Scientist Tells Of Antarctic Work For IGY
Peter Schoeck, a renowned glaciologist, spoke at La Crosse State College on Men and Ice describing the American IGY Antarctic expedition. He explained that Antarctica is a vast continental landmass with extreme cold, ice thickness, and potential sea level rise if melted. He noted equipment protection needs, scarce unexploited resources, and diverse wildlife while recounting a crevasse rescue and showing film of the mission.
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Peter Schoeck
la Crosse State College
Antarctica
Arctic
Antarctic
United States
Europe
IGY
Schoeck
German Naval Academy
Institute of Technology At
Karlsruhe
130 Scouts At Camp Decorah Week Ends
Camping at Camp Decorah for the first week winds down Saturday with 130 Boy Scouts and eight adult leaders. The six week season, led by district executive Howard Gibson, is expected to set a registration record. Units from Alma Bangor Mindoro Soldiers Grove Black River Falls La Crosse participate.
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Camp Decorah
Howard Gibson
Gibson
Alma
Bangor
Mindoro
Soldiers Grove
Black River Falls
la Crosse
Marriage Licenses and Upcoming Weddings
Joseph P Hulberg and Jane Marie Hammerstad of Strum will wed June 28. LeRoy E Reidt of Alma and Helen Jane Bautsch of Strum will wed June 27. Charles E Hagen of Pigeon Falls and Carol Dawn Quarne of Blair wed June 21. Donald E Ronning of Melrose and Virginia Ann Johnson of Galesville will wed June 27.
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Joseph P. Hulberg
Jane Marie Hammerstad
Strum
LeRoy E. Reidt
Alma
Helen Jane Bautsch
Charles E. Hagen
Pigeon Falls
Carol Dawn Quarne
Blair
Donald E. Ronning
Melrose
Virginia Ann Johnson
Galesville
Murder To Appear At Legislative Session
One of the last legislative question and answer sessions sponsored by the Legislative Committee of the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. As soon as the Wisconsin Legislature adjourns for the summer the sessions will stop. State Assemblyman Leland Mulder will answer questions at the public session in the chamber's office.
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la Crosse County
Lang Drive Closed During Ongoing Construction
The Board of Public Works announces Lang drive between La Crosse street and Monitor street will be closed to traffic during ongoing construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Lang Drive
la Crosse Street
Monitor Street
Four-Day Blood Drive Nets 424 Pints in La Crosse County
A four day total of 424 pints of blood was collected in La Crosse County and stored at the Badger Regional Center in Madison after the local schedule closed Thursday. Ninety six pints were gathered Thursday at St Francis School of Nursing auditorium and 95 on Wednesday. The Bangor Monday collection pushed the total to 424 pints, 92 short of the goal. Hemoglobin deficiency caused 101 rejections from 525 attendees. The next bloodmobile visit is planned for August at The Trane Co.
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la Crosse County
Badger Regional Center
American National Red Cross
Madison
St. Francis School of Nursing
Bangor
Trane Co
Radio Club Joins 24 Hour Emergency Field Day Test
La Crosse Amateur Radio Club joins 25 members and 10 000 teams across the US and Canada in a 24 hour field day sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. They will erect antennas at Shore Acres A Tadewald cottage site and operate under Bruce Bijerstad K9CUT supervision to gain emergency communications experience.
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la Crosse
Canada
American Radio Relay League
A. Tadewald
Bruce Bijerstad
Girl Scout Office Announces Summer Hours
Riverland Girl Scout Council at 215 Linker Bidg. will open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday from next Monday through Sept. 5. The office will be closed all day next Friday and on July date unknown.
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Riverland Girl Scout Council
Linker Bidg
Church To Aid Mideast School Fund
Seventh-day Adventist members in La Crosse will donate to fund a new school in Iraq and extend medical mission work in Sudan. The global offering aims to support Christians in the Middle East and Africa amid unsettled regional conditions, with Sudan facing physician shortages and widespread illiteracy. Adventist institutions total seven in the Middle East, including three schools, two hospitals, an orphanage, and a publishing house.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
la Crosse
Iraq
Dorothy Smith
Washington, D.C
Sudan
South Sudan
Adventist Church
Middle East
Ferrara's Pizza opens 5 p.m. weekly at South Lanes
Locals announce Ferrara's Pizza at South Lanes now opens at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday with fresh rolls available Sundays. A rummage sale is set for Saturday, June 27 from 8 a.m. to noon. Modahi Horn Shop repairs musical instruments at 205 So. 4th, call 4 8841. Cy's Liberty opens at 6:00 a.m.
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Ferrara’s Pizza
South Lanes
Concordia Hall
Music Instruments
Cy’s Liberty
Births at Lutheran Hospital and Tomah Memorial
Birth notices from Lutheran Hospital and multiple communities list births in June. Names include William C. Wimberly's son. Reginald Haney's daughter. Bernard Burka's daughter. Charles Zellmer's son. Lloyd Moskow's son. Harold Vian's son. Myles Connor's son. Delbert Purpus. Bruce Rhutase's daughter. Milan Kumlin's daughter Kim Renee. Darle Blade's daughter Carol Ann. Locations include Tomah, Dorchester, Camp Douglas, Kendall, New Lisbon, Green Bay. June dates range June 15 to June 23.
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Lloyd Moskow
Camp Douglas
Jeannette Walker
Harold Vian
Tomah
Donna Wadepfuhl
Myles Connor
Kendall
Joan Schumann
Delbert Purpus
Evelyn Freibur
Kim Renee
Milan Kumlin
Gail Irons
Lansing
Green Bay
Wis
Weekend spraying plan for St. Cloud street area
If weather allows, spraying will occur Friday in the even-numbered side of St. Cloud street to the north city limits between Black River and east city limits. Saturday the same area will be sprayed on the odd-numbered side. Sunday anti-mosquito treatment targets the even-numbered side of Park Drive to Jackson street between East avenue and the east city limits. Spraying starts at 31:30 each night and ends at 7:30 a.m. the following day.
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St. Cloud Street
Black River
East
Park Drive
Jackson Street
East Avenue
East City Limits
Band to Play Two Concerts on Sunday
La Crosse Concert Band directed by D. R. Wartinbee will perform two Sunday programs at 3 p.m. at the Monroe County Home Sparta and at 6 p.m. for Tomah VA Hospital residents. The concerts are funded by the Music Industries Performance Funds through Samuel R. Rosenbaum, trustee, with I. W. Peshak arranging appearances.
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la Crosse
D. R. Wartinbee
Monroe County
Sparta
Tomah VA
Music Industries Performance
Samuel R. Rosenbaum
100 Foster Parents To Be Honored
More than 100 foster parents in La Crosse County are invited to a Foster Parent Week program Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the Northern States Power Co building at 1500 Green Bay Street Speakers include Judge Lincoln Neprud and Judge John Bosshard The La Crosse Barber shoppers will perform songs Five licensed child placing agencies are Catholic Welfare Bureau Lutheran Welfare Society La Crosse County Department of Public Welfare Division for Children and Youth and Corrections State Department of Public Welfare
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la Crosse County
Northern States Power Co
Green Bay St
Lincoln Neprud
John Bosshard
la Crosse
Catholic Welfare Bureau
Lutheran Welfare Society
Department of Public Welfare
Division For Children and Youth and Corrections
State Department of Public Welfare
Deaths: Infant Yeager, Ledegar, La Crosse area obituaries
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Yeager of 2016 Trav is St died in a local hospital Thursday. Survivors include the parents three brothers John Edward Patrick George and Michael Joseph and one sister Sue Ann all at home maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ed Grabar of La Crosse paternal grandmother Mae Yeager of La Crosse. Graveside services were Friday at Catholic Cemetery. Peter J Ledegar 83 of 2015 West Ave S died at home Friday morning born Dec 17 1876 in New Lisbon Wis. He was a former employee of the La Crosse Trailer Co. Survived by wife Emma two sons Ronald J and Harold P both of La Crosse four sisters Sophia May Omre Aiken Mary Schröder and Fred Miller all of La Crosse two brothers John and William also of La Crosse and one grandson. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. Sletten McKee Funeral Home with Rev H N Stoffel officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Bernard Yeager
Travis St
John Edward
Patrick George
Michael Joseph Yeager
Sue Ann Yeager
Ed Grabar
la Crosse
Mae Yeager
Catholic Cemetery
Peter J. Ledegar
West Ave. S
New Lisbon
Wis
la Crosse Trailer Co
Emma
Ronald J
Harold P
Sophia May
Omre Aiken
Mary Schroeder
Fred Miller
John
William
Sletten-McKee
H. N. Stoffel
Oak Grove Cemetery
Legal notices and traffic fines from Wisconsin records
Sparta and La Crosse area court notices list fines for drunkenness speeding reckless driving and related offenses. Names include Lyle Eagle Bull Kenneth Taylor James Simonsin and many others with addresses from Sparta La Crosse Camp McCoy and surrounding towns.
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Lyle Eagle Bull
Camp McCoy
Henry C. Fanning
Kenneth Taylor
Sparta
Wilfred Clements
R. J
la Crosse
Orrin W. Peterson
Merle J. Bear
Cashton
Ronald Sanders
William Bahr
Eau Claire
Esther Hilleque
Gene Roberts
Wichita
Kan
James Simonsin
Jamess Libke
Clark Howe
La Crosse Rotary Club marks 40th anniversary
The La Crosse Rotary Club observed its 40th anniversary at the Thursday noon meeting at Hotel Stoddard. Ray Ping outlined Rotary International's beginnings and the origin of the name. Members with over 30 years of service were honored, and Robert Moen reported on Rotary International's 50th anniversary convention in New York with 16,000 Rotarians from 73 countries. He discussed the publication Seven Paths To Peace. The meeting noted editor Robert Deal leaving the Coulee Report and announced a district governor welcome party at Columbus. Visiting Rotarians from Madison, Minneapolis, Rock Island, and Scarborough attended.
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la Crosse
Rotary Club
Hotel Stoddard
Ted Strehl
Ray Ping
Rotary International
Ping
John Elliott
Otto Lieder
Wilber Holcomb
Joseph Callaway
Dean Smith
Robert Munk
Robert Moen
New York
Moen
Rotary
Munk
Columbus
Stuart Wright
Madison
Bill Coffin
Minneapolis
C. R. Wilson
Rock Island
Ted Milner
Scarboro
Canada
Changes In Flight Times and Schedules at North Central
North Central Airlines announced several schedule changes. Flight 466 southbound from La Crosse now leaves 9:39 a.m. and stops Madison 10:25 a.m., Milwaukee 11:14 a.m., Chicago 12:03 p.m., instead of 10:02 a.m. The northbound Flight 111 will arrive from Chicago via Rockford and Madison instead of Janesville. Flights 111 and 114 from La Crosse to Chicago will not operate on Saturdays. Flight 469 northbound leaves La Crosse 11:01 p.m., arrives Winona 11:17 p.m., and Minneapolis at midnight.
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North Central Airlines
Eugene Kacner
la Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Rockford, Ill
Janesville
Winona
Minneapolis
La Crosse to End Parking Warning Tickets July 1
The La Crosse police will stop issuing warning parking tickets at midnight July 1 and begin fining motorists $1 for parking on the wrong street side from midnight to 8 am. Five patrol cars will issue tickets. the warning program since June 2 has logged over 1,400 notices. Parking rules follow even side on even days and odd side on odd days, with dates counted from the day after midnight.
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la Crosse City
Boathouse Burglarized in Shelby Reports Missing Items
William Snow of R. 2 Town of Shelby reports to the sheriff that his boathouse on Bank Slough Drive has been entered several times recently. Missing items include several bottles of soda pop a two gallon gasoline can and a boat seat cushion.
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William Snow
Shelby
Bank Slough Drive
Prowler Reported Near Mrs Hunt Home on La Crescent Street
A prowler was seen twice at the residence of Mrs. Margaret Hunt at 1406 La Crescent Street, according to a sheriff’s report. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Mrs. Margaret Hunt
la Crescent St
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Division St
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Gillette St
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Mormon Coulee Park
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William C. Wimberly
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Dorchester
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London
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Coon Valley
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Weston St
Robert D. Schieche
Marvin M. Whiteaker
Marvin A. Reinhart
Benson
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William B. Howard
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Pearl St
Nick Lusk Jr
Jackson St
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David L. Wang
Onalaska
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Charles St
Paul J. Bonnie
Avon St
Carl J. Brzowsky Jr
Robert G. Discher
Viroqua
George E. Eckart
S. 27Th St
Bernard A. Gardner
Caledonia
Jane L. Grindler
Bluff St
John F. Groth
George St
Owen O. Guenther
la Crosse St
Phillip E. Hansen
Bernard E. Hegenbarth
S. 20Th St
Karen J. Kammel
Madison St
Gerald C. Wojton
Two Rivers
Ronald K. Young
N. la Crescent St
Fred S. Garske
Farwell St
William T. Riley
Ray J. Slaback
Edward A. Woodke
Gillette
Roland G. Tarnutzer
S. 9Th St
Dalles Wiltsey
Ronald J. Lord
Caroline St
Green Bay Reformatory
Justice Court
David Shie
Sumner
Max Klopotek
Arcadia
Bernard Blodgett
Elk Mound
Roy Olson
Whitehall
Jerome Neitzke
Daniel Sobotta
Arcadia Minor
Robert Anderson
Arlen Stone
Romaine Back
Eleva
Lloyd Lindberg
Ettrick
Arthur Kleppen
Chester Olson
Eugene Bijold
Jerome Lisowski
Willard John Beirne
Allen Joseph Larson
Neillsville
Kenneth A. Thiele
Gary C. McIntire
Dominic Schock
Constine Schock
Robert O. Anderson
Fall Creek
David Haines
Edward Helgerson
Washburn St
French Island
Hamilton
McCord Jewelers
Fifth Avenue
Jack Robinson
Kroger
Robert Deal
Coulee Report
Prowler Reported
Schneider
Yim Tocos
Vaughan
Vigoro
Vertigreen
Lagrosse Floral Co., Inc
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