Aquinas Holds Graduation in Wartime Commencement
Aquinas High School held its 1945 graduation as Rev. George Stemm urged graduates to transform a troubled world through faith and truth. Diplomas were presented by Bishop Renae J. McGavick as Frances Bilskemper, valedictorian, spoke on World Reconstruction and the cost of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stemm
M. A. de Aquinas High School
America
Mather’s Knee
Stemm
Aquinas
Bennet Brety
Frances Bilskemper
Renae J. J McGavick
la Crosse
Stars of Aquinas Boys
Beean Richard Brady
Saluta’ Hin Poten
Chen
Fatima
Religious services and church listings in Clinton area
A compilation of church notices detailing Seventh Adventist, Assembly of God, Baptist, Catholic, Christian Science, Congregational, Episcopal, Evangelical Free and Reform ed churches with service times Sunday masses and weeknight events. Also includes notes on catechism, novenas, youth meetings, and special services in Onalaska and La Crosse area.
Choir Concert at St Johns Reformed Church on Sunday
The choir of St Johns Reformed Church at West Avenue and Market Street will present its annual sacred music concert Sunday at 10 30 a m The program Rise up Men of God by R Reed features soprano altos tenors and basses including Mesdames Howard Kelley Frohman Kupferschmid Walter Ranis Arthur Zenker Ardell Kienholz Evelyn Hodson Jorie Sheldon Marjorie Weiss and Arvel John Mrs Agnes Sayles accompanies the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical and Reformed
St. John’s
West Avenue
Street
Christopher Bopastor
St. John’s Reformed Church
Market Street
Rise Up
Men of God
R. Reed
Mesdames Howard Kelley
Frohman Kupferschmid
Walter Ranis
Arthur Zenker
Ardell
Kienholz
Evelyn Hodson
Jorie Sheldon
Marjorie Weiss
Arve! John
Kenneth Hodson
Harold Schams
Frank Tillman
William Devie
Carl Scheel
Robert Weiss
Agnes Sayles
Local notices and address update blurbs
Locals Nick Barth aged 61 at 1117 Fifth Avenue South suffered a fall at home with a bump on the head. Dr T H McGovern announces office move to 206 State Bank Building and provides phone 2149 R. The Masonic picnic moves to Myrick Park on June 16 from June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Barth
Fifth Avenue South
State Bank
T. H. McGovern
D.D.S
Myrick Park
Children Will Hold Services At First Presbyterian Church
Sunday School plans a Children’s Day program at 10 a m with all church children expected by 9 45 a m The program features beginners to senior departments with Miss Lois Woods as general superintendent and several department secretaries The junior choir directed by Mrs Oldenburg and soloist Margaret Oldenburg will perform Organist Irene Thatro will accompany The event aims to show work across departments with many students recognized for perfect attendance Emil Rasmussen has the longest 15 year attendance record The senior and junior high girls will pass flowers and the senior boys will usher The church family fellowship dinner on the house lawn has been cancelled
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Lois Woods
Elwood Fairchild
C. M. Simonson
G. C. Callaway
Ian L MacAulay
Oldenburg
Margaret Oldenburg
Irene Thatro
Emil Rasmussen
31 Students Graduate At St. Joseph's School
At the 8 a m service in the Cathedral Friday morning 31 eighth grade students received their diplomas from Rt Rev Msgr Pape. After the ceremony they shared a three course breakfast in the parish hall and posed for a class photo. Graduates include David Becker Francis Clarkin Bernard Finley William Dolan William Kelly Robert Lee John Seinfelder William Nagle John Papenfuss George Pearse Richard Reger John Ross Gerald Schoen James Sieger Henry Snyder Gregory Ziegelmaier Richard Revels Donald Betz Roger Ferguson Ruth Ann Collins Violet Culver Calceen Foss Joan Hall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Msgr
R Pape
David Becker
Francis Clarkin
Bernard Finley
William Dolan
William Kelly
Robert Lee
John Seinfelder
William Nagle
John Papenfuss
George Pearse
Richard Reger
John Ross
Gerald Schoen
James Sieger
Henry Snyder
Gregory Ziegelmaier
Richard
George Revels
Donald Betz
Roger Ferguson
Ruth Ann Collins
Violet Culver
Calceen Foss
Joan Hall
Bell Playing Schedule At First Congregational Church
Weekday carillonic bells from 5 to 5 15 p m will be played by church members. Monday Mrs Yton Oyen Tuesday Mrs H D Phillips Wednesday Mrs Harold Strobel Thursday Mrs Frank Dittman Friday Hubert Schleiter Saturday Fleur Glover Also aviation services to Mexican mining districts are being increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Yton Oyen
H. D. Phillips
Harold Strobel
Frank Dittman
Ubert Schleiter
Fleur Glover
Cite Benefits Of War Bonds
The Illinois war finance committee newsletter touts Series E War Saving Bonds with guarantees. The government will redeem at the purchase price after 60 days or more, or four dollars for every three, if held ten years. Lost or destroyed bonds are replaceable, with no lost interest, and partial cash withdrawal is allowed while preserving original issue dates. Bonds are exempt from personal property taxes and cashing is restricted to the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois War Finance Committee
U. S. Treasury Department
Regi
Truman Asked To State Policy On Lend-Lease
Five Republican members of the house foreign affairs committee led by Lawrence H. Smith demand President Truman outline his lend lease policy. They urge limiting aid to nations at war with Japan and insist French Belgian and Dutch governments pay in dollars for war supplies unless essential for fighting Japan. Signers include Mundt Chipherfield Vorys and Jonkman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lawrence H. Smith
Racine
Wis
Japan
France
Britain
Russia
Congress
Lendlease
Reps
Mundt
South Dakota
Chiperfield
Illinois
Vorys
Ohio
Jonkman
Michigan
Tri State Deaths John A Schuete Waukon IA
Funeral services for John A Schuete 81 were held at St Marys church Dorchester following a operation at a La Crosse hospital. Born in Waterloo township he lived there his entire life. He had two marriages first to Mary Colsch then to Kate Lyons who survives him. Surviving offspring include Theodore Wertzhoff Caledonia Minn John Harpers Ferry Henry Harrover township Andrew Makee township Joseph Waukon and five children from the second marriage Raymond on the home farm Sr M Killen Dougherty IA Mrs James Crawford Council Bluffs IA Mrs Leo Fritz Sleepy Eye Minn and Irene Phailen RN Omaha Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Schuete
Waukon
St. Mary’s Church
Dorchester
A la Crosse Hospital
Waterloo Township
Mary Colsch
Kate Lyons
Theodore Wertzhoff
Caledonia
Minn
John
Harpers Ferry
Henry
Harrover Township
Andrew
Makee Township
Joseph
Raymond
Sr. M
Killen
Dougherty
James Crawford
Council Bluffs
Leo Fritz
Sleepy Eye
Irene Phailen
R. N
Omaha
Neb
Mrs Dominic Beck of Caledonia dies at hospital
Mrs Louise Buchholz Beck died Friday morning at Caledonia hospital after birth in Eckley Pennsylvania on May 22 1881. She married Dominic L Beck on November 29 1905. Survivors include her husband six daughters two brothers three sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral at McCormick funeral home and St Peters Catholic Church Monday at 9 am with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary to be recited Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominic Beck
Caledonia
Minn
CaledonIa Hospital
Louise Buchholz
Eckley
Dominic L. Beck
Dorothy
Clarence Darling
Waukon
Delores
Minneapolis
Edna
Napied Field
Gathon
Ala
Winifred
Max
A. E. Wermerskirchen
Calvary Cemetery
Mrs Malena Offtun Dies at 84 in Norway and Wisconsin
Carl Offtun received a cable from Onse Aardal, omy Norway, announcing the death of his mother Malena Offtun on April 8 at age 84. Born May 15, she is survived by three daughters and seven sons. one daughter and three sons live in America in Minnesota and Wisconsin, with several others in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malena Offtun
Soldiers Grove
Wis
Carl Offtun
Onse Aardal
Omy
Norway
America
Bertha Minneapolis
Erick
Duluth
Ludvig
Eastman
Carl
Karen Hestetun
Ida Zetti
Solseth
Peter
Sigvald
Nels
Funeral services for Mrs John Lamb Westby Wisconsin
Funeral services for Mrs John Lamb were held at 2 p m at Westby Coon Prairie church after arrival from Minneapolis. Rev J O Holum officiated. She was sister of the late Mrs Ole Ludvig of Westby. Survivors include her husband and several sons and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lamb
Westby
Wis
Minneapolis
Westby Coon Prairie Church
J. O. Holum
Ole Ludvig
Stephan agrees to injunction over whiskey and cigar overcharges
Albert Stephan doing business as Steves Place in La Crosse has agreed to a permanent injunction prohibiting further price violations. U S district court for western Wisconsin enjoined him after he paid a 37.50 treble damage penalty for overcharges on whiskey and cigarettes as stated by Phil H Griffin district OPA director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Stephan
Steve's
la Crosse
U. S. District Court For
Wisconsin
Phil H. Griffin
Malachi and the promise of a coming messenger
The lesson notes Malachi’s rebuke of priestly legalism and says a future messenger would prepare the way. It traces Jewish history from Ezra to Herod and Jesus, highlighting prophecies fulfilled in the New Testament and the nation’s vulnerability to destruction from immorality, indifference, and infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Palestine
Herod
Herod the Great
Samaria
Caesarea
Zerubbabal
Jesus
Lloyd Douglas
Jesus of Nazareth
Stephen
Peter
Paul
Malachi
God
Store Sales Show Decline in Ninth District Overall
April department store sales in west central Wisconsin fell one cent from a large volume and nine percent from April 1944. The month’s cumulative sales were three percent higher than the same month in 1944, with northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula up five percent year over year. First four months' sales were fourteen percent larger than a year ago, while total Ninth Federal Reserve district sales were five percent below April 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Upper Peninsula
Federal Reserve District
Seaman Edward J. George Begins Navy Training at Little Creek
Edward J. George 18, seaman second class USNR from La Crosse Wisconsin, trains at Amphibious Base Little Creek Va for duty aboard an LSM vessel developed for Pacific action since the Philippines campaign. He previously worked for a trailer company before enlisting. son of Mr and Mrs George of 433 South 20th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Creek
Edward J. George
USNR
la Crosse
Wis
George
Pacific
Philippines
Navy
Ars
Wa George
South 20Th Street
Marriage Licenses Le Crosse List of Couples
Le Crosse licenses show Gien A Keller of Nowater Ohio and Phyllis Ann Hohmann of Onalaska to wed in La Crosse June 8. George J Brady of Hollywood California and Rose Marie Wittig of La Crosse to wed June 9. Lyle Cooper of Prospect Street and Christel Wittig of George street to wed June 9. Harold Morgan of Sheldon Wisconsin and Let tie D Pierce of Bangor to wed June 9. Carl Ask of Houston Minnesota and Elsinore Busness of West Avenue South to wed June 7. Ray E Dixon and Betty Jane Gavin of La Crescent to wed June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Crosse
Gien A. Keller
Nowater
Ohio
Phyllis Ann Hohmann
Onalaska
la Crosse
George J. Brady
Hollywood
Calif
Rose Marie Wittig
George Street
Lyle Cooper
Prospect Street
Christel Wittig
Harold Morgan
Sheldon
Wis
Lettie D. Pierce
Bangor
Carl Ask
Houston
Minn
Elsinore Busness
West Avenue South
Caledonia
Ray E. Dixon
Betty Jane Gavin
la Crescent
Eau Claire Missionary Family Executed in Panay Hills
The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society reports Japanese forces killed 11 Baptist missionaries and a nine year old boy on December 19 or 20 1943 in the Panay islands. The victims included Reverend Erle F Rounds and his wife and their son Erle Douglas age 9 from Eau Claire Wisconsin and Richmond California. The group fled there after the Japanese invasion and their settlement was allegedly betrayed by a captured Filipino. News of the executions reached the society months ago but was kept secret at the request of war and state departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Panay
Erle F. Rounds
Erle Douglas
Eau Claire
Wis
Richmond
Calif
War and State Departments
Happy Birthday An American contractor builds Panama highway
An American contractor will construct a $1,000,000 highway linking Pedasi and Las Tabies in Panama, marking a significant infrastructure project.
Railroads Seek Boys For Jobs In Track Battalions
The Wisconsin railroad employment board announces priority for departments and calls for high school boys 16 and older to join Track Battalions for summer work. Mexican labor supplements local crews as railroads boost maintenance to keep traffic moving and industry at peak production. Contact the U S Employment Service to enroll or learn details from J E Bess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Beis
Railreag Firement Board
Wisconsin
Commission
Railroad Retirement Board
Béls
la Cross Railroad
Ress
Superi
Thomas
Buege A
W. J. Whalen
The
Milwaukee
John Michuta
Aquinas High School
Bess
U. S. Employment Service
Exchange Building
New Citizens St Ann’s Birth Announcements
Birth notices from Wisconsin communities dated May 27 to June 1 report multiple new arrivals. Twins to Dennis Marvin and Diane Mabel Simonson in Wis Beverly Fladhammer. twins Jackie Lee and Jeanne Elisabeth to Kenneth L Brush in Ross June 1. son James William to Arnold O Vegiah m Le Crescent Minnesota. daughter to B O Dale in Waukesha Wisconsin. son to Lieut Kenneth W Wooden in Smyrna Air Field Tennessee. son to Lennard Ellison and daughter to Palmer Nelson in Whitehall Community Hospital. son to Melvin Dascher. son to Lawrence Helgeson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ann's
Dennis Marvin
Diane Mabel
Bernie M. Simonson
Wis
Beverly Fladhammer
Jackie Lee
Jeanne Elisabeth
Kenneth L. Brush
Ross Street
James William
Myr
Arnold O. Vegiahn
le Crescent
Mins
Manda Arneson
Waukesha
B O. Dale
Helen Mills
la Crosse
Winens
Mian
Kenneth W. Wooden
Wooden
Pine Street
Smyrna Fir Field
Tenn
Whitehall
Lennard
Real Estate Transfers and County Court Docket
Real estate transfer records show Dr Mary Piper Houck transferring to Spencer W Turner and wife a property on 11th between June 1 at 5 06 p m and a 340 Lowy boulevard north location to investigate smoke at Ray Wrobel residence after a lightning strike and blown fuse. County court cases include Ruby Gray fined 25 dollars and costs for petty larceny. John Brown jailed 30 days for vagrancy. Clarence Huckins fined 100 dollars and costs or 60 days for drunken driving with one year driving ban. Clarence Meyer fined 10 dollars and costs or 20 days for throwing a missile at a moving vehicle with damages to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Cresse
Mary Piper Houck
Spencer W. Turner
Lowy Boulevard
Ray Wrobel
Ruby Gray
Sparta
John Brown
de Soto
Wis
Clarence Huckins
Wisconsin
Clarence Meyer
la Crosse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Seventh Adventist Church
Clinton and
Streets
J. H. Meier
Assembly of God
South Third Street
R. A. Rie- Sunday School
Baptist
First Baptist Church
South Sixth Street
W. F. Huxford
Othe the
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Main Streets
Peter Pape
Robert Hansen
Richard J. Herrmann
Our Lord Mother
Holy Cross Church
Rev
S. Andrzejewski
St. John’s Catholic Church
Our
Blessed Sacrament Path
King Streets
D. J ” Oneilly
Holy Trinity
Park Avenue
C. W. Gille
Philip Seinfelder
Joseph L. Brake
St. Wenceslaus Church
Winnebago Street
Ferdinand Cech
Christian Science
First Church of Christ, Scientist
West Avenue and
King
Church OF Christ
Eighth
Cass Streets
F. H. Gillette
Church of God
West Avenue North
John Kurtz
John P. Bird
Episcopal
Evangelical Free
Evangelical Free Church
15Th
Winnebago Streets
John Eliefson
Zion
Brownsville
Christopher Boland
Church School
Day Gospel Tabernacle
North Street
O. L. Larsen
County Home Service
Women’s Mission Grou Ursday
Jehovah's Witnesses
Linker Building
Hyde Avenue
Charles Street
Ed Poss
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Sill and
Liberty Streets
Book of Mormon
Living Christ
Church of the Living Christ
Earl J. Rick
Bethel Lutheran Church
George and Sill Streets
O. S. Paulson
Trinity
Luther
First Lutheran Church
Cameron
Walter A. Schumann
Roland Gurgel
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Avon and
St. Paul Streets
Walter E. Gutzke
Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
Park Avenue and
16Th Street
T. J. Mueller
Pas
A. m. Mission Society
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Sixth
Division Streets
George Ulvilden
Wossession
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
West Stage Division
Mars
Grove School
Ants & m
South Avenue
Trinity Lutheran
Sill
Charles Streets
Carl O. Pederson
Logan
Methodist
Caledonia Street Methodist Church
Caledonia Street
Stephen J. Lambright
Onalaska Methodist Church
Etta Betsinger
First Methodist Church
Eighth and
W. Ross
Salter Methodist Church
Jackson and
Reuben Francis
Johnson Street
Stoddard Methodist Church
Stoddard
Reuben Francis Eer
Moody Memorial Chapel
Campbell Road
John Ellefson
Otto Samuels
Sixth and King Streets
A. J. Niebruegge
D. D
French Island
North Presbyterian Church
Sven and Logan
L. C. Smith
U.S.A
St. Joseph’s School
WM. Southern, JR
Ezra
Isaiah
Amos
Elijah
Nehemiah
Assyria
Alexander the Great
Antiochus
Mattathias
United States
Temple
Fuller
Levi
Arthur G. Benson
M. D
Riveli Bidg
Happy
Berman
Jack Pavelski
LA Crosse Tribune
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