House committee on obscene literature and urged ongoing scrutiny and broad Catholic and civic cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
Chicago
Father Fitzgerald
Kearns
R-Pa
National Organization For Decent Literature
NODL
Post Office Department
National Council of Catholic Men
National Council of Catholic Women
Parent Teachers Associations
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts
Polio Stricken Green Family Hopes for Christmas Reunion
The Green family polio case includes five siblings in a Yale hospital with hopeful smiles as Christmas nears. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Green receive neighbor help with work and money while four other children at home near Ellicottville cope with illness. Kenneth, 18, is out of isolation. Milford 13, Bertha 16, Charles 21, and Donald 26 show improvement in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clean
N. Y
Green
Jon
Ellicottville
Walter Green
Kenneth
Milford
Bertha
Charles
Donald
Bids Sought on County Trucks and Squad Cars
La Crosse County Highway Committee invites sealed bids by 10 00 A M on Wednesday December 17 1952 for two ton dump trucks and police squad cars. Bid forms from the Highway Commissioner or Chief of Police. 5 percent certified check required. bids opened publicly. committee reserves right to reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Highway Police
Court House
Wiscasin
County Highway Commissioner's Office
Highway Commissioner
la Crosse County
Highway Committee
Local Baby Dies in Suffocation in La Crosse
A 3 weeks old boy named David Bruce Thompson died from throat obstruction after his mother tried to help him. Fire department, called at 8 28 am, used resuscitation efforts for 20 minutes before a physician pronounced death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
David Bruce Thompson
Fay Thompson
9Th St
Casserole Dish Combines Cabbage Ham and Cream Sauce
A simple main dish combines cooked shredded cabbage with diced ham and a cream sauce. This lunch or supper casserole blends savory flavors into a hearty one pan meal.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Schumacher
Barron's
Mr.deer
WAN’ Snoc
Rep. Withrow
Board
Roy Kumm
Vocational Board of Education
Evamarie Eggert
Logan High School
Thorshow and Cerny
Minneapolis
L. L. Richards Machinery Company
Cortines Takes
Young's
Westclox
Ingraham
Young Jewelers
Main St
Harvey Briggs Sr
Kane St
Harold Ravenscroft
George St
Fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
State Vine Streets
Samuel Solverson
S. 16Th St
Lester Hickey
Market St
William Hesselberg
Pearly
Stenslen
Westby
Copeland
Car
Ronald Henry
S. 14Th St
Eldon Coleman
Green Island
Second
Division
Allen Menke
Winnebago Street
Erwin Sheldon
Jackson St
14Th
Cass Streets
Edward Koblitz
Johnson St
Harley Larson
S. 17Th St
10Th
Johnson Streets
Ethel Lincos
King St
Robert Balfany
N. 4Th St
14Th and
King Streets
Roger Jore
Houston
Ernest Holberg
West Ave. N
11Th
Market Streets
Carl Swanson
la Crescent
Mississippi River Bridge
Paul Sebranek
S. 4Th St
United States
John McCullough
Waukon
Salix
St. Mary’s Church
Hanover Township
Bakke- Hanson Funeral Home
Thomas O'Malley
McCullough
Ireland
Mrs. Elvida Allison
Elvida Allison
Alexander Allison
Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Elvida Evans
Charles E. Evans
Allison
Waukon Presbyterian Church
Harold Evans
Tribune
Hunter
Harold Ellickson
West Ave. S
Margaret Runckel
Howard Oswald
East Ave. S
Florence Giblson
Grandview Hospital
Joseph Bay
Beverly Schwertfeger
Community Hospital
Anton Olson
Barbershop Chorus
Wisconsin Department of Securities
Citizens Loan & Finance CO
C. L. Peterson
Main Street
DIAL
Yale
la Crosse Tribune
Kroll Quality
Kribs
Fifth Ave
Teale
Fashion Academy
America
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