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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1949
Page
8
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with warmer trend on Wednesday. Hourly temperatures on Times thermometer show a high of 54 and a low of 37 since yesterday at 1 p m. Year ago today highs and lows were 67 and 42. Barometer at 1 a m read 29.60. Sunrise 5 38. sunset 6 29.
Fred W. Blum transfers an undivided half interest in 118 acres section 4 west township to Walter Haddinger. He also transfers an undivided half interest in land in Washington township to Emil G. Voegeli. Alma B. Althaus and Fannie Dorr convey their interests to Aaron Sharp in block 1 of the original Albany plat village.
Deaths noted for Susanna Thoman 75 of Washington township and Marion William Disch 30 of Janesville serving in the U S Navy, along with H Powers 74 of Barne.
Mr. and Mrs. Delton Davis of route 1 Monroe welcome a daughter born April 5. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gempeler of Monticello welcome a daughter born April 5. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett and Mr. Horeb announce a son born April 4. Ensign and Mrs. C. W. Cummings of Bremerton Washington welcome a daughter born March 29.
Dated notes show Fay Haas of Rockton undergoing a tonsillectomy at St. Clare Hospital with Mrs. Thomas Saunders of Monticello as patient in the medical column. Dismissals include Mrs. Alvin Bon jour, William King, Seymour Engen, Mrs. Delbert Boeck and son, Mrs. Clara Campbell and son, with entries for Browntown and Albany residents such as Mrs. George Flaharty and Jerry Van Meter.
The Young Business Men's dinner meeting ran from 7 to 11:45 PM with a heated debate on the city manager plan. Harold Scherer presented the affirmative side as Maurice Be. Monroe hotel carried the discussion forward.
The student owned and operated paper founded by Will Young during his senior year at the university marks its 58th year on campus. Association with Saucerman is noted as part of its early history.
Green county reports inheritance tax receipts totaling 10 208 03. County treasurer Emanuel Goe facher announced the emergency tax paid to the estate for the same period was 3 456 09. The state totals show 10 266 for inheritance tax and 10 266 for the period.
A fragment reports Pearl Wenger’s residence on 21st Street involved in a fire incident at 8 17 a m with notes from the fire department.
Fred H. Powers of Barneveld died at 12 30 p m yesterday in a Dodgeville hospital from a heart ailment. Born November 15 1875 in Moscow township Iowa county he was married in Barneveld March 26 1903 to Effie Theobald. Surviving are wife one daughter Mrs John Ivey Monro two sons Elliot Elbow Lake Minn and Dean Madison one son Wallace preceded him in death. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 p m in the Middlebury Methodist church with Rev A C Morey Madison officiating burial in the church cemetery.
A free chest X ray mobile unit will visit Monroe High School on Tuesday April 19, announced by school nurse Genevieve Arnesdorf. The service targets senior high students, teachers, and referrals from junior high, with sessions from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Costs are covered by the Monroe Anti Tuberculosis association from Christmas seal sales, paying 40 cents per X ray.
Roy Hefty at Studer super service station cared for a three or four year old girl who wandered in and could not name her home. She later identified her name as Jean and was returned to her mother, Mary Jean Yost, of 17th avenue after an hour apart.
The Air Force announces plans to add 36 B-36 long range bombers and 5 B-47 jet bombers, while canceling 43 B-54 four engined bombers. The B-36, built by Consolidated-Vultee, has a 10,000 mile range with six engines, and the B-47 is about 500 miles per hour.
Readers are urged to buy two Want ads to maximize results as advertisers report more inquiries and longer ad campaigns. Local merchants note increased engagement and better visibility from the dual ad strategy.
Lois and Joan Lundy spent yesterday in Freeport. Ray T. Silver was here yesterday from Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. George Kittle son were here yesterday from Albany. Mr. and Mrs. James Green have returned from a Florida vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Broughton, Albany, were in Monroe Monday. Mrs. Walter J. Bauman visits her daughter in Madison. Miss Althea Crane returns to Brodhead after winter in Monroe. Moose meet Wednesday to attend Blythe Myers funeral. Mrs. A. H. Meinert, Mrs. Fred Minder and Mrs. Walter Elmer, Albany, were Monroe callers. Miss Susan Gage returns to Wesleyan University after weekend with her parents in South Wayne. Mrs. G. Carroll Amos, Milwaukee, returns home after weekend with her parents. Mrs. Robert Stein and her Cleveland family stay with her parents for the week. George Schindler and his Alameda party arrived in Monroe to visit his mother. Schindler recently graduated from Armstrong College in Berkeley. They were joined by John Meier and Monticello visitors returning from San Lorenzo after six months away.
J S Capt director of the census bureau testifies to a House subcommittee that the 1950 census will count about 150 million people, up from 131 669 75 million in 1940. The decennial count will run April to June next year and be the largest peacetime operation since the nose count began.
Senator Pepper says President Truman is preparing a message to Congress proposing a national health insurance program funded by a payroll tax. A White House spokesman indicated the plan would likely reach Capitol Hill in about two weeks, with funds used to pay medical bills for insured workers.
Police Captain William Christiansen, 64, longtime Manitowoc officer of 44 years, died last night after a brief illness.
Washington reported the Supreme Court upheld a Missouri state court ban on union picketing at the Empire Storage and Ice Co plant in Kansas City to disrupt non union peddlers. Justice Black led the unanimous ruling declaring state power in this field paramount.
London reports King George commutes the death sentence of a 19-year-old mother, Renee Duffy, who killed her husband with a hammer after claiming years of abuse. She is instead to serve an indeterminate prison term while a month-old baby remains with her.
William H. Wendt, 65, Milwaukee city comptroller since 1933, died at his home today after a heart attack ending two years of illness. The death recalls a 1933 city hall shooting when Wendt, then deputy, was wounded by Louis M. Kotecki who wounded himself after killing Kotecki had just been indicted on malfeasance charges.
Bremerton Washington residents announce the birth of a daughter at Bremerton hospital on March 29. The mother is Mrs. Cummings formerly Lillian Anderegg, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Anderegg of route 2 Monroe.
Mr and Mrs Roger Douglas of Juda announce the birth of their son Scott Allen on April 1 at St Clare hospital. The mother is Magdalena Foesch of Monroe formerly.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Kittleson of Madison succeed Mr and Mrs William Zimmerman at the Idle Hour farm as the Zimmermans move to the city residing at 2110 12th street.
A state highway sign team works in the district replacing damaged signs on Green County highways to improve safety and guidance for drivers.
Mr and Mrs Robert Place announce the birth of their son Robert Laurie on March 31 in Sturgeon Bay. Grandmother is Mrs H M Place of Monroe.
The final rehearsal of Handel's Messiah will be held Friday at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium The Easter section of the oratorio will be sung by the chorus and the University of Wisconsin quartet at the Palm Sunday concert in the same venue at 8 p m
William King aged 19 from Brooklyn township was released from St. Clare hospital after three days under observation for abdominal pains caused by a fall against an iron railing.
Former Juda resident Lena Boyer of Ill is hospitalized in Freeport after a serious eye injury suffered Friday. The Times Special notes the incident and current medical status.
Harvey Heitkam, 73, of Gratiot, suffered a fracture to his left leg when a rock crusher backed into him yesterday afternoon. He was standing with his companions at the time of the accident.
He was rushed to St. Clare hospital at 4 20 p m after the incident.
The Greenwood C association met last night with Brooks Dunwiddie presiding to outline a blacktop paving program for the cemetery. A second meeting is set for next week to determine surface extent and exact roads to be paved.
Fragmentary OCR notes police investigation near a trailer camp area referenced as a rear site near Wag Way 11. Details are unclear but indicate ongoing police inquiry.
The federal milk market administrator announced March class one prices at 3.75 dollars per hundred pounds in Chicago for liquid milk and flavored drinks, with class two at 3.45, class three at 2.87, and class four at 2.87. Classes one and two drop 20.6 cents from February. April class one and two prices are set at 3.57 and 2.37 respectively.
H V Harvey, 62, longtime member of the state board of vocational and adult education rehabilitation staff, resigned today. The Milwaukee native served as case work supervisor in Milwaukee Ozaukee Wasuke sha and Washington counties.
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