Lutheran Church Convention Eyes Five-Synod Merger
Evangelical Lutheran Church delegates from 2750 congregations, totaling over 814000 members in the United States and Canada, meet in Minneapolis June 4 10 to consider merging five synods into a single body with potential to form the largest Lutheran synod in America. A $3 million budget is also on the agenda along with missions and education reports.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Central Lutheran Church
ELC
Canada
American Lutheran Conference
Evangelical Lutheran
American Lutheran
Augustana Lutheran
United Evangelical Lutheran
Lutheran Church
Lutheran Synod
America
Board of Trustees
Home Missions
Sudan
J. A. Aasgaard
Brotherhood of the Church
Women’s Missionary Federation
Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation
Car Plunges Through Rails Near City Limits
A 1937 car went through two guard rail posts on Oak Street beyond the city limits at about 2 45 a m Saturday. It tumbled 125 yards along an embankment, damaging the car and a rain culvert for about 300 dollars. The driver and his brother left the scene. the brother said the driver fell asleep. A second collision occurred at Third and Division Streets when a Minnesota car struck John Johnson and caused minor damage.
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Oak Street
la Crosse
Onalaska
Third
Division Streets
John Johnson
R.2
Sylvester McManimon
R. 2
Rushford
Minn
Minnesota
Third Street
Johnson
Pa and Ma Dinner Planned by Asbury Methodist Club
The Methodist Men's Club of Asbury Methodist Church will host a Pa and Ma Dinner for men and wives on Monday May 12 at 6 30 p m in the church dining room Chaplain Charles Fisher from Camp McCoy will speak and show colored slides of the Holy Land Music by the Dodge Ettes Sweet Adeline Quartet and officers for the new year will be elected Roy Imbs president leads the program Tickets are available from club members.
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Methodist Men’s Club
Asbury Methodist Church
19Th
Redfield Streets
Charles Fisher
Camp McCoy
Holy Land
Dodge-Ettes Sweet Adeline
Roy Imbs
Milner Hotel Chorus Singer Suffered Food Poisoning
Police ambulance rushed to the Milner Hotel at 6 57 p m Friday to take Robert Hoffman of the American Male Chorus to a local hospital. He was reported to be suffering from food poisoning.
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Milner Hotel
Robert Hoffman
Church listings highlight Mother's Day services across many faiths
The notice catalogs numerous congregations from Adventist to Zionist groups with weekly schedules, sermons, Sunday schools, and special Mother’s Day observances. It lists churches, pastors, service times, and event topics across the city for many denominations.
Youth Rally Planned by La Crosse Presbytery
Youth of the La Crosse Presbytery gather at Perrot Park Trempealeau County for a spring rally Sunday afternoon with plans for instruction from Galesville Presbyterian Church. Guest speakers include Don Taylor moderator of the Wisconsin Youth Synod and O. B. Smith. Recreation fellowship and officer elections are on the agenda with weather contingencies noted.
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Perrot Park
Trempealeau County
la Crosse
Galesville Presbyterian Church
Karen Hanson
Hytery
Don Taylor
Wisconsin Youth Synod
O. B. Smith
Marriage Licenses Granted in Wisconsin Records
Sparta pair Edward L. Prochaska and Minnie B. Butterfield of Tomah listed for licenses. Additional entries include Clarence Lee and a Williamson Calawell partner from Kan joined by Sone in pending license proceedings.
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Sparta
Wis
Edward L. Prochaska
Minnie B. B. Butterfield
Tomah
Clarence Lee Ee Sone
Williamson
Calawell, Kan
Remember the Sabbath and the common sense of rest
The author defends Sabbath observance as a weekly rest day grounded in Exodus and Deuteronomy, notes Jesus’ Sabbath practices, contrasts Pharisee strictness with practical mercy, and urges church attendance and family habit formation on Sundays.
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Wm. Southern, JR
Jesus
Pilate
Paul
Nazareth
Tri State Deaths Include Anna Neprud and Infant Jennifer
Anna Neprud of Coon Valley Wisconsin died in Flandreau South Dakota. Funeral services will be at Upper Coon Valley Lutheran Church Monday at 4 p.m. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by sister Mabel Nepurd of Salt Lake City Utah. Jennifer infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Stiehl Cashton died in Sparta hospital. Born April 13. Surviving parents a brother Danny four and sister Mary three.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Anna Neprud
Flandreau
S.D
Upper Coon Valley Lutheran Church
Mabel Neprud
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sparta
Jenifer
Lloyd Stiehl
Cashton
Danny
Mary
Mrs Minnie Ham Dies in Illinois
Mrs Warnie Calhoon of La Farge reports the death of her sister Mrs Minnie Ham at her home in Moline Illinois. Funeral services were held in Moline on Wednesday.
Obituaries of Mrs Arvilla Marshall and Ernest Galster
Mrs Arvilla Marshall 83 died May 2 at her La Farge home with funeral May 4 at Free Methodist Church burial Chapel Cemetery. Survived by 10 children 36 grandchildren 33 great grandchildren and siblings. Ernest Galster 70 died of a heart attack Thursday while driving in Alma Center his wife aided stopping the vehicle. Funeral at Methodist Church in Alma Center Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Alma Center
Wis
Ernest Galster
Methodist Church
Alma
Center
Belief Or Habit Cited In Church Joining Reasons
George Cornell reports on a World Council on Faith and Order study listing non theological reasons for church divisions. Geographic, social economic and political factors plus discrimination and denominational sentiment shape affiliation. The report, to be presented at a Lund Sweden conference, notes divisions persist from non religious factors amid global church unity pressures.
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New York
Commission On Faith and Order of the World of Churches
World Conference On Faith and Order
Lund
Sweden
Council
Surviving relatives listed for local resident
Kee and a daughter Mrs Mildred Vincent of Janesville survive along with a brother Charles of Alma Center and a sister Mrs Minnie Blencoe of Taylor.
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Kee
Mildred Vincent
Janesville
Charles
Alma ‘Center
Minnie [Blencoe
Taylor
Ettrick and Mt Sterling Obituaries Readied in Wisconsin
Julia Hougstad 75 died after arriving at a La Crosse hospital. Born July 25 1876 she spent life in Ettrick area and was married to Charles Hougstad in 1899. Survivors include three sisters two brothers and daughter Mrs E J Johnson. Albert Weeks 83 died at home in Mt Sterling. Survived by wife three daughters and three sons plus seven grandchildren. Daughter Mrs L H Crume is a local teacher. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Ettrick
Wis
Julia Hougstad
la Crosse
Lars Olson
Norway
Charles Hougstad
Gust Gilbertson
Fred Larson
Hardies Creek
MT. Sterling
Albert Weeks
Agnes Plondke
Detroit
Mich
Edith Crume
Tomah
Esther
Thomas
Cornell
Ralph
Galesburg
Ill
Albert N
Arcadia
Eva
Arnold
L. H. Crume
Stoddard
La Crosse County Draft Calls Issued for May Induction Day
Three county draftees orders have been received by the Selective Service Office. Three men from La Crosse County will be called for induction on May 20 and an additional 30 registrants will report for physical examinations the same day.
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la Crosse County
Selective Service Office
147 Casualties Identified in Korea Defense List
The Defense Department today identified 147 pre battle casualties in Korea with 29 killed, 112 wounded, 1 missing in action and 5 injured. The report summarizes combat losses and notes the latest tally from the military.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Short Circuited Truck Ties Up City Fire Crews
An Army truck caused two calls for Engine 1 on Friday at Seventh and Pine Streets and Fourth and State Streets due to wiring shorts. The engine returned to the station after warnings, then responded again to the same issue. Engine 4 was sent to 1125 Liberty Street at 9:28 a.m. Saturday for a flooded oil burner in Joe Pendleton’s home.
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Seventh
Pine Streets
Fourth
State Streets
Liberty St
Joe Pendleton
Bicycle Abandoned Found in Way Side Park by Kinney Coulee
La Crosse County highway police recovered a red and black bicycle with balloon tires and a front light after it appeared abandoned in Way Side Park on Kinney Coulee Road near Highway 16. The owner may retrieve the bike at the highway police headquarters in the Courthouse. Officers reported seeing the bike in the park since last Monday.
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la Crosse
Young Church Children Honor Mothers at Sunday Service
The Seventh Street Baptist Church will honor mothers during the 11 a.m. service Sunday. The oldest mother youngest mother and the mother with the largest family present will receive gifts.
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Jpastor
Jerome G. Gerum
Our Savior’s
Rosary Society
Seventh Street Baptist Church
La Crosse Tribune Masthead Note
The La Crosse Tribune published as a second class matter in June 1904 at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office under the 1879 act. This entry notes archival mailing status for the historic newspaper.
Prom Night Safety Advice From Local Police
Chief George Long urged parents and students to plan safe transportation after two local high school proms. He warned against taking cars out of the city or state and noted holiday traffic on state and county roads.
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George Long
Long
Aletta's Hat Shop and Roth's Flor-Mart Ad
Local ads promote Aletta's Hat Shop on 5th Avenue and Market with alterations at Room 312 Newburg Building. Roth's Flor-Mart touts low carpet prices and installations as Mother’s Day reservations open at The New Villa. The Sweet Shop offers Mother’s Day gift boxes on Caledonia Street.
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Alletta
Aletta’s
5Th Avenue
Newburg
Lady’s and Childrens
Roth’s Flor-Mart
Caledonia
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J. H. Meier
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D. H. Heuser
Children’s Church
C. A
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Logan
Alexander Hairs
First Baptist Church
Folke Ferre
Loomis
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6Th
Main Streets
Peter Pape
John P. Trant
Hilary Simmons
St. Patrick’s Church
Joseph N. Bach
Holy Trinity
13Th Street
Park Avenue
Msgr
V. J. Plecity
A. Arthur Weber
Bernard T. Kelly
Church OF Christ Scientist First Church of Christ, Scientist
West Ave. and
King
Church OF Christ
8Th
Cass
Ralph B. Michael
Church OF Open Bible
Church of the Open Bible
Libery and
Clinton
D. I. Bibey
Pasor
Corner 4Th
Jay
St. Wenceslaus Church
Winnebago
Ferdinand Cech
Edward J. Sobczyk
St. James Catholic Church
Caledonia St
James J. Sheridan
Peter Stoll
St. Mary’s
7Th Street
Cameron Avenue
William L. Mooney
St. John the Baptist Church
Avon St
Hugo Koehler
Edwin J. Thome
Mother of Perpetual Help
Holy Cross Church
Ferry Streets
Stanley Andrzejewski
William, V. Nikolai
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
20Th
Weston Streets
Thomas E. Mullen
Gerard O’rourke
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Losey Boulevard
King Street
Francis E. Wallace
First Congregational Church
Frederick W. Hyslop
Bird Chapel
Pilgrim Fellowship
Green Lake
P.F
College Club
St. Peter’s
Episcopal Church
Avon
Robert D. Winter
Encides
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Farnam
Latter Day Saints
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Liberty and Sill
Lutheran Bethel Lutheran Church
George and Sill
Ingel Hovland
English Lutheran Church
16Th
Harold N. Stoffel
Cantate
First Lutheran Church
4Th St
Maynard Midthun
Pas
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
1St Place
Weston
Carl J. Groettum
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
George Alvilden
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
West Ave
Division
Sanford D. Sorgen
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charles and Sill
Lavern R. Hanson
Wisconsin Synod
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
West Avenue
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
Norval Kock
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ward Ave
William Lange
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Avon and St. Paul
Walter E. Gutzke
Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
16Th and
Harold F. Backer
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Henry Lange
Redfield
Winslow Wilson
Caledonia Street Methodist Church
George R. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
8Th and
J. Pierce Newell
Fireside Forum
Nazarene Church of the Nazarene
Jackson
Clifton B Nixon
Heslop
First Presbyterian Church
Mark Lewis Andrews
Fellowship Hall
Cargill House
Presby
Galesville
North Presbyterian Church
Avon and
H. R. Shirley
French Island
Salvation Meeting
Sons OF Abraham
Congregation
1820
Main
Isaac N. Lever
WLCX
Shalom Ae
Presbytery
Synagogue
Abraham
Satan
Jenifer Stiehl
Minnie Ham
Arvilla Marshall
By George Cornell
Church Bible School
Island Presbyterian Church
Island
Pilot Mound
S. T. Severtson
North Prairie Lutheran Church
Severtson
New North Prairie
Friendly Dealings
Main St
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