Picnic table altar setup for Mass on river trip
Fr Galtier and priests prepare a picnic table altar for Mass while examining a Mississippi map. Mark Beckfield Fr Brezinski Del Halfmann and Gregory Rudd note the 60 mile distance to Prairie du Chien as others ready equipment for departure in the Tribune photo by Edward M Huebner.
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Robert Brezinski
Gerald Fisher
Bernard McGarty
Mississippi
Mark Beckfield
Fr. Brezinski
del Halfmann
Gregory Rudd
Prairie du Chien
J. B. Wielihan
Richard Fisher
William Barriett
Tribune
Edward M. Huebner
Dick Fisher
Eau Claire
Fr. McGarty
Brezinski
St. Patrick’s
Dell Halfmann
George Meyers
Jim Cain
Meyers
Cain
Regis High School
Fisher
J. B. Whelihan
Eau Claire Priests Lead Canoe Trip Through History
Two Eau Claire priests Bernard McGarty and Robert Brezinski lead a 195 mile canoe trek tracing early river explorers from Chippewa River to Prairie du Chien. They follow Fr. Galtier to the sites of Carver Perrot Pike and Blackhawk, camping on riverbanks as lay youths aid the mission.
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Eau Claire
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse Democrat
la Crosse
Lucien Galtier
Upper Mississippi
James Gallager
Mississippi
Riverside Park
Bernard McGarty
Robert Brezinski
Fr. Galtier
Prairie du Chien
Father McGarty
Mathew A. McGarty
S. 14Th St
St. Patrick’s Church
Father Galtier
Farther McGarty
Jonathan Carver
Plorer
Lake Pepin
Carver
Fr. McGarty
Nicholas Perrot
Wisconsin
McGarty
Perrot
Trempealeau
State Park
Zebulon Pike
U.S
Blackhawk
Cap
Galtier
Pilot Study Estimates 4 972 Alcoholics in La Crosse County
A pilot survey by the West Central Council on Alcoholism finds 4 972 adults in La Crosse County identified as alcoholics or problem drinkers out of a 79 987 population. Results from 600 questionnaires were shared by Larry Munson at the WCCA meeting in the county courthouse.
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la Crosse County
West Central Council On Alcoholism
WCCA
la Crosse City
Trempealeau
Jackson
Monroe
Buffalo
Vernon
Munson
la Crosse
July Fourth Fest Opens in La Crosse at New Grounds
La Crosse unveils its new festgrounds at 2nd and La Crosse Streets with a noon ribbon cutting for the Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration. Pickets from LIU Local 140 linger, but organizers plan to proceed. Parking areas around the grounds and a Riversid e Park footbridge ease access. Saturday features include horseshoe championships, a money scramble, a kids pitching contest, square dancing, rides, and contests, with a fireworks display at 9:45 p.m. Sunday repeats activities and adds a flag ceremony at 2 p.m. via a parade route from 11th to Main to La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Laborers International Union Local 140
Riverside Park
City Hall
Montgomery Ward
3Rd Street
Camera Club
Happy Twirlers
11Th
Main Streets
Main
4Th
la Crosse Street
BBC crew plans two river town documentaries in Wisconsin
Michael Maber of London survey towns along the Upper Mississippi to document Prairie du Chien and nearby river life for a 50 minute English program. A six man BBC crew will film July 3 to 6 in Hannibal and Prairie du Chien then move to Lake Itasca and headwaters, with two to three weeks in July. Trevor Philpotts will provide commentary as the team photographs river towns and cattle ranching with Edward R Murrow like notoriety.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
British Broadcasting Co
BBC
Michael Maber
London
England
Mather
Hannibal
Lake Itasca State Park
Minnesota
Ambrose Locke
Maber
Playgrounds Celebrate Special Day With Pinata Hats and Prizes
About 50 children joined Mexican Day activities at Hood Playground. Kelli Butterfield knocked down the pinata while Karen Janske Paul Heft won costume prizes. Peanut Party schemes drew 30 children at Myrick Park with Billy Strupp and Tom Boland scoring in peanut games. St Andrew Playground awarded Cindy Sacia and Steve Dummer for hat color and originality. No one entered without a hat 3 to 4 pm.
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Hood Playground
Kelli Butterfield
Karen Janske
Paul Heft
Nancy Pervisky
Karen Hansen
Myrick Park
Billy Strupp
Tom Boland
St. Andrew Playground
Cindy Sacia
Charles St
Steve Dummer
Kane St
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St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church
Tured
Victory
Bad Axe
Chippewa River
Caryville
Chippewa
Minnetska Dam
Greg Rudd
Gerald C. Fisher
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Kenneth G. Brown
Donald H. Strand
S. 28Th Court
Edward Lukasek
Sparta
Theron Cartwright
John Murphy
Harold Ritter
Leonard H. Andersen
Richard Lenz
George Buisse
Ann Morris
Onalaska
Kweriwoe
Jay
KINA
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