June Weddings in Cedar Rapids and New Albin
Mr and Mrs Wesley Kubik announce the engagement of Irma Marie Kubik to Carl Wesley Dresselhaus of New Albin Iowa. They will wed June 20 at St Pauls Methodist Cedar Rapids. Dresselhaus teaches in New Albin and holds a Master of Administration from Iowa. Mrs Kubik teaches music at Hayes School. Also announced is the engagement of Beverly Gene Hollett to Dick Arnold Renner. The wedding is set for June 22. Beverly attended the University of Wisconsin and led Pi Beta Phi while Renner is a UW graduate and future English masters student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Kubik
8Th Avenue
S. E
Cedar Rapids
Irma Marie
Carl Wesley Dresselhaus
Frederick J. Dresselhaus
New Albia
Iowa
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Miss Kubik
Coe College
University of Iowa
Mu Phi
Dresselhaus
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa State
Phi Sigma Epsilon
New Ailbin
Hayes School
Kenneth J. Hollett
25Th Street
Beverly Gene
Dick Arnold Renner
Frank Renner Jr
S. 13Th Place
University of Wisconsin
Pi Beta Phi
Mortar Board
Renner
State University
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Rita Jean Zahn
Victor Zahn
Horton
Gary W. Oldenburg
Ed Oldenburg
la Crescent
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Marrying Brothers Engage Skemp Sisters in Chicago and Minot
Frances Perry and Patricia McIlhargey announce engagements to brothers Robert and Joseph Skemp. Perry, daughter of Theodore and Perry, will wed June 14 at St Felicitas Chicago. McIlhargey, nurse at St Marys Rochester, to wed June 4 at St Leopolds Minot. Both couples plan residences in La Crosse and are linked to Marquette University and Winona institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Therese Perry
Robert Charles Skemp
Patricia McIlhargey
Joseph J. Skemp
Miss Perry
Theodore N. Perry
Bennett Ave
Chicago
Miss McIlhargey
T. J. McIlhargey
Minot N.D
Thomas H. Skemp
St. Felicitas Catholic Church
College of St. Teresa
Winona
St. Xavier College
Skemp
St. Mary’s College
Law School
Marquette University
la Crosse
Patricia
Joseph Skemp
St. Leo’s Catholic Churh
Minot
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
St. Mary’s
Locals Visit From Los Angeles Spend Summer with Son and Daughter-in-Law
Locals Mr. and Mrs. S. Paulsen of Los Angeles formerly La Crosse arrive to spend the summer with their son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Al Paulsen at 926 East Ave. S. Community notices promote Roth's Flor-Mart carpeting and Universal Photo services with guarantees. Pauls Jewelers advertises watches silverware and diamonds at half price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Paulsen
Los Angeles
Calif
la Crosse
al Paulsen
East Ave
Roth’s Flor-Mart
Northwest
Universal Photo
State St
Paul’s Jewelers
Caledonia
Ettrick Mothers Club Holds May Mother Daughter Program
Ettrick Wisconsin May 6 members of the Ettrick Lutheran Mothers Club entertained their mothers with humorous monologues a poem and vocal selections in the church dining room. Mrs. H J Schansberg presided the toast was given by Mrs. Kenneth Truax and decorations were arranged by Mrs. Casper Erickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick Lutheran Mothers Club
Ettrick Lutheran Church
H. J. Schansberg
Blair
Kenneth Truax
F. M. Pederson
Victor Folkedahl
Raymond Smith
Francis Solberg
Cletus Casey
Casper Erickson
Lester Tranberg
Robert Ofsdahl
Naming of the Cranberry Plant
The cranberry likely derives its name from an early form crane berry. The blossoms on slender curved stems resemble a crane’s neck and head, explaining the origin of the name.
Homemaker Plans Modern Kitchen With Gas Incinerator
In planning a kitchen upgrade the homemaker considers installing a gas incinerator to dispose of garbage and trash, reduce odors, and deter pests.
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Wise
Draft from Slamming Oven Door Warps Stove
A reader warns that slamming the oven door on a gas stove can create a draft strong enough to bend door springs and affect the finish. The incident highlights risk to stove components and potential fire safety concerns.
Arcadia Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Arcadia Wisconsin observes the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kokott with a May 3 mass at St. Michael's Church in North Creek officiated by Very Rev. Joseph Andrzejewski. Nearly 200 attended a parish hall dinner, open house, and evening armory dance. The couple, who farmed near Arcadia before retiring, have four sons and three daughters and 17 grandchildren. their original 1902 marriage included Robert Kokott and Christine Kamla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Wis
Robert Kokott
Joseph Andrzejewski
Rita Bollinger
Wilber Bollinger
Willard Ko
St.Michael’s Church
North Creek
John Kokott
Paul Sonsalla
Elizabeth Kokott
John Brom
Jennie Sonsalla
Neva
Jamestown
N.C
Virginia Allard
Raymond
Irene Bollinger
Fountain City
Eugene
Ivan
Leo
Milwaukee
Della
Winona
Area Man Mary June Dallas Weds Pfc Selmer Ofte in Eugene Church
Mary June Dallas, daughter of Rex Dallas and late Rev. Dallas, married Pfc Selmer T Ofte March 29 at South Hill Christian Church Eugene Oregon in a double ring ceremony. Rev Ernest A Obert officiated. The couple resides in Cheney Oregon with Mrs Ofte completing her education at Eastern Washington College of Education and Mr Ofte stationed at Fairchild AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary June Dallas
Pfc
Selmer T. Ofte
South Hill Christian Church
Eugene
Ore
Rex Dallas
Dallas
Setles S. Ofte
Coon Valley
Wis
Ernest A. Obert
Donald Dallas
Wenatchee
George Harrar
Cpl
Alton Heil
Homer Evans
Sgt. Harrar
W. C. Perlgren
Shirley Langstrom
Marion Lee Pullman
Cheney
Otte
Eastern Washington College of Education
Fairchild Air Force Base
Mothers and Daughters Banquet Set for May 13 in Westby
Westby Coon Prairie Brotherhood plans a banquet for mothers and daughters Tuesday evening May 13 at seven. Speaker will be Mrs. Sanford Sorgen of La Crosse. Committees include Flugstad, Schye, Hovde, Mikkelson, Nelson for coffee and kitchen. Bjorge, Theige, Roiland for dining and dishwashing. Flugstad Rudie and Anderson for ice cream and procurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Rudie Sr
Orrin Anderson
Women Golfers Open Year With May Brunch at La Crosse Club
About 1130 attendees joined the Women Golfers Association opening social at La Crosse Country Club on May 10. New members were introduced by Mrs. John Padesky with prizes awarded for canasta and bridge. Golf season starts May 17 with putts counted, and luncheon reservations are requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Country Club
John Padesky
Women Golfers’ Association
Mmes
Lew Engelbretson
Ted Ernst
Merrill Davis
JC. P. Galligan
Roy Gilles
Dwight Kennedy
Arthur Moody
E. T.neubauer
Marvin Schirmacher
Richard Sherer
Paul Weigel
Horace Holly Jr
E. J. Wollschlaeger
C. J. Rau
P. En
J. R. Johnson
Ida Henratty
Bride Ellen Fitzgerald Weds John Duntemann at St Patrick’s
Ellen T. Fitzgerald married John P. Duntemann at St Patrick’s Church on May 10 in a high mass celebrated by Rev E J McDonald. Attendants included Mary Ellen Duntemann and John W. Ryan. The bride, a College of St Teresa graduate, taught at Waterville and led the ready to wear department at J C Penney in town. The couple will reside in Des Plaines Illinois with the groom in building material and fuel business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Ellen T. Fitzgerald
John P. Duntemann
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
E. J. McDonald
Mary Ellen Duntemann
John W. Ryan
Midland
Mich
T. E. Fitzgerald
Fiet’s
College of St. Teresa
Winona
Waterville
J. C. Penney
Des Plaines
Ill
Woman's Club Meeting Discusses Wisconsin Constitution
La Crosse group gathers with Mrs. D. C. Webster in La Crescent on a Wednesday afternoon to study A New Constitution for Wisconsin led by Mrs. Browne Mulder and Wisconsin's Tax Dollar led by Mrs. Porter Wheeler Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Woman’s Club
D. C. Webster
la Crescent
Wisconsin
Browne Mulder
Porter Wheeler Jr
Young and Stephens Vow at Olive Chapel Church
Jessie Jo Young and Lynn Stephens exchanged marriage vows at Olive Chapel Church in New Carlisle Indiana on April 26 before Rev James C Manes. The couple, both from Osceola and Michigan City areas, reside in Osceola with James an ironworker. The wedding dinner followed for families at Michigan City with a winter dinner menu noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Jo Young
Lynn Stephens
Olive Chapel Church
New Carlisle
Ind
James C. Manes
Fred Rainey
Fern
Young
Vine Sr
J. F. Stephens
Osceola
Michigan City
R. 2
Arcadia Holds MD Banquet at St. Ann's Society
In Arcadia Wisconsin the St. Ann's Society of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church hosted a mother daughter banquet in the school dining hall attended by 150. Rev Cyril J Smetana led the opening prayer and Mrs Herman Sense welcomed guests. Various members received roses and tributes were given to mothers and daughters with readings music and an address on the value of good Christian motherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Wis
St. Ann’s Society of the
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Eda Felsheim
Odine Gabriel
Cyril J. Smetana
Herman Sense
Gladys Gleason
Joseph R. Fernholz
Nellie Manning
William Walski
Wilmer Ziegeweid
Mamert Lejickman
Harry Engeldinger
Durand
George Giemza
Albert Rohn
Rose Kujak
Anna Brownlee
Leo Haines
Janet Bill
Anton Bautch
Joyce Angst
Joe Pehler
Barbara Gamoke
Eda Feishem
Wiegand
Edward Roskos
North Creek
Local couple wed at French Creek Lutheran Church
Carole Lucille Redsten and George Sylvester married at 8 p.m. Friday May 9 at French Creek Lutheran Church Ettrick Wisconsin with Rev. George Strum officiating. The bride, attended by Mrs. Salsman and Mrs. Sacia, wore Chantilly lace over satin and carried a bouquet of white flowers. After a reception for 200 guests, the couple will reside in Galesville. The bride works at Ettrick State Bank. the groom runs a Galesville service station and is a World War II Navy veteran. A prenuptial shower was held prior to the ceremony.
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Ettrick
Wis
French Creek Lutheran Church
Carole Lucille Redsten
Ben Redsten
French Creek
George Sylvester
Bertha Sylvester
Galesville
George C Strum
John Salsman
St. Paul
Carroll Sacia
Centerville
Patricia Salsiman
Theodore Twesme
Mrs. Salsman
Mrs. Lacia
Patricia Salsman
Bernard Redsten
Milford Sylvester
Allen Redsten
A. L. Twelme
Emil Helstad
Betty Godward
Mmes
Kenneth McLeod
Arthur Ofsdahl
Yttri Marries Francis A. Ames Jr. at Our Saviors Church
Yttri Cleone Yttri wore a cocoa brown gabardine suit as she married Francis A. Ames Jr on March 29 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. Rev George Alvilden officiated a one o'clock double ring ceremony with parents Mr and Mrs Sam Yttri and Mr and Mrs Frank Ames Jr present. Joyce Ames and Lowell Yttri, siblings, assisted. Reception followed at the Yttri home. The couple reside on a De Soto farm. A postnuptial shower was given by Mrs re Syverson and Mrs Vilas Yttri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleone Yttri
Francis A. Ames Jr
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
George Alvilden
Sam Yttri
Frank Ames
de Soto
Joyce Ames
Lowell Yttri
Joyce
Yttri
Re Syverson
Vilas
Guest Night Held by Study Club in Caledonia
The Study Club hosted its annual guest night at Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Ahlis home in Caledonia Minnesota. Mrs. Mary Hellickson and Rep Lloyd Duxbury spoke on Washington trips. Club members showed movies. Mrs Harold Abbots led the event and Miss Grace Dorival was program chairman with out of town guest Mrs Max Spell from La Crosse attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia, Minn
J. J. Ahlis
Washington, D.C
Mary Hellickson
Lloyd Duxbury
Harold Abbots
Grace Dorival
Max Spell
la Crosse
Baptisms Held at St. Jacob's Norwalk Wis
Baptismal services were held at St. Jacobs Lutheran Church in Norwalk on the 11th for Ronald Dale Huber son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Huber and for the Gilbert children sons of Mr and Mrs Wade Gilbert. A food preparation note explains puree as rubbing through a sieve or food mill to make a smooth paste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Wis
St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church
Ronald Dale
Lloyd Huber
Wade Gilberts
ACT Auxiliary Committees Are Selected
The ACT Auxiliary met at IOOF Hall on May 10 and announced committees for the year. Laura Rogge leads entertainment with Kay Woerhmann Alice Seiler Helen Russell and Henrietta Low. reservations food and dining room named to other posts. Louise Raitmen chairs finance with Leone Field Marie Dahl and Vivian Peacock on the panel. Delegates to the Wisconsin grand convention are listed led by Frances Rudrud. A memorial service for Rosa Barton was held with six participants. A regular luncheon is slated at the Linker Hotel May 27, with a white elephant sale in mid June and a joint picnic with the Council at Waterloo Park on June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Commercial Travelers of America
Ioof Hall
Laura Rogge
Kay Woerhmann
Alice Seiler
Helen Russell
Henrietta Low
Nanny Sherman
Marie Jones
Leone Field
Louise Raitnen
Marie Dahl
Vivian Peacock
Alice Hanson
Amelia Warner
Wisconsin
Brown Lake
Racine
Frances Rudrud
Nancy Sherman
Esther Nelson
Agnes Guberud
Mae Guggenbuehl
Rosa Barton
Mary Forss
Minnie Russell
Olga Lavold
Alice Warner
Linker Hotel
Council
Waterloo Park
Elia Wangen
Margaret Larson
Esther Martinson
Ethyl Dahler
Eleanor Kennedy
Leone Schild
Emma Schroeder
Peggy Johnson
Marine Hasse
Amelia Gudie
Anna Geiwitz
Esther Thrune
Galesville women stage final bridge benefit for golf club
In Galesville Wisconsin the last of a series of bridge benefits for the local golf club is set for Monday evening May 12 at Mrs. G M Wiley s home. Supper at 7 p m precedes card play with Mrs J O Beadle Mrs H W Benter Mr Zahorick and Miss Violet Kenyon assisting. A brief business session will include officer elections for the women s group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
G. M. Wiley
Mmes
J. O. Beadle
H. W. Benter
John Zahorick
Violet Kenyon
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R. H. Wood
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Arlie Faye
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Fort Bliss
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Arthur Kerska
Fifth Ave. S
Phyllis Claire
Wilbur J Boulet
W. R. Boulet
Green Bay
Fitzgerald, Duntemann
Woman's Club
Young, Stephens
Richard Hudeit
Bette Mistle
Hudnut
Barrons
Gale
Ontario
Clyde Stoikes
Margaret Elaine
Donald L. Downing
Ernest Downing
Downing
Camp Polk
Ames
Elroy
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Rita Mae
Glen Henthorn
Raymond Peterson
Dewey Peterson
Wonewoc
ACT
Wesley Methodist
Esther Circle
E. G. Thiel
WBA
Rita Olson
Cameron
First Baptist Woman’s Union
Wilson Colwell Relief Corps
YWCA
Masonic Entertainment Committee
Masonic Temple
Gale Golfers
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