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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1961
Page
2
A regional church directory lists Sabbath and midweek services across many parishes. Pastors named include Lehman Skaggs Rieben Harbold Pals Hill Mooney See camp Kundinger and others with mass schedules and prayer meetings throughout the week.
A compact directory of church locations and weekly schedules lists services at multiple congregations. It details Sunday worship times, Sunday school, midweek meetings, and reading room hours across First Church of Christ Scientist West Ave and King, Open Bible, and several other denominations including Lutheran and Methodist congregations.
A compiled notice lists numerous churches in La Crosse with their addresses and weekly schedules. It details Jehovahs Witnesses meetings, Church of Jesus Christ denominations, Lutherans, and other denominations including service times classes and events at locations such as 418 N 16th and Main St.
A wave of church bodies and Christian youth groups advocate nonviolent defiance of Southern segregation statutes. Leaders quote Jesus and Paul while stressing obedience to higher law, with tens of thousands of students jailed and open, public protest by groups across denominations.
Christian Science churches announce Sunday services with the lesson subject God the Only Cause and Creator Readings from the Bible include a verse praising God as creator and no other cause is real This reinforces the church’s teaching of a single primal cause from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Members of St Johns United Church of Christ West Ave and Market St will leave after services Sunday for a retreat overlooking the Mississippi River. The day includes reading discussion prayer and silent vespers led by Rev John Staton with Mrs Ray Schultz as general chairman.
Worship at Onalaska Methodist Church shifts to summer times with services at 9 30 a m led by Rev Richard Truitt. Regular Sunday school is paused. nursery available during services. Vacation church school starts Monday at 9 a m for children in grades one through six.
Wisconsin Highway Commission secretary W. L. Fiedler told the Western Chapter of the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers that the section from Wisconsin Dells to Madison is expected to open to travel this fall. He noted the Madison to Janesville segment is in grading and slated to open by fall 1962 if work continues as planned. He added a divided highway from Wisconsin Dells to New Hampshire will be possible except for a three mile Gary Indiana stretch, and fifty miles of interstate between Eau Claire and Madison were completed in 1960.
A Wesley Methodist Church report notes 118 new members in the year and exterior restoration. Interior renovation saved about 4 000 by church labor. A gilded cross was added to the steeple and much of the roof replaced. The Women’s Society of Christian Service grew, the Methodist Men’s Club was revitalized, and a Wesleyans couples club formed.
Larry Kinserdahl, 19, was arrested after midnight Friday for breaking a window at Johnson Sheet Metal Co on Jefferson Avenue. He sustained a cut on his left hand and required stitches at St. Mary's Hospital before being jailed to face charges.
Rev. Jack De Long of St. Pauls Methodist Church announces a summer service plan starting June 4. WAUKON morning worship at 8 30 a m and Sunday school at 9 30. French Creek Church services begin at 10 a m with Sunday school at 9 15.
Junkers of Prussia formed a legally privileged estate until 1807 1808. The group included most army officers top civil officials and diplomats reflecting their dominance in state affairs.
Clifford L. Lee 88 of Onalaska died Friday in a La Crosse hospital after a long illness. Born January 10 1873 in Eldorado Iowa, he will be buried in Onalaska Cemetery. Services Tuesday at Fossum Funeral Home Onalaska. He is survived by two daughters Mrs Justin Hougom and Mrs Lawrence Kinserdahl one son John five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Eleanor Keller aged 37 of 1622 S 9th St died Friday in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Sletten-McKee Funeral Home.
Lansing Iowa native John Munchoff will be ordained at First Presbyterian Church in Lansing on Sunday June 4 at 8 p.m. He graduates from Theological Seminary of the University of Dubuque with high honors in homiletical and Biblical studies. After ordination he will become pastor of United Presbyterian Churches of Utica and Lewiston Minnesota. He and his wife Betty Clancy have four children and a reception follows in the church fellowship hall.
Wisconsin Industrial Commission announced unemployment compensation analyst grade one jobs in the next six months. Starting salary 366, with increases to 435. Upgrading to grade two possible from 426 to 500. Applicants must be Wisconsin residents and graduates, with exams or training experience. Deadline June 9. Application blanks from Bureau of Personnel Madison or Wisconsin employment service offices.
Police warn that explosive devices are being sold in the city and that merchants must stop selling them. Asst. Dist. Atty. Burleigh Randolph calls the devices illegal and violators will be brought to court.
Radio schedule notes WKBH at 1:25 p.m. features a Twins Detroit doubleheader broadcast on Sunday with both games carried by the station.
AP Movie and TV writer reports networks respond to viewers with a slate of animated and live shows. ABC adds Top Cat and Calvin and the Colonel alongside Flintstones with Welk and Allen. CBS adds The Alvin Show and The Investigators. NBC emphasizes news and variety with Brinkley Journal and 87th Precinct among others. No new Westerns are planned.
Obituaries report Carl Winters 68 of Waukon Iowa died at home. Services at Zion Reformed Church with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Survived by spouse, eight sons and daughters, and 18 grandchildren. Additional notices cover Albert Rogne 84 Canton Minnesota, Olga McGuire 73 Black River Falls Wisconsin, Olaf Wivelstad 68 Whitehall Wisconsin, and related survivors with funeral details and burial places.
While signs of business improvement appear with higher new orders in April and rising factory backlogs, unemployment remains high. Hodges notes gains in manufacturing orders and sales, and May construction and auto industry shifts reflect a cautious healing of the economy.
Arthur Lundberg 63 of Town of Hale died in Eau Claire hospital from injuries after a May 20 tractor overturn while ditching on Gust Lundberg’s Osseo farm. Born Feb 17 1898 in Hale he is survived by brother Gust and sister Mrs Caroline Nye. Services at Synod Lutheran Church Pigeon Falls Monday at 2 p.m. with burial in church cemetery. Friends may call Hagen Funeral Home Sunday afternoon and evening and at church Monday from 10 a.m. until services.
A 14 year old boy admitted breaking into the Ezra L. Zumach residence at 2230 Hyde Ave on May 16. He was caught by police and confessed to stealing about 16 dollars, mostly change, from the home.
Central High School held its senior assembly Friday in the auditorium with the theme Life's in the Loom. Student speakers urged study of civic duty and life's purposes while a class gift of 100 dollars supported the Central scholarship fund.
Rev. Hilary Seubert of St Marys Catholic Church in Tomah is named to the Holy Cross Seminary faculty in La Crosse as a languages teacher. He will attend the University of Michigan summer session. Fr. Seubert hosts a 7 p.m. potluck at Brudermanns Hall. Fr. Thomas Smith of Chippewa Falls succeeds him at St Marys. Fr. Mulligan with a Europe tour leaves for ten weeks and misses ordination of his nephew Patrick Mulligan.
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