Attending Ecumenical Rites Hear Unity Plea
Nearly 1,400 La Crosse residents from Methodist Catholic Lutheran Congregational Baptist Presbyterian Episcopal and Church of Christ churches gathered at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral for an ecumenical service. Thirteen clergymen led prayers sermons and readings urging unity and an end to doctrinal division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Blum
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Episcopal
Church of Christ
St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Jesus Christ
James Bell
First Presbyterian Church
Calvin
Wesley
Canterbury
Rome
Augustine
Aquinas
Freking
Vatican
Floyd Harbold
First Baptist
Calvin Hay
United Church of Christ
John Schultz
la Crosse Area
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Karl Friedline
Byron Blackmore
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
January Warmth Recalls 1921 Wisconsin Weather Pattern
Weather notes show January behaving like the 1921 precedent with five consecutive days of 40s in 1968. La Crosse highs reached 50 on Jan 20, a tally tying the year’s record, while Madison and Lone Rock shared the warmest readings in Wisconsin. Local lows and snow cover details follow, with forecasts for a mild week ahead except for brief cold snaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Peterson
Peterson
la Crosse
Madison
Lone Rock
Wisconsin
Beloit
Superior
Houston
Mich
Los Angeles
Calif
Alamosa
Colo
Girl Placed On Probation For Forgery
La Crosse, Wisconsin. Jo ann Butterfield 18 of 1624 Winnebago St was placed on probation for two years for her role in a December check forgery scheme. Judge Leonard F Roraff delayed sentence for a pre sentence social services review that recommended probation. Butterfield must repay 43.25 restitution, cover court costs, and avoid contact with the Steele brothers involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Leonard F. Roraff
Joann Butterfield
Winnebago St
Wisconsin Social Services Department
David G. Steele
Caledonia St
Green Bay Reformatory
David
Miss Butterfield
Social Services Department
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Marvin Davis
Davis
Reraff
Steeles
Lagoon To Open Rink With Thin Ice Caution
The Lagoon opens 6 30 to 9 30 p m Monday for skating but skaters warned to keep off edges where ice is thin City rinks remain closed Recreation Department plans to flood rinks Monday night to preserve the remaining base after the January thaw
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Recreation Department
Pathologist Dr John F Janis joins Gundersen La Crosse Clinic
Officials at Gundersen Clinic and La Crosse Lutheran Hospital announce Dr John F Janis as associate in pathology. A Hav en South Dakota native, he trained at the University of South Dakota Marquette University Mayo Clinic and McDonald Army Hospital Fort Eustis Virginia. He and wife Joan have two children Ramonna and John Robert and reside at 1819 Sunset Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gundersen Clinic
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
John F. Janis
Department of Pathology
Dr. Janis
Haven
S.D
University of South Dakota
Marquette University
Sacred Heart Hospital
Yankton
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
McDonald Army Hospital
Fort Eustis
Janis
Joan
Ramonna
John Robert
Sun‘set Drive
City rejects DDT use in Elm disease fight
The Wisconsin divisions turned down La Crosse's request for a one shot 12 percent DDT treatment for Dutch elm disease. City will rely on sanitation, remove diseased elms, burn debris, and awaited UW reevaluation to improve the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Conservation and Agriculture
la Crosse Park
Eugene Fry
Fry
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Six 1967 St Francis Hospital tech grads pass national exam
Six graduates of St Francis Hospital School of Medical Technology earned national certification from the American Society of Clinical Pathologists board. Certified are Mrs. Jean S. Billings Barbara Hoyum Ronald Lokken Virginia Lommen Mrs. Barbara Skogen and Mrs. Christine C. Thornton. The program is affiliated with La Crosse State University and Viterbo College. Applicants must have at least three years of college including 16 biology 16 chemistry and one mathematics semester hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Hospital
School of Medical Technology
Board of Registry of Medical Technologists
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Paul C. Dietz
Jean S. Billings
la Crosse
Barbara Hoyum
Janesville
Ronald Lokken
West Salem
Virginia Lommen
Barbara Skogen
Onalaska
Christine C. Thornton
la Crosse State University
Viterbo College
Youth Posts Bond In Shoplifting Case
An 18 year old La Crosse resident Kenneth Jensen posted a 54 dollar bond Saturday night on a disorderly conduct charge arising from allegedly shop lifting a 75 cent paperback from Bell Discount Department Store. He was ordered to appear Thursday in Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Bell Discount Department Store
Kenneth Jensen
Charles St
Retired Railroader Wetterlin Marked 52-Year Career
Alva M. Wetterlin, 70, of 3031 S. 25th St., retires after 52 years with Burlington seen along a 233 mile stretch. His career began in 1915 as a Maiden Rock station helper and peaked as a dispatcher in Aurora, Illinois, with recent work at De Soto. Ervin Larkin succeeds him at Lynxville handling freight at Ferryville and De Soto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva M. Wetterlin
S. 25Th St
Burlington Railroad
Prescott
Wis
Maiden Rock
Pierce County
Aurora
Ill
de Soto
Wetterlin
Martin
Burlington
Cb&q
Lynxville
Ervin Larkin
Burlington Service
Ferryville
McCartney
Grant County
Mississippi
Victory
Wetterlin Family Rail Service Ties Span Generations
The Wetterlins have shifted heavy work to machines, with as many as 20 men affected. The family’s railroad legacy continues across three generations starting in De Soto. Ray Wetterlin serves as Burlington commercial agent at La Crosse, Robert is a teleg rapher and station agent for Soo Line at Seney, and Donald is a sprinter in La Crosse. The couple has two daughters, Marie Helgerson of La Crosse and Jeannette Grant of La Crescent, plus 12 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetterlin
la Crosse
Aurora
Ill
de Soto
Victory
Burlington
Ray Wetterlin
21St Place
Robert
Soo
Seney
Michigan
Donald
Jorville
Marie) Helgerson
Richard
Jeannette) Grant
la Crescent
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Father Bertrand
God
Bertrand
Frederick W. Freking
Harris Mooney
Christ Episcopal Church
John Paul
Tribune
Gary Kiefner
Christian Unity
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LA Crosse ST
Main ST
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M.P.O
Alva Wetterlin
Ray
Dad
Maranda Johnson
Savanna
Zephyr
By Richard Nelson
Nelson Funeral Home
Ervin Baudhuin
Sparta
Virgil Wohlwend
Goodwin Wells
Robert Lieber
Mont Horswill
Robert Anderson
Loren Johnson
William Baum
Arnold Knutson
David du Mez
William Leisgang
Merlin Eggen
Richard Meir
Anthony Gartner
A. Robert Peterso
Harley Gullickson
Jack Ray
Paul Richling
Robert Sieber
Lloyd Truggested
David Veiter
Ralph Zielke
William Clark
Tomah
Alvin Nienast
William Hilbert
Morris Lattimore
Daniel Wagner
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