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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1954

Page

2

Dedication of New Windows at First Presbyterian Church

The First Presbyterian Church West Ave at Cass St holds a June 20 service at 10 45 a m for Rev Mark Lewis Andrews final Communion before he leaves for Erie Pa July 4. Memorial windows number 29 dedicated by 32 donors feature Beatitudes symbols cross Psalms instruments apostles shields and sacraments themes.

First Presbyterian Church West Ave Cass St Mark Lewis Andrews Andrews Erie J. W. Bibby Alph Sorenson Wesley Bertelson Mr. Andrews Malotte Mark L. Andrews Harry Worth Calvin Thatro First Congregational First Presbyterian

Moody Memorial Church Bible School enters second week

Vacation Bible School at Moody Memorial Evangelical Free Church 2122 Campbell Rd begins its second week June 21 with daily sessions 9 to 11 45 a m and a Thursday 7 30 p m program. Miss Margaret Reschlein leads music. teachers include Mrs Lang Mrs Christianson and others. Navajo missionary stories inspire offerings to Navajo mission work.

Bible School Moody Memorial Evangelical Free Church Campbell Rd Walter Reschlein Elmer Lang Omer Christianson Joseph Tikal Annette Parize Louis Athnos Frank

Car Smashes Store After Auto Stolen From Yard

Brudel 16 reported his car stolen Friday and says he was in Bangor when it vanished. The car crashed into the left side of an IGA at 2115 Coulee Ave about 9 15 p m Friday and the driver fled. Police will fingerprint the vehicle as owner Bernard Weiland notes minor structural damage to the grocery.

Denes Brudel Ward Ave Brudel Bangor IGA Coulee Ave Bernard Weiland

Tricycle Stolen From Municipal Pool Belonging to Jeffrey Whitney

A tricycle owned by Jeffrey Whitney was reported stolen sometime between 7 p.m and p.m on Thursday at the municipal pool police reported.

Jeffrey Whitney

Church Directory Highlights Community Worship Options

The listing catalogs Adventist, Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Nazarene and Presbyterian houses of worship across the city. It details pastors, service times, Sunday Masses, Bible schools, prayer meetings, and special events for each church and parish.

Area churches outline Sunday services and clergy

The notice lists worship plans across multiple churches. Paul Butterfield evangelist at the Church of Christ speaks at 9 30 a.m. and 11 a.m. sermons at WKTY 10 a.m. Bible study for all ages and 7 30 p.m. evening service follow. Other churches include Church of God with pastor John Kurtz, Church of the Open Bible led by E A Bender, First Congregational with Frederick W Hyslop, Christ Episcopal with Robert D Vinter, and St Peters Episcopal also under Vinter with lay reader Paul S White.

Church of Christ YMCA Paul Butterfield WKTY Jesus Christ God the Herald of Truth Church of God West Ave John Kurtz First Congregational Church Losey Blvd Main St Frederick W. Hyslop St. Peter's Episcopal Church Logan and Avon Sts Robert D. Vinter Paul S$. White

Bethany Evangelical Free Church and Moody Memorial Schedule

Bethany Evangelical Free Church at North Street and Onalaska Avenue with Pastor O L Larsen offers Sunday school and adult Bible class at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m plus evang elistic service Tuesday 7 30 p m trustees and furnace fund meeting and midweek Bible study and prayer Wednesday 8 p m and F C Y F Friday 7 30 p m Bible instruction Moody Memorial Evangelical Free Church at 2122 Campbell Road led by Pastor Sydney C Frank holds Sunday school 9 45 a m worship 11 a m title Combined services include Free Church Youth Fellowship 7 p m gospel hour Bible study and prayer Thursday 8 p m Vacation Bible School 9 11 45 a m daily for ages 4 17

Seventh Street Baptist Church 7Th and Ferry Sts Carl B. Zimmerman Temple Baptist Chuch N. Salem Rd Loomis Sts Ray M. Richardson Holy Cross 13Th and Ferry Streets Nicholas B Besehta William V. Nikolai Holy Trinity Church 13Th Street Park Avenue Msgr V. J. Plecity Bernard T. Kelly Warren M. Parrini St. James Catholic Church Caledonia Street James J. Sheridan Peter Stoll St. John the Baptist Church Avon Street Hugo Koehler Mother of Perpetual Help St. Mary's Church 7Th Street Cameron Avenue William Ll. Mooney St. Thomas More Catholic Weston Streets Thomas E. Mullen Gerard O'Rourke St. Wenceslaus Winnebago Lee H. Holmes Church of the Nazarene West Ave Jackson St H. Lester Ringhiser Hosea Israel Warren A. Rogers Detroit North Presbyterian Church Avon and Logan Sts H. R. Shirley Kane Onalaska Park Bethany Evangelical Free Church North St Onalaska Ave O. L. Larsen Trustees and Furnace Fund F.C.Y.F Moody Memorial Evangelical Free Church Campbell Rd Sydney C. Frank Free Church Youth Fellowship

St Johns Evangelical Church Schedule on West Market

The notice lists St Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church West Ave at Market St with Pastor Ralph Kuether service times 8:45 a.m. Sunday school 9:30 a.m. divine worship.

St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church West Ave Market St Ralph Kuether

Bible Study and Discourses Schedule

The notice lists weekly gatherings including a Bible discourse at 2 p.m. and a Watchtower study at 3 15 p.m. on Tuesday. Additional Bible studies are at 1254 Farnam and 733 Avon St, with Thursday 8 p.m. service meeting and theocratic ministry school.

Farnam Avon St

Church Service and Sunday School Schedules Across Several Congregations

A listing of worship times across multiple churches including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints YWCA West Ave and Main Sts with 10 am Sunday school and 1 pm sacrament service. Also notes Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Liberty and Sill Sts with 10 am church school 11 am preaching by Charles Schoor Sparta. Bethel Lutheran Church George and Sill Sts 7:45 pm prayer service. English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity 16th Cass Sts with Harold N Stoffel pastor 9 am first service 10 30 am second service. Daily vacation Bible school 9 11 am for three years and up.

Calvary Baptist Church Charles’ and Logan Sts Gustave Edwin Anderson Martin Volla Einar Haugsveen Norway St. Joseph’s Louis J. Paquette Joseph B. Marx Michael J. Boyle Church of the Blessed Sacrament Losey Boulevard King St. Rt Thomas E. O'Shaughnessy James F. Murphy First Church of Christ, Scientist West Ave King St First Evangelical Lutheran Church West Ave. S Cameron Fritz H. Miller Mt. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church S. 16Th St Park Ave Harold F. Backer Veteran's Memorial Park Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints YWCA Main Sts Reorganized Liberty and Sill Charles Schoor Sparta Bethel Lutheran Church George and Sill Freeman O. Sveom Ever English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity 16Th Cass Sts Harold N. Stoffel Luther House

Salvation Army Schedule Highlights Weekly Meetings

Sr. Major C. Edwards and Envoy Genevieve Shafar lead activities at 507 Vine including Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. holiness meeting 6:30 p.m. youth meeting 7:30 p.m. evangelistic service with Sr. Major Edwards in Milwaukee as speaker Tuesday women’s meeting and sewing league Thursday prayer meeting.

The Salvation Army Vine C. Edwards Genevieve Shafar Major Edwards Milwaukee Sewing League

Billfold Lost by Local Resident at Pettibone Beach Lot

Larry Denison of 1653 Redfield Street reported losing a billfold Friday in the Pettibone Beach Bathhouse parking lot. Police say the billfold contained only personal papers.

Larry Denison Redfield St Pettibone Beach

Britain Rejects U S Request To Search Ships

Britain refuses to grant American warships the right to stop and search British vessels on the high seas. The Foreign Office says no general search power in peacetime and cites law and freedom of the seas. Britain will police arms shipments to Guatemala by its own ships where practicable.

London Britain Guatemala High Seas United States Foreign Office Bomba West Indies

Stevenson Attacks GOP During Michigan Campaign Tour

Adlai Stevenson urged that the Republican party is incapable of governing the nation during a one day tour through Lower Michigan. Michigan Democrats eyed calm as Aug primary contests for two major posts heated up with rival candidates. Blair Moody allied with Stevenson in Lansing Davison and Detroit but skipped a garden party in Birmingham.

Detroit Adlai Stevenson Michigan Patrick McNamara Blair Moody U.S Stevenson Moody Lansing Davison Birmingham

Hosea and Israel’s unfaithfulness in the Old Testament

The lesson reviews Hosea as a prophetic figure in Israel and Judah, using his marital allegory with Gomer to warn of national unfaithfulness. It contrasts Israel’s and Judah’s downfall with Amos’s denunciations and urges repentance to avert divine judgment.

Amos Israel Hosea Judah Amaziah Beeri Berri Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Jeroboam Joash

Pope Pius Proclaims Mary Queen of Heaven at Marian Congress

Vatican City reports Pope Pius will crown a Mary statue in St. Peter's Square to mark the Marian Congress ending November 1. The pope may fix May 1 as the annual feast day for Mary's queenship amid a Marian Year observance. Delegates from many countries attend the event.

Vatican City Pius Heaven Mary St. Peter’s Square Vatican

Electronic Ghost Roams Vacant Grand Rapids Apartment

Neighbors reported eerie music and voices from a vacant Grand Rapids apartment as a clock radio left by departing tenants began to operate on its own. Police responded to the scene.

Grand Rapids, Mich

Passes Out Cigars When Ducks Are Born

Seaford New York builder Louis Hirsch celebrated hatching of five ducklings by passing out cigars. He plans to resume work on Monday with a bulldozer and crew, after a 25 day pause to allow a wild Mallard to hatch her brood. He estimates the delay cost about $6,000 but deemed the sacrifice worthwhile.

Seaford N. Y Louis Hirsch Hirsch

Church Film Show at Our Savior's Lutheran Church

A film depicting the work of the church in Madagascar will be shown at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Sunday at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the Junior L D R the event invites the public and a collection will be received.

Madagascar Our Savior’s Lutheran

Ernest Webb Dies At 80 In California

Ernest G. Webb father of De Webb, co owner of the New York Yankees, died Friday night while watching a ball game on television at his North Hollywood home. He was 80.

Oakland Calif Ernest G. (Griff) Webb de Webb New York Yankees North Hollywood

Boy Leads Legal Bid to Save Gravel Pit Swim Hole

In Waukesha a boy named Bob Oberg organized a petition with 102 signatures to seek turning the abandoned gravel pit into a supervised park or legal swimming area. With help from Asst. Dist. Atty. Clair Voss, he argues the pit is far from the municipal pool and under no adult supervision, prompting officials to consider a lawful solution.

Waukesha Grandpa Bob Oberg Bob Asst. Dist. Atty. Clair Voss Voss Charles Kolstad

Fire damages room in home in La Crosse

Firemen early Saturday extinguished a blaze at 1211 George St. the home of Mrs Betty Hostret. The room’s second floor bed area burned with holes in floor and ceiling and heat blistered walls. Cause undetermined. resident had not used the room since Friday morning.

la Crosse Betty Hosstret George St Adams St Pearl St

Wesley Church Advances to Final Phase of Building Plan

Wesley Methodist Church begins final phase of its building project with Coleman Wing revisions approved by the official board. Volunteer labor under C F Ryan will lead heavy construction and rough framing by the church crew with hired carpentry. Work starts this week with first work bees planned for Monday and Tuesday evenings next week. D F Perley elected chairman of the board succeeding O W Muenster after two years in that role. The church shifts to summer schedule on Father’s Day as Rev Harold L Patton speaks on How to Be Happy Though Married.

Wesley Methodist Church Coleman Wing C. F. Ryan WMC D. F. Perley Perley O. W.muenster Wesley Church Harold L. Patton

Rockland-Bangor Riders Set Third Annual Sparta Horse Show

Sparta Wisconsin hosts the Rockland-Bangor Riders third annual horse show at the Stannard race track on June 27 with entries from Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota. Vincent Strub judges, Floyd Jones runs the ring, Dr N H Moen announces events. Thirty-two classes offer trophies and cash prizes including parade and various western and English pleasure events.

Sparta Wis Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Rockland-Bangor Stannard Race Track U.S. Highway 16 Vincent Strub Lansing Floyd Jones Bangor N. H. Moen Cashton

Spring Grove Awards Letters To 21 Men

Spring Grove High School awarded letters to 21 athletes breaking down to 16 in football 10 in basketball 10 in baseball and seven in track. Recipients include Paul Hjelle Ade Christensen David Krome Arlen Solie Rodney Krogstad Leonard Myrah James Forde Gerald Geving Richard Osmundson James Myhre Gary Roverud Paul Solberg John Dahle Blayne Onsgard Terry Akre Gerald Bratland Sylvan Flaten Howard Johnsrud Charles Kinneberg William Lunde and Steven Roverud. Basketball medals went to Myrah Hjelle Christensen Gary Steven Roverud Forde Onsgard Solie Dahle Solberg.

Spring Grove Minn Spring Grove High School Paul Hjelle Ade Christensen David Krome Arlen Solie Rodney Krogstad Leonard Myrah James Forde Gerald Geving Richard Osmundson James Myhre Gary Roverud Paul Solberg John Dahle Blayne Onsgard Terry Akre Gerald Bratland Sylvan Flaten Howard Johnsrud Charles Kinneberg William Lunde Steven Roverud Myrah Hijelle Christensen Gary Forde Onsgard Solie Dahle Solberg

Plat Book Sales at Tri-School 4-H Club Meeting

Members of the Tri-School Workers 4-H Club will check plat books and turn in the money during a meeting on Monday June 21 at 8 15 p m in Centerville Town Hall. The program and lunch committee are led by the Robert Hammond family with assistance from the Carl Schubert Alfred Brenengen Albert Scherr Lloyd Weirl and Henry Grover families.

Tri-School Workers 4-H Club Centerville Town Hall Robert Hammond Carl Schubert Alfred Brenengen Albert Scherr Lloyd Weirl Henry Grover

Also Mentioned on This Page

Church Bible School Adventist Seventh Day Adventist Church 6Th and King Sts Larry N. Boyd Young Peoples Assembly OF God First Baptist Church Main and King Sts Folke Ferre Ene Ferdinand Cech Edward J. Sobczyk St. Patrick's Church Onalaska Joseph N. Bach Our Lady of Guadalupe Christian Science 8Th and Our Redeemer Lutheran Zeker St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Division St Arthur M. Force Trinity Lutheran Church Charles and Sill Sts Lavern R. Hanson Vacation Bible School First Lutheran Church 4Th St Maynard Midthun Olivet Lutheran Church French Island Wisconsin Synod Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church William Lange Veteran's Park Immanuel Evangelical Lutherans Church Avon and St. Paul Sts Walter E. Gutzke Veterans Park St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Henry Lange Methodist Asbury Methodist Church 19Th and Redfield Sts Winslow Wilson Richard Truitt Nazarene Cass Cargill House the Andrews Church OF Open Bible Church of the Open Bible Liberty and Clinton E. A. Bender Episcopal Christ Episcopal Church, 9Th and Main Evangelical Free Evangelical Reformed Jehovah's Witnesses Lutheran Billfold Gop Adlai William Southern JR Hollywood Gomer Solomon Jerusalem Isaiah International Council of Religious Education Ephraim Gilead House of Israel Pope Pius Ernest Webb Charles Harold Krueger Tommy Little Eleva WKBH Sun Charles and Sill Streets
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