Air Force aviation cadet program to visit La Crosse
A U S Air Force officer will visit La Crosse on June 15 to inform area men about aviation cadet training and to conduct preliminary examinations. The program offers 12 months of pilot and academic training valued at about 35 000 dollars, with spots reserved for qualified college graduates entering classes every six weeks. Applicants aged 20 to 26 and meeting educational and physical criteria should bring birth certificates high school proof transcripts and discharge papers if any. Further information is at the recruiting station 316 South Fourth Street.
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la Crosse
U. S. Air Force
Special Air-Force
U. S. Army
South Fourth Street
Lee V. Heft
Air Force
Heft
Trai
la Crosse Area
Cadet Project
What Is It Returns To Wood County Wisconsin Rapids
Traffic Officer and Pucker report the mysterious creature seen in Wood and Portage counties has again been sighted. Residents Celia Jensen and Ronald Owens described a black mane, large head, long tail with a white tuft, fawn back and white belly. Tracks found in Owens garden measure three to four inches and resemble a clawed animal.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Wood County
Pucker
Celia Jensen
Ronald Owens
Saratoga
Wood
Portage
Owens Garden
Truman to Address Legion in Philadelphia in August
Col J Monroe Johnson announced that President Truman will address the American Legion convention in Philadelphia in August. Johnson a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission said Truman will attend as a delegate and receive the distinguished service medal.
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Washington
Col
J. Monroe Johnson
President Truman
American Legion
Philadelphia
Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Truman
Penventen
Central High Commencement for 263 Graduates
Central High School held its June commencement in the Vocational School Auditorium with 263 seniors in white caps and gowns receiving diplomas from Principal G D Scott. Six speakers addressed the class on themes of knowledge, wisdom, and virtue, each tying to figures like Lincoln Bethune and Webster.
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Central High
Central High School
G. D. Scott
Vocational School
Largo
Central Orchestra
Alvin Mickelson
Richard Larson
Larson
Bishop Lee
Dean Farrar
Jeanine Struxness
Juanita Knutson
Circle
Henry Ahrens
Oger Bay
John Beekman
Jeanneane Bey
Keith Fawcett
Shirley Fontis
Bill Fregin
Sally Frey
Karl Joan Hanson
Nell Hetherington
Gayle Highberg
Charles Huber
Joan Hurtgen
Russell Johnson
Jean Josephson
Beverly Jorgenson
Eleanor Lehman
Joyce McKillip
la Vonne Melby
Doris Meyer
Jack Ramlo
Marilyn Rick
Rozelle
Shirlee Sayner
Jack Schoenenberger
E. G. Smith
C. C. Thomas
Ole Oines
Anna Marie Back
Oklahoma Oil Millionaire Lew Wentz Dies
Lew Wentz Oklahoma oil millionaire and Republican national committeeman died in Ponca City after a Mayo Clinic stay. A bachelor about 68, he never held office though his influence guided Oklahoma GOP campaigns including the Dewey Warren 1948 effort.
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Ponca City
Okla
Lew Wentz
Oklahoma
Republican Party National
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Wentz
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Earl Warren
UW Vet Counselor Gets Faculty Post
Herbert H. Hadow formerly veterans' counselor at the University of Wisconsin is named to the Milton college education department faculty to fill the vacancy created by Dr. Rachel Salisbury's resignation. He previously directed guidance and activities at Beaver Dam high school and is a Central State Teachers college graduate with a master of philosophy and a doctoral degree candidate at Wisconsin.
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Milton, Wis
Herbert H. Hadow
University of Wisconsin
Milton College
Hadow
Department of Education
Rachel Salisbury
Beaver Dam High School
Madison
Central State Teachers College
Stevens Point
University of Isconsin
Logan High School 135 Seniors Graduate in Moving Exercises
In a Thursday ceremony at Logan High School auditorium 135 graduates received their diplomas. The class theme American Views Himself featured essays on American ingenuity attitudes toward play home and the crossroads with performances by two seniors a Bach violin duet and remarks by Principal D. E. Field and faculty advisors.
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Logan High School
Melba Muth
Pat Bright
Lola Thompson
Tractors Help Reclaim 22,000 Acres in United Provinces
United States tractors aid reclamation in Ganga Khadir region of India’s United Provinces long used for pig sticking and home to tigers and leopards. Local authorities push for agricultural conversion and improved farming viability through mechanization.
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United States
Ganga Khadir
India
United Provinces
Ignition Clinic for Auto Mechanics in Concordia Hall
Auto mechanics from this community and surrounding area may attend a clinic on ignition Monday at 7 45 p m in Concordia Hall at 12th and La Crosse streets. Gate way Motor and Auto Supply Inc in cooperation with Standard Motor Products Inc will sponsor the session conducted by Carroll Canning. The lecture will cover voltage regulators testing and adjustment ignition distributor points cam angles and related topics with illustrated color film and a Q A roundtable followed by refreshments.
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Concordia Hall
12Th
la Crosse
Gateway Motor & Auto Supply, Inc
Standard Motor Products, Inc
Long Island City
New York
Carroll Canning
Standard Motor Products
Student Whitney Nichols Receives IIT First Honors
Whitney Nichols son of Mr and Mrs D W Nichols 823 South Sixth Street has been awarded first honors at the Illinois Institute of Technology for an outstanding scholastic average He is a fourth semester student taking a physics course and is a Central High School graduate from June 1939 active in drama and music.
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Whitney Nichols
D. W. Nichols
South Sixth Street
Illinois Institute of Technology
Central
G. D. Scott
Nichols
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Dawn Vaughn
Dolmetsch
Norma Spangler
Mendelssohn
Scott
Rosemary Selmo
Ronald Nelson
Junior Academy of Science
Rosemary Selma
DAR
William Schams
Gundersen
Earl Oeolke
J. P. Bird
Helen Druschke
la Crosse Business and Professional Woman’s Club
Marilyn Storbakken
la Crosse Trust Co
Acie
la Venne Sackmaster
Europe
Richard Stuhr
Center of Freedom
School of Citizenship and Democracy
Margaret Gutzke
Jean Wartinbee
Miss Wold
D. E. Field
Walter Ranis
Vivian Johnson
Burton Smith
Nack
St.Joseph
Hollywood
Pearl St
Zenette
Terry
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Meat Department
Ring Bologna
Alifornia Green Top Carrots
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