Rain to Snow Outlook for La Crosse Region Anticipated
Weather bulletin notes rain may shift to snow in the La Crosse area by nightfall with 1 to 2 inches possible. Temperatures will dip to the lower 30s tonight and mid 30s Friday. Hydrologic data show the Mississippi River at seven feet after a small overnight rise. Heavy snows are expected to the north with colder risks in nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Peterson
la Crosse
Mississippi
Peterson
Coulee
Arizona
Nebraska
Intermountain
Gulf
Kansas City
Iowa
Burns
Ore
Crash Victim Goes Home For Christmas
A 44 year old Caledonia hotel keeper Howard Hauser left St. Francis Hospital after more than three months of treatment for injuries from a highway crash on Highway 16 in the Town of Medary. His wife Janice died in the crash along with two Sparta residents. Hauser’s recovery includes use of crutches and a planned graft and a rod in the leg with lifelong knee restriction. The Hauser Hotel in Caledonia is run by Hauser family employees including his daughter Judy.
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Caledonia, Minn
Howard Hauser
St. Francis Hospital
Medary
Hauser
Janice
Michael R. Belky
Sparta
Gerry Hannum
Belky
Caledonia
Judy
City Hall Offices Close For Holidays In La Crosse
City offices will close at noon Friday and at 3 p m on December 31 in observance of Christmas and New Year. Tax bills were issued early this year so the treasurer and city assessor offices will not stay open on those two days.
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la Crosse
Three Held In Con Game Probe In La Crosse
La Crosse police hold three men after a con game at W W Tavern on George Street where a marked ten dollar bill prompted an overpayment and suspicious change. A second attempt failed at another La Crosse County business and authorities are coordinating with Winona police.
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la Crosse
George St
la Crosse County
Winona
La Crosse Muscular Dystrophy Drive Total Reaches 1303
The La Crosse chapter reports 1303.52 dollars raised in the Muscular Dystrophy Association drive with 170 kits to be turned in. Delmer A. Duffy notes 233 housewives and several local groups aided the effort started December 5 and extended into January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
America
Delmer A. Duffy
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Association
Blue Star Drum and Bugle Corps
Boy Scout
Aquinas High School
Duffy
New York
Local Youth Musicians To Stage Recital In La Crosse
Five young La Crosse musicians returning home for holidays perform a chamber recital at 8 p m Wednesday in the Campus School Little Theater of La Crosse State University. The program features Bach Vivaldi Schubert Kodaly and Hayes with graduates from Central High School Cashton Oklahoma and Wisconsin institutions.
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la Crosse
Little Theater
la Crosse State University
Central High School
Michael Schallock
Madison St
Dean Whiteway
Edward Hayes
Main St
Edward
Dorothy Hayes
Jon Olson
Cashton
Our Redeemer Christmas Eve Schedule Set
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church at 2135 Weston St announces a Christmas Eve program with carols and candlelighting at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. The junior choir directed by Karen Sagen performs at 6 p.m. Linda Jones presents organ music at 10 30 p.m. The senior choir directed by E M Saterbak sings at 11 p.m. Rev Norman A Nelson delivers a meditation titled His Peace for Men. Holy Communion at 10 30 a.m. Christmas Day. Two family services at 8 45 a.m. and 10 30 a.m. with junior and senior choirs. Cherubim Choir directed by Mrs Howard Hoff at 10 30 a.m. sermon Listen Glorious News by the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Weston St
Karen Sagen
Linda Jones
E. M. Saterbak
Norman A. Nelson
Howard Hoff
Judge Appointed To Code Committee In Wisconsin
La Crosse County Judge Eugene A. Toepel accepted appointment to the advisory committee on the children's code. The committee will meet January 12 in Madison to advise the legislature on possible changes to the code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Eugene A. Toepel
Madison
Police Ambulance Responds After Fall At Home
Shelby reports December 22 at 4 18 p m John J Bechen aged 60 of 3305 Farnam Street was taken to St Francis Hospital with head injuries after a fall downstairs at his home急.
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Shelby
John J. Bechen
Farnam St
St. Francis Hospital
SS Office Closed and PO Open Friday
The Social Security office in La Crosse will be closed all day Friday. The U S Post Office will be open all day Friday from 8 a m to 5 p m with regular residential deliveries continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
la Crosse
U.S
Tavern Bingo Ruling Stirs Wisconsin Tavern Owners
Deputy Attorney General rules Blackout Bingo an illegal lottery as taverns pay a promoter and give free cards. La Crosse County Tavern League disputes legality citing a favorable letter from the Wisconsin Beverage Tax Commission. Operators pause but some continue while awaiting formal ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bowers
Wisconsin
Bowers
Robert Joanis
la Crosse
North Dakota
Arthur Boldt
Leo Gerke
Amber Inn
Tavern League
Norbert J. Schmidt
Schmidty’s
Donald Roesler
Party House
Dairyland Pays $345 833 To Member Units
Dairyland Power Cooperative of La Crosse issued checks totaling 345833.60 to its 27 member distribution systems. The board approved the payment at the December 17 meeting, representing net margins from the 1949 fiscal year. Members include Trempealeau Electric Cooperative Arcadia Tri-County Electric Rushford Vernon Electric Gays Mills Oakdale Electric and Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative.
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Dairyland Power Cooperative of
la Crosse
John P. Madgett
Dairyland
Coulee
Trempealeau Electric Cooperative
Arcadia
Tri-County Electric
Rushford
Minn
Vernon Electric
Westby
Crawford Electric
Gays Mills
Oakdale Electric
Oakdale
Monroe County
Allamakee - Clayton Electric Cooperative
Postville
Iowa
Dairyland Power
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Organist Brother Bergman Premieres Original Works
Austin Texas Brother James Bergman son of Mr and Mrs Otho Bergman 406 S Losy Blvd a St Edwards University student gave an organ recital featuring two original pieces for organ and trumpet Latin Mass and Exaltate Bergman is a member of the American Guild of Organists and won the 1963 John Philip Sousa Music Award He conducted the Newman Chapel Choir in La Crosse 1962 63 and studied piano organ and composition for 11 years with teachers from La Crosse State University and Rev Thomas Reardon He has had five works accepted by the National Music Anthology Society in New York Bergman a social sciences student plans graduate study in composition and theory of music He says composing is a most satisfying hobby and his best works were written in minutes when the spirit moved him He graduated Aquinas High School in 1963.
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Bergman
American Guild of Organists
John Philip Sousa
Newman Chapel Choir
la Crosse
Holy Cross
Robert Higgins
Merrill N. Davis III
la Crosse State University
Thomas Reardon
Fire incidents and smoke reports in local residences
On December 22 a 10 33 a.m. fire occurred at Kurt Herold residence 900 Caledonia St due to a clothes dryer. Later that day at 5 50 a.m. three street flares were tipped over at 1920 S 29th St. On December 23 at 1 a.m. smoke in a house at Dawn May residence 142412 Mississippi St was caused by a faulty oil burner.
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Kurt Herold
Caledonia St
S. 29Th St
Dawn May
Mississippi St
Christmas Party Honored 70 Attendees by La Crosse A R C
Seventy people attended the annual Christmas Party of the La Crosse Association for Retarded Children at the American Legion Clubrooms. Entertainment came from Loraine Fought's School of Dancing. LARC children sang carols with piano by Sherry Trevallee and Mrs. Lillian Koehler. Guests included Day Care Center members and supporters from Coleman Vocational Homemakers Club Hardies Creek ALCW and the Eagles of La Crosse.
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la Crosse Association
American Legion
Loraine Fought’s
School of Dancing
LARC
Lillian Koehler
Sherry Trevallee
Lynn Cantwell
George Felton
S. H. Walter
B. Scarseth
Charles Seafe
Coleman Vocational Homemakers Club
Hardies Creek Alcw
The
Eagles of la Crosse
Jail Inmates to Dine Well on Christmas Day
La Crosse County jail matron Mrs Ellen Wuest announced inmates will be served a Christmas menu. Lunch features roast turkey with dressing and gravy mashed sweet potatoes salad cranberries bread butter and coffee. Evening meal offers toasted cheese sandwiches pickles chips mince pie and coffee.
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Ellen Wuest
la Crosse County
Judge Lauds Young Drivers Record in Christmas Rush
Municipal Court Judge Leonard Chojnacki praised La Crosse area teenagers for safe driving during the holiday period. For the second week in a row no teens appeared in court. One 18 year old, Jerome Lachman of 702 Harvey Sr., was fined $14 for throwing snowballs at cars after police arrest earlier in the week.
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Leonard Chojnacki
la Crosse
Santa Claus
Jerome J. Lachman
Harvey Sr
Two Services Scheduled at Wesley Christmas Eve
Wesley Methodist Church will host two Christmas Eve services. At 7 30 p m the Sanctuary Choir directed by Justin Lemke with Mrs George Nixon on organ will lead a carol service narrated by Rev Edwin P Sheppard. The 11 p m candlelighting service features the Methodist Youth Fellowship. A Student Recognition Sunday follows on the day after Christmas with Rev Randolph W Lunsford preaching and a 10 a m coffee hour in the Wesley Foundation Lounge.
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Wesley Methodist Church
Justin Lemke
George Nixon
Edwin P. Sheppard
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley Church
Randolph W. Lunsford
Wesley Foundation
Peterson Seeks Re-Election In 21st Ward Seat
Incumbent A. Robert Peterson filed for re election with La Crosse County Clerk Esther Domke from the new supervisor district matching his current ward. Peterson, 2140 Hoeschler Drive, served the 21st Ward in 1959 1961 and since 1963 and sits on several committees. Born December 31 1920 in La Crosse he attended Central High School and works as a Metropolitan Life Insurance salesman. He is married to Margaret Severson and has six daughters.
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21St Ward
A. Robert Peterson
la Crosse County
Esther Domke
Peterson
Hoeschler Drive
la Crosse
Central High School
Metropolitan
Margaret Severson
Arbor Vitae Tree Cut at Dairyland Offices
Herman Rahn of Dairyland Power Cooperative told La Crosse police a nine foot arbor vitae tree was felled at 2615 East Ave S. Empty beer cans were found near the missing tree, indicating possible vandalism or tampering at the firm's premises.
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Herman Rahn
Dairyland Power Cooperative
la Crosse
East Ave. S
Radio Highlights and Schedule for Thursday
WLCX broadcasts at 6 30 p m rebroadcast east of Central High with Christmas concert at seven p m and Vox Pop. WKBH airs at 6 45 p m Guest Star and 8 30 p m Salvation Army program. WKTY presents 7 50 p m Aquinas at Central basketball.
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WLCX
East of Central High
WKBH
Salvation Army
WKTY
Aquinas
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Truman D. Hayes
First Congregational Church
Losey Blvd
David Menaldt
State St
Dale Kendrick
S. 11Th St
Kenneth Hamje
S. 13Th St
Hayes
Robert Kaplan
Edward Tabbert
Marathon County
Tabbert
Pontifical
David la Fond
la Fond St
French Island
Albert la Fond
Tribune
Bach
Vivaldi
Schubert
Kodaly
Schallock
University of Wisconsin
Lawrence University
Whiteway
First Congregational
Christ Episcopal
Interlochen Arts Academy
Michigan
Academy Orchestra
Miss Hayes
University of Illinois
Oklahoma
Latin America
State Department
Olson
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Schalleck
Our Redeemer
En Edr Glove CO
International Flavor
la Crosse State University International Student Association
S. 3Rd
LCU
M. S. Arora
Surender Singh
George Shalabi
Austin
Tex
James Bergman
Otho Bergman
S. Losey Blvd
St. Edward’s University
Fire Department
Wesley
LOW Motor CO
Nchumacher Cfune
Sal Hlome
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