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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1949
Page
8
Fair with freezing tonight, Saturday clouds increasing and warmer in the extreme west. Since yesterday at 1 pm high 54, low 32. Year ago today high 65 low 46. Barometer 29.40 at 1 am and 29.55 at 1 pm. Sunrise 5:32, sunset 6:34.
Henry E. Babler transfers 23834 acres more or less to Willis H. Babler in Mt. Pleasant township. William Lehman transfers It 92 in Evans add, Monroe. Oscar Hanselman transfers Its 1 and 2 bik 17 in Emerson and Moulton's add, Monroe to Ernest P. Schwarze.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley oversees probate for Edward Wittwer's estate in Monticello. Thirty-five children from seven deceased siblings are heirs. Hilda Marty of Washington township is named administratrix. Appraisers are William Spring, Conrad Ceene and J. Wendell Barlow.
County Court records list Robert Keegan of route 1 cited for operating in excess of authority with $25 and costs. Earl Mazeltine a Green County Fast Freight driver cited for over bridge limits with $15 and costs. Edwin C. Pearson of Madison cited for passing on bill with $3 and costs. Edward Wagner of Mayville fined $15 bond forfeited for overweight on a posted road.
Justice L A Koenig and Alfred Mueller of South Wayne face charges for passing on a bill with $12 and costs. Roy C Stettler of route 4 is charged over a defective muffler with $8 and costs.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Spani of 1203 12th street welcomed a daughter on April 8. Mr. and Mrs. Martell Jorgen of Argyle welcomed a son on April 8. Mr. and Mrs. Werner Sulzer of route 4 Monroe welcomed a son on April 7. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brunkow of Juda welcomed a son on April 7. Mr. and Mrs. Lester M. Johnson of 2610 8th street welcomed a daughter on April 7.
The St Clare Hospital reports a set of recent procedures and dismissals. Included are Mrs Bertha Wyss of Orangeville Mrs Joe Johnson of South Wayne Stanley Gregory of Janesville and David Frye of Darlington following a tonsillectomy on Thomas Sickinger of 2203 11th Street and medical patient John Gilbertson of Albany Will E Tertin of 1907 12th Street. Dismissals include numerous named patients and their accompanying family members.
Funeral services for Godfred Klossner 71 Monroe resident who died January 24 in St Petersburg Florida will be held at 2 30 p m Monday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home Rev John Niensteadt of Racine retired former Monroe pastor will officiate burial will be in Greenwood cemetery casket arrives in Monroe tomorrow from Milwaukee Mrs Klossner returned yesterday from St Petersburg accompanied by friends from Rockford who wintered there Mr Klossner a retired Green County farmer was stricken Surviving him are the widow and three children a son Kenneth Albany and two daughters Mrs Herman King Brooklyn and Mrs Harvey Schwartzlow Middleton and a half brother in New York
Mayor Frank A. Buehler urged that council gatherings should remain open to the public, noting openness and room capacity. Chief J. H. Schwaiger joked about a new city building and preferring first floor meetings, citing stairs as a deterrent. A resident fell into a cistern hole while yard work, and a short wave radio broadcast linked Albany, Monroe, San Francisco via Rex Eyler.
Dr William W Theisen was appointed acting superintendent of the Milwaukee public school system last night to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lowell P Goodrich. Theisen will serve until the school board appoints a permanent successor.
Personal mentions from Beloit highlight Mrs M K Johnson and Connie's day in Beloit with a vestry bake sale at Universalist church on Saturday April 9. Other items note Mrs Edna Campbell and Joyce visiting Madison, Nellie Baltzer visiting John Baltzer in Sun Prairie, and Nancy Thorpe Ro land Treloar and Jacqueline in Madison. A Wisconsin Power and Light bake sale is set for Saturday April 9 at 9 am by West Side Workers. John Ivey and Donald return from Barneveld after funeral of Fred Powers. Eva Whipple and David Traxler with Henry Sellow host William V power Sunday.
A class of 53 boys and girls will be confirmed at St John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church during the 10 45 a m service next Sunday. The list includes Ruth Rebly Rose Aeschli mann Shirley Blum Jean Brandt Barbara Foley Ruth Hartwig Belva Hauser Gloria Indergand Darlyne Keel Afra Kneubuehl Shirley Laeser Nancy Kundert Darlene Legler Shirley Leopold Dorothy Loch er Evelyn Luchsinger Glenda Meyers Luana Meyers Jean Ott Nancy Pilz Carla Reger Rose Reusser Delores Risser Kathleen Schadewaldt Judith Seyler Helen Spring Joyce Stauffacher Marilyn Steiner Joyce Trachsel Betty Waelchli Sally Wenger Nancy Wyss Wilbur Beach John Blumer William Erb Curtis Gonstead Glenn Gruenberg Paul Hart wig Sylvan Kneubuehl Alvin Neuenschwander Donald Neuen schwander Walter Rufener Ja cob Schillinger Edwin Schindler Rodney Speich William Spoerry Kenneth Steinman Henry Tschanz Joe Tschanz Robert Wartenweiler
A 1948 holdup yielded a loot reported as more than $200, with details sparse on the method and suspects. Police records note the amount in early reports without identifying individuals.
Madison hearings examined Wisconsin highway funding rules from the 1945 segregation law. Assemblyman Zaun proposed diverting highway revenues to the general fund while preserving municipal highway allocations. He argued highway spending should undergo legislative and gubernatorial review, noting it accounts for about 60 percent of state expenditures.
A legislative hearing supported a bill to extend unemployment compensation law to all employers, removing the current threshold of six workers. Labor and industry representatives backed the proposal aiming to cover more employers and workers.
Mrs. Franc Benkert, age 88 and Albany’s long time resident, marked her birthday by voting then dining with her niece Mrs. Shirley Crooke. Born Franc Burns, she lived in Albany most of her life, married Fred Benkert who died in 1922. She has a daughter, Mrs. C. A. Gales of Beloit, a granddaughter Mrs. Vernon Stein of Dixon Illinois, and a great grandson Jeffery Stein of Dixon.
The assembly advanced a bill requiring the public service commission to study salaries of utility officials when setting rates and to determine if salaries are excessive. The judiciary committee urged killing the measure. Also moved was a bill to repeal a law preventing city councils from raising appointed officials' salaries during terms of office.
Milwaukee report states a U S jury indicted three Green River agents in a bank robbery case. The Milwaukee office reports $33,002 of the loot recovered. Local notes mention Times Want Ads.
Fragmentary note reports income payments exceeding rate limits in 1S period with unreadable details. No clear names, dates, or places are legible.
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