Memorial Day Plans Highlight La Crosse Observance
A parade and cemetery programs mark La Crosse Memorial Day next Tuesday with stores and many plants closed. Units report by 8:30 am from Market Square and Cameron Park, and owners are asked to keep cars off parade routes while crowds avoid cemetery entrances until unit dispersal.
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la Crosse
Market Square
Cameron Park
Lee Ecats
King Streets
R. V. Abhistrom
Citizens’ Memorial Day Committee
Marshall
Oak Grove
King Street
West Avenue
Forrest Avenue
Oak Grove Cemetery
Cass
22Nd Street
22Nd
Market
King Cole Ill With Ulcer Pains Udga Ad
Old King Cole would be a merry soul no more if he suffered stomach and ulcer pains. Sufferers with indigestion gas pains heartburn and burning throat can try Udga tablets. Get a two size box from your druggist and the first dose must convince or return.
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Committees Direct Cemetery Decoration for Memorial Day
Memorial Day decorating committees have been appointed to lead graveside ceremonies at Oak Grove Catholic and Jewish cemeteries. They will organize 15 Oak Grove sections and multiple groups at Campbell Woodlawn and Cameron parks, with 1:30 p.m. court house square meetings before cemetery visits.
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Christopher Boland
Oak Grove
Robert S. Hanson
Market Square
Mounted Marshalls
Co. M. of Wisconsin
Rolf S. Bynning
Court House Square
Campbell Cemetery
Woodlawn
Independent State Louisiana’s brief revolts and secession
Louisiana served as an independent state twice in history. First, for ten months after a 1769 revolt against Spanish rule, and second, for six weeks following succession from the Union in 1861 before joining the Confederacy.
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Louisiana
Oak Grove Cemetery Memorial Service Summary
A historical cemetery program lists flower placement flag raising and half mast music by the Aquinas band and a GAR ritual prayer. Speakers include Rev Paul Flad Rev Robert S Hansen and Rev P Seinfelder with addresses by Richard Shimshak Ronald Gillmeister and Frank Quinn. Infantry salute and Taps conclude.
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CEP Spenree Saee
A. B
Aquinas
Paul Flad
Logan
Frank Quinn
Lincoln
Richard Shimshak
Robert S. Hansen
P. Seinfelder
Memorial Day Proclaimed in La Crosse 1944
A proclamation from Mayor I J Verdota announces Tuesday May 30 1944 as Memorial Day in the city of La Crosse. The document calls for honoring local veterans and families of deceased service members and asks the community to observe the day with gratitude and prayer for peace.
Music Award Given Singer Fulfills School Promise
Miss Jane Ellis, former Logan High School student and St Olaf College singer, graduates next week after a graduation recital. She won a national vocal scholarship from 157 contestants, securing one of five scholarships. The award funds study at the institute for an unspecified time based on her record.
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Logan High School
Jane
St. Olaf —_— school
Ellis
United States
Miss Ellis
Philadelphia
Ahlstrom Heads La Crosse Memorial Day Committees
Judge R V Ahlstrom serves as general chairman directing La Crosse Memorial Day observance committees with Mayor J Verdota as honorary chair. Vice chairs are George A MacLachlan and T H Bailey, with a long list of officers and members across Finance Schools Transportation Music and more. The parade will be judged by Ahlstrom with Dr Gotterdam and Chief Herman F Rick as assistants.
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Tribune
la Crosse
Citizens
Rolf S. Rynning
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Marshall
R. J. Sieger
Rynning
R. V. Ahlstrom
J. Verdota
George A. MacLachlan
T. H. Bailey
William Bohnson
Russell J. Sieger
C. F. Bonneville
L. F. Robinson
H. K. Holley
L. K. Adkins
Alfred W. Rice
Rexford S. Mitchell
A. H. Engelhart
Herman Tietz
Q. H. Hale
Otto Sill
Ensign Russell Aldrich
Burton C. Smith
Oscar Tobias
A. H. Koschnitzke
Peter Pape
John Pritzl
C. A. Hoeschler
R. W. Bardwell
Harry Spence
E. E. Deters
Co. L. McCall
Alderman Warren Smith
Paul C. Gotterdam
Arthur Rogge
Capt
Theodore Garder
William Nelson
August C. Rice
John Vondrashek
Lloyd B. Halverson
August Rice
VFW
Legion
DAV
T. H. Brindley
W. B. Johnson
Msgr. Pape
Joseph Miller
George D. Scott
Charles W. Gille
J. Pritzl
E. P. Hartl
J. B. Coleman
Emma Erickson
C. A. Halmstad
Ferdinand Cech
Robert S. Condon
Joseph Kundinger
J. M. Putz
A. N. Schuh
Stanley Andrzejewski
Walter Gutzke
John F. Gawrisch
LeRoy Keegan
M. J
Victor Plecity
Emery Leamer
C. C. Thomas
Miss Dehlen Happel
Clarence Hanson
Hugo Provitz
Carl Haukland
George Graber
A. J. Niebruegge
L. J. Brody
Charles Rawlinson
John L. Hofweber
Leslie Flag
George Woodward
Herman Losching
Herman Rupp
Harold Youngberg
J. E. Rolfe
B W. Ingli
H. F. Zernecke
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Burton Smith
Felix Hale
Frank James
E. LaFond
E. H. Larson
William Nichols
Stephen Yehle
Ahlstrom
Mareshal
Dr. Gotterdam
Herman F. Rick
O. N. Hoff
May Jewett
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H. B. Vincent
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H. W. Hunt
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M. P. Jonsrud
Christ Moe
Herman A. Papenfuss
Elmer Granke
C. M. Heth
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C. C. Erickson
Don Nissalk
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