Scarseth Elected President Of Logan High School Council
On Friday Logan High School elected Thomas Scarseth as president of the Student Council on the Federalist ticket. The vote followed a week of campaigning and included elections for vice president Joanne Tostrud secretary Barbara Ulrich treasurer Jerry Blank senior high rep Orby Moss junior high rep.
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Thomas Scarseth
Logan High School
Logan
Richard Lubinsky
Joanne Tostrud
Barbara Ulrich
Jerry Blank
Orby Moss
Darryl Wright
David Loomis
Myrna Greene
Nancy White
George Nelson
David Larson
Darrell Hill
Shady Lane
Hill
Leigh Lumley
James Conway
Conway
Davy Crockett
Thomas Luehne
Sharon Hanson
Larry Cooper
Federalist Party
Richard Hellerade
William Mose
David Wingers
Richard Cagle
Richard Kibler
Ronald Nichols
Richard Schoenfeld
Paris
Scarseth
Ray Aiken
Kenneth Tucker
Howard Shirley
Jerry Hendrickson
Joel Urban
Ray Ziebell
Walter Boenigk
Logan Student Council
Opossum Arrest Brings Four Pups to Chicago Station
Chicago police arrested an opossum found on Racine Avenue and brought it to the northwest side station. The animal reportedly gave birth to four young, with desk Sgt. Robert Conley joking that he would book her for carrying concealed possums.
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Chicago
Racine Avenue
Robert Conley
Business notes lead in week ending May 6 production
Ford Stickler tops the Bankers Life Co field force for new business in the week ending May 6 as highlighted in the company weekly. Robert B. Wyland is promoted to director of industrial relations at P Lorillard Co with duties spanning labor relations and wage negotiations. Indiana based distributors LA CRESCENT Minn. roots beer stand opened by Mr and Mrs Joseph Fancher at Spirit Lake Iowa.
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Ford Stickler
Enure
Bankers Life Co
Stickler
Western Wisconsin Association of Life Underwriters
Robert B. Wyland
P. Lorillard Co
William J. Halley
The
Tobacco Company
Wyland
Lorillard
New York
la Crosse
Gateway Motor and Auto Supply, Inc
S. 3Rd St
Tri-State
E. C. Horstmann
H. O. Ott
LA Crescent, Minn
Joseph Fanchers
Spirit Lake
Iowa
No Opposition To Pension Plan For Small Claims Judges
Madison hearing on a bill to place 13 municipal and small claims court judges under a separate pension system drew no opposition. Backers include the State Bar Association and State Judicial Council. If enacted, judges would contribute seven percent of salary and receive up to half at age 70, costing the state $8,000 to $9,000 annually funded by a $10 occupational license fee.
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Madison
State Bar Association
State Judicial Council
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Marriage Licenses Issued Across Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota
Marriage licenses granted in Waukon Iowa to Kenneth Dorsey of Black River Falls and Katherine Gass of Alma Center. Raymond Paul of La Crosse and Mary Engstler of Hokah. Gerald Henkes of McGregor Iowa and Linda McCormick of Harpers Ferry. Ray Neidermeyer of Joppa and Alma Yates of Paducah Kentucky. Sparta Wisconsin pairs Carlton J Von Ruden and Dorothy Frederick of Jefferson. Leonard Kick of Bangor and Alberta F Marx of Jefferson.
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Kenneth Dorsey
Black River Falls
Katherine Gass
Alma Center
Raymond Paul
la Crosse
Mary Engstler
Hokah
Gerald Henkes
McGregor
Iowa
Linda McCormick
Harpers Ferry
Ray Neidermeyer
Joppa
Alma Yates
Paducah
Sparta
Wis
Carlton J. von Ruden
Dorothy Frederick
Jefferson
Leonard Kick
Bangor
Alberta F. Marx
Swedish Log Houses First Brought to Delaware in 1638
Log houses were first introduced into America by Swedish settlers in the area of present day Wilmington Delaware in 1638. The note places early Swedish influence in the Delaware River region and hints at colonial crafts reaching English colonial boundaries.
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America
Wilmington, del
Patrice Munsel Birthday Biographical Note
Patrice Munsel born May 14 1925 in Spokane Washington is noted as a Met opera debutant in 1943. She sang leads in Victor Herbert Naughty Marietta and other Broadway style works and recently recorded What’s the Use Of Wondering and songs from Carousel.
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Patrice Munsel
Spokane, Wash
Metropolitan Opera
Victor Herbert
Patpice Munsel
By Any Other Color It's Still Stolen
Minot police spotted a stolen car despite color variation in a case linked to a red car reported stolen in Cut Bank Montana. Officers arrested Willard S. Searle of Missoula and Loren Masterson of Wolf Point after finding red paint concealed with black shoe polish. They were charged with driving a stolen car across state lines.
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Minot
N.D
Cut Bank
Mont
Willard S. Searle
Missoula
Loren Masterson
Wolf Point
Wisconsin Urged to Observe National Maritime Day
Governor Kohler urged Wisconsin citizens to mark National Maritime Day May 22. He tied the date to the 1819 first successful steamship crossing and cited the merchant marine as vital to defense with the St. Lawrence Seaway development ahead.
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Madison
Kohler
Wisconsin
St. Lawrence Seaway
City Students Win In State Science Show
Timothy Hulick, 13, a seventh grader at St. Joseph's Grade School, won first place at the Wisconsin Junior Academy of Science statewide meet at Oshkosh State College for his project "A Transistor in Circuit" earning $50 and a gold pin. Clarence Netwal of Campus School, La Crosse, took third with "My Radio." Eighteen entries from seven schools competed.
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Timothy Hulick
St. Joseph's
Wisconsin Junior Academy of Science
Oshkosh State College
la Crosse
Clarence Netwal
Campus School
Steuben
Milwaukee
College
Stevens Point
Lincoln
Waukesha
Wausau
Hulick
Sharon Norin
Steuben Junior High School
M. R. Hymes
Oshkosh High School
Oshkosh
Ralph Buckstaff
Academy of Science
James Duncan
Timothy
P. V. Hulick
Main St
Theola
F.S.P.A
Mary Wilfred
Aquinas High School
Mother Held After Daughter Leaps From Moving Train
In Hawthorne New York a 56 year old NY woman Celia Freeman was arrested on vagrancy and weapon charges after her 24 year old daughter Ruth Papazian leapt to her death from the Pacemaker express near Harmon Station. Police say the women argued during the trip from Denver to New York and Freeman was found with a 4 inch carving knife. The dead woman, wife of George Papazian now at Drexel Institute, had previously attempted suicide and had been wandering New York City earlier that spring.
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Harmon Station
Peekskill
Denver
Colo
East Cleveland
Ohio
Freeman
Cortlandt
Justice of the Peace
Cyril T. McDermott
Westchester County
Eastview
N.Y
George Papazian
Drexel Institute of Technology
Philadelphia
Camp Carson
Bellevue
New York City
Chicago
Rock Island
New York Central
Fifth Avenue
Walter Scott
New York State
Buffalo
Edward Keefer
Hudson Valley
Poten Dexter
Aquinas High Students Win Essay Contest
Mary Galligan and an avid Git tens seniors at Aquinas High School won first and second prizes in the American Legion Citizenship Under the United States Constitution essay contest. Nineteen students entered from local schools. Under Sister Mary Joseph, civics instructor, the winning essays will be sent to the state level for judging. Local Legion chair Mrs. Hilary Schoen led the event.
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Mary Galligan
Avid Gittens
Aquinas High School
American Legion
Sister Mary Joseph
Hilary Schoen
Highland
Births Listed From St. Ann's Hospital May S
May births announced from St. Ann's Hospital include a son to Leroy W. Pfaff Rockland Delores Fitzer a daughter to George A Mackie Loomis Street Lorraine Lautner a son to Wilbur H Ramey 907 South 10th Street Rose Verse a daughter to Lloyd G Herbstreith 436 South 22nd Street Dolores Kools and more with names and addresses for each entry.
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Leroy W. Pfaff
Rockland
Delores Fitzer
George A. Mackie
Loomis St
Lorraine Lautner
Wilbur H. Ramey
S. 10Th St
Rose Verse
Lloyd G. Herbstreith
S. 22Nd St
Dolores Kools
Robert FE. Wojahn
Anna Beitlich
Fred H. Fischer
Hokah
Shirley Weist
Richard FE. Wilhelm
Derelyn Phelps
Lloyd J. Paulson
Myrick Park Lane
Unit
Shirley Svoboda
Herbert L. Reynolds
Mtd. R
Carol Shawley
Governor declines sign bill on destroying old city records
Madison Gov. Kohler refused to sign the 1955 Legislature's bill allowing a city council or village board to destroy obsolete public records. He urged rewriting to require preservation for a set period, possibly seven years, and warned that councils could abuse such authority. The state auditor backed the cautious stance.
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Bill
Old City
Madison
Kohler
Professor Ruth Marshall Dies at 85 in Wisconsin Dells
Prof Ruth Marshall aged 85 former biology department chair at Rockford College Rockford Illinois died Thursday after a long illness at Bara Boo hospital Baraboo Wisconsin She held a BS and MS from Wisconsin and a PhD from Nebraska She taught in Madison Baraboo and Appleton high schools before joining Rockford College retiring in 1935 Funeral services set for Saturday Survivors listed as two Wisconsin Dells nieces
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Wisconsin Dells
Ruth Marshall
Rockford College
Rockford
Ill
Baraboo
Marshall
University of Wisconsin
University of Nebraska
Madison
Appleton
Oswald Outlines State School Needs At Waukesha
Oswald, director of Wisconsin corrections, told Kiwanis members that the State School for Boys at Waukesha is overcrowded with 300 inmates in a 250 capacity facility. He described dilapidated cottages, minimal vocational training, and aging buildings from 1860s, urging funding for humane, corrective programs. He praised Wisconsin’s probation and parole system as among the nation’s best and noted outside treatment as key to reducing delinquency.
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Waukesha
Russell G. Oswald
Division of Corrections
State Department of Public Welfare
Kiwanis Club
Oswald
Wisconsin
Waupun
Green Bay Reformatory
Taycheedah
U.S
Oregon
Two Men Killed in U S 41 Crash Near Here
Two men died in a crash on U S Highway 41 two miles east of here. Carl Otterstrom 28 Milwaukee and Lloyd A Damiman 38 Detroit were killed when Otterstrom's car struck Damman who was on Highway 41 near a disabled truck. Damman had stopped near the Highway 60 intersection and talked with the other driver when struck. The car rolled over and stopped in a field. Otterstrom was thrown from the vehicle. Both men were killed instantly.
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Slinger
Here
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Carl Otterstrom
Milwaukee
Lloyd A. Damiman
Detroit
Mich
George Brugger
Damman
Otterstrom
Wolfson Wins Three Seats on Montgomery Ward Board
Chicago reports show Louis Wolfson and associates winning three of nine director seats at Montgomery Ward as recounts of votes from the April stockholders meeting proceed. Proxies favored Ward management with about 4.08 million shares, Wolfson about 1.80 million, with a final tally pending recapitulation.
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Chicago
Louis Wolfson
Montgomery Ward & Co
Wolfson
Wolf
Wolfson Group
Ward
Edmund A. Krider
Sewell Avery
John Barr
Aunt Het and the sick man’s wife in public pity
People sympathize with the old man Aunt Het mentions. They note if he resembled other ill husbands his wife would be the one needing pity.
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Job
First Electronic Water Control Displayed for Steam Plants
The local power engineers chapter listened as Rev. Francis Heindl presented the world’s first electronic control system for maintaining proper water conditions in steam heating plants. Developed by Russ Fredsall of La Crosse, the system uses Honeywell and Beckman components to measure acid alkali content and regulate chemical dosing to prevent pipe damage and wall/floor deterioration.
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Power Engineers
Francis Heindl
Holy Cross Seminary
Russ Fredsall
Ward St
la Crosse
Honeywell
Beckman
Fr. Heindl
Heilemann Brewery
Archie Brintnall
Fredsall
Lou Malter
Heckman i Instruments
John Ciprari
Mineapolis-Honeywell
Hearing Site Change for Mead Dam Hearing
The Public Service Commission moved the George Mead dam and reservoir hearing from Madison to Wausau at residents’ request. The session begins at 10 a.m. in the Marathon County Courthouse and concerns a Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company permit to dam the Little Eau Pleine River to stabilize the Wisconsin River. An earlier July Wausau session was adjourned for cross examination preparation.
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Madison
State Public Service Commission
George Mead
Wausau
Marathon
Portage
Marathon County
Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company
Little Eau Pleine
Wisconsin
Pea Family Weeds Poison Livestock on U.S. Pastures
Loco weeds, members of the pea family, poison livestock on some American pastures. The plants disrupt nervous systems and can cause sickness or death in cattle and other grazing animals.
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A & C Johnson CO
Fifth Ave
Waukon, Iowa
Perfect-O-Matic
Perfpect-O-Matic
Melibe
Rose St
la Crosse, Wis
J. R. Williams
Raya Ee
Commission
Bridge
Aquinas High
St. Ann's Hospital
Grandview Hospital
Nick Maxim
Coon Valley
Lucille Gjefle
Harold E. Froiseth
la Moille
Lois Machemer
Arthur Easterday
Asta Myhre
Tomas, Wis
Edwin Anderson
New Lisbon
Ella Lutz
Thomas James
Tomah
Alice Griggs
Paramount
General Agency
la Crosse Tribune
Alexander Rittmaster II
Bernice Fitz-Gibbon
Furriers
Furnitur
Plymouth
Pyramid Arbor Vitae
Landscape Service
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