Army Reserve Weapons Units Get Workout
Army Reserve weapon crews tested bore sighting on a 4.2 inch rocket launcher while a 60 mm mortar team set up sights and fired dummy rounds under M. Sgt. Lloyd Smaby. The 57 mm recoilless rifle crew commanded by Sgt. 1 C. Paul Losenback and others practiced realistic fire commands. E Company 274th Infantry and B Battery Artillery Reserve prepare for an all day exercise at Camp McCoy on Sunday November 1 pitting against a Marine Reserve unit in a combat style operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Reserve Armory
Orin Finanger
Cpl
Douglas Martin
C. Rodney Vervelde
Pfc
Lloyd Clements
Paul Losen
Raymond Pfennig
Pfes
Wendell Gilbertson
Carroll Farnam
Glenn Dahlem
E Co
274Th Infantry
Camp McCoy
la Crosse
Marine Reserve
Army
Local wedding trip to Fort Sheridan for Meinking Walters
Locals Mrs. L. J. Roberts accompanied by her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs E R Roberts of Bangor travel to Fort Sheridan for the wedding of R J Meinking and Judith Ann Walters. Universal Photo Service offers film drop off at 514 State Street with satisfaction guaranteed. Jo-Bau's Restaurant advertises Simonson's Top Grade turkey every Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Roberts
Cass St
E. R. Roberts
Bangor
Fort Sheridan
R. J. Meinking
Judith Ann Walters
Universal Photo Service
State Street
Jo-Bau
Simonson
Shoop Divorce Granted in Whitehall with Custody
Pearl Shoop of Whitehall and Wilburn Shoop of Ettrick were granted a divorce. Pearl received custody of three children aged 11 9 and 8 and their household goods. Grounds cited cruel treatment and non support. They married August 19 1945 in Covington Kentucky and had earlier dissolved a Rock County Wisconsin divorce before a year elapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Shoop
Ettrick
Wilburn Shoop
Confusion Over 4H Lunch Sponsorship Clarified
The Tribune clarifies that La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce does not sponsor the food for the 4 H Achievement Day lunch. The Chamber Rural Affairs Committee serves the meal and underwrites any deficit, while 4 H leaders prepare the food under Miss Edith Brevig’s supervision as county home agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
la Crosse County
First North Central Optometric Conference and local business notices
Dr. Donald C. Stulken of La Crosse registered for the First North Central Optometric Contact Lens Conference October 12 13 at the St Paul Hotel. Eighteen La Crosse representatives attended the Metropolitan Life Insurance Veterans Assn meeting in Milwaukee October 15. A new Moon Faucet debuts in La Crosse offering one handle control with safety and visible water temperature. Gerrard Realty announces Basil Reimers and Donald F Johnson as new appointments. Caledonia sees Coast-to-Coast Store sale and standard oil service lease changes. Tomah welcomes Richard Swanson and family to manage Home Bakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Stulken
la Crosse
St. Paul Hotel
St. Paul
The
Contact Lens Assn
Chicago
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
5Th Ave
Veterans Assn
Schroeder
Milwaukee
Lloyd Viner
Lange and
M. William Gerrad
Gerrard Realty Co
Basil Reimers
Donald F. Johnson
Reimers
Gerrard Realty
Pennsylvania Mutual
Fantle Bros
Caledonia
Minn
Cy Reisdorf
Aldrich Ostlund
Ostlunds
Rochester
Reisdorfs
Ostlands
Standard Oil Service
Henry P. Thery
Clayton Hosch
Caledonia Oil Company
Donald (Toppy) Sheehan
Robert Bissen
County Court Notes From La Crosse Wisconsin
Delores Bjorkman, 29, driving without a license. Charles Suchla, failure to stop after an accident. Ronald Paulson, speeding 41 in a 25, license suspended 30 days. Ray Ekern, allowing unlicensed person to drive. Leland Burrows, driving without a license. Hammes Truck Sales fined for overlength vehicle. Multiple absolute divorces granted for Cruel and inhuman treatment involving Cramer, Koblitz, Peters, Grapes, and Bostad. Police log items include light fixture, oil burner floods, and a Sand barge motor fire. Mrs Richard Lachman taken to hospital. Fatality rate noted for farm residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores M. Bjorkman
West Salem
Charles Suchla
Arcadia
Ronald P. Paulson
Wood St
Ray Ekern
Viroqua
Leland Burrows
Holmen
Hammes
S. 3Rd St
Russell D. Cramer
YMCA
la Vonne Cramer
Clinton St
Gwendolyn Koblitz
la Crosse St
Edward C. Koblitz
la Crosse
Wilma Peters
S. 20Th St
Harold Peters
Waukon
Delbert C. Grapes
N. 3Rd St
Joyce Grapes
S. 27Th St
Mary Ann Bostad
Vine St
Robert Bostad
Stevens Point
Tri-State Deaths Chronicle Wakes Across Wisconsin Iowa
Obituaries from Tomah Ridgeville Mabel Elroy Mauston Horah Waukon list Albert Kortbein Julia Ladsten Nina Anderson Eva Allen Henry Gstalder E J OBrien with birth places, spouses and survivors across towns and counties. Funeral notices detail services notations, dates and cemeteries.
League To Meet In Spring Grove Church
The Black Hammer Lutheran League will meet at the church Sunday at 8 p.m. Mrs Christ Husemoen leads the education program with Karen Eiken as program chairman. The Otterness Kallis and Eiken families will serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Black Hammer Luther League
Christ Husemoen
Karen Eiken
Sarah
Benora Otterness
Jay Kallis
Rodney Kallis
Joseph Eiken
Airplanes okay but the steak's tough finds air travel dull
Por Hal Boyle humor column from New York takes a wry view of flying. He complains about noise vibration narrow cabins and the leathery steak on flights. He mocks stewardess charm and PA announcements and jokes about air insurance questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Por Hal Boyle
New York
Air
Commanderettes Elect Officers
Mrs. Douglas Molzahn was named to head the Commanderettes, auxiliary of the United Drum and Bugle Corps. New officers include Mrs. Jerome Oestrich as vice president and Mrs. Donald Bendel as secretary, with Mrs. Lloyd Kennedy treasurer. A special meeting is set for Oct. 22 in Onalaska to sew neck scarfs for new uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Molzahn
United Drum and Bugle Corps
Jerome Oestrich
Donald Bendel
Lloyd Kennedy
Frank French
Sunshine
Oestrich
Gerald Lau
Onalaska
Molzahn
Gene Oliver
Drum Corps
Advertising tax ruled illegal by Maryland court
Maryland's Court of Appeals struck down Baltimore ordinances imposing a 4 percent sales tax on advertising purchases and a 2 percent gross receipts tax, ruling the taxes unconstitutional as they burden press freedom. The decision affirmed a lower court finding that the taxes disproportionately hit newspapers and broadcast stations protected by the First Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Baltimore
Court of Appeals
High Court
Births listed from La Crosse area hospitals in mid October
La Crosse Grandview and St. Ann's Maternity Annex report numerous births including Oct 15 to Armin Gossfeld and Oct 16 to Arnold Temrte and Wendell Haag. St. Mary's, Grace, and Memorial Hospitals note additional Oct dates and newborns with parent names and addresses across La Crosse Sparta Tomah regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold I
Temrte
16Th St
Stella Barstad
Allen Torgerso
Wall St
Jeanette Petersen
St. Ann’s Maternity Annex
Armin Gossfeld
Phyllis Gravett
Beauford E. Nichols
George St
Isolde Kaiser
Gary W. Coorough
Badger St
Ann Miller
Richard O. Barrett Jr
Melrose
Mary Clement
Donald D. Hohlfeld
Caldora Campbell
Wendell Haag
Robinsdale Ave
Shirley McDonald
Robert J. Daley Sr
E. Ave. S
Marie Kleinsmith
George K. Geiwitz
Hokah
Mary Lou Kroack
John Reinsvold
S. 19Th St
Loretta Strand
Gas odor and street fires reported in city incidents
On Oct 17 at 1 42 p.m. responders cleared gasoline from the 100 block of S. 4th Street after an accident. At 6 17 p.m. they checked gas odor at Albert Bjorke residence 12092 Vine Street. At 6 46 p.m. reports cited leaves burning in the street at 14th and Cass Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. 4Th Street
Albert Bjorke
Vine St
14Th
Cass Sts
Marriages Listed For October Wedding Dates
Marriage license notices include Herbert Coyne of Yonkers and Eloise Holie of Winnebago Street to wed October 18 in Westby. Other couples named for October 25 or 31 weddings span Rockland, Bangor Wisconsin Black River Falls Sparta and nearby towns with partners from Rockland Hixton Northfield Angelo Taylor Ettrick Dixon Ill and Kenosha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Coyne
Yonkers
N.Y
Eloise Holie
Winnebago St
Westby
Robert M. Olson
Rockland
Theresa M. Brueggeman
Bangor
Gene H. Slosser
Marjorie Gunderson
Black River Falls
Ardell
Eide
Hixton
Elise Olson
Northfield
Sparta
Wis
Plans Gymkhana by La Crosse Sports Car Club
The Sports Car Club of La Crosse schedules a gymkhana on the Kroger Store lot at Highway 33 and Losey boulevard at 1 p m Sunday. Titled a mad mans melee by officials the event promises tight turns obstacles and novelty maneuvers for spectators and invites foreign or sports model car drivers to attend.
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The
Sports Car Club of
la Crosse
Kroger
Highway 33
Losey Boulevard
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Wichita Bomb Victim’s Plan Questioned After Detonation
FBI and Secret Service joined Wichita police in examining Forrest Don McCuiston's intent after a bomb in the airport passage killed him. Investigators considered death by own action but found no link to President Eisenhower's Kansas visit. McCuiston carried a brown package, a pistol, and a $25 000 life policy naming his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Forrest Don McCuiston
Wichita Air Terminal
McCuiston
Kansas City
McCurston
FBI
Secret Service
Eisenhower
Salina
Abilene
Donald E. Rivers
Rivers
Donna Folsom
Dallas
Tex
West
Las Vegas
Nev
Denver
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
Donna Louise
Man Charged With Statutory Rape Ordered For Pre sentence
Circuit Court ordered a pre sentence investigation Friday for George W. Hall Jr. 21 of 627 S 6th St as his case continues to Nov 21. Hall pleaded guilty in September to intimate relations with a 15 year old on Sept 20 and received one year in jail in county court for indecent liberties with a minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Welfare
George W. Hall Jr
S. 6Th St
Hall
Hold Family Night at Highlands Lutheran Church
The Maurice and Walter Langland families host a family night at Highlands Lutheran Church on Sunday at 8 p.m. Local residents are invited to attend and join in activities for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Maurice
Walter Langland
Highland Lutheran Church
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Lloyd Smaby
J.C. Olin McCarty
Myron Nelson
Whitehall, Wis
J. R. Williams
Goldie
Business News
Albert W. Bielefeld
Eunice E. Buswell
Peter M. Hovind
Merritt B. Matteson
Lloyd Tryggestad
Clifford J. Randahl
Austin
Willard Critchfield
Clarence G. Barth
Joseph L. Gallagher
Arnold V. Martinson
Edward O. Arness
George Vondrashek
Winona
Ralph O. Brown
Owatonna
Lyle W. Buckingham
T. Kenneth Norrie
Sally
Market St
Tomah
Richard Swanson
Glen Lake
Minneapolis
Home Bakery
Swanson
National Tea Co
Clarence Jensen
Johnson
Don Dickinson
Dickinson Funeral Home
Circuit Court
Scott Burgess, Inc
Copeland Ave
Liberty St
H. Parker
C. Lockman
Kane St
Richard Lachman
St. Ann's Hospital
United States
Albert Kortbein
Ridgeville
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Robert Beckmann
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs
Julie Ladsten
Mabel, Minn
Scheie Lutheran Church
Julia Ladsten
Percy Larson
Mengis
Mabel
Julia Holland
Norway
Bardinus Holland
Preble Township
Fillmore County
Nels Ladsten
Newburg Township
Myles
Littlefork
Olaf
Spring Valley
Bennett
Jerome
Inga) Trimbell
Bloomville
Irvin
Melvin
Joe Houzner
Elroy
Bergit Romano
Houzner
Nina Anderson
Plymouth Township
Juneau County
Anton
Frank Anderson
Lancaster
Calif
Julius
Palmdale
Santa Barbara
Our Saviors Lutheran Church
Paul Sanders
Fowler’s Prairie Cemetery
Mueller Funeral
Eva Allen
Mauston
Alma Haile
Crandall and Sons
Rose Cemetery
Emil Hatton
Allen
Lemonweir
Henry Gstalder
Herbert Gstalder
West Hokah Ridge
Edith Bernsdorf
Hokah Ridge
Delbert
Glenville
John
Louis Gstalder
Ester Becker
Louise Kruckow
Houston
E. J. O'Brien
Iowa
E. J. O’brien
Bessie McClintock
Waukon Area
Alliance, Neb
A. L. McClintock
Edward O’brien
Allamakee County
Nebraska
Floyd Larson
Alliance
Grandview Hospital
Madison, Wis
St. Mary’s Hospital
J. C
Richard Wehrenberg
Madison
Bernice Hass
Detroit
Mich
Grace Hospital
John L. Streeter
Marion Tabbert
John C. von Ruden
Norwalk
Arlene Swenson
Sylvester Laufenberg
Cashton
Margaret Sullivan
Wis. Memorial Hospital
Archie Hughes
Edna Weideman
Roy Remington
Elizabeth White
Doulas Frei
Camp Douglas
Geraldine Eisfeldt
Howard Henry
Lena Crammond
James H. Bell
First Presbyterian Church
Black River Falls, Wis
Frank Rychecky
Little Falls
Jean R. Peters
Kenosha
LeRoy Jackson
Bertha June Sole
David R. Crocker Jr
Joanne E. Thurston
Angelo
Whitehall
Dean F. Hanson
Taylor
Janice Marie Hoff
Clifford A. Selse
Mary Rae Stutlen
Dixon, Ill
Ple
James Lees
Schneider
Common Council
City of la Crosse
Council
Alice Dickson
Green Island Land
Myrick Park Mercury
Swanson Field
City of
Shelby
Campbell
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