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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1963

Page

2

Schwartz To Judge Cattle Show At La Crosse Fair

Harvey Schwartz of Waukesha will judge the Wisconsin State Black and White Show at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair grounds Tuesday. He has judged cattle across the United States Canada and South America. About 390 head were entered from around the state. Judging begins 9 30 a m with meals served at noon. Public event with local 4 H exhibitors listed from La Crosse County.

Harvey Schwartz Waukesha Wisconsin la Crosse Harold Huth Schwartz United States Canada South America National Dairy Cattle Congress Waterloo Iowa Chicago la Crosse County Neshonoc Farms Edyth Swarthout Bert Brown Raymond Hoyer

Births at multiple Wisconsin hospitals on varied July dates

St. Francis Hospital records July births including a son for Louis V. Hall and a daughter for Gordon I. Olson at Onalaska area addresses. Grandview Hospital notes a daughter Pamela Kay for Willard Dokke bak en and a daughter Karen Jane for Richard Ryan in Holmen and on Plainview Road. Other hospitals report births for families in Sparta Winona Madison and La Crosse area with names and addresses of parents and guardians.

Louis V. Hall R. 2 Onalaska Theresa C. Gianoli Gordon I. Olson Delores M. Schober Orvis R. Buchholtz S. 23Rd St Elizabeth A. Anderson Gerald P. Corcoran Hokah, Minn Mary L. Patzner Donald J. Hole East Ave. S Delores M. Leibl Pamela Kay Willard Dokkebaken Holmen Mary Ellen Jerome Karen Jane Richard Ryan Plainview Rd Louise Benjamin Ronald Voight Joyce Imbs

Marriage Licenses Issued For Three Couples In Wisconsin

Verlyn G. Anderson of Spar ta and Evelyn C. Berg of West Salem plan to wed July 20 in West Salem. Howard V. Moilien of Coon Valley and M Pauline Allness of Cass Street West plan to marry July 20 in Viroqua. Oliver Omalza of Camp McCoy and Shirley Jean Erickson of Sparta town to marry July 13.

Verlyn G. Anderson Sparta Evelyn C. Berg S. Oak St West Salem Howard V. Moilien Coon Valley M. Pauline Allness Cass St Viroqua Wis Oliver O. Omalza Camp McCoy Shirley Jean Erickson Town of Sparta

Lakeland and Northland Colleges Get Federal Loans

The Community Facilities Administration announced federal loans to Lakeland and Northland Colleges for dormitory construction. Lakeland receives 900000 for a residence hall housing 110 men, while Northland receives 375000 for a hall for 118 women.

Washington The Community Facilities Administration Lakeland and Northland Colleges Lakeland Northland

Two Hurt In Bliss Road Car Crash In La Crescent

Jon M. Waldow 18 of La Crescent and Michael L. Hiles 18 of 1117 Market St suffered injuries Friday when Waldow lost control on a Bliss Road curve near 29th. Waldow had severe neck face and finger cuts while Hiles had head and body bruises. They were transported to St. Francis Hospital. Police say the car swerved into a ditch on the opposite side, Hiles fell out, then the vehicle bounced to the other side and stopped against wires.

Jon M. Waldow la Crescent Minn Bliss Road Waldow Michael L. Hiles Market St Hiles St. Francis Hospital Walden

Pumper Bought and Storm Sewer Contracts Let

The La Crosse Common Council accepted a 1 000 gallon pumper bid of 26 790 from American La France and awarded five storm sewer contracts totaling about 41 000 to Badger Construction and others. Bids ranged up to 52 247 with deadlines this fall. An airport shop addition bid was referred to the aviation board due to budget limits.

la Crosse Municipal Airport Common Council American la France Elmira N.Y Peter Pirsch & Sons Co Kenosha Fred Genz Howe Fire Apparatus Co Anderson, Ind Seagrave Corp Columbus Ohio Badger Construction Co la Crosse Main Street Sth Ave State Street 5Th Avenue State H. F. Ratandt, Inc Eau Claire Winona Plumbing Co Winona State Road H. F. Ratandt Badger Pipeline Construction, Inc Highland Street 29Th Court 29Th 31St 31St Street Aviation Board Williams Construction Co Neumann Electric Co Theron Clark

Day To Head Welfare Unit Office Here

Gordon Day appointed head social worker for the La Crosse Wisconsin and Upper Michigan office of Lutheran Welfare Services. He replaces Lowell Grottweidt who moves to Madison. The agency, social welfare arm of the National Lutheran Council of Churches in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, provides adoptions foster care chaplaincy and pastoral services with five offices including La Crosse at 125 N 4th St.

Gordon Day la Crosse Lutheran Welfare Services Wisconsin Upper Michigan Lutheran Welfare Racine- Kenosha Lowell Grottweit Madison National Lutheran Council of Churches Stoughton Homme Wittenberg Milwaukee N. 4Th St

Steamboat Days Queen Picked At Winona

Susan Tyler, 20, a St. Teresa College student, was chosen Miss Winona at Steamboat Days ceremonies in Winona Minnesota. She will represent Winona in next year’s Miss Minnesota pageant. A record crowd of about 15 000 lined downtown for the Kiddie Parade involving 700 children. The major procession features units from Minnesota and Wisconsin towns. The festival runs through Sunday with speedboat races on the Mississippi River and water skiing exhibitions.

Winona, Minn Susan Tyler St. Teresa College Wisconsin Mississippi River

Locals Advertise Summer Winter Clothing For Teens And Misses

Clean cheap clothing for teens and misses sizes 12 to 16 advertised with open hours including late night shopping and carry outs. Dodge House at 514 Lang Drive hosts a V F W Auxiliary card party on Saturday July 13 at 7 30 p m. Universal Photo Service at 514 State Street offers film development with satisfaction guaranteed or money back.

Dodge House Lang Drive V.F.W 6Th and Market Universal Photo Service State Street

Boundaries Sought Between Vocational and City School Districts

La Crosse Common Council considers aligning vocational school district boundaries with the La Crosse City School District. A. F. Jordan of Coleman Vocational School states the change could be financially beneficial, potentially increasing district assessed valuation by about 8.5 million if Shelby and Campbell join. Debt service remains in the vocational budget.

la Crosse Vocational la Crosse City Common Council Shelby Campbell A. F. Jordan Coleman Vocational School Jordan City District Board of Education

Milk Stolen From Truck At Local Dairy

Sanitary Dairy on Redfield Street reports to La Crosse Police that a milk truck door was forced Wednesday night and several quarts of chocolate milk were removed.

Sanitary Dairy Redfield St la Crosse

Methodist Bishop Urges Churches to Serve World Needs

MINNEAPOLIS AP In a Methodist Conference bishop Richard C. Raines urged churches to shift from self focus to service. He warned the church is ill at its core and must seek where it is needed, noting global hunger and turmoil amid wars and rising travel.

Minneapolis Richard C. Raines Metodist Board of Missions Indianapolis Methodist Conference Raines

Melvin Swenson dies at 80 in Westby Wisconsin

Melvin Swenson 80 of Westby Wisconsin died Thursday evening July 11 in a Viroqua hospital. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church with Rev. Leroy Peterson officiating and burial in Bloomingdale Cemetery. Visitation at the church from 10 a.m. until services. He was born May 28, 1883 on a farm near Westby, married Anna Anderson in 1916 and had lived in the area since. Survivors include his widow six sons five daughters twenty five grandchildren one great grandchild four brothers three sisters.

Westby Wis Melvin Swenson Avalanche Viroqua Westby-Coon Prairie Lutheran Church Leroy Peterson Bloomingdale Cemetery Henry Swenson Anna Anderson Albert Helmer Alfred Milton Union Grove Marvin Janesville Harold la Farge Clifford Agnes) Lawrence

Community Playgrounds Host Week of Youth Events

Three La Crosse playgrounds staged activities this week. Myrick Park featured a Cinderella play with handmade costumes and scenery created by local youths, starring Dani ta Halderson and several others. Powell Park held a pet show with winners including Terry Hicke and Barbara Fludinger, while South Playground crowned Gary Manniger in chess and Jim DeBoer in checkers.

Powell Park Terry Hicke Barbara Fludinger Sue Fludinger Dean McClough Terry Noland Kathy Ersham Miles Mitley Tracy Mitley South Playground Gary Manniger Jim DeBoer

Kindergarten Emphasis Highlights Early Education

Ethel Kunkle of the University of Wisconsin Milwa ukee urged La Crosse State College audiences that kindergarten is the most important year in a child’s life. She stressed highly trained teachers, individualized programs, and a foundation for future schooling, noting social relations, mental hygiene, dramatic play, science and math concepts, and that the kindergarten is a learning place, not a babysitting service.

Ethel Kunkle University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee la Crosse State College Kunkle

Mauston Man Pleads Guilty To Car Theft

SPARTA Wis Alex Kolinski Jr 20 New Lisbon and Harold Krueger 20 Mauston charged with motor vehicle thefts in Monroe and Juneau Counties appeared before County Judge Lambert Hansen Thursday The thefts occurred Sunday night Krueger pleaded guilty to all counts and a pre sentence investigation was ordered Bond was set at 1000 Kolinski hearing postponed after his mother testified he has mental difficulties Judge Hansen ordered him committed to the Central State Hospital at Waupun for observation The three were charged with taking a 1 ton truck from Kastner Bros Garage Mauston a 1953 Chevrolet owned by Douglas Jackson at Elroy and a car from Larson Chevrolet used car lot at Tomah All three were abandoned and later recovered.

Sparta Wis Alex Kolinski Jr New Lisbon Harold Krueger Mauston Monroe Juneau Lambert Hansen Kreuger State Department of Public Welfare Kolinski Hansen Central State Hospital Waupun Kastner Bros Douglas Jackson Elroy Larson Chevrolet Tomah

Three Boys Missing Ride Out Pittsburgh Mine Search

Officials planned one final probe into an abandoned mine in Castle Shannon to locate three missing boys. A six man rescue team reported no clues, and investigators prepared an eight hour sweep using a pressure fan to clear gas. The case centers on Robert Abbott 15 Danny OKain 13 and Billy Burke 13 with families hoping they are alive elsewhere.

Pittsburgh Castle Shannon Everett Turner U.S. Bureau of Mines

Local church notices list Sabbath schedules across area

A compiled church notices page lists time and place for worship with pastors at Seventh Day and Assembly of God, First Assembly, Faith, St. Josephs Cathedral, Blessed Sacrament, Jehovahs Witnesses, Church of Jesus Christ, Bethel, English, Good Shepherd, Holy Trinity, Newman Parish, St. James, St. Patricks, Our Redeemer, Our Saviors, St. Pauls, Trinity, and other denominations. Services include Sunday schools, worship, nursery care, prayer meetings, Bible study, and youth programs across La Crosse area churches including Onalaska and La Crescent with multiple Mass times and religious events.

OUR Redeemer Weston Norman A. Nelson OUR Savior’s George Alvilden Walter O. Larson ST. Paul's West Ave Arthur M. Ferce James E. Janke Harold Wood Cottage Trinity—Charles and Sill Ernest N. Nelson Joseph N. Lunde Visitation David Stewart 4Th Ave Onalaska Paul A. Roe Olivet Bainbridge O. S. Solberg Prince OF Peace 1St St. N la Crescent Minn R. F. Holy Church of Lutheran Confession ST. Mark's Evangelical Main Jonathan Schaller Missouri Synod Shorewood Wedgewood Terrace Robert H. Bernhardt WKTY First Church OF Christ 8Th and Cass Don Robinson Homestead U.S.A WKBT Charles Street Christian Harbor Church OF Christ Leonard E. Weldon

City Group Ends Role As Delegates

The La Crosse delegation of Jehovah's Witnesses completed its delegates role as the "Everlasting Good News" assembly closed at Milwaukee County Stadium. Fred Vonan said delegates came from 49 states and 15 countries with peak attendance of 57,055 as N H Knorr spoke on God's sovereignty over Earth. 905 new ministers were baptized, part of the 24 segments of the 1963 world assembly, with the next segment in Yankee Stadium and others in Europe Asia and the Pacific ahead, culminating Sept 1-8 at the Rose Bowl Pasadena Calif.

la Crosse Jehovah’s Witnesses Milwaukee County Stadium Fred Vonan N. H. Knorr Watchtower Bible and Tract Society God King Knorr Milwaukee International Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses New York Yankee Stadium Europe Asia Pacific Rose Bowl Pasadena Calif

Must Welcome Negroes Synod Delegates Told

Denver AP report on the United Church of Christ general synod urging active inclusion of Black members. President Dr. Ben Mohr Herbster presses for open racial policies and financial sanctions for institutions lacking them, with delegates shifting votes to approve the policy by July 1 1964 despite white Southern opposition.

Denver Colo Fourth General Synod of the United Church of Christ Ben Mohr Herbster Herbster Committee For Racial Justice

Two Texas Students To Conduct Bible Classes In La Crosse

Two Texas college students Pat Moore and Sally Jane Hoffman will spend a week in La Crosse conducting vacation Bible classes at Emmanuel Baptist Chapel arriving Saturday July 13. After one week they travel to St Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee and Racine. The program is sponsored by the Sunday school department and the Direct Missions Department of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Texas la Crosse Emmanuel Baptist Chapel Pat Moore Arlington State College Arlington Sally Jane Hoffman Texas Tech Lubbock St. Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee Racine Sunday School Department Direct Missions Department The Baptist General Convention of Texas

Eckhardt Rites Planned For Local Resident dies at 60 in hospital

Leslie H. Eckhardt 60 of 642 N 23rd St died Saturday morning in a local hospital. Born November 15, 1902 in Prairie du Chien he is survived by widow Etta three sisters Lucy Cupferschmidt Eugenie Cecka Helen Saley and two brothers Walter and Carl. Services Monday at 2 p.m. Sletten McKee Funeral Home Rev James Bell. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.

Leslie H. Eckhardt N. 23Rd St Prairie du Chien Etta Lucy Cupferschmidt Eugenie Cecka Chicago Helen Saley la Crosse Walter West Salem Carl

Largest natural gas fired steam generator for Texas Power

Combustion Engineering Inc reports construction of the world’s largest natural gas fired steam generator for Texas Power and Light Co. The unit is expected to deliver about 500000 kilowatts of capacity.

Chattanooga Combustion Engineering Inc Texas Power & Light Co

Today in History July 13 1963 notable events listed

On this date in history notable events include Congress organizing the Northwest Territory in 1787, William Penn Academy charter in 1753, Greek victory in 1822, NYC Civil War draft riots in 1863, US Russia trade pact in 1935, Roosevelt death in 1944, Korean front drive by Chinese forces, De Gaulle Algeria federation offer, and Macmillan cabinet changes.

Associated Press U.S Congress Northwest Territory William Penn Academy University of Pennsylvania Thermopylae New York City United States Russia Moscow Theodore Roosevelt Normandy Europe de Gaulle Algeria France Macmillan

Catholic Student Conference Set in Minnesota

The Minnesota Region of the National Federation of Catholic College Students will host the National Congress August 26 31 in Minneapolis. Delegates elect Rita Nelson and Sheila Powers represent Viterbo College with officers Pat Pinesak Pat McGrath Mary Pat Filipczak and Sister Mary Roderic. Nelson chairs publicity aided by Filipczak and Kay Kotnour. The federation has over 160 member colleges and universities. It aims to inform Catholic students on current issues and empower them as laymen. Delegates from member schools draft resolutions swap ideas and elect seven new executive committee members.

Minnesota National Federation of Catholic College Students National Congress Minneapolis Viterbo College Rita Nelson Sheila Powers Pat Pinesak Pat McGrath Mary Pat Filipczak Mary Roderic Miss Nelson Kay Kotnour United States

Two Hospitalized After City County Accidents

Two people were hospitalized after traffic accidents in La Crosse on Friday. Phillip Gorder, 18, Holmen, suffered deep head cuts when the car he rode in, driven by Larry Johnson, 18, Holmen, skidded 88 feet and hit a warehouse after losing control in an alley. Mrs. James Curry, 60, Adams, injured her left arm when she walked into a car driven by Aaron Sharp, 33, Deshler, Ohio, during a rainfall in front of Lutheran Hospital. she was treated there.

la Crosse Phillip Gorder Holmen la Crosse Hospital Larry A. Johnson Manley Hendrickson James Curry Adams Aaron C. Sharp Deshler Ohio Lutheran Hospital Curry

Firm To Salvage Sunken Barge Near Red Wing

Mississippi Valley Barge Lines of St. Louis began salvage operations to raise a sunken 195 by 35 foot barge loaded with rye from 13 feet of water near Red Wing Minnesota. The towboat City of Joliet lost control near Lock and Dam No. 3 on June 8. Work is expected to last several years, says Col. W. B. Strandberg of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Paul.

ST. Paul Mississippi Valley Barge Lines St. Louis Mississippi River Red Wing Minn City of Joliet Lock and Dam No. 3 W. B.strandberg U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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