Mission Family At City Church This Weekend
A Marathi Mission family from Maharashtra will visit La Crosse for a church mission weekend at First Congregational Church. Rev Gaikwad and family will preach on The Twelve Gates and present films on village relief work and Hong Kong. Touring exhibits and tape music accompany services.
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Hong Kong
First Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Maharastra
la Crosse
Sadanand Gaikwad
Vijaykumar
Chandraprabha
Menasha
Wis
Gaikwad
United Theological College
Poona
India
Mr. Gaikwad
Man Sentenced Up To 22 Years In Theft Case
A La Crosse man Frances G. Bagniefski 31 received up to 22 years in Waupun State Prison for taking part in an August theft of 1400 from Louis Bantle restaurant operator on South Third Street. Co-defendant Jerrold Hein 24 earlier pleaded guilty and was sentenced to up to five years in Green Bay Reformatory.
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la Crosse
Waupun State
Leonard F. Roraff
Frances G. Bagniefski
Pine St
Louis Bantle
S. 3Rd St
Bantle’s
Jerrold W. Hein
Hodges Expands View On Advertising In Economy
Sec Hodges told the 90th annual conference of the Newspaper Advertising Executives Association in Chicago that advertising raises volume and lowers costs, informing customers and expanding consumer choices He cited benefits to churches charities and education and noted advertising fuels economic growth with broader media access. The gathering featured 40 speakers including leaders from GM J C Penney Zenith and Urban Renewal Administration.
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Luther H. Hodges
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Chicago
Maxine Kahler
la Crosse Tribune
Howard Colvin
la Crosse
NAEA
Hodges
Herbert Greenwald
Metro Associated Services
New York
Erik Isgrig
Zenith Sales Corp
William Hamilton
General Motors
Detroit
Lee S. Moore
J. C. Penney Co
Robert P. Groberg
Urban Renewal Administration
Washington
Stanley H. Feldberg
Zayre Corp
Natick
Mass
La Crosse Floral Co. ad narrowly misses top award
A La Crosse Tribune notice says a panel of La Crosse Floral Co. newspaper ads narrowly missed one of the 15 best awards in the NAEA exhibit, competing with about 1,750 submissions from daily papers across the United States Canada and two other countries.
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The
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse Floral Co
NAEA
United States
Canada
Advertising as a dynamic force in the U.S. economy
Hodges argues that advertising sustains 92 to 94 percent of disposable income spent on goods and services and that a one percent change in spending equates to about 4 billion dollars in annual sales. He projects population growth and income gains through the 1960s and 1970, condemning critics of advertising as wasteful.
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Sec
Hodges
United States
UM La Crosse Faculty Observe Educational TV Study
Six La Crosse State College faculty members attended sessions at the University of Minnesota to observe work in educational television. Attendees included Dean Maurice Graff and professors W B Rasmussen George Gilkey Robert Voight William Vettes and Stanley Rolnick. They have been developing a world civilization course with focus on underrepresented regions. The college seeks a budget to expand educational television to meet rising demand.
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la Crosse State College
University of Minnesota
Maurice Graff
W. B. Rasmusen
George Gilkey
Robert Voight
William Vettes
Stanley Rolnick
Mississippi River Steamboating Explored by Peterson
Dr. William J. Peterson outlined the rise of steamboating on the Upper Mississippi in an illustrated talk to the La Crosse County Historical Society. He traced river craft from flatboats to keelboats and steamers, noting key vessels and eras from 1823 to 1927 and highlighting events, rail competition, and the shift to excursion and barge traffic.
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la Crosse Tribune
Upper
Mississippi
William J. Peterson
State Historical Society of
Iowa
la Crosse
Esther Domke
Peterson
Mark Twain
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Washington
Virginia
Upper Mississippi
Ft. St. Anthony
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Prairie la Crosse
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Henry Lewis
Germany
Lewis
Nauvoo
Ill
Dubuque
Minnesota
Rock Island Rapids
Law and
Diamond Jo Reynolds
Commodore William F. Davidson
Reynolds
Streckfuss
Galena
Chicago
St. Louis
Rollingstone
Davidson
Northwest Union Packet Co
Streckfuss Line
Minnieska
Winona
Lansing
Fountain City
Capitol
Skating Meet Postponed Again Amid Cold Weekend
The city speed skating championships are postponed for the second weekend due to severe cold. Director Eugene Fry said the races planned for Sunday Jan 19 at the Lagoon are called off and rescheduled to 12 30 p m Sunday Feb 3. School trophies and division medals will be awarded.
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Eugene Fry
Parks and Recreation
Fry
County Officer Discusses Highway Safety To Rotarians
La Crosse County Highway Police officer James McHugh spoke at the Rotary Club meeting at the Stoddard Hotel detailing Wisconsin 1962 highway tolls of 950 deaths and widespread injuries. He urged safer driving despite ongoing highway and automobile safety improvements and warned that the film Signal 30 presents a shocking view of the consequences of careless speed and inattention.
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James McHugh
la Crosse County
Rotary Club
Stoddard Hotel
McHugh
Ross Hunt
Arthur Jordan
Sanford Goltz
John Hyland
John Sutton
la Crosse
Ed. Summerfield
Chicago
NSP Credit Union Elects Directors and Officers
The Northern States Power Co. Credit Union elected Harvey Ginsky Bernard Bachman and Alfred Peterson to three year directorships at its 31st annual meeting Jack Kahle won a three year term on the credit committee Officers include LaVerne Olson as president Roland Fisher as vice president Bachman as treasurer and Al Ryser as assistant treasurer Jeanne Hansen was named secretary Bernard Hagman Myron Ekfern and Norman Larson were appointed to one year terms on the examining committee
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Northern States Power Co. Credit Union
Harvey Ginsky
Bernard Bachman
Alfred Peterson
Jack Kahle
LaVerne Olson
Roland Fisher
Bachman
al Ryser
Jeanne Hansen
Bernard Hagman
Myron Ekfern
Norman Larson
Lueth Park Rink Closed Friday Night Skating Update
Lueth Park is the only city rink closed to ice skaters Friday night while all other rinks remain open until 9 p.m. The Lagoon closes at 9:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday skating in the city runs 12:30 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 9 p.m. At the Lagoon hours are 2 to 9:30 p.m.
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Lueth Park
Lueth
Aldermen Set Monday Meeting on Grandad Bluff Farm Bid
La Crosse aldermen plan a special 5 p.m. session Monday to decide city offers for all or part of the 160 acre Grandad Bluff experimental farm. Negotiations with UW officials and the city panel established that to win the entire farm the bid must exceed Gerrard Realty's $38,637.
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la Crosse
Grandad Bluff
Milo G. Knutson
University of Wisconsin
Gerrard Realty, Inc
Gerrard
Robert Luxford
Luxford
Local Seniors Are Homemakers Two High Schools
Two high school seniors Shirley Schlicht of Logan and Christine Elder of Central were named Home maker of Tomorrow in their schools after posting top scores on senior girls tests. They compete for state titles Homemaker or Miss Elder Tomorrow, with the_state winner earning 1500 and runner up 500 scholarships. schools with state winners receive encyclopedias. Shirley is daughter of Kenneth Schlicht and Mrs Schlicht R 2. Christine is daughter of Donald Elder and Mrs Elder 1328 King Street.
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Shirley Schlicht
Logan
Christine Elder
Central
Shirley
Kenneth Schlicht
Christine
Donald Elder
King St
Cartoonist Bob Wood Visits Lincoln Junior High
The Lincoln Junior High student body held two assemblies Thursday morning with cartoonist Bob Wood. Wood is a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute.
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Lincoln Junior High
Bob Wood
Wood
The
Chicago Art Institute
State Meeting On Retarded To Be Held Here
The La Crosse Association for Retarded Children hosts the State Conference on the Retarded May 18. Trevallee named state chairman with delegates from La Crosse meeting Madison steering panel. New trend theme. conference marks 13th annual event first in La Crosse. Final 1962 Fund Drive total is 3819.69, below the 6500 goal but up 663.79 from last year. Funds support Boy Scout work day care center and summer park program. Dr William Gallagher speaks February 1 on Project Hope in Peru at the LARC meeting. Trevallee elected second vice president of the Wisconsin Council for Retarded Children.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
The
Bureau of Handicapped Children
Wisconsin Council For Retarded Children
Trevallee
William Gallagher
LARC
American Legion
Hope
Peru
State Board of Directors
Madison
C. T. Trevallee
Overshoe Contract Goes To Rubber Mills
The defense clothing and textile supply center awarded a contract for 37 630 pairs of men s rubber overshoes to La Crosse Rubber Mills. The contract totals 137 921 48. The overshoes will be used by the Army Air Force Marine Corps and Navy.
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Defense Clothing and Textile Supply Center
la Crosse Rubber Mills
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Navy
Collision Near Highway 16 Injures Three in Medary
Three people suffered minor injuries in a Thursday morning crash at the intersection of Highway 16 and County Highway PH in Medary. Clarence J. Muth, 66, of Ona followed by Lucienne A. Oles, 1130 8th St, were involved. Oles was taken to Lutheran Hospital by a passing motorist. Muth had facial cuts and his wife bruises.
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Medary
Clarence J. Muth
Onalaska
Highway 16
Lucienne A. Oles
4Th St
Oles
Lutheran Hospital
Muth
La Crosse Welcomes Twin Spider Monkey Births At Zoo
Eugene Fry reports four spider monkeys born this season at the La Crosse zoo winter quarters on St. Cloud Street. The latest twins join a history of twin births with the same mother possibly from a 1960 birth, exciting zoos nationwide and boosting La Crosse’s claim as the Twin Spider Monkey Capital.
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la Crosse
Eugene Fry
Parks and Recreation
Tuo
Fry
St. Cloud St
Milwaukee
San Diego
Philadelphia
Milwaukee County Zoo
Zoo
St. Cloud Street
Central
South America
La Fever Appointed to College Faculty
President Rexford Mitchell of La Crosse State College announced the appointment of Howard La Fever to the biological science department. He will teach botany. La Fever holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Purdue University and expects to finish his doctorate soon. A Wayne County Indiana native, he is married with one child.
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Rexford Mitchell
la Crosse
Business Classes Start Monday At La Crosse Vocational School
Day school business education classes for the second semester at the La Crosse Vocational and Adult Schools begin Monday. Registration for the second semester in the College of Commerce Department is at 8 a.m. in Room 205. Beginning subjects include bookkeeping, accounting, business machines, business mathematics, filing and business English. Advanced subjects are offered for those already in the department and for those seeking refresher study.
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la Crosse
College of Commerce
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Civil Service Act
United States Civil Service Commission
Post Office
George R. Spika
the Examiner
Raymond W. McConaghy
Ray N. Kuehl
Loren E
Ted) Copsey
Tribune
City Church
Bombay
Sholapur
Ahmednagar
Nagpada
Marathi Mission
United Church of Northern India
Satara
Vadala
Ganization
James C. Holmlund
St. Paul
Prairie du Chien
London
Daniel Smith Harris
Grey Eagle
Telegraph-Cable News
NSP Credit Union
Engstad
Eau Claire
Rubber Mills
Myrick
la Fever
Sparta
Riviera
Las Vegas
Prince George
Toronto
Colony Club
Omaha
Mel Calvert
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