Virginia Roth Weds Frank Nie sen Jr at St John’s Catholic Church
Virginia A. Roth wore white satin and lace with a long veil as she married Frank J. Niesen Jr at St. John’s Catholic Church with Rev. Joseph F. Kundinger officiating. Irene Roth served as maid of honor and bridesmaids wore pink taffeta. Melford Holderson was best man. 23 guests attended a Trane tea rooms dinner. prenuptial hostesses included Mrs. Edwin A Korish and Mrs. Andrew Petras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Amelia Roth
St. John’s Catholic Church
Frank John Niesen, Jr
Joseph F. Kundinger
Irene Roth
Alice Mae Zeimentz
Joanna Hill
Melford Holderson
Trane Tea Rooms
Edwin A Korish
Andrew Petras
F. J. Roth
Rose Street
F. J. Niesen
Bangor
Wis
Grooming Short Cuts Save Your Effort
Genevieve St. Mary an American Export Line steward explains time saving wardrobe tricks for travelers. Knits and tweeds require less pressing while two in one undergarments reduce laundry loads and dresses hung properly avoid frequent pressing, with care extending wear between cleanings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NER
Genevieve St. Mary
Atlantic
Genevieve
Fisher-Harrison couple wed in Laredo Mexico
Phyllis Lorraine Fischer daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Fischer 937 Jackson Street and Andy Edward Harrison S2c son of J S Harrison of Gallipolis Ohio were married January 8 in Laredo Mexico The bride wore a brown pin stripe suit and shoulder corsage of gardenias The couple resides at 4201 Timon Boulevard Corpus Christi Texas with the bridegroom stationed at the air technical training center
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Lorraine Fischer
H. A. Fischer
Jackson Street
Andy Edward Harrison
J. S. Harrison
Gallipolis
Laredo
Mexico
Timon Boulevard
Corpus Christi
Tex
Air Technical Training Center
Blair Bridal Pair To Live In Oregon
Helen Ann Casey and Victor E. Folkedahl were married at the First Lutheran church parsonage in Bair Wisconsin. They will live in Corvallis Oregon after a La Crosse dinner. The bride taught in Wisconsin schools and the groom serves in the infantry at Camp Adair Oregon. Pre nuptial showers were held in Rice Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Helen Ann Casey
Maurice Casey
Victor E. Folkedahl
Jennie Folkedahl
First Lutheran Church
Bair
K. M. Arberg
Joseph Nelsestuen
la Crosse
Nelsestuen
Corvallis
Ore
Folkedal
Galesville High School
la Crosse State Teachers College
Wisconsin
Rice Lake
Folkedahl
Infantry
Camp Adair
E. N. Swenson Hardware
Kay Foley
Gene Podvin
Nelle Bartelme
Red Cross Home Nursing Classes Open to Fill Seats
A Friday 2:15 pm Home Nursing class at the Vocational School invites a few more students by calling 3284-W to register. A second class begins Tuesday Feb 1 at Roosevelt School with evening sessions taught by Mrs Norman Hendrickson, limited to 20, registrations via Red Cross office. Also listed: Tuesday Service Star Legion at 2:30 with Mrs Louis Streeh, 1305 Pine. George H Dalton fortress No 18 supper at 6:30 followed by inspection. Wednesday Webster Homemakers at 2:30 and Elm Grove at 7:30. Thursday Our Savior's Lutheran ladies aid at 2:45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Roosevelt School
Norman Hendrickson
Red Cross Ofce
Service Star Legion
Louis Streeh
Pine
George H. Dalton
Cara
New Homemakers Club Planned at Eleva Wisconsin
Whitehall Wisconsin special says Miss Edna Langseth county home demonstration agent announces a new Pine Creek Homemakers club formed earlier in January. Mrs Margaret McCordic from the university extension will tour September 27 and 28 to introduce the wartime care of the house program and attend meetings at Ettrick Blair and several county centers.
Brown- Thorsen Wedding at Sparta Wisconsin
Ira Brown of New Lisbon married S. Sgt. Russell Thorsen son of Mr and Mrs Ole Thorsen in a Wednesday ceremony officiated by Rev E E Clarke. Attendants included Mrs. Gerald Hoard and Corp Norman Gallagher. The bride wore a brown wool flannel suit. matron of honor wore a black flannel suit. Both wore corsages of American Beauty roses. Mrs Thoreson works at Camp McCoy while Sgt Thorson is stationed with the coast artillery at Newport News Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Ira Brown
New Lisbon
Russell Thorsen
Ole Thorsen
Clifton
E. E. Clarke
Gerald Hoard
la Crosse
Corp
Norman Gallagher
Beaver Island
Mich
Thoreson
Camp McCoy
Sgt
Thorson
Newport News
Coast Artillery
Graduation dress patterns and knitting guide ad copy
The La Crosse Tribune promotes dress and sweater patterns with pattern No 8579 for girls in sizes 11 to 19 and 53 to 31 percent fabric requirements. It also advertises Pattern No 5686 for a pull over sweater with sizes 10 to 14, plus the Anne Cabot album of 1944 knitwear designs priced at 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
South Wells
Chicago
Anne Cabot
Wells
Royal Neighbors Install Officers At Harmony Camp
Royal Neighbors of America Harmony camp 4121 held an installation of officers Friday night at the home of Mrs. William Walker. Officers listed include Lilah B. Guy vice oracle Ada Roeher receiver Elizabeth Brown recorder Bessie Goldsmith chancellor Nettie Standiford Faith Caroline Scott Modesty Jeanette Bjergum past oracle Lenna Marr Anna Deyo outer and inner sentinel Ethel Miller Mary Poehling Mollie Arnison managers Lillian Leuth musician Ellen Schneeberger log bearer and proxies filled offices of unselfishness endurance and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors of America
Harmony
William Walker
South 16Th Street
Nona Herlitzka
Oracle
Lilah B. Guy
Ada Roeher
Elizabeth Brown
Bessie Goldsmith
Nettie Standiford
Faith
Caroline Scott
Modesty
Jeanette Bjergum
Lenna Marr
Anna Deyo
Ethel Miller
Mary Poehling
Johnson Scholberg Nuptials at Dallas Church
Cecile Johnson of Dallas Texas and Sgt James W Scholberg of Hensley Field Texas wed on December 24 at the First Christian church in Dallas. The ceremony was performed by Rev Noel Keith and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs M C Scholberg of 1118 Liberty Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecile Johnson
Dallas
Tex
James W. Scholberg
Hensley Field
First Christian Church
Noel Keith
Sgt
Scholberg
M. C. Scholberg
Liberty Street
Readstown Post Nuptial Shower Honoring Mrs Kellogg
Readstown Wisconsin special report notes Mmes Sam Asperheim Roger Gray and James Glass hostesses for a post nuptial shower honoring Mrs Bernard Kellogg. The party will be at the Asperheim home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readstown
Wis
Mmes
Sam Asperheim
Roger Gray
James Glass
Bernard Kellogg
Asperheim
New Citizens St Ann’s Birth Announcements Start Year
Chronical list of January births from New Citizens St Ann’s and Lutheran congregations with multiple families named. Includes dates from Jan 13 to Jan 17, listing new sons and daughters and home towns such as Copeland Avenue, Chaseburg, Bangor, Badger Street, Prospect Street, Westby, Division Street, Grandview Place, and Onalaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ann's
Paul Schwabenbauer
Copeland Avenue
Charlotte Will
Lester Kuester
Chaseburg
Wis
Edna Lenser
Elmer Peterson
Badger Street
June Davis
George Servais
Bangor
R. 2
Ida Kreibich
Claude Delaney
Prospect Street
Madell Dingeldein
Ardyth Faye
Archie Sloane
Westby
Carol Homstad
John O'Neil
West Avenue South
Jean Higbee
Francis Sawyer
Division Street
Irene Reshner
Stephen Craig
Corp
Robert McDonald
Grandview Place
Eleanor Ness
Erwin Burand
South 21St Street
Larene Crowley
Grandview
Lora Mae
William T. Lee
Onalaska
Lucille Umphrey
Caledonia
Minn
A. J. Peterson
Chicago
Norma Ransom
Whitehall
Herman Ovre
Independence
Richard Myrland
Ettrick
Jeanne Fritz Weds Pfc Robert Corbett in St James Church
Jeanne Fritz became the bride of Pfc Robert Corbett at eight o'clock mass at St James Catholic church. The Rev LeRoy Keegan officiated. The couple planned a Milwaukee honeymoon before he reports to duty at the De Ridder air base in Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Fritz
Robert Corbett
St. James Catholic Church
al Soller
LeRoy Keegan
Soller
Mila Fritz
Green Bay Street
Trane Tea Rooms
Milwaukee
Thomas Corbett
Cunningham Street
de Ridder Air Base
Louisiana
Frosted Coffee Bar Banishes The Blues
Frosted coffee bars provide Monday dinners and lunchbox friendly treats. The recipe for 45 bars uses coffee, flour, spices, and optional dried fruit and nuts, baked to a shallow pan. A second recipe for Soya Apple Betty mixes bread crumbs with soya and dried apples, baked until apples soften and topping browns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor Maddox
NEA
Comfort Your Feet and Better Support Tips
Practical advice for foot care and comfort. Emphasizes roomy shoes, frequent sock changes, and powder or mentholated cream as quick refreshers. Suggests visiting a repair shop for shoe adjustments and using lifting corrections to reduce fatigue. Encourages simple home remedies to revive tired feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Cordes Severninske Nuptials Held in Independence
Ardyth Cordes daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Bizold and Edmund Severinske son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Severinske were married at St Peter and Paul Catholic church with Rev Francis Przybylski officiating. Gertrude Manka was bridesmaid George Severinske served as best man. Breakfast and noon dinner were hosted by families at related homes and farms. The groom works on the R C Warner farm.
Local Notices and Social Updates From Holmen Area
Mrs Esther Ballentine and relatives visit for death of John Gilbertson of Holmen. Roland Gilbertson returns home to Wausau. Local store advertises cocoanut and honey products. Mrs Anna Terpstra hospitalized with a broken wrist. West Avenue Methodist ladies to meet Wednesday at 2 30. 25c plate lunch and winter millinery sale announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Ballentine
Prospect Street
Otto Gilbertson
William Moe
Minneapolis
Elsie Gilbertson
St. Paul
John Gilbertson
Holmen
Roland Gilbertson
Wausau
Hickishh Food
Fuller
Anna Terpstra
Rose Street
Grandview Hospital
Ladies’ Society
West Avenue Methodist Church
March of the Women Marines First Official Song Adopted
The article notes the first official song for women Marines, part of the 1940s era U S Marine Corps culture, with the Hymn remaining the official hymn for both male and female Marines. It mentions the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service and other units composing songs for their groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Wac
The
Waves
Spars
U. S. Marine Band
Halls of
Monte
Zuma
Marine Corps
Emil Gasser
Philadelphia
Louis Saverino
Windsor
Shirley Beach
Springfield
Mass
Leona Pahl
Great Falls
Mont
Women pilots ferry Army planes in wartime air effort
Nancy Harkness Love explains how the Ferrying Division uses qualified pilots regardless of sex. WASP pilots have already flown fighters and Flying Fortresses within the United States and Canada, with potential to fly overseas, as operations focus on matching skills to planes rather than gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
AAF
Nancy Harkness Love
Women’s Air Force Service
United States
Canada
J. Smith
Joe
Jane Smith
Jane
Mitchell
Coat Lips Twice For Smooth Tissues
Flaky winter lips can improve with a colorless antiseptic lip balm and a night rub of castor oil. A rich facial lotion can help if lip tissue remains rough. If problems persist, consult a doctor to check for vitamin or fat deficiency and adjust diet accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicia Hart
NEA
Ladies' Aid Officers Chosen in Holmen Wisconsin
Lewis Valley ladies aid elected officers Friday afternoon with Ansel Evenson as president and Chester Peterson as secretary. Mrs. Stanford Quall was chosen vice president and Mrs. Raymond Hanson treasurer, succeeding Mrs. Hoff and Mrs. Johnson respectively.
Jeanette McCollough Weds Pvt Albert Zinsmeister at Camp Forrest
Sparta Wisconsin reports the marriage of Jeanette McCollough to Pvt Albert Zinsmeister on January 4 at Camp Forrest Tennessee. Zinsmeister's mother Mrs Anna Zinsmeister of New York. Mrs Zinsmeister works in the transportation office at Camp McCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
John McCollough
Monroe Street
Jeanette
Albert Zinsmeister
Anna Zinsmeister
New York
Camp Forrest
Tenn
180 Attend Girl Scout Play Day
A crowd of 180 Girl Scouts enjoyed ice rink activities including games and relays supervised by teachers and college students led by F J Lipovetz and committee chair Betty Steckel. Hot chocolate and cookies were served by the Girl Scout council camp committee and visiting guests from San Fernando California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers College
F. J. Lipovetz
Betty Steckel
Jane Pettibone
Arlene Plimpton
Jeannette Wilt
Helen Swaziak
Jean Bakkom
Girl Scout Council
Philip Schwanzle
Mmes
Walter Hanson
C. Claus Skundberg
Carl Schubert
C. I. Anderson
Donovan Olson
Paul Gotterdam
Lorenz and Horkheimer Wed Near Prairie du Chien
Rita Lorenz daughter of Mrs Barbara Lorenz married Louis Horkheimer son of Mrs Katherine Horkheimer in a Platteville Teachers College room ceremony. The couple will live on a Prairie area farm. Cecelia Mara cousin of the groom hosted breakfast for the bridal party and a dinner followed at the bride’s home. A reception dance was held that evening in Eastman Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Rita Lorenz
Barbara Lorenz
Louis Horkheimer
Katherine Horkheimer
Ednesday
Platteville Teachers College
Prairie
Cecelia Mara
Eastman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maree T. Frisch
Fond du Lac
Miss Frisch
Delta Kappa Gamma
National Honor Sorority
Joseph J. Frisch
South 8Th
Virginia A. Roth Bride
St. John’s
Fischer-Harrison
St. Joseph Aspirin
Blair
Oregon
Webster Homemakers
Elm Grove Homemakers
Our Savior’s Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Brown- Thorsen
Co.p.a
Main
Royal Neighbors
Vicki VapoRub
Johnson-Scholberg
Readstown Party
Cordes-Severinske
Grace R. Putnam
By John Frye
Stein
Your Cleaners
Pfc
Joseph Michel
San Fernando, Calif
John Michel
South 8Th Street
John H. Sunda
New Orleans
Camp Plancha
Clovis
N. W
Lulu Hoffman
William McKinley Relief Corps
Robert E. Gomoll
San Toro
Calif
George G Gomoll
West la Crosse
Pacific
Guuelig
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