New Geranium Varieties To Be Shown In La Crosse
La Crosse Floral Co. invites the public Saturday to preview Hawk eye Pink Cloud and Hawkeye Pomponette geraniums before the 1958 general release. Plants, grown from Iowa State College stock, will be shown at 27th and Cass, with 50,000 slips used for future distribution to Iowa florists and national markets.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Floral Co
la Crosse Company
E. C. Volz
Iowa State College
Ames
Zoerb
Tribune
Cass
la Crosse Floral
Iowa
Local Sale Listings Include Toys Furniture and Flowers
Local notices advertise children toys, a large swing, bedroom furniture at 2514 State rear on Saturday only. Universal Photo at 514 State Street offers photo finishing with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Cemetery vases from La Crosse Monument Co at 1414 La Crosse Street. Complete floral wedding service from My Florist Byers. New store hours begin June 1 at 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 1109 Market. Phone 4-5248.
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Universal Photo
State Street
la Crosse Monument Co
la Crosse Street
Byers
Treasury seeks holders of 26 million in unused leave bonds
The U S Treasury nationwide appeal targets 129 000 veterans who hold 26 million dollars in WWII era leave bonds no longer earning interest since 1951 The plan urges reinvestment into United States Series E Savings Bonds offering 3 percent interest compounded semiannually and requires locating bond owners to redeem remaining stakes.
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Washington, D.C
Sam
Treasury
United States
Congress
Veterans’ Organizations
Aquinas High Wins Latin Test Trophy Ninth consecutive trophy for Aquinas High
Aquinas High won the APSL Nationwide Latin Examination earning a Latin trophy for the ninth straight year. Three medals and 63 merit certificates were awarded with students achieving top scores. Gold medals went to Joseph Papenfuß, Mary Majerle, and Mary Mutch. Numerous students earned magna cum laude and cum laude certificates across three year groups. Approximately 265 students study Latin under Sisters Isaia Lucille Mary Paul and Janine, with three languages offered and a fourth level planned next year.
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Aquinas
Joseph Papenfuss
Mary Majerle
Mary Mutch
Everett Servais
Mary Lou Simdars
Steve Hinytzke
Judy Pelegrin
William Hansen
Catherine Poehling
Diana Feldbrugge
Susan Schubert
Patricia Servais
Madonna Behm
Roseanne Abner
Glen Bakalars
Jerry Gschwind
Mary Murry
Donald Limberg
Mary Jeanne Berra
James Lee
Robert Cook
Judith Miller
Judith Manninger
Barbara Books
Ronald Faas
William Vera
Lucille Bahr
Mary Reiman
Dan Strittmaier
Diane Beranek
Jean Chrisan
Carol Guanella
Judy Dwyer
Carl Ruegg
Virginia Roesler
Barbara Kerr
Kathryn Davy
Julie Holley
Rosemary Gittens
John Christenson
Mary Jane Liskovec
Rosemary Lawrence
Nancy Ducke
Mary Grabinski
Sally Skemp
Susan Fregin
Elaine Rick
Mary Jane Riley
David Kromke
Mike Ritter
Judith Wolfe
Carl Potaracke
Doris Gerke
Mary Lawrence
Carol Galligan
Kathryn Rand
Margaret Reiman
Joe Murrie
Gary Petrowski
Sharon Carnahan
Sharon Clark
Kathleen Colbert
Donna Koelbl
Isaia
Lucille
Mary Paul
Janine
Sheppard Conviction Upheld by Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld Dr. Sam Sheppard’s wife murder conviction in a 5-2 ruling, denying a new trial on three main contentions. He remains in prison serving a life sentence for Marilyn Sheppard's 1954 murder, with potential appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Sam Sheppard
U.S. Supreme Court
Cleveland
Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Marilyn
Sam
Supreme Court
High Court
Paul M. Herbert
James F. Bell
Sam’ Sheppard
Bay Village
Central High Seniors Host Dancing Party at Elks Club
Central High School PTA and the Elks welcome 1956 graduates and guests to a 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. dance at the Elks Club with Johnny Roberts Orchestra. Lunch from 1 to 2 a.m. follows.
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Central High
Central High School
PTA
Johnny Roberts
Ann Crosby
William Larson
James Kinney
Judy Weber
Karen Rohlek
Herb Hoelzer
Carl Seiler
George Radell
John Harman
Thrift Shop Relocates in BLACK RIVER FALLS
Thrift Shop run by St. Joseph's Altar Society has moved to the former Larry Gilbertson law office on Main Street. The shop will open as soon as carpenter work is finished.
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Black River Falls
Wis
St. Joseph’s Altar Society
Larry Gilbertson
Main Street
Local GOP Women Win State Honor
Local Republican Women in La Crosse County receive a state award for recruiting the most new members during the past year. Mrs. E T Neubauer accepts the gavel at a Milwaukee convention, presented by Mrs. R A Murray. A board meeting in La Crosse reviews convention reports and neighborhood information coffees planned for five months.
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Milwaukee
E. T. Neubauer
J la Crosse Federation of Republican Women
Neuabuer
R. A. Murray
Oshkosh
State Federation
Ze Re
Mmes
Wayne Hood
Neubauer
Maude Newcomb
Frank Pooler
Geneva Ragland
Ben Sias
Eugene Toepel
Howard Westerhouse
Gardner Withrow
Everett Yerly
la Crosse County
Republican Party
A. L. Wanner
Glen Ellyn, II
National Federation of Republican Women
Wisconsin
Glenn Wise
Warner
T. W. Ward
Book Explains Jobless Pay Law Of State
A new Wisconsin publication, An Employer's Guide to the Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Law, helps 28 000 plus employers understand the law effective Jan 1 1956. Joseph C Fagan authored the 112 page guide cleared by the Wisconsin Industrial Commission and WSCC. The guide costs $3 with updates after each legislative session.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Chamber of Com
State Chamber of Commerce
M. W. Swenson
Sheboygan
Joseph C. Fagan
WSCC
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Lansing Chapter of Eastern Star Dinner Honors Teens
Lansing Iowa special report says the Lansing Chapter of Eastern Star will honor a group of teenagers at a dinner and program on June 5 at Masonic Temple. The event begins at 6 30 p m and each member is urged to invite a teenage boy or girl before the regular meeting to follow.
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Lansing
Iowa
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
City 1955 Record Wins Safety Honor in Traffic Award
La Crosse earns National Safety Council traffic safety honor for 1955 with no fatalities until April 29. The city logged 857 consecutive days without a traffic fatality before a two-car collision on the Mississippi River Bridge. Victims were Dennis Meier, 5, and Michael Meier, 11 months. Prairie du Chien joins other cities with no 1955 fatalities in its population bracket.
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la Crosse
National Safety Council
Mississippi River Bridge
Dennis Meier
Michael Meier
Leonard Ferdinand Meier
Park Ave
Prairie du Chien
One Survives Guatemala Plane Crash Rescue Told
At Albrook Air Force Base rescue crews reported 30 people died in a Guatemala Aviateca airliner crash last Friday with a lone survivor found after a mountainside extraction by US Air Force helicopter. The survivor was identified as Roberto Ovando Arden, 122, an electrician for the public works department, unhurt.
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Balboa
C.Z.P
Air Force
Guatemala
Albrook Air Force Base
Roberto Ovando Arden
Public Works Department
Job Guide for Young Workers Released by DOL
A new Job Guide for Young Workers issued by the U S Department of Labor and Wisconsin State Employment Service outlines 110 occupations open to high school graduates. It emphasizes the value of a well rounded education, early specialized training, and counseling services offered free at the district WSES office in La Crosse.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
N. E. Schulze
la Crosse
WSES
Schulze
Sth Ave. S
Exchange Building
Drive Nets $236 for Lansing Mental Health Drive
The Lansing mental health solicitation drive collected $236.10 led by Vernon Peters as chairman. No quota had been set for Lansing.
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Lansing
Iowa
Vernon Peters
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Iowa State University
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Papenfuss
Majerle
Peel
Bouin Cosmetic Counter
Thrift Shop Moves
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Buckingham Palace
London
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Merce
Lansing Ces
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Fantle
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