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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1946

Page

8

Galesville Scout Troop Wins District Camporee Honors

Galesville Boy Scout Troop 61 led by Carlton Jensen topped the Decorah-Black River district camporee at Black River Falls May 24-25 with 195 points. Black River Falls Troop 59 scored 110 for second, Indian Mission Troop 109 earned 75 for third, and Troop 58 also from Black River Falls totaled 609. The event featured Indian regalia, crafts, and contests on campcraft, fire building, signaling, and knot tying.

Ettrick Wis Galesville Carlton Jensen Decorah-Black River District Black River Falls Gerald E. Muir Gateway Area Council Larry Gilbertson Indian Mission Winnebagoes Clarence Monegar Robert Tliff Muir Hugh Trask Carlton Jengen Russell Largo

Group Of 36 Reports For Draft Physicals

Sparta Wisconsin reports 36 men ordered to report for pre induction physicals on May 28 at the Chicago induction station. Four men will be inducted. leaders Donald Minnecke and Harvey Eberdt direct the group. Names listed include Moe Bloom Williams Harris and many others across Wisconsin and surrounding states.

Sparta Wis Chicago Lievel Moe Camp Douglas Ernest Bloom Raymond Williams Harvey Eberdt Chica Max D. Harris, Jr Donald Minnecke Wyeville Joe Schumacher Maron Erickson Leonard Miller Raymond Gilbert Albert Schmutz Lawrence Laufenberg Cashton Norman Jothem Westby John Meyer Douglas Christenson Schawnke Durwood Leverenz Kenneth Peterson Donald Clay Merle Clay

First Train Jumps Track At Merrillan

A first train passing Merrillan derailed seven cars and a caboose after leaving the track about a mile east of town at 2 p m Monday. Conductor August Beyers was shaken and treated for minor injuries. The Omaha wrecking crew from Altoona cleared the line by midnight.

Whitehall Wis Merrillan August Beyers Omaha Railroad Altoona

Memorial Day Program Set in Holmen Park

A Memorial Day program is set in Holmen park on Thursday starting at 10 a.m. The Rev. Kenneth R. Torvik will address Our Heritage and speak at Pigeon Falls later that morning. Holmen High School band directed by Frank M. Smith will perform.

Holmen Wis Holmen Park Kenneth R. Torvik Pigeon Fall Frank M. Smith M. H. Ekern American Legion Hall

Annulment And One Divorce Are Granted In Wisconsin

In Sparta Judge O W Sprecher granted a divorce to Carmen Kulpinski from Ben Kuplinski and approved a $20 000 property split. Laurel B Urlie of Sparta obtained an annulment from G Bernhard Urlie Jr of Condon Oregon after marrying Dec 23 1943 and separating two years later. Laurel kept her maiden name Urlie.

Sparta Wis O. W. Sprecher Carmen Kulpinski Ben Kuplinski Laurel B. Urlie G. Bernhard Urlie, Jr Condon Ore Arice Laurel ‘Illey

Lutheran Brotherhood Holds Annual Wiener Roast

The Luther an Brotherhood of a Savior's church in Whitehall holds its final meeting of the year as a Wiener roast at the municipal golf grounds Tuesday at 6 45 p m Families and friends are invited to bring dishes and silver and contribute a hot dish salad or dessert The wieners buns and coffee are provided by the group with Mrs Alice Stuve supplying coffee at the clubhouse

Whitehall, A Lutheran Brotherhood of A Savior's Church Brotherhood Alice Stuve

Confirmation Fete for Paul Onsrud Jr At La Crosse Area

A party of residents from French Creek Ettrick and La Crosse celebrated Paul Onsrud Jr.’s confirmation with services at St. Paul’s Lutheran in La Crosse and a family reunion picnic at Myrick Park. Attending were Andrew Ofsdahl Helstad and families Benhardin ten T P Nelsestuen Paul Onsrud Curtis Hussa Ole Espenes and Miss Jone Espenes.

Ettrick Wis St. Paul's Lutheran Church la Crosse Myrick Park Messrs Mmnes Andrew Ofsdahl Helstad Benhard French Creek T. P

Bring Bodies To Coon Valley

Three members of the Johnson family were killed in a Black Earth collision. Joseph Johnson 57 Argyle Johnson 26 and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson 29 of Milwaukee died en route to Coon Valley. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Wang church with burial in the church cemetery. Joseph Johnson survived by three daughters and two sons. Mrs. Lloyd Johnson by her husband and two children.

Coon Valley Wis Joseph Johnson Argyle Johnson Lloyd Johnson Milwaukee Black Earth Madison Wang Church J. O. Holum Westby Oscar Kleven Viroqua John Josephine) Jacobson, Jr Lewis Judith) Gilbertson Clinton Eva) Gullord James Telmar U. S. Army Rebecca Jonette

Clarinet Winner Had Only Two Years Of Band Experience

Lola Mae Dobbs won first place in Class C at the state music meet in Madison with a clarinet solo "Dream of the Shepherdess" despite only two years in band and this being her first year in the senior band. She previously won Class C at the La Crosse district meet. she is the daughter of Mrs. Maude Dobbs of La Farge.

LA Farge Wis Lola Mae Dobbs Madison Dream of the Shepherdess la Crosse Maude Dobbs

Whitehall Memorial Day Dinner to Feature Attorney O J Eggum

Whitehall Wisconsin attorney O J Eggum has been invited to speak at a Memorial Day dinner at Upper Pigeon Creek church. The event honors returned service men with a 12 p m dinner following an 11 a m service led by Rev E B Christopherson.

Whitehall Wis O. J. Eggum Upper Pigeon Creek E. B. Christophersen

Rushford High to graduate 31 seniors in May ceremony

Rushford Minnesota special report notes 31 seniors will graduate from Rushford High School in the auditorium May 29 at 8 p m. Valedictorian Hazel Bjorge and salutatorian Herbert Thompson lead the class with Lois Sorum Betsey Huseboe Wallace Larson and Earl Knutson among other honor students. Awards include American Legion to Margaret Carlson and Richard Stoyke and Citizenship to Lois Sorum and Herbert Higham.

Hazel Bjorge Herbert Thompson Rushford High School Rushford, Minn Olaf Bjorge Alfred Thompson Lois Sorum Betsey Huseboe Wallace Larson Earl Knutson American Legion Margaret Carlson Richard Stoyke Herbert Higham National Honor Society GAA Ripples Saietubastats

New Pastor Moves From Monona to New Richmond

The Rev. Harvey W. Racuege, pastor of the Evangelical church at Monona for nine years, will assume the pastorate at New Richmond Wisconsin on June 1. The Rev. Alvin Ebert of Beaver Dam succeeds him at Monona.

Waukon Harvey W. Racuege Evangelical Church Monona New Richmond Wis Alvin Ebert Beaver Dam

Whitehall Sergeant Phones Wife From Seattle Visit

Whitehall Wis special Earle Fraser a sergeant telephoned his wife from Seattle where he had just arrived from Alaska where he had been stationed the past year He expected discharge there and plans to reach Whitehall as travel permits allow His wife and their daughter Barbara have stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Adolph Hanson during his absence

Whitehall Wis Earle Fraser Seattle Wash Alaska Barbara Adolph Hanson

Ettrick Pupils Rate Highest

A program honoring the top soil conservation students and schools will be held at Wayside School Ettrick. County officials and teachers will present a three year traveling plaque a framed soil conservation picture and merit certificates to top schools and students. Joan Burt Oscar Westlie Beat rice Engelsen and seven others receive individual awards and nature guides for outstanding work.

Whitehall Wis Wayside Ettrick Arnold Woches Jack Dundas Trempealeau County Soil Conservation Service Dorris Sander Winifred Mahlum North Creek Arcadia M. Catherine M. Innocent Hegg Leone Mattson Elk Creek Hale Myrtle Back Johnson Joan Burt Veam Oscar Westlie Riverside Beatrice Engelsen Eileen Bue Verle Austad Sunnyside George Halama Wagner Elizabeth Cornell Hardies Creek Gordon Melby Brookside Agatha Maule Sunnyslope Philip Hanevold Fly Creek

Banking Facility At Camp McCoy To Close

Camp McCoy will close its banking facility on May 31 as part of a Army-wide policy closing all post banks by that date. The McCoy branch of the Farmers National Bank of Sparta opened in August 1943 with L. C. Erickson in charge and A. N. Jackson as teller serving the 2nd and 76th divisions and McCoy units. Leslie Riley now leads the McCoy bank with teller Mrs. Ann Schendel.

Camp Mccoy Wis McCoy Farmer’s National Bank of Sparta L. C. Erickson A. N. Jackson Teller Leslie Riley McCoy Bank Ann Schendel

Army Commendation Ribbon Award to Two Captains

Captains John A. Kaehler and Werner R. Taves received the Army Commendation Ribbon by order of Maj. Gen. Louis A. Craig, commanding general of the Sixth Service Command, and by direction of the Secretary of War. Global rust costs exceed 5 billion dollars yearly.

Camp Mccoy Wis John A. Kaehler Werner R. Taves Louis A. Craig Sixth Service Command Secretary of War

Memorial Day Speakers at Hillsboro Coon Valley and Friendship Wis

Chaplains Theodore Pfeiffer and Cathrinus Nettinga and Lieut C S Wright Jr will be the main speakers at Memorial Day programs in Hillsboro Coon Valley and Friendship Wis Pfeiffer a major has served six years in the army including the air corps most recently at McCoy He will discuss The Contributions of Our Honored Dead Nettinga a captain based at McCoy since November 1945 will speak on Loyalty to Our Heritage He served 20 months in New Guinea with the 128th Station Hospital Wright a lieutenant will speak on The World and Permanent Peace He earned battle stars for Central Europe Rhineland campaigns while overseas with the McCoy trained 250th Combat Engineers Battalion and served as public relations officer at McCoy

Camp Mccoy Wis Theodore Pfeiffer Cathrinus Nettinga C. S. Wright, Jr Hillsboro Coon Valley Friendship Pfeiffer Army Air Corps McCoy Chanute Field Truax Field Madison 6Th Air Force Atlantic Pacific Nettinga New Guinea 128Th Station Wright 250Th Combat Engineers Battalion ETO Central Europe Rhineland

Houston Girl Wins Honors in National Oratorical Contests

Miss Mary Ann Pablo of St Rose's school Washington D C won first prize May 10 at the Catholic University Conference of Clerics and Religious oratorical contest in Washington. The next day she represented the district in Baltimore at Seaton school but lost to Kathleen Teeley Notre Dame of Maryland high school. She belongs to the Manuel Pablo family who returned to Houston after wartime Manila then Washington D C and Houston relatives include Mrs Lester Olson and Raymond O Connor.

Houston, Minn Mary Ann Pablo St. Rose's School Washington, D. C Catholic University Conference of Interior Department Seaton School Baltimore Kathleen Teeley Notre Dame of Maryland High School Pablo Manuel Pablo Houston Manila Miss Pablo Lester Olson Raymond O'Connor

New Rectory Planned for Waukon Church

Plans are completed for a parochial residence for St. Patrick's church in Waukon Iowa The Rev E J McDonald has let the contract to Butler brothers Construction company of Minneapolis Work will begin next week The building will be of Bedford stone and sit south of the present residence

Waukon St. Patrick’s Church E. J. McDonald Butler Brothers Construction Company Minneapolis

Readstown Veteran Takes Over Store and Builds Home

Readstown Wisconsin Roy Glass a Readstown veteran has bought parcels on Church Street behind the Anderson furniture store and is digging a basement for a new house He will take over the general store June 1 from Russell Larson who has run it while Glass served in the U S forces

Readstown Wis Roy Glass Church Street Anderson Furniture Glass Russell Larson U. S

Tarantula Jump Startles Sparta Grocer

Donald Smith manager of the Atlantic and Pacific store in Sparta Wisconsin was unpacking bananas Monday morning when a tarantula jumped onto his hand. He captured the spider and sought medical precautions at the Sparta Clinic. No bite signs appeared and the spider is kept in a jar at the clinic.

Sparta Wis Donald Smith Atlantic and Pacific Smith South Pacific Sparta Clinic

Memorial Day Exercises In Viroqua Wisconsin

The local American Legion leads the Memorial Day program with committees on arrangements led by Commander Larry Sieger. Parade order includes colors, firing squad, city band, armed forces, World War I and I veterans, recruiting staff, gold star mothers, Girl Scouts, officials, students, and scouts. At the cemetery a full program features invocation, memorials, Gettysburg address, tributes to Civil and Spanish American war dead, and salutes by firing squads with taps.

Viroqua Wis American Legion Larry Sieger Legion Lincoln Neprud Evan Fridell Ernest Stout Roy Adams Ray Welch V. R. Schaefer Martin Gulbrandsen Howard Jacobson Clarence Gorman Art Moline Arch Morrison Walter Gorman Armed Forces Army Women’s Relief Corps H. T. Haagenson Alba Graves Girl Scouts Legion Auxiliary Ermon Cass, Jr Grace Best Joshua L. Johns Rev. Roemer

Return Home After Educational Trip

Eight members of the Ettrick sophomore class returned from a weekend educational trip to Rochester Minnesota and Minneapolis. They visited Mayo Clinic facilities and WCCO radio, stayed at the Vendome hotel, and traveled home by two cars. Also noted, the newly purchased school bus arrived only to be returned as unsatisfactory.

Ettrick Wis Rochester Minn Minneapolis Mayo Medical Museum WCCO Vendome Eau Claire F. M. Pederson Maurice Casey Carol Onsrud Lois Erickson Erling Ofsdahl Ann Abell Pederson Bernice Simonson Janice Pederson John Johnson Allan Smith Lloyd Anderson

Ettrick Boy Scouts Camp Overnight at Park

Ettrick Troop members Reginald Nelson patrol leader Philip Folkedahl Clayton Erickson Kaye Hamilton Vernon Arne son and Donald Isom camped overnight in Ettrick Park Friday. Scoutmaster Arild Engelien and Robert Engelien accompanied them.

Ettrick, Wis Reginald Nelson Philip Folkedahl Clayton Erickson Kaye Hamilton Vernon Arneson Donald Isom Ettrick Ettrick Park Arild Engelien Robert Engelien

Paratrooper Walter Stahoski Heads Back to Camp Polk

Pvt Walter Stahoski returns to Camp Polk La after a 10 day furlough with his father Joe Stahoski and relatives. He was drafted recently, discharged, then reenlisted in the paratroopers for three years.

Whitehall Wis Walter Stahoski Camp Polk Joe Stahoski Walter

Miss Mary Ann Kinney Named Home Demonstration Agent

Miss Mary Ann Kinney of Hudson has been engaged as the new home demonstration agent in Buffalo County and will begin work in June. She brings six years of 4 H club experience and will be stationed at Alma the county seat.

Whitehall Wis Mary Ann Kinney Hudson Buffalo County Alma

Undersheriff Edwin Musch Departed From St Mary's Hospital

Edwin Musch was moved from St Mary's hospital to his home where he has been receiving care for a heart ailment and will be confined to residence for some time.

Sparta Wis Edwin Musch St. Mary’s Hospital

Tomah High Honors Top Students in Annual Award Day

Richard Soderstrom chaired a Tomah high school awards assembly recognizing students who won state championships across extemporaneous and vocal events. Recipients included Mary Virginia Kiefer, Thomas Ninnemann, William Nigbor, Joan Fiedler, and multiple solo and trio performers with John Pongratz and Glenn Vandervort among instrumental awardees.

Tomah Wis Tomah High School Richard Soderstrom Mary Virginia Kiefer Thomas Ninnemann William Nigbor Glenn Vandervort John Pongratz Joan Fiedler Nina Lick Marion Dohlin Gertrude Thom Madeline Fick Janet Chapman Jane Graf Elaine Laufenberg Joan Dams Helen Giesser Grace Elaine Laudon John B. Taylor Cleo Miller Merton Perry Marian Allen Marcella Davis Robert Hones Eugene Gerke William Hoag Beverly Belt Joan Davis Donna Jo Stoll Calvin Wappler Donna Larry Betty Langston Ruth Splittstoesser Elaine Steinhoff Leilla Westpfahl Twirling Lucille Morse Joyce Lawrence Barbara Henry Helen Fisher Maxine Grovesteen Marise Grovesteen Marian Dohlin la Crosse Helen Giesler Grace Elaine Landon Thomas Rezin Leela Neitzel Darlene Janssen Alice Mae Rudelf Lois Belt William Hoan Marjorie Mae Hanson Darlene Schultz Beverly Burnstad Leila Westpfahl Robert Howes Mary Schultz John Fischer Carol Steele Jean Eckelberg Joanne Eckelberg June Giesler Madison Robert Howe l Beverly Burnstaad C. M. Rayment Alta Mae School Alice Mae Rudolf Peter Ninneman Eileen Murphy Ruth Uischner Virginia Nye Thomas Ninneman Donald Eckelberg Jean Meyers

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