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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1945
Page
5
Community event planning details indoors from 3 to 6 p.m. with boys and girls visiting, boys mowing and raking, children tidying scraps, and emphasis on housekeeping training under Miss Fletcher. Notes Marching week camp and school records highlight attendance and health, praising the Home children’s welfare and readiness.
Ora Ready, longtime La Crosse shoe sales and repairman, now runs Ora's Shoe Repair at 318 Pearl Street Bagley Wisconsin. After 18 years and seven moves, he owns the building and plans a modern front and interior improvements as he settles into his own shop.
Marine Sam Sgt. Rob in A. Wolford from La Crosse Wisconsin described a shelter roof torn by shell fragments during air raids on Okinawa. He recalled the shells sounding like hail as the all clear sounded and noted his service from La Crosse High and training at Camp Elliott before deployment to New Caledonia Guadalcanal and Tinian.
Salvation Army leaders plan an invasion of liberated Europe as the first British officer who kept operations during the German occupation returns to London to resume direct communications with ongoing Army work.
A proclamation by Mayor I J Verdota designates Thursday June 14 as Flag Day in La Crosse. The Benelovent and Protective Order of Elks will hold ceremonies, and citizens are urged to participate by paying tribute and displaying the American flag.
Mothers may leave children at La Crosse centers through the summer with outdoor activities, picnics, field trips, and excursions. A 20 cent daily fee applies for children six to 13, with hours 6 45 a m to 5 p m except Sunday. Nursery schools charge 45 cents daily for ages two to five, including a similar program and dinner. Parents may enroll by contacting Mrs Rose Bellevue at 1161.
Roman superstition held May to be unlucky for weddings since May was then the third month of the year. The belief framed marriage as risky during spring, linking luck to the calendar setup of antiquity.
Coast Guardsman Chester M. Heth serves as coxswain aboard a Coast Guard crewed LST at a Pacific base. The vessel has participated in Bougainville, Green Island, the Bismarck Archipelago, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions. The original crew mostly departed. Heth’s unit, the “new” crew, awaits a new mission amid memories of Okinawa’s fierce defense.
T5 Carlye W. Schmeckpepper, son of Mrs. Charles G. Brose of La Crosse, and his wife Myrtle of West Salem, traveled over 6,000 miles in two years with an airfield-building aviation engineer battalion in the Mediterranean. They rushed airfields from Africa through Tunisia to Sicily and Italy, driving trucks with bombs, aiding the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns, and aiding three C-47s by lighting a field at night with jeep headlights. He previously worked for Electric Auto Lite Co.
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