Local Churches Get Most of Burke Estate
The will of Richard D. Burke 78 of 206 Arcadian Ave allocates most of a 75000 plus estate to St Josephs and St Marys Catholic churches in Waukesha. St Josephs receives 4000 outright with 2000 for Masses and 2000 for Catholic Memorial debt. St Marys gets 2600 for a grade school project. The churches share the rest to cover Catholic Memorial debts and new facilities. Several cousins and civic groups receive varied legacies including cars and cash gifts totaling 33000. Executor is Atty Clayton Cramer.
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St. Joseph's
St. Mary's Catholic
Burke
Mamie Burke
Catholic Memorial High School
St. Mary’s
Catholic Memorial High
Grove
Charles Dean
Madison
Katherine
Richard J. Burke
Bethesda Ct
William Burke
Waukesha
Josephine Burke
Val Hoerner
Milwaukee
Arthur Doyle
Arcadian Ave
Ben Shaw
Matthew J. Kennedy
Marie Lattner
Colton St
John Sullivan
Mary Cassady
N. East Ave
Patrick Brick
Serene Lanchett
Donald F. Cleary
Pleasant St
Atty
Clayton Cramer
Man Fined for Passing Stopped School Bus
Richard Siesen aged 29 of 1435 Summit Ave was fined $5 and costs in municipal court after pleading guilty to passing a stopped school bus. State officers arrested him at the Hy 30 Hy 6 intersection as he pulled from the turn and cut in front of the bus. This marks the fourth arrest under the new school bus law enacted this year.
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Richard Siesen
Summit Ave
Siesen
Lighting of Yule Tree Ceremony Planned in Triangle Park
The new community Christmas tree in Triangle park will be lit Monday at 7 30 p.m. Susan Crouch will turn the switch and the Waukesha High School girls civics class organized the move from the Crouch home. Funds remain in the civics fund and the Chamber of Commerce will cover lights. About 100 students from grades seven to nine will carol, starting at Triangle park and visiting six Five Points locations.
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Triangle Park
Susan Crouch
Waukesha High School Girls Civics
Susan
William H. Crouch
Frederick Jr
Civics
Crouch
Waukesha Chamber of Commerce
Waukesha
Taverns Plan Early Closing In Waukesha County
Waukesha County taverns plan 6 p.m. Christmas eve closings and 3 a.m. New Year’s morning openings. Tavern League leader E R Lacy cites unanimous county resolution and state and national resolutions urging adherence. City ordinances already require 6 p.m. closings, with 3 a.m. allowed in many areas for New Year’s. He advocates higher industry standards and cites a few bad actors harming the image.
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Waukesha County
E.R. Lacy
Okauchee
County Tavern Keepers League
Waukesha
Lacy
League
Tavern League of Wisconsin i
Alsn
The
State League
Buchner Park Rink Opens Tonight for Season
Buchner park ice skating rink opens this evening with skating to music from 7 to 10. Guy Wertz recreation director notes three nights of flooding finished. River ice not thick enough and snow must be cleared by trucks. Roberta park rink and river facilities to be ready next week.
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Buchner Park
Guy Wertz
Fox River
Roberta Park
Wertz
Radar checks yield nineteen arrests in county over three and a half hours
Nineteen motorists forfeited $13.50 bail in municipal court after state traffic police using radar units halted speeders along Hy 175 in Fussville on Dec 14. Officers reported additional arrests at two other points and noted similar results in recent days. Deputies say about 200 arrests have been made with their units in three months.
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Fussville
Waukesha County
Leslie Rockteacher
Milwaukee
Christmas Vacation Set For Lindholm School Students
Christmas vacation for all day and evening students at Lindholm Vocational and Adult School starts Saturday and runs through Monday January 4. Registration for second semester classes will be held at the school office daily during vacation from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and the week of January 9 from 8 am to 5 pm and 7 to 9:30 pm. For more information call 3339.
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Lindholm
A. J. Natalizio
Luke Will Not Be a Candidate for Re-Election
Gaylord Luke of the sixth ward announced today he will not seek another term on the city council. Paul Christensen of 431 West Park Avenue announced his candidacy for Luke's post. Luke has served 14 years and chaired the persons and property committee while also serving on finance, ordinance, planning and zoning, and the board of health.
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Aid
Gaylord Luke
Paul Christensen
W. Park Ave
Luke
Planning and Zoning Commission
Board of Health
Youth Confesses He Killed Parents With Cyanide Cocktails
A Bronx grand jury indicted Harlow Fraden, 20, and Dennis Wepman, 23, for first degree murder in the cyanide poisoning of Fraden's parents, Dr William Fraden and Mrs Shirley Fraden, Aug 21. Wepman aided the plan and sought a share of a 150000 inheritance. arraignment awaits psychiatric observation.
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New York
Bronx County
Harlow Fraden
Dennis Wepman
Fraden
James M. Barrett
Bellevue Hospital
William Fraden
Wepman
Finance Problems Still Face Congress Says Finance Problems Still Face Congress
President Eisenhower faces stubborn fiscal问题 as he and congressional leaders struggle to resolve government finance questions. Treasury is in the red by nearly 10 billion dollars as of December 15, with the fiscal year not yet finished. Congress contemplates spending cuts of about six billion dollars for 1955 while tax changes including a 10 percent income tax cut and a temporary corporation excess profits tax expiry complicate revenue recovery.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Eisenhower
Treasury
Man of Treasury
John Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Taber
Eisenhower Schedules Tax and Farm Policy Discussions
President Eisenhower opened a conference with Republican leaders focusing on taxes and farm policy as the second in a three part series. The agenda also covers foreign policy atomic energy the debt limit and social security with aides and congressional chairmen in attendance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Secretary of Treasury
Atomic Energy Commission
W. Sterling Cole
R-N.y
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
John Foster Dulles
Foreign Operations Administration
Harold E. Stassen
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rep
Robert B. Chiperfield
R-Ill
House
Hickenlooper
Cole
Local Postoffice Burdened by Yule Mail Rush
Waukesha post office handles about 300000 letters daily during the Christmas rush. Acting Postmaster Ruth Steinert cites a 125000 daily flood, with 122000 sent and up to 150000 expected by Monday. Parcel post grows 20 percent over last year as veterans fill jobs amid expanded staff and space.
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Waukesha
Ruth Steineri
Korea
Jerry F. Berger
Friedman
Friedman Pl
Christmas Caroling and Dance at Waukesha Youth Center
The Waukesha Youth Center schedules a dance after a Christmas caroling event on Saturday. The gathering is open to high school students and others out of school. Caroling starts at 8 p.m. and the dance with Music Makers begins at 10 p.m. Admission is six cents.
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Waukesha
Christmas gift idea a Freeman subscription offer
A year’s Freeman subscription makes a fine gift for a relative or friend as it lasts 12 months and serves as a lasting companion. For non-subscribers, the ad suggests an option to order the gift.
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the Freeman
Humphries and Block Seek City Posts in April Election
Two more candidates filed nomination papers for city offices in April. Incumbent Alderman of the 13th ward Donald Humphries seeks re-election, facing Mary Karter, the first woman to run for a public office here in 30 years. Herman Bleck of 234 Frame Ave announces candidacy for the 11th ward alderman to fill the unexpired term after Alderman Herbert Blackstone resigned.
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Donald Humphries
Humphries
Mary Karter
Herman Bleck
Frame Ave
Bleck
Ald
Herbert Blackstone
Blackstone
Gyms Open During Vacation for Student Use
During Christmas recess through January 4 the Hadfield and senior high gyms host a part time program. On Mondays and Wednesdays Dec 21 23 28 30 the high school gym serves ninth tenth grade boys 1 2 30 and seventh eighth grade boys 2 30 4. Hadfield gym serves fifth sixth grade boys 1 2 30 and eleventh twelfth grade boys 2 30 4. Hadfield may be used by college home students and others in the same age group. Charles Burton leads at Hadfield. Robert Duckett runs the high school.
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Hadfield
Charles Burton
Robert Duckett
Madison union circles Davis bid for reelection
Madison union activists oppose Rep Davis seeking another term accusing him of backing oil interests and a tidelands bill. The labor groups back Nelson for Congress citing efforts to curb secrecy and special privileges, urging local 538 unions to draft Nelson.
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Waukesha
Texas Oilinter
Glenn Davis
Antisan
Gay
Madison Federation
Old Nelson
Madison
of Labor
Nelson
Oflison
America
Oscar May
Manor and Co
Davis
Congress
AFI Union
Nelson Ons
Spe
Nation to Guard Capital as Nike Missile System Rolls Out
Defense officials said about 33 major cities will be protected by the Nike anti aircraft guided missile. The capital will be first, with Nike units planned around about 35 population and industrial centers. Fort Meade will host the first Nike battalion amid a network spanning the nation.
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Washington
Army
Nike
Ft. Meade
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Minneapolis
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Funeral Monday for Mrs Pearl H Brown of Waukesha
Funeral services for Pearl H. Brown 70 long time Waukesha County resident who died Thursday in Cleveland will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Tuschen funeral home. Burial in Rose Hill cemetery Sussex. Mrs Brown formerly Pearl Stone wife of the late Earl L Brown survived by two sons a daughter and many grandchildren. She moved from Waukesha to Cleveland four years ago and was a Methodist church member.
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Waukesha County
Cleveland
Pearl H. Brown
Waukesha
Pearl Stone
Sussex
Earl L. Brown
Earl Jr
Lester
Delaifield
Alvin Singsime
Harry Stone
Antigo
Stella Clawson
Saegertown
Tuschen Funeral Home
William Blake
Rose Hill Cemetery
Brown
Methodist Church
Weather Summary for Wisconsin and Almanac Notes
Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday with a low around 8 to 15 and high near 30 to 38. Almanac data show yesterday's high 12 and low 0, with last year’s high 25 and low 14, plus sunrise at 7 20 am and sunset around 4 20 pm. The moon rises at 3 28 pm and will be full on Sunday morning, with Jupiter and El Nath nearby in the sky.
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Wisconsin
Waukesha
Jupiter
Elnath
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Richard D. Burke
St. Aemilian’s Orphan Asylum
Boys Town
Neb
Little Sisters of the Poor
St. John’s School For the Deaf
St. Francis Seminary
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Society of the Divine Word
Techny
Matthew Christiansen
Mukwonago
Dist
James D’amato
Christiansen
Mark Stoddard
State Welfare Department
D’amato
Vernon
Bronx
de Luca
Manhattan
de Luca Heid
City Health Department
Shirley
U.S
Yule Rush
Everett L. Nelson
Berger
United States
Freeman
Joe Vetta
Raymond St
Nick Christmas
Friedman Scrima
Oakland Av
Phillip Burtado
Caroline St
John Big
Lemira
Waukesha Freeman
Block
Madison Union
Pearl Brown
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