Various Local Services Advertised in La Crosse Area
In La Crosse area advertisements, services range from furniture and piano repair to watchmaking and pest control. Listings include La Crosse Woolen Mills Co and Ray L. Revor Pianos, watchmaker Howard Olson, pest extermination by E. L. Kloss, YANZER SANITARIUM baths, Spencer foundation garments, corsetiere Blanche MacPherson, Christmas tree sales on 9th and Market, dry cleaning Joe's Pantorium, Watkins products, Santa Claus service, and Cerise Club New Year’s Eve dinner planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Woolen Mills Co
George
Ray L. Revor
King
Howard Olson
Fanny F. Farmer
E. L. Kloss
Jackson
Spencer
Blanche MacPherson
Market Sts
Joe’s Pantorium
Jay
Watkins
Cerise Club
Aquinas Students Enter Science Talent Search
Preliminary examinations for the 12th annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search were held at Aquinas High School under Sister Agnese. Patrick Flynn was among participants. the program awards full scholarships and trips to Washington for finalists and includes multiple prize levels for 4 year fiscal support. Audrey Hardiman, a previous honoree now studying at Viterbo College, also figures in the contest history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquinas High School
Agnese
Patrick Flynn
Robert E. Flynn
King Sr
Westinghouse
Science Clubs of American
Science Service
Washington
Science Talent Institute
Flynn
Audrey Hardiman
Viterbo College
Program At Roosevelt Christmas Singers Delight
Roosevelt School hosted a Christmas program Tuesday afternoon with song selections by each grade from kindergarten to sixth. The program featured a mix of traditional carols and holiday pieces reflecting a festive atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt School
Wenceslaus
Three Kings
Song of the Infant Jesus
Former UW Cager Receives Air Medal in Korea
First Lt. Earl James Moore of Stevens Point a former UW basketball player was awarded an air medal with cluster for completing 75 missions as an infantry air liaison officer in Korea Col Robert J McBride presented the medal at the UW Reserve Officers Training Corps ceremony Moore a graduate student at the university was honored Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Earl James Moore
Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin
Korea
Moore
Robert J. McBride
UW Reserve Officers Training Corps
Logan Junior Y Teens Hold Caroling and Skits Event
Logan Junior Y-Teens met Wednesday evening for a short business session then toured Lutheran Hospital sharing carols across four floors. The group gathered at the YWCA with other city Y-Teens for skits songs and refreshments, performing a scene from Kate Douglas Wiggin's Christmas Carol with listed cast and Mrs Dewey Terpstra as adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Lutheran Hospital
Oft
YWCA
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Reader
Barbara Ulrich
Larr
Karen Blankenship
Diem
Nancy Howe
Peery
Patty Ames
Peter
Shirley Harnisch
Cornelius
Judy Woodward
Kitty
Judy Hoode
Eily
Patsy Farley
Susan
Mary Martin
Dewey Terpstra
Sharon Davison
Donna Dobbs
Sharon Freeman
Evelyn Kelley
Nancy Niles
Nancy Robinson
Logan High Bird Club Holds Christmas Party
At the Logan High School Bird Club meeting on December 15 the group shifted from study to celebration. Miss Faye Aldrich received a set of bird design beverage glasses, followed by a pot-luck supper in the home economics dining room. Committee members included Lois Clemets, Kathern Genz, Sharon Hanson, Darlene Hubbard, Ciela Jackson, Lynn Larson, Nancy Niles, Georgina Roberge, Mary Robertson and Richard Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan High School
Nancy Niles
Georgina Roberge
Mary Robertson
Richard Sanders
Thief Steals Cat During Muncie Shopping Spree
A Muncie woman reported her pet cat was stolen while she shopped Thursday. She later found the cat dead, and planned burial at a relative’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie, Ind
Muncie
New Zealand runner BRings stove to Helsinki Olympics
George Hoskins, a New Zealand runner, stood out at the Helsinki Games by carrying a personal stove. most athletes brought their own meals, while Hoskins prepared hot food on site using his stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
New Zealand
George Hoskins
Neillsville and Ettrick Deaths Highlight Wisconsin Obituaries
Obituaries from Ettrick and Eitzen honor Lew is Larson born 1880 who died after a long illness, leaving a wife, children, and grandchildren. Other notices honor Herman Fruechte and Herman A. Lenzkow, with service details, surviving relatives, and burial plans. A separate police summary reports four vehicle crashes costing $1,615 across Campbell Road, Main and Copeland avenues with listed drivers and damages.
Obituaries for Ramsey and Stetzer in Sparta Wisconsin
William Ramsey age 80 died Thursday in a Sparta hospital. Funeral Sunday at Lanham's Mortuary with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. He was born January 15 1872 in Wisconsin Dells and worked 50 years with the Milwaukee Railroad retiring in 1947. Survivors include wife Terry Selke and five grandchildren. Mrs Frank Stetzer 82 died at home on East Oak Street. Funeral Sunday at Congregational Church with burial Mt Hope Cemetery. Burial follows calling hours at Lanham's Mortuary. Mrs Lash born April 11 1870 to Burr Oak. husband died in 1949. Survivors include son Philip daughter Helen three grandchildren and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Lewis Larson
Bear Creek
Edward Larson
Council Bay
la Crosse County
Larson
Mary Elizabeth Stellpflug
Olaf
Wilbur
Holmen
Edwin
Onalaska
William Gordon
la Crosse
Martin Anderson
Watertown
S. Dak
Raymond
Winfred
Alvin Smikrud
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Charles D. Brady
Ettrick Catholic Cemetery
Eitzen
Minn
Herman Henry Fruechte
St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Henry Radloff
Sophia
Louis
Caledonia
Walter
Spring Grove
Arthur
Albert
New Albin
Erick
Elsie) Bizer
Frankfort
Isl
John
Edna) Bunge
Welcome
Franklin
Hilda) Bunge
Louisa Thies
Emma Wiegrefe
Henry
August
Otto
Bitzen
Read Phainscann
Oath
Neillsville
Herman A. Lenzkow
Ladysmith
Carl
Amelia Lenzkow
Vlasta Triska
Chicago
Dorothy) Dux
la Verne
Alice) Rowe
Sparta
William Ramsey
Lanham’s
A. E. Frederick
Woodlawn
Ramsey
Wisconsin Dells
Milwaukee Railroad
Terry Selke
Martin
Dorothy) Richgruber
Frank Stetzer
East Oak Street
Congregational Church
Joseph Morgan
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Lanham
Martha Lash
Burr Oak
Phillip
Bangor
Helen
Rudy
Wilmot
S.D
William Frazier
Inmate Blood Drive Outpaces Outside Citizens at Green Bay Reformatory
Green Bay State Reformatory reports 340 of 448 eligible inmates donated blood to the Red Cross, 75.9 percent, surpassing a 55 percent target set by California prison officials. The drive, part of a contest for a $100 fund payout, reflects strong inmate participation amid earlier 67 percent turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Bert O. Webb
Soledad
Calif
Prison World
General Larkin to Retire From Army Post
Washington Army announces Lt Gen Thomas B Larkin, assistant chief of staff for supply, will retire December 31 after more than 40 years in service. He served since 1950 and will be succeeded by Lt Gen Lewiston B Palmer, former commander of the 10th Corps in Korea. Larkin, a Gonzaga University graduate from Louisburg Wisconsin, held North Africa and Europe posts during World War II. Only time Man o War lost in 21 starts was to Upset in the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga on August 13 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Thomas B. Larkin
Larkin
Louisburg
Grant County
Wis
Lewiston B. Palmer
10Th Corps
Korea
Gonzaga University
Spokane
Wash
North
Africa
Europe
Saratoga
Notable medical and academic deaths reported
Dr. Thomas O Burger founder of the American Surgical Association and Pacific Coast Surgical Association dies aged from McMinnville Tennessee. Frederick W Kennedy professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Washington and longtime Washington Newspaper Publishers Association manager dies at 77. Gladys Eugenia Bryson Smith College author and sociology professor dies at 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Thomas O. Burger
The
American Surgical Association
American College of Surgeons
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
McMinnville
Tenn
Seattle
Frederick W. Kennedy
University of Washington
Washington
Northampton
Mass
Gladys Eugenia Bryson
Smith College Division of Social Sciences
Carlisle
Milwaukee Hiawatha dynamite incident ends with arrest
Milwaukee police arrested 19 year old John J O Donnell of Chicago after he brandished three sticks of dynamite on the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha. He faces charges of transporting dynamite without a permit carrying a concealed pistol and drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Hiawatha
John J. O'Donnell
Winona
Minn
O'Donnell
O’donnell
Definition for U S responsibility for veterans health care
President Truman's health commission urges Congress to define government duty for disabled veterans not caused by service. It says a clear policy is needed before forecasting future care needs and notes 1914 million veterans eligible for federal medical care. If federal responsibility expands, the Veterans Administration must grow to handle a rising, aging veteran population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Special Health Commission
Commission
Veterans’ Administration
Santa Calls Early for Doomed Girl and Family
Santa visited two year old Diane Diercks in Marinette Thursday night with toys candy clothing groceries and money for her parents Mr and Mrs Chester Diercks The visit was arranged by the Chambers of Commerce of Marinette and Menominee and hardware merchant George Gasper Diane suffers a liver condition expected to shorten her life and her family's tears turned to joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Santa
Diane Diercks
Diane
Chester Diercks
Chambers of Commerce of
Marinette and Menominee
Mich
George Gasper
Psychiatrist Appointed to State Reformatory at Green Bay
The Department of Public Welfare announced the appointment of Dr. Charles A. Wunsch to direct psychiatric services at the state reformatory in Green Bay. Wunsch, 32, formerly led neuropsychiatric service at Chanute Air Base in Rantoul Iowa, succeeds Dr. Thomas Dredge who has resigned. Fossilized tree chunks from Tasmania reported to be five to ten million years old were uncovered by road crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Charles A. Wunsch
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Department of Public Welfare
Wunsch
Chanute Air Base
Rantoul
Thomas Dredge
Reformatory
Tasmania
Stork Gets Orders at Belleville Base Maternity Ward
The Stork at Scott Air Force Base Hospital faces a landing quota of 60 per month. Servicemen overseas with wives in Southern Illinois and nearby states previously enjoyed free delivery at the base. An increase in base families to about 1,500 prompted the maternity ward limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Belleville
Scott Air Force Base Hospital
Illinois
Comet Jet Liner Arrival Triggers Zoo and City Uproar
Air wardens report Britain’s Comet jet liners arriving in South Africa causing excitement at Pretoria Zoo where chimpanzees scramble and pigeons in Johannesburg wheel and react before the public senses the approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
South Africa
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Probate and Heir Proof Notices for La Crosse Estates
Wisconsin La Crosse County hearings set for January 13 1953 probate of Glennon B Dodge will submit heirs and creditors proofs by March 23 1953. Administrators and heirs are named for Anna M Koenig Emma C Ohde Minnie H Crook Louis J Schams estates with executors appointed and inheritance tax determinations to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Glennon
Byron Dodge
Glen B. Dodge
la Crosse
Orna G. Dodge
Glennon Byron Dodge
City of
Wisconsin
Court
R. V. Ahlstrom
Bosshard & Arneson
Linker
Anna M. Koenig
City
Said
Hubert J. Schleiter
Hoeschler
Meshoe
Emma C. Ohde
Court House
Clarence J. Weber
Minnie H. Crook
Minnie ‘Crook
Effie Spangler
Minnie H., Crook
Holland
Carrol J. Weigel
Rivoli Bldg
Louis J. Schams
la Crosse Trust Company
City of la Crosse
Louis J Schams
Lucille M. Scherdin
Carrol J, Weigel
Rivoli Blig
Mary Sturz
Ruth Heideman
Charles M. Jarvis
Tate
Albert C. Wolfe
Arthur E. Kleven
Gertrude Kleven
Onalaska
Thompson and Smyth
Wis
Ella R. Patterson
Jerome Erickson
Lloyd Erickson
Sthics
Ahlstrom
Omaslypa
Atta
Zitoa
Minnesota
Ormey
Hous
Lost dogs and coat seek returns in La Crosse notices
Lost items include a brown and white Springer spaniel puppy two months old with a rewards offer and a black cocker spaniel named Cindy. A storm coat taken by mistake at Eagles Tuesday night should be returned to Jess Hutzler at La Crosse Tribune or by phone. alternate contact includes a Mississippi address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Jess Hutzler
la Crosse Tribune
Mississippi
Cindy
Fred
Bid Ad for Bethel Home project in Viroqua Wisconsin
Sealed proposals for general construction electrical plumbing heating and ventilating work for The Bethel Home for the Aged Viroqua Wisconsin are due January 22 1953 at 2 00 p m. Bids read aloud at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Documents available from architects in La Crosse and Builders Exchanges Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Bonds or certified checks required 5 to 100 percent. Wage rates per Wisconsin statute apply. Rights reserved to reject any bid. By Rev Peder Nordsletten president Bethel Home Viroqua Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Home
Viroqua
Wisconsin
Bethel Home For
South Rock Street
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
South Center Street
Boyum, Schubert & Sorensen
Architect & Engineers
Hoeschier
la Crosse
Builders Exchanges
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Peder Nordsletten
Overnight travel positions offered by Wisconsin State Employment Service
Employment notice from A. 8. Levy listing openings for temporary out-of-town overnight work. No selling, pay on a fee basis plus expenses, requires automobile and telephone. Contact Wisconsin State Employment Service Exchange Building 203 Fifth Avenue So to 5 p.m. After 5 p.m. and weekends, room 106-A Stoddard Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Exchange
Fifth Avenue
Stoddard Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lowry
Redfield
Auto Service
National Auto Wrecking CO
Lacrosse
Gambles
FORD
GMC
Voigt
Packard
Johnson Motor CO
Causeway
Chrysler-Plymouth
R. C. Cheney Co
Cass
W.L.A.D
Dial
Studebaker
Cameron Motor Company
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
NASH
Texaco
Losey Boulevard
Reuben
Reuben Motors
BIG
Dodge
Plymouth
Dahl
Eau Claire
North 23Rd St
Travel
Pasadena
Lyle Trouten
Harmony, Minn
Barron's
OVE Guberud Agency
Linker Bldg
Tillman Bros
Bendix
Tom
Tim Severson
Yanzer Sanitarium
North 7Th
Aquinas
Roosevelt
Herman Fruechte
Harold Young
Losey Blvd
Campbell Road
Guiseppe Fanello
Fanello
Main Streets
Noel Aspenson
Vine St
Main
Ronald Schmitt
S. 6Th St
Aspenson
William Bumford
S. 23Rd St
Schmitt
Bumford
Charles Knapp
Liberty St
Copeland Avenue
Louis Wies
Copeland
St. Cloud Street
Knapp
Jerry French
N. 13Th St
State Street
Walter Grosskopf
N. 6Th St
Sixth Street
French
Grosskopf
Gen. Larkin
Associated Press
U. S
Air Wardens
Groet‘tum
Hellwig & Morris Thoughtful Service
Tribune
Household Finance Corp
Avon
Dahnke
Dist. Mer
P.O. Box
Puller Brush Co
County
Fuller Brush Co
Hyde Ave
Auto Mart
Harry Simon
Witwer Farms
Marion
Own
Phone Jewel Tea Co., Inc
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