Hand Painted Duds Elevate Summers Wardrobe
Eyewear not included. Hand painted and air brushed designs appear on blouses and other summer wear. Tina Leser showcases a chalk white rayon crepe blouse with a bold cock fight motif and sequins while another Leser creation in rayon jersey features an all-over tropical flower design. Budget options include air brush and screen printing as alternatives to hand painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epsie Kinard
NEA
New York
McCoy
Tina Leser
Rose claimed as first American bloom at Mount Vernon
The article asserts George Washington grew the first American rose from seed at Mount Vernon. It also notes that in prehistoric times the lion roamed much of Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Europe
Nutritious Snacks Aid Child Energy
A nutrition feature by Gaynor Maddox presents two peanut butter based snacks for children. Peanut Butter French Toast Sandwich uses peanut butter between bread slices fried with an egg batter. Peanut Butter Chocolate Cup Cakes mix flour sugar and peanut butter with coffee for muffins, yielding about 12 cakes.
Families prepare for returning disabled soldiers aid
Calling on the families of returning disabled soldiers to prepare them for his return and help them resume a normal civilian life. The initiative is issued by the Women's Volunteer Committees of the Personal Affairs Division and ties to the Gate of the Chinese New Year, which varies yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divi
Siegel to Wed Facius in Planned Marriage
Mr and Mrs Willard F announce the engagement and forthcoming wedding of their daughter Shirley to Hans F Facius son of Mr and Mrs Otto Facius. No wedding date set. Also visiting relatives are Edward R Hauser and Edward Wilhelm with travel plans and Navy training noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard F
Redfield Street
Ing Mar
United States Naval Reserve
Hollywood
Fla
Seneca
S. C
Edward Wilhelm
San Diego
Calif
Leo C. Loeffier
Liberty Street
Neighborhood Club and Church Group Meetings Weekly Schedule
A dense list of local club, church, and civic group meetings for the week. Falls into Shrine auxiliary at Masonic temple and Christ nee evening guild at church with multiple circle members and addresses. garden clubs, picnics at Myrick park. sewing and welfare activities, Red Cross sewing and camp trips. and various convocations by Women golfers, ACT auxiliary, and Nat Daughters of the GAR among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Christ Nee
Church
Locals Sunday Night Special and town notices
Locals advertise a Sunday night special at the P and J 320 Pearl St offering a chicken salad sandwich for 25 cents and a homemade lager cake for 15 cents per cut. Also listed are wrist watches for service men and a June 17 to 25 vacation closure for Liberty Confectionery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl St
Charis Corsetiere
Grace Sheridan
Paul's Jewelry
North Side
Pfc
Leo Arenz
Nick Arenz
Ferry Street
Co. G
Camp Phillips
Kan
L. M. Egan
Newburg Building
Liberty Confectionery
Stoddard Hotel
Six women named to hospital civilian employee relations panel
Oliver General Hospital in Augusta Georgia selected six women to form a Civilian Employee Relations Committee. Each represents a department employing civilians and will propose efficiency ideas while promoting cooperation between management and workers in support of the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Government Issue Ceremonies Expand to Marriage and Baptism
The text notes marriage and baptism certificates now issued as part of military records for service members. It explains this policy aims to streamline ceremonies and maintain thorough personnel records through government issued documentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.I. Now
Army ingenuity socks machine to save time in laundries
A new sock tying machine designed to protect women's fingers in post laundries is being tested by the army. It is expected to cut time lost from accidents by 12 percent and raise overall efficiency by 25 percent. London’s No 10 Downing Street was first occupied in 1704 by a prime minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Downing St
Retiring Pastor and Wife Farewell Party Honors Guests
The First Congregational church hosts a farewell party for Rev Homer V Yinger and his wife as they retire and depart for Claremont California. The event runs Tuesday evening in the community hall with invites to call between eight and ten. Lieut Com Daniel Rakov and his wife visit from Southport North Carolina to see the Buckheists on King Street before heading to San Francisco for his air craft carrier duty. A J League Aberdeen South Dakota and Frank A Visgar Kennewich Washington have been guests of John League at 510 Oakland Street for two weeks, Visgar flying from Washington to Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Homer V. Yinger
Claremont
Calif
Daniel Rakov
Southport
N. C
Henry Buckheit
King Street
San Francisco
Com. Rakov
A. J. League
Aberdeen
S. D
Frank A. Visgar
Kennewich
Wash
John League
Oakland Street
Visgar
Washington
Minneapolis
Work simplification conference at Letterkenny Army depot
Officers and civilians at Letterkenny Ordnance Depot Chambersburg Pa studied techniques to save millions of man hours and warehouse space. Major E W Gardiner noted that manpower space and equipment shrink to a fraction of former size while supplies moved to theaters of war remain balanced. Seventeen similar conferences have been held nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Chambersburg
E. W. Gardiner
Army Service Forces Control Division
Sparta woman joins war effort reports for training
Sparta's Rita Hansen, 20, daughter of Lambert and Mrs Hansen, has sworn into service in Milwaukee and will report for basic training in Palm Beach on July 18. She is a sophomore at Mount Mary college, plans English and music, and left studies to serve. Her brother Charles trains at Camp Crowder with a radio operator rating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Sparta
Wis
Rita Hansen
Lambert Hansen
Milwaukee
Palm Beach
Fla
Rita
Mount Mary College
Chuck
Charles
Camp Crowder
Sparta High School
Wac
Faye Worthington
Allis Williams
Marguerite Groh
Doris Roach
Delores Henderson
Hattie B. Schulz
Wacs
Carlsbad
N. M
Chicago
Tea Opens Drive Of Family Welfare Association For '44
Tea hosted at Mrs Adolph Gundersen home drew about 75 workers for the 1944 Family Welfare Association drive. Mrs Alvin S Mikelson spoke on the drive’s goals, with materials distributed by Mrs Joseph Sallaway and Mrs Sigurd Gundersen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse Tribune
Family Welfare Association
Adolph Gundersen
King Street
Alvin S. Mikelson
Association
Joseph Sallaway
Sigurd Gundersen
John Elliott
Mmes
Donald Gordon
James McLoone
Flavian Seinfelder
Eugene Murphy
Jonathan Bunge
Charles Gelatt
Ranoud Stewart
Helen Baker
James Trane
Ted Solie
Benno Meyer
Iiam Molitor
Ralph Bates
John B
Howard C. Jackson, Jr
Ben R
Herman Hanson
Owen Jackson
A. G. Jehlen
Magdelene Felber Martin
Edward P. Newberg
A. J. Niebruegge
Kenneth Dahl
John O'Neil
Thorolf Gundersen
Odin J. Oyen
Robert Johns
Frank Rickard
A. J. Roberge
Leonard Roraff
C. E. Bourret
E. H. Saenger
Hilda Sage
G. J. Winter
Casper Christianson
Albert Spellum
Katherine Martindale
Helen Dyson
Gantert
Elizabeth Gundersen
Matilda Gabel
Betty Lou Swartz
Georgia Sutor
Margaret Howe
Bergetha Thompson
Doris Johns
Hazel Josten
Phete
Little Ruth Ann Williams
Ruth Ann
Harry Smaby
South Fourth
FWA
Harry Spence
Cecil Allen
North Side
Paul Morris
Jack McCallum
Quota On Time Red Cross dressings met in La Crosse
La Crosse reports completion of June’s 108 900 surgical dressings on time. Centers operate on a set weekly schedule across Franklin school Washburn Training school VFW and county sites in Onalaska West Salem and Bangor with morning afternoon and evening shifts to fit the quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
la Crosse
Franklin School
Washburn
Franklin
VFW
Franklin Vfw
Onalaska
West Salem
Bangor
Canning Booth Opens at Doerflinger Store
A canning information booth will open on July 17 at the Doerflinger store main floor serving La Crosse housewives. Miss Anita Gundlach and Mrs. Dorothy Ballant lead with volunteers from city home economics instructors. Hours are 1:30 to 4:30 and will stay open while there is demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Doerflinger
Anita Gundlach
Dorothy Ballant
Teachers attend seventh annual reading conference at Chicago
School leaders from Washburn Roosevelt Central high and junior colleges returned from the seventh annual conference on reading for teachers and school officers held at the University of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Hintgen
Meta Jonas
Alice Byrne
Washburn School
Delia Happel
Roosevelt School
Olga Thiel
Central High
University of Chicago
Junior Nurses Receive Red Cross Certificates
Certificates issued to a group of junior home nursing students trained under Mrs. Martin Sivertson at the Teachers' College Training School. Recipients include Pat Theony Kraft, Mary McLean, Mary Thomas, Gretchen Schubert, Margaret Bolden, Enid Erickson, Eileen Soma, Sally Kuebler, Helen Gotterdam, Norma Spangler, Marilyn Koblitz, Kay Brink, Gretchen Engelhard, Corinne Kaump, and Patty Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Martin Sivertson
Teachers’ College Training School
Pat Theony
Kraft
Mary McLean
Mary Thomas
Gretchen Schubert
Margaret Bolden
Enid Erickson
Eileen Soma
Sally Kuebler
Helen Gotterdam
Norma Spangler
Marilyn Koblitz
Kay Brink
Gretchen Engelhard
Corinne Kaump
Patty Jackson
Cosmetics in Ice Box
Summer beauty tip instructs keeping skin fresheners and astringents in the ice box to stay cool and refreshed during hot weather. The short note suggests refrigeration as a simple method for maintaining skin care products.
Wisconsin Royal Neighbors gathering at Mrs Violet Nicholson home
RNA deputies meet at 1300 South 211th street as Mrs Violet Nicholson hosts a four day gathering. Attendees include Lydia Adelich Sheboygan Pearl Bohm Milwaukee Luella Borkenhagen Beloit Myrtle Gunderson Lone Rock Geah Lothe Madison Grace Mott Wabasha Mildred Nixon Eau Claire Caroline Seidel Marshfield Dorothy Miller Lake Beulah Margaret Weise Kenosha Pauline Walker La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Nicholson
South
211St Street
Wisconsin Royal Neighbors of America
Lydia Adelich
Sheboygan
Pearl Bohm
Milwaukee
Luella Borkenhagen
Beloit
Myrtle Gunderson
Lone Rock
Geah Lothe
Madison
Grace Mott
Wabena
Mildred Nixon
Eau Claire
Caroline Seidel
Marshfield
Dorothy Miller
Lake Beulah
Margaret Weise
Kenosha
Pauline Walker
la Crosse
Wisconsin Woman Assigned to WAC Detachment
Pvt. Veronie A. Harder daughter of Mrs Esther Tanke of La Crosse Wisconsin has been assigned to the WAC detachment Romulus AAB Romulus Michigan The article notes the length of a degree of longitude along the equator is 69 miles and each degree equals four minutes of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Oglethorpe
Veronie A. Harder
Esther Tanke
Bay Street
la Crosse
Wac
Romulus
Mich
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Michaeleen
Bonita
NORTH
By Gaynor Maddox
NEA Stall
Wbu
Tri-State
North 4Th Street
Shirley Siegel
Hans Facius
Country Club
ACT
Myrick Park
Hamilton
Isle la Plume
Service Star Legion
Raymond Franklin
Badger
St. Paul’s Lutheran Circles
Ludvig Larson
Johnson
Arnold Steen
South 17Th
Norman Longfellow
South 26Th
Bethany Gospel Tabernacle Ladies’ Aid
Arne Hansen
National Daughters of the Gar
CIO
Judge Advocate
Congregational Church
Community Aid
Camp McCoy
WBA
French Island
W. G. Lowe
West Avenue
Bethel
Copeland Pa
English Lutheran Circle
Welfare Memorial Methodist Wes
G.I
Spars
Sue McDonald
Newburg
Harold Padesky
Washington, D. C
Angela Gelhaus
Medford
Padesky
John R. Padesky
Bureau of Naval Aeronautics
Canning Booth
Pt Lae
Peg
Pavo
Grago
Kleon
South 4Th Street
RNA
Michigan Station
Waters Beauty Shop
316 Exchange
Edna Trondson
Dorothy Kreibich
Gen Hogden
Alta Vaughn
Dads
Dolly Madison
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