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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1956
Page
2
Leo H Germann a 17 year old who won a junior chamber driving award in the Teen Age Road E O faced a reckless driving charge after a tire squealing pursuit through city streets. County Judge Roy V Ahlstrom fined him 100 dollars with costs suspended his license for a year and sentenced him to 60 days in county jail.
Theodore W. Zillman, dean of men, says the LYL status questioned after the league sponsored a folk singer about labor topics. The event, intended as a lecture with songs, became mostly song and violated rules limiting student groups to their stated purpose. The SYL was fined $10 as proceedings began.
Ten members of the local Hap py Go Lucky Club attended the annual spring banquet in Madison with Ches ter Bigsbee Donald Willey Cyril Berg David Moe Ronald Frey Esther Knutson Darlene Fossum Helen Pitz Joyce Jenkerson and Arlene Finstad on the guest list Arlene Finstad also served on the court of honor Entertainment Saturday evening was provided by the La Crosse Monotones James Dolbijer Dick Ender and Eric and Lindsey Temte.
A La Crosse man recovered his wallet after misplacing it downtown but found three twenty dollar bills and a ten dollar bill missing. A. H. McPherson, 502 North 4th Street, noticed the loss on Thursday morning and later found the wallet at his residence with the cash gone.
Several couples listed for upcoming La Crosse area weddings with dates in June. Names include Richard D Grosskopf and Marjorie M Cox. Nicholas R Quinn and Joan L Ender. James E Jirsa and Elizabeth M Sinniger. Harlin Slindee and Gladys Fish. Clarence O Osleson and Shirley Waters. Randolph Opland and Bernice Bruhn. George R Gorniak and Nancy R Wehrenberg. Regional towns Bangor Mindoro Burns add context.
Rural and city women may enter the June contests with prizes for area and county winners. First event at Medary School June 4 8 p.m. chaired by Mrs. Harry Keppel. Barre Mills June 11 8 p.m. chaired by Mrs. Norbert Nuttelman. Holmen June 11 2 p.m. chaired by Mrs. Arnold J. Johnson. County winner to attend homemakers picnic June 19 at Veterans Memorial Park with 11 a.m. judging at the stone shelter. Includes recipe and baking steps.
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones issued a temporary injunction barring the NAACP from operating in Alabama. The order, sought by Attorney General John Patterson, bars future business, new chapters, and fund collection until further court orders. The NAACP may seek dissolution precedents with a hearing after filing an answer within 30 days.
Finalists from 13 regional contests in Wisconsin were announced for the 1956 Alice in Dairy Month program. The field of 26 will be narrowed by a state committee, with four regional pairs listed and one crowned at a Saturday banquet in Eau Claire.
Edwin Schroeder, 55, an electrician, was electrocuted Thursday at the Bab ycock and Wilcox tubular products division in West Milwaukee. He stood on a 25 foot ladder arranging wires when he touched a live conductor after losing balance.
Clinton B. Hermanson, 49, Milner Hotel, escapes while employed outside the County Jail under the Huber Act. He receives 60 days added to his existing sentence. Hermanson was already sentenced to 30 days for vagrancy starting May 1.
May 29 a flushed gas line from a Jay Street street chamber leaked fuel from an underground tank during cleaning. May 30 a Lutheran Hospital false alarm preceded a Police Court docket listing multiple defendants with fines for speeding arterial stop signs driving without license and related offenses.
Emil George of Arcadia pleads guilty to driving without a license and receives 15 day jail term with $15 fine and $6.95 costs. Others from Independence, Mondovi, Chippewa Falls and surrounding towns face fines for speeding, broken lighting and license issues. preliminary hearing for LeRoy Berg set for June 4.
Parolee James William Collins fifty five of 1415 Jackson Street escaped from sheriff's custody Friday while awaiting transport after motion day in Circuit Court. Police and the sheriff's office opened a manhunt as Collins faces forgery and larceny charges and had previously escaped police on May 24.
Ernest Fritz 60 died in a Minneapolis hospital after a lingering illness. Survived by his father John Dagendesh, a brother Donald, a sister Florence Gardner, and a daughter Shirley Frey, all of La Crosse. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. Hellwig Morris Funeral Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday at the chapel.
Death of Mrs. Romeo Richard Schaettle at home on Thursday leads to funeral services scheduled for Saturday at 8 30 a m at the Schaettle residence and 9 a m at St Joseph Cathedral Rev Louis Paquette officiating Burial planned in Catholic Cemetery Rosary set for 8 30 p m Friday at the Schaettle home
Benson Boyle gains backing from a fund drive named A Buck for Boyle Club aiming to raise one dollar from 150 000 supporters to match Rep. Glenn Davis of Waukesha and counter incumbent Sen. Alexander Wiley. Boyle says industrialists invest to influence policy and vows to challenge such funding.
Quotations from Shearson Hammill and Co with live market notes on hogs cattle calves and lambs. Readers learn prices for Good Hogs Barrows and Gilts and Sows by weight and type, cattle ranges for Dry Fed Steers and Heifers, Bulls and Canners, and USDA Chicago and South Saint Paul livestock results. Also noted are grain prices for cash wheat corn oats and soy products along with hogs selling patterns and delivery notes.
Weather is fair and cool with scattered frost in parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Iowa clears to partly cloudy with warmer conditions and some showers possible in the northwest. USDA Chicago reports potato arrivals, new stock, and mixed demand with weak whites and stronger reds. Alabama provides additional context.
The forecast shows minor stage variations along the Hastings to Guttenberg corridor over the weekend with decreasing stream flow at the district’s lower end.
Birth notices from St Anns Hospital and Lutheran and Veterans Memorial Hospitals list numerous births by parents and addresses in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Names include Charles Christon Robert Sunday Irma Steele Edna Freeman Irene Roth Phyllis Roberge Charlotte Ann Cook Marie Clara Neumann Lilah Mae Schafer Sharon Winske Valerie Widmar and others with dates May 26 to May 30 and locations in Onalaska Caledonia Moorhead Waukon Waterville Grafton Spring Grove and Mohrhead.
Robert E. Joanis of 1311 Johnson St. was elected president of the Holy Trinity Parent-Teacher Association at a Lee Hall meeting on Thursday night. He succeeds Leonard Ror aff. New officers include Mrs. Alphonse Fuchsteiner as vice president, Clifford Irvin as treasurer, and Mrs. Thomas McGovern as secretary. Lynch was served after the election.
New York City real estate assessed valuation reached an all time high increasing by 353 million dollars from the previous year. The city posted a new peak amid rising property values and expanded tax base.
Bernard Roese of Allamakee County died after injuries from an auto accident. He was born December 26, 1876, lived near Harpers Ferry, married Gena Asleson in 1898, and leaves a son, four daughters, a sister, nine grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Funeral in Waterville Lutheran Church. Carl Schlicht, 83, of Chaseburg died in Viroqua hospital. Survived by two brothers and four sisters. funeral Saturday at Gilbertson Funeral Home Coon Valley with burial at St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery Chaseburg.
Funeral services for Mrs Charles Ahlstrom 84 former Waukon area resident will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at Center Baptist Church with Rev L D Eaton officiating Burial will be in the church cemetery She was born Otelia Erickson and grew up east of Waukon She lived in the Waukon area until her husband died and then lived with her daughter Mrs W K Andrews in Milwaukee Survived by her daughter two sons Lloyd Lewiston Idaho Orville Minneapolis and three grandchildren.
The La Crosse Tribune records show it entered as second class matter on June 24, 1904, at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office under the 1879 act.
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