Clergy appointments announced by La Crosse diocese
The diocese of La Crosse names three pastors and one administrator for area parishes. Francis Mulligan to St Marys Tomah and St Andrews Warrens. Lavern Timmerman to Sacred Heart Nekoosa. Peter Leketas to St Marys Neillsville. Donald Theisen administrator of St Boniface Waumandee. Born Ireland Chicago and Wisconsin clergy details included.
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Diocese of la Crosse
la Crosse
Francis Mulligan
St. Mary’s
Tomah
St. Andrew’s Mission
Warrens
LaVern H. Timmerman
Mulligan Joy
Sacred Heart
Nekoosa
Peter J. Leketas
St. Mary’s Parish
Neillsville
Donald J. Theisen
St. Boniface Parish
Waumandee
Ireland
Father Mulligan
Roscluff
Kenrick Seminary
St. Louis
St. James, la Crosse
St. James, Rising Sun
St. Francis
Ellsworth
Lyndon Station
Father Timmerman
Sinsinawa
Wis
Timmerman
St. James
St. Charles
Genoa
Cashton
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s Ridge
St. Boniface
Father Leketas
Chicago
St. Rose Convent
Sacred Heart Parish
Chippewa Falls
Marshfield
St. Patrick’s
Manston
St. Rose of Lima
Cadett
Father Theisen
Porterfield
Rhode
Green Bay
St. Stephen’s Parish
Stevens Point
Marathon
St. Patrick's
Sparta
St. Joseph's Parish
Black River Falls
Elroy's Eldest To Reach 91
Mrs. Myrta Searles of Elroy observes her 91st birthday Sunday at her son Fred's home. Born in Appleton, she moved to Elroy at age five and married Willis Searles in 1882. She has two sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren, and one great great granddaughter.
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Elroy
Wis
Myrta Searles
Fred
Ettrick
S. J. Johnson
Harlan Thompson
Johnson
California
Gerald Sheehy
Clayton Caesey
Betsy Solberg
Hegg
Cletus Casey
Mock wedding staged by La Crescent East ern Star members
In La Crescent Minnesota the East ern Star conducted a mock wedding after a brief chapter meeting. Participants included Mr and Mrs Howard Kelley and Ralph Jones with Ralph Welch as honorees. Brides included Carl Strauss Sidney Scoville and Robert Panke.
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LA Crescent, Minn
Howard Kelley
Ralph, Jones
Ralph Welch
la Crescent Chapter
Eastern Star
D. C. Webster
Carl Strauss
Sidney Scoville
Robert Panke
Mmes
Lyle Keller
William Dawes
Zaida Harris
Irvin Yeiter
John Carson
Peter Freeman
Robert Oman
Vern Volten
Ronald Shepardson
William Friedman
William Olson
Hattie Webster
Irvin Yester
Ralph Coffin
E. L. Bacon
Orvie Wetel Sr
Carl Iverson
Beaver Creek Lutheran Church Annual Meeting Held at ETTRICK
Members of the South Beaver Creek Lutheran congregation elected two trustees Victor Olson and Benjamin Pischke. Olaf Erickson remains secretary and Harold Hanson treasurer. Mrs. Lewis Osley named financial secretary and deacons include Selmer Swenson Joseph Bott and Arthur Bryhn. Delegates chosen for spring district and circuit meetings. New pews and lighting added. Ladies Aid officers listed and Christmas party set for Dec 30.
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Milo Johnson
Olaf Erickson
Millard Bergerson
Lewis Osley
Joseph Bott
Elias Swenson
Erwin Krogstad
M. A Olson
Arthur Bryhn
Ladies Aid
Martin Severson
Myrtle Carlson
Vilas Salomonsen
Melvin Erickson
Aid
Onalaska Lions Sponsor Benefit Show and Dance
Onalaska Wisconsin Lions Club sponsors a benefit show and dance at the high school gym Saturday evening. The event features a radio and barn dance directed by Jack Martin of La Crosse. Russell Skogen heads the arrangements with Lions Club president Jack Nass. Proceeds fund the purchase of an iron lung for the Onalaska community. Tickets available from club members or at Bob's Flower Shop Naas Clothing Store and Stan's Pure Oil Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska
Wis
Bob’s
Naas Clothing
Stan's Pure Oil Station
Spring Grove Girl Scouts Bake Sale and Lunch
Spring Grove Girl Scouts will hold a bake sale and serve lunch at Anderson’s Appliance Store starting at 1 30 p m Saturday. St Peter's Lutheran Church Ladies Aid will meet at Trinity Lutheran Church Saturday at 2 30 p m hosted by Mmes Margido Solie and Cyrus Lee.
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Spring Grove, Minn
Spring Grove
Anderson's
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mmes. Margido Solie
Cyrus
Lee
Mabel Bank Holds Open House After Remodeling
Mabel Minn First National Bank of Mabel will hold open house Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the remodeling project featuring new entry stairs aluminum front glass door updated fixtures a larger lobby and refreshed interior areas.
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Mabel Bank
Mabel, Minn
First National Bank of
Mabel
Miss Ethel Mae Jones Leads Sparta Christmas Seal Sale
Miss Ethel Mae Jones is in charge of the Christmas Seal sale sponsored by the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association in the city of Sparta.
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Sparta, Wis
Ethel Mae Jones
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Sparta
Sparta Jaycees rally for 1000 blood donors drive
Sparta Wisconsin Jaycees launch a Red Cross blood recruitment drive led by Ray Easley aiming for 1000 donors with a February 2 to 4 bloodmobile visit. If short of target, house to house solicitations in all four wards and surrounding areas will be organized with ward chairmen named.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Jaycees
Red Cross
Ray Easley
Jaycee
Jaycees
Easley
Bill Schowalter
Stuart Latimer
Wendell Steele
Wayne Smith
Bill Kellar
John Kress Jr
Marvin Olson
Bill Richardson
Allan Roberts
Les Erickson
Jerry Bolden
Ray Much
Neil Kemp
Edor Everson
Tom Leverich
Frank Humphrey, Jr
Les Riley
Bill Raudebush
Marines to be featured on national TV holiday program
Pfc. Howard Mahlum from Camp Pendleton Oceanside California will join Pfc. Bob Begay Navajo Indian and Cpls Jensen and Morten to present a combat training village with Korean style buildings on a nationwide TV hook up Sunday Dec. 14. The feature also includes news reels and magazine coverage. Camp Pendleton hosts 44000 personnel including trainees and the 3rd Marine Division under Lem Shepherd.
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Ettrick
Wis
Henry Mahlum
Pfc
Howard Mahlum
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Bob Begay
Jensen
Morten
Mahlum
3Rd Marine Division
Lem’ Shepherd
Time
Jackson County Polio Campaign Aims For One Million
Jackson County campaign director Clifford Nelson says the 1953 March of Dimes must exceed one million dollars to meet national goals. Wisconsin raised 745,000 last January, well below the national average, amid a record polio epidemic. Jackson County attendees at Eau Claire included Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Nelson and others.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Clifford Nelson
Jackson County
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
P. B. Mills
A. W. Powell
Betty Perry
Christmas Program Marks Yale Weekend at Our Saviour's
Whitehall Wisconsin special report notes Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Luther Leagues plan a Christmas program and party Sunday evening December 14. The junior group meets 7 30 p m in the Parish House recreation room on the first floor and the senior group gathers at 8 p m in the assembly on the third floor.
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Whitehall
Wis
Luther Leagues of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Ruth Circle Bake Sale At Larson's Electric Shop
The Ruth Circle of the Lutheran Church will host a bake sale at Larson's Electric Shop on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. The event offers a variety of baked goods including Norwegian Christmas specialties and a selection of handmade gift items.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Ruth Circle
The
Lutheran Church
Larson
Band Choir Benefit Bake Sale in Tilmer Hanson's Shop
A bake sale to aid the De Soto High School band and choir will be held Saturday at Tilmer Hanson's Appliance Store starting at 10 a.m. Mrs John O Hunder chairs the event with helpers Mrs Martin De Garmo and Mrs Tilmer Hanson assisting.
PSC Eyes Phone Firm Improvement Project
The Public Service Commission said it would study the Monroe Telephone Company Sparta application to raise 120000 in stock and bonds for plant upgrades. The plan calls for 70550 in common stock and 50000 in first mortgage bonds to fund the project.
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Madison
Wis
Public Service Commission
Monroe Telephone Company
Sparta
Chamber of Commerce sponsors matinee for Hillsboro children
The newly formed Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce will sponsor two matinee movies at Hill Theater on Saturday afternoon, December 13. Children from the city and surrounding rural area are invited to attend.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Chamber of Commerce
Hill
Ettrick Fire Crew Re-elected At 24th Annual Meet
Ettrick Wisconsin special report notes officers re-elected for the volunteer fire department. Al bert Gunderson is chief and Stanley Nelsestuen is assistant chief. The group reported 22 calls in 1952 and set plans for a January 9 firemen's ball.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick Volunteer Fire Department
Albert Gunderson
Stanley Nelsestuen
Henry Knutson
E. O. Runnestrand
J. A. Kamprud
Albert Severson
Christopher Erickson
Nick Rogness
E. Q. Runnestrand
Robert Ofsdahl
Julius Johnson
Erickson Cafe
Winona
Whitehall Rebekahs Elect New Officers
Whitehall Wisconsin special report notes the Whitehall Rebekah Lodge election Tuesday evening. New officers include noble grand Mrs. Clifford Dahl, vice grand Mrs. Jens Klavestad, recording secretary Mrs. Paul Van Horn, financial secretary Miss Laura Thompson, treasurer Mrs. Eyvind Peterson, trustees Mrs. Ernest Halverson and Mrs. Cornell Hagen, and drill team captain Mrs. Theodore Duebbert. Installation set for January 13.
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall Rebekah
Clifford Dahl
Noble Grand
Jens Klavestad
Paul van Horn
Laura Thompson
Eyvind Peterson
Ernest Halverson
Cornell Hagen
Theodore Duebbert
Caledonia Pancake Supper Boosts Athletic Fund
In Caledonia Minnesota the Athletic Booster Club fundraiser gathered vendor support from local merchants and residents. The pancake supper total reached 116 dollars sixty two cents with 27 dollars fifty cents from a mystery booth and candy sale allocated to the football injury fund for 1952.
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Caledonia, Minn
Caledonia
Athletic Booster Club
Attends Conclave and Wisconsin Visits Reported
Leonard Dagenhardt attended the International Harvester Company convention in Milwaukee. Mrs. Martyn Freeman and her children from Wisconsin Rapids visited her brother George Walker and family in recent days.
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Norwalk
Wis
Leonard Dagenhardt
International Harvester Company
Milwaukee
Martyn Freeman
Wisconsin Rapids
George Walker
Opposition To School District Tops News Interest
At Lansing Iowa special PTA meeting 1952 a debate on consolidating the Lansing Public School with nearby rural schools was moderated by Rev C H Willemssen. The affirmative were Dr F S Wilson and Robert Schleeter. the negative Russell Moline and Robert Whitmore. The board of education was approached about consolidation by several rural residents. The junior band performed with solos by Tommy Halverson and Marlene Hogan.
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Lansing
Irev
C. H. Willemssen
PTA
F. S. Wilson
Robert Schleeter
Russell Moline
Robert Whitmore
Board of Education
Tommy Halverson
Marlene Hogan
Polio Victims Show Gains in Minnesota
Polio patients in La Crosse and Minneapolis show improvement. Thom as Guenther, moved from La Crosse to Gillette Hospital in Minneapolis after a month as a polio patient. William Hafner and son Gerald 12 Betty Roraff 8 and others improve or recover enough to go home.
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Robert Ross
Gerry Breza
Alvin Breza
Ettrick Pupils Tell Yale Story
Ettrick Wisconsin pupils present a Christmas tableau at Ettrick Community Hall directed by Clayton Olsen and others. A seven scene narrative with a 50 voice chorus from four upper grades features readings and songs including Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Jingle Bells Frosty the Snow Man and Jol ly Old St Nicholas.
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Ettrick, Wis
Ettrick Community Hall
Ettrick Grade School
Clayton Olsen
William Mahlke
Richard Mattson
Hiram Mahlum
Bernice Kennedy
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Frosty the Snow Man
St. Nicholas
Church Youths Invite Hixton Presbyterians For Sunday Session
Sunday night youth from Methodist churches in Alma Center Humboldt Merrillan Black River Falls and Trout Run join Presbyterian youth of Hixton for fellowship and worship. Activities begin at 6 30 p m with carols and games followed by an 8 p m worship service and refreshments after.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Methodist
Alma Center
Humbird
Merrillan
Trout Run
Presbyterian Church of
Choir to Present PF Church Program in Pigeon Falls
Pigeon Falls Wisconsin special report says the SL Luther League will hold a church program Sunday evening. Soloists include Lloyd Hanson Mrs Arthur Ring lien Mrs Harry Hanson Gerald Annas Gene Nelsestuen and Mrs Ernest Myhres with Mrs Melvin Annas performing a musical reading.
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Pigeon Falls
Wis
SL Luther League of
Lloyd Hanson
Arthur Ring‘lien
Harry Hanson
Gerald Annas
Gene Nelsestuen
Ernest Myhres
Melvin Annas
Youth Fellowship Hayride Planned by Black River Falls
The Black River Falls Youth Fellowship of the Methodist Church plans a hayride Saturday night. Bruce Odeen oversees arrangements. The group will meet at the church at 7 30 p m.
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Black River Falls
Wis
The
Methodist Church
Bruce Odeen
Weisse Family Visits De Soto Wisconsin Couple
Mr and Mrs Roland Weisse and their children from Green Bay visited Mr and Mrs John Gordon and Mrs E Ringenbach in De Soto Wisconsin.
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DE Soto
Wis
Roland Weisse
Green Bay
John Gordon
E. Ringenbach
Wisconsin high school one act contest at Eau Claire
Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire hosts 14 state high school dramatic groups for the annual one act play contest. Competing schools from eight districts hold A ratings, judged by Ronald Gee of the University of Wisconsin. Coulee Region entrants include West Lima with Echo and Soldier's Grove with Suppressed Desire, with public invited to Friday night and Saturday sessions.
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Wisconsin State College
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Forensic Association
College Little Theater
Wisconsin
Ronald Gee
University of Wisconsin Speech Department
Coulee
West Lima
Soldier's Grove
Church Plans Yule Programs for Christmas
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church schedules a series of Christmas events starting Sunday December 21 at 3 p.m. with the kindergarten and first two grades and a 8 p.m. concert by three choirs. A December 23 program for grades three to eight and the high school Bible department follows at 8 p.m. Christmas day worship includes two festival services at 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. plus auxiliary groups hosting events.
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O. G. Birkeland
Bible School
Ettrick Area Sees Debate On District Integration
Residents in Ettrick and surrounding area continue to oppose the Gale Ettrick Integrated School District dissolution movement, arguing the integration process was undemocratic. The article reviews local civic changes, church anniversaries, business shifts, and notable events in 1952 within Ettrick and neighboring communities.
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Fr. Mulligan
Mauston
Oes
Taylor Co-operative Creamery
William Helstad
James Rose
Junior Larson
John Colwell
Helstad
John Davis
Blair
Beaver Creek Church
Meet
French Creek Lutheran
Mines
Claus Iverson
Alvin Kleppen
Orville Mahlum
Alex Nelsestuen
Julius Hegge
Ole Havre
Carl Herberg
Millard Johnson
Odell Tranberg
Irvin Toppen
Henry Solberg
Onalaska Lions
SG Girl Scouts
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company of
Illinois
Princeton, Illinois
Jackson
Yale
BRF
de Soto Bake Sale
PSC Eyes
C of C
Rebekahs
ABC
Aovrsachlers Pharmacy
Fifth Ave
Hi! Nago and Miller
Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate
C. A. Brye
Tribune
Gale-Ettrick
Robert Rogne
Lloyd Berger
Melrose Creamery
Andrew Jeyne
South Beaver Creek
Edward Forseth
Jeyne
Hardies Creek
French Creek
Luther B. Keay
Minto
N.D
Trinity Lutheran Parish
South
Beaver Creek
George St
Curtis Heim
Harold Haugh
Galesville
George ‘Gilbertson
Gilbertson-Olson
Clarence Olson
Alen Martin Weinkean
Raymond Erickson
E. J. Corcoran
Margaret Corcoran
Julia Enghagen
Mae ‘Ria Mahoney
Erick Remus Gaseoline
Main Street
Beach
Carl J. Johnson
Howard Mack
Larson Hardware
Walter Cafe
Wayne Erickson
Highway 53
Lynn Finch
Hot ‘Springs
S.D
Ettrick Advance
Advance
Helmer Gilbertson
Melrose Chronicle
Melrose
Gilbertson
Walter Wall
Trempealeau Valley League
Helen Ekern
Marie
North Carolina
Hamilton
Even Klinkenberg
St. Crois Island
Maine
Fos
Cyodl
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