Top Student Architects Are Honored
The Greater La Crosse Board of Realtors awarded top honors in the second annual architectural design contest for high school students. First place went to Gregory Gerke Aquinas Myron Potter Central and Joe Maier Logan. About 200 students built model homes over ten weeks with blueprints required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater la Crosse
van Aelstyn
Charles Weldy
Gary Krause
Donald Haag
Robert Metcalf
John Papenfuss
Michael Shoger
Michael Steen
Paul Hegge
Bradley Morse
la Crosse High School
Greater la
Rotary Hears Insurance Commissioner Haase Talk
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Robert D. Haase spoke at the Rotary Club meeting at the Hotel Stoddard outlining the department staff of 85 and the shift of regulatory responsibility to states. He warned rising auto and fire costs and damages will push premiums higher as juries award larger sums, and noted insurers must remain financially stable to survive the initial non profit years. Two visiting Rotarians and seven guests attended the noon gathering in La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Haase
Wisconsin
Rotary Club
Stoddard
Haase
Commission
Roy Palmer
Charlotte
N.C
Robert Grady
Madison
Robert Beckwith
Harry Grebb
Milwaukee
James Larson
Jamie Grenison
Robert McDonald
John Freisinger
George Weeks
la Crosse
Crandon To Receive Federal Sewer Grant
A $370,000 federal grant will aid Crandon Wisconsin in upgrading its water and sewer systems. The city will provide matching funds to cover an estimated total project cost of $740,000.
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Crandon
Washington
Wis
Eugene P. Foley
Three Taverns Face Loss Of Licenses
The Common Council Judiciary Committee urged denying renewal for Terrace Bar 400 Club and Koenig's Gateway Inn as health officials flag inadequate floors toilets and facilities but stop short of suspending licenses. A fourth license for Raymond Will and Thomas Kessler at 1728 George St. was approved pending corrections. A proposed city tavern capacity rule of one person per 10 square feet was endorsed, aimed at reducing overcrowding.
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Health Department
Common Council Judiciary Committee
Terrace Bar
400 Club
Koenig
Gateway Inn
Charles Trevallee
Terrace
Gateway
Bernard F. Maney
16Th Ward
Loren C. Wardwell
9Th Ward
James Shoger
Shoger
Donald Medinger
18Th Ward
Raymond Keller
Raymond Will
Thomas Kessler
George St
William C. Will
Gwyneth K. Will
Medinger
Businessmen To Buy Flag For City Office
La Crosse Business Men's Club members voted to purchase a three by five foot American flag for the mayor's office from the Kiwanis Club at a cost of 40 dollars. At a May 23 gathering the group honored three members leaving local jobs. Retiring Police Chief George Long received honorary assistant fire chief duties for the North Side. Also honored were Donald Field retiring as Logan High principal and M. G. Pelton leaving Logan Junior High for a new role in Neenah Menasha. County Judge Leonard Roraff explained court trial procedures.
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la Crosse Business Men’s Club
Wesley Denny
la Crosse Kiwanis Club
George Long
North Side
Long
Donald Field
Logan
M. G. Pelton
Neenah- Menasha
la Crosse County
Leonard Roraff
Students Clean Beach at Pettibone Beach
The service fraternity from Coleman Vocational School cleaned Pettibone Beach after heavy Memorial Day weekend litter. They hauled trash with a truck and plan to reopen the beach on Saturday June 11.
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Coleman Vocational School
Pettibone Beach
Milwaukee Zoo Orangutan Finds New Mate
Cleveland Chang has introduced a new mate for Tia at Milwaukee County Zoo. Officials say Tia now actively engages with Chang, who rescued her from widowhood last month after shipment from Cleveland.
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Zoo
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Chang
Tia
Milwaukee County Zoo
George Speidel
Aquinas Grads Hear Rector and Bishop at Commencement
Aquinas High School graduated seniors as Rt Rev Msgr John J Paul rector Holy Cross Seminary and Bishop Frederick Freking urged growth in maturity and civic duty. Principal Rev James O Connell conferred an honorary diploma and student Michael French earned the Bishop's medal for character scholarship and service. Ellen Pederson led with the valedictory as the junior senior mixed choir performed.
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John J. Paul
Holy Cross Seminary
Aquinas High School
Mary E. Sawyer
Frederick Freking
Msgr. Paul
Christ
Society of Tomorrow
Ellen Pederson
Aquinas
James O'Connell
Michael French
Cancer Society Sets Hours For Office
The La Crosse County unit of the American Cancer Society will open in Room 313 of the Rivoli Building three afternoons weekly from 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
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la Crosse County
The
American iCancer Society
Rivoli Building
Miss American Legion Contest Opens for La Crosse Teens
The Fourth of July Celebration Corporation seeks Miss American Legion candidates from La Crosse born July 4 1949 to July 4 1951. Entry blanks via high schools radio stations and American Legion Clubrooms. Submission due by June 29 with a charm school before the July 2 crowning and teen dance at Mary E Sawyer Auditorium.
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Miss American Legion
Mary E. Sawyer
Sundet Smith Nominated For Auditorium Board
La Crosse aldermen nominated Ray A Sundet and Roy E Smith to the Auditorium Board at an open caucus. Sundet would succeed himself and Smith, a former member, would replace Harry D Newburg who was eliminated on the final ballot. Names go to the Council for election with strong odds in their favor.
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L. Peter Groves
Sunder
Kenneth Niedbalski
Harold Otto
Otto
Newburg
Groves
Gerald Greider
Gerald Greider (5Th Ward
Loren C. Wardwell
9Th Ward
Greider
Auditorium
Common Council
Woman Receives 10 Year Term in Milwaukee Robbery
Ruth D. Seybold, 38, was sentenced in Milwaukee to 10 years in prison for a role in a $100,000 armed robbery in 1963 at Lebolt & Co jewelry store. Circuit Judge Carl Daley revoked a two year probation and the new term runs concurrently with a prior 20 year sentence from another robbery at Taycheedah.
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Milwaukee
Ruth D. Seybold
Lebolt & Co
Carl Daley
Seybold
Half Day
Taycheedah
Coroner Watunya Ends Candidacy for Re election
La Crosse County Coroner Dr. Michael J. Watunya announced he will not seek another term, choosing to devote full time to his private practice after more than 11 years in office. Appointed in 1955, he cited growing demands of his practice and a part time coroner post. Police also recovered contact lenses and a case on Pettibone Beach.
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la Crosse County
Michael J. Watunya
Watunya
George Reay
Watun
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United States
Sletten
McKee Funeral
Sftome
West Ave
Ferry St
DIAL
Sundet
Smith
Board of
Wardwell
Jack Reihl
Roy S. Coster
Newbury
Donald Mattie
Terry Gillette
Gillette
Wisconsin Coordinating Committee For Higher Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
William Kraus
Stevens Point
Carlisle Runge
Walter Kohler
Charles Gelatt
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
UPI
Ethel
Charles Chaplin
Peter Marshall
Mr. Jones
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Florshop
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