La Crosse Lutheran Hospital marks fiftieth anniversary
The fiftieth anniversary observance unfolds next weekend with open house at the Nurses Home from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday and hospital tours at Gundersen Clinic. Auxiliary hostesses serve coffee with organ music by Mrs. Raymond Plamadore. Registration and a guest book are at the Nurses Home. A banquet for Lutheran Hospital Alumnae Association follows at 6:30 p.m. Our Savior's Lutheran Church dining room. Sunday events include a get-together at Gundersen Island from 9 to 11 a.m. with serving.
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la Crosse
Lutheran Hospital
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Sigurd Gundersen
Gundersen Island
Hospital School Of Nursing In Existence For 30 Years
History recalls La Crosse Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing existing from 1902 to 1932. About 500 nurses trained, with graduates serving nationwide and abroad in armed forces nurse corps, public health, veterans hospitals, sanatoria, clinics, and hospitals.
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la Crosse
Hospital Association
Milwaukee
Lutheran Hospital
Pea Packing Starts Up In Wisconsin Areas
In Wisconsin localities the pea crop is fair to good overall with some unevenness. Most plants will begin canning in the week of June 16. Aphid numbers are down due to cool weather. Sweet corn germination is slow and planting is delayed by cool wet weather. About 100000 British homes now have television.
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Tribune Madison
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Canners Association
Trade Association
Gundersen Clinic Roots Traced To 1891 Partnership
The Gundersen Clinic traces its origins to 1891 when Dr Adolf Gundersen joined Dr Christian Christensen in La Crosse. The Lutheran Hospital and clinic remain separate entities with distinct medical roles. The clinic expanded from a Pearl Street partnership to 80 rooms after 1951, with key staff through 1928 and a 1929 1930 new building at 1806 South Ave adjacent to Lutheran Hospital.
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Adolf Gundersen
Christian Christensen
Lutheran Hospital
Norway
Jamaica
Christensen
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Pearl Streets
Prestnt
E. S. Carlsson
Martin Sivertson
Gunnar Gundersen
Sigurd Gundersen
Paul C. Gotterdam
Alf Gundersen
John Harmon
M. P. Jonsrud
A. Gundersen
South Ave
Dr. Gundersen
Christensen and Gundersen
Plan Addition With 51 Beds At Institution
Lutheran Hospital board approves a 557000 addition to add a four story block between the hospital and the nurses’ home. The 144 by 41 foot wing adds 51 chronic disease beds and 13 psychiatric beds bringing total beds to 191. It includes new solariums kitchens elevators dumbwaiters and expanded laundry boiler and admin space.
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Lutheran Hospital Board of Trustees
Boyum, Schubert and Sorenson
South Avenue
La Crosse Tribune Notices Stamp Third Class Postmark
Public notice from the La Crosse Tribune states its mailing status as a second class matter entered June 23 1904 at La Crosse Wisconsin post office under the 1879 act.
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Wis
Mendaco Promises Fast Relief for Coughs and Breathing
An advertisement promotes Mendaco for morning coughs wheeze and sleep disruption due to bronchial asthma or chronic bronchitis. It claims the medicine loosens thick phlegm reduces coughing and aids restful sleep with a money back guarantee.
Three Years Of Arduous Work Led To Hospital Construction
The La Crosse Lutheran Hospital opened on Thanksgiving Day 1902 after years of fundraising and planning by Rev. A K Sagen and local Lutheran leaders. The 1927 expansion and later work increased capacity and eliminated debt by 1947 as the hospital entered its second 50 years with about 250 staff.
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Schick and Harrison
Tivoli
la Crosse
Jan ¢Ha Habnital Oraur Co
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Japan's First Postwar Ambassador Arrives in Washington
Eichichi Araki Japan's first postwar ambassador to the U S arrives in Washington to assume his post and says his main mission is to promote mutual understanding and goodwill between the United States and Japan. He is met by State Department officials including Raymond Muir and former ambassador Joseph C Grew.
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Washington
Eichichi Araki
Japan
U. S
Araki
Raymond Muir
State Department
Joseph C. Grew
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Hospital trustees and staff names on organizational boards
The article lists hospital trustees serving with Herman Tietz as president including M. B. Skundberg J. E. Stokke A. H. Erickson Nordahl Nystad and several clergy members. Medical board is led by Drs Sigurd B Gundersen Gunnar Gundersen and Alf H Gundersen. Stanley L. Sims leads the administrative staff and Miss Bernad a Lee is superintendent of nurses. Mrs William Kroner heads the Hospital Association Auxiliary.
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la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Nordahl Nustad
Nustad Company
G. Heileman Brewing Company
Herman Tietz
H. F. Tietz
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital Association
M. B. Skundberg
J. E. Stokke
A. H. Erickson
Nordahl Nystad
Harold F. Backer
Walter E. Gutzke
George Ulvilden
Otto W. Marquardt
Elmer C. Hougen
H. O. Aasen Westby
H. O. Andersen
Sigurd B. Gundersen
Gunnar Gundersen
Alf H. Gundersen
Stanley L. Sims
Bennora Lee
Hospital School of Nursing
William Kroner
Hospital Association Auxiliary
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National Bank of la Crosse
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