Burglar Verdell Kjome Admits Series of Thefts in County
A 30 year old Spring Grove man Verdell Kjome pled guilty in County Court to breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. He admitted burglaries at Terpstra Ice and Fuel Co. French Island and Spring Grove sites including a radio phonograph, a Bovetecl safe haul of about 620 dollars and three checks. He will be bound over to Circuit Court and held without bond at the County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Verdell Krome
la Crosse
Pearl St
Kjome
Terpstra Ice and Fuel Company
Rose St
French Island
Terpstra
Krome
Ellenande
Winona
Neuman
Jack
Mueller Meat
Roverud, Construction Company
Bluchheim
Bovetecl
Houston
Beryl Kerrigan
Inno cent plea by Schuller Ice Cream Co over health law violation
La Crosse Daily Records reports Schuller Ice Cream Company of Winona pled not guilty to health and sanitation violations in ice cream manufacturing on Oct 18. trial set for Jan 2 at 2 p.m. Several local cases follow including fines for speeding and license violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuller Ice Cream Company
Winona
Minn
Paul L. Ofsdahl
Ettrick
Onalaska
Mabel Kolbo
Jackson St
Malcolm Johnson
Pension Department
Robert Dolato
Ward Avenue Housing Project
Asst
Aaron C. Sanford
la Crosse
Berlin King’s 1813 call to rise against Napoleon
Hans Renner holds a copy of the Berlin News dated March 23 1813 bearing a message signed by King Frederick Wilhelm IV urging Berlin to rise against Napoleon. The document reflects royal appeal during the Napoleonic Wars and the German resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Canada
Hans Renner
Berlin News
Frederick Wilhelm IV
Berlin
Napoleon
Mrs Curti Suffered Stroke Taken To Local Hospital
Mrs John Curti of Genoa was taken to a local hospital by police ambulance from 1229 La Crosse Street at 12 45 p m Monday after suffering a stroke, according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Curti
Genoa
la Crosse St
Town Officer Resigns Post In Onalaska Change
Mrs. John Van Loon of Midway resigns as town treasurer and is replaced by Carl Price of Brice Prairie. Terpstra, town board chairman, said the board voted Price to succeed her. Both resignations stem from health reasons, he noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Loon
Midway
Onalaska
Carl Price
Brice Prairie
Terpstra
Price
van Loon
Births List Roundup from Wisconsin Areas
Birth notices from various Wisconsin towns record December newborns including daughters and sons. Names include Betty Wallace Marian Carlson Margaret Marie Secky Shirley Selma Stein Elizabeth Hodges Mary Jane Leavesley Richard Willian. hospitals cited St Ann's Milwaukee Maternity Pavilion Tomah Sparta Osseo Norwalk and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Piepenhage
N. 10Th St
Betty Wallace
Carroll Evenson
R. 1
la Crosse
Marian Carlson
Leslie Hauser
Onalaska
Margaret Marie Secky
Alfred Schlicht
Johnson St
Jeanine Ann Witt
Santa Claus Busy in Hull Phone Greeting
Hull residents heard Santa answer the phone in a municipal exchange. Youngsters heard bells carols and a booming voice introducing reindeer and animals including a cow horse and pig. He reminded kids to replace the receiver so others could hear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
England
Santa Claus
Hull Exchange
Santa
Wood Waives Hearing In Multistate Assault Case
James S. Wood 20 admitted numerous sex crimes against women and girls over two years and waived preliminary hearing on five more assault charges in Milwaukee District Court. He has pled guilty to one rape and two attempted rapes, is married with a six month old son, and is held on $45 000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
James S. Wood
Wood
Wisconsin Investment Board Marks $1.6 Million Savings Gift
Gov Kohler announced the Wisconsin Investment Board saved the state more than 1.6 million dollars in 1951 52 chiefly by investing idle surplus cash and boosting trust funds. The board under a three member commission reduced idle balances and increased general fund income from investments from just over 1 million to about 2.19 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Kohler
Rennebohm
General Fund
Albert Trathen
John Lobb
Charles Jacobson
Public Health Board Names New Directors and Appointees
The Public Health Service appoints Dr Mildred E Scott as director of the State Board of Health tuberculosis and heart disease control division. She succeeds Dr Pierce Nelson who resigned last August. Also named are Mrs Zelma Siebert Fond du Lac to the cosmetology board and Heinz Diehl Milwaukee to the barber examining board for three year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Mildred E. Scott
Public Health Serv
Ice
State Board of Health Division of Tuberculosis
Scott
Virginia
Flordia
Oregon
Jose Greco Dancer and Choreographer A Pioneer of Spanish Dance
Jose Greco born December 23 1918 in Montorio nei Frentani Italy grew to prominence as a leading exponent of Spanish dance. He spent three years in Spain as a boy and trained in Brooklyn later studying body movement as an art student before pursuing dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Greco
Montorio Nei Frentani
Italy
Constanzo Greco
Spain
Brooklyn
Mother Dies Of Burns After Saving Baby
In Marquette Michigan Mrs Lorraine Bradley 26 died 18 hours after a home fire that burned off her night clothes while she saved her six month old son Her husband Stanley 26 also burned saved the other two children and was in good condition at St Mary's Hospital The Bradley home burned on the outskirts of Marquette and the family took shelter with Bradley's father after the incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Lorraine Bradley
Bradley
Stanley
St. Mary's Hospital
23 Holiday Skiers Die in Alpine Avalanche
Police identify 23 European holiday skiers killed when an avalanche at Austria's Arlberg Pass swept their bus from a bridge into a stream eighteen feet below. The disaster ranks as the year's worst Alpine incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Arlberg
Girl, 8, Drowns After Ice Break Near Sugar River Channel
Patsy Lou Hawkins, eight, drowned Monday after breaking through ice while skating about 20 feet from shore on a power plant channel of the Sugar River in Brodhead Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Wis
Patsy Lou Hawkins
Sugar River
Death notices from Mabel and nearby towns
Obituaries report Mrs. Clarence Henningsgaard of Milwaukee dies after long illness with services in Milwaukee. Mrs. George Soiney 72 dies in Thief River Falls with burial in Norden Cemetery. Other notices include Mrs. William Beardmore 66 in Caledonia, John David Dodson 72 in Prairie du Chien, Grace Fell funeral in Tomah, and Walter Gran 64 of Spring Grove. Survivors list spouses, children, and siblings. dates range December deaths with services and burials in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel, Minn
George Soiney
Gulbandson Chapel
Thief River Falls
Minn
J. O. Jacobson
Norden
Nathan
Flint
Mich
Walter
Joe
George Jr
Ray
Arland Peterson
Mabel
Ruby Welflin
Tioga
N.D
Richard Letsch
Chisholm
Chester Rude
Annie Bidlser
Edward
Nicolai
Obituaries From Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota Death Notices
Mrs. August Hermeier 87 dies in Rochester hospital after six weeks patient stay. She is survived by two daughters three sons two sisters and a brother with twenty grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral at Zalmona Church and burial in Zalmon a Church cemetery. Rosalie C Sullivan 48 dies in Sparta hospital after staying with sister Mrs Earl Zepplin. Funeral at St Patrick Church with burial in Madison cemetery. Gottlieb Ferdinand Schnick 64 of Brownsville dies in La Crosse hospital. Funeral at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church with burial in Brownsville. wife Stella and three children survive plus nine grandchildren and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
William Beardmore
Pipestone
Everette
Celia) Goodell
Loyal
Wis
Wallace
Ruby) Senn
Houston
Edna Reitz
St. Paul
Herman
Vivian
Potter Funeral Home
Presbyterian Church
R. L. Kinkade
Evergreen Cemetery
Spring Grove
Walter Gran
Trinity Lutheran Church
John Gran
Peter
Otto
la Crosse
Einar
la Crescent
Reinhold Wagner
Valley City
N.D
Waukon
August Hermeier
Rochester
Mathilda Stock
Ludlow Township
Frederick Stock
Allamakee County
Anna Hermeier
Carl Kugel
Edward
Fred
Elmer
Fred Grotegut
Frankville
Charles Pausch
William
Lexington
Neb
Zalmona Church
Sparta
Rosalie C. Sullivan
Earl Zepplin
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
LeRoy Keegan
Madison
Plummer
Harold Zorn
River Falls
Ramona
Loretta
Veronica
Harold
Donald
Seneca
Brownsville
Gottlieb Ferdinand Schnick
la Crosse Hospital
Zion Evangelical and Reformed
Stella Rishling
Rona
Fern) Heiller
Howard
Stoddard
Wilbur
Bayport
Emma Hill
Feast Of Lights candlelight Christmas Eve service
First Presbyterian Church West Avenue at Cass Street hosts a candlelight Christmas Eve service at 10 30 p m on December 24 patterned after Calvary Presbyterian Riverside California The service features tableaux with Mary Gabriel Elizabeth and the manger scene The 12 apostles role is played by ruling elders Narrator Miss Minnette Dummer with two choirs Transept Choir and Carolers Choir directed by Mrs Worth and Mrs Mangan Soloists include Emil Rasmussen and Garnet Shorrel A women’s trio and organists provide music The midnight processional marks the Christmas morning climax Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
West Avenue
Cass Street
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Riverside
Calif
Mary
Gabriel
Elizabeth
Garnet Shorrel
Richard Wilson
Kay Mulder
Joseph
James Mack
Shepherds
Peter Harmon
James Crews
Ronald Bion
Minnnette Dummer
Harry Worth
John Mangan
Emil Rasmussen
Clayton Burkart
Mark L. Andrews
Calvin Thatro
Onalaska Auxiliary Holds Christmas Meeting and Party
The Onalaska Legion Auxiliary met after a brief business session at Mrs. Delores Law's home. Leila Showers read from Dickens Pickwick Papers, and Mary Lou Torgerson and Mrs. Shaw performed a duet with Adelaide Mahlum on piano. Members sang carols, exchanged gifts, and socialized. Olive Clark, Laura Briggs, Hattie Lowell, and Emily Rude served lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska Legion Auxiliary
Delores Law
Leila Showers
Dickens
Mary Lou Torgerson
Shaw
Adelaide Mahlum
Mmes
Olive Clark
Laura Briggs
Hattie Lowell
Emily Rude
Gays Mills Year in Review Highlights Hikes and Hopes
The community chapter reviews summer concerts, Blossom Day on May 4 and a busy Memorial Day address by Rev. Urban Baer. The World Day of Prayer was observed, youth gatherings thrived, and church renovations including an electric organ were completed. A grass fire endangered Kickapoo orchards in November, but firefighting saved much of the woodland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo Valley
Urban Baer
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
Eastman
McCormick-Rose Post
American Legion
Methodist Church
Merlin I. Seal
Luther Memorial Church
St. Mary’s Church
Palmer Wahl
Wittenberg
Mr. Seal
Congregational Church
Addie Gay
Gays Mills
Orin Gay
Seneca
Ennis
Nora Taylor
Ryland Gibbs
H. N. Jungenson
Soldiers Grove
Boscobel
Karl Childs
Gene Heisz
University of Wisconsin Messiah concert features La Crosse students
In Madison, 32 UW-Madison Symphony Orchestra members joined 224 chorus voices to perform Handel's Messiah in the Wisconsin Union Theater. Chorus director Prof. J Russell Paxton expanded the group with faculty and spouses, listing 69 sopranos 95 altos 23 tenors and 37 basses. Orchestra director Prof. Richard C Church led the accompanying musicians. La Crosse students Alice Engelhard and Coralee Stokke were among the performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Church
la Crosse
Alice Engelhard
Hackberry Lane
Coralee Stokke
Main St
Obituary notices for Abbie May Hansen and Joseph Riffel
Mrs Abbie May Hansen 82 formerly Abbie May Van Loon died November 17 in Bremerton Washington after a year illness. She lived with her son in Bremerton for two years and leaves husband Daniel Hansen deceased 1929, son Albertus, sisters and brothers named. Joseph Riffel 85 of 2415 Cass Street died Monday evening. funeral at St Joseph Home with Rev Blecha and burial at Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery Cashton Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie May Hansen
Abbie May van Loon
la Crosse
Bremerton, Wash
Albertus van Loon
New Amsterdam
Bremerton
Wash
Fern Thompson
Auburn
Lottie Oakes
Lebanon
Ore
Albertus
Bennie Grover
Trempealeau
Emma Smallen
Missoula
Mont
Ward
Whitehall
Wis
William O
Holmen and
Cullen
la Crescent
Minn
Daniel Hansen
Joseph Riffel
Cass St
St. Joseph's
Rev
C. A. Blecha
Sts. Peter and Paul
Cashton
Obituary of Mrs Julius Holley of La Crosse Area
Mrs Julius Tillie Holley 66 died Monday at 920 Wall St after a long illness. Survived by husband four sons Ansel Guy LaVern Kenneth and others. Funeral 2 p m Friday at Nelson Funeral Home with Rev Lavern Hanson officiating. Burial in Neshonoe Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius
Tillie) Holley
Wall St
Ansel
Guy
LaVern
Kenneth
la Crosse
Daughers
Cora
Lyda
Milwaukee
Ervin
Ardelle
Elliott
Sparta
Louis
Minnie) Peter
August
Josephine) Olson
Adelia Nelson
West Salem
Albert
Nora) Olson
John Bergum
Nelson Funeral Home
Lavern Hanson
Neshonoe Cemetery
Naperville Officials Still Search for Missing Children
Naperville officials said they are stumped for clues but will not give up the search for Edward Rosenstiel, 3, and Jean Petersen, 6, missing since December 7 while playing near their homes. Police also seek William Wagner, 42, divorced in 1928 by Jean Petersen’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naperville
Ill
George Stone
Edward Rosenstiel
Jean Petersen
William Wagner
Petersen
Air Force Man Granted Divorce in Sixth Circuit Court
Frederick Wuttke Jr 19 a U S Air Force member was granted a divorce Monday in the Sixth Circuit Court from Mary Jane Wuttke 20 address unknown formerly 6242 Gillette St The absolute decree was given by Circuit Judge Lincoln Neprud on the recommendation of divorce counsel Ed ward F Gansen No alimony was awarded The couple married in La Crosse May 26 1951 and had no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
U.S. Air Force
Sixth Circuit
Frederick Wuttke Jr
Mary Jane Wuttke
Gillette St
Lincoln Neprud
Edward F. K. Gansen
la Crossen
Former D. A. Roden dies in Port Washington
Nic H. Roden 55 former Ozaukee County district attorney and longtime justice of the peace died Sunday night. A Marquette University Law School graduate he also served as grand knight of the Knights of Columbus. Funeral service set for Friday in Port Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Washington
Wis
Nic H. Roden
Ozaukee County
Marquette University Law School
The
Knights of Columbus
Cub Pack 35 Holds Christmas Party at Roosevelt School
Roosevelt School’s Cub Pack 35 held its annual Christmas gathering with 170 attending. Candles lit, the Lord’s Prayer recited, Den Mothers praised, and badges awarded to Warren DuMez and others. Santa visited briefly before mortgage burning of 21 mavericks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt School
Cub Pack
den Mothers
B. W. Ingli
Den
Warren DuMez
Katherine Rodell
William Tooley
Betty Fry
Dwight Kellicut
Dwight Kellicut Jr
Victor Olson
Eric Lawson
Bruce Lucas
Santa
David DuMez
Terry Kellicut
Harvey Ott
Lucas
Ray Erickson
Beatrice Wilhelm
Elderly Women in County Home Choose nylons for Christmas
In Rancho Los Amigos Los Angeles County home a ward survey of 163 elderly residents asked for Christmas gifts. Most chose nylons over shawls bed slippers or warm bed socks reflecting simple practical needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Rancho Los Amigos
McDonald Set for CIO Steelworkers Presidency
David J. McDonald was assured of election as permanent president of the CIO United Steelworkers, succeeding the late Philip Murray. Nominated without opposition, he is expected to win the Feb. 10 referendum. James G. Thimmel and I. W. Able were similarly nominated without opposition for vice president and secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
McDonald
Murray
USW International Office
USW
James G. Thimmel
I. W. Able
Canton
Able
Youth Admits Theft At Central High School
A 16 year old youth arrested Monday night admitted stealing a jacket from a Central High School locker. Police said the theft occurred about 10 days ago. The jacket was recovered and the boy was released to the probation department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High School
Spellman in Korea to visit front lines and Rhee
Cardinal Spellman of New York arrived in Seoul for a second Christmas tour of the Korean front. He will conduct a Mass at Eighth Army headquarters and meet President Syngman Rhee, spending eight days in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Cardinal Spellman
New York
Eighth’ ‘Army
Syngman ‘Rhee
South Korea
Korea
Whitehall Car Crash Signs Sign on George Campbell Streets
A Whitehall man lost control and sheared a street sign after leaving the road at George and Campbell Streets around 2 37 a.m. The southbound car, driven by Norman Gabriel, caused about 150 dollars in damage and came to rest on George Street. Multiple intersections saw accidents with drivers named including Leland Larson, Verne Severtsen, and Donald Chalsman in Sparta and Holmen areas amid slippery streets. Police reported numerous minor crashes and property damage across the city as officers investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George and
Campbell Streets
Norman Gabriel
Whitehall
George Street
Leland Larson
Farnam &I
Seventh Street
LaVerne Severtsen
Ferery St
Ferry Street
Larson
Severtsen
Donald Chalsman Holmen
Clinton Street
Bernard Chase
Loomis St
Liberty Street
Chalsma
Sparta
Sgt. Jr. Black
Camp McCoy
Charles E.hunnings
Kane St
la Crosse
Angelo
Ray Jensen
Justice H. L. Beckman
Navy
Dewey Reinstra
Charles Sullivan
Bailey Oil Station
North Water Street
Gurien Witzman
Claude Hutson
Richard Bailey
C. E. Lehman
Car Hairpins Off Road After Sleep at Wheel
Olaf A. Anderson of La Crosse Montana Route 27 said he fell asleep at the wheel and drove his car into a ditch near Highway 157 and 16 Monday night. He was not injured. the left front fender was damaged when the car rested against a telephone pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaf A. Anderson
La_ Crosse
Highway 157
Highway 16
Anderson
Marriage Licenses in Whitehall and Trempealeau County
David Wallace Raymond and Norma Marie Dolle of Trempealeau are to wed December 27. Melvin Alysius Abis and Luella Josephine Gawlik of Arcadia are set to marry January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wallace Raymond
Norma Marie Dolle
Trempealeau
Melvin Alysius Abis
Luella Josephine Gawlik
Arcadia
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Minnesota
Gateway Transportation Company
Daily Records County Court
Police Court
Richard Preescl
Winnebago St
Delmar Duffy
S. 4Th St
Kenneth Ostrem
Coon Valley
Richard Willian
Burnette L. Organ Jr
S. 27Th St
Elizabeth Hodges
Mary Jane
Paul van Loon
Mary Jane Leavesley
Bad Axe
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Oscar Chapman
Russell Bean
Forrest Oler
St. Mary’s Hospital
George Helgeson
Bernice Atchison
Lynn Merow
Alice Powell
Arthur
Arthur Kulig
Edward Peterson
Osseo
Roy Slaby
Grandview
Elizabeth Marie
James Witt
R. 2
Norwalk
Mary Whittle
James Henry
John T. Arms
Harriet Amundson
Necedah
Manston Hospital
Doug Nehls
Wow Christmas, Ames, Emerich & Co., Inc
Dayton and Gernon
Mrs. C. Henningsgaard
Clarence Henningsgaard
Mona Jetson
Joe Jetson
John Dodson
Prairie DU Chien
John David Dodson
R. J. Dahl
D. A. Long
Dodson
Calhoun
Susan
David Dodson
Cora Brumfield
Horace
Ethelyn
Mrs. Grace Fell
Tomah
James Churchill
Grace Fell
Mrs. Churchill
Mrs
Rosalia C. Sullivan
Review
Fruit Farm Hill
Magda Olson
Mark Blossom
Julius Holley
D. A
Spellman
Water and
Blake Streets
Willie L. McLeod
Rasmussen Courts
Clyde Richardson
Lee Rooker
McLeod
Richardson
East Montgomery
Spring Streets
Robert Scroggen
Donna Randall
Scroggen
Randall
Henry Schotten
James Rasmussen
Ben E. Mayers
West Oak Street
Don Smith
William Rhodes
Montgomery and
Rusk Avenues
Schotten
Whitehall, Wis
Hristmas
Harry Vruwink
Jack Grosskopf
Dave Fletcher
Jess Hutzler
Bob Hess
AS Preuwitz
Dan McCabe
Howard Colvin
Art Teachout
Lillian Klawitter
Dispatch
Bud Murray
Che la Crosse Tribune
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