Red Feather Units Rally Community Fund Drive
La Crosse and Gateway area agencies push to finish their Red Feather fundraising appeal as 15 member groups continue work in the community. La Crosse Home for Children held an annual picnic at the home last Friday. A regional Boy Scouts meeting at Camp Williams drew 150 Scouts from Wisconsin and Illinois to train leaders. Gateway council staff and officials like B W Ingli Wesley Latham and Mrs Eileen Kramer assisted. Attendees from the Gateway council included Paul Thies Marshall Batho Percy Rogers Gerald Edward Dimmick Vilas Amundson Zietlow Irvin Tyler John Ister te R J Gunning Robert Mills Carl Iverson John Sijeik and Judge Lincoln Neprud.
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A Crosse
Community Chest
la Crosse
B. W. Ingli
Wesley Latham
Eileen Kramer
Gateway Council Scout Office
Gateway Council
Paul Thies
Marshall Batho
Percy Rogers
Gerald Edward
Dimmick
Vilas Amundson
Zietlow
Irvin Tyler
John Istert
Young Ballyboley Plowboy Delights Crowd At Mallusk
Sam McKinney, 14, Ballyboley Eire, youngest competitor in the international plowing match at Mallusk, entered the horses section with donkeys. A large gallery praised his neat furrows and polished plow, but the donkeys balked at the crowd and failed to perform. Sam attributed the distraction to the big crowds and wished for better luck next time.
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Sam McKinney
Ballyboley
Eire
Mallusk
Sam
Drop in Old Age Rolls Offsets Higher County Payout
La Crosse County reports 33 fewer aged assistance recipients in October 1950 than a year earlier, while total payments rise by 1,455.37. Arnison’s office provides breakdowns for county and state shares, federal aid, ADC cases, and care costs across 1949 and 1950, noting a rise in dependent children but lower county payments overall.
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la Crosse County
Esther M. Domke
John Arnison
Arnison
OAA
Wisconsin
ADC
Seek Boarding Homes For Older Persons
The Family Welfare association seeks boarding homes for older men and women who are not bedridden or in need of constant care. Prefer homes near the downtown area with good living quarters and reasonable payments. For information call the Family Welfare association at 2-5480.
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Family Welfare Association
Red Feather
Elopement twist shocks Elkton wedding plans
In Elkton Maryland Bernice Kurdes 19 and Roland Lauther 29 eloped before a planned church wedding. Bernice later telegrammed she would marry Lauther in Florida, while her fiancé prepared to depart without the bride.
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Elkton
Elopers
Bernice Kurdes
Roland Lauther
Newada
Bernice
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Police Missing Persons Bureau
Lauther
P. Ballantine Brewing Co
Newark
R. J. Sturgill
Destinati
Florida
Navy and Marine Korea War Casualties Reported
Navy and Marine casualties in Korea totaled 2 958 through October. Admiral Joel T Boone the medical inspector general said 496 were non battle casualties 75 died of wounds 2337 wounded and 50 missing. He noted 91 casualties among navy hospitals 20 wounded and one missing and said non battle casualties averaged 21 per 1000 versus 29 per 1000 in the United States. He anticipated a higher disease rate as winter nears.
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Washington
Navy and
Marine Co
Korea
Mary
Adm
Joel T. Boone
Generato
Boone
Navy
Misa
United States
Far Eastern War Theater
Supreme Court Reviews Madison Milk Ordinance
The Supreme Court agreed to rule on Madison Wisconsin's ordinance banning milk not pasteurized in a local plant within five miles and not inspected by the city health department. Dean Milk challenges say the rules violate interstate commerce while supporting farms up to 25 miles away.
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Washington
Madison, Wis
Supreme Court
High Court
City Health Department
Madison
Dean Milk Company
Chemung
Huntly
Ill
Dean
Chicago
Clsu
Warfarin Deadly Poison Kills In Several Feeds
The new rat poison warfarin acts as an anticoagulant causing internal bleeding after about five feedings. In the West Indies natives fear the barracuda more than the shark for threat and bite risk.
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West Indies
La Crosse Tribune enters second class mail in 1904
This note records the La Crosse Tribune being entered as second class matter at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office on June 23 1904 under the 1879 act.
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la Crosse
Wis
Detective Vern Weber Career Profile Highlights
Logan high school alumnus Detective Vern Weber aged 37 resides at 1367 Travis street. Married with 13 years on the force his hobbies include sports and memorable career events.
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Logan High School
Vern Weber
Travis Street
The
Force
Wisconsin Finance Council Hints At Surplus Near 1951 End
Wisconsin legislative council hears Giessel forecast a July 1 1951 surplus near 32 to 42 million with 30 million in the prior year asserting higher incomes and corporate earnings. A second reading notes university faculty outside earnings to be studied by the finance committee. A plan for a centralized administrative division and a teachers retirement study is approved for next session.
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Giessel
Legisllive Council
Laird
Marshfield
Laid
Legislative Finance Committee
Wisconsin
William Young
Sen. Bubolz
Rappleton
Legislative Joint Survey Committee
D. N. McDowell
Deriment
Five Dollar Car Backfires in Glendale Crash
In Glendale California Ralph Hogan bought a 1935 coupe for five dollars. The car lacked brakes and a tow rope broke sending the vehicle through the front wall of Howard Courtney's home. Hogan suffered cuts. Courtney estimated $1,000 in home damage.
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Glendale
Calif
Ralph T. Hogan
Hogan
Howard P. Courtney
Courtney
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Boy Scouts
N. J
Studebaker
Studebeker
Ine
Cameron Motor Company
Studebaker Trucks
LA Crosse Tribune
Stoke
Det
University of Wisconsin
Administrative Service
Bureau of Purchases, Printing
State Planning Board
Bureau of Engineering
Young
Soa Ae
Tribune
George Street
Mein St
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