Homemaker Clubs Exhibit Dolls For Salvation Army Toy Project
About 144 dolls dressed by La Crosse county Homemaker clubs are on display at Northern States Power Co. until December 16. Each doll carries the name of its Homemaker group. The event, centered on a "Mrs Santa Claus" doll, is organized by County Homemakers and Miss Edith Brevig with Salvation Army support and Jaycees sponsorship at the Vocational school. Maj C Edwards and Envoy G Shafar will distribute dolls to card holders, prioritizing families in need.
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la Crosse County
Northern States Power Co
Santa Claus
Edith Brevig
Salvation Army
Jaycees
Maj. C. Edwards
G. Shafar
Joseph Callaway
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Mas. Edwards
Central Group To Hold Party At Central High
Central High hosts the first holiday party of the season in the school library after classes. Library Round Table members organize decorations and refreshments with Dawn Uglum as chairman. Attendants include Mary Rogstad Lois Ann Woll schlager Audrey Nekola and others under advisor Miss Cydell Swenson.
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Central High School
Library Round Table
Mary Rogstad
Lois Ann Wollschlager
Audrey Nekola
Dawn Uglum
Jeanean Zimmer
Louise Balmer
Jean Kroner
Adrienne Brietzke
Ilse Koch Returns To Court For Trial
Four policemen escorted Ilse Koch into the Augsburg court to resume her trial for concentration camp atrocity. Pale and weak she sat staring out the window as a court decision on her sanity and conduct remained unsettled after a doctor testified to hysteria.
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Augsburg
Germany
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Idaho Hot Springs Fueled By Underground Lava
Many Idaho hot springs are not chemically heated. Instead they rise from underground lava activity beneath the surface.
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Idaho
Post Office on Wheels proposed to serve La Crosse area
Rochester officials push a highway postal route from La Crosse to Hastings Minnesota to deliver improved service to towns along routes 14 and 53. Proponents argue buses with mail handling will speed distribution, replace limited railway mail, and connect La Crosse with Rochester via a rotating schedule.
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Hastings
Minn
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Rochester
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Manterville
Minneapolis
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Chamber of Commerce
Menne
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August H. Andresen
J. W. Feller
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Caledonia
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Racine
Stewartville
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Cannon Falls
League of Minnesota
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Ind
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Houston
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Held For Homicide In Wisconsin Driving Collision
West Bend Wisconsin Robert Moser was bound over to the February term of circuit court for trial on negligent homicide after a November 5 crash in Campbellport that killed John Krueger's wife an eight year old daughter and his mother in the vehicle Moser was driving.
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West Bend
Wis
Robert Moser
Moser
John Krueger
Campbellsport
Krueger
Notre Dame Club Rites Breakfast Ahead of Dance
Members of the La Crosse Notre Dame club attended communion at St James Church and met at Hotel Stoddard for breakfast where Rev. James B. Ferron spoke of his Europe pilgrimage. Dance tickets go to 125 couples. event set for Dec 27 in Crystal Ballroom with Larry Zeiman’s orchestra.
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la Crosse
Larry Zeiman
Robert Padesky
Robert Hackner
William Dvorak
Frederick Funk
Notre Dame
J. J. Sheridan
Mass
Hyde
Dvorak
John Hackner
Seek Lithuanian Boy Believed In La Crosse
A displaced Lithuanian boy Antanas Vernianskas aged 12 to 14 may be living in La Crosse. Relatives seek help after a Worcester letter to city hall claimed the New York consulate sent him to La Crosse. Father Michael, stepmother Mary, and brothers Casimir Paul Simon and Joseph are listed. India opens an Austin assembly plant in Ennore producing 30 cars weekly.
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la Crosse
Casimir Cernianshas
Worcester
Mass
Anthony Vernianskas
Antanas
New York
Michael
Mary
Casimir
Paul
Simon
Joseph
Wisconsin Counties Net Truck Funds For 1951 Road Builds
Jackson, Dunn, Monroe, St. Croix and Vilas counties receive state trunk improvement advances totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars for major building and rebuilding projects in the 1951 season. The highway commission also reports a $111,000 grant from the U S bureau of public roads for forest road work in 1952, boosting Wisconsin forest road funds to about $152,000 for Chequamegon and Nicolet forests plus gas tax financed public-road projects.
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Madison
Wis
Highway Commission
Jackson County
Dunn
Monroe
St. Croix
Vilas
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
U. S. Forest
Forest Road
Wisconsin
Nicolet Forest
Introduction of the banjo in early America
The instrument arrived in the United States via enslaved Africans. Its name traces to the Italian bandore and Portuguese bandura from the Greek pandoura, a three stringed instrument.
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United States
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