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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1948
Page
10
County Highway Commissioner Paul Hartwig reports sign removal near 100 percent complete. State highway officials ordered illegal roadside boards removed within 30 days, with state engineers authorized to seize any remaining signs. Local crews removed or limited boards, including the Medary nightclub sign, in the area.
Highway Commissioner Paul Hartwig inspected the first concrete pour for footings at the new highway shops. Architect Frank Fuchs guided Hartwig to the site on Highway 16 across from Veterans Park.
Chief Ivan Wright announced Friday the appointment of a man to oversee county highway work. The report notes Wright’s role in confirming the new appointee and outlines responsibilities for road maintenance and project oversight.
A compilation of traffic fines and guilty pleas. Edward Gor ar edward stevek fined 63.50 for running a red light. Various individuals including Jack Oliver Jerome Island Leonard Arenis and Raymond Schneider cited for speeding with fines ranging from 5 to 87.89. County court notices show Grunkerd guilty of vagrancy to four months. William Buchner forfeits 65 cash bond for failure to appear. Fire incident reports reference engine No 5 to 1604 Green Bay Street for smoke in a plant building.
October sales in La Crosse department and general stores rose 13 percent from a year earlier, with a 10 month gain of five percent. The ninth district reports October sales about 11 percent above last year on a cumulative 1948 basis, while northern Wisconsin and Michigan peninsula show a four percent year to date rise.
Rivermen report an increased muskrat population along the Mississippi bottom lands from Lake Pepin to Davenport. The Mississippi wildlife refuge will open to trapping from December 1 to 20. Dr J F Walter of McGregor notes many muskrat houses and credits protection and good summer waters for the rise. mink numbers remain high, and trappers are warned to avoid early trapping with patrols out day and night.
Senior recreation majors at State Teachers College will visit Tomah Veterans' Hospital Friday as part of their recreation practice training. H L Krueger, hospital special services director, will arrange the program, with an informational briefing followed by ward tours to observe the recreation program. Alice DeBower, recreation major director, planned the trip.
La Crosse merchants join a national Christmas Tree Caravan to collect gifts for local needy children. Stores host trees with unwrapped presents to be distributed by the Salvation Army on Christmas Eve, with slips noting recipient gender and age.
A second floor blaze at 2013 Kane Street damaged the Arthur Goetsche residence Thursday evening. Firefighters arrived by 4 p m and contained the fire with only slight damage. Chief George Hanson attributed the likely cause to a lighted cigarette discarded into a clothes hamper.
La Vern Koenen announced the officer election results for the La Crosse Brewery Workers union. Results list Matt Strasser as president, Joe Roraff as vice-president, Koenen as business agent, William Bedessem as financial secretary, Edward Lynch as recording secretary, John Bettin and Frank Bey as sergeants at arms, Verdon Grabinske named auditing committee, and John Schoen Joe Gillis Henry Schuelke and Clifford Bakkum elected to the executive board.
Notices announce hearings for final account examinations and inheritance tax determinations in the La Crosse County Court. Executrix Josephine Gotrump seeks allowance of final accounts and valid claims for the Mary Strupp estate, while the Scherich estate case schedules review and tax determinations. Court dates are December 27 and December 28, 1948, with notices by Register Lucilliz Scherdin and Attorney Hubert V. Fuller.
ALMA Wisconsin residents push for a public letter slot at the new post office built with a combined furniture store. H. F. Stohr completed the project, but the lobby lacks an outside mail slot. G. F. Duerkop gathered 200 signatures for a Washington petition, sent through officials, hoping for action to add a mail slot.
Capt. William T. Whittington announced that reserve officers in La Crosse re-enlisted for three year tours. First lieutenants William Cross and others were reported as re-enlisted at once, with Cross listed at 2105 Farnam Street, Clay Army Reserve Office, Room 312 Federal Building.
Muskegon Michigan Campbell Wyant and Cannon Foundry plans to lay off 500 workers and cut 1,000 more to a four day week this month. Officials say reduced production schedules inventory adjustments and contract terminations prompted the cuts and that reductions may extend into the new year.
Obituary notices list Frank X Leinfelder 78 of 1222 Main Street died at home Friday. Foreman at La Crosse Rubber Mills since 1929. Survived by wife two daughters Rita Knoll Mary Mur and two sons M J Leinfelder and Rev Phillip Leinfelder ten grandchildren one sister Sister M Chernubi and a brother J J Leinfelder. John C Michel 75 died after brief illness survived by brother Carl F Michel and many nieces and nephews. Funeral set Saturday 2 p m from 1431 Cass Street with Rev R D Winter, burial Oak Grove cemetery. Onalaska resident Liebel, 85, died Friday morning, funeral arrangements pending.
Five white passengers were wounded in a bus gunfire exchange between a white man and a Negro near Cleveland Tennessee. Sheriff Bud Cash said the shooting began after the Negro asked the white man to move a seat. Jack Bennett of Calhoun and James A Phillips of Charleston were arrested for assault with intent to murder, each with $5,000 bond.
Weather record from the Commerce Department notes fair and mild conditions in Wisconsin tonight and Saturday with increasing clouds and rain or snow near Lake Superior at night. Minnesota sees cloudiness and precipitation in the northwest tonight, colder Saturday, with central snow and north colder. Iowa remains fair and mild tonight and Saturday. Shippers within 150 miles of La Crosse are advised to protect north shipments for 28 west south and east shipments near freezing.
Flood-stage readings show stages at Dam No. 7 and Pool 92, Dam No. 6, and other stations. rising slightly with light ice in pools 2 and 7, then normal flow resumes by week end. Weather: fair for most, pacific air brings rain and snow to the west, warmer Great Lakes and Dakotas, temps rise to 10 degrees above December normals, Miami records 85, Rockies drop to 10 below.
Sportsmen in La Crosse heard Frank Clark outline Ducks Unlimited aims to boost North American game bird habitat by funding nesting and water areas in Canada. Films by Dick Borden showed irrigation projects in southern Alberta and the fight against fire. State support comes from 45 U S states plus Canada with local fund drives funding regional work in Lake Wisconsin and other sites aiming for 1949 completion.
John Ward 76 died November 30 in Elroy Wisconsin. He was a retired North Western railroad conductor. Rosary Friday at 8 p m in the new Funeral parlors. Funeral services Saturday at 9 a m with Rev James J Sheridan officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Survivors: brothers Michael and James of Elroy and sister Mary of Elroy.
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