Churches Mark Worldwide Communion Sunday Oct. 5
Nation Council of Churches members will observe Worldwide Communion Sunday on October 5 with congregations offering to support Church World Service relief work. CWS has supplied clothing medicines and food to aid disaster areas including Brazil Pakistan Korea and local La Crosse churches pledge special offerings to assist these efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Churches
Church World Service
National Council
Christians of America
Brazil
CWS
Raymond Riebs
Pakistan
Korea
Far East
Wilson
Ralph Kuether
la Crosse Area
Tonsil Cancer Rising Among Women Says New York Team
A team of New York doctors reports a rising incidence of tonsil cancer in women in recent years linked to increased tobacco and alcohol use. They note most cases remain male predominance and that women show higher survival rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Norah Tapley
American Roentgen Ray Society
St. John’s Reformed Church Keeps Two Sunday Services
Members of St. John’s Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ vote to continue two worship services each Sunday through October. The first service begins at 9 a.m. with church school sessions, and the second at 10 30 a.m. Friends without a church home are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ
St. John’s Church
First Congregational
Losey Blvd
Main
Melvin L. Frank
Sparta
Europe
Soviet Expert Details Sputnik III Electron Currents
London AP reports Professor Valerian Krasovsky of the Soviet Union said Sputnik III found upper atmosphere electron currents stronger than expected yet space travelers could still pass. He challenged American theories attributing the currents to the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sputnik III
Valerian Krasovsky
Moscow Radio
Jack Frost Faces Temperature Trouble This Week
Seasonal portent noted as Jack Frost may bring cold. A theft occurred when an automatic temperature regulator was stolen from a car parked near Raw 1.13 NS DECK yard on Thursday night. Other glove compartment contents were left scattered inside the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
N. 8Th St
NS Deck
Local Churches List With Service Times and Clergy
Local churches across La Crosse area list pastors and service hours. McGann Calvary First Southside Temple Bible St Mary’s St Patrick’s St Thomas More St Wenceslaus and many others publish Sunday Masses Bible studies and weekly prayer meetings with additional weekday worships and sacramental times.
Missing City residents alarm notify police
Two locals are reported missing since Tuesday. Missing are Robert Stingl, 33, of 732 N. 22nd St. and Marjorie Kay Kottmer, 25, R. 2, Stone House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stingl
Marjorie Kay Kottmer
Stone House
Woman Found Camera Seeks Owner for Identification
Mrs Edward Hickey of 1910 Fan tle Drive found a very good camera several weeks ago and cannot locate the owner. She is holding it for claim and identification by the owner, police report says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hickey
Fantle Dr
Local Nazarene Church Plans Spiritual Emphasis Week
The Rev. D. J. Gibson will keynote Spiritual Emphasis Week at La Crosse Church of the Nazarene October 5 to 12. The Wisconsin District superintendent will speak at 11 a.m. October 5 and each evening at 7 30, as part of the denomination golden anniversary and a Week of Witnessing aiming to reach one million people. The observance culminates with the anniversary Sunday morning service October 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Gibson
Wisconsin
Church of the Nazarene
la Crosse
Potomac
Blue Island
Ill
Milwaukee First Church
King Returns From Harlem Hospital After Stab Wound
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leaves Harlem Hospital after a serious stabbing. He plans to stay in New York City about three weeks for medical checks and then spend four weeks convalescing at his Montgomery Alabama home. The assailant, Isola Ware Curry, 42, is under mental observation at Bellevue Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Harlem Hospital
New York City
Montgomery
Ala
King
Harlem
Isola Ware Curry
Bellevue Hospital
National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week Proclaimed
The mayor of La Crosse Wisconsin Milo G Knutson proclaims October 5 11 1958 as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week He urges local officials employers and organizations to assist in promoting employment for disabled veterans and other handicapped workers and to direct job orders to the Wisconsin State Employment Service for opportunities in productive self respecting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Wisconsin
Milo G. Knutson
la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
City of
Lutherans Consider Major Merger Across Denominations
The 21st biennial United Lutheran Church in America convention in Dayton Ohio will discuss a merger uniting ULCA with the Augustana Finnish and American Evangelical Lutheran churches. If approved within years, about three million Lutherans would join under one fold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Lutheran Church In America
Dayton
Ohio
ULCA
America
Ministerium of
Pennsylvania
Lutheran Synod In
Franklin Clark Fry
New York
Lutheran World Federation
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Suomi Synod
Abi i
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
American Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
Joint Synod of
Wisconsin
School Staff Consecrated At Sunday Rites
Special consecration services at Wesley Methodist Church honor church school officers and teachers during the first service. The list includes superintendent Ted Wallace and many others. Activities include a 2:30 p.m. MYF field trip Our Land 10,000 Years Ago and a 6:30 p.m. playlet preparation for an all church supper on Nov. 19. A Wednesday Oct. 8 lecture by Rev. Willard Mecklenburg on Alaska opportunities follows a covered dish supper. The lecture, starting at 8 p.m., focuses on Nome church work and native cultural conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
King
Harold Patton
Holy Communion
Wesley Foundation
Rev. Patton
All Church
Willard Mecklenburg
Alaska
Wesley Methodist Church
8Th and
King Sts
Ted Wallace
Edmund Jarchow
Vivian Drake
Vincent Foster
Glenwood Kramer
Dorothy Kluekiger
Dwaine Anderegg
Commission On Education
Norman Brown
Willard Koelbl
Pat Anderson
Jane Lieder
Mary Ames
James Gums
Sherry Block
Maurice McDowell
Lawrence Wallace
Delmar Darling
Willard Tronick
Gerald Greider
Frank Linder
Leland Nesbitt
Dorothy Fluekiger
Jay DeVault
Kenneth Zurn
Clarence Ringquist
Pauline Abel
Laura Cyr
Thomas Kinney
J. G. Elston
Christy Obrecht
MYF
Our Land
Margaret Chew
Northland
Mr. Mecklenburg
Nome
Lavinia Wallace Young Community Center
Rev Nelson to lead Trinity Lutheran as new pastor
The Trinity Lutheran Church at 1010 Sill St. will welcome Rev. Ernest N. Nelson as its fourth senior pastor since 1917. Nelson, 42, from Madison South Dakota, is married with four daughters and one son and begins in January 1959 after ordination in 1945 and a long ministry across North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota. Brekke remains assistant pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Sill St
Madison
S.C
Ernest N. Nelson
Trinity
Sill Street
South Dakota
la Crosse
Mr. Nelson
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Lavern R
Luther Seminary
Lois S. Nelson
Lawton
N.D
Concordia
Hatton
Warwick
Tolna
Hamar
Rugby
First
Bethel Lutheran
Nelson
North Dakota
Luther League
International Luther League of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
ELC
St. Paul Seminary
S.D
Madison Ministerial Assn
Lutheran Welfare Board of
Madison Kiwanis Club
Bethel Lutheran Home Corp
Ruth
Kathryn
Esther
Marjorie
David
Ernest Tande
Harold Nida
Roger Hafner
Walter Selbo
William Luedke
Freé—Rohrer
Iverson
Mr. Brekke
Sioux Falls
M.D
Augustana College
Invite Bids On Military Projects In Minnesota
Invitations to bid on military construction at Camp Douglas and Wabasha Minnesota were posted. The National Guard Bureau seeks rehab of Camp Williams warehouses at Camp Douglas including all plant labor and equipment. Bids open October 23 with an 83 by 52 foot Army Reserve Center at Wabasha bids due October 30 in St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Douglas
Wabasha
Minn
Federal Building Bulletin Board
National Guard Bureau
Camp Williams
Army Reserve Center
United States Army Corps of Engineers
St. Paul
Accidents injure two in La Crosse
Two La Crosse residents sustained injuries in separate crashes Friday night and Saturday morning. Irene Baldwin, 44, suffered a neck injury when rear ended by a scooter driven by Adolph Baldwin and assisted to Lutheran Hospital. Lester Warner, 59, suffered a right ankle cut after his scooter struck a parked car on Livingston near Caledonia and was taken to Grandview Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Baldwin
Harvey St
Lutheran Hospital
Adolph Gordon Baldwin
Glen W. Mulder
R. I. Onalaska
3Rd
State Streets
Lester Edward Warner
George St
Grandview Hospital
Warner
Daniel Lord
Liberty St
Livingston
Caledonia Streets
Roosevelt PTA Holds First Meet
Roosevelt School PTA opens its new year with an 7:30 open house and 8:00 PTA session in the community room. Dentists Dr. A J Bentz and Dr D R Bentz will lead a tooth care program with pictures. Paul Finanger serves as program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
A. J. Bentz
D. R. Bentz
Roosevelt School Pta
Paul Finanger
Roosevelt Pta
Church Youths Plan Car Wash at St John’s Church
The Youth Fellowship of St John’s Church of the United Church of Christ will sponsor a car wash in the church parking lot from 8 am to 3 pm Saturday. Mark Seiler serves as president while Harold Walk acts as adult supervisor. cars may arrive any time on Westvenue at Market Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Fellowship of
St. John’s Church of the United Church of Christ
Mark Seiler
Harold Walk
Probe
West Venue
Market Street
Public workers urged to gain group life insurance plan
Gov. Vernon Thomson announced plans to sponsor a bill in the next Legislature to extend a group life policy to public employees at all levels, including teachers and police. Rates would be 50 to 60 cents per thousand, with no medical exam, and coverage up to the prior year’s income plus 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Thomson
Wisconsin Teachers Assn
Ashland
Thomson
Unreality Sermon Focus at Christian Science Service
Sunday service topics explore coping with fear sickness and sin. The lesson includes John 9 healing of the man born blind and correlative passages from Science and Health. The golden text from Romans urges putting on the armour of light as night ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Services
John
Christ Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Saul
580,000 Acres To Be Put In Soil Bank
Wisconsin ASC reports 9,445 farmers offered 580,000 acres for the 1959 soil bank conservation reserve. sign-up exceeds the state goal by 141,000 acres. Estimated 1959 rental and cost-sharing payments total about $9.89 million for the land now open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Wisconsin
Soil Bank
Early Mass for Hunters at Blessed Sacrament Church
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church will hold an 4 a.m. Mass for hunters on Sunday, with continuous services planned through the hunting season if attendance justifies it. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas E. O'Shaughnessy, the pastor, spoke about the continued schedule depending on turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blessed Sacrament
Losey Blvd
King St
Thomas E. O’shaughnessy
James Biechler
John Brey
Mother of Perpetual Help
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Thomas E. O'Shaughnessy
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Society
Chicago
Adventist
Ralph D. McGann
Assembly of God
Man
Ferry
Donald K. Porai
Christ Ambassadors
Calvary
Charles and Logan
Warren G. Zinn
First Baptist Church
S. 6Th St
Floyd Harbord
Baptist Bible Fellowship
Southside
Leo Hill
N. Salem Rd
Loomis
Robert J. Shifflet
North American
ST. Joseph
6Th and
Louis J. Pa- Fene
George Becker
Andrew Karoblis
Holy Trinity
13Th St. and
Park Ave
Msgr
V. J. Plecity
James F. Murphy
John J. Lemke
ST. James
Caledonia St
Henry R. Hoerburger
Albert W. Sonnberger
Richard A. Wisnewski
Francis A. Wavra
ST. John the Baptist
Avon St
Hugo Koehler
Thomas Langer
Matter of Perpetual Help
Holy Cross
Ferry St
Nicholas B. Beschta
Thomas Ninnemen
ST. Patrick’s
Onalaska
Joseph N. Bach
ST. Mary’s
7Th St
Cameron Ave
William L. Mooney
Francis Hitlejem
ST. Thomas More
Weston Sts
Thomas E. Mullen
Henry J. Cassidy
ST. Wenceslaus
Winnebago Sts
Alfred Hebert
Mark Doyle
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ Scientist
West Ave
Main St
Church of Christ
First Church OF Christ
Cass
Burdette W. Wakeman
N. 9Th
Harry Johnson
Church of God
John Kurtz
Church of Open Bible
Open Bible
H. C. LeBuhn
Episcopal
Kenneth E. Trueman
ST. Peter's
Logan and Avon
Paul White
Evangelical Free
Bethany
North St
Onalaska Ave
Otto L. Larsen
MOODY
Campbell Rd
Carroll Anderson
Radisson
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
N. 16Th
Gillette Sts
Church OF Jesus Christ— Ywca
Donald Starkey
Lutheran
Bethel
George and Sill
Freeman O. Sveom
16Th
Harold N. Stoffel
Warren Diskerud
Luther House
Good Shepherd
J. L. Mattes
OUR Redeemer
Weston
Norman A. Nelson
OUR Savior’s
George Alvilden
Walter Larson
Veteran's Memorial Park
Hardies Creek Church
ST. Paul's
Arthur M. Ferce
Charles and Sill
Milo L. Brekke
Vik
5Th Ave. S
Leon A. Holm
Shorewood Dr
Wedgewood Terrace
Robert H. Bernhardt
Wkbt-Tv
Wisconsin Synod
Lutheran Hour
Councilmen of
Wisconsin Area
Lutheran Churches
WKTY
A. Stuebs
First Evangelical
Cameron
Fritz H. Miller
Herbert Jaster
Rev
W. Thierfelder
Goodwin
Grace Evangelical
Ward Ave
S. 26Th
G. F. Albrecht
Immanuel Evangelical
St. Paul and Avon
Walter E. Gutzke
Wayne Schmidt
Mount Calvary Evangelical
16Th and
Lloyd Lambert
ST. Paul’s Evangelical
Main Street
Sand Lake Rd
John H. Lau
Methodist
Asbury
Redfield
Winslow Wilson
Caledonia
Lee H. Holmes
Ps Sr
Staat’s Cottage
N. 4Th St
Richard Truitt
Nazarene
Jackson
R. Wayne Sharpes
James H. Bell
North
Avon and
Logan
Robert D. Hannon
WKBH
Salvation Army
Citadel
Alvan Parker
Women's Home League
Congregation Sons OF Abraham
Dov Schwarez
United Church of Christ
ST. John's Reformed Church
Market
Ralph L. Kuether
United Pentecostal
Apostolic Tabernacle
Liberty and Sill
Arthur Mapsur
D. J, Gibson
Rev. King
Trinity Lutheran
Clearbrook
Mayville
Thompson
Corcordia College
Moorhead
Kek
Minneapolis
Canada
Ernest Nelson
The
Associated Press
Gaylord Nelson
Janesville
Wauwatosa
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Joseph S. Clark Jr
D-Pa
Eisenhower
Formosa
Clark
Dulles
Quemoy
Chiang Kai-shek
John Foster Dulles
Sen. Proxmire
Waukesha
Waux
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Wisconsin Towns Assn
Stevens Point
Leithold
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