Gateway Area Council awards largest Eagle Scout class
The Gateway Area Council conducted its largest board of review for Eagle rank Monday at the La Crosse County Courthouse. Forty-five candidates were approved by forty examiners, bringing the year's total to 77. Recipients from La Crosse led, with others from Westby Prairie du Chien West Salem Black River Falls and Blair. A banquet on February 9 will honor the 77 Eagles.
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la Crosse
Westby
Prairie du Chien
West Salem
Black River Falls
Blair
Joe Valley
Joe Atkins
Tribune
Santa Claus Visit Signups Open in La Crosse
The La Crosse Santa Claus Good fellowship Club accepts home names and addresses for about 30 visiting Santas on Christmas Eve. Last year 1,000 homes were visited with 3,000 to 4,000 treat bags distributed. Reservations end by 5 p.m. and packing takes place at Seeman Lumber Co. Donations welcome.
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Santa Claus Goodfellowship Club
Howard Harnwell
French Island
Onalaska
Seeman Lumber Co
Wis
Junior 4-H Leaders To Have Christmas Party
La Crosse County junior 4-H leaders plan a Christmas party Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Northern States Power Co. building at 1500 Green Bay Street. County 4-H agent Thomas E. O’Connell says the event is open to all junior leaders and members pursuing junior leadership in 1963. Attendees may bring a friend and exchange a 50 cent toy, which will be donated to a local children’s home.
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la Crosse County
Northern States Power Co
Green Bay St
Thomas E. O'Connell
la Crosse
La Crosse Christmas Lighting Contest Seeks Entries
A letter from a resident urges La Crosse to become the brightest Christmas by entering the 1962 Christmas Lighting and Decorating Contest. Deadline for entries is December 24, 1962 with the La Crosse Junior Chamber of Commerce organizing.
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Christmas Home Lighting Contest opens in La Crosse
La Crosse residents may enter the Christmas home lighting contest sponsored by the Local Junior Chamber of Commerce by mailing the filled form before December 24. For information contact Willis Clark or Paul Leitch at the listed telephone numbers.
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la Crosse
Local Vehicle Tax Shares Announced Across Wisconsin
Wisconsin counties and towns receive portions of a $6.83 million highway tax allotment distributed by the highway commission. La Crosse County totals $115,259.95 across six cities and 12 towns, with other counties listing various village and town allocations and multiple cities like Sparta and Tomah also noted.
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Madison
Wisconsin
The
Highway Commission
Monroe County
Sparta
Tomah
Cashton
Kendall
Melvina
Norwalk
Wilton
Wyeville
Trempealeau County
Arcadia
Blair
Galesville
Independence
Osseo
Whitehall
Eleva
Ettrick
Pigeon Falls
Strum
Trempealeau
Local Marriage Licenses and Notices for Wisconsin Towns
Marriage licenses filed in La Crosse and nearby areas list Paul W. Schneider and Kay Monti to wed Dec. 29 in La Crosse, Lynn R. Erickson and Ann M. Clark to wed Dec. 23 in La Crosse, Norman Bolstad and Gail Seymore, and Joseph William Bogstad with Virginia Ann Colliton in Whitehall and Eau Claire, plus other town notices including Vernon County figures and Vic Blair set to marry Dec. 22.
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Paul W. Schneider
S. 26Th St
Kay Monti
Adams St
la Crosse
Lynn R. Erickson
George St
Ann M. Clark
N. 9Th St
Viroqua
Wis
Norman Bolstad
Victory
Gail Seymore
de Soto
Whitehall
Joseph William Bogstad
Eau Claire
Virginia Ann Colliton
Wallace Eugene Tranberg
el- Vernon County
Trick
Norma Jane Anderson
Hillsboro
Vic Blair
Cubs To Contribute Canned Goods
Cub Pack 17 at Harry Spence School will omit gifts and hold a canned goods drive Tuesday evening. Cubs report by 6 30 p m with a can, then carol at local homes, return for hot chocolate. Cubmaster John Spence resigns and moves to Lexington Kentucky with The Trane Co plant opening next June.
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John Spence
Alvin Clark
Salvation Army
Spence
Lexington
The
Trane Co
Kentucky
Logan Junior High Christmas Program Set for Wednesday
The Logan Junior High music department presents a Christmas program Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The band performs The Christmas Story with solos by Jon Knutson and David Bachmann, seventh grade chorus sings several carols, eighth graders perform What Child is This and more, and the junior high choir closes with Birthday of a King and Cantique de Noel. Gordon Peterson directs the band and Mrs Mathilda Ellingson conducts the vocal portion. the event is open to the public.
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Logan Junior High School
Jon Knutson
David Bachmann
Orient
Gordon Peterson
Mathilda Ellingson
Extra Mailbox For Overflow Requested In La Crosse
An overflow of Christmas cards is expected in La Crosse from Tuesday through December 24. Post master George M. Hetherington urged patrons to add a second mailbox at the door to handle limited capacity and assist the mail carrier with overflow mail.
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George M. Hetherington
Hetherington
Galesville Welcomes 1625-Foot WKBT TV Tower Aspiration
Residents rally behind a proposed 1625 foot WKBT tower near Galesville Wisconsin saying it will boost reception and draw travelers while some fear reception issues. Local officials note the tower would be the tallest in the state and among the nation’s highest.
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Wis
Galesville
Gale Area
WKBT
la Crosse
Wisconsin
al Leeman
Eau Claire
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Chicago
New York
Leeman
Dan Dailey
Io Galesville
Jury Chosen To Hear Two Accident Suits In La Crosse
A La Crosse Circuit Court jury was chosen to hear two civil suits arising from a fatal March 7 collision on Mormon Creek Bridge Highway 14 southeast of La Crosse. The suits involve Olga Anderson executrix of Arve Amundson estate and Lynn Cantwell plus insurers Allstate and National Farmers Union Property and Casualty. Judge Lincoln Neprud presides. Jurors sworn include La Crosse residents Mary Buck Henry B. Coughlin Sam F. Dean Mrs Dorothy Fineseth Joseph Lusk Frank Tikal Joseph H. Gagermeier Leo S. Bohrnstedt Onalaska Mrs Myrtle Westerhouse Letha Herman Town of Farmington William Jenkins Sr Town of Barre and Donald Meinking Town of Burns.
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Olga Anderson
Mormon Creek
Highway 14
Amundson
Cantwell
Lincoln Neprud
Carl F. Schnick
Mary Buck
Henry B. Coughlin
Sam F. Dean
Dorothy Finneseth
Joseph Lusk
Frank Tikal
Joseph H. Gagermeier
Leo S. Bohrnstedt
Myrtle Westerhouse
Onalaska
Letha Herman
Farmington
William Jenkins Sr
Barre
Donald Meinking
Burns
Board Grants Two Appeals In La Crosse
The board of appeals granted two appeals Monday night. William Webb of 2214 Winnebago St. may subdivide a lot at the northeast corner of Pine Street and Campbell Road. Marvin Page of 1625 Rose St. may add an attached garage and basement entry at 710 North St.
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Board of Appeals
William Webb
Winnebago St
Pine Street
Campbell Road
Marvin Page
Rose St
North St
Stolen 22 Caliber Pistol From Sears La Crosse
A 22 caliber pistol valued at 41 dollars was reported stolen Monday afternoon from the Sears sporting goods department at 217 5th Ave South La Crosse. Police say the gun likely vanished during the previous weekend from the department's gun case. The pistol is a J C Higgins model 88 with a short barrel nine shot and serial number 1231208.
Minnesota calls for boost in school aids and funding
The Coordinating Ring for Public Education urged adoption of a higher aid formula to raise per pupil state aid from 285 to 321 333 over two years with 19 milllocal levy adjustments. They seek more Education Department funds, pension upgrades, elimination of ungraded districts, and oppose transportation aid for nonpublic schools.
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Higher Committee On
Minneapolis
State Education Department
Minnesota Federation of Teachers
Timmy Bland 7 Dies in Car Rifle Accident Near School
In Clarissa Minnesota Timmy Bland age 7 was killed when a loaded rifle found in a car discharged while he and a companion played with it. The gun went off as they waited for 17 year old Larry Kotval near the Clarissa school, timing linked to Timmy’s mother Beverly Thompson who runs a local steak house.
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Timmy Bland
Timmy
Beverly Thompson
Alan Kotval
Larry
Clarissa School
Two French Island youths given suspended terms
William L. Schirm and Larry D. LaSeure, both 18, pleaded guilty to burglaries at a home on Oak Ridge Drive and a cottage on Hanson Street. After surrendering to Sheriff Boma, loot was recovered. Judge Leonard F. Roraff sentenced each to three years in Green Bay Reformatory with suspended terms and three years probation.
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Lake Shore Drive
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Oak Ridge Drive
Donald A. Sheely
Hanson St
Vincent Smale
S .7Th St
William
Boma
Leonard F. Roraff
Green Bay Reformatory
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
Divers recover body of Louis Marek in Spirit Lake tragedy
The body of Louis Marek, 47, of rural Grantsburg, was recovered by skin divers on Monday after his truck broke through ice on Spirit Lake Sunday. Marek’s son Dennis escaped, scrambling to safety as the vehicle sank in about 10 feet of water during an ice fishing trip.
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Louis Marek
Spirit Lake
Marek
Dennis
Reynolds To Address State Chamber Jan. 8
Governor elect John W. Reynolds will address the Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce in Madison on January 8, the day after his swearing in. He speaks at a dinner after the chamber’s pre legislative conference as 1,070 tickets for the inaugural dinner were set. Proceeds go to the party’s campaign debt of about $25,000.
La Crescent Auxiliary Police distribute fallout survival booklets
La Crescent Minnesota where 26 members of the La Crescent Auxiliary Police plan a house to house canvass across the village and surrounding areas to distribute DoD prepared booklets on fallout protection and emergency planning. The six point program includes shelter circulars first aid drills and marking key buildings as emergency fall out shelters.
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Minn
North Ridge
William Lathrop
Auxiliary Police
Department of Defense
Lathrop
Clyde Pasvogal
Frank Wolff
Everett Harris
John Zlabek
Ted Fitting
Frank Wally
James Huerkamp
Winston Reider
Civil Defense
Donald Buchan
William Atchison
Robert Panke
Joe Hodge
Ed Layland
Clarence Vetsch
Kenneth Sherwood
Richard Gasper
John Kathan
Donald Anderson
Henry Abner Jr
Art Oldenburg
Myron Zessin
Nathan Randall
Russell Hayes
Myron Anderson
Tony Gartner
Medical Society Urges Retention of Local Clinic
La Crosse County Medical Society urged retaining the Child Guidance Clinic at its Monday meeting. The group backed an action to keep the clinic open beyond a December 31 closure and asked to preserve the 1963 budget of over $35,000 approved by the County Board.
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la Crosse County
Child Guidance Clinic
la Crosse
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