Longfellow Junior High Presents Spring Festival of Music
Longfellow Junior high school showcased its choir orchestra and band in a spring festival led by Eva Saterbak. About 140 students performed with enthusiasm in a finale featuring all groups and selections from Wegener Cesar Franck and Rodriguez. The event honored directors Zimmerbak Brokaw and principal for their long dedication.
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Longfellow Junior High School
Longfellow
Evin Saterbak
Saterbak
Junieor
Pilgrims Chorus
Wegener
Tannhauser
Paris
Cesar Franck
Rodriguez
Brockton
John Zimmerbak
S. F. Brokaw
Religious Services in La Crosse Churches and Schedule
A listing of area congregations with pastors and weekly service times across many denominations including Adventist Assembly of God Baptist Catholic Congregational Episcopal Evangelical Free and Lutheran churches. Details cover Sabbath and Sunday worships Bible schools youth services prayer meetings and special masses.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
Sixth and King Streets
J. H. Meier
Community Bible School
Assembly OF God
Assen of God
North 7Th St
G. P. Brown
Youth Christ Ambassador
Eee
Seventh Street
Oes
M. Vanderbeck
Ferry Street
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
St. James and
Avon Streets
Edwin L. Knauf
Norbert P. Dall
Mother of Perpetua
Rosary of Our Lady of Fatima
Russia
Trinity
Evangelical
St. Paul Synod
Harold Schams
Christine Kuether
Gospel Tabernacle
Bethany Gospel Tabernacle
North Street
Laska Ave
O. L. Larsen
WLALX
A. J. Thorwall
Linquist Brothers
Latter Day Saints Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Corner of Sill and Liberty Sts
Living Christ Church of the Living Christ
Wisconsin
Earl J. Rick
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Avon and St. Paul's
Walter E. Gutrzke
William E. Schubert Heads Utility Group
William E. Schubert, vice-president and general manager of Wisconsin Michigan Power in Appleton, was elected president of the Keen Utilities association by mail vote. He will succeed E. C. Brenner of Milwaukee Gas Light and is a member of ASCE ASME NSPE and NAPE.
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Milwaukee
William E. Schubert
Wisconsin Michigan Power Company
Appleton
Keen Utilities Association
Schubert
E. C Brenner
Milwaukee Gas Light Company
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
National Association of Power Engineers
GOP Leaders Reject Housing Bill In Congress
House Republican leaders reportedly rejected the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill after privately relaying to Senator Taft that there will be no housing legislation this session without changes. Taft could not comment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Church Plans Meeting
The Rev. O. S. Paulson of Bells Coulee Lutheran will lead a Mission Society meeting Thursday at 2 pm at the Norman Dahl home in Bells Coulee.
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Lutheran Bethel Lutheran Church
George and Sills Streets
O. S. Paulson
Aren Hey
Bells Coulee
Laurence Olivier Head of Old Vic Repertory Group
Laurence Olivier, born May 22 1907, leads London Old Vic repertory in wartime restructuring after the theater bombing in 1944. Son of an Anglican minister and former boy choir singer, he is famed both in Britain and the United States and is married to Vivien Leigh.
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Laurence Olivier
Old Vic Repertory Group
London
England
United States
Old Vic
Olivier
Vivien Leigh
Missing Ada Vinson Reported By Sheriff Saturday
Sheriff Vern Lamp reports Ada Vinson of 1014 Pine street missing since May 12. The 27 year old mother of four left home likely to visit a sister in a local hospital. She is about five feet four inches, 150 to 160 pounds, with dark hair and eyes, wore a gray suit and gray plaid top coat. A drag onal scar across her back marks prior surgery. Information should contact Sheriff Lamp's department at 83 or 685.
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Vern Lamp
Ada Vinson
Pine Street
Orville Vinson
Aurora mystery linked to outside streams study
Researchers report the aurora borealis or northern lights result from streams of hydrogen and particles entering Earth’s atmosphere from space. The new studies aim to prove the provable cause and explore the process behind the colorful skies.
May 22 1948 Evening Radio Schedule Highlights
The Chicago area radio lineup lists programs for May 22 1948 from 8:30 PM through late night. It includes Chicago Theatre segments, Passing Parade Your Answer News Weather and various musical acts by Abe Burrows Cedric Adams and Vaughn Monroe, plus The Opry and truth or consey segments and NBC Symphony.
The House of Worship Through History and Community
The author traces worship houses across civilizations from ancient temples to the Jerusalem temple and Ezekiel era. He recalls the first Missouri Presbyterian church in Independence, describing its humble log origins and role as the community’s spiritual center and social hub. He argues temples remain the spiritual lifeblood of any town, and urges seeking peace in these centers of faith.
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Fourth and Jay
Bas de Presbian First Presbyterian Church
Sixth and King Streets
Mark L. Andrews
Cargall House
Abraham
Moses
Promised Land
Tabernacle
David
Jerusalem
Saul
Missouri
First Presbyterian Church
Independence
God
Move of Strategic Air Command Headquarters
Sen. Wherry says the Army Air Forces will move the Strategic Air Command nerve center from Andrews Field Maryland to Offutt Field near Omaha. The Second Air Force headquarters will also relocate from Offutt to a Midwest site as part of the overall shift.
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Washington
Senator Wherry
R-Neb
Army Air Forces
Strategic Air Command
Andrews Field
Offutt Field
Omaha
Wherry
Second Air Force
Local Advertisements Highlight Services and Sales
A collection of local notices lists Leithold Piano Co. offering prompt piano tuning, Lund's Flower near the cathedral with wreaths for Memorial Day, Terp's at 815 Logan advertising potato salad and baked beans for picnics, and a rummage sale at 527 North 10th with women’s and children's clothing.
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Leithold Piano Co
Memorial Day Cemetery
Lund’s
Terp’s
Logan
North 10Th
New Club Organizes Emerson Club in La Crosse
The Emerson club formed at a May 18 1947 dinner at the Trane tea room to honor Miss Anita Gundlach. Mrs. W S Keppel was elected president with Mrs Earle Jewett as secretary and treasurer. Membership limited to past La Crosse county Homemakers presidents and the home agent as honorary member. Present were Mrs Keppel Mrs Jewett Adolph Linse Paul Lysacker Elmer Severson Elwin Pfaff Clifton Storandt Vilas Young Carl Price Roy Anderson and Miss Edith Brevig. Mrs Etta Christie and Mrs Pete Jorstad were absent.
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Emerson Club
Anita Gundlach
la Crosse County
Trane Tea Room
W. S. Keppel
Holmen
Earle Jewett
West Salem
Homemakers’ Association
Mmes. Keppel
Jewett
Adolph Linse
Paul Lysacker
Elmer Severson
Elwin Pfaff
Clifton Storandt
Vilas Young
Carl Price
Roy Anderson
Edith Brevig
Etta Christie
Pete Jorstad
Marriage Licenses La Crosse Couples Listed
Marriage licenses published for La Crosse include Wilhem F. E. Bruning of 1219 Park Avenue and Louise A. Halverson of R1 Ona laska to wed in La Crosse on June 12. Frank William Moulis of 2319 West Avenue South and June Johnson of 32230 State Street to wed in Barre on June 2. Kenneth L. Walters of 534 North Seventh Street and Doris M. Lumiey of 414 Avon Street to wed in La Crosse on June 4.
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la Crosse
Wilhem FE. Bruning
Park Avenue
Louise A. Halverson
Onalaska
Frank William Moulis
West Avenue
June Johnson
Statetreet
Barre
Kenneth L. Walters
North Seventh Street
Doris M. Lumiey
Avon Street
Rabbi Abraham H. Album to Lead New La Crosse Synagogue
The Congregation Sons of Abraham and La Crosse Jewish community announce Rabbi Abraham H. Album as spiritual leader. He was ordained by New Israel Rabbinical College and studied at Hebrew Theological College. He served in Rochester Modesto Minot and as civilian chaplain at Hammond General Hospital Turlock Rehabilitation Center and Vernales naval air base. He led Zionist district and wrote for Jewish papers. The parsonage at 2127 Mississippi Street is ready. The new synagogue and community center on Main Street between 17th Place and 19th Street nears completion with services planned for June.
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Congregation
Sons of Abraham
la Crosse
Abraham H. Album
Rabbi Album
The
New Israel Rabbinical College
Baltimore
Hebrew Theological College
Chicag
Rochester
N. Y
Modesto Calif
Minot
N. D
California
Album
Jewish Welfare Board
Hammond General Hospital
Turlock Rehabilitation Center
Vernales Naval Air Base
Zionist District
San Francisco
Jewish Voice
Modesto
Burglar and Girlfriend Found in Coffin in Nagoya
Police traced a burglary suspect and his accomplice to a coffin hoisted by the suspect’s mortician father. Officers stopped the extraction and uncovered the couple hiding inside the coffin during a search of the father’s residence in Nagoya.
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Nagoya
Japan
Bicycles Prize Safety Contest Starts Monday
Optimists sponsor a week long safety contest with bicycle prizes displayed citywide. A deluxe model will be shown in city hall, another in Doerflinger store windows, and Nelson store will feature a third. Entrants must be 17 or younger and submit five photos with a 50 word sentence.
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Optimists
Doerflinger
Nelson Clothing
la Crosse Tribune
The
Tribune
Weed meetings set in eight Wisconsin counties
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture announced weed control meetings in eight counties. Henry Lunz and George Briggs will discuss program phases, with dates in Green Monroe Sauk Baraboo Elkhorn Eau Claire Fall Creek Chippewa Falls Ellsworth Juneau Mauston Wood Wisconsin Rapids.
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Madison
Wis
State Department of Agriculture
Henry Lunz
George Briggs
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Green County
Monroe
Sauk
Baraboo
Walworth
Elkhorn
Eau Claire
Fall Creek
Chiune
Chippewa Falls
Une
Ellsworth
Juneau
Mauston
Wood
Wisconsin Rapids
Timken-Detroit Axle enlarges Oshkosh plant
Timken Detroit Axle Corp announces expansion of the Wisconsin axle division. George T. Moore says several hundred workers will transfer from the Waukegan plant as Oshkosh, now employing 1,000, absorbs machinery and inventories. Some staff may be limited by housing shortages.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin Axle
Timken-Detroit Axle Corp
George T. Moore
Waukegan, Lit
Comy
Waukegan
Ashtabula
Ohio
Detro
Moore
NBC Radio Spotlight Dominates 12 of 19 Categories
NBC programs lead listener survey for winter period with 12 top shows on WKBH. Stars Frank Sinatra Judy Canova and Kay Kyser appear in NBC lineups while Ralph Edwards and Cinderella stunt feature on WKBH limits. Sinatra seen in Palm Springs with quarters spent for Mother’s and father’s day calls.
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NBC
WKBH
Pibber McGee
Judy Canova
Cay — Yee — Ae
Frank Sinatra
Palm Springs
Calif
New York
Ralph Edwards
Author Consequences
Edwards
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Shell Enthusiasm
Adventist
First Baptist Church
South Sixth St
W. F. Huxford
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Peter Pape
Robert Agnew
Anthony Wagener
Our Lord Mother
St. Wenceslaus Church
Winnebago Streets
Msgr
Ferdinand Cech
Joseph N. Bach
St. James
Windsor
Caledonia Streets
L. B. Keegan
Joseph Marx
St. Mary's Church
Seventh and
Cameron Avenue
Robert B Condon
D.D
J. Kelly Cosgrove
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Francis E. Wallace
Mark P. Sullivan
Our Lady of Fatima
Holy Trinity
13Th
Magi Plecity
Henry Hoerburger
Eugene A. Comiskey
Ter Rzaszczzak
Christian Science
First Church of Christ, Scientist
King Street
Batavian Bank Bldg
Church OF Christ Church of Christ, Eighth
Cass
Howard Wilson
Hou
Church OF God Church of God
West Ave
John Kurtz
Telephone i
English Lutheran Church
16Th
Harold N. Stoffel
South 20Th St. Trinity
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Synod
Ward Ave
South 20Th St
William Lange
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sill and Charles Sts
Carl O. Pederson
Walter A
Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
16Th St
Park Ave
Harold F. Backer
Our Saviors Lutheran Church
George Alvilden
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
West Avenue South
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
Carl Mischke
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
Walter A. Hallerud
Pederson
Suny
Asbury Methodist Church
Longfellow School
Denton
Reuben Francis Halberg
Johnson St
Howard White
Melrose
Caledonia Street
Stephen J. Laman
Wesley Methodist Church
Eighth
King Streets
W. Ross Conner
Cass Street
Pioneers of Life
Sparta
Wesley Foundation
Stephen J. Lambright
Stoddard Methodist Church
Stoddard
Nazarene Church of the Nazarene
No. 16Th
Philip E. Johnson
Open Bible Church of the Open Bible
Liberty and
Clinton
E. R. Briggs
North Presbyterian Church
Avon
Church School
Westminster Fellowship
Hoeschlers’ ON Pharmacy Ltd
Repaih
Lieder Lumber and Coal CO
North Third Sr
Jeck Delenery, Jr
Birour We
WGN
WCCO
Wkbhi
WLCX
WLW
St Olaf
Wls Wenner
Wsit
Fewa
Thit
Wsepaprr
Wan
Mes
Capitol
Stardon
Penily Theater
Chicago Theater
E Howards Ore
Bishop's Orch
Bishops Orch
Woco
Abe Burrows
Joan Davis
Joan Derte
Vaughn Monroe
Ace
Jena
Jane
Ignors
Cedric Adams
Clellan Care
Ciellan Care
NBC Symphony
Naval Air Reserve
Riley
Consey
Kay Kyeer
Kay Kyreer
Chend Ole Opry
Grand Ole Opry
Murder & Malone
Chaplin
Roosevelt Hotel
Ore
Kwno-Fm
ABC
Ernie Felicette
Ross Dolan
Ron Dolan
Dew Citieene Marine C. 1
U. of Wis
International Council of Religious Education
Wm. Southern, Jr
Solomon
Babylon
Ezra
Cyrus
Zerubbabel
Strategic Air Force
Bethany Gospel Tabernacle T
A. J. Thornall
Minneapolis
Lindquist Brothers
Chicago
New Jewish Synagogue
Rabbi Abraham H. Album
Timken
Detroit Axle
Radio Spotlight
Kay Kyser
Kyser
Buy Direct
Commission
la Crosse, Wis
Ice Consumers
ICE Service
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