La Crosse CBS Thimble Bee June meeting and wedding news
La Crosse chapter No. 22 CBS hosted 50 members at the Masonic temple for a June meeting with April May and June birthday honor guests at a special table. Postnuptial shower for Pfc O T Scott and Mary Jane Wiedman at the MacLaren home followed their May 6 marriage. Guests included numerous local residents and family of the couple.
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la Crosse
Cbs
Thimble Bee
Masonic Temple
Mmes
Dora Scheer
Ruth Currie
Blanche Ashland
Evelyn Fiebig
Bessie Groat
Evelyn Holmes
Mildred Bibby
Alice Hanson
Amelia Johnson
Mary Larson
Leona Weber
Pfc
O. T. Scott
W. A. MacLaren
North 6Th Street
Pfc. Scott
Mary Jane Wiedman
John Edward Thomas
First Methodist Parsonage
Marie Fritz
Louise Golding
Lloyd Smith
Dorothy Christiansen
Alice Kremmer
W. Wiedman
George Wiedman
Bertha McCasland
Doris Galley
Virinia Moe
Mary Schnell
Helensen
Mary Adams
Judith Lind
Louise Ganschow
Eve MacLaren
Floren Sanden
Mery MacLaren
Evelyn Girard
Etheline Wiedman
Lena Zaiger
Helen Rose Davy
Lillian Virtien
Dancing Can Lesson Family's Squabbles
Valdosta Georgia NEA report from Harold H Punke of Georgia State Woman's College studied thousands of high schoolers in nine states. One third of families quarrel and about 43.9 percent of child reports cite income disputes. Quarrels center on social life education and parental habits. Families can reduce friction by budgeting education and clearer communication to bridge age gaps.
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Valdosta
NEA
America
Harold H. Punke
Georgia State Woman's College
Punke
Poor Sunglasses Do Real Damage
NEA staff warns sunglasses may be in short supply for both military and civilian use. The piece advises outdoor workers and general readers to wear glare protecting glasses with grey or green lenses. It recommends properly ground lenses with labels and tinted versions of prescriptions if needed.
University of Chicago acquires Newberry east Asiatic collection
The University of Chicago gains the east Asiatic collection from the Newberry Library in Chicago consisting of 1,215 works in 21,403 volumes. Collected by Dr Berthold Laufer at the Field Museum from 1908 to 1912 the set includes two Song dynasty incunabula dating the first printed book in Europe by 300 years.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Newberry Library
Berthold Laufer
Field Museum
Europe
Joint Navy Mothers Service Wives Club meeting at USO
Army navy and civilian participants attended the Wednesday night meeting at the USO. Navy Recruiting officer PO H A Bahr presided with club leaders Mrs Kenneth Hough and Mrs Mabel Spafford assisting. Local recruiters were introduced as Scouts performed and Camp McCoy soldiers entertained with a USO tour variety program.
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Army
Navy
Navy Mothers and Service Wives and Mothers Club
USO
PO H. A. Bahr
Navy Recruiting Office
Kenneth Hough
Service Wives and Mothers Club
Mabel Spafford
Navy Mothers
Homer V. Yinger
Congregational Church
Gweneth
Camp McCoy
Corp
Fred Broders
Joyce Anderson
Lorraine Pohlman
Avis Peterson
Vanity Kotenick
Marjorie
Lois Sheldon
Dave MacElroy
Zion
Paul Flad
Robert E. Moore
Harry Wright
Rose Boyle
Girl Scout
Matiak
USC
Moore
Boyle
Wright
Workshops Program Becomes Main War Task For WFA Members
The Wisconsin Council on World Affairs at its eighth annual conference in Madison designates the workshops program as its main task for the coming year. Mrs. M. R. Laird is elected council chair, with Mrs. Robert Clark and Marie Swallow as vice presidents and Almere L. Scott as secretary. Other organizations represented include the Federation of Women’s Clubs and the League of Women Voters.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Council On World Affairs
United States
Memorial Union
M. R. Laird
Marshfield
Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Clubs
Robert Clark
Whitewater
Marie Swallow
Stevens Point
Almere L. Scott
Federation of Women's Clubs
Business and Professional Women’s Club
American Association of University Women
Council of Church Women
League of Women Voters
Wisconsin Library Association
Women's Christian Temperance Union
World Fellowship Council of Wisconsin Women
Zonta International
Children aid on levees in Kansas flood effort
Eight year old volunteers helped flood workers by filling and tying sand bags to shore up levees near Lawrence Kansas as crews battled rising waters. The kids contributed to a precautionary defense against threatened floods while easing workers workload.
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Lawrence, Kas
Four-Piece Summer Set for Babies by Anne Cabot
Pattern No. 5720 offers a cool easy to launder summer outfit for infants ages 6 months to 2 years. The four piece set includes slip panties and a sun suit in seersucker or flower sprigged dimities. Send 15 cents plus 1 cent postage and your name address to Anne Cabot La Crosse Tribune Chicago.
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Anne Cabot
la Crosse Tribune
South Wells
Chicago
Summer Sewing Patterns and Molasses Orange Bars
Airy dresses and sets for girls in sizes 1 to 8 Years Pattern No 8547 with chambrays ginghams muslins and dimity sent to La Crosse Tribune Chicago for postage fee The Fashion style book mid summer issue 32 pages cost 15 cents Molasses Orange Bars mix ingredients including orange rind bake 35 to 40 minutes and ice with orange juice frosting Makes about 21 bars.
Local sisters visit La Crosse area family and Navy inspector
Mrs. E W Hadeler of Painesville and Mrs. R W Attwood of Willoughby visit Mr and Mrs H N Landphair at 115 South Seventh Street. Paul's Jewelry Store offers wrist watches for service men including water proof and shock proof watches with luminous dials and non break crystals. Lieut Com Gerald C Ellick, in charge of Wisconsin navy recruitment, was in La Crosse from Milwaukee Thursday to inspect the local navy recruiting station.
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E. W. Hadeler
Painesville
R. W. Attwood
Willoughby
H. N. Landphair
South Seventh Street
Mr. Landphair
Paul's Jewelry Store
North Side
Gerald C. Ellick
Navy
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Brazil Diamonds Boom Spurs Growth in Rio Industry
Brazil's diamond cutting and polishing sector has expanded rapidly, employing about 3,000 workers in Rio de Janeiro. The country remains a key source of industrial diamonds and semi precious stones as European merchants, cutters, and polishers migrate here. A training school now teaches Brazilians the craft.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Europe
Sinking Peak Ruins Crops in Honduras
Mount Erapaca in the Copal Zone of Honduras is sinking rapidly harming hillside agriculture. More than 650 acres of cornfields have disappeared as crops are ruined by the ground movement.
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Erapaca
Copal
Honduras
New Citizens At Home June 4
Birth announcement for John Gerhard, son of Mr and Mrs Gerhard Kapanke of Coon Valley. The event marks a new home for the couple.
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John Gerhard
Mgr
Gerhard Kapanke
Coon Valley
MSC Service Club Dances Restricted for 76th Division
MSC girls service club one is off limits for the 76th Division so none of its men will attend dances there. Friday night closed dance for AA battalion continues until 11 30. Friday service club two dance at 304th recreation hall and Sunday dance for special troops. Sunday regular dance at service club one.
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Service Club
304Th Recreation Hall
Service Club One
Marriage Licenses Noted for Mindoro and Stoddard Couples
Mindoro to host wedding June 15 for Lester Manske of Mindoro and Jeanette Bendel of Stoddard. Clinton on June 7 to wed Evelyn Sackmaster of La Crosse and Byron Andersen of Holmen Wisconsin. Combined dairy data: U S milk output up about 16 billion pounds since 1940.
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U. S
Delegates named for national convention from area clubs
The item lists delegates and alternates selected to attend the national convention. Elizabeth Churchill Adrienne Martin Kathryn Miller Jeanette Thomas Anna Haerter Marie Stoner Goldie Barlow Clara Sladke are noted as delegates or alternates with Milwaukee and Eau Claire affiliations. The tone is celebratory as members pledge appreciation for support.
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Ary
Elizabeth Churchill
Adrienne Martin
Milwaukee
Kathryn Miller
Eau Claire
Jeanette Thomas
Anna Haerter
Marie Stoner
Goldie Barlow
Clara Sladke
Prairie Homemakers elect officers at Mrs Krause home
The Prairie Homemakers met at Mrs. John Krause's home Friday afternoon and elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs. Meyer, Vice-president Mrs. John Krause, Secretary Mrs. Mahlon Kroener, Treasurer Mrs. Elmer Amborn, Sunshine fund treasurer Mrs. Walter Becker, Club reporter Miss Wilma Johnson. Dublin Eire now has bus queues.
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Prairie Homemakers
John Krause
Meyer
Mahlon Kroener
Elmer Amborn
Walter Becker
Sunshine Fund
Wilma Johnson
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Pine Street
Corp. Luehne
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Harley D. Gulikson
Onalaska
Lieut
Gullikson
Dunedin
Fla
Oceanside
Calif
ALC
WFA
Mary Lamb
Donut Sale
Borden
Main Street
Markos
Daraine
Taniore
MSC
United
Ap Sige
Department of Wisconsin, National Auxiliary
USWV
Crosse
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
M. C. Casberg
Wim EN
Dublin
Eire
Salem Markos & Sons
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