Be Vigilant Flag Day Address Urges Patriotism and Vigilance
Norman Schulze spoke at La Crosse Elks Flag Day ceremonies in Riverside Park urging vigilance in protecting the flag’s meaning. He urged informed voting and warned against forces threatening American ideals while praising the flag as a symbol of peace and freedom. The event featured a parade, historical remarks, scholarships, and a concert by the La Crosse Concert Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Schulze
la Crosse Elks Lodge
Riverside Park
Schulze
The
Elks
Truman
United States
Khrushchev
America
Ellis
Uxile
John Flanagan
Carroll Weigel
B. W. Ingll
la Crosse
Rose Theater to reopen under new management in Melrose
Melrose residents learn the Rose Theater reopens with two shows weekly and a free Wednesday program. Cadillac caravan visits Community Motors in La Crosse June 21 and 22 featuring Eldorado Biarritz and Seville models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose, Wis
Melrose
Rose Theater
Community Motors
Cadillac Automobile Agency
la Crosse
S. 4Th St
Cadillac
Biarritz
Star Club members share 1956 sales strength and events
The Star Club honors top New York Life agents based on 1956 sales with 6200 full time staff across 195 offices in the United States Canada and Hawaii. Chick from Eau Claire attends an educational conference in French Lick Indiana June 26 29. The Trane Company wins a contract to install CenTraVac 200 horsepower water chiller for Sunbeam Electric in Santurce Puerto Rico marking first hermetic centrifugal unit there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert T. Chick
S. 13Th St
la Crosse
New York Life Insurance Company
William H. Huff
Eau Claire
Huff
Star Club
New York Life
United States
Canada
Hawaii
Chick
French Lick
Ind
Trane Company
Sunbeam Electric Corp
Santurce
Puerto Rico
CenTraVac
Parish Picnic At Our Saviors Lutheran Sunday
Our Saviors Lutheran parish picnic will be held at the municipal golf grounds in Whitehall. Open air services led by Pastor C G Birkeland start at 11 a.m. A pot luck meal follows at noon with families supplying their own main dishes and desserts. The Sunday school meets at 10 a.m. with a 20 minute teachers and pupils session before the grounds events. Awards for perfect attendance will be presented.
Locals Boost Wood Floors With Sanding and Finishing
Locals advertise sanding and finishing services for wood floors with free estimates. The FlorShop at 1129 West Ave offers greenery and greenhouse sale. A green house clearance on vegetable and flowering plants with 20 percent off at 737 No. 24th St. For sale a single all aluminum awning. Knitting classes for junior misses at the Pink Poodle Yarn Gallery. Contact 45785 for details. Mrs Theodore Hartman formerly Mate Collins has left Milwaukee after visiting R P Stadtler at 625 Pine St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florshop
West Ave
Hillview
No. 24Th St
Catherine Franke
Theodore Hartman
Mate Collins
Milwaukee
R. P. Stadtler
Pine St
Local court records list fines and orders in La Crosse area
The Daily Records reports James R. Ellis and others cited for traffic offenses with fines from 10 to 25 dollars and bond forfeitures. Kenneth Knudtson pleads innocent on importing cattle without health certification. Larry E. Nussele, a Camp Mc Coy soldier, fined for drunken disorderly conduct and ordered to reimburse a broken car window. A Wright County welfare order transfers infant custody to the executive secretary of the Wright County Board of Social Welfare, following an April 15 notice to the mother to leave. the baby, under two months, was left with Mrs. E. Beese of Postville, then returned to Wright County.
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Larry E. Nussele
Camp McCoy
Henry C. Fanning
Theodore Luedtke
G. B. Richter
Jeanette Holland
Wright County Board of Social Welfare At
Buffalo
Minn
Wright County
E. Beese
Postville
Local Marriage Licenses and Arrangements Listed
Whitehall couple Richard Pampuch and Antoinette Sosalla plan to wed June 22. Trempealeau pair Leon Herrick and Ellen Herrick wed June 14. Blair couple Terrence Beaty and Rosalie Molstad wed June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Joseph Pampuch
Antoinette Marie Sosalla
Independence
Leon Louis Herrick
Ellen Lillian Herrick
Trempealeau
Terrence Arthur Beaty
Rosalie Jean Molstad
Blair
Deaths of Schroeder Bortz Blajesky and Graff in La Crosse area
Obituaries report the deaths of 85 year old John J. Schroeder of South Ave and 66 year old William S. Bortz of George Street with services set at First Lutheran and Sletten McKee Funeral Homes. Also listed are Mary Blajesky of 412 North 15th Street and Emil Graff of 1630 Charles Street with funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Bortz
George &J
Sletten-McKee
Ada
William B
la Crosse
J. E. (Rose) Burkett
Isabelle B. Paxton
Pittsburgh
Alwyn B. Glassner
Washington, D.C
W. H. Schrader
Cleveland
Ohio
James
Dorothy) DeKiep
Hopkins, Minn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Oak Grove Cemetery
Carl Zimmerman
Mission Service Set At Arcadia
Saint John’s Lutheran congregation in Arcadia Wisconsin will hold a Divine Mission Worship Service at 10 a.m. Sunday as the first step in a new mission program. A chicken dinner will follow from 11 a.m. served with Arcadia fryers. John Hohman chairs the meal. Lewis Kreid oversees the refreshment stand. Mrs Anna Glanzer leads the serving group.
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Arcadia
Wis
St. John's Lutheran
John Hohman
Lewis Kreid
New Minister At PhC Methodist
The Rev. James Weise of Westfield Wisconsin will serve as pastor at Prairie du Chien Methodist Church, leading 8 and 10 a.m. services. He moved to Prairie du Chien with his wife and two children after being ordained at a Methodist conference on June 9. He succeeds Rev. Francis Wagner who left in December, with Joseph Warner conducting services since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
James Weise
Westfield
Weise
Francis Wagner
Joseph Warner
Camp Wanbeek to Host Handicapped Children This Summer
The Wisconsin Easter Seal Society marks 20 years operating Camp Wanbeek in Wisconsin Dells from June 16 to September 7. About 550 disabled children and adults are expected, with 32 staff plus a nurse and social worker running health and recreation programs. Campers are chosen by county Easter Seal societies and medical staff, with participants from 71 Wisconsin counties. A Greyhound bus will carry La Crosse campers on Sunday noon, led by Jaycees volunteers.
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Camp Wanbeek
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin Easter Seal Society
Wanbeek
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Mary Jo Burke
Warren Burke
S. 21St Pl
Mary Ellen Byrne
Edmund Byrne
Caledonia St
Marlene Hagen
Donald Hagen
N. 23Rd St
Timothy Hauer
John Hauer
Barlow St
Joyce Jacobs
Theodore Jacobs
Richard Kerska
Harry Kerska
Johnson St
Ruth Ann Larkin
Jerry Larkin
Liberty St
Stafford Loveland
Warren W. Loveland
Main St
Candace McCormick
Howard McCormick
Hamilton St
Robert Oldenburg
Charles Oldenburg
5Th Ave
John Uhler
Donald Uhler
Market St
Richard Zoerb
Richard Mettille
Robert Poss
The
Jaycees
Monroe County
LaVerne Herberg
Sidney Herberg
Sparta
Diane Ruland
Francis Ruland
Robert Steinmetz
Tomah
Births at Lutheran Hospital and St Ann’s Hospital
Listings report multiple births and newborns across several homes and hospitals. Names include Harold Hendrickson and Rita Violet, Robert Steuck and Jean Beader, Gustave Werthein and Natal ie Amsrud, David D. Arneson and Mary Mezera, Arlin E. Wilson and Jacqueline Klaus, Reinhold Koszesewski and Geraldine Lesky, James A. Burmeister and Margaret Bakken, and John William Jones in Berkeley California, with dates June 9 to June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hendrickson
Charles St
Rita Violet
Robert Steuck
Losey Ct
Jean Beader
23Rd St
Natalie Amsrud
Gustave Werthein
Donna Zaiger
St. Ann's Hospital
David D. Arneson
R. J. Holmen
Mary Mezera
Arlin E. Wilson
George St
Jacqueline Klaus
Kenneth A. Knudison
Mindoro
Doris Lockington
Reinhold H. Koszesewski
Rose
McGregor Church Marks Centennial and Priest’s 25th
In McGregor Iowa St Marys Catholic Church to celebrate 100 years with a solemn Mass at 11 a.m. on June 16 led by Rev Francis J Phelan the pastor. A dinner reception and evening pageant follow. The parish earlier worshipped at St Gabriel in Prairie du Chien before building in 1857.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Iowa
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Francis J. Phelan
St. Gabriel's Church
Prairie du Chien
St Mary's Church to mark 100th anniversary in McGregor
St Marys Catholic Church of McGregor will observe its 100th anniversary with a High Mass at 11 am and a 25 year milestone for Rev Frances Phelan. Rt Rev Vernon Peters will give the sermon. A dinner, pageant We are St Marys, and open house follow. Early records note 1856 57 services, first priest Rev Richard Nagle, and land donations by Jas McGregor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Iowa
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Frances Phelan
St. Mary's Centennial
Vernon Peters
St. Mary’s
Sisters of Charity
Jas. McGregor
Catholic Society of McGregor
Main St
Man Reports Thief at Police Station Then Is Arrested
Rutherford Tyree 22 told a rookie officer that a footlocker was stolen from his home. The officer ran Tyree's records and charged him with burglary in the Hillside Appliance Co robbery on May 20. Two accomplices were arrested while a fourth remained sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Rutherford Tyree
Raymond Dubis
Dubis
Leo Woelfel
Tyree
Hillside Appliance Co
Woelfel
Charles Johnson
Truman To Kick Off Democrat Senate Race Milwaukee Speech
Former President Harry S Truman will address a 25 dollar per plate Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Milwaukee marking the unofficial start of the campaign to elect a Democrat to the seat left by the late Joseph McCarthy. About 1,200 tickets were sold for the event at the Auditorium as part of a day of party activities.
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Milwaukee
Harry Truman
United States
Joseph McCarthy
Truman
Senate
McCarthy
Five Navy Reserve sailors advance to fireman in test
May 22 tests at the U S Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center advanced five Naval Reserve Surface Division members from fireman apprentice to fireman. Allan G. Asmus Holmen Galen R. Berg Ettrick Jon H. Bichel La Crosse Melvin N. Goode Houston Minn earned the advancement with high marks after regular classes and two 14 day cruises.
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U.S. Naval and
Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Green Bay St
Naval Reserve Surface Division
Allan G. Asmus
Holmen
Galen R. Berg
Ettrick
Jon H. Biche
N. 23Rd St
la Crosse
Melvin N. Goode
Houston
Minn
Airman 2C Roy V Munson Promoted at Sewart AFB
Airman first class Roy V. Munson son of Mrs F Munson 925 Redfield St has been promoted during the June promotion cycle. He is assigned to the 2nd Aerial Port Squadron and has been stationed at Sewart since July 1954.
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Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
C. Roy V. Munson
F. Munson
Redfield St
Munson
Sewart
Western style square dancers gather at St Louis convention
About 12,000 dancers from the U S Mexico Alaska and Canada attended the 6th National Square Dance Convention at Kiel Auditorium St Louis. The event focused on refined western style dancing with panels and discussions led by Orwell Essman and drew middle aged enthusiasts rather than contests or prizes.
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United States
Mexico
Alaska
Canada
St. Louis
Kiel Auditorium
Orwell Essman
Tri State Deaths Frank ONeill and Mrs Wilkins
Frank Irish ONeill 80 Allen Creek area farmer died Thursday in Black River Falls after a four day illness. Funeral rites set for Saturday at Lang lois-Galston Funeral Home and Shamrock Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include two nephews Rufus and Daniel ONeill of Sparta. Mrs Frank Wilkins 72 of Montello died Friday at a Jack River Falls hospital while visiting her son Robert, a local businessman. She also leaves a husband, three daughters Anabelle Turner Milwaukee Charlotte Odegaard Antigo and Lila Maddalina Colorado Springs. Funeral services pending Packwaukee and burial at Montello.
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Mary Blajesky
N. 15Th St
Josephine Blajesky
la Crosse
Holy Cross Catholic Church
N. B. Beschta
Schumacher Funeral Home
Winnebago Sts
Black River Falls
Wis
Langlois-Galston
Shamrock Catholic Church
Anthony J. Thuecks
Mr. O'Neill
Little Falls
Monroe County
Allen Creek
Jackson County
Rufus
Daniel O'Neill
Sparta
Frank Wilkins
Montello
Jack River Falls
Robert
Wilkins
Anabelle Turner
Milwaukee
Charlotte Odegaard
Antigo
Lila Maddalina
Colorado Springs
Colo
Packwaukee
Montelio
TV Topics Highlight Evening Lineup Across Stations
Telecast notes list Ben Blue on Five Star Comedy Party at 4 30 pm Tex Ritter sings High Noon on Ozark Jubilee 5 00 5 30 pm The Big Picture training film at 5 30 pm The Chordion introduced on Lawrence Welk Show 6 00 7 00 pm Look Magazine feature on Welk Welk and Champagne Music Makers WKET Jack Benny Show 7 00 8 00 pm Peggy Lee Vic Damone Betty Keen Lou Parker Dave Barry Lang Troupe and June Taylor Dancers appear A Screen Test on S S Ocean Queen Gale Storm Show Oh Susanna 8 00 pm WKAT Western Saddle Bum Roustabout on S R O Playhouse 8 30 pm Gobel Goes Global Lone some George George Gobel Show 9 00 pm Jolie Jacqueline Paris backdrop Top Seven Survey Tunes on Your Hit Parade 9 30 pm WKBT News Weather Sports weekend wrap by Bill Mann at 10 00 alalask Vv evin WKBST
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Ben Blue
Tex Ritter
Ozark
Jackie Gleason
Peggy Lee
Vic Damone
Betty Keen
Lou Parker
Dave Barry
Lang
June Taylor
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Philip H. Howard
IBM
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Leslie W. Howard
Mid. R
French Island
Howard
University of Wisconsin
Syracuse University
U.S. Army
Institute of Radio Engineers
AIEE
Association For Computing Machinery
Eta Kappa Nu
Myers Corners Road
Folger Coffee Co
R. E. Atha
Atha
LaVerne C. Lewis
N. 21St St
Madden
Frank Stark
Stark
Marine Mart
Frank Mezera
Don Fisher
Shell Oil Company
Super Shell
Shell
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Shell Premium
R. T. Seidel
Tizzy
By Kate Olann
MA Service
Agnes
James R. Ellis
S. 32Nd St
William E. Finney
Robert L. Gorman
David Barrett
14Th St
Kenneth Knudtson
Luedtke
Marjorie
East Oak Street
Nussele
Vaukon
Whitehall, Wis
John J. Schroeder
South Ave
Hamburg
Vernon County
Minnie
Gertrude L. Schroeder
Alfred
Chaseburg
Harry
Rantoul
First Lutheran Church
Fritz Miller
Woodlawn
Stetten- McKee
Emil Graff
Dickinson Funeral Home
Phc Methodist
Conrad Buchal
Bennie Buchal
Hillsboro
Kenny Taylor
Durwood Taylor
Ontario
Alta Bay Community Hospital
Berkeley
Calif
Philip
John William Jones
Marilyn Espenes
St. Mary's Church
White House
Phillip Nash
Wisconsin Rapids
Howard J. Meier
Truman Memorial
Wiliam Clark
Navy Reserve War Advancement
Essman
Frank (Irish
O'Neill
WKBT
WRBST
Lawrence Welk
Welk
Look Magazine
WKAT
Steamship Line
Susanna
Scott Brady
Jeanne Moody
Gobel
Jeannie Carson
George
George Gobel
Bill Mann
Vv Uevin
Channel 8
Bernie Thill
Cortland
Food Housekeeping
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