Equitable Reserve Association Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Equitable Reserve Association marked its 40th anniversary with a summer supper for about 70 at the KP hall. Attendees included charter member Charles L. Eis, speakers Norton Williams of Neenah and Judge Jeremiah O’Neil, and numerous members from Wisconsin communities. Dancing closed the event after a five piece band provided music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Reserve Association
Badger Assembly
KP Hall
John W. Torrance
John J. Esch
Charles Leis
Edwin A. Thrun
Norton J. Williams
Neenah
Wis
Jeremiah O'Neil
Prairie du Chien
Ben Schaub
Fred E. Coleman
Henry Hogan
L. M. Jorstad
Winona
Viroqua, Wis
Ludwig Lee
Alvin
Richard Black
H. B. Vincent
Albert F. Bishop
George Berger
Billy Osweiler
George Bishop
Charles Karis
Messrs
Bishop
Weis
Bott
Laura Ann Harnisch and Merlin Westlie to be July couple
Mr and Mrs Henry J Harnisch of Onalaska announce the engagement and coming marriage of their daughter Laura Ann to Merlin Westlie son of Mr and Mrs Hans Westlie of Galesville Wis The couple plans a July 15 wedding Westlie works on a farm and Harnisch is employed at the Outers Laboratory Onalaska Also notes Shrine of Jerusalem ceremony guests and visits by Mrs Wynona Hauser arriving from New York for a weeklong stay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Harnisch
Onalaska
Laura Ann
Merlin Westlie
Hans Westlie
Galesville
Wis
Mr. Westlie
Miss Harnisch
Outers Laboratory
J. F. McCormick
Caledonia
Minn
Lorraine
Lawrence Norman Hawkey
Lawrence Hawkey
Chicago
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Women urged to knit surgical dressings as needs grow
Red Cross center chairmen plead for more help as national heads warn of rising surgical dressing needs with the invasion. La Crosse women are urged to donate time, offering half days weekly, while city and county centers list extensive weekly schedules in La Crosse Onalaska West Salem Bangor areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Center
National
la Crosse
la Crosse City
Franklin School
Washburn
Franklin
VFW
Weshburn
Franklin County
Onalaska
West Salem
Bangor
Navy Mothers to march in Flag Day parade
Navy Mothers are asked to assemble at the courthouse at 6:45 and proceed to the parade route. After marching they will join the USO for the regular meeting.
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Navy
Court House
USO
Home Rite Unites Margaret Hults and Corp Russell
Margaret Hults tied with Corporal Clair Russell in a home ceremony Saturday officiated by Rev. Reuben Halberg at the Hults home on Avon Street. Attendants Feryl Marshall and Arthur Hanson joined a family dinner after the 3 PM service. Russell, just back from the Southwest Pacific, awaits reassignment at a North Carolina camp. he is the son of Louis and Mrs. Russell of Onalaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hults
Reuben Halberg
West Avenue Methodist Church
Corp. Clair Russell
Onalaska
Helen Hults
Avon Street
Feryl Marshall
Arthur Hanson
Twin Cities
Corp
Russell
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
North Carolina
Louis Russell
Flower Mission Day Observed by Viroqua WCTU
Mrs Ernest Gutch chairs Flower Mission Day in Viroqua Wisconsin with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. The group will visit the county home to bring flowers fruit and candy and share a program of music and readings followed by a four o clock picnic dinner. Those unable to leave their rooms will be visited by the group led by matron Marcellius Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Ernest Gutch
Viroqua Women's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Marcellius Nelson
DAR La Crosse Flag Day Meeting at Training School
La Crosse DAR chapter holds a Flag Day meeting at the training school on Wednesday. Members are to bring a covered dish sandwiches and table service for the 1 PM luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lewis Valley Rites Unite Holmen Bride Whitehall Bridegroom
Agnes Valborg Ofstedahl daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Ofstedahl wed Orrin Evenson son of Mr and Mrs Orville Evenson of Whitehall in a Lewis Valley Holmen ceremony. The couple plan to reside on a Lincoln township farm near Whitehall after a reception in the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Olson
Evelyn Evenson
Esther Hanson
Sandra Sjuggerud
Milton Sjuggerud
Eau Claire
Walton Ofstedahl
Gordon Johnson
Osseo
Byron Evenson
John Ofstedahl
Peter Johnson
Evelyn Skogen
Joyce Johnson
Lucille Severson
Alda Mahlum
Doris Moen
Evelyn Johnson
Maybelle Brown
Betty Burns
Ann Mahlum
Hazel Sacia
Alice Hoff
Eloise Knudson
West Salem
Anita
Lois Brudos
Onalaska
Mmes
Ansel Amundson
Leo Hanson
Carl Hendrickson
Chris Hoff
Carlton Johnson
Petra Mahlum
Palmer Mahlum
Elmer Mickelson
Carl Moen
Oscar Olson
Stanford Quall
Holmen High School
la Crosse State Teachers College
Whitehall
Whitehall High School
Huldah Skogen
Stella Windjuc
Eloise Torkelson
Skogen
Lewis Valley Church
Ansel Evenson
Odell Evenson
Otilda Drogseth
Ansel Drogseth
Julia Ofstedahl
Alda Evenson
Lincoln Township
Music Study Club Annual Picnic at Mrs Molzahn’s Home
The Music Study Club holds its annual picnic Thursday at Mrs Wilbur Molzahn’s home in Ebner's Coulee. Lunch is at 12 30 with members bringing their own table service. Members should contact the telephone squad or the president by Monday evening.
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Music Study Club
Wilbur Molzahn
Ebner’s Coulee
Country Club
Roosevelt Homemakers
Copeland Park
Tenth Ward
Onalaska Park
Shelby
St. John’s
Harold Schams
South 16Th
Loyal Memorial Service Star Legion
Cassie Bleakley
North 23Rd Street
Burlington
Masonic Temple
Daughters of Norway
IOOF
Camp McCoy
Uso
Lincoln
Myrick Park
Church
YWCA
Ebner's Coulee
English Lutheran Circle
Red
Community group events and meetings calendar
A dense listing of weekly events across households, clubs, and churches. Dates span Sunday to Thursday with picnics, memorials, sewings, and homemaker meetings at locations including Myrick park YWCA Copeland park and IOOF hall.
Spices and Wartime Meals Highlight Wisconsin Page
Short on spices new methods help stretch flavor as Gladys Stillman urges using a mix of cinnamon substitutes and allspice. War restrictions ease on cloves and nutmeg with imports about 125 million pounds yearly. Interlochen camp offers two West Salem girls a two month music session July to August with top instructors and a patriotic theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Stillman
University of Wisconsin
War Food Administration
United States
Dutch East Indies
Tribune
West Salem
Marjorie Leicht
Lois Thompson
Interlochen
Mich
Local couple sought for housekeeping and yard work
Locals advertise a permanent housework and yard job for a man and wife with a private room and good wages. Also promoted are wrist watches for service men, waterproof and shock proof with luminous dials, available at Paul's Jewelry Store North Side. Gen Hugdahl now at Water's Beauty Shop 316 Exchange Bldg. Watkins products. Phone 3252-M.
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Paul's Jewelry Store
North Side
Gen Hugdahl
Water's
Exchange
Watkins Products
Kidney Bean Rabebit Recipe
Recipe lists kidney beans with fat onion chili powder fresh tomatoes and American cheese. Instructions cover simmer melt cheese then serve. yields four servings. Note explains to soak and cook dried beans overnight and until tender.
Field Grown Rhubarb Versus Hot House Variety Colors
The field grown rhubarb displays a deep red stalk with green leaves whereas the hot house variety shows light pink stalks and light green leaves.
Mary J Tourtellotte Weds MC James Patton in Evanston
Mary Jane Tourtellotte of La Crosse and Medical Cadet James Moss Patton USNR were married at St Luke's Episcopal Evanston. Rev Frederick Lehrle Barry officiated. Attendants included Ruby Green and Matthew M Patton Jr. Ushers were Robert Casey and James Felts. A reception followed at the Georgian hotel prior to a honeymoon in Spokane. The couple will reside at 10 East Elm Chicago after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Evanston
Mary Jane Tourtelotte
la Crosse
James Moss Patton
USNR
Frederick Lehrle Barry
Wallace Tourtellotte
Ruby Green
Park Ridge
Matthew M. Patton, Jr
Robert Casey
James Felts
Northwestern University Medical School
Georgian Hotel
A. M. Tourtellotte
South 17Th Street
Matthew M. Patton
Spokane
Wash
East Elm Street
Chicago
Catholic Women's League Breakfast Postponed to June 25
The annual breakfast, previously set for June 18, has been postponed to June 25. It will be held at St. Francis hospital after the eight o'clock mass, followed by a guided tour of the hospital's blood bank. Leftover meats and custards made with milk and eggs should be kept in a refrigerator due to the low temperature requirements.
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Catholic Women’s League
St. Francis Hospital
Isabell Blair Weds Donald Skorstad In Blair Wisconsin
Isabell Arleen Herreid, daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew J Herreid, and Donald Harry Skorstad, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Skorstad, were married in a candlelight ceremony at Zion Lutheran church Blair. The double ring service featured nuptial music and a reception for 180 in the church parlor. After a short wedding trip the couple will reside near Blair on the bridegroom's farm. the bride studied beauty culture and worked at Vogue in Whitehall.
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Galesville
Wis
Centerville Methodist Church
Wanda Margaret Harris
Theodore Harris
Carrol L. Sacia
Lee Sacia
Alfred Abrahamson
Winifred
Betty Lou
Otis Sacia
Leon Sacia
Junior Gibbs
Wilbur Betz
Alfred Anderson
Charlene Sturdevant
Dawne Smith
Ruth Borrebek
Phyllis Harris
Marjorie Server
Vera Hanson
Janice McWain
Centerville
Wendell Sacia
Anton Borrebek
Lacia
Wisconsin Dells
Ettrick
Zion Lutheran Church
Blair
Isabell
Arleen Herreid
Andrew J. Herreid
Beach
Ettrick Township
Donald Harry Skorstad
Harry Skorstad
Preston
T. E. Sweger
Lauritz Lebakken
Carol Skorstad
Ruth Instenes
Delores Christopherson
Jean Johnson
Julius A. Johnson
North Beaver Creek
Messrs
Mmes
Gene Roon
E. Gundershaugh
la Crosse
Guy Paine
Detroit
Olaf Severson
Prairie
Skorstad
Wausau
Vogue
Whitehall
Mmes. Laverne Knutson
Gilbert Kittleson
Teachers Leave Whitehall Posts After School Year
Mrs Hazel Will supervising teacher finished the year and heads to Fort Atkinson for summer study at Whitewater. Pearl Biesecker will finish June 15 then spend summer at Eleva after La Crosse institute. Dorris Sander will remain in the county superintendent office through summer. Edith Warner attends a prenuptial shower. marriage to Dr Costa set for June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Hazel Will
Fort Atkinson
Whitewater
Pearl Biesecker
Eleva
la Crosse
Dorris Sander
Also Mentioned on This Page
Laura Ann Harnisch
Nell Wilkinson
Mary Zimmerman
Dorothy Witt
Leila Peterson
Dora Scheer
Cherith Shrine No. 14
Order of the White Shrine of
Wynona Hauser
New York
E. Wynona Hauser
Cameron Avenue
Your Cleaners
Home Rite
Corp. Russell
Dar
Newburg Bldg
Lewis Valley
Holmen
Tks
Bohemian Hall
St. Francis Alumnae
Gateway Temple
Pythian Sisters
KC Hall
Vacolite
Linker
Midwest Hearing Aid CO
Bremer Arc
St. Paul, Minn
James Armoto
de Soto
James, Jr
Victor
Frank Henneberg
Minneapolis
Richard Wehrle
Armatos
de Soto Catholic Church
West Salem High School
Joseph E. Maddy
Marjorie
Hazel B. Leicht
Lois
Allen E. Thompson
Percy Grainger
Ferde Grofe
Gustave Langenus
George Rasely
Millard Taylor
Maynard Klein
Walter Welke
Michigan Woodland
Twin Lakes
Wahbekanetta
Wahbekaness
Penn Loch
Extension Service
University of Michigan
Michigan State Board of Control of Vocational Education
Physical Education Department
America
Don Jonson
Alex Modahl
Madison
John Finley Williamson
New York Philharmonics
New York Symphony Orchestra
Centerville, Methodist Church
Erwin Comeau
Aurora
Helen
Theelien Johnson
Theodore Johnson
Lodi
Comeau
Viola
Mary J. Tourtellotte
Evanston, Ill
Bride of
MC James Patton
Cass
Seventh St
Peg
Aaea
Pavo
Grago
Doerflinger
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