Church Adopts Merger Plan Amid Synod Vote
The northern synod of the Evangelical and Reformed church voted 14 to 4 in favor of merging with the Cristian churches during sessions at St. Paul. Delegates Rev. Ralph Reuther and others reported the plan advancing as part of a broader agenda, while the synod also urged a U S quota increase for displaced persons and discussed world federalism as a preventive measure.
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Evangelical and Reformed
St. Paul
Evanglical and Reformed Church
Ralph Reuther
Fred Miller
Brownsville
Minn
John Hel
la Crosse
United States
Ovor
Lse
Congress
E . Ucathering
Wisconsin Tax Reform Sets Apportionment For Out-of-State Firms
Gov Rennebohm signs a tax package changing how out-of-state corporations calculate Wisconsin income for tax purposes. Firms must apportion income across the state rather than use separate accounting. Revenue authorities expect thousands in extra revenue. The package also tightens income tax rules and shortens license suspensions for young traffic offenders.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
Department of Taxation
Catholic Nurses to Receive Communion at St Francis Hospital
La Crosse chapter of Catholic Nurses will receive Holy Communion in a body at St Francis hospital chapel Sunday May 29 at eight oclock mass. Locals may place items in the column by calling Donna Sheridan at 3680. Stores advertise lunches jewelry and flowers with various offerings and hours.
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Donna Sheridan
la Crosse
St. Francis Hospital
Paul’s Jewelry
Theater
Caledonia Street
Liberty
American Cafe
Pearl
Lund’s
Cathedral
Frank Len
Fifth
Tyler Street
Dionne Quints Turn Fifteen With Simple Family Plans
Dionne quintuplets at Callander Ontario reach age fifteen with a modest celebration underway. The girls Annette Emilie Yvonne Cecile and Marie will join their parents Oli va and Elvira Donne and siblings for a Sunday party honoring their father. They remain uninterested in dates or cosmetics and avoid makeup.
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Callander
Dionne Quintuplets
Oliva
Elvira Donne
Annette
Emilie
Yvonne
Cecile
Marie
Adventist and other churches schedule weekend services
Church notices list Adventist Sabbath services at Sixth and King plus Sabbath school at 9 45 and 11 a m sermon. Assembly of God at 206 North Seventh Street shows Sunday school 9 45 morning worship 10 45 and midweek activities. Multiple Baptist Catholic churches and parishes in city provide masses, catechism, novenas and confessions with times and locations.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church
Sixth and
King Streets
Postalada
South Ave
J. H. Meier
Community Bible
Assembly OF God
North Seventh Street
G. P. Brown
Christ
Southwest Section Fellowship
Tri-State
Ivan Miller
North Central Bible Institute
Minneapolis
Baptist Calvary Baptist Church
Logan and
Charles
Ray M. Richardson
Fisherman Fellowship
First Baptist Church
South Sixth Street
W. T. Huxford
Onalaska Park
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
St. James and
Avon Streets
Edwin L. Knauf
Alfred E. Hebert
Mother of Perpetual Help No
Rosary of Our Lady of Fatima
Russia
Holy Trinity
13Th and
Park Avenue
Msgr
V. J. Plecity
A. Comiskey
William Nikolai
First Congregational Church
Seventh Street
Main
Frederick Whyslop
WKBH
John P. Bird
Episcopal
Moody Memorial Evangelical Free Church
Campbell Road
John Efiefson
Gospel Tabernacle
Evangelical and Reformed
St. John’s
Evangelical and Reformed Church
West Avenue
Market Street
Ralph Kuether
Mount Calvary Ev
Lutheran Church
South 16Th Street
Park Averue
Harold F. Backer
Asbury Methodist Church
Redfield
Reuben Francis Halberg
Redfield Street
Caledonia Street Methodist Church
George R. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Eighth and
J. Pierce Newell
Cass Street
Veterans’ Memorial Park
Open Bible Church of the
Open Bible
Liberty
Clinton
E. R. Briggs
Winnebago Street
Fourth and Jay
Nazarene Church of the Nazarene
West Avenue South
Philip E. Johnson
Tor
Paul King
Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church
Sixth
Mark Lewis Andrews
Cargill House
Religious services and schedules for area churches
A listing of weekly religious activities across multiple churches. St Thomas More Catholic church holds masses, confessions, and instruction. St Eighth and Cass churches conduct services, Bible study, and communion. Various denominations including Episcopal, Evangelical Free, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Nazarene, Open Bible, and Jehovahs Witnesses publish service times, classes, and special observances.
Sunday School Lesson Based on International Uniform Outline
Lesson notes reference the International Uniform Lesson Outlines used by permission from the International Council of Religious Education. The piece outlines recommended topics and sequence for Sunday school teachings.
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International Council of Religious Education
Prayer in Gethsemane and Jesu s sacrifice explored
A meditation on Jesus prayer in Gethsemane before arrest, noting his human fear and divine will. The piece recounts personal testimony on answered prayers, the betrayal by Judas, and the disciples’ sleep as Jesus prepares to endure crucifixion.
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Jesus
Gethsemane
Giovanni Papini
Christ
Gethsemanee
Mount of Olives
Peter
James
John
Mildred Pierce pleads not guilty in La Crosse forgery case
Daily Records logs county court actions in La Crosse with Mildred Pierce alias Mildred Quinn pleading not guilty to forging a $25 check at Hass grocery. Trial set for 2 p m Tuesday May 31. Bond posted. multiple other cases and marriage licenses noted.
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Daily Records
la Crosse
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Quinn
Hass
Bond
J. B. Schultz
Sparta
Raymond Powers
St. Paul
Minn
Walter Marx
Births in Wisconsin and Minnesota Lutheran Communities
Birth announcements from Lutheran communities list several newborns. May 26 in Harmony Minnesota a son Jeffrey Ardeen to Alfred and Mrs Somma. May 27 Genoa Wisconsin a son Hans Edward to Victor Hanson and wife Evelyn Ha gen. Richland Center hospital May 23 a daughter to Virgil Miller and Edith Clark. May 27 Bangor Wisconsin a son to Wayne Huber and Hazel Clair. May 27 Avon Street Bangl. May 22 Spring Grove Minnesota a son to Jerome Lanswerk and Doris Dverg sten. May 24 a son to Arnold Myhre and Alice Munkel.
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Jeffrey Ardeen
Alfred Somma
Harmony
Minn
Hilary McKinney
Hans Edward
Victor O. Hanson
Genoa
Wis
R. J
Evelyn Hagen
Richland Center
Virgil Miller
Edith Clark
Ontario
la Crosse Hospital
Wayne Huber
Bangor
Hazel Clair
Granville Smith
Avon Street
Freda Selbach
St. Ann’s
Wayne E. Arnet
State Street
Spring Grove
Jerome Lanswerk
Doris Dvergsten
Arnold Myhre
Alice Munkel
New Pastor Arrives at Seventh Street Baptist Church
The Rev. Fred R. Lemmert and his family moved to La Crosse to take the job as pastor of the Seventh Street Baptist church. The family resides at 721 Ferry Street. Lemmert graduated Friday night from the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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Fred R. Lemmert
la Crosse
Seventh Street Baptist Church
Ferry Street
Rev. Lemmert
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Navy Reservists Invited to Memorial Day Parade
Navy veterans and inactive naval reservists are invited to join the Memorial Day parade. Report at Market Square by 8 40 a m Monday, per Lieut. Robert Borst, commanding officer of the naval reserve division.
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Naval Reserve
Robert Borst
Naval Reserve Division
Market Square
Men's League Meets at Bethel Lutheran Parish
Bethel Lutheran Men's League gathers in church parlors Sunday at 7 30 p m with Rev Ralph Kuether as speaker. Musical entertainment is planned and the committee includes Martin Schlegel Clyde Ulrich and Ambrose Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Bethel Lutheran Church
George and Sill Streets
O. S. Paulson
Men’s League
Ralph Kuether
Bethel Lutheran Men’s League
Martin Schlegel
Clyde Ulrich
Ambrose Peterson
Packer Drum Majorette Crowned Miss Wisconsin 1949
Phyllis Kessler, 18, drum majorette for three years with the Green Bay Packers band, is named Miss Wisconsin of 1949. She is a Green Bay West high school senior and won the state baton twirling honors. She will represent Wisconsin in the Miss America contest in Atlantic City this fall.
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Milwaukee
Phyllis Kessler
Green Bay Packers
Wisconsin
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kenosha
Gay Phillipson
University of Wisconsin
Green Bay West High School
Phyllis
Atlantic City
Unemployment Claims High but Industry Layoffs Fall
Washington reports total unemployment claims reaching a yearly high of 2,057,750 for the week, while new industry layoffs ease by 7,600 to 336,800. Twenty eight states show fewer jobless claims, with Michigan and Massachusetts driving part of the decline as auto disputes ease. Acting director E. L. Keenan notes many idle workers are recalled to work in several states.
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Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
New England
Michigan
Massachusetts
E. L. Keenan
Bureau
UI Students Indicate Religious Preference
At the University of Illinois 21,302 of 23,873 full time students indicated a religious preference. On the Champaign Urbana campus 15,989 of 18,002 listed a preference with Methodist 3,129 Catholic 2,742 Presbyterian 1,860 Jewish 1,856 and Lutheran 1,275 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign, Ill
University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
University
Funeral services for Kermet Eno in Valley Wisconsin
Funeral services for Kermet Eno 47 of Long Beach California are set for May 30 at 1 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Peterson Valley and 2 p m at the Evangelical United Brethren church Valley with Pastor Keith Davidson officiating Burial will be in Valley cemetery Masonic rites will be conducted by Rockton lodge from La Farge Eno born and raised in Valley died May 24 en route from Long Beach to Utah where he was to supervise a crew opening a new oil field Survivors include his wife of Long Beach and his mother Mrs Rollin Bauman of Valley Mrs Oscar Peterson an aunt will host the body at her home starting May 29
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Hillsboro
Wis
Kermet Eno
Long Beach
Calif
Oscar Peterson
Valley
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Keith Davidson
Valley Cemetery
Rockton Lodge
la Farge
Eno
Madison
California
Utah
Rollin Bauman
Prairie du Chien Man Dies of Heart Attack
John Garrow 67 died at his home in Prairie du Chien after a heart attack. He lived most of his life there, lately worked for the Eagles club, and was son of the late Frank and Mrs Garrow of Waukon Iowa who owned Alla Makee hotel. Survived by wife and several sisters. Services Monday at St Gabriel's church at 9 am with Rev Thomas Finnegan officiating. burial in St Gabriel's Cemetery.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
John Garrow
Garrow
Eagles Club
Frank Garrow
Allamakee
Waukon
Iowa
St. Gabriel’s Church
Thomas Finnegan
St Gabriel’s Cemetery
Notable Leaders and Historians Die in AP Report
In Angola Louisiana Dr James Monroe Smith 60 ex LSU president linked to 1939 scandals. Norwalk Connecticut John W Whitehead 64 led Norwalk Tire and Rubber Co. Chatham England Vice Admiral John Ernest Troyte Harper British naval historian would have turned 75 on Sunday.
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Associated Press
Angola
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
Norwalk, Conn
John W. Whitehead
The
Norwalk Tire and Rubber Company
Chatham
Eng
John Ernest Troyte Harper
Amvets Endorse Rent Controls and Veterans Housing Plan
Amvets at the Wisconsin state convention urged continued federal rent controls for two more years and extended the state liquor tax funds to support veterans housing. They opposed Bill 611 S to end controls and proposed directing all liquor tax proceeds to multiple rental units under the state housing authority. They also called for funds to assist local housing authorities based on veteran percentages and unit cost coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Amvets
Wisconsin
Veterans Housing
The
Bridges Defiant After Perjury and Fraud Indictment
San Francisco labor leader Harry Bridges denounces the charges as a smoke screen after a federal indictment for perjury and fraud related to his 1945 naturalization. He posted $5,000 bail as trial was set for June 9. co-defendants Henry Schmidt and J. R. Robertson were named in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Louis Goodman
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
Stevedores Ordered To End 10 Day Strike
In Bristol and four British ports dock union leaders ordered stevedores to end a 10 day strike that halted unloading of food ships. One faction sought government help and Bristol strikers asked the labor ministry to send troops to unload a Canadian ship tied to the dispute. Troops had been dispatched to unload a banana boat at Avonmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
England
Ministry of Labor
Avonmouth
$450 Loss In Two Car Intersection Mishap
Police report a two car collision on West avenue near Adams street at 1 28 a m. Walter Wingers of 1335 Farnam street suffered 150 damage to his parked vehicle while Harold G Lemke of La Crescent Minnesota faced 300 damage to his northbound car and minor injuries.
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Walter Wingers
Farnam Street
West Avenue
Adams Street
Wingers
Harold G. Lemke
la Crescent
Minn
No Mail Monday Announced By Postmaster
Postmaster Wenzel M Dvorak said there would be no mail deliveries by car riers Monday with regular collections still operating. Post office windows will be closed though the building remains open and stamp purchases may be made from lobby automatic dispensers.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
Grease Theft Reported at Auto Yard on St. Andrew Street
Police reported theft of a 25 pound can of grease from A. Asfoor and Sons auto wrecking firm at 100 St. Andrew street. Theft occurred Thursday night with prior gasoline thefts from trucks in the yard on several occasions.
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A. Asfoor and Sons
St. Andrew Street
Seize Shells Halted at Antwerp Port
Port authorities in Antwerp seized two carloads of anti aircraft shells consigned from Switzerland to a Scandinavian country because regulations forbid handling explosives.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Switzerland
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Pasteur
Lister
Adventist
Seventh and
Winnebago Streets
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Robert Agnew
John P. Trant
St. Wenceslaus Church
Winnebago
Ferdinand Cech
Chester B. Maczarny
St. James Catholic Church
L. B. Keegan
Joseph Marx
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Cameron Avenue
Robert B. Condon
D. D
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Church of the Blessed Sacrament
24Th and
Francis E. Wallace
Mark P. Sullivan
Our Lady of Fatima
Holy Cross Church
Ferry Streets
Stanley Andrzejewski
Chester Wrzaszczak
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
20Th
Weston Streets
Jos. M. Wagner
Church OF ST
Eighth
Cass Streets
Howard E. Wilson
Church OF God
West Avenue North
John Kurtz
Christ Episcopal Church
Ninth and
Main Streets
Robert D. Winter
Nutter
Nashotah
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Paul S. White
Ascension
Evangelical Free
Bethany Gospel Tabernacle
North Street
Onalaska Ave
O. L. Larsen
Minneapolis District Free Church Young People’s Societies
Bethany Evangelical Free Church of
Annve Peterson
Winona
Young Peoples
Church OF Living Christ Church of the Living Christ
Wisconsin Bldg
Earl J. Rick
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Kingdom Hall
North 16Th Street
English Lutheran Church
16Th
Cass
Harold N. Stoffel
South 20Th
Trinity Lutheran
Sill and
Charles Streets
Carl O. Pederson
Pederson
Our Sevior’s Lutheran Church
Division Streets
George Alvilden
First Lutheran
Onalaska
Gordon Selbo
Selbo
Will Luther League
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Division Street
M. Gjelistad
Wisconsin Synod First Ev. Lutheran Church
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
Grace Ev. Lutheran Church
Ward Avenue
South 26Th Street
William Lange
Immanuel Ev
Avon and
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Walter E. Gutzke
Holy Communion
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Avon and Logan
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Dubuque Seminary
French Island
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Judas
Mary
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Abba
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Simon
Sam Menadue
Osseo
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P. M. Paulson
Whitehall
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John H. Schue
South 20Th Street
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Rose Street
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the Eye
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Pat Novak
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Chicago
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Nat'l. Barn Dance
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5Th Ave
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Packer
Miss
Cargill Coal CO
Amvets Back Rental Housing
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