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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1946
Page
2
Adventist and Catholic communities are listed in Clinton, Iowa, notices as Pope Pius XII warns that true peace requires long labor and law grounded in order. The Vatican broadcast, delivered from the pope’s private library, urges responsible leaders to avoid war and uphold Christian values amid global upheaval.
A long church calendar lists Bethel Lutheran English Lutheran First Lutheran Grace Lutheran Immanuel St Pauls Trinity First Lutheran Onalaska Moody Memorial Reformed Presbyterian First Presbyterian Stoddard and Salvation Army services, Sunday school, German and English services, confirmations, and summer note with June August changes across Bethel Oshkosh Onalaska area churches.
In 11B English classes at Logan High five students are selected as winners from a field including Hilda Slaback Marie Curie Albert Jensen Joe Louis Robert Jonas Frank Laehy Earland Sagen and Dr Christen sen Myrtle Krein haus and Albert Jensen are named winners Grace Bietz reports as Junior Red Cross representative to a Philadelphia convention and outlines the group’s current activities.
Townsend No 2 will meet at Logan high at 8 p m with reports from See Costume jewelry at half price at Honigs 518 Main St. The Mint offers fish turkey ham beef and full meals daily 11 a m to 1238 a m A third congressional district Townsend convention meets at 2 p m in the VFW hall.
Marriage notices list several couples with La Crosse and surrounding towns set to wed in early June. Names include George T. Markos and Madeline Ferris, Albert Martin and Greece Kroner, Molly Giedys Weetlie and partner in Galesville, Jack Ebrest and Patricia Maellestied, Raymont Leror Violette and Margeret Nordrum, Emme Gaemerdinger and Pete Jekich, and Ruth Sommers.
The article explains how Sunday to Saturday derive from Teutonic and Roman sources. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday reflect sun and moon deities, Norse gods, and Roman gods with notes on Tyr, Mercury, Venus, Freya or Frigg, and Cronus Saturn.
A reader in La Crosse Wisconsin asks Uncle Ray for a copy of the leaflet Rome and Olden Romans. The letter encloses a stamped envelope addressed to the sender and requests mailing details for delivery.
A Sunday school lesson recalls Jesus in Bethany with Martha Mary and Lazarus. It covers Mary anointing Jesus at Simon the leper and Jesus praising her deed as preparation for burial while Martha counsels busy service. Lazarus’s illness and story frame the Bethany visits.
Glen W. Bork of Eau Claire will be principal speaker at the La Crosse Commandery No. 9 Knights Templar 75th anniversary at the Masonic temple on Eighth and Main. Newly elected officers will be installed, preceding a 6:30 dinner led by Eminent Commander P F Thomas of Houston.
St Pauls Lutheran ladies aid society heard Mrs E W Sihler of Wittenberg Wisconsin describe the Cradle Roll of the Women's Missionary Federation. She traced the Eskimo mission story from 1894 Brevig beginnings to Alaska missions and noted measles epidemics during the gold rush and later efforts by missionaries among Eskimos. Also honored Bertha Stugen at a birthday event with gifts and remarks by relief corps members and friends.
Birth notices list several May births including Oliva Elizabeth to Pte and Mrs Peter C Ibsen Onalaska JR May 31 Kenneth Wayne to Forrest J Raith 17246 Johnson St Doris Colby St Anns May 31 Mary Ragna to Clinton O Snestad 126 North Third St Ruth Meede May 31 a daughter to Arn old Korack 2232 Charles St Albert L Ray Stoddard Wis and a son to Russell Kurtz 606 Milwaukee St Faye John son May 31 a son to Martin Pfitfner Lansing Ia Leota Wanger Krohn Clinic Black River Falls May 24 Frank Charlies Wendell Whitehall Wis Community Hospital ney oh daughter to Les ter Tranberg Ettrick Wis
Raymond Opland pleaded guilty to driving without due caution and paid a 15 dollar fine plus costs. Orville Blade pled not guilty to indecent exposure. trial set for June 7 at 2 pm with a 250 dollar bond. Real estate transfers list Irene Serstad to Edwin and Elizabeth Wuensch on 14th Street, Alexander to Phalen on Rockland, and Lintelman to Lewis on Gould Street.
Banwell Abbey in England once the palace of Bath and Wells bishops may be converted into flats as part of addressing a housing shortage.
Police and fire crews scour the Mississippi River area after Vincent Graf 25, last heard from in California two weeks ago, disappears amid a possible link to a missing 12 by 12 foot barge. A Greyhound sighting and river dragging follow the unanswered questions.
William C. Roe former Camp McCoy captain and MP officer seeks Adams county sheriff on the Republican ticket. Retired from the army in 1944 he previously served in World War I and II and was a Chicago police officer for 20 and a half years. He belongs to the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Central high school issued swimming certificates for beginners Sally Dettinger Margo Gikling Myrtle Erickson Jo Karen Olson Joan Helvig Carl Rick Delores De Boucher intermediates Shirley Hanesworth Ann LaMarr Pat Hase Yvonne Lee Janey Thomp Helvig Carol Rick Marjorie Wehling Carl Ahlstrom Lenice Gunnison Shirley Michel Betty Lou Ikert Marcyne Wallen advanced Donna Homstad Marcyne Wallen.
Attend Exercises CALEDONIA Minnesota special Mr and Mrs Arden Wheaton and Mr and Mrs John H Longstreet attended the Kahler School of Nursing graduation in Rochester Irma Wheaton daughter of the Wheaton couple was part of a 133 member class and was named an honor student
The notice corrects the organist for the Nissalke Nelson wedding at First Lutheran Church to Eric Sievert on May 25, replacing an earlier listing that named Mrs. Sievert.
Six thousand girls are employed in London telephone exchanges and about six hundred leave each year to take up household duties. The statistic highlights the turnover as domestic responsibilities pull workers away.
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