Scarseth Advances to National Merit Scholarship Finals
Thomas Scarseth, son of Mr and Mrs E J Scarseth of 1602 Bainbridge St, is a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program. The nationwide test selects high school seniors for four year scholarships based on aptitude scores, achievement, leadership, and character with about 200 finalists nationwide. Scarseth, a junior completing six courses in both his junior and senior years, holds a 3.00 average and is a student council president, editor of Winneshiek yearbook, art editor of the annual, Log staff, stage crew, dramatics participant, and a former Jr. Ex at Logan. He plans mechanical engineering study at Wisconsin or MIT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Scarseth
E. J. Scarseth
Bainbridge St
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Seareeth
Scarseth
Logan
University of Wisconsin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Funeral Rites Held for Therese Zastrow of Arcadia
Funeral services for Therese Zastrow 66 lifelong Arcadia resident who died December 10 were at Our Lady of Perpetual Help with Rev Crystal Smetana officiating. Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery. She was born May 29 1889 to John and Pauline Zastrow and married Emil Zastrow on November 24 1919. Surviving are four sons Leland Clair Emil Jr and Glen, a daughter Audrey, four brothers and two sisters.
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Arcadia
Wis
Therese Zastor
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Crystal Smetana
Calvary Cemetery
John
Pauline Zastrow
Navy
Emil Zastrow
St. Paul
Minn
Leland
Alma
Clair
Milwaukee
Emil Jr
Rochester
Glen
Audrey Zastrow
Jerome
Medford
George
Norbert
George Haines
Herman Arnold
Mankato
Carpenter Cut Face in Ettrick Shed Fall
Sam son Steine a Franklin carpenter suffered a severe cut on the face after falling from a shed he was repairing. Several stitches were needed to close the wound.
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Ettrick
Wis
Samson Steine
Franklin Carpenter
Storm Groggy Ship Nearing South Pole Aboard Glacier
The USS Glacier, an icebreaker of the U S Antarctic expedition, fights gale whipped seas and nears 61°S 176°E en route to McMurdo Sound. Crew and passengers spot orcas and penguins, receive safety briefings from Maj Murray A Weiner, and prepare for pack ice navigation with helicopter crews.
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Antarctic Circle
Cmdr
J. T. Schermerhorn
Norfolk
New Zealand
Antarctic
McMurdo Sound
Murray A. Weiner
Alexandria
Weiner
Adm
Richard E
Prairie Opens Six Skating Rinks in Prairie du Chien
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin six skating rinks will open this weekend marking a first for the city. Park commissioner Keith Key said the improved freezing weather ensures surfaces will be ready for children citywide. Rink locations include Michigan and Wisconsin streets St Gabriel's lot 4th Ward School 7th Ward School Mrs Yeoman's lot at Dousman and Dunn streets and one in Lowertown.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Keith Key
City Park Commission
Keys
Michigan
Wisconsin
St. Gabriel's
4Th Ward
7Th Ward
Local Holiday Shops Pack City for Christmas Deals
Locals browse Christmas offers with Universal Photo Service on State Street for cards and negatives, EconoMy Paint advertises discounted wallpaper, Adele Mussallem sells linens, St Thomas More bake sale dates December 17 and 18, Holy Cross Seminary orders by noon over $5, Sweet Shop promotes homemade ribbon candy, Aletta’s Hat Shop cuts prices to 3 from 10.95, My Florist lists arrangements at low prices.
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Universal Photo Service
State Street
Economy
Pearl Street
Art's
West Avenue
State
Adele Mussallem
St. Thomas More
Holy Cross Seminary
Aletta’s
Taxpayer Unit Plans Study of Agencies and Improvements
La Crosse County Taxpayers Association plans a study of city and county agencies to compare efficiency with other communities and offer economy ideas. The group will conduct a long change study of capital improvements and debt limits with Public Expenditure Survey of Wisconsin aid.
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The
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Taxpayers’ Association
Common Council
County Board
Blind man and sister in law admit Meier and Frank bombing plot
In Portland two suspects admit a $50,000 extortion bombing of the Meier and Frank Co department store eight months ago. William Clarence Peddicord, 35, and Joyce Keller, 28, face charges of injuring persons and property by explosives with bonds set at 75,000 each. The blast occurred April 15 in a men's washroom, causing debris injuries but no serious harm.
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Portland
Ore
Big Meier and Frank Co
William B. Browne
William Clarence Peddicord
Hbis
Joyce Keller
Browne
Tillman Bros
Bill
Bainbridge Street
French Island
South 17Th
Tom
Del
la Crosse Bedding Co
la Crosse Woolen Mills Co
George
Ray L. Revor
Jackson
Dial
North la Crosse
St. Cloud
Main
E. L. Kloss
Commission On Retirement Moves To Speed Its Work
A 21 member governor s commission tasked with creating more equitable state employee retirement plans voted to hire a full time executive secretary and formed four sub committees. Chairman Sen Arthur Padrutt and Vice Chairman E L Wingert lead the panel with Frederic MacMillin as secretary. subcommittees will study retirement purposes age Social Security influence comparative benefits and investment equity feasibility.
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Madison
Arthur Padrutt
Rchippewa Falls
E. L. Wingert
Young killer dies after deadly rampage in Vandergrift
John Fallone aged 17 died six hours after a gunfight with a six-man posse near Armstrong County Memorial Hospital. Gladys Smail remains in critical condition from chest wounds inflicted by Fallone who had killed her family and wounded her father and uncle. Policeman Gus Zanos was wounded but survived. authorities say around 100 shots were fired before Fallone was shot dead.
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Vandergrift
John Fallone
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Gladys Smail
J. Warren Smail
William Smail
Fallone
Gus Zanos
Apollo
Smail
Two Crippled Ships Towed Toward Haven
Two disabled ships were being towed toward Halifax as salvage efforts continued. The 6,219 ton Lord Church, stranded after a storm damaged steering gear, was headed by the Foundation Frances. A French government trawler Galantry was towed toward Sydney after engine trouble. A mystery unmanned schooner with no lights drifted off Newfoundland, unseen by its crew.
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Halifax
N.S
Newfoundland
Foundation
Frances
Lord Church
Foundation Frances
Sydney
Columbia
St. Pierre
R. J. Randall
Transport Department
Surgeon's Cove Head
Milwaukee groups back Walton League in Kettle Moraine clash
The Daniel Boone Hunters League of Milwaukee voted December 6 to support the Izaak Walton League's drive to keep the new State School for Boys out of the Kettle Moraine State Forest and reaffirmed that stance this week. Their chairman Herb Rheingane said the group favors locating the school in Waukesha.
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Milwaukee
Izaak Walton League
Kettle Moraine State Forest
Daniel Boone Hunters League of
Herb Rheingane
Rheingane
Waukesha
Hunter Otto Lange Found Dead Near Veterans Home
Otto L. Lange aged 60, a resident of the Grand Army Home for Veterans in Fond du Lac, was found dead in a woodlot after a night search. The Waupaca County coroner ruled death from a heart attack, Lange had left the home Wednesday to rabbit hunt and was reported missing by his wife.
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King
Fond du Lac
Grand Army Home For Veterans
Otto L. Lange
Waupaca
A.M. Christofferson
Lange
Woman Fire Refuge For Burned Out Conley Family In Hixson
Thirteen members of the Conley family were left destitute when their two room home burned at Hixson. Mrs Mary Plank sheltered them in her two room house while Mrs Conley was in Chattanooga for Christmas gift shoes for 11 children. Firemen opened a relief fund to aid the family as the cause of the fire remains undetermined.
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Chattanooga
Tenn.p
John Conley
Hixson
Conley
Hixson School
Costly Coffee Smashes Wall at Wolverine Hotel
Daniel Buelman parked a tractor-trailer on a hill then entered a hotel dining room for coffee. Minutes later the truck rolled back, braked loose, and punched a 12 by 12 foot hole in the wall near his table. He was charged for the coffee and damages.
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Wolverine
Mich
Daniel Buelman
Buelman
Chest Helps Supply Funds For Shows
Six USO camp shows with 97 guest artists depart from Burbank at 9 a.m. to perform for service members worldwide. Donations from La Crosse through the Community Chest fund numerous shows recruited by the Hollywood Coordinating Committee led by George Murphy. The units will perform in Japan, Korea, Iwo Jima, Guam, Philippines, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, returning to the U.S. between Jan. 6 and Jan. 12.
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USO
Air Force
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Calif
U.S
la Crosse
Guam
Philippines
Eniwetok
Kwajalein
Midway
Alaska
Greenland
Labrador
Baffin Island
Newfoundland
Germany
France
Libya
Greece
Turkey
Crete
French Morocco
Bermuda
Puerto Rico
Cuba
La Crosse Police Court Fines Reported For Multiple Offenses
Daily Records from La Crosse show John Sayles age 32 fined 10 dollars for speeding along with James Schneider 18 fined 10 for speeding. Others include Otis Sather 46 fined 25 for leaving scene of accident and Frank Repnik 41 fined 5 for illegal turn.
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John Sayles
van Loon Rd
James M. Schneider
Coon Valley
Russell FE. Thompson
la Crescent
Ella B. Wangen
S. 32Nd St
Otis Sather
S. 26Th. St
Frank Repnik
State St
Mary L. Reinhard
Winnebago St
Edward J. Quillan
Hyde Ave
Jon N. Nelson
Holmen
Wis
Delbert A. Nelson
Farewell St
Paul W. Loomis
Avon St
Eugene E. Lamb
S. 7Th St
Gloria A. Kline
17Th St
Helmer Jostad
Onalaska
Willard V. Johnson
Andrew F. Hoch
29Th St
David P. Hendrickson
Sill St
Leo W. Fischer
Copeland Ave
Power Line Approved in Grant County Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission authorized Wisconsin Power and Light Co to build a 69,000 volt transmission line spanning 14 miles from Bloomington to Cassville in Grant County. Estimated cost is $328,326. A separate hearing is set for Fond du Lac on January 19 to consider added protection at the Northwestern railway crossing on Forest Avenue in Fond du Lac. Memorial Day observance notes from May 30, 1869 are referenced.
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Madison
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Bloomington
Cassville
Grant County
Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac County
Northwestern
iForest Avenue
Rotary Club Hosts Christmas Party for Emerson Students
Emerson School orthopedic department students received their annual Christmas party hosted by the Rotary Club. John Patterson led the program with Principal Myrtle Oltman expressing gratitude, as Santa Gene Luening, the Emerson rhythm band, and multiple student performers provided song and instrumental numbers. New instructors were introduced and police officers assisted, with Rotarian Wayne Bratcher attending as a guest.
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Emerson School
John Patterson
Myrtle Oltman
Oltman
Gene Luening
Santa Claus
Emerson Rhythm Band
Rotarians
Stafford Loveland
Cheryl Elam
Dana Hardie
Joyce Garbers
Ruth Theisen
Ronnie Jones
Dorothy Woefel
Mary
Robert Poff
Theresa Breidel
Monica Chroninger
Bonnie Jones
Jesus
Emerson
Dena G. Aldrich
Lower Orthopedic
Stella Kennard
Dorothy M. Cyemanick
Leora Ellsworth
Emil Sikorski
Garfield Kirkhorn
Robert Peterson
N Fw 2
Emerson Lower
Tony Culp
Margaret Donnell
Lynn Halverson
Eugenia Heintz
Mavis Johnson
Richard Kerska
Shirley Leak
Carol Munson
Judy Nekola
Judy Peterson
Donald Pitel
Pauline Schleifer
Michael Hall
Wayne Bratcher
St. Paul
Births listed in Prairie du Chien area notices
Birth announcements dated December 8 to December 15 include a son to Mr. and Mrs. William C Jungbluth of 1411 Ferry St and daughters to Rev and Mrs Harris Melin in La Moille and to Mr and Mrs Rodney Stage at 1713 Bainbridge St along with births at General Hospital Prairie du Chien Beaumont Hospital McGregor Community Hospital and Elkader. Notable names include Anna Lyndell Holland Edith Brandt and Mary Jane Bond.
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William C. Jungbluth
Ferry St
Mary Jane Bond
Harris Melin
la Moille
Anna Lyndell Holland
Rodney J. Stage
Bainbridge St
Edith Brandt
Robert Konicheck
Prairie du Chien
McGregor
Iowa
Community Hospital
Marriage Licenses Listed for Minneapolis Prairie du Chien and More
Clifford Holm and Sylvia Van Campen of Minneapolis. Robert L. Scheckler and Shirley J. Horkheimer of Prairie du Chien. Ronald Milken of Waukesha and Mary Fenton of Eastman.
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Clifford Holm
Sylvia van Campen
Minneapolis
Robert L. Scheckler
Shirley J. Horkheimer
Prairie du Chien
Ronald Milken
Waukesha
Mary Fenton
Eastman
Order Appointing Time To Prove Will and Heirship
Wisconsin probate notice for Marie Spies estate in La Crosse County sets hearing January 3, 1956. Creditors must file claims by March 9, 1956. court to examine claims March 13 1956. Publication to run three weeks in The La Crosse Tribune with notice to interested parties.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Marie Spies
la Crosse
City of
County of la Crosse
State of
la Crosse Tribune
State OF Wisconsin
Aurelia Lee
Holland
State
R. V. Ahlstrom
Bosshard & Arneson
Linker
Wis
Caroline Simkey
City of la Crosse
Ruth Netwal
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Wisconsin State
Exchange
Apply Machine Products Co
West Ave. South
Minnesota
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Western _Union
Lee
Pacific Groance Irst Credit
MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CO@P
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Mgr
Tom Cheap
Fifth Ave
Carpenter
Dinette
Lloyd Daystrom Virtue
Ross Sr
3Rd Street
South Pole
Saul Pett
Prairie
aaTwainis
Vision of the Pinex Company, Inc
Fort Wayne, Indians
Taxpayer Unit
Commission On Retirement
Gladys
Ernest
Haven
Walton League
Hunter
Sin
Daily Records Police Court
Jack A. Hebher
State Rd
Carl Ringleman
Jackson St
Roger Ringleman
Clarence Knutson
North Sth Street
Northern Engraving Co
4Th and Vine Streets
Rotary Club
Lutheran Hospital
Leo Hanson
Robert Sebastian
Lawrence Lathrop
Boscobel
Beaumont
Robert Hanson
Elkader
Prairie du Chien, Wis
K. of
G. J. Kneifl
E. W. Ryan
G.K
May Yeoman
Lee H. Holmes
Yeoman
Mindoro
Helen Fisher
Trance Co
Fritz
Ben Bradford
Losey Blvd
Beagie
Mississippi
la Crosse Animal Hospital
Wallpaper & Paint CO
Edward Layland
Yanzer Sanitarium
North
Spell’s
Soell North Side
P&w
Spencer
Blanche MacPherson
South 6Th
HFC
Caledonia St
Community Loan and Finance CO
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