Rehearsal Set Thursday for Miss La Crosse Pageant
Final preparations for Saturdays Miss La Crosse Pageant are under way with a Thursday 7 p.m. rehearsal at Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. Only family members may attend. Judges will be announced Friday.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1963
Page
8
Final preparations for Saturdays Miss La Crosse Pageant are under way with a Thursday 7 p.m. rehearsal at Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. Only family members may attend. Judges will be announced Friday.
James L. Smith aged 33 will become manager of the Milwaukee stockyards on June 1 succeeding T. E. Rochford who moves to Portland Oregon to serve as president and general manager of the yards. Both facilities are operated by United Stockyards Corp. Smith plans a promotional campaign to raise livestock receipts.
In Greensboro North Carolina racial unrest intensified as Negro shoppers boycotted white merchant stores amid demonstrations. Police arrested 420 protesters for trespass and fire code violations taking total arrests to 1361 over six days. more protests planned and a bi racial ministerial group approved a boycott focusing on food and drugs from neighborhood stores.
The Minnesota Medical Association will honor 24 doctors for 50 years of practice at its convention in Duluth. Awards also include a distinguished service citation. Separate talks cover early asthma signs in children and AMA’s new department of medicine promoting doctor pastor collaboration.
Six petitions for bankruptcy are set for hearing at 10 15 a m Thursday in La Crosse before Miles C Riley referee in bankruptcy for the Western District of Wisconsin. Petitioners include Burton F Bass Aldin Christianson Kenneth D Meyers Herbert R Abbott Dickie L McMillan and Marjorie J Childers detailing liabilities assets mortgages and exemptions as reported to the court.
Residents report robins dying after convulsions and fluttering. One female from Madison area was found by Janice Johnson at 1311 Adams St. The bird, taken to conservation warden David Hammes, was sent to the Wisconsin Department of Conservation lab for analysis.
The board of zoning appeals approved three petitions Monday night waiving yard setbacks for Ernest W. Holberg at 326 N West Ave to allow a 15 foot front yard and 4 foot west yard. C B Smithco Inc at 2434 2436 State Road won a 15 foot rear yard for an addition and the same rear yard for a second addition. John W Kiliman at 1830 Green Bay St was granted a 15 foot rear yard for an addition despite a 27 foot requirement.
Bernard Zahn head of Service Sheet Metal Co listed at 2506 S 16th and residing at 2424 Sunrise Dr entered St Fran cis Hospital Tuesday morning for surgery. A former supervisor and active in the Southside Businessmen's Association he recently returned from Hot Springs Arkansas after a few weeks away.
Kathryn Robinson of Evansville named recipient of the Delta Kappa Gamma scholarship at La Crosse State College. She is finishing her junior year in elementary education. Theta Chapter funds the award, drawing educators from Buffalo Jackson La Crosse Monroe and Trempealeau Counties.
The Aquinas High School senior choir and orchestra combine for a spring concert in the school auditorium. The program includes Brothers Sing On Exodus When the Saints Go Marching In and Ave Maria. Soloists Trudy Liskovec James Bergman and John Ott perform works from Mendelssohn West Side Story and Trumpeter's Lullaby. The Triple Trio duets Christo pher Robin Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White. Directors Sisters Juanice and Theodosia lead the concert following past festival wins.
Al Krieger of Choate Co. Winona was elected president of the La Crosse-Winona Chapter of the National Office Management Association. William Lukitsch of Watkins Co. was elected first vice president and Warren Grasby of W. A. Roosevelt Co. was named second vice president. F. A. Lipinski of Watkins is secretary and Donald Mattson of La Crosse Cooler Co. is treasurer. Members toured the IBM and computer center of the J. R. Watkins Co.
Mrs. Ella Crotzer, 75, National Navy Mother of the Year in 1943, died after being hit crossing a busy Rockford street. Police said driver Steven Zillhart, 18, did not see her in time to brake. no charges were filed. She christened a Navy war ship in 1943.
Twenty eight officials from twelve nations toured Dairyland Power Cooperative as part of the International Cooperative Training Center program at the University of Wisconsin Extension Center. The 16 week seminar group includes 16 from 12 countries and 12 Latin American attendees for three months of rural electrification study.
The La Crosse Pig Club meets at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Greater La Crosse Chamber of Commerce meeting room at Stoddard Hotel. A June 20 picnic is planned and Thomas E. OConnell 4-H Club agent says many considerations must be resolved before then.
City Treasurer Wesley M. Denny reported that more than one third of 1962 delinquent personal property taxes were paid between May 6 and May 20 after notices were mailed. In the 14 day period he collected $12,768 in principal and $241.57 in interest. $20,236 in principal remains due. Interest of eight tenths of one percent is added monthly retroactive to January 1, 1963. Taxes were due February 28.
Berni C. Juvik, 76, of eight miles southeast of here in Tolowan, Iowa, died Monday evening from a heart attack. He was found unconscious on the floor of a machine shed by his son Bertin, and died about five minutes after he was discovered. Dr. Alden Wiley, Allamakee County medical examiner, confirmed the cause.
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