Community Chest Speaker Urges Human Concern in Giving
Dr E J Rollings of the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation Michigan Chapter tells La Crosse Community Chest workers that humanity matters more than might, noting 98 percent of the Chest goal and the need for local groups to fight crime and support welfare services while highlighting the costs of narcotic addiction and juvenile delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
E. J. Rollings
Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation
Michigan
la Crosse Community Chest
la Crosse
George
Jerusalem
Gunnar Gundersen Sr
Community Chest
Milo Knutson
Chest
Milwaukeean Top Photog Of The Year
Sherman A. Gessert Jr., a Journal Co. photographer for the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel, was named Wisconsin Newspaper Photographer of the Year for 1962. He joined Sentinel in 1956 and the Journal Co. after its Sentinel purchase last year. He won first in spot news for a two panel collapse of a bar. Albert Treml of WFRV TV, Green Bay, was named Newsreel Photographer of the Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Sherman A. Gessert Jr
Journal Co
Milwaukee Journal
Milwaukee Sentinel
Wisconsin Press Photographers Association
Gessert
Sentinel
The
Associated Press
Albert Treml
Wfrv-Tv
Green Bay
Miss Forrester Contralto To Sing Here At Community Concert
Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester will perform at 8 30 p m Monday in the Vocational School auditorium. She opens with Handel songs and an aria from Orpheus and Euridice, followed by Schubert and Strauss lieder, Verdi aria, French songs, English folksongs, and Saint Saens aria My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice. The Wagner Chorale date is moved to Wednesday March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Community Concert Association
Maureen Forrester
Vocational School
Miss Forrester
Handel
God
Gluck
Franz Schubert
Richard Strauss
Verdi
Don Carlo
Saint-Saens
Samson
Delila
Robert Wagner Chorale
Jury To Hear Traffic Accident Case Is Selected
A La Crosse Circuit Court jury was selected to hear a traffic accident case brought by Richard No of Chippewa Falls against James P Pingel of Wausau and his Dairyland Mutual policy. The accident occurred Oct 11 1960 when a car driven by Pingel left Highway 33 in the Town of Shelby.
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la Crosse
Richard Theno
Chippewa Falls
James P. Pingel
Wausau
Andhis Insurance Company
Dairyland Mutual
Theno
Pingel
Highway 33
Shelby
Leonard R. Roraft
Lincoln Neprud
Mary Buck
Teresa Beg
Joseph Finn
Dorothy Finneseth
Daisy Sturgis
Eunice Davison
Ann Schmikla
Geraldine Rebhan
Campbell
Raymond Erickson
Washington
William Jenkins Sr
Barre
Donald Meinking
Burns
Charles Pierce
Onalaska
Carl F. Schnick
Schnick
Debussy and Dickens Inspire Two New Library Studies
A French musician and an English writer inspire two new fiction studies. Clair de Lune follows Claude Debussy’s life through 1870 to 1918, while Charles revisits events shaping Charles Dickens. Gabriella Clove and Cinnamon adds Brazilian color with Nacib and Gabriella, a tale of love, community mores, and humor.
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Debussy
Dickens
Clair ‘de Lune
Claude Debussy
Charles
Charles Dickens
London
Pierre la Mure
Russia
Rome
Garret
Montmartre
la Crosse County
Columbia
Philippe Entremont
Gabriella
Jorge Amado
Brazil
Nacib
Pilot forgets landing gear in Minnesota crash
East Grand Forks resident Keith Jorde landed his four passenger Beachcraft Bonanza on its belly at La Crosse Municipal Airport. He was uninjured, with plane damage estimated at 1200 to 1500 dollars. Wing flaps down limited belly damage as propeller and flaps were destroyed. A city lift truck raised the plane for gear lowering before tow to the northwest runway. Jorde left for East Grand Forks after chartering a plane from Viking Aviation. Origin of his trip remains unknown.
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Grand Forks
Minn
la Crosse
Keith Jorde
Theron Clark
Jorde
Clark
East Grand Forks
Viking Aviation, Inc
Loechler Re-Elected Fire Chief in La Crescent
Donald Loechler was re elected as fire chief at the La Crescent Fire Department annual meeting. Officers named were Frank Mader president Ralph Timm vice president Norris Johnson secretary and Arthur Gittens treasurer with Harold Vetsch and Mylo Shepardson as assistant chiefs and Lenard Palubicki as captain. The department approved paying the village council 2000 for its share of a new fire truck.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Loechler
Karl Buron
Dan Hammiel
Judge Ordered To Go Before State Court
Lincoln Neprud was served with an order to appear in Madison on February 8 before the Wisconsin Supreme Court as part of a La Crosse County divorce case. Loren Mittereiter, 46, of 723 Rose Street, Oak Grove Cemetery gravedigger, faces contempt rulings after failing to honor a $10 weekly alimony commitment. If he does not pay $240 by 10 a.m. Thursday, he faces six months in County Jail, but a Supreme Court writ of certiorari halts further action until the February hearing.
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Lincoln Neprud
Madison
Wisconsin Supreme Court
la Crosse County
Loren Mittereiter
Rose St
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mittereiter
Lucille
Neprud
Supreme Court
William Dieterich
James C. McKenzie
McKenzie
Rural Cornell Man Dies In Car Crash
John Kapaul age 66 of rural Cornell dies from injuries after a collision at a rural intersection. The accident occurred Monday and he died at a Chippewa Falls hospital as Wisconsin toll rises to 48 for 1963, down from 51 a year ago.
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Associated Press
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
John Kapaul
Cornell
Chippewa Falls
La Crosse Chest Raises 251000 in 1963 Campaign
La Crosse Community Chest-Red Cross report shows 251000 raised, 98 percent of goal, with 13,000 donors. Gateway Grocery Co. led in employee giving with doubled contributions. 12 firms earned 100 percent participation plaques. 1962 agency totals include Boy Scouts, YMCA, Family Service, Salvation Army, and Red Cross among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Community Chest-Red Cross
Gunnar A. Gundersen
Gundersen
Gateway Grocery Co
la Crosse Rubber Mills
la Crosse Garment Co
Northern Plastics Corp
B. T. Hall
Community Chest
Boy Scouts
YMCA
Family Service Association
Salvation Army
la Crosse Home For Children
YWCA
Catholic Social Service
St. Michael's Home
Wisconsin Service Society
Lutheran Welfare Society
la Crosse Day Nursery
Children’s Service Society
Mental Health Association
Sister Kenny Foundation
American Social Health Association
National Council On Crime
National Recreation Association
Red Cross
Wisconsin seeks 23 wardens to lead state districts
Stevens Point proposed by Acting Chief Warden Walter Zelinski would create 23 game warden districts led by wardens with ranks up to warden 7. The plan aims to raise pay through reclassification without adding staff, while eliminating assistant area supervisor roles.
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Wisconsin
Stevens ‘Point
Walter Zelinski
Fish and Game Management
Conservation Department
West Central
Buffalo
Trempealeau
la Crosse
Vernon
Language Program Talk By La Crosse Supervisor
Lester Sheffield supervisor of elementary education in La Crosse public schools will discuss the new language arts program at Roosevelt School PTA meeting Monday. Parents may visit their children's classrooms at 7 30 p m the meeting begins at 8 p m.
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Lester Sheffield
la Crosse
Roosevelt School
PTA
City Rinks Open Thursday Night for Skating
City rinks and the Lagoon will be open Thursday night. City ice skating areas close at 9 p.m. and the Lagoon at 9:30 p.m.
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Jack Kenward
Wisconsin Press Photographer's Association
Mike Geary
Gary Betz
Dr. Rollings
Girl Scouts
Ymca-Ywca
Lutheran Welfare
United States
Henry Funk
Robert H. Waller
Thomas H. Runkle
la Crosse Afl-Cio Council
Harry Olson
Howard Dahl
Richard C. Davis
Matthew N Lusk
Peter G. Pappas
E. J. Wollschaleger
Henry C. Funk Waller
Wallace W. Morse
George Thompson
John H. O'Donnell
Milwaukeean
Karen Gavin
Jean McHenry
St. Francis School of Nursing
Julian M. Johnson
Herschel Rick
M. Francita
Harold D. Olson
Tribune
County Library Notebook
Victoria Lincoln
London Society
Queen Victoria
Guye
Main ST
Eagle Scouts
Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
James J. Bannen
Boulder Junction
James Bannen
Hickory Lane
Roy Amsrud
Ferry St
Michael McGovern
Winnebago St
William Dvorak
Mississippi St
James Finn
S. 24Th St
Gregory Ludden
N. 28Rd St
Thomas Skemp
S. 17Th St
State Bureau of Personnel
John P. Murphy
Kane St
Joseph
War- Crosse Tribune
David Hammes
Carl Frick
Zelinski
Bureau of Personnel
Conservation Commission
Bureau
Big Shoe Store
Weyenberg
Madison Squares
Rv S
TVO
la Crosse, Wis
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