Boy Scout Banquet Highlights Volunteer Leadership
District Attorney George Thompson Jr. stressed the importance of volunteer leadership at the Gateway Area Council recognition banquet held at Logan High School. About 300 attended the potluck and ceremonies with Trempealeau County Judge A. L. Twesme as master of ceremonies.
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Dist
Atty
George Thompson Jr
Gateway Area Council
Logan High School
Trempealeau County
A. L. Twesme
Galesville
Milan Skundberg
la Crosse
Barton Hall
Sparta
Wallace Erickson
Westby
Boy Scouts of America
Tribune
Wausau Firm Won't Operate K Plant Here
J M Kuebler Co of Wausau a millwork firm will not operate Segelke Kohlhaus Co which it purchased Miles C Riley referee in bankruptcy confirmed the report The sale raised about 100000 from an auction of machines merchandise and office equipment Milwaukee firm conducted the sale It was unclear if the real estate at 2nd and Cass streets was sold Trustees in bankruptcy ready for final accounting General creditors expected to realize about 30 cents on each dollar after costs and prior claims
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J. M. Kuebler Co
Wausau
Segelke & Kohlhaus Co
Miles C. Riley
United States District Court
Wisconsin
Riley
Kuebler
Segelke & Kohlhaus
Milwaukee
2Nd
Cass Streets
Cathedral School 7th Graders Present Music Program
Seventh graders of Cathedral School offered an hour of music titled Music in the Air. They performed Psalm chants and Broadway selections in a program dedicated to Mary, Mother of God and produced as a tribute to the students’ parents under Sister M. Carita.
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Cathedral School
Mary
Mother of God
M. Carita
Ripon College To Raise Cost Per Student To 2000
Ripon College announced that the 1961 62 total cost per student for tuition living expenses and fees will rise to 2000, up 125 from the prior year. The deficit last year was covered by donations and costs per student exceeded charges by 394.
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Ripon (Ap
Ripon College
Businessmen Vote 50 For Christmas Fund in La Crosse
La Crosse businessmen voted to send an 8 dollar check plus about 40 dollars collected on downtown streets to the Salvation Army. Club treasurer D H Affeldt noted only seven members attended the bell ringing drive and totals were down about four dollars from the usual eighty. Eugene A Toepel urged members to follow legislative hearings and explained Juvenile Court aims and the planned county safety building with a juvenile area to avoid detaining youths in the city jail.
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la Crosse Business Men's Club
Salvation Army
D. H. Affeldt
Eugene A. Toepel
la Crosse County
Toepel
300 Tickets Sold For Association Event
About 300 tickets have been sold for the annual ladies night party sponsored by the South Side Businessmen's Assn. Larry Vaaler, the club president, said 175 tickets were sold last year. The event at the Avalon Ballroom begins at 6 pm with dinner at 7 30 and dancing at 9 pm.
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South Side Businessmen's Assn
Larry Vaaler
Vaaler
Avalon Ballroom
City Extends Harbor Bid Deadline
The city extended the Isle la Plume harbor bidding deadline to 9.45 a.m. December 16 after no proposals were received by Friday morning. City Engineer Zenno Gorder cited interest indications, noting past bid withdrawals for the two launch ramp project and plans to re advertise for spring construction.
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Isle la Plume
Board of Public Works
Zenno Gorder
Adolph Franckson Jr
Toys For Tots Drive Opens On Saturday
The Toys for Tots campaign kicks off Saturday with Marine Corps Reserve and La Crosse Jaycees leading toy pickups in La Crosse. Local groups Clarence Witt Joseph Roher Scout Explorer Post 408 First Presbyterian Church and sound trucks assist curb pickup. Area tours run Saturday and Sunday afternoon with Logan High School students repairing toys. A Sunday radio dispatched pickup operates for late contributors via WLCX Toys for Tots dispatch.
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la Crosse Jaycees
Marine Reserve
Jaycees
Clarence Witt
Joseph Roher
Scout Explorer Post 408
First Presbyterian Church
la Crosse Street
Logan High School
Fred Asp
Frank Eustice
Wilbur Ringleman
Leroy Wiebel
Roger Lebakken
Paul Kuhlen
la Verne Bentzen
T. V. Johnson
James Knutz
William Bruning
la Crosse
Wlcx Radio Dispatch
Gun-Toter Fined In Wisconsin Disorderly Conduct Case
Paul Mengelt twenty five, formerly of this area now Benton Kentucky, was fined eighteen dollars and thirty five cents in La Crosse County Court for disorderly conduct after he brandished a pistol at Hiway Cafe in West Salem. The gun was confiscated and sent to his Kentucky residence.
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la Crosse County
Paul Mengelt
Benton
Sylvia Culpitt
Sheriff's Department
Mengelt
Hiway
West Salem
Eugene A. Toepel
Kentucky
OARS AND DECOYS STOLEN FROM SKIFF
James Kramer of 2730 Hamilton St. reported to police that a pair of oars and 12 decoys were stolen from his hunting skiff on Goose Island Friday.
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James Kramer
Hamilton St
Goose Island
Trapper Rescued After Ice Trap On Goose Island
Elmer Rhode Jr., 19, of 1024 Birch View Drive, ran a trap line by boat on Thursday afternoon. His family heard his cries at Goose Island area around 6 p.m. and called the La Crosse County sheriff. Deputies Earl Kiefner and Leonard Mach, with helper Glenn Huebner of Stoddard, rescued him after his boat was frozen in and an oar broke.
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la Crosse County
Goose Island
Thursiday
Elmer Rhode Jr
Birch View Drive
Rhode
Earl Kiefner
Leonard Mach
Glenn Huebner
Stoddard
Viterbo Recital Sunday Afternoon at Music Hall
Viterbo College Preparatory Department presents the second in a monthly student recital series Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Music Hall. Solo and ensemble piano pieces feature pianists Janice Wopat Mary Kay Welch Angela Pappas Roberta Kaplan Paula Neuman and others with numerous students listed. Friends may attend and use the Market Street entrance.
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Viterbo College Preparatory Department
Music Hall
Janice Wopat
Mary Kay Welch
Angela Pappas
Roberta Kaplan
Paula Neuman
Mary Johitson
Kathryn Thompson
Millie Pientek
Catherine Edwards
Janice Hoeschler
Bill Sparkes
Tim Toepel
Marcia Cobleigh
Grace Dacki
Groundbreaking for Wisconsin Employment Security Building on 5th Ave
Groundbreaking began Thursday on 5th avenue south near Cameron avenue for the Wisconsin Employment Security Building. Architect Hackner Schroeder and Associates note a July 1 completion while officials from Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation and State Employment Service observe. Orval Nelson and Jack Jansky of the contracting firm are present.
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Cameron Avenue
Wisconsin Employment Security
Harry Schroeder
Hackner, Schroeder and Associates
Keith B. Straight
Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Department
Norman E. Schulze
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Orval Nelson
Jack Jansky
Tribune
Bidders Present Educational TV Franchises for La Crosse
Two firms La Crosse Video Inc and La Crosse TV Signal Co filed offers for a city community antenna franchise in La Crosse. They outlined plans to carry multiple channels including UW and to reserve channels for schools and educational TV. The judiciary committee asked for written offers and briefs, not a decision yet.
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la Crosse Video, Inc
la Crosse TV Signal Co
Common Council
la Crosse Video
University of Wisconsin
Edward Allen
Judiciary Committee
WKBT
Philip G. Arneson
TV Signal Company
E. L. King Jr
Winona
Watkins Products
Eugene W. Murphy
Gateway Transportation
S. J. Krysko
Winona TV Signal Co
John A. Murphy
Entron, Inc
Brandensburg
Joseph Poire
Rochester
Minn
Poire
Richard Plunkett
Herbert Lee
WKTY
Philip A. Dyer
Midwest Television
Marquette Chaplain Addresses La Crosse Civic Club
The Marquette University Civic Committee of La Crosse heard Fr. Norbert P. Loehr S J speak on The Out of Town Student at Marquette. He noted 11 500 students, over 50 percent from outside Milwaukee, 80 percent part time workers, 16 residence halls, 128 student organizations, and global faculty contact. Fr Loehr and Fr Charles M O Hara S J addressed the gathering.
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Marquette Club
Norbert P. Loehr
Charles O’hara
Marquette University Civic Club of
la Crosse
R. S. Denzer
John Murphy
Tribune
Marquette University Civic Committee of
S.J
Marquette
John A. Murphy
Fr. Loehr
Walter Schroeder Hall
Milwaukee
Charles M. O'Hara S.J
Marquette University
Two Missionaries Hacked To Death in Congo Attack
Elisabethville reports confirm two evangelical missionaries were killed last week by Baluba tribesmen in north Katanga. Victims are Elton George Behrent Knaus, 50, of New Plymouth New Zealand, and Edmund Hodgson, 62, of Blackpool England. Bodies not found. cannibalism suspected.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Katanga
Elisabethville
Elton George Behrent Knaus
New Plymouth
New Zealand
Edmund Hodgson
Blackpool
England
U.N
Du Pont Man Talks At Rotary Club Meet
Wyatte F. De Loache Midwest manager of Du Pont Extension Division spoke at the Thursday Rotary meeting on The Menace of the Misinformed. He warned that American freedoms require knowledge of founding principles and warned against economic misinformation and inflation as threats to industry and individuals. John Lehman, State College uthrotar, was a guest.
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DU Pont
Rotary Club
Wyatte F. de Loache
Midwest
du Pont Company
Rotary
Donald Stulken
de Loache
Chicago
America
John Lehman
State College Uthrotar
Swennes Retires After 46 Years With Burlington
Myron Swennes, 65, a La Crosse native, retires after 46 years with the Burlington Railroad. He began in 1914 as a laborer, held multiple posts in divisions, and served as La Crosse division superintendent before moving to the Twin Cities terminals in 1956. He plans to live in West Salem after leaving St. Paul.
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la Crosse
Burlington Road
Myron Swennes
Twin Cities
Burlington
Swennes
West Salem
St. Paul
Flyers Assn Sets Santa Visit at La Crosse Airport
The La Crosse Flyers Association plans Santa’s annual mail pickup at the Municipal Airport Sunday at 2 p.m. The event features a handshake and pat on arrival. Auxiliary police will manage parking, with county patrol and city police directing traffic at Rose and Clinton streets.
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la Crosse
South Side Businessmen’s Club
County Highway Patrol
Rose
Clinton
Warmer Weather Forecast for Coulee Region
Southerly winds bring comfort in the Coulee Region with a high of 45 on Friday and 55 on Saturday. Night temps around 35 degrees. Increasing clouds Saturday with occasional showers forecast for Sunday. Records show Dec 2 highs of 55 in 1982 and minus 10 in 1940.
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Coulee
la Crosse
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