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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1966
Page
4
Dr. Vladimir Eliasberg says the trend of boys wearing long hair and girls adopting masculine dress is a temporary social wave. He notes no deep-rooted psychiatric cause and predicts fashion shifts within five years toward more conventional styles.
Mt Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church held a mother daughter banquet with Rev M A Schroeder sharing a Hong Kong slide presentation. Mrs R V Cermak chaired, assisted by Mrs A A Knorr. Mary Hagadorn and Mrs Fred Hagadorn gave toasts.
Don J. Meinert 39 of 222 Shady Lane Court named public relations director at Coleman Vocational School. A La Crosse native, he worked 14 years in Trane Co advertising and earlier with the U S Commerce Department Coast and Geodetic Survey. He will aid a new advertising and graphic arts program and teach in those fields. His wife is Marian Zenker of La Crosse.
Trempealeau and Ettrick report multiple tolls with Ray mond Mikrut Verna Cance and Dale Ronald Subera among the deceased. Obituaries note local ties to Trempealeau Hillsboro West Lima Spring Grove Soldiers Grove and nearby towns with services in Catholic and Presbyterian churches and burials in local cemeteries. Surviving relatives include spouses children siblings and grandchildren.
Harold P Ledegar 67 of 322 N 11th St died May 3 in a local hospital. Survived by widow Mabel son Donald G. of Washington D C mother Emma Ledegar of La Crosse and brother Ronald J. Services Saturday 2 p.m. Schumacher Funeral Home burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Robert L Whiting 68 of 1403 Jackson St died May 5 at home. Survived by sister Eleanor and brother C J Whiting. Masonic services Saturday 1 30 p.m. Dickinson Jackson Street Chapel burial Mt Hope Cemetery Hokah Minn. Sebastiano Tony Riti 71 of 326 N 8th St died April 30. Survived by sister Maria Riti in Italy. Services Friday 8 30 a.m. Sletten McKee Funeral Home and 9 a.m. St Joseph the Workman Cathedral. Burial Catholic Cemetery. Rosary 7 30 p.m. Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. (incomplete details).
Northland College will award honorary doctorates to former Wisconsin governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. and Milton College president Charles W. Banta at the 55th annual commencement on May 29. Kohler receives a Doctor of Laws and Banta a Doctor of Business Administration. Kohler led Wisconsin from 1951 to 1957 and Banta became Milton College president in April 1965.
Mrs. Harry Holt of Creswell Oregon 61 was named America s Mother of the Year in Washington earning the title while already Oregon s Mother of the Year She and her late husband started an adoption program in 1955 bringing eight Asian children to their farm home Over the years the project grew to 557 children in 36 buildings with Holt aiding 3 500 Korean orphans find homes in the United States Her work has drawn international recognition including Korean honors and public welfare awards Focused on the adoption program she also wrote a book directed a film and runs the agency with help from her daughter Suzanne and five staffers continuous efforts supported by family and volunteers.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a low yield underground nuclear test conducted Wednesday at the Nevada proving grounds. The weapon's yield was equal to 20 000 tons of TNT or less.
Anderson of Marshfield, Mrs Nellie Tester of Black River Falls and Mrs Mazie Morris of Racine are noted among a long line of relatives including 10 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren highlighting a family deeper history.
May 5 6 07 a m Mrs Oscar Lee Holmen transported to St Francis Hospital by daily records police ambulance. May 4 10 43 a m La Crosse sprinkler alarm at Trane Co Plant 2 alarm due to broken sprinkler head. May 4 8 52 p m Emily Kan ter Hokah 69 taken to Lutheran Hospital illness. May 5 2 04 a m Hugh W Betts 44 Canton Minn injured head in fall to St Francis Hospital. County Court Sparta speeding case results list multiple defendants and penalties.
Aquinas High School senior Michael French received a $1,300 renewable scholarship from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for study at Catholic University in Washington. He also earned a $1,200 offer from Marquette University and a $2,800 offer from New College in Sarasota. French, son of Albert and Mrs. French of 913 Adams St, La Crosse, is active in student government and honors societies and was named the 1966 Bishop’s Medal recipient. He logged wins in the American Legion oratorical contest and other scholastic activities.
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