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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1948

Page

9

Louise Halverson Bethel Bride of William E. Bruring

Louise Halverson Bethel wed William E. Bruring in a mid afternoon Lutheran ceremony at Bethel church on June 12. The couple, daughter and son of local families, were joined by 175 guests at a reception in the church parlors.

Louise Halverson Bethel William E. Bruring Louise A. Halverson Bethel Church O. S. Pauls Henry Halverson Onalaska Avenue Marcella Bruning Park Avenue Fritz Barnes Gerhart Moldenhauer Jerome Medinger Marilyn

UCT Auxiliary Reports and Court of Officers Convene

The United Travelers Auxiliary held its final spring meeting at IOOF hall with 25 members present. Mary Alice Hanson recapped the year's work as delegates Agnes Guberud and Esther Nelson attended the Golden session at Madison from June 3 to 5. Nelson served on the auditing committee and Guberud on the necrology committee. Evelyn Brandt of Manitowoc was elected grand president for 1949 with the next convention in Manitowoc.

United Travelers Auxiliary Ioof Hall Mary Alice Hanson Madison Agnes Guberud Esther Nelson Helen Jansky Lucile Simonson Nelson Viorene Johnson Manitowoc Alice Hanson Gun Club Myrick Frances Kudrud Ella Wangen Mmes Verna Luedke Hattie Evenson Elizabeth Sherer Hazel Olson Laura Rogge Olga LaVold Marie Dahl Mary Forss Esther Martinson Nanny Sherman Miriam Snyder Emma Sch Alice Warner Minnie Russel Gladys Roach Elsie Josephson Marie Jones

Ward and Brandt Unite in June Wedding at Peace Lutheran

Mrs Vernice Ward daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Tracy New Lisbon and Reinhart Brandt son of Mrs Clara Brandt Elroy were married by Rev Arthur Bliese at Peace Lutheran Church on June 2. The ceremony featured a wedding march by Mrs Bliese and vocalist Jeanette Schweiger. The bride wore a powder blue gabardine suit with navy accessories and ink rose and lilies corsage. bridesmaid wore a gray beige gabardine suit. Luncheon for relatives was at the Miller home and the cake was baked by Mrs Miller and her mother. In the evening, guests gathered at the couple’s highway 71 home.

Tomorrow's Menu Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Tomorrow's breakfast features stewed strawberries ready to eat cereal toast with whale wheat bread butter margarine marmalade and coffee. Luncheon items include peanut butter and bacon sandwiches, watercress and mayonnaise sandwiches, raw carrot sticks, plums and apples, tea and milk. Dinner offers patio franks in rolls with mustard corn cortes lettuce tomatoes cucumbers pickles and chips, plus fresh fruit cookies coffee and milk.

Whitehall Pair Wed in St Paul Ceremony at Bruce Valley church

Katherine Mueller of Whitehall and Paul Fandrey of St Paul married June 12 at Bruce Valley Lutheran church with Rev. A H Grimstad officiating. The bride wore a white satin gown with seed pearl headpiece and lilies of the valley, with sisters and relatives in yellow and blue gowns as attendants. The couple plans to reside in St Paul after a north Minnesota honeymoon. Miss Fandrey trained as a nurse at Ancker hospital and has worked there since 1946.

Whitehall Wis Katherine Mueller Edward Mueller Paul Fandrey Rudolph Fandrey St. Paul A. H. Grimstad Bruce Valley Lutheran Church Lois Heike Durand James Heike Delores May Marian Stout Institute Menomonie Marian Mueller Doris Mueller Audrey Mueller Jean Kaphingst John Fandrey Lee Mueller Richard Dierauer Alma Selina Heike Mondovi Alma Mueller Donna Heike Myrna Nancy Faye von Wal William Kaphingst Robert Heike Minneapolis Victor Hoelscher Louise Hoelscher Joseph Pauling Iver Ibsen John New York City Richard von Wald Eyota Minn

Luncheon Menu Highlights Split Pea Soup and Wiches

Split pea soup with chopped vegetable sandwiches and a custard or pudding dessert offers a hearty luncheon or supper option.

Popular princess apron pattern and crochet designs

A selection of home sewing patterns and crochet projects announced for homemakers. Includes Pattern No. 296 for princess aprons in multiple sizes with yardage and pricing. Also offers crochet daily doily and a flower stitch hat with pattern Nos. 5587 and 5792, with ordering details and Chicago addresses.

Lundberg Goplin Vows at Pigeon Falls

In Pigeon Falls Wisconsin Adeline Arleen Lundberg and Obert Goplin were married in the Synod church the first ceremony after its rededication. The double ring service was conducted by Rev E B Christopherson with music by Miss Phyllis Tangen and family members as wedding party. The couple will reside on the Goplin farm in Hale after a brief wedding trip.

Pigeon Falls Wis Synod Adeline Arleen Lundberg Obert Goplin E. B. Christopherson Phyllis Tangen Odell Schansburg Willie Johnson Barbara Lewis Jimmy Gerry Schansburg Obert Lundberg Curtis Smith Hixton Whitehall Goplins Hale Ledvig Goplin

Wedding Bells Open North Central Honeymoon Road

Joyce Jacobson and Norman Selness exchanged rings at the Lutheran church in Wittenberg on June 5. The ceremony featured bride MABEL and groom NORMAN in a garden altar setting. After a buffet luncheon for 25, the couple planned a northern Wisconsin Michigan honeymoon and a future in Lamberton Minnesota.

Mabel Minn Joyce Jacobson Wittenberg Wis Norman Selness Wahl Lutheran Church In Velve Chicago Whitehall Stevens Point Miss Woods Minneapolis Ida Selness Lowell Alice Selness

Mabel Bridal Pair Wed at Caledonia Parsonage

Mabel bride Arvilla Lageson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lageson and Stanley Allen son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Allen Caledonia were married at St John’s Catholic parsonage Caledonia on June 3 by Rev A P Layne. Loyes Ramlo and Wilfred Krug attended. The bride wore a blue suit with dusty rose bridesmaids corsages of gardenias and rosebuds. Dinner was at Trane tea rooms in La Crosse followed by a northern Minnesota and Canadian trip. The bride has worked at the Mabel post office five years and the groom is a war veteran.

Mabel Minn Arvilla Lageson Stanley Allen Albert Lageson Albert Allen Caledonia St. John’s Catholic Parsonage A. P. Layne Loyes Ramlo Wilfred Krug Dusty Rose Trane la Crosse Minnesota

Local Pair Announces Marriage in Tomah

Tomah Wisconsin May 29 marriage announced by Mr and Mrs Richard Abraham 812 Copeland Avenue for their daughter Margaret to Clyde Hahn son of Mr and Mrs Allen Hahn 608 North Ninth Street at the Tomah Methodist parsonage. In London a four day sale of rare stamps fetched 41560 dollars.

Richard Abraham Copeland Avenue Margaret Clyde Hahn Allen Hahn North Ninth Street Tomah Wis

Button fronter pattern for sizes 12 to 42

Simple to launder a joy to wear this handsome button fronter with unusual pocket shapes and a bright fabric option. Pattern No. 8304 covers sizes 14 to 42, requires 4 yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric, and includes neckline and short sleeves. Send name address size and pattern number to Sue Burnett The Tribune Chicago IL.

Sue Burnett the Tribune South Wells Chicago Sue Burnets Ill Suf Burnett Tribune

Mrs Gerald Muir Honored At Wisconsin Luncheon Before Indiana Move

Mrs. Gerald Muir was honored at a Tuesday luncheon hosted by Mrs. Arthur Runnesstrand and Mrs. G. M. Wiley of Galesville. Guests included numerous local residents. The Muir family will relocate to Lafayette Indiana as husband Muir transfers as a Boy Scout field executive starting mid June.

Hegg Lafayette Ind Muir Gateway Area

Caledonia Auxiliary elects officers at June meeting

At the June 2 American Legion auxiliary meeting in Caledonia Minnesota new officers for the year were chosen led by President Mrs Omar Klug and first vice president Mrs Ralph Eikens. Poppy proceeds totaled 22437 dollars. The next meeting is July 7. District results listed Loveless Eikens unit president Mrs I C Gengler district president Milton Brook Lake City district commander Rev John Grafson and district chaplain Rev Oscar Mikkelson. Earl Wagner named Houston county commander.

Caledonia Minn American Legion Auxiliary Omar Klug Ralph Eikens Leo Miller Charles A. Dorival Anton Hill Carl Diersen Joe Hemmer C. A. Dorival I. C. Gengler Loveless Eikens Wabasha Milton Brook Lake City John Graf Freeburg Grand Meadow Oscar Mikkelson Spring Grove Earl Wagner Houston

Colorful peasant designs for cross stitch edging

Colorful peasant designs for cross stitch add distinction to table linens. Finishing includes crocheted picot edging in matching color. To obtain hot iron transfers for five motifs and four napkins plus illustrated instructions, send 15 cents in coin and 1 cent postage to Anne Cabot at The Tribune Chicago.

Anne Cabot Perfect Partner Daily the Bee South Wells Chicago the Tribune

Bonsack Anniversary Celebrated at Bonsack Home

Thirty guests gathered at Theodore H Bonsack's home in Coon Valley Wisconsin on June 5 for the silver wedding anniversary of the couple and to mark the first wedding anniversary of their son Vilas Bonsack and daughter-in-law. Attending were Vilas Bonsack Ernest G Craig Art Schmitz Herbert Huber Robert Kircher Louisa Kumm Minnie Ritter Elvira Schmitz Marjorie Craig Lloyd Kumm Alfred Ritter Harold Ritter Harold Schmitz and others.

Coon Valley Wis Theodore H. Bonsack Vilas Bonsack Burr Oak Ernest G. Craig Art Schmitz West Salem Herbert Huber Robert Kircher Karl Peter Bicha la Crosse Fred Powell Chicago Harold Ritter Harold, Jr Mary Ritter Louisa Kumm Minnie Ritter Elvira Schmitz Marjorie Craig

Kruger Stead Tie in Rochester Church Wedding

Jean Kruger daughter of Mr and Mrs John Kruger Rochester and Loring Stead son of Mr and Mrs Alva Stead Hill City Minn were married in the First Presbyterian church Rochester June 6 in a double ring ceremony by Rev A Van Puffelen. The couple will reside at 516 W Myrtle St Stillwater Minn and the bride taught in Canton schools the past three years.

Canton Minn First Presbyterian Church Rochester Jean Kruger John Kruger Loring Stead Alva Stead Hill City A. van Puffelen Stanley Pennington Violet Maribeth Wickett Lorraine Johnson Rushford Donald Stead Arthur Nash Robert Abrahamson Tom Richards Minnesota Canada W. Myrtle Street Stillwater Leach Company Oshkosh Wis

Hillsboro Pair Wed in Double Ring ceremony at Burr Wesleyan

Ortha Nofsinger and Richard D. Holley were married in Madison Wisconsin in a double ring ceremony at Burr Wesleyan Methodist Church officiated by Rev Kenneth Hintz. The bride wore a lace gown with train and a full length veil. The matron of honor and bridesmaids wore pink and pale green net with bridal wreaths. Ushers and singing completed the ceremony. After a reception at the bride's home 68 attended and more than 100 joined a later shower. The couple plan to live in Madison after a two week honeymoon in Oklahoma and nearby states.

Hillsboro Wis Ortha Nofsinger Roy Nofsinger Richard D. Holley Woodward Okla Burr Wesleyan Methodist Church Kenneth Hintz Gerald Best Mike Jacobson Lynford Sanders Donald Scott David Jordan Madison Dorville Nossinger Duane Eastman Hintz Holley Vernon County Normal School Gordon’s Restaurant

Van Hoosens Leave Elroy After 30 Years For San Diego

After thirty years on the same farm and in the same church, Mr and Mrs Ed Van Hoosen and their daughter Myrtle depart Elroy for San Diego Calif A surprise party at Peace Lutheran church parlor honored their steadfast membership A program featured songs duets and poems and Rev A Bliese spoke of the privilege of those moving away The farewell ended with a lunch and gift from Peace church members.

Elroy Wis Ed van Hoosen San Diego Calif van Hoosens Myrtle Peace Lutheran Church Dixie Ruth Preuss Diane Dutton A. Bliese van Housens Bliese Jesus C. Tremain Peace Ladies Aid

Viroqua Bride-Elect Honored at Miscellaneous Shower

Rea Marie Fredrickson, soon to be wed in summer, is the honored guest at a Friday afternoon Oak Room shower hosted by Mmes. Robert L. Graves Robert B. Graves Curtis Erickson and Eldon Transtad. Invitations list fifty-two guests. A recent shower for Miss Fredrickson drew thirty eight guests hosted by Mines Bernard Lewison Don Kummers Sylvan Dregne and Jack Schrieter.

Viroqua Wis Rea Marie Fredrickson Mmes Robert L. Graves Robert B. Graves Curtis Erickson Eldon Transtad Oak Room the Oriole Miss Fredrickson Mines Bernard Lewison Don Kummers Sylvan Dregne Jack Schrieter

Carrie Chard Celebrates 80th Birthday in Elroy

Carrie Chard, 80, was honored in Elroy Wisconsin with a June 8 birthday gathering of about 23 friends and neighbors at her home. A three tier pastel cake lit by candles was made by Mrs George Florin. She received a corsage and a money purse, and also enjoyed a WSCS Methodist church birthday cake on June 9.

Elroy Wis Carrie Chard George Florin

Rice Wittenberg Nuptials Held at Calvary Baptist

Frances Margaret Rice and Lauritz G. Wittenberg wed at Calvary Baptist with vows June 12. The service featured organist Olga Caspersen and vocalist Mrs. James Olson. A reception for about 250 followed at the couple’s residence. the couple plans a June 20 homecoming at Breezy Point after a northern Minnesota trip.

Frances Margaret Rice Lauritz G. Wittenberg Calvary Baptist Service Calvary Baptist Ray Richardson Emil A. Rice Copeland Avenue George E. Wittenberg Palace Street Olga Caspersen James Olson Janice Marshall Eleanor Klimpen Linda Wittenberg Juliet Gerald Wittenberg Frederick Rice Ole Oines Richard Bolden

Doctor Says Signs Of Migraine Odd Treatments Yet Uncertain

Neurology column notes migraine is typically one sided with aura, vomiting, and vision disturbance. Premonitory signs include hunger or low mood. Treatments vary from ketogenic diet to ergotamine tartrate and oxygen, with mixed success among patients.

Manhart attends niece Loretta Manhart wedding in Topeka

George Manhart traveled from Caledonia Minnesota to Topeka Kansas for the marriage of his niece Loretta Manhart daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Manhart formerly of Caledonia and Edward Schwaedt.

Caledonia, Minn George Manhart Topeka Kans Loretta Manhart Joe Manhart Caledonia Edward Schwaedt

Mrs Matson Receives WCTU Life Membership

Mrs N A Matson will be presented a life membership to the Women's Christian Temperance Union at her home 234 South 19th Street Friday. She joined in 1896 and for 50 years led the Flower Mission delivering bouquets from her garden to hospitals. The meeting honors Jennie Cassidy the Flower Mission originator with Mrs C G Knudson assisting.

N. A. Matson Women’s Christian Temperance Union South 19Th Street Matson WCTU Flower Mission Jennie Cassidy C. G. Knudson

Wedding in Davenport Iowa Ties Niggle Family

In Davenport Iowa on June 5 Gordon James of Duluth wed Genevieve Lange. Mrs Clarence Niggle and children Vincent Kathleen Roberta Betz attended with Mr and Mrs Vernon James Mabel from Rushford Minnesota.

Rushford, Minn Clarence Niggle Vincent Kathleen Roberta Betz

Infant Shower Honors Karen Marie Oakes in Spring Grove

A shower was held Friday at the Oakes home in Spring Grove Minnesota honoring Karen Marie Oakes infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Oakes Jr The event was described as a special infant shower with attendance by family and friends.

Spring Grove Minn Karen Marie Oakes Harold Oakes, Jr Oakes

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