St Francis Hospital dedicates 5.2 million expansion in La Crosse
The St Francis Hospital flagship addition worth 5.2 million dollars was blessed in a Sunday ceremony led by Bishop John P Treacy. The dedication included Pontifical Mass, a hospital tour, and a dinner with remarks praising the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and the hospital staff.
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St. Francis Hospital
Albert I. Thomas
John P. Treacy
Hosiital
Father Thomas
Holy Cross Seminary
Thomas
Philadelphia
Midwest
St. Louis
la Crosse
Antonia
St. Rose
Edward Evans
St. Francis School of Nursing
St. Francis
Treacy
Father
John N. Mauer
Earth
James C. Fox
M. Regula
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
House of Mercy
Milo Knutson
M. Joan
Franciscan Sisters
La Crescent Legion Wins Two Trophies and Merit Award
La Crescent Gittens Leidel Post 595 American Legion received two trophies and a merit certificate at Friday’s meeting. District Cmdr Charles Gavin presented the district membership trophy and post scrapbook trophy for state and national competition. Department vice commander Ernest Dieterich awarded the vice commander’s certificate of merit to installed post officers.
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Thomas Moore
Jerry Carelius
Loren Dickrager
Charles Gavin
Robert McLaughlin
Warren Wiedman
George Kelly
al Ohmann
Donald Frappier
Legion
Apple Arrows
la Crescent Sportsmen
William Sugg
la Crescent
Commodore
Reider
Don
Don Miller
Betty Sartz Frances Carter Tie In YWCA Bridge Event
Betty Sartz and Frances Carter tied with Nancy Mellor and Millicent Goggin in duplicate bridge at the YWCA on Friday. The teams posted 8312 as their score while Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Holmes scored 73, Alfred Knorr and Alden Kernin 682, and Bruce Hines with Richard Sartz 68.
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Betty Sartz
Frances Carter
Nancy Mellor
Millicent Goggin
YWCA
Arthur Holmes
Alfred Knorr
Alden Kernin
Bruce Hines
Richard Sartz
Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH Looseness and Worry
An ad touts FASTEETH an improved alkaline powder that stabilizes dentures easing discomfort and embarrassment. It promises firmer plates and less worry when speaking or eating and urges readers to buy FASTEETH at drug counters.
Must Donate Land For Street Work
Alderman Robert Johnson asks West Fairchild Street and 30th Street property owners to donate land to fund curb and gutter storm sewer and road resurfacing projects. Two feet on West Fairchild from 29th to 30th and four feet on 30th from State Road to East Fairchild are needed. Donations must be complete by Wednesday to proceed this summer. owners should contact the city engineer's department.
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Robert Johnson
21St Ward
Johnson
West Fairchild Street
29Th
30Th Streets
30Th Street
State Road
East Fairchild
Postal Clerks Receive Awards at La Crosse Post Office
Three La Crosse Post Office clerks were awarded cash incentives by Postmaster George M. Hetherington. Air mail clerk James E. Jirsa won two $15 awards, parcel post clerk Melford W. Erickson received a $15 award, and distribution clerk Herman L. Schultz earned a $30 award. Erickson previously received a $50 gift for an efficiency suggestion.
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la Crosse
George M. Hetherington
Air Mail
James E. Jirsa
Melford W. Erickson
Erickson
Herman L. Schultz
Waukesha Woman Injured In Car Crash On 4th Street
Violet L. McGregor, 42, hospitalized at St. Francis with a broken wrist and jaw and facial cuts after losing control of her car and hitting a tree while turning from South Avenue to 4th Street. Passenger Robert E. McGregor, 32, sustained cuts and bruises but refused care.
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Waukesha
St. Francis Hospital
South Avenue
4Th Street
Violet L. McGregor
Robert E. McGregor
Missing $2,080 From Jungles Tavern
Police report $2,080 missing from Jungles Tavern at 9th and Market Streets. Discovered Sunday morning by bartender John Fuchs who opened at 6 am after closing at 1 am. Missing are $1,800 in cash, $200 in checks, and $80 in change.
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John Fuchs
Fuchs
Missing 22 HP outboard taken from Black River boathouse
Police report a 22 horsepower outboard motor was stolen last week from a boat in a boathouse on the Black River near Causeway Boulevard. The owner is Keith Schwenn of 2412 Cass St.
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Black River
Causeway Boulevard
Keith Schwenn
Cass St
Turn Out For Polio Vaccine Clinic Reaches 32023
Dr Clinton Higgins reports 32023 persons immunized in the last phase of the Sabin oral polio program in La Crosse County. The Sunday clinic targeted Type II virus with five school centers yielding detailed counts and a note that repeat immunizations may be planned for spring or two years hence.
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la Crosse County Medical Society
Clinton Higgins
Higgins
Burglary Hits La Crosse County DA Office
The office of La Crosse County District Attorney John Flynn in Lynn Tower was burglarized over the weekend. Two electric erasers two pens and a Parker fountain pen were reported stolen with no sign of forced entry at the law firm Steele Smyth Klos and Flynn on the eighth floor.
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la Crosse County
John Flynn
Asst. Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Steele
Hackberries Most Infected As City Trees Inspectants Find Damage
The city’s shade trees suffered from lecanium scale with hackberries most affected. Elm maple and shrubs also damaged. Infestation heaviest between 8th and 14th Streets but present citywide. Park Dept sprayed. Libby recommends malathion mixtures and dormant-spring oil spray. Aphids found on shrubs. malathion effective there too.
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John Libby
University of Wisconsin Extension
Harold Huth
Eugene Fry
Park and Recreation
James Kramer
Park Department
Huth
Libby
Black Muslims Seek Separate Nation Over Integration
In an interview, Muhammad Elijah outlines the Black Muslims demand for complete separation from white society, proposing a self-governing Negro nation or territory. He describes origins of the movement, cites Fard’s influence, and criticizes federal civil rights actions as hypocritical while endorsing no violent means.
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Phoenix, Ariz
United States
Muhammad Elijah
Fard
Allah
America
Africa
East Jungle
Asia
Supreme Court
Volunteers Build Garage at French Island Home
A one car garage at the home of Mrs William Barney Jr 1733 Caroline St French Island was nearly finished by Sunday by members of the French Island volunteer fire department and the French Island American Legion Post. Barney died about a month earlier halting progress after the corners were squared. 22 volunteers worked from 9 am to 6 30 pm completing all but the door and concrete floor and plan to finish next Sunday.
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William Barney Jr
Caroline St
French Island
Schultz
Fire Department
Barney
French Island Fire Department
Legion Reconsiders Blind Boy for Boy State Delegate
Tom Teggatt an 18 year old Watertown Wis high school junior who is blind was invited to Badger Boys State after initial rejection but says he still will not attend The invitation followed an Associated Press report and assurances of accommodations for his guide dog Blackie and a counselor for the week The executive secretary of Boys State Val Ove refused to comment on the renewed invitation and had previously rejected the boy’s selection citing equipment to handle a handicap
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Watertown
Wis
Tom Teggatt
Watertown, Wis
Badger
American Legion
Tom
Val Ove
Boys State
The
Ripon College
Blackie
Ove
Russell Twesne
John W. Reynolds
Associated Press
City Spraying Schedule Near Gorder Road Area
Skeeter Schedule says spraying equipment will operate in the area starting at 9 p.m. Monday from Gorder Road to the south city limits between East Avenue and 10th Street.
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Gorder Road
East Avenue
10Th Street
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