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Miller Will Head Session -I 1 Nov. 2. 1959 OtMrosIt fiortWtlWT, Winners of Halloveon Painting Contest Are Named' Grace Lutheran and Webster.the students, with the words "Stout Stanley schools were named Satur- State, rah! rah! rah!" emblazoned t.a lw. alongside. Employes removed the day as the winners In the annual of thi mispaced lovaIty with damp rags, he went on, but ft 'it'.

Halloween window painting contest sponsored by the Oshkosh Junior Chamber of Commerce. The two schools, decorating windows of the Oregon Trail Appliance Store and the Johnson Hills De partment Store, respectively, were awarded the $10 first prizes. Run- ners-up in the contest also included students from Grace Lutheran, who won second prize for their efforts at the Gehrke Paint Store, and Sacred Heart School was named second nlare winner on the North Side, for students' work passersby, noting the windo cleaning in progress, mistakenly thought they were removing thV contestants art. Teams participating were: Firs' prize at Johnson Hills, Donn Eater from Webster Stanley, who worker alone; and at Oregon Trail, Margaret Bowen and Ursula Wojahr from Grace Lutheran; second prize at the J. C.

Penney Store, Joanne Rothe, Sandra Frank, Dione Bauer and Kathy Bates from Sacred and at the Gehrke Pain' Store, Janine Wojahn, Barbara Wolff and Wendy Plotz from Grace Lutheran. Third prize winners were Laurel Pope, Christine Borsch and Carol Hansen from Merrill for their work at the Race Office Supply, and Gregory Putzer, Mark Putzer, Ronald Hentz am Dan Goggins of St. Vincent's for their work at the Wertsch Motox Co. ADVERTISEMENT Don't Neglect Slipping FALSE TEETH Do false teeth drop, slip or wobble when you talk, eat, laugh or sneeze? Don't be annoyed and embarrassed by such handicaps. FASTEETH, an-alkaltne (non-acid) powder to sprln- kle on your plates, keeps false teeth more firmly set.

Gives confident feeling of security and added comfort. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Get FASTEETH, today at drug, counters everywhere. in in ilWinll'i til 'i tmJ GOOD LUCK WITCH This witch was a good omen to students of Grace Lutheran School. Named as first place winner for South Side competition, the colorful Halloween subject appeared in the window of the Oregon Trail Appliance store, 701 Oregon St.

(Northwestern photo) the J. C. Penney Co. windows. Second prize carried a $7.50 award.

Third place winners were students from St. Vincent's lor their work at the Wertsch Motor Co. on the South Side, and Merrill School was represented through efforts of students from that school at the Race Office Supply Co. Third prize was $5. An interesting sidelight to the contest was provided by Alden Perk, general manager of Johnson-Hills.

He reported that some over- zealous partisans of Stout State College, in town for the game with Oshkosh State College Saturday afternoon, apparently decided to add their bit to the Halloween festivities by proclaiming the virtue of their team. At any rate, Perk reported, employes of the store were greeted this morning, in addition to the picturesque work of PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS MEET Dr. Noyes Speaks Hurc, Madison, secretary; H. C. Trester, Oshkosh, president; J.

Gammell, Milwaukee, 1st vice president, and K. O. Werwath, Milwaukee, 2nd vice president. (Northwestern photo) The annual meeting of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Society of Professional Engineers met Saturday at Athearn Hotel. Officers of the board, from left, first row; C.

J. Nelson, Black River Falls, past president; C. F. On Recreation R. C.

Miller, Oshkosh recreation department director, will attend the annual conference of the Wis-! consin Recreation Association Wednesday through Friday at the Baptist Assembly at Green Lake. Miller, president of the Admin istrative Division of the Wisconsin Recreation Association, will preside over his division's conference, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and end at 9 p.m. He will then attend the final two days of the conference, returning to Oshkosh Friday evening. The first meeting of the Admin istrative Division will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday morning and will be used for executive committee and general committee sessions. These sessions are for the purpose of going over the convention program and lining up committee -reports. Meetings will be held in the lounge of the Roger Williams Inn. Registration for the conference will begin at 9 a.m. in the lobby of Pillsbury Hall.

The Administrative Division's opening session, with Miller pre siding, will consist of rollcall, in troduction of new members and the secretary's and treasurer's re ports. Morning sessions will then be concluded with a discussion on summer playgrounds by C. H. Emigh and Donald Dyer of Mil waukee. Following a noon luncheon, the playground discussion will continue until 3 p.m.

The division's business meeting will toegin at 4:40 p.m. and run until 9 p.m., with a break for eve ning dinner from 5:30 to 7 p.m Miller will also preside over this session. Highlighting the business session will be reports from standing com mittees, sports tournament com mittees, a legislative committee and a special constitution revision committee. An election of officers will also be held and committees for the coming year will be ap pointed. Oshkosh Youth In Auto Accident; To Answer Charge Bernard Case, 17, of 1434 Grove was to appear at police headquarters on a charge of driving without a license, following an ac cident at Evans Street and East Bent Avenue at 1:12 Saturday aft ernoon.

Police said Case's car struck the right rear of an auto driven by Mrs. Betty K. Durant, 26, of 1541 Oak St. The Durant vehicle was spun around and struck a parked car, owned by Donald L. Heding, 27, of Union Center, Wis.

Officers said the front of the Case vehicle and the rear of the Durant auto were badly damaged. The front of the Union Center man's far also was damaged. Short Notes Guy McCorrison, 85, proprietor of the former McCorrison Furniture Store in Oshkosh many years ago. visited J. H.

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for allowing us the use of their facilities as a communications center on Saturday night, Oct. 31, and again on Wednesday night, November 11. OSHKOSH CIVILIAN DEFENSE AUXILIARY POLICE gural of Pres. Roger Guiles Dec. 4 at Oshkosh State College.

Norem received his doctor of philosophy degree from University of Minnesota in 1934 and has been a member of the faculty at Oshkosh since 1939. Candlelight Club Will Begin Season Tuesday Evening The first dinner meeting of the 1959-60 season for Candlelight Club will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Hotel Raulf. Question of discussion will be "Is Permanent Paving of Oshkosh Streets More Economical in the Long Run?" Speakers will be F. M.

Flanagan and P. A. Snelling. This will be the first of 10 meetings for the season, others being ri (P A on Nov. 17, Dec.

1, Dec At History Meeting Dr. Edward Noyes, professor of history at Oshkosh State College, was among the speakers at an In diana business and economic his tory conference which was held Saturday at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. He discussed research sources in the history of the Indiana glass industry, with special emphasis -on suggestions for possible thesis topics for graduate students interested in the subject. Morning session of the conference was devoted to a discussion Lof new interpretations of the finan cial panic of 1837. The conference attracted about 30 persons, principally faculty members from various Indiana universities and colleges.

Each Halloween Reasonably Quiet in City The Halloween weekend in Oshkosh, except for minor damage to several cars and reports of paint splashed against homes, was a rea sonably quiet one, police reported today. They said most of the complaints received consisted of such matters as windows being soaped and air let out of tires. A few firecrackers made an unseasonal noise. 1 Several householders also report ed their homes splattered with eggs. Here are some of the complaints received by police Saturday eve ning through early this morning: Paint was thrown against the homes of Edgar Sawall, 2102 Jef ferson and Keith Jamieson, 633 Evans Damage to their autos was re ported by Paul Springborn, Rt.

4, Oshkosh, antenna broken; Harry Walters, 1030 W. lOth anten na broken; John Holtz, 1732 Ohio rear view mirror and antenna broken; James Roberts, Omro, broken bug deflector, and Gerald Bartlett, 214 S. Sawyer right front door window shattered; Two windows at Roosevelt School were broken; and Everett Patri, 814 W. Fourth said two hubcaps were stolen from his car. Legion Post Will Hear Reports Tonight Reports on the fall conference at Briggsville last week will be given by Oshkosh delegates at a meeting of Cook-Fuller Legion post of Oshkosh at 8 o'clock this evening.

Regular committee reports, including the committee planning the Legion's Veteran' Day dinner, Nov. 11, also will be given. Births (The following births were re ported at Mercy Hospital from 10 a.m. Saturday to noon today.) John Monearty, Rt. 2, Omro, a boy.

Donald. Horton, 1117 Michigan a boy. Leonard Skodinski, 521 N. Main a boy. Russell Schleicher, Winneconne a girl.

Peter McLain, 513 Otter a boy. Leonard Wesner, 1215 Ontario a boy. Roger Hanneman, 1136 Van Bu- ren a boy. Edward Gumz, Rt.3, Oshkosh, a girl. over the weekend.

He is now a resident of Minneapolis. VINYL ASPHALT regular 17c drop patterns First quality PLASTIC YDUi cm TBQJ Norem Will Resign Post As Dems Head Dr. Ralph A. Norem announced this morning that he will not seek re-election as chairman of Winne-, bago County Democratic organization. Election of county officers Is scheduled Dec.

3, at Security Office of First National Bank. Norem was elected to the post In July, 1958, when the incumbent chairman, Herbert Pitz, Oshkosh, in order to become a candidate for the State Senate. Norem was nominated and elected to fill the chairmanship and was reelected to a full one-year term in 1959. Norem stated that he will, tinue to be active in county party affairs and in the party organiza- tion. "The great need of the party In the county is to develop strong and effective candidates for local offices," he said.

Reasons Given -Professor of political science at Wisconsin State College, Oshkosh, Norem listed the pressure other commitments as the reason for his withdrawal from the race. Norem Is president of Oshkosh Federation of Teachers, Local 1111 of the American Federation of Teachers. He was elected to the post in May, 1959. He is 1960 Brotherhood Week chairman for South Winnebago, a post given to him by Harold B. Mennes, Neenah, district chairman.

Norem is also the single county member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In addition, Norem is a member of Fox Valley Gladiolus Society and a student of the Japanese techniques of floral arrangements upon which he gives slide lectures and demonstrations. He arranges flowers for all college functions and for First Congregational Church of Oshkosh. Norem has been given charge of the complete floral arrangements for the inau- Oshkosh Doily Northwestern Vol. 92 November 2, 1959 No.

259 Published ever llternoon fxecent Bun-da BY the Oshkosh Northwestern Com-tanv. State and Wausoo. Oshkosh. Wis Entered at Second-Class matter In the Post Office at oshkosh Wla. under act of March 1979.

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Patterns CARPETS -CARPETS CARPETS All Good Regular $1.49 Yard Now Only 1 Each 15, Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 9, Feb. 23, March 8 and March 22.

Wesley E. Schneider is chairman of the executive committee for the season, assisted by W. F. Klein-schmidt, GilberfR. Labudde, Jack D.

Steinhilber and E. G. Pyle. E. A.

Clemans is secretary-treasurer. Obituary SCHROEDER, Mrs. Harold, Cleveland, 0. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Fiss Bills Funeral Home, with the Rev.

Alexander Weinbender, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in Lakeview Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from Tuesday at 3 p.m. until the hour of services. MILLER, Mrs.

Mary, 410 W. Fifth Ave. Services were held today at 8:30 a.m. at Sitter Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with the Rev.

David S. Bunkleman officiating. Pallbearers were Raymond Sie-wert, Hubert Kellerman, Charles Frank, Victor Miller, Vincent Miller and Theodore Miller, all nephews. 1 WHITTY, Jerome, Wood, Wis. Services were held today at 9.

'30 a.m. at Sitter Funeral Home and 10 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Walter T.

Williams officiating. Pallbearers were Ralph Whitty, David Whitty Terry Whitty, Melvin Whitty Peter Valdez and Leonard Ziebell. Military rites were conducted at the grave in Riverside Cemetery by Florian Lampert Post 1908, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mark Capon was officer of the day. Firing squad 'was composed of Samuel Reischl, Neil Starke, Emil Nigl and Carl Dreyer, Bugler was George Weisheipl.

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