Mission brings together 19 churches in ecumenical effort
Spence Church of Christ leads a cooperative mission as 19 churches join for a shared effort. Participants include First Congregational, West Avenue Methodist, Salzer Memorial Methodist, Christ Episcopal, St Paul Lutheran, La Crescent Presbyterian, Onalaska Methodist, and other area congregations with pastors such as the Rev. Homer V. Yinger, the Rev. J. E. Thomas, and the Rev. R. D. Winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Winter
C. L. Baldwin
Onalaska
Church Members Sign World Order Compact
First Congregational church and 6,000 Congregational churches patterned after the Mayflower compact. Delegates from across the country will sign the compact for international order, peace with justice, and progress of nations. A service on June 25 will dedicate the effort, with Rev. Homer Vae in Wisconsin to deliver signatures to Grand Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Congregational Church In America
General Council of
Wisconsin
Grand Rapids
Union Bible Camp Opens June 1
Young people from more than 20 La Crosse area churches gather June 11 at Camp Decorah. The program blends Bible classes, memorizing, missions and life problems with a surprise hour, plus recreation, swimming, hikes, and campfires. Walter Reschlein directs. registrations for ages 10 to 18 go to Miss Dorothy Willey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Camp Decorah
Walter Reschiein
Dorothy Willey
South 20Th Street
Rev J E Thomas Heads La Crosse Area Federation
The Rev John Edward Thomas pastor of First and Salter Memorial churches was elected president of the La Crosse Area Church Federation at its annual meeting. Other officers were named, and Dr A J Niebruegge spoke about a preaching mission to be conducted here by Dr E Stanley Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edward Thomas
First
Salter Memorial
la Crosse
Deaths in Tri-State: Mrs. Henry L. Hauge of Rushford
Mrs. Henry L. Hauge, born August 10, 1870 in Choice, died Thursday at her Rushford home. She leaves her husband, daughter Sylvia N Rushford, two sons Lawrence and DeRoy, six grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral services are at 1:30 p.m. at the Norgaard home and 2 p.m. at the Choice church, with burial at Choice. Rev. Earl of Mabel will officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushford
Minn
Henry L. Hauge
Aes Ieee Angering i
Choice
Ole Richardson
Rush
Hauge
Methodist Church
Albert
Sylvia) N
Lawrence
DeRoy
Spring Grove
Funeral services for Martha Ekern Held in Rushford
Martha Ekern twenty died suddenly of a heart attack Thursday. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the home and 2:30 p.m. at the Rushford Lutheran church with Rev. N. L. Otterstad officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushford
Minn
Martha Ekern
Rushford Lutheran Church
N. L. Otterstad
Churches In La Crosse Seekers Faiths and Schedules
A long list of church notices in La Crosse outlines various services and times. Adventist Seventh-day at Li and Clinton, Assembly of God at 113 South 3rd, Calvary Baptist at Charles and Logan, First Baptist on 6th, Seventh Street Baptist, St. John the Baptist Catholic, St. Wenceslaus, Holy Cross, and other parishes show mass times, Bible study, Sunday schools, and special services through the week. The notices include evangelical, congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and other denominations with specific pastor names and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly OF God Assembly of God
South 3Rd Street
R. A. Rieben
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles and Logan Street
the Church Militant
Evangelical Free
Evangelical Free Church
15Th
Winnebago
John Ellefson
Christian Endeavor
Evangelical and Reformed Trinity
Mormon Coulee
E. F
First Lutheran Church
West Avenue South
Cameron
Walter A. Schumann
Karl Gurgel
Leave Manhole Covers Alone Youths Warned
Police warn youths aged 14 to 20 against dropping catch basin covers into basins in city areas. Chief Herman F. Rick says pranks are vandalism and may cause serious accidents, injuries, or death. He pledges full prosecution for anyone tampering with a catch basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman F. Rick
Rick
Navy Recruiter to Visit Whitehall This Thursday
Navy recruiter returns to Whitehall on Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. at the draft board offering 17-year-old enlistment information and applications and waives for men aged 38 to 50. Wave information and forms available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Whitehall
Wis
U. S. Navy
Draft Act Convictions Rise Sharply in 10 Months
Justice Department reports a 66 percent rise in draft act convictions from July 1, 1943, to May 1, 1944. Convictions totaled 4,474, up from 2,693 in the same period of the prior fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Aquinas High Prom In Nautical Mood
Aquinas High staged a nautical themed junior prom in the gymnasium with a ship deck throne for the king and queen. Officers and partners, a full crew of helpers, and dozens of couples filled the shipboard scene with blue and white decorations, lighting, and water painted walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquinas High Prom
George Rachel
Rita Ann Regnier
James Cassidy
Betty Sullivan
James Smith
Irene Reget
Dreamland Dock
Larry Ziemann
Jeanette Kreutz
Catherine Arenz
Jack Beranek
Charles Beranek
Frank Hottinger
Robert Baum
Joseph Hahn
James Roth
Bernard Halaska
Rosemary Potaracke
Victor Soller
Joy Emmons
Paul Sebranek
Patricia McLeod
Donald Koenen
Bonnie Kramer
Dale Wilder
Maxine Cody
James Knothe
Bertha Mary Smith
Paul Spaeth
Virginia Dockendorff
James Gschwind
Rita Opdahl
John Dingeldein
Rita Berpaletz
Paul Brown
Marian Sobkowiak
William Roesler
Kathryn Sobkowiak
Miles
Schipper Wins Scout Contest With Zepplin
Scout Commissioner Edward Schipper of the Kickapoo district won the attendance contest against Winnebago, earning a brown traveling jug. Camporee events in Esora park drew 75 and 82 Viroqua troops, plus 76 Westby, 92 La Farge, and 87 Coon Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Schipper
Kickapoo
Winnebago
Earle Zepplin
Esorea Park
Viroqua
Westby
la Farge
Coon Valley
Schipper
Viroqua Kiwanis
American Legion
Camp McCoy
Sparta Troops
A. W. Mitchell
Locals Advertise Waterproof Watches and Jewelry
Northside Pauls Jewelry Store at 1213 Caledonia Street promotes the largest stock of waterproof watches in the northwest. Charis corsetiere Sheridan at 2337-W Mrs Grace advertises related fashion items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul's Jewelry Store
Northside
Caledonia Street
Charis Corsetiere Sheridan
Grace
Seleees Report Lead for Milwaukee Army Physicals
County Clerk Roy H. Matson led the May group of selectees who departed the courthouse at 9 a m Friday for Milwaukee for their army physicals. Two Greyhound buses were present to transport them. John Marvell of Galesville served as assistant leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Roy H. Matson
Court House
Milwaukee
Greyhound
John Marvell
Galesville
War Prison Slang From Luftwaffe Campes and Other Dispatches
A war correspondence snippet describes American POWs in German camps developing a slang dictionary to cope. It lists terms like circuit and purge used by Kriegies and recounts a snowball fight on parade ground before forced silence. Also notes Allied troops admiring English springs and a dying Nazi saying Hitler is his priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Joe Klaas
Tunisia
Klaas
Seattle
Tat Wire Bend
Uncle Sam
Fallen Angels
Hitler
Calamities Turned Blessings in Pauls Corinth Tale
William Southern Jr discusses Paul the Apostle and his Corinthian letters. He notes how internal conflict, apostolic authority battles, and Titus' diplomacy helped unity return, while emphasizing Paul's hope of immortality and the resurrection as central to Christian faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Southern, JR
Wise
Paul the Apostle
Corinth
Edgar J. Goodspeed
Goodspeed
Paul
Corinthian
Macedonia
Ephesus
Titus
Asia
Troas
Peninsula
The
Corinthians
Dr. Goodspeed
II Corinthians
Barnabas
Col. House
Wilson
Faithful Servants Carrying On In Christ Sermon Theme
The passage emphasizes preaching Christ rather than self and serving others for Jesus’ sake. It notes inward renewal despite outward decay, trials producing eternal glory, and faith not by sight. Believers are secure in God, reconciled through Christ, with a ministry of reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Jesus
Tony
Christ Jesus
Tabernacle
God
Christ
Jesus Christ
Ministry of Reconciliation
New Citizens Born in Wisconsin and Illinois Areas
A series of birth notices from May record new arrivals across Wisconsin and Minnesota towns. Included are births at Whitehall Community Hospital and Victory Memorial Hospital with families such as Stanley Staff Onalaske and Ruegg Caledonia, plus births to Grant at San Francisco stationed troops, and others to Larson Jackson Hughes Quarre Morgan Johns with connections to Brownsville Onalaska Rushford Wichita Falls Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ann's
Nelbert Stanley
Onalaske
Wis
Arleen Kuhn
Matt P. Ruegg
Parnam Street
Caledonia
Minn
Kathryn Jenette
Howard Grant
Violet Hawke
Brownsville
Grant
San Francisco
Whitehall
Community Hapital
Wichita Falls
Tex
H. L. Morgan
Holland, Mich
Betty Shirven
Rushford
Donald Johns
Cottrell Home Hospital
Marriage Licenses Granted in Sparta and Glendale
Sparta Wis May 26 Wilma D Totten and Robert A Walker May 25 Evelyn Dasse and Prank Viasek town of Glendale entered marriage licenses in Wisconsin records noting the pairs and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Wilma D. Totten
Robert A. Walker
Evelyn Dasse
Prank Viasek
Glendale
Enjoyable Concert By La Crosse School Students
Six hundred grade school boys and girls staged a music festival Friday night, with two mass choirs, two string ensembles, and a chamber group. Harold Youngberg organized and trained the choirs while Leigh Elder directed instrumental groups, showing public schools provide a strong musical foundation and inspiring widespread enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Youngberg
Leigh Elder
Sound Musical Foundation
la Crosse
Righteousness Will Remain Says Pastor at Wisconsin Conference
In Sheboygan the 98th annual Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist church heard Dr. Charles R. Goff of the Chicago Temple declare that righteousness will endure despite present storms and that sacrifice, love, and faith define the spirit of Christ. Dr. C. A. McPheeters urged faith over fear and said the hour’s tragedy is fear of dying. Fort Atkinson was chosen as the 1945 conference site with further reports on education world service and finance. appointments will be read Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Charles R. Goff
Chicago
Wisconsin
Methodist Church
Christ
C. A. McPheeters
Metropolitan Methodist Church of Detroit
Fort Atkinson
Presbyterians Oppose Federal Council Membership Over Christ Deity
The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to oppose membership in the Federal Council of Churches unless it bars denominations that deny the deity of Christ. The assembly also urged Congress to provide normal support for conscientious objectors in work camps, noting 170 objectors in camps and a $30 monthly maintenance per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Federal Council of Churches
Council
Congress
William Barrow Pugh
King George VI Acknowledges Allied Italians Success
The king sends greetings to Gen Henry Maitland Wilson in the Mediterranean and to Gen Harold Alexander and his command. He congratulates them on notable successes in a difficult action and expresses hope these gains continue until enemy forces in Italy are overwhelmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Harold) Alexander
Italy
Merger Forms Wisconsin Children's Agencies in Milwaukee
The Children's Aid Society of Wisconsin and the Children's Service Association of Milwaukee merge into the Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, Inc. The two units will combine in about a month with Miss Margaret Winchell becoming executive director of the merged group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Agencies
Milwaukee
Children’s Aid Society of Wisconsin
Children’s Service Association of Milwaukee
Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, Inc
Margaret Winchell
Children’s Aid Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
For
E. S. Jones
World Order Compact
Union Bible Camp
Rev
J. E. Thomas
Adventist Seventh-day Adventist Church
Li and
Clinton Street
W. H
First Baptist Church
6Th Street
Main and
King
Seventh Street Baptist Church
Tth
M. Vanderbeck
St. John the Baptist Church
Corner
St. James and Avon
Joseph Kundinger
St. James
Windsor
Caledonia Streets
L., Keegan
Paul N
Holy Ity
13Th and
Park Avenue
W. Gille
Philip Seinfelder
Hubert Crubel
Blessed Sacrament
24Th
King Streets
W. J. Plecity
D. J. Reilly
St. Wenceslaus Church
Msgr
Ferdinand Cech
Holy Cross
Ferry Streets
S. Andrzejewski
Christian Science First Church of Christ
Scientist
West Avenue
King Street
Allias
Batavian Bank
Church OF Christ Church of Christ
8Th
Cass Streets
Church OF God Church of God
West Avenue North
John Kurtz
7Th Street
Main
Homer Yinger
Ton ‘Imary T
David and Goliath
Junior U
Myrick Park
Episcopal
Christ Episcopal Church
9Th and
Main Streets
Robert D. Winter
D. D
Whitsunday
St. John’s
Market Street
Christopher Boland
A. m. Zion
Gospel Tabernacle
Bethany Gospel Tabernacle
North Street
Onalaska Avenue
O. L. Larsen
County Home
Men’s Good Fellowship Group
Jehovah's Witnesses
Linker Building
Onaa
Hyde Avenue
Living Christ
Church of the Living Christ
Wisconsin Building
Lutheran
Bethel Lutheran Church
George and Sill Streets
O. S. Paulson
English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
16Th
Harold N. Stoffel
First Lutheran
Carl O. Pederson
Sill Street
Methodist
Caledonia Street Methodist Church
G., H Marshall
First Methodist Church
Sth Street
Salter Memorial Methodist Church
Ferry Street
West Avenue Methodist Church
Jackson and
Reuben Francis Halberg
Johnson Street
Stoddard Methodist
Stoddard
Reuben Francis Hal
Moody Chapell
Moody Memorial Gospel
Campbell Road
E. F. Butler
John's
Open Bible
South 8Th Street
E. R. Briggs
Presbyterian North Presbyterian Church
Avon
Logan Street
L. C. Smith
First Presbyterian
6Th and
A. J. Niebruegge
Samuel Garvin
Dubuque
French Island
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Avon and
St. Paul Streets
Walter E. Gutzke
Mount Calvary ‘ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Park Avenue and
16Th Street
T. J. Mueller
Our Savior’s Lutheran
6Th
Division Streets
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Division Street
Laurch
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sill and
Charles Streets
Zepplin
Hal Boyle
International Council
Eof
Aes
Lyman Abbott
Dr. Abbott
Semsch
Gwenyth Jones
Tribune
Happy
Arthur G. Benson
M. D
Rivoli
Gospel Hall
Cor. of Avon and
Clinton Sts
C. L. Macleod
Dayton, Ohio
L. E. McBain
Jackson, Mich
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