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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1944

Page

5

Wisconsin PTA Names Three New State Chairmen

Three new chairmen take over duties for the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers. Dr. Elmer L. Severinghaus becomes state chairman of social hygiene. Dr. Eugenia S. Cameron is named state chairman of mental hygiene. Henry C. Rowe becomes state safety chairman.

Madison Wis Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers George Chatterton Elmer L. Sevringhaus University of Wisconsin Medical School Wisconsin General Hospital Eugenia S. Cameron Wisconsin State Board of Health Henry Bureau of Maternal and Child Health Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Rowe Juneau Kenosha Beloit

Eyes Safe Lashes With Careful Mascara Use

Model Rose Ellen Cameron says stiff lash mascara invites eye infections and hazards. brushing lashes after application preserves glamor and keeps eyes safer. For windy streets or war plants, she recommends wearing goggles for extra protection.

Alicia Hart Nea Rose Ellen Cameron Rose Ellen

Westby Girl Wed Fort McCoy Soldier in Christmas Week

Violet Melby of Westby Wisconsin married 1st S. Sgt. A. C. Bryant of Camp McCoy in a Wednesday ceremony at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. The bride wore blue street dress with red rose corsage. bridesmaid Eunice Biihorde wore gold crepe with yellow roses. Best man was S. Sgt. Herbert Kuykendall of Camp McCoy. The bride is the daughter of the late Ludwig and Mrs Melby of Westby.

Violet Melby A. C. Bryant Camp McCoy George al Widen Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Eunice Biihorde Herbert Kuykendall Ludwig Melby Westby, Wis

Busy Line Depot Buses Leave Victoria Station

Buses depart the forecourt of Victoria station in London at a rate of 250 an hour during rush hours in normal times.

Victoria Station London

Garden Club Jell Collection For Camp Totals 461 Glasses

La Crosse Garden club expresses thanks to numerous women's organizations and individuals for jellies and preserves sent to Camp McCoy hospital for Christmas morning breakfast trays. Groups include Geo H Dalton Fortress No 18 and several clubs. overall 461 glasses donated, some for individual trays others for tables, all decorated with greeting cards.

la Crosse

Desoto Woman Minister Performs Marks Groves Rite

Clarice M Marks bride of Gale H Groves of the U S Navy in a Sunday wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs Merwin Drake near De Soto. Rev Mable Kanen officiated with Mildred and Hubert Groves singing, relatives attending, and out of town guests from Wisconsin and Chicago.

Lylith Runice Glenn Marks Martin Hiller Columbus Wis Clifford Hart la Crosse Ruby Groves Louise Hopper David Chicago

War Department announces six Wisconsin officer promotions

The War Department announced promotions and appointments for six Wisconsin servicemen and servicewomen on Tuesday. William Gustave Dameron from major to lieutenant colonel. Mildred B. Mullikin from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. Anne Whelan and Mavis Wanda Norland promoted to ranks. Thelma Folkestad and Mariam L. Thorkildsen appointed as second lieutenants. Remaining details list locations: Greenwood, Cuba City, Milwaukee, West Allis, Crosse, Nashotah.

Washington Wisconsin War Department William Gustave Dameron Greenwood Mildred B. Mullikin ANC Cuba City Anne Whelan Milwaukee Mavis Wanda Norland Wac West Allis Thelma Folkestad Crosse Mariam L. Thorkildsen Nashotah

Holmen Prenuptial Shower Honors Jan. 6 Bride

Miss Alice Peterson, bride of John Humfeld, was honored at a Sunday evening miscellaneous shower in the Legion hall Holmen Wisconsin with about 100 guests. The program featured vocal numbers by Joyce Johnson Marion and Joanne Haug readings by Maybelle Brown and Joyce Waldenberger and Grace McCabe with titles The ABCs of Married Life What You Think It Was It Was Not and Marriages in Other Lands. Marie Peterson and Joyce Waldenberger helped open the parcels.

Grace McCabe Marie Peterson Joyce Waldenberger

Flood Bourne Weds in Galesville Wisconsin

Mrs Mary Flood of Galesville married Walter Bourne Friday at 8 30 p m in the Galesville Lutheran parsonage by Rev Oscar Rem. The couple and Clayton Flood attended. Dinner at the Fish House in Winona. They will reside at the bride's home in Galesville. Bourne and family own and run the mill and feed store at Ettrick with his mother Eva Bourne and sister Gladys Bourne.

Ettrick Wis Mary Flood Galesville Walter Bourne Galesville Lutheran Church Oscar Rem Clayton Flood Gladys Bourne Winona

Birthday notices and craft pattern offers from Anne Cabot

Mrs Anne Cabot shares birthday greetings for Shirley Schultz and Harold Bruning Jr while promoting cross stitch geranium towel transfers Pattern No 5661 with a 5.2 inch design and color chart available for 10 cents plus 1 cent postage Send 15 cent copies of her winter album featuring a Gift Bazaar and free patterns to 530 South Wells Chicago 7 Do not mail to The Tribune in La Crosse to receive the materials

Anne Cabot South Wells Chicago the Tribune la Crosse

Women's jumper blouse pattern for all ages Mother look

Pattern No 8552 offers a soft velveteen or flannel jumper with a crepe blouse in spring tones. Sizes range 34 through 48 with fabric yardages 3 with long sleeve blouse 2½ yards for size 36. Send 15 cents plus 1 cent postage to Pattern Service 530 South Wells Chicago.

South Wells Chicago Tribune la Crosse

New Citizens Born in Wisconsin and Nearby Areas

Birth notices list multiple January 3 to January 4 additions across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Families include Hole of St Ann's on Rublee Street, Poehling on North 22nd, Brophy at Division Street, Johnson in Bangor, Flaten of Spring Grove, Hulett of Whitehall, Lemb, Halverson, Kolve, Klug of Tomah, and Jefferson in Washington D C. Names link to Frank Lucille Brown Ruth E Flaten La Venne Hendrickson.

St. Ann's Bernard Hole Rublee Street William J. Poehling North 22Nd Street Bernard Brophy Division Street Lucille Brown Barbara Lee Reuben N. Johnson Bangor Wis Ruth E. Flaten Spring Grove Minn Whitehall Community Hospital Elmer Hulett Taylor Irvin Lemb Alfred Halverson Blair Galvin Kolve Mondovi Caledonia

Beauty claim of 150 eggs yearly for women

A prominent 18th century French physician Etienne de Marcrou advised that women need eat 150 eggs annually to maintain beauty.

Etienne de Marcrou

Anticipate Production Grows in Estonia

Estonia may see meaningful gains in oilseed output as Jogeva Cultivation Institute reports experiments suggesting white mustard hemp and flaxseed can be grown in worthwhile quantities.

Estonia Jogeva Cultivation Institute

Pastor and Wife Open Home on New Year Holiday

The Rev P E Lorentzen and his wife hosted a New Year Open House at their Logan Avenue home for church members marking his 10th year as Calvary Baptist pastor. Guests poured coffee and cake while Melvin Lorentzen sang This House. Aviation Cadet John Halaska, home on furlough from Iowa City, visited his parents before departing for Dallas for an advanced flying course.

P. E. Lorentzen Logan Ang Calvary Baptist Church Marie Jasperson Paul Kalkenstei Kenneth Hazelton Melvin Lorentzep Minneapolis Helen Taye John Halaska Copeland Avenue Iowa City Dallas Tex

Tongue Economical Wartime Dinner Dish

Wartime cooking feature offers tongue based dishes. The article lists a hot tongue main dish with spinach and cheese sauce, a scalloped tongue and noodles bake, and a tongue slaw with mustard pickle, detailing ingredients and oven times.

NEA

Local Notes Highlight Military Visit and Community Events

Lieut and Mrs Robert Guenther of Alexandria La arrive for a 15 day furlough to visit relatives in La Crosse including Frank Guenther and William Torrance. Corr James Yeske returns to Camp Cooke after holidays. Nancy Magur from Ecorse Mich visits La Crosse family. Townsend club meets at Logan high school. State Senator Schlabach to speak on The Bill of Rights. January hair special at Doerflinger Beauty Salon. Mrs A I Wright returns from hospital to 723 South 8th Street.

Robert Guenther Alexandria la Crosse West Avenue Methodist Church Stathem Blaha Ebner Beranek Bezasky Everybody Welcome. Corp James Yeske Camp Cooke Calif Gerald David Tyler Street WBU Nancy Magur Ecorse Mich Phil Deitelhoff Willard Tremmel Pat Mureil Grider South 6Th Street C. J. Tremmel Farnham Great Lakes Naval Training School M. Townsend Logan High School R. M. Schlabach Doerflinger A. I. Wright Mandeline, Ill Ivan Wright South 8Th Street Lutheran Hospital

Marriage Licenses La Crosse Area Details

Beulah Ploog of La Crosse and James Robert Kane of Wisconsin to wed in La Crosse. Beverly Hudkins of La Crosse and Leonard Olson of Mindoro Wis to marry Jan 10 in La Crosse. Lois Groth of West Salem and Arthur Bonsall of Wilmington Del to wed Jan 31 in La Crosse. Emma Beamish and James Dow Green of Midland Mich to marry Dec 31.

la Crosse Beulah Ploog Pine Street James Robert Kane Oconomeowoc Wis Beverly Jane Hudkins Charles Street Leonard E. Olson Mindoro Lois A. Groth West Salem Arthur F. Bonsall Wilmington Del Emma Beamish James Dow Green Midland, Mich

Baby Pants for War Rubber Converts to Life Rafts

A wartime note states that rubber from one month’s baby pants production could manufacture 2800 life rafts for ocean-prowling warplanes, illustrating wartime resource reallocation and industrial shift.

Sparta's First 1944 Baby Born at St Marys Hospital

Sparta, Wis. newborn report notes two births on New Year’s Day and Jan 3 at St Mary’s hospital. A daughter arrived at 6 09 p m New Year’s Day to Mr and Mrs Ernest her of Sparta. A daughter followed on Jan 3 to Mr and Mrs Nor bert Carr, also of Sparta.

Thomas Bernett West Main Sparta Wis Dorothy Verdell Hallingstad Chester Hallingstad Monroe Miss Bernett St. Mary’s Hospital Columbia Nec Ernest Her Norbert Carr

Travel films spark war coverage craze in Mexico

Travel films and features on the war’s development in the United States draw growing interest across Mexico as audiences seek updates and context on the conflict.

United States Mexico

Cryptic Mile Post Erected by Post Master General Franklin

A cryptic mile post near Newburyport is traced to Benjamin Franklin, erected while he was post master general under the crown. The marker, read as Seana 10 miles, reflects colonial era postal innovations and street-level history.

Franklin Newburyport Benjamin

First Bus Trip of New Year Scheduled Jan 12

A notice says this week's trip to Camp McCoy is canceled and the first trip of the new year will run on Wednesday January 12. Affected riders are advised to adjust plans accordingly and await further details from the dispatcher.

Camp McCoy

Teacher collapses during Girl Scout display in Scotland

Ella, a teacher, collapsed and died before a display by Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts in Scotland. The event featured founder imagery and a formal gathering, with attendees including Lady Baden and other officials.

Baden “Sving The Boy Scouts Scotland Ella

Also Mentioned on This Page

Congress of Parents Westby Girl Bride of Connecticut Nou Holmen Lutheran Parsonage Gladys Irene Johnson Corp Wenzel P. Stremcha, Jr Lois Roussen Larga Fla Frances Harold John Hogan William Hogan Kane Garden Club Pillsbury Pillsbury’s Pillsburys Best DeSoto Holmen St. Paul's Lutheran Church Leona Mae Arentz Ever Alvin Heuer Rock Bourne Happy Shirley Jean Schultz Adams Street Harold Bruning, Jr Palace Street Dinne Our Savior’s Lutheran Ladies’ Aid First Presbyterian Women's Association Cargill Home J. G. Elston By Gaynor Maddox Satne America Jayne North Hampton N. H Coney Neiscussances Fifth Avenue South
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