End of Summer Bible School at Church of Christ
The Church of Christ at 8th and Cass streets will close its daily vacation Bible school with a 7 p.m. program Sunday featuring handwork displays and songs. Minister Burdett W. Wakeman calls the year one of the church’s most successful. The Living Bible theme ran through missionary stories discussions and activities.
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Church of Christ
8Th
Cass Streets
Burdett W. Wakeman
Wakeman
Lola Pelton
Audrey Sanders
Don Smith
Helen McKinney
Marie Johnson
Madelle Horton
Thelma Haniff
Elaine Wakeman
Louise Wetterlin
Janice Meyers
Deloris Frost
Mary Gees
Donna McNulty
Martha Sagdalen
8Th and
Cass Sts
Church Youth Group Elects New Officers
Thomas Ellis and Miss Janice Laylan were elected to top offices in the West Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. Ellis became president and Laylan secretary at a Pine Lake Camp workshop with over 150 attending. Other officers include Don Leigh as vice president and Karen Hack as treasurer among a slate led by counselor Rev. Richard Truitt.
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Thomas Ellis
17Th Pl
Janice Laylan
North St
West Wisconsin
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Ellis
Asbury Methodist Church
Miss Lawlan
Caledonia Street Methodist Church
Don Leigh
Frederic
Karen Hack
Granton
Edrys Studley
Eau Claire
Kay Forrester
Jim Falls
Faith
Sue McKenzie
Portage
Witness
Diane Darling
Monroe
Berniece Dartt
Marian Amphlett
Madison
Richard Truitt
Onalaska
Pine Lake Methodist Camp
Westfield
Winslow Wilson
Coulee
Avalone Drake
Viola
Jean Wilson
la Crosse
Helen Craig
Kent Quisel
Martha Ann Chase
Yvonne Favor
Viroqua
Yvonne Walden
Sparta
Carol Smith
Self-government in Bible and Science and Health sermon
Sunday readings in a Christian Science service center on self-government defined by God. The lesson sermon titled God cites Judges 8 23 where Gideon refuses earthly rule and affirms the Lord shall rule. Readings from Science and Health emphasize God endowing man with inalienable rights including self-government reason and conscience.
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Christian Science Services
Gideon
Israel
Mary Baker Eddy
Open Film Series At Temple Baptist Church
The first of 12 films screens at 8 p.m. Sunday at Temple Baptist Church North Salem Road and Loomis Street. Rev. Robert Shifflet hosts an account of Stephen the First Christian Martyr and his work to spread the Gospel.
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Temple Baptist Church
North Salem Road
Loomis St
Robert Shifflet
St. Paul
Stephen
Mr. Shifflett
Saul of
Tarsus
Saul
Adlai Confident About Nomination Amid Convention Fight
Former Gov. Adlai Stevenson said in New York he is very confident he will win the Democratic presidential nomination. Gov. Harriman predicted a tough battle at the August convention with fists flying to gain the nomination. Eisenhower's health update followed his hospital convalescence as Nixon and Eisenhower discussed the campaign. Harriman argued for open convention prospects and warned about Southern support for a Democratic nominee.
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Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
New York
Averell Harriman
Chicago
Nixon
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Harriman
Midwest
South
National Assny For ‘the Advancement of Colored People
San Francisco
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Democratic Party
Eastland
Temperature Reaches 90 as Wisconsin Sees Showers
La Crosse reported 90 degrees Friday with a warm, humid night ahead. The US Weather Bureau warned of possible thundershowers in western Wisconsin and southern Minnesota, with cooler conditions and a front approaching from the Dakotas by Sunday. Tornado activity was noted in parts of the region, including La Verne and near Rochester, Minnesota.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Badgerland
Associated Press
United States ‘Weather Bureau
Mercury
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Towa
USWB
Dakotas
Nebraska
Central
Iowa
Kansas
South Dakota
la Verne
Minn
Rochester
William Zeckendorf Birthday and UN Site Ties
The birthday note for William Zeckendorf born June 30 1905 in Paris Illinois highlights his role as head of a major real estate firm that owns and develops properties nationwide and abroad. It notes his 1946 purchase of eight acres in Manhattan later sold for about two million dollars as the United Nations site and his work for the Rockefeller and Vincent Astor families.
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William Zeckendorf
Paris
United States
Zeckendorf
Manhattan
United Nations
Rockefeller
Vincent Astor
PSC Okays Improving Phone Facilities
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission authorized the Nelson Telephone Cooperative of Buffalo County to erect new plant facilities and dial equipment at about $472,600. It also approved the purchase of Inter-County Telephone Co. assets at Durand for $5,000 and Home Telephone Co. stock for $50,000.
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Madison
Nelson Telephone Cooperative
Buffalo County
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Nelson
Inter - County Telephone Co
Durand
Peppin County
Home Telephone Co
Reverend A E Frederick to Speak at Caledonia Street Church
The Rev A E Frederick from Sparta will be the guest speaker at Caledonia Street Methodist Church on Sunday at 9 a.m. He retired from active ministry but continues to serve several mission churches in Monroe County.
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A. E. Frederick
Sparta
Caledonia Street Methodist
Frederick
Monroe County
Student Honored at Excelsior High Norwalk Calif
Bill Rybold son of Mr and Mrs Emil Becker of 217 N 7th St received the outstanding student of the year award at Excelsior High School Norwalk California. He left La Crosse three years ago after attending local elementary and junior high schools.
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Bill Rybold
Emil Becker
N. 7Th St
Excelsior High School
Norwalk
Calif
la Crosse
Snakebite antidote query gets NSF grant to ASU Tempe
In Tempe Arizona the National Science Foundation funds Arizona State College to investigate whether whisky can counter snake venom. The grant totals $2 000 for the research effort.
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Tempe
Ariz
National Science Foundation
Arizona State College
Problems of Japan U S Explained at La Crosse
Justin Williams of the Economic Cooperation Administration spoke at La Crosse State College on postwar Japan. He outlined Japan’s evolving Diet, calls for centralization, women’s status, and six needs to reduce reliance on foreigners while pursuing stability. He warned against losing Japan to communism.
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Economic Cooperation Administration
United States Department of State
United States
Japan
la Crosse State College
Williams
South Carolina
Diet
Red China
L.s.s.r
Formosa
Russia
Asia
Rexford Mitchell
The
College
Local Baptists Host Youths on Weekend Trip
First Baptist Church will host 70 youths from San Jose California this Saturday night and Sunday morning. The group travels by bus to a Baptist youth camp in Green Lake Wisconsin and will sleep in the church annex after a Friday night supper. A First Baptist committee will serve breakfast before departure.
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First Baptist Church
San Jose
Calif
Green Lake
Wis
New Church
First Baptist
Nixon Addresses Lions Then Takes Off On World Trip
Vice President Richard M. Nixon spoke to the Lions International Convention in Miami and began a ten day global tour with stops in Manila Saigon Calcutta and Rome before returning to Washington. He traveled with his wife aboard the Columbine and visited President Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital noting Ike’s upbeat spirit.
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Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Lions International
Nixon
Los Angeles
Whittier
Calif
Manila
Nixons
Ito Saigon
Viet Nam
Calcutta
Arabia
Rome
Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Youth Council Meets in La Crosse Church
The Interdenominational Youth Council of La Crosse will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the St John Evangelical and Reformed Church at West Ave and Market Street.
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Interdenominational Youth Council of
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
West Ave
Market St
Zion’s Church
Brownsville
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
West Ave. S
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ward Ave
S. 26Th St
Carl P. Brenner
Local church schedules and pastors listed
Sabbath services at Adventist and Pentecostal churches, with 9:30 a.m. or 11 a.m. worship times and midweek prayer or missionary meetings. Assembly of God and Bible Baptist provide Sunday school and Bible school sessions, with pastors named for each congregation.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
6Th and King Sts
Larry N. Boyd
Young People’s Missionary Volunteers
United Pentecostal Church
Arthur Mansur
Church OF the Open Bible
Church of Open Bible
Liberty
Clinton Sts
Howard E.stone
Bethany Evangelical Free Church
North St
Onalaska Ave
Otto L. Larsen
Wesley Methodist Church
King Sts
Harold L. Patton
Italian Nazarene minister to speak at West Avenue church
The Rev. Alfredo Del Rosso, superintendent of Nazarene missionary work in Italy, will speak at the Church of the Nazarene on West Avenue near Jackson Street this Sunday at 7 30 p.m. Pastor Lester Ringhiser invites the public to attend. Del Rosso, who served in World War I, became Nazarene in 1948 and has since led Nazarene work in Italy. He travels in deputation to share experiences organizing and building the Nazarene work in his homeland.
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Alfredo del Rosso
Church of the Nazarene
Italy
West Avenue
Jackson Street
Lester Ringhiser
Mr. del Rosso
Nazarene
United States
del Rosso
West Ave
Jackson St
H. Lester Ringhiser
NYPS
Former La Crosse Man Appears in Life Magazine
The Rev. Stanley E. Niebruegge, former La Crosse resident and now an assistant pastor at Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City, is pictured in Life magazine’s July 2 issue while taking part in funeral rites for Thomas A. Watson.
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la Crosse
New York City
Brick Presbyterian Church
Life Magazine
Stanley E. Niebruegge
Thomas A. Watson
International Business Machines Corp
A. J. Niebruegge
First Presbyterian Church
Giddings-Boyle Presbyterian Church
St. Louis
Stanley Niebruegge
Central High School
Harvard University
Thatniversity
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Cambridge
Mass
Princeton
Brick Church
VFW Discusses Engineer Shortage Threat To Nation
In Manitonoc Wis Veterans of Foreign Wars heard Maj. Gen. John Mills warn of a looming shortage of engineers and physical scientists by 1960. He urged combined community state and national action and better incentives to keep skilled personnel in service amid rapid weapon changes. Senators Wiley and Davis urged veterans pension reforms.
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Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Gen. Mills
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Losey Blvd
Main St
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Beloit
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Robert D. Vinter
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Xunur
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Campbell Rd
Carroll Anderson
Evangelical Reformed
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16Th
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Sili Sts
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Liberty and Sill
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Freeman O. Sveom
English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
Cass
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Ee Good Shepherd
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
S. 27Th
J. L. Mattes
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
21St Place
Weston St
Norman A. Nelson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
George Alvilden
Lincoln School
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Division
Arthur JM. Force
Trinity Lutheran
First Lutheran Church
5Th Ave. S
Leon A. Holm
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WKTY
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Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
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St. Paul and Avon Sts
Walter W. Gutzke
Mount Calvary Evangelical Luetheran Church
16Th St
Park Ave
Lloyd Lambert
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran ‘Church
Main Sts
Ona
Alaska
John H. Lau
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19Th
Redfield Sts
Winslow .Wilson
Lee H.holmes
Freds Jerick
Onalaska Methodist Church
14Th Ave. N
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James H. Bell
Grandad's Bluff
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Robert D. Hannon
Iery
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