Bride Priscilla Strommen Marries Wallace Bondhus at Bethleham Church
A double ring ceremony in Bethleham Lutheran Church joined Miss Priscilla Strommen and Wallace G Bondhus with Rev. Walter Huseby and Rev. Jersing Thompson officiating. The bride, daughter of Ansel and (Mrs) Strommen, wore an embroidered nylon gown with a train and carried a white satin fan with an orchid. Attendant Noreen Strommen wore blue Swiss over taffeta. Best man was twin brother Willard Bondhus. groomsmen Norton Strommen and Richard Bondhus. Reception followed. couple to canoe trip in the Little Woods region of Canada.
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Brouneaa
James Special
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Priscilla Strommen
Wallace G Bondhus
Walter Huseby
Spring Valley
Minn
Jersing Thompson
Brodhead
Ansel Strommen
Martin Bondhus
Northfield
Noreen
Jean Strormmener
Willard
Minneapolis
Norton Strommen Madison
Richard Bondhus
Independence
Kas
Dorothy Messerschmidt Dale
Viola Norton
Huseby
Blanchardville
Lois Patricia Disrud
Hi. A. Disrud
Arthur Leon Nelson
O. F. Nelson
Dodgeville
Blanchardville Lutheran Church
Torgney Kleven
Stanley Lundberg
Donnafaye Phillips
Greig and
Mortell Disrud
Malcolm — Disrud
Edward Shonts
Monroe
Homer Fieldhouse
Gene
Kenneth Nelson
Erling Jacobson
Mmnes
Herbert Lindokken
Harold Schinkler
Jennings Thompson
Carol MacKen
Carol Frankhauser
Carolyn Rind
Wisconsin
Nelson Wor
Blanchardville High School
University of Wisconsin
New Glarus
Cobb
Miss Marie Gavigan to Wed Arleigh Field
Miss Marie Helen Gavigan of Woodford to wed Arleigh La Verne Field of Monroe. Engagement announced by Miss Gavigan’s parents Mrs Timothy Gavigan and Mr and Mrs Gavigan. Wedding set for July 7 at 9 a.m. at St Joseph's Catholic church Argyle. Marie Helen Gavigan is a Monroe High School graduate and telephone operator. Arleigh Field is a Monroe High School graduate employed at Center Market.
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Wif.e
Timothy Gavigan
Woodford
Marie Helen
Arleigh LaVerne Field
Stanley R. Field
15Th Avenue
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Argyle
Gavigan
Argyle High School
Monroe
Monroe High School
Center Market
Graduation Attendance by Brodhead Parents at UW
Parents from Brodhead attended University of Wisconsin graduation exercises for their children. Mrs. Vernis Pierce attended for Patricia, Mr. and Mrs. Clancy Shaw for Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. John Derning for Joan Derning Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Markham for Dan, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ziltern for Helen.
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Brodhead
University of Wisconsin
Vernis Pierce
Patricia
Clancy Shaw
Nancy
John Derning
Joan Derning Taylor
Dan Markham
Dan
Walter Ziltener
Helen
Choir Concert Highlights Sacred Hymns and Barbershop Fare
The program featured Eleanor Frederick at the organ with tunes such as Thou Love and My God and I. A men's quintet performed novelty numbers in barbershop style, followed by Last Night. The choir closed with Ifea's Castle and Now the Day is Over.
Reunion Elects Sheldon Hoesly President at 76th Benkert Family Reunion
The 76th Benkert family reunion was held at Recr tion park with 51 families represented and 150 members from Davenport Freeport Poughkeepsie Wauwatosa Beloit Belleville New Glarus Browntown Monroe. Sheldon Hoesly of New Glarus was elected president for 1951 with Mrs Arthur P Benkert as secretary and Mrs Robert Blumer as treasurer. The 1952 reunion was set for the third Sunday in June in Monroe. A smaller gathering at Marvin Bidlingmaier’s home noted 29 relatives and honored George Haman Frederick Feldt Chester Haman Ida Haman and La Verne Schmerse. other attendees included multiple Haman Schmerse Prien and Feldt families.
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Benkert
Recrtion Park
Davenport
Freeport
Poughkeepsie
Wauwatosa
Beloit
Belleville
New Glarus
Browntown
Marvin Bidlingmaier
Yesterda
George Haman
Frederick Feldt
Chester Haman
Ida Haman
LaVerne Schmerse
Messrs.nd Mmes
Chester Schmerse
Lawrence Prien
Jay Nenneman
Ben Feldt
Carol Harrington Engaged to Marry Robert Bruegger
An engagement is announced for Miss Carol Harrington granddaughter of Carol Harrington and her husband to Robert D Bruegger son of Mr and Mrs Herman Bruegger Route 1 No wedding date is set Miss Harrington attended Monroe high school and works at F W Woolworth Bruegger graduated from South Wayne high school and is a farmer.
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Peterson
14Th Avenue
Carol Harrington
Robert D. Bruegger
Herman Bruegge
Route 1
Miss Harrington
Monroe High School
F. W. Woolworth
Brueger
South Wayne High School
Milwaukee Choir Delivers Afternoon Program at Local Church
The Milwaukee Apostolic Church choir of 29 under A. R. Lemke directed a musical program yesterday at the New Apostolic church, singing sacred hymns and anthems. The choir also performed at the morning service including Come Thou Almighty King.
Legion auxiliary notes and upcoming picnic details
Mrs Marguerite Mooney reports 300 dollars and notes the auxiliary will hold a picnic supper at the home of Mrs Belle Jow in July. Mrs T L Stei was recently initiated as a new member and Mrs Dean Peterson has been accepted as a transfer from Monroe.
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Marguerite Mooney
The
Legion Auxiliary
Belle Jow
T. L. Stei
Dean Peterson
Monroe
Feted at Luncheon Honors Iva Pickett Before Wed Wedding
Miss Iva Pickett planned to wed Theodore Portman Wednesday and was feted at a dessert luncheon hosted by Mrs. Robert W. Kramer at 2105 Tenth. Guests, including co host Mrs Clifford Wells, enjoyed gifts found via balloons containing verse clues throughout the house.
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Iva Pickett
Theodore Portman
Robert W. Kramer
Clifford Wells
Miss Pickett
Revered Moslem Edifice Near Solomon Temple
Description notes the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem as the most revered Moslem edifice after Mecca and Medina, marking its location on the site of Solomon's temple and its standing among holy places.
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Mecca
Medina
Mosque
Jerusalem
Homemakers Club Tours Rockford Visit
The Homemakers Club toured Rockford visiting Curtis Candy Co Westinghouse sewing machine plant and Tinker cottage. They dined at the Wagon Wheel restaurant with committee chairs Mrs John Stauffer Mrs Leon Gempeler and Mrs Clarence Loveland leading.
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Rockford Washington Town Hall
Rockford
Curtis Candy Co
Westinghouse Sewing Machine
Tinker Cottage
Wagon Wheel
John Stauffer
Leon Gempeler
Clarence Loveland
Mmes
Merlyn Loveland
Fred Alen
E. W. Marty
Anton Hefty
Christ Yaussi
Willis Elmer
Clarence Elmer Jr
Werner Heft
Pope Pius cites surge in mission land Catholics
In an encyclical dated June 2 1951 Pope Pius says Catholics in mission lands rose from 15 million in 1926 to about 28 million today nearly doubling in 25 years. He notes the global faithful total around one billion and references a basilica dedication on St Eugene's feast day.
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Vatican City
Pius
St. Eugene
Seven U S Soldiers Found Slain by Reds
An American patrol in the central front zone discovered the bullet-riddled bodies of seven U S soldiers. Ralph E Sherrard of Alex Oklahoma described the scene as gruesome and cold-blooded murder, noting some men wept while others swore.
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Wo. S. Eighth Army
Amera
Ralph E. Sherrard
Alex, Okio
Sherrard
Locomotive Crash Kills fifty at Sukkur station
A locomotive plowed into a passenger train near Sukkur last night, killing about fifty people and injuring around one hundred. The crash at Ghotski station destroyed five cars of the Quetta Lahore train, about 350 miles from here.
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Sukkur
Quetta
Lahore
Ghotski Station
Decatur 4-H Club Elects Delegates and Plans Lighted Hall
Lorraine Zimmerli and Delores Roth were chosen delegates from the Decatur 4-H club to attend a summer camp. The group voted to install electric lights for an outdoor round at the hall and to hold a club tour soon. They will attend the Evansville black and white show and a safety movie was presented, with Janice Christiansen giving a safety talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Club
Brodhead
Lorraine Zimmerli
Delores Roth
Evansville
Janice Christensen
College Graduates Having More Babies in Milton Mass
Population reference bureau notes rising birthrates among children of college graduates from 1936 to 1941 in Milton Massachusetts. Directors caution that despite hopeful trend, outlook for future generations remains depressing as intelligent citizens are needed to guide the country toward peace and strengthen democracy.
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Milton
Mass
Population Reference Bureau
Coadjutor Named to Aid Milwaukee Episcopal Diocese
The Milwaukee diocese will name a bishop coadjutor next October to assist Bishop Benjamin F. P. Ivins who announced retirement in 1952 but agreed to remain after a diocesan council resolution last week. The executive council announced the selection on Saturday.
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Milwaukee
Benjamin F. P. Ivins
Episcopal Churc
Saturd
Ivins
Veterans Hold Half of Government Jobs
The civil service commission reported that on April 1 the number of veterans receiving preferential treatment in executive agencies was 1,040,800, comprising ex servicemen 995,200 ex-servicewomen 26,400 and widows and mothers of disabled veterans or wives and mothers of totally disabled veterans 19,200. This group amounted to 47 percent of the 2,196,316 total civilian federal employment on that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Innocent Prisoner Gets 15200 Pardon in Identity Mixup
A year-old former church official was awarded 15200 for two years in jail after an identity error. Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll signed a law granting the money to Clifford T. Shepard, twice convicted of forgery, who was mistaken for Eddie Eugene Sullivan known by police as the phantom forger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Driscoll
Clifford T. Shepard
Shepard
Edd Eugene Sullivan
Paris surgeon study on ancient drug curing boy’s kidney cancer
The French Academy of Surgery studies a seven year old boy said to be cured of deadly kidney cancer by a rarely used ancient drug. Professor Rene Huguenin, medical director at the Villejuif Institute near Paris, advances the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French Academy of Surgery
Rene Huguenin
Villejuif Institute
General MacArthur Returns From Texas Visit
General MacArthur returns to New York City with wife and son after a four day Texas trip described as short but delightful. They arrived back Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New York
General MacArthur
New York City
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