Santa Visits Emerson School Pupils At Rotary Dinner
Emerson school orthopedic department pupils aged six to 12 from Emerson attend Rotary Club's annual Christmas party. Twenty nine students and five teachers enjoyed a chicken dinner and gifts from Santa Claus after a Christmas program featuring solos by Joe Lynch Gary Schmidt and John Mader and a piano solo by Ann Wartinbee. James G. Peterson chaired arrangements for the Rotary event.
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Rotary
Emerson School
Emerson
Santa Claus
North Pole
Myrtie Altman
Joe Lynch
Gary Schmidt
John Mader
Ann Wartinbee
Santa
James G. Peterson
Rotary Club
Stray Dogs Trap City Marshall In Hospital
Gig Harbor Washington 88 year old retired fisherman Joe Chandler fed and cared for town stray dogs. After he fell ill last week he was hospitalized and the town dog chase continued with City Marshall Robert Mitchell also hospitalized from overwork. Humane Society officers finally rounded up the canines.
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Gig Harbor
Wash
Joe Chandler
Tacoma
Robert Mitchell
Humane Society
Business Men's Club Elects Sundet President For Period
Arthur O. Sundet freight agent for the Milwaukee railroad was elected president of the La Crosse Business Men's Club by unanimous ballot. Officers include Reed Horder as vice president, Roger Hafner secretary, Benjamin Steen treasurer, and Harry J. Hirshheimer re elected trustee. Installment set for Jan. 8 with banquet to follow. Sundet active in club for nine years and affiliated with local groups.
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Arthur O. Sundet
South 22Nd Street
Milwaukee Railroad
la Crosse Business Men's Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Sundet
Roy E. Wittenberg
Horder
Reed Horder
Sunder
Charles F. Bonneville
Roger Hafner
James Howard
Benjamin Steen
Harry J. Hirshheimer
Arthur Tabbert
J. B. Haraldson
C. M. Simonson
Joseph Dubraks
Business Men's Club
la Crosse Plugs
Masonic
Shrine
Sirius Steals Some Thunder Christmas Eve
Note to stargazers that the bright eastward star on Christmas Eve is Sirius, not the Star of Bethlehem. Astronomers discuss why the star optically dominates Dec 24, with theories about Jupiter and Saturn conjunctions and a possible nova explaining the Bethlehem tale.
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Sirius
Bethlehem
Jupiter
Saturn
A Dog for Truman Brings Gift to White House
Three week old silver buff cocker spaniel named Feller will be airfreighted from Chicago to President Truman as a White House mascot. The puppy is a gift from Mr and Mrs Peter J Marsden of Galena Illinois, friends of the Trumans.
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Chicago
Truman
White House
Peter J. Marsden
Galena, IL
Trumans
Christmas Candy Canes Give Jobs To Ex-Soldiers
In New Orleans two veterans Carl Smith Jr and Bryan Bell Jr pooled resources to start Tasso Plantation in November 1946 making Christmas candy canes pralines and fruit cake. They used government sugar allotments and now employ 24 people mostly ex GIs and bakers.
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New Orleans
Carl Smith, Jr
Bryan Bell
Homemakers Of County Hold Christmas Party At School
La Crosse County Home makers Presidents' club held its December meeting in the Vocational and Adult school model living quarters. The gathering featured a hot dish luncheon, business session, reports, and a gift exchange.
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la Crosse County Homemaker Presidents’ Club
Louis Nelson
Louis Skert
Shelby Homemakers
Pauline Panke
Webster Group
Glenwood
Harry Garbers
Bangor
Leo Westervelt
Roosevelt Homemakers
Pong Ge
Jackson
Women's Committee For Permanent
Hartwick Overson
Civic Forum
China
Central High School
November Weather Report Cold Damp and Snowy
The Weather Bureau notes November was cold and damp with sunshine limited to 73 hours in the Brice Prairie area. Winds peaked at 37 mph on Nov 7, freezing temperatures persisted, and the Mississippi froze for the first time since 1938 as 11.5 inches of snow fell. Melted precipitation reached 2.26 inches, about seven tenths above normal.
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A. D. Sanial
Brice Prairie
Mississippi
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WISC
George Britton
Tribuene Photo School
Business Men’s Club
Hayden
Harry Hayden
Swanson
Nels Menkeley
Ted Strehl
Paul Marcou
Tribune
A. O. Sundet
Bob Heth
Lacrosse Animal Hospital
Third Street
Hollywood
Consolidated Dairies
Onalaska
Seventh Street
South Seventh Street
AP Newsfeatures
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Kenny
Kohler
Ibune
London
Pearl Street
Yule
CLM EL
Durapower
Bulova
FA U
Elgin
Yao
Rose's
GEO. B.rose, Inc
Main ST
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