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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1944
Page
4
Army nurses assigned to the invasion forces undergo intensive field training in England as part of a yearlong program. They practice crossing fields with mock Axis mines, study dummy soldier outlines, and identify aircraft, building readiness for combat conditions before heading to western Europe.
Army Service Forces depots experiment with placing women in warehousing roles replacing trained men shipped overseas. Women learn to drive heavy equipment but must meet physical specs. doctors list muscular requirements for hard jobs. Conferences address efficiency and cost in integrating women into depot operations. Some unrelated cleaning tip and baboon note appear in text.
In Washington DC Lieut Colonel Walter B Linn awarded Charlotte Farley the Army Service Forces civilian commendation for 20 years of faithful civilian work at Camp Walters Texas and Fort Sill Oklahoma. A blue ribbon brooch and certificate accompanied the honor.
Olga Christianson of Holmen Wisconsin and Willard Hoefke of La Crosse Wisconsin wed Saturday in Decorah Iowa. Justice Lester E Van Pelt performed the ceremony for the couple and their families.
Pattern No. 8680 offers a summer dress for ages 2 to 6 in chambray seer suckers ginghams or flowered muslins. Describes trim with ric rac eyelet and lists yardage for size 3. Also promotes Fashion has 32 pages with sportswear and frocks and a striped glazed cotton hat and bag set Pattern No 5758 with cutting and finishing directions.
New York's fall fashion collection returns with long floor length dresses and glamorous gowns aimed at homeward bound servicemen. Designers unveil vivid colors feminine lines and a lighter mood free of earlier WPB restrictions as 65 editors attend the dress institute's national press week.
Two hostesses at army installation service clubs share different success formulas. Charline Nicholson of Camp Campbell Kentucky says soldiers want to be kept happy with theaters of operation. Elise Mellen of Fort Sill Oklahoma urges treating the club as home and letting soldiers run their own time.
Mrs. Mabel Spafford leads a sewing group planning a 1999 J event with bus reservations. The outing departs from the USO at 8 a.m.
Jul 5 entries include Devertee Samencee, Speethy Gee, Bernard, Repky, Bangor Wisconsin. July 7 lists Cleola B. Ward Roscoe Texas and Richard C. Meyers Washington D. C.
New Citizens St Ann s reports births on July 6 and July 8 with multiple families including Thelma Peek, Evelyn ne Gaughter Kayse, Hartwig Breutzman, Helen Peters, and Marvin Page. Addresses listed include 2503 South 17th Street and 2014 Onalaska Avenue along with other local residence details.
Mrs. A W Schall preserves a deerhide trunk that survived 1812 era fortunes and a Canadian hideout tale. It carries the Smith family through Canada to Iowa, with a great grandfather and grandmother risking Indian raids, and a 15 year old died on the voyage south. The trunk was made in New York City and remains structurally sound though worn by time.
A Sunday breakfast feature lists bacon heavy dishes. Recipes include Pig-in-a-Poke baskets with egg and bacon, Apple Pancakes with Bacon, Scramble Bacon, and Grilled Tomatoes With Cheese and Bacon served on toast with mustard and butter.
Kay Kriese two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Kriese was taken to a city hospital in a police squad car at 1130 am Monday after catching her hand in a washing machine wringer. A postponed board of education meeting is set for 730 pm Monday at Washburn school. Stanley Lundgreve 32 Ona laska was taken to a hospital by ambulance after illness at 900 am Monday.
In Bangor Wisconsin a postnup picnic in the city park honored Mr and Mrs L P Kipp. The Bangor Women’s Civic club and husbands hosted with the bride’s corsage and an ornate wedding cake at the center. Rev F F Parsons read and Mrs K P Ruppenthal led in community singing. Mrs Kipp was Effie Bosshard a club charter member. Mr Kipp manages Schultz Bros store at Sparta.
Ruth Marie Pieper and La Verne Knappe, Caledonians working in Minneapolis, wed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Caledonia. The eight o’clock ceremony included seven attendants, a church reception for 50, and guests from Bay City Wisconsin. The bride, a Minneapolis School of Business graduate, wore lace and net with gardenias. the groom, a University of Minnesota graduate, serves in the navy.
Elaine A Schultz daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Schultz of 1731 Liberty street and Richard H Schroeder son of Mr and Mrs Fred Schroeder of Onalaska were wed at Immanuel Lutheran church on July 4 at 7 pm. The Rev Walter Gutzke officiated with Dorothy Schroeder as bridesmaid, Mrs William Wilkerson as honor matron and Marine Robert Lee as best man. The bride wore a white street length dress with gardenia and rose corsage while her attendants wore fuchsia and lime green outfits with pink carnations and yellow roses.
La Crosse shoppers will see cherries shipped in 30 pound containers, pitted and packed in a 10 percent sugar solution. They must be frozen or reprocessed for canning, with pints and quarts processed 15 minutes at 212 degrees. Miss Anita Gundlach notes sugar amount optional and warns against oven canning due to breakage.
City visitors from Appleton Wisconsin Mrs Kenneth Corbett and sons Kenneth and Tom stay with Mr and Mrs Hugh G Corbett at 717 Cass street. Geneva Ragland and Agnes Starek who attended the National Education Association convention in Pittsburg July 4 5 and 6 visit Philadelphia and Harrisburg respectively. A gibbon is named the world’s finest aerial performer.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wall announce the marriage of their daughter Alice Elizabeth to Pole Charles Everett Guse of Pleasantville. The ceremony took place July 3 at the navy chapel within the U S naval air station Corpus Christi Texas conducted by Rev John J Reardon. The couple will reside at the Hoover hotel in Corpus Christi.
A cow escaped a slaughterhouse route in Ranelagh Dublin and charged past spectators as it fled into a china shop. After an inspection of shelves the animal immediately exited without breaking any ware, astonishing onlookers with its calm exit.
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