Mayor Announces New and Reappointed City Board Members
Mayor Milo Knutson announced multiple new appointments and reappointments to La Crosse city boards. The Common Council re elected Lynn Van Zandt and Raymond Nibbe to the Auditorium Board. D E Hopkins and Charles Loveland Jr were re appointed to the Board of Health for three years. Joseph Becker was re appointed to the La Crosse Housing Authority for five years. F L Fransway, a new City Plan Commission member, is a 30 year Socony Mobil veteran. Robert Gavin is named new Board of Appeals member succeeding Louis Youngman. Fransway, from 339 South 24th Street, is district manager of Socony Mobil Co. in La Crosse. He has 11 years in La Crosse, four decades total with the company. Gavin, of La Crescent, is married with two children and has 17 years with La Crosse Trail er Co. He is CIO Council and UAW Local 316 president and serves on the mayor’s unemployment committee.
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Milo Knutson
Lynn van Zandt
Raymond W. Nibbe
Auditorium
D. E. Hopkins
Charles Loveland Jr
Board of Health
Joseph D. Becker
la Crosse
City Plan Commission
Robert Gavin
Hood Sr
Board of Appeals
Louis F. Youngman
Fransway
Socony Mobil Co
Appleton
University of Wisconsin Extension School
Milwaukee
Gavin
la Crescent
la Crosse Trailer Co
CIO Council
UAW
City Council Honors George Brooks for Police Service
The La Crosse Common Council voted a $100 appreciation for George Brooks in recognition of his crime detection and capture work. Alderman Hubert J. Schleiter introduced the resolution, presented at a banquet at the Stoddard Hotel on June 23.
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George Brook
la Crosse
Common Council
Ald
Hubert J. Schleiter
George Brooks
Stoddard Hotel
Instructors From Viterbo Attend Midwest Symposia
Viterbo College faculty members travel to Illinois for diverse meetings. Rev. Cletus Dirksen and Sisters M Hedwigis and M Charlotte join the Symposyum on the Catholic Contribution to American Intellectual Life at Rosary College June 14 15 with speakers from Hunter College Loyola University of New Orleans and Cornell University among others. Sister Marie Leon participates in the National Catholic Theater conference board meeting in Chicago while Sister M Arlys attends the Quincy College drama workshop June 13 20 designed for religious sisters.
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Viterbo College
Illinois
Cletus Dirksen
C.pp.s
M. Hedwigis
M. Charlotte
Rosary College
River Forest
Ill
Thomas More Assn
Benedict Ashley
O.P
Pontifical Faculty
Dominican House of Studies
George N. Shuster
Hunter College
New York
Caroline Gordon Tate
Karl Stern
Albert Prevost
Montreal
Joseph Fichter
S.J
Jerome Kerwin
University of Chicago
Marie Leon
National Catholic Theater Conference Board
Chicago
M. Arlys
Viterbo
Quincy College
City plans summer music instruction for youths
The City Recreation Department under Eugene Fry announces a summer program for wind and string instrument instruction for public and parochial school children. Classes run the week of June 23 with sites at Central High, Longfellow, Central, Logan, and Washburn, starting registrations at 9 a.m. daily for grades five to nine. students must bring own instruments.
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The
City Recreation Department
Eugene Fry
Kenneth Sterandt
Central High School
Longfellow Band Room
Central Band Room
Logan Senior High School
Washburn School
Sisters Workshop Plans Multiple Plays at Quincy College
The Rev. Elric Warwick, director of the workshop and chairman of the speech and drama department at Quincy College, will oversee the production of several plays by the sisters in attendance.
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Elric Warwick
Quincy College
Engineer Unit Arrives Sunday At Camp McCoy
Brig. Gen. Don A. Parkhurst, commander of the 416th Engineer Brigade, arrived at Camp McCoy. The 416th, a Chicago reserve unit of over 1,500 troops, will undergo its annual two week training starting Sunday. Components include the 372nd Engineer Construction Group Des Moines Iowa the 389th and 495th Engineer Construction Battalions from Dubuque Burlington Ottumwa Waterloo and Keokuk Iowa.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Don A. Parkhurst
Chicago
416Th Engineer
McCoy
416Th
Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Burlington
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Keokuk
Elks Sponsor Flag Day observance in La Crosse
Elks Lodge 300 leader Richard Zoerb urged La Crosse residents to show unity against Communist aggression by observing Flag Day Friday. The event at the Elks Club 5th Ave and State St starts 5 30 pm with Alfred E La France delivering the principal address. The drive promotes showing Old Glory at homes and businesses as part of the Show Your Colors program marking 181st anniversary of the flag’s adoption. committee members named include Marvin Ramsay Herbert Hoelzer Jerome Klos Robert Schilling and B W Ingli.
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Richard Zoerb
Elks Lodge
la Crosse
Elks Club
5Th Ave
State St
Alfred E. LaFrance
Racine
Wisconsin
Zoerb
Marvin Ramsay
Herbert Hoelzer
Jerome Klos
Robert Schilling
B. W. Ingli
Rotary Hears Reports From Three Members
Rotary at the Stoddard Hotel devoted time to three members. Ray Ping described experiences aboard the Queen Mary and shipboard Rotary Club contacts. Robert Moen reported on the Dallas Rotary International convention with about 15 500 attendees from 55 countries. Robert Munk announced a June 26 new committee chairs. The group discussed a tornado relief fund for Chippewa Falls and approved a mail donation and potential member assessment. Verne Seger from Hawaii extended greetings.
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Rotary
Stoddard Hotel
Ray Ping
England
Germany
Rotary Club
Ping
Robert Moen
Rotary International
Dallas
Chippewa Falls
17 Year Old Girl Arrested For Rooming House Watch Theft
A 17 year old girl was arrested by city police on Thursday afternoon for stealing a watch from another girl in her rooming house. The watch was recovered and returned to the owner. She was turned over to the welfare department.
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Welfare Department
City to receive report on job classification study
City officials expect a full report in July from Frederick E. Young on the re survey of job classifications and wage plans. M R Birnbaum said Young will likely present within two to three weeks after interviewing city employees and department heads. The council set aside 75000 dollars last November to cover salary and wage increase costs pending the re evaluation.
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M. R. Birnbaum
Common Council
Frederick E. Young
Madison
State Bureau of Personnel
Birnbaum
Young
Mayor casts deciding vote on Cameron Park parking study
Mayor Milo Knutson broke a 10 to 10 deadlock Thursday night to defeat a proposal for a feasibility study on turning Cameron Park into a parking lot. Aldermen split 10 for and 10 against, with Nerby leading the last ditch push and warning of a referendum if denied.
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Milo Knutson
Cameron Park
Marasek
Nerby
Banquet Ends Camera Club Season Here
About 50 La Crosse Camera Club members and friends held the season finale banquet at Coulee Chateau. Retiring president Bob Ward introduced officers elect Claire Johnson president Harold Peterson vice president J Freisinger treasurer Gladys Grube secretary Isabel Ward and Harold Larson as directors. Print and color slide judging by Rock Island Camera Club announced winners including V E Shimansky for Rapid Delivery and cyclamen slide And Baby Makes Three by John Zoerb with honorable mentions. The group will meet next season at the North Side Library with dates to be announced.
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la Crosse Camera Club
Coulee Chateau
Bob Ward
Claire Johnson
Harold Peterson
J. Freisinger
Gladys Grube
Isabel Ward
Harold Larson
Rock Island, Ill
Camera Club
V. E. Shimansky
John Zoerb
Robert Ward
Ira Krenz
North Side
Queen to Be Named for Drum Bugle Corps Show
A queen will be named July 2 to reign over the Fantasy of Drums and Bugles sponsored by the Commanders Drum and Bugle Corps. Candidates 18 to 21 must register by June 20 at Leithold Music Store with a photo for display. The top three vote receivers advance to the final July 13 at Memorial Field. rain date Mary E Sawyer Auditorium.
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Drums and Bugles
Commanders Drum and Bugle Corps
Leithold
Memorial Field
Mary E. Sawyer
Midwest
Right Sound Advice From Hoboken Jail Sign
Police at Hoboken New Jersey city jail place a blunt message over the cell row entrance telling inmates if they dislike conditions they should remain confined, reflecting a hardline response to complaints.
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Hoboken
N.J
County Group Airs Foster Home Cases
La Crosse County advisory board of the Children's Service Society of Wisconsin discussed ten foster home placements at its quarterly meeting. Miss Lola Bowman Milwaukee director of case work explained referrals from courts and agencies, unwed mothers care, adoption coordination, and placement of emotionally disturbed children. The lunch meeting at Linker Hotel occurred June 6 with about 100 referrals yearly.
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la Crosse County
Waive Extradition In La Crosse Larceny Case
Two young La Crosse men waived extradition to Minnesota in County Court on a larceny charge. William Yurske 19 and Leonard G Stuhr Jr 24 are accused of taking a $150 pile driver part and selling it for scrap in La Crosse. Police found the part in a city junk yard and the pair will be brought to Minnesota for court.
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la Crosse
Minnesota
Houston County
William Yurske
Johnson St
Leonard G. Stuhr Jr
Copeland St
Eugene A. Toepel
Tornado Data Balloon Camera Missing After Shoot Near Cambridge
A Navy and General Mills science balloon launched to study cloud patterns for tornado formation describes a June 3 launch near Amarillo Texas and a June 4 landing near Cambridge Minnesota. A Wallansack camera and barograph are missing and a reward is offered for recovery.
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Office of Naval Research
General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis
Amarillo
Texas
Glen Lundeen
R. 2
Harris
Minn
Cambridge
Wallansack
Navy
Gerry Bowers
Federal
Cliff Merrill
Audit Finds $210 of $232 Shortage in 1956 Tax Roll
City Treasurer Wesley M. Denny told the Common Council that an audit of the 1956 tax roll revealed $210 in average errors accounting for most of a $232.50 shortage. The report suggests the council should reimburse former treasurer John P. Roop who covered the deficit personally. the finding was referred to committee and the city attorney.
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Wesley M. Denny
Common Council
Denny
John P. Roop
Franz files for county treasurer nomination in Jefferson County
Roy A. Franz Republican candidate and Standard service station operator at 6th and Cass streets filed nomination papers in County Clerk Esther Domke's office. He is the first candidate from either party to file with filing deadline set for Tuesday, July 8.
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Roy A. Franz
Esther Domke
Franz
6Th and
Cass Streets
Miss Domke
City seeks county aid for Losey boulevard costs
The Common Council unanimously approved a resolution urging the county to participate on a matching basis for the Losey boulevard segment from Highway 33 to Ward Avenue. The city has $136,182.55, with $115,580 already paid to the state for phase two, and seeks immediate county appropriation using surplus funds as a basis for road aid.
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Common Council
Highway 33
Ward Avenue
Shelby
Highway 14
Losey
Donald Terpstra
Richard Schelbe
City Board of Public Works changes defeated
City aldermen rejected two proposals to alter the Board of Public Works. A 14 to 6 vote defeated removing the city attorney as a voting member and making the mayor ex officio. A 15 to 5 vote defeated a three commissioner board with council approval, and a proposal to raise committee chairmen pay by 50 a month also fell.
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Board of Public Works
City Attorney Backs State Urban Renewal Bill in Madison
City Attorney John K. Flanagan urged support for Bill 1A before a joint legislative committee in Madison. The measure would create an urban development authority with powers to condemn, seek government aid, and accelerate renewal projects including slum clearance. Mayor Milo Knutson and City Aldermen endorsed urban renewal to help qualify for funds as the Legislature opened a special session.
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John K. Flanagan
Madison
Flanagan
Raymond Rice
James Peterson
Milo Knutson
Marine to Finish Training June 20
Marine Pvt. Duane A. Schams, son of Mr and Mrs Walter C Schams of La Crosse Wisconsin, is scheduled to complete four weeks of individual combat training on June 20 at Camp Pendleton. The course covers infantry tactics first aid demolitions field fortifications and advanced weapons schooling.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Duane A. Schams
Walter C. Schams
R. 2
la Crosse
Wis
Marine Corps
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