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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
19
Mauston Wisconsin will host the state truck roadeo on September 13 and 14, 1952. The event, first staged in 1948 in Manston, aims to attract national attention. The Chamber of Commerce and Truck Drivers club issued invitations and formed a committee to plan it.
Three Coulee Region men take part in a two week reserve training course at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Kent W. Thurston from West Salem, John C. White Jr. from Tomah, and Earl M. Good from La Farge are among the seaman recruits. Training mirrors regular recruit programs though condensed due to the shorter course.
Hokah Minnesota special report officers elected at the Hokah volunteer fire department annual meeting. Directors chosen from five include Clifford Orr Roy Sennes and William Scecker who then selected Ray Bissen as chief Neal Feuerhelm as president Clifford Orr as vice president W W Becker as secretary and Richard Dikeman as treasurer.
Viola Wisconsin special report says Janis Hagen Savacool has arrived in Frankfurt to join her husband Lt Kenneth Savacool. They reside in Ulm Germany. Mrs Savacool is formerly of La Crosse.
Whitehall Wisconsin residents endure dirt noise and odor as Trempealeau County graders dig up five blocks of Main Street built in 1915 with crushed granite surface. The project uses a 10 ton scarifier and highway equipment borrowed from L G Arnold Co to remove old material before laying three inches of crushed rock and three inches of hot oil mix.
A notice says 33 drivers based in Mauston and employed by Consolidated Freight Ways will be moved to Chicago. John D. Kelahan of Union 710 Chicago announced the transfer, expected to finish by August 17. Many drivers oppose the move as they own homes and planned to settle in Mauston. About 63 drivers live in Manston, leaving around 30 in town if carried out.
Har ley E. Cox fire control technician second class USN serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Bremerton attached to Task Force 77 in Korean waters. He is son of Mr and Mrs Charles Cox of Stoddard Wisconsin and husband of Naomi MacDolan of La Crosse. Cox entered naval service March 26 1946 after recruit training at Great Lakes. The 13 600 ton Bremerton serves with the United Nations Fleet supporting ground operations and protecting carriers.
James E. Jerdee of Tomah has enlisted in the Marine Corps per recruiter M. Set. F. Schauf. He joined in Milwaukee and is sent to San Diego for eight weeks of recruit training including rifle range instruction. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Jerdee.
Mrs. Earl Marquardt was re elected vice president of the Tomah Memorial Hospital Women's Auxiliary for a three year term. Mrs. E. A. Soderstem was appointed chairman of the membership committee. Auxiliary gift shop sales totaled 65.42 dollars for May with items supplied by members.
Miss Mildred Hasselquist, missionary returning from India, will give a talk and show slides on her work at the Lower Coon Valley Church in Stoddard Wisconsin at 8 15 p m. The Ladies Aid will serve lunch and asks members to bring food for the gathering.
Bert Fuller city editor of the Tomah Journal and Monitor Herald will resign in June after 23 years in the role. Charles O Meara of Cass Lake Minnesota will take over the desk, a Marquette University journalism graduate who managed his university paper in his senior year. O Meara arrives to work with Fuller until retirement.
Trempealeau Wisconsin reports aviation cadet Paul Jay Phillipson son of Mr and Mrs Norman Hunter Trempealeau has qualified for pilot training. He completed basic training with a squadron at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas and will begin flight training in Waco Texas. He is the first Trempealeau County serviceman to qualify for this training in the recent conflict.
Two Bangor High School graduates Herbert Meyer and Elmer Muenzenberger received their Marine Corps discharges in San Diego California and have returned home. They enlisted January 29 1951 trained at Parris Island completed in April 1951 and served in Japan and Korea. Classmate Matt Schauf is in the Air Force at Fairbanks Alaska.
Reinhart R. Popp, son of Mr and Mrs Herman Popp of Kendall Wisconsin, has been promoted to sergeant with the 40th Infantry Division in Korea. The California National Guard unit fronts south of Kum district and was transferred to Korea in December after serving in Japan since April. Popp entered the Army in October 1950 and earned the promotion in Battery A 980th Field Artillery Battalion.
French Creek Lutheran Men's Club plans a Friday 8 p.m. social with strawberries ice cream cake and coffee. Members and friends are invited. French Creek Ladies Aid will meet Thursday at 2 p.m.
Funeral services were held for William F Baker 80 former Decorah mayor and banker who died June 13. Born December 17 1871 in Bloomfield Township he moved to Decorah in 1892 joining the National Bank later Decorah State Bank and retiring in 1947. Survived by his wife Clara Brown eight children and several grandchildren he was active as a councilman treasurer park official and community volunteer.
Lloyd Lambert, chairman of the Onalaska Methodist Church board for seven years, was unanimously re-elected for another term at a Sunday night meeting. Lloyd Huggett was chosen vice chairman. Routine matters covered board finances and church relations with the West Wisconsin Conference. Howard Westerhouse presented the year end financial report.
Elroy Wisconsin special report says the annual vacation Bible school run by Evangelical United Brethren Methodist and Plymouth Congregational Churches ends Friday after a two week session. A program by the children is planned at the Evangelical Church at 8 p.m. on Friday. Teachers include Mrs. Robert Hake Mrs. Elton Watlington Mrs. Marvin Jensen Mrs. Marvin Jensen Mrs. Clara Sorenson Mary Ballenger Mrs. C. W. Nerud and Revs A E Happe and F L Tomenendale. Attendance totaled 52 children.
Marine Sgt. Robert F. Benoy 21 of Lynxville Wisconsin arrived at Camp Lejeune North Carolina to attend 11 weeks of the basic supply course. He will learn loading and calculating machine use and Marine Corps procedures for purchasing distributing and transporting government property. Benoy is a Seniaca High School graduate and previously served at the Marine Corps Forwarding Depot Portsmouth Virginia.
Ex Hillsboro resident William I. Webster, born 1852 in Poplar Grove Illinois, marks his 100th birthday on June 19 at his daughter Addie Webster’s home in Reedsburg. He farmed in Greenwood Township, cared for racehorses for Dr. Asa Jones, hunted coons, and preserves keepsake items including his father’s Bible and a 25 cent rocking chair. He married Marcia Hart in 1876. she died in 1923.
The East Branch Community Club will meet Friday evening June 20 at Huskelhus School. A program is planned and lunch will be served. Everyone is welcome.
Clarence Luster son of Mrs John Kuster of Harpers Ferry has enrolled at Upper Iowa University Fayette after graduating from Harpers High School in May The report notes his enrollment occurred in September and identifies his hometown and family connection to Harpers Ferry Iowa.
Robert Forsythe of Minneapolis on the national Young Republican committee will speak at the Whitehall Courthouse on Friday June 27 at 8 p.m. He speaks under the Whitehall Republican women's sponsorship replacing the June meeting. Forsythe, a noted Minneapolis attorney, is married to Dr. and Mrs. R. L. MacCornack of Whitehall.
Mauston Wisconsin prepares to switch to a city and rural dial phone system at 7 am on July 23 under manager Robert Campbell. Rural areas start July 1 with two crews, about 60 phones daily, replacing magneto lines. total cost estimated at 350000 to 400000 dollars. Walter Ottensman will lead the new wire chief role to manage Mauston and Lyndon Station exchanges.
The Knights of Columbus at Moulton Wisconsin elected officers for the coming year at the last meeting. Officers named include Grand Knight Thomas Curran Chancellor Carl Wilke Recorder Edward Moran Treasurer Edward Moran Advocate Gerald Donahue Warden La Vera Betthauser Inside Guard Francis Siegler Outside Guard Roland Steiner Trustees Philip Quinn Theodore Tiber and Anthony Seitz.
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