Plan for 31st Buddy Poppy Sale by VFW
Plans for the 31st annual nationwide Buddy Poppy sale by the Veterans of Foreign Wars set May 23 and 24 in La Crosse. Volunteers, led by women and Girls Auxiliary to Thomas Rooney Post 1530, aim to raise 20 000 to aid needy veterans locally, with proceeds supporting the VFW Rehabilitation Service and the National Home for widows and orphans at Eaton Rapids Michigan founded 1925.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
la Crosse
Fields of Flanders
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Thomas Rooney
VFW
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Army General Staff Course graduate from Fort Leavenworth
Maj. Howard F. Cleary completed the Army General Staff Course at Fort Leavenworth on May 7. The four month program enrolled 324 officers from captain to colonel to train for division general staff duties. Cleary serves as contracting officer for the Signal Corps Procurement Agency in Philadelphia.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Howard F. Cleary
Dorothy
M. D. Cleary
la Crosse
Wis
Army
General Staff
Command and General Staff College
Maj
Cleary
Signal Corps Procurement Agency
Philadelphia
Harmony woman’s 1951 car damaged in hit and run
A 1951 model car owned by Mrs. James J. McGinty of Harmony Minnesota was struck by a hit and run driver at 2 07 a m Monday while parked in the 300 block on Pearl Street. It sustained 30 dollars in damage.
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James J. McGinty
Harmony
Minn
Pearl Street
Monroe Plans TV Backed Repertoire at Avalon Ballroom
Vaughn Monroe outlines a system to build a TV ready repertoire by road testing stage productions. He says he will continue to road test material for his television programs and has used indexed backlogs of props costumes lighting and camera notes to ease telecasting. He performs at Avalon Ballroom Tuesday night.
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Vaughn Monroe
Monroe
Avalon Ballroom
Vaughn
Association Meets La Crosse Education Association Session
The La Crosse Education Association will hold a meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday in the snack bar at La Crosse State College to select a delegate for the National Education Association and name alternates for the Wisconsin Education Association meeting. Each year the current year’s alternate becomes the next year’s delegate.
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la Crosse Education Association
la Crosse State College
Wisconsin Education Association
Armed Forces Day Parade Planned in La Crosse
Mayor Henry Ahrens proclaims Saturday May 17 1952 Armed Forces Day in La Crosse. A parade and Riverside Park address by Brig Gen Eugene L Harrison of Camp McCoy will honor the armed services with an Army equipment display. Roy Coster serves as grand marshal of the parade.
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Henry Ahrens
Armed Forces
la Crosse
Riverside Park
Eugene L. Harrison
Camp McCoy
Army
Roy Coster
Transportation Corps
Organized Army Reserve of
United States
City of
Meeting La Crosse Council United Commercial Travelers
The council met at Odd Fellows Hall Saturday night approving Lawrence A. Evenson s reinstatement and memberships for Lester C. Guggenbuehl and Everett W. Shisler. A contribution was voted to the School Patrol for its Wisconsin Dells trip. Entertainment chairman E H Woehrmann announced the annual picnic at Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday June 15 with lunch and entertainment by the Occasional Four Barbershop Quartet.
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la Crosse Council United Commercial Travelers
Odd Fellows Hall
Lawrence A. Evenson
Lester C. Guggenbuehl
Everett W. Shisler
School Patrol
Wisconsin Dells
E. H. Woehrmann
Veterans Memorial Park
How They Voted on Foreign Aid Roll Call
Washington records Wisconsin Republican senators votes on Knowland motion to send a 6.9 billion dollar Foreign Aid Bill to the Armed Services Committee for study. McCarthy voted for and Wiley against. the roll call passed 40 to 33.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Knowland
Calif
Armed Services Committee
McCarthy
Wiley
Johnson Carl J. Johnson 71 Ettrick dies of heart attack
Carl J. Johnson 71 of Beach died suddenly Saturday at home from a heart attack. Funeral at 1 30 p.m. Thursday North Beaver Creek Lutheran Church with Rev Lawrence W. Halvorson officiating. Burial in church cemetery. He was born August 11 1880 in Ettrick Township. Survives include wife Clara Brovold a brother Julius A. Johnson three children and ten grandchildren. A short service by Rev Halvorson at Runnestrand Funeral Chapel precedes the church service. Friends may call 12 to 1 30 p.m. Thursday.
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Ettrick
Wis
Carl J. Johnson
North Beaver Creek Lutheran Church
Lawrence W. Halvorson
Johnson
Beach
Ettrick Township
Svend Johnson
Norway
Clara Brovold
Julius A. Johnson
Bear Creek
Jesse Lee
Taylor
Solven
Minneapolis
Carlyle
Runnestrand
Halvorson
Mabel Woman Dies. Funeral Held at Newburg Methodist
Mrs. Charles Knudsen 80 died Friday in Harmony hospital. Funeral services at Newburg Methodist Church were led by Rev A R Kottke with burial in the church cemetery. Born July 10 1871 near Mabel she married Charles Knudsen March 3 1892. Survivors include sons Vernon Canton Minn and Owen Byrth ville Ark daughters Marian Jorem Harmony and Blanche Bongley Canton nine grandchildren and several siblings.
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Mabel
Minn
Newburg Methodist Church
Charles Knudsen
Harmony
A. R. Kottke
George Morem
Vernon
Canton
Owen
Byrthville
Ark
George
Marian
Jorem
Carl
Blanche) Bongley
Byron Johnson
A. C. Hellikson
Ed Webster
Spring Valley
Charles Hellikson
Santa
Ettrick WWII veteran Haakon Melby found dead at brother-in-law home
Haakon Melby 46 was found dead Monday morning at the home of Julius and Mrs Engelsen in Upper French Creek Ettrick. A World War II veteran he served in the European theater with the quartermaster gasoline supply unit including North Africa Anzio and Italy. He married none. Survivors include his sister Mrs Engelsen and three brothers Victor Goodwin and Henry. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. Zion Lutheran Blair with burial at Zion Cemetery Blair and military rites by the American Legion. Friends may call Gibson Funeral Home Wednesday 7:30 p.m. and at the church Thursday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Ettrick
Wis
Haakon Melby
Julius Engelsen
Upper
French Creek
Tappan Coulee
Preston Township
Halvor Melby
North Africa
Anzio
Italy
Engelsen
Victor
Goodwin
Henry
Preston
Zion Lutheran Church
Blair
Lawrence W. Halvorson
Zion Cemetery
American Legion Post
Gibson Funeral Home
Funeral services for John Ornes in Melvina Wisconsin
John Ornes 68 died suddenly Sunday afternoon. Services set for Thursday at 1 30 from the Ornes home and 2 at Melvina Union Church with Rev L C Jenson. Burial in Melvina Cemetery. Survived by wife Rose four sons Melvin of Sparta Stanley of Tomah Olaf and Gordon at home a daughter Irene Miller of Melvina eight grandchildren and brother Gilbert of La Crosse.
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Melvina
Wis
John Ornes
Ornes
Melvina Union Church
L. C. Jenson
Rose
Melvin
Sparta
Stanley
Tomah
Olaf
Gordon
Lawrence
Irene) Miller
Gilbert
la Crosse
Funeral Services Planned for Mrs Rodenberg at 1:30
Melrose Wisconsin special report states Mrs. Rodenberg aged 55 died Saturday in a La Crosse hospital. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 1:30.
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Melrose
Wis
Ed Rodenberg
la Crosse
Boy Who Never Walked Travels In Wheelchair
Gordon Robson of Liberty Pole, who has never walked due to muscle dystrophy, now moves in a wheelchair donated by the Vernon County Chapter of the Wisconsin Association for the Disabled. His mother drives him to Liberty Pole School and his brother helps him into class. the fund came from WAD Easter seal sales.
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Liberty Pole
Wis
Gordon Robson
Gordon
Vernon County
Wisconsin Association For the Disabled
Liberty Polo School
la Crosse Tribune
WAD
R. E. Wolfgram
The
Obituary for Mrs Rodenberg with Funeral Services
Mrs Rodenberg died after a brief illness from heart disease. Funeral services were held at Smith Funeral Chapel Melrose and Burr Oak Lutheran Church with burial at North Bend Cemetery. She is survived by her husband seven sons Harland Raymond Lloyd Eugene Frederick Merlin Arnold four daughters Violet Lindberg Lucille Hartung Annette La Von two brothers Harry Pfaff Clarence Pfaff a sister Mrs Will Lange and 12 grandchildren.
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Smith
Melrose
Burr Oak Lutheran Church
M. A. Zimmerman
North Bend
Rodenberg
Harland
Raymond
Lloyd
Eugene
Frederick
Merlin
Arnold
Violet) Lindberg
William
Lucille) Hartung
Annette
la von
Harry Pfaff
Clarence Pfaff
Will Lange
Hayes dies at 54 in Hixton Wisconsin
Taylor Wisconsin special Ed Hayes 54 died at a Minneapolis hospital. Funeral planned Thursday at 1 30 p m at Hixton Presbyterian Church with Rev Wayne L Grover officiating. Burial at Trinity Rest Cemetery Hixton. He leaves a widow Helen and three sons Dennis Richard and John plus parents six sisters and three brothers. He was a mechanic at a Winona garage until six weeks ago. Friends may call at Jensen Funeral Home Hixton Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
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Robert
Black River Falls
Henry
Hixton
Carl
Curran Valley
Taylor
Fred Mingus
Oshkosh
Elsie Bowers
Wilbur Veasey
Charles Popham
Chicago
Gerald Klick
Beloit
Ellen
Hayes
Winona
Jensen Funeral Home
Funeral arrangements set for Harry Hardy in Black River Falls
Special report from Black River Falls Wisconsin states funeral services for Harry Hardy will be held at his home Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in Black River Falls. Hardy was a prominent automobile dealer with agencies in Sparta Black River Falls Whitehall and Blair. He also conducted business in Durand prior to moving to Black River Falls in 1932. He was born in Mondovi.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Harry Hardy
Hardy
Sparta
Whitehall
Blair
Durand
Mondovi
Navy recruiters to visit La Crosse State College
Two naval recruiting officers will visit La Crosse State College Tuesday and Wednesday. Lt. Comm. Alan Langworthy will be on campus Tuesday, followed by Lt. Comm. J. L. A. Alldridge on Wednesday. There are more than 30,000 known diseases of plants.
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Naval
la Crosse State College
Alan Langworthy
Minneapolis
J. L. A. Alldridge
Naval Teader
Naval Air Station
Latin America Discussed At Knife and Fork Club Meeting
Don Bolt of the Central and South American study noted that Latin America is poorly understood by Americans and explained how politics, revolutions, and modernization interact with U S patterns. He highlighted Bolivar, Sucre, San Martin and others, plus American aid in World War II and the Panama Canal. New officers were named for 1952 53 with Morse as secretary treasurer and Naubauer as president.
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Latin America
Knife and Fork Club
Stoddard
Don Bolt
Central
Americas
U.S
Bolt
United States
George Washington
Bolivar
Sucre
San Martin
O'Higgins
America
Free Nations
Panama Canal
Knifean Folk Club
E. Ted Naubauer
Hubert Fuller
R. D. Morse
Muriel Fuller
Mauree Applegate
Harry Watkins
Morse
Maurice O. Graff
Oldenburg ReElected Leader Of State Pressroom Group
Norman L. Oldenburg, La Crosse Tribune pressman, was re elected to a fourth term as president of the Wisconsin State Conference of Pressroom Workers. The Racine meeting drew delegates from six cities to discuss press room practices, negotiation, and apprenticeship enforcement. Floyd Cashmore became vice president and Jack Mull was named secretary.
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Norman L. Oldenburg
la Crosse Tribune
Wisconsin
Racine
Elmer Beck
AFL
Wage Stabilization Board
Beck
la Crosse
Meenah-Menasha
Milwaukee
Madison
Wisconsin Rapids
Floyd Cashmore
Guilbert Niesen
Jack Mull
Warns Against Fund Soliciting by Unauthorized Groups
Republicans in Wisconsin were warned not to donate to groups or individuals soliciting money in the party’s name. Wayne Hood, state chairman, said no organization besides the Republican finance committee led by C. O. Waring of Milwaukee is authorized to collect funds. He urged that any fundraising for the party be channeled through the committee.
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Wisconsin
Wayne Hood
Republican Finance Committee
C. O. Waring
Milwaukee
Hood
Republican Party of
Republican Party
Power Exhibit Planned Here by Westinghouse in Milwaukee
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. announces a traveling power presentation for local contractors engineers and utility personnel at the Hotel Stoddard May 14 at 7 30 p m The program titled More Production Ahead emphasizes better use of existing equipment and new apparatus A J L Wagoner electrical engineer with 29 years of experience will moderate The highlight is a complete electrical distribution system installed in a model factory and followed by an exhibit of Westinghouse industrial electrical equipment.
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Westinghouse Electric Supply Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Westinghouse
Stoddard
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
J. L. Wagoner
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Wash
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Nash Motors
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Main St
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