Augustana Church Plans Tuition for Seminary Students
The 97th Augustana Lutheran Church synod approved a $100 per semester tuition for Rock Island seminary students, with existing board and room costs. Some conferences urged review, citing affordability concerns, while leaders argue fees will boost independence and fund faculty and facilities. The gathering also heard Paul Empie forecast Refugee Relief Act outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar O. Gustafson
Dassel
Minn
Seminary Board of Directors
Gustafson
Oscar A. Benson
Minneapolis
Augustana
Synod
Minnesota
Red River
California
New York
Paul C. Empie
National Lutheran Council
Camp Coulee Near Onalaska Ends First Year Sunday
Camp Coulee completes its inaugural year on Sunday on the Lutheran High School grounds east of Onalaska. The 43 campers from sixth through ninth grades follow a full daily schedule from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. with Bible study crafts swimming and nightly devotions under leaders including Rev. John Lau and Rev. Carl Brenner. The event features a boat cruise aboard Carl Miller's "We Go" and concludes with a 10 a.m. Sunday breakup and 11 a.m. rally service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Coulee
Lutheran High School
Onalaska
Pralle
Mississippi Valley Lutheran High School Assn
John Lau
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Carl Brenner
Grace Lutheran Church
Shelby
Robert Schertzer
Frank Italiano
Lau
Sidney Kopp
Hugo Kardin
Wesley Proksch
Arthur Leisse
Onalaska Bus Co
la Crosse
Carl Miller
Church of God
West Ave
John Kurtz
Church OF the Open Bible
Liberty
Clinton Sts
Howard E. Stone
Dulles to Attend Son's Jesuit Ordination
Secretary of State Dulles attends the ordination of his son Avery into the Roman Catholic priesthood at Fordham University Church with Cardinal Spellman leading ceremonies for Avery and 35 others. Avery Dulles recently joined the Jesuit order after converting to Catholicism in 1940 at Harvard Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dulles
Avery
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Fordham University Church
Brick Presbyterian Church
Park Avenue
Harvard University Law School
Asbury Pastor And Wife Honored On 20th Wedding Anniversary
At Asbury Methodist Church on June 9 a reception celebrated the 20th wedding anniversary of the Kev and Mrs Winsor Wilson. Orland Zajicek led and music was directed by Mrs John G Halverson with piano and violin by Mrs Francis Spangler and Mrs Roy Imbs. Choirs from junior to senior participated. Woman's Society of Christian Service sponsored the event with Mrs R W Blanchard as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kev
Winslow Wilson
Asbury Methodist Church
Orland Zajicek
John G. Halverson
Francis Spangler
Roy Imbs
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
R. W. Blanchard
Oscar Lorenz
Mines
Oscar Wallschlaeger
Earl Goldbeck
Tina Hass
Theodore Trapp
Wesley Tietze
Edward Smith
Dale Rudy
F. L. Neubauer
Cyril Robinson
Ray Jacobus
Robert Tichenor
John Eggers
Roy Barker
Lawrence Rowe
Charles Begun
Kenneth Dahlstrom
Dean Yerkes
Fred Miller
Grace Gibson
Roads Being Fixed But Motorists Will Pass
Madison motorists will face detours and reroutings this week as Wisconsin roadwork proceeds. The Highway Commission reports traffic will pass the works at most sites, with some one way sections and only one road fully closed, State Highway 27 in Bayfield County. Detours listed include U S 8 and State 32 55 in Forest County and others across multiple counties.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Highway Commission
Bayfield County
Eau Claire Lake
Forest County
Waupaca
Jackson
Iowa County
State
Milwaukee County
Shawano County
Lincoln County
Fond du Lac
Washington County
Chippewa County
Waukesha County
Queen Margaret Dance The Samba With Swedish Royalty
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip danced the samba with European royalty and Swedish nobility at a Stockholm Town Hall ball marking the couple's Sweden visit. The event featured Swedish bluebloods and social leaders as the night extended into the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen
Margaret
Stockholm
Sweden
Britain
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Youth Camp Attendance Planned by First Presbyterian Church
Nineteen youths from First Presbyterian Church will attend Camp Onaway on an island near Waupaca Wisconsin this summer. The camp is owned by the Presbyterian Church USA Synod of Wisconsin. Dedication Sunday will be held at 9 am during morning worship. Participants are listed with weekly sessions from June 23 to Sept 1 including Jack Bergerson Mike Burkart Charles Norman David Post Jim Willson Beth MacAulay Jeanette McBain Barbara Topel Susan Bell Kathy Miller Judy Preston Mary Russell Janice Beecher Judy Burkart Judy Conway Ann Keller Mary MacAulay John Peters Nancy Barton
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First Presbyterian Church
Onaway
Waupaca
Wis
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Synod of Wisconsin
Jack Bergerson
Mike Burkart
Charles Norman
David Post
Jim Willson
Republicans Pride on Record at Saltonstall Speech
Worcester Mass Republican leaders hailed a record of peace without appeasement prosperity without war and progress without bureaucracy. Senator Saltonstall told the state convention Republicans will be proud to run this fall on that record and urged votes for Eisenhower and GOP leadership. Chairman Martin urged support for re election of the Eisenhower administration in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Sen
Saltonstall
Eisenhower
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
House
Every Citizen In Politics Davis Addresses Graduates
Rep. Glenn Davis told a Menomonee Falls high school graduating class that every citizen is in politics whether they know it. He called politics the science of government and urged graduates to engage in civic and political affairs and pursue further education for greater opportunity and service.
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Menomonee Falls
Glenn Davis
Waukesha
Davis
Alexander Wiley
Youth saves himself from ledge as crowd calms scene
In Ventura a 17 year old boy Frank A Williams sat on a hotel lodge five stories above street level. He shouted I am not afraid to jump to his girlfriend Sandra Swinton 17 as firemen spread a net. After a half hour he stepped back into police arms and was taken to a hospital for observation while Miss Swinton was hospitalized for shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Calif
Sandra Swinton
Frank A. Williams
Williams
Santa Monica
Miss Swinton
Lost Shrunken Head Lurks Under Car Seats Story
A NEA report finds car interiors double as storerooms with items dug from under seats. Hidden riches include cash, jewelry, and items like a shrunken head found in a Delaware car, plus weapons and odd keepsakes across several cities.
Area Church Listings and Clergy Services Compile
A long church notices page lists Adventist Pentecostal Assembly and many Catholic parishes with pastors and weekly schedules. It details worship, Sunday schools, mass times, Holy Days, confessions, and special services across multiple streets and churches.
Religious listings and service times for area churches
A dense catalog of masses confessions and devotions across multiple parishes including St Wenceslaus St Patrick Church Onalaska Our Lady of Guadalupe and local Christ churches. Also notes study services at First Church of Christ Scientist and The Open Bible with weekly prayer and Bible study times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Church
Onalaska
Joseph N. Bach
Our Lady of Guadeloupe
Area Church Schedule Listings Include Dozens of Congregations
A long roster lists services for multiple Lutheran and other churches around La Crosse Onalaska and surrounding areas. It details pastors, worship times, nurseries, Bible schools and special events across numerous parishes and locations.
Religious services and church schools listed for multiple faiths
A regional schedule lists times for church schools and morning services at First Congregational Losey Blvd and Main St, Christ Episcopal on 9th and Main, St. Peter’s Logan and Avon, Bethany Evangelical Free North St and Onalaska, Moody Memorial on Campbell Rd, St. John’s West Ave and Market, Jehovah’s Witnesses 16th St, LDS YWCA West Ave and Main, RLDS Liberty and Sill, Bethel Lutheran George and Sill, and English Lutheran Trinity 16th Cass. Each entry notes pastor or rector and service times including morning prayers, sermons, and Bible study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
West Ave. S
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
16Th St
Park Ave
Lloyd Lambert
Onalaska
Bethany Evangelical Free
North St. and
Otto L. Larsen
Moody Memorial Evangelical, Free Church
Campbell Rd
Carroll Anderson
Congregation Sons of Abraham Schedule and Classes
Congregation Sons of Abraham at 1820 Main St led by Rabbi D. O. V. Schwarez offers Sunday school at 10 a.m. and a Sunday Oneg twice monthly. Hebrew school runs Monday through Friday at 8:30 p.m. An adult history class meets Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregation Sons of Abraham
Main St. D
Two Freed Priests Report They Are Well
Two American priests, Rev. John William Clifford and Rev. Thomas Leonard Phillips, freed after three years in Red China, tell AP they are well and resting in Shanghai before likely reaching Hong Kong within a week. They were among 13 Americans held on espionage and counterrevolutionary charges. Bishop Walsh remains in Shanghai.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
John William Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
San Francisco
Associated Press
Red China
Peiping Radio
Father Clifford
Clifford
James Edward Walsh
Walsh
Cumberland
Communist China
Phillips
Vacation Bible School Starts June 18 at Grace Lutheran
Grace Lutheran Church at Ward and 26th hosts a two week Vacation Bible School from June 18 to 29. Open to children ages 4 to confirmation age with Monday registration. Led by Rev. C. P. Brenner and staff including Mrs. Orville Kile Janet Berg Norman Kohlmeyer and others. Activities include Bible stories crafts songs pictures and games under the theme Gods Children Pray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Ward Ave
S. 26Th St
C. P. Brenner
Orville Kile
Janet Berg
Norman Kohlmeyer
Frank Tetzlaff
Frank Italiano
Don Bentzen
Seabees Build U.S. Bases in Philippines Fortress Plan
Manila reports Navy Seabees are constructing U.S. air and naval bases across the Philippines to form a Pacific defense fortress. The program began in 1952 with completion expected in 1962 and would cost more than the Panama Canal project over a decade. Filipino lawmakers led by Sen. Claro M. Recto seek to shorten the 99 year lease to 10 or 20 years, gain Philippine jurisdiction, and bar removal of removable improvements.
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Manila
U.S
Philippines
Pacific
United States
Panama Canal
U.s.philippines
Sen. Claro M
St Augustine graduates gain soda fountain party in heat
In Andover Massachusetts the 30 member St Augustine grammar school class celebrated graduation with unlimited access to a soda fountain in Marilyn R Harty’s father’s drug store. Marilyn led classmates into the shop and urged them to help themselves as they enjoyed drinks with syrup and whipped cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andover
Mass
St. Augustine Grammar School
Marilyn R. Harty
Marilyn
First Bible School Opens at Good Shepherd Lutheran
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Robinsdale hosts its first vacation church school opening Monday. Eighty children aged three to six grade will attend daily for two weeks with worship, Bible study, hymn study, recreation and art. The program divides into three departments across three floors with a long list of teachers and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
S. 27Th St
Robinsdale
J. L. Mattes
R. W. Roellig
Gilbert Grunzel
Gene Brink
Mattes
Walt Hammond
al Rhode
Wallace Hicke
George Schneider
Wilma Saley
Karen Brink
Marie Scott
Gerhardt Daly
George Thaldorf
Nancy McPherridge
Marie Mattison
Robert Reetz
Roellig
Sharon Holthaus
Willard Larson
Spencer Pettis
Presbyterians Plan Summer Program at First Church
The First Presbyterian Church announces a summer program organized by the Christian education committee for all ages. The church school stays open all summer with a 9 am session for younger children and a 7:45 am breakfast class for older youth. Weekly activities include teen evenings, children’s story hours, and family programs starting June 21 in Cargill House.
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First Presbyterian Church
Committee On Christian Education
Fellowship Hall
Cargill House
Is the Universe Evolved by Atomic Force Sermon Theme
Sunday Christian Science readings affirm man’s dominion over material law and Spirit based power. Lectures include King James Bible selections and Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. The Golden Text cites Psalms on God's greatness and control of earth's depths and hills.
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Christian Science Services
Mary Baker Eddy
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Augustana Church
Son
Asbury
Presbyterian
NEA
Syracuse
Buffalo
Ohio
Miami
Pasadena
Grand Rapids
Mich
Knoxville
Tenn
Newcastle
Del
Adventist
Seventh Day Adventist Church
6Th and King Sts
Larry N. Boyd
Young People’s Missionary Volunteers
Apostolic Tabernacle
United Pentecostal Church
Arthur Mansur
Assembly OF God
N. 7Th St
H. Houser
Christian Father
Velma Campbell
Nigeria
W. Africa
Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Sts
Carl B. Zimmerman
Bible School For All Sages
Bible Institute
Baptist
WLCX
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles I and Logan Sts
Gordon M. Swedberg
First Baptist Church
S. 6Th St
Folke Ferre
John Wiberg
Cathedral of St. Joseph
Louis Paquette
Francis A. Wavra
Thomas F. Crowley
Leonard C. Stashek
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Losey Boulevard
King St. Rt
Thomas E. O’shaughnessy
Andrew Karoblis
John Brey
Perpetual Help
Holy Trinity Church
13Th Street
Land Park Avenue
Re.ay Plecity
James F. Murphy
Thomas E. Langer
St. James Catholic Church
Caledonia St
James J. Sheridan
Peter Stoll
Thomas Mannion
Albert W. Sonnberger
St. John the Baptist Church
Avon St
Hugo Koehler
Edwin O. Thome
Mother of Perpetual Help
Holy Cross Church
Ferry St
Nicholas B. Beschta
Thomas Ninneman
Erme
St. Mary’s Church
7Th and Even Avenue
William L. Mooney
Jerome Gerum
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
10Th and
Weston Streets
Thomas E. Mullen
Thomas F. Dempsey
St. Wenceslaus Church
Winnebago
Msgr
Ferdinand Cech
Peter Butz
Christian Science
First Church of Christ Scientist
King St
Main Sts
Church OF Christ
8Th and
Cass Sts
Church of Christ, Ymca
Andy Anderson
Good Shepherd
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
We Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
21St Place
Weston St
Norman A. Nelson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
George Alvilden
Lincoln School
Division
Arthur M. Feroe
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles and Sill Sts
Lavern R. Hanson
Milo L. Brekke
Kathryn Ulvilden
First Lutheran Church
5Th, Ave. S
Leon A. Holm
Olivet Lutheran Church
French Island
Babington
Wisconsin Synod
Wisconsin Synod Area Lutheran Churches
WKTY
R. Kettenacker
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Nadine
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Carl P. Brenner
Walter Wegner
Columbus
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul and Avon Sts
Walter W. Gutzke
Onalaska Grounds
Tow
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
John H. Lau
Methodist
Redfield Sts
Onalaska Park
Caledonia Street Methodist Church
Lee H.holmes
Wesley Methodist Church
8Th and King Sts
Harold L Patton
Nazarene
Onalaska Methodist Church
4Th Ave. N
Richard Truitt
Church of the Nazarene
Jackson St
H. Lester .Ringhiser
James H. Bell
Veterans Memorial Park
North Presbyterian Church
Avon and Logan
Robert D. Hannon
Salvation Army
Citadel
N. 8Th St
Clare Edwards
Genevieve Shafar
William Hanson
First Congregational Church
Losey Blvd
Main St
James Bell
Episcopal
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert D. Winter
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Logan and Avon Sts
Paul S. White
Evangelical Free
Evangelical Reformed
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Market St
Ralph L. Kuether
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
16Th
Farnam
Sill Sts
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
YWCA
Donald Starkey
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Liberty and Sill
Lutheran
Bethel Lutheran Church
George and Sill Sts
Freeman C. Sveom
English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
16Th and
Harold N. Stoffel
Ole Nederlee
Abraham
John Roderick
Vacation Bible School
Seabees
U.S. Air and Naval
First Bible School
Presbyterians
7Th & Ferry Sts
7Th St
B. Zimmerman
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