Completion of Logan Junior Asked By Group
La Crosse Citizens Education Committee approved completion of Logan Junior High School and planned expansion of a South Side high school. Supt. Bjorge projected fall 1963 enrollment around 8 660 and noted steady long term growth, with 140 southeast area students bused to other elementaries and Summit filled. The group also urged the board to outline immediate and long range enrollment plans and discussed site needs amid regional growth and nearby industrial projects.
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la Crosse
John A. Bjorge
Bjorge
French Island
Summit School
Board of Education
New
South Side
Logan Junior High
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Wedgewood
Central High School
Logan Senior
Trane Co
Genoa
Robert Ramlow
Thomas Rodman
Thomas Halloran
Memorial Day Observances Placed Across Local Cemeteries
Memorial Day events are planned at Oak Grove Cath o lic Jewish Woodlawn Campbell Cemeteries and Riverside Park. Oak Grove hosts a 10 10 a.m. program at the G A R lot with prayers by Rev James H Bell a memorial address by County Judge A Toepel band music by Central High School under William Baker pledge by Robert Hanson and General Logan’s Order by John Ferce Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by Dan Geralt and MC Tom Sleik. Catholic Mass at Oak Grove follows at 10 15 a.m. Jewish services at 11 a.m. Woodlawn at 10 30 a.m. Campbell at 2 p.m. Riverside Park services at 11 10 a.m. Catholic War Veterans firing squad participates.
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Oak Grove
Woodlawn
Campbell
Riverside Park
G.A.R
James H. Bell
First Presbyterian Church
A Toepel
Central High School
William Baker
Robert Hanson
John Ferce
Logan
Lincoln
Dan Geralt
Tom Sleik
Central
Bell
Ralph Zielke
Taps
Thomas Langer
Catholic War Veterans
Campbell Cemetery
Kiwanis Rotary Joint Meeting At Hotel Stoddard
Kiwanis and Rotary clubs held a joint noon meeting at the Hotel Stoddard. David Baptie and Ross Hunt led the session with club business and guest introductions. Ronald Evenson and Robert Loberg of Gateway Grocery demonstrated beef cuts and explained selection for table and outdoor cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Stoddard
Kwanis
David Baptie
Rotary
Ross Hunt
Ronald Evenson
Gateway Grocery Company
Robert Loberg
Evenson
Loberg
Kennedy aims to sell Polaris fleet to Britain
The Kennedy administration plans a technical mission to London next week to persuade Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s government to back the mixed-manned Polaris project. Britain has shown signs of caution and may slow the program.
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London
Kennedy
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Wisconsin Pledge Recited Weekly in Schools
Wisconsin lawmakers approve a weekly pledge of allegiance in all schools including private and parochial ones. Governor Reynolds signs the measure after two years of debate, despite past constitutional concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Gaylord Nelson
Legislative Council
Rabbits Stolen From Pen at La Crosse Home
Thomas Poellinger and R. J. Stoddard reported to the La Crosse County Sheriff that three registered rabbits were stolen from a pen at Poellinger’s home the night before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Poellinger
R. J. Stoddard
la Crosse County
Memorial Day Parade Set for 9 A.M. in La Crosse
The La Crosse Memorial Day parade will start at 9 a.m. from 5th Avenue and King Street and go east on King to West Avenue. Two sections head to Oak Grove Cemetery and the GAR lot, with schools and veterans groups participating. Formation begins 6:30 a.m. at Cameron Park. King Street will close 8 to 9:45 a.m. for parade assembly and motor-vehicle detours.
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5Th Avenue
King Street
King
West Avenue
Oak Grove Cemetery
GAR
Aquinas High School
Ferry Street
Cameron Park
Fifth Avenue
American Legion
Central High School
Sth
Logan
Jay Street
Ernest O. Hanson
John S. Coleman
Robert Goeschke
J. W. Brindley Sr
Olaf Hoff
Max Jewett
Kenneth Blanchard
Cloyce Campbell
Tom Holstein
Russell Sieger
T. H. Bailey
Hugh A. Boschert
Charles B. Shoger
William J. Potaracke
Robert H. Kracklauer
Legion Color Guard
Blue Brigade
Camp McCoy
Graves Of Pioneers To Be Decorated On Memorial Day
Pioneers of the La Crosse area will be remembered on Memorial Day as Outdoors Unlimited places bouquets on graves of four settlers at Prairie La Crosse. The list includes John M. Levy Timothy Burns H J B Miller and Cordelia Esperson with details on their arrivals and contributions to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Historical Committee of Outdoors Unlimited
Prairie la Crosse
Joseph W. Gohres
John M. Levy
Timothy Burns
H. J. B. Miller
Cordelia Esperson
Gohres
W. J. Koch
Courthouse Square
Levy
Prairie du Chien
Prairie
Scoots) Miller
Nathan Myrick
Myrick
Martha
Restitution and Work Ordered For Tree Vandals
Juvenile Court in La Crosse ordered two youths to replace damaged pines in Myrick Park and perform a month of six day weeks of free work for the city recreation department. Judge Eugene A. Toepel will review their records after replacement and work to determine final disposition. Damages were estimated at about $720 by City Recreation Director Eugene Fry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recreation Department
la Crosse
Myrick Park
Eugene A. Toepel
Eugene Fry
Correction on McNinch posting at Tomah VA Hospital
The La Crosse Tribune errata clarifies that Maj. Gen. Joseph H. McNinch is named medical director of the entire Veterans Administration. No medical director has been named yet at the Tomah VA Hospital. an appointment is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Joseph H. McNinch
Tomah VA Hospital
McNinch
National Veterans Administration
Tomah Hospital
Paul H. Marcotte Named Chest Public Relations Chair
Paul H. Marcotte advertising manager for Gateway Grocery Co. was named public relations chairman of the Community Chest campaign to be held in October. Campaign co chairmen Henry Funk and Robert Waller cited his prior successful service and said he will keep the public informed of the Chest's activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Marcotte
Gateway Grocery Co
Community Chest
Henry Funk
Robert Waller
Campaign Cochairmen
Marcotte
Funk
Waller
Port Segment of Ball Player Suit Is Dropped
A partial update in a Circuit Court case drops City Recreation Director Eugene Fry and the league commissioners from part of a suit over softball player Robert Halaska. The concrete firm seeks to bar Halaska from playing for any other league team, while the court orders amendments and notes the ongoing June 11 decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
la Crescent Concrete Products
Eugene Fry
Department
William Sauer
Fry
Philip G. Arneson
Lincoln Neprud
Robert Halaska
Liberty St
Halaska
Neprud
Dry Memorial Day Predicted By Peterson
Meteorologist Carl Peterson forecasts a dry Memorial Day for the Coulee Region after a rain soaked period in Wisconsin. May totals in La Crosse stand at 2.04 inches, with report of a warm trend and only light showers toward Sunday or Monday. Temperatures around 54 to 75 degrees are expected to hold with a potential rise to near 80s by weekend.
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Wisconsin
Coulee
Carl Peterson
la Crosse
Peterson
Superior
Wausau
International Falls
Minn
Presidio
Tex
Minnesota Man Dies in Grain Bin Tragedy Near Ormsby
Arnold Ramnes 54 died of suffocation after slipping into a government grain bin being unloaded into a truck southeast of Ormsby Minnesota. Co workers cut a hole to recover his body about 45 minutes later. The incident occurred after Ramnes climbed to the bin top and was not seen until his shovel hit the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormsby
Minn
Arnold Ramnes
Ramnes
Pub of St. James
Martin County
Bids Come In For Highway Work In Vernon La Crosse Counties
Seven bids reported by the Wisconsin Highway Commission include Vernon County projects on Highway 14 61 with bids from R T Madden Inc and Thomas Madden of Janesville for 336 871 and Mathy Construction Co of La Crosse for 106 933. La Crosse County bid by Raemisch Construction Co of Madison at 81 828 for County Trunk C work south of Burr Oak. Other bids include H Turner Son of Boscobel 9642 for park roads at Nelson Dewey State Park and Duffek Sand and Gravel 3290 for a Trempealeau County toilet building. All bids await contract awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon County
la Crosse County
Wisconsin Highway Commission
R. T. Madden
H. Turner & Son
Boscobel
Highway
Crawford County
Duffek Sand and Gravel Co
Antigo
Trempealeau County
Osseo
William J. Kennedy and Son
Janesville
Juneau County
Mauston
Reedsburg
Nelson Dewey State Park
Passes On Sale At La Crosse Parochial Schools
Passes priced at 25 cents for the La Crosse Short Line Railroad will be sold at six Catholic schools in La Crosse from 9 to 10 am Friday. A second sale is planned Monday or Wednesday at First Evangelical Lutheran School on West Avenue. Two Short Line representatives will staff main entrances of Aquinas High School and other schools.
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la Crosse
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Jane Schleiter
Valerie Nebel
Armed Services
Color Guard
Ken Niedbalski
David Zimmerhakl
John Newhouse
Harry Stindorf
Tribune
Logan Junior
Z. J. Blazeski
Federal Building
Roy Johnson
OMEGA
Logan High School
Patricia A. Thompson
Patricia K. Runningen
Tom Rodman
D. E. Field
Canvas Casuals
Red
Black Patent
Oxfords
Yee
Or “Sand Service
Tromon
Rome
Seamaster DE Ville
Amt
Remer S
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