DAR Declines Idle Hour Home Offer in Luchsinger Will
The Wisconsin DAR rejected using the Idle Hour home built by Arabat Ludlow for the state society. The decision ends the special trust and likely leads to sale of the property with proceeds to residuary beneficiaries including Northland College and Grand Army Home, plus Ludlow nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin State Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
May L. Luchsinger
Idle Hour
Arabat Ludlow
Monroe
Green County Historical Society
Wisconsin Dar
DAR
Northland College
Ashland
Grand Army Home
King
Wis
Charles Conde Ludlow
Chicago
Robert Henry Ludlow
Las Vegas
Nev
Jobs and Jobless Rise in March in U S Report
Government data show unemployment up 25 000 in March reaching 5 198 million and employment up 323 000 to 62 311 009. Officials say figures reflect seasonal outdoor work and a leveling off of decline with persistent elevated joblessness nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce and Labor Departments
Eisenhower
Departments of Commerce and Labor
Commerce-Labor
Commerce Weeks
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
Rose Gigas Dies Rites Tomorrow
Rose Gigas, formerly of Monroe, died while on a Europe trip after illness. Survived by husband William F. Gigas, son Robert, sisters Frieda Oldenburg and Lydia Schweitzer, and brother in Monroe. Rites set for tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Ritter funeral home Pinelawn cemetery Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Rubi
Elaine
Monroe
Milwaukee
Rubi
William F
Rose) Gigas
Gigas
Europe
Robert
Allen W
Frieda
Oldenburg
Wallace
Lydia
Lydia) Schweitzer
Beaver Dam
Ritter
Pinelawn
Lena Rubi
Russell
Clifford
Don Neuenschwander
Proxmire Steinle and Nelson Rally for Key Races
Sen. Proxmire predicted Congress will pressure Sec retary Benson to spend the full one billion authorized for surplus food and welfare needs. Ronald J. Steinle began a state tour seeking the Republican U S senate nomination. State Sen. Gaylord Nelson denounced 20 years of Republican rule as making Wisconsin the highest farm property tax state in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Proxmire
Congress
Benson
Black River Falls
Ronald J. Steinle
Wisconsin
Steinle
U. S
Gaylord Nelson
Madison
Middle West
Brodhead Chosen For 1958 Dairy Day Event
Brodhead will host the 1958 Dairy Day in June with a county advisory committee forming plans for dairy promotion during June Dairy Month. The committee includes Dr. C. G. Hennager Palmer Welsh Mrs. R. J. Douglas Victor Marean Mrs Lawrence Raymer Albert Deppeler Leo Scheberle Myron Jeglum and home agents Helen Green Carol Odeen. A meeting is set for next Tuesday at the Courthouse to outline a county dairy promotion program and to urge broader participation from dairy interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
County Extension Advisory Committee
C. G. Hennager
Monroe
Palmer Welsh
New Glarus
R. J. Douglas
Victor Marean
Lawrence Raymer
Albert Deppeler
Leo Scheberle
Myron Jeglum
Helen Green
Carol Odeen
Monroe Youth Hurt In County Road Crash
Fred Isely eighteen of 2004 Seventh Street was treated for head injuries and facial and knee lacerations after a tire blew on County Trunk C, causing his car to leave the road and strike a tree before total loss. He was released from St. Clare Hospital today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Iesly
7Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
C. Isely
Sheriff's Deputies
Stock Market Rebounds After Nine Day Decline
New York stock trading showed a modest upturn as prices advanced fractions on pivotal issues. Steel prices recovered after Monday’s drop while non ferrous metals chemicals rails and most aircrafts moved higher in moderate volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E L Edwards 84 longtime Green County highway official dies
E L Lukie Edwards 84 of 1811 13th avenue Monroe died at 4 p.m. yesterday in a Monroe hospital after a period of illness. Born June 6 1873 in Sylvester Township he served three terms as Green County highway commissioner from 1914 to 1919 and was later Monroe city need and street commissioner. He and Etta May Atkinson wed May 18 1904 in Albany. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Sharer funeral home Albany with Rev. Glen H Ridgnour officiating. Burial Hillcrest cemetery. Call at the funeral home Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
E. L
Lukie) Edwards
13Th Avenue
Monroe
Sylvester Township
Mr. Edwards
Anson
Katie Winkler Edwards
Etta May Atkinson
Albany
Edwards
M. M. Hulburt
19Th Street
Sharer
Glen H. Ridgnour
First Methodist Church of
Hillcrest Cemetery
Sheriff Humbel Warns Litterers With Formal Letters
Sheriff Samuel F. Humbel announced letters were sent to individuals identified by rubbish along county highways. He noted winter dumping of bottles garbage and beer cans and reminded it is illegal with a minimum $25 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. Humbel
Humbel
Humber
Monroe Park Board approves snow dumping plan and summer program
The Monroe Park Board approved dumping snow onto a new park parking lot next winter and outlined summer projects. The Board of Public Works had urged stopping snow dumping at Recreation Park and supported the new plan. Summer activities include a June 8 pool opening, five week swim instruction, playground sessions, and planned landscaping at Recreation and Lincoln Parks. New staff hires and a pending search for a qualified boys leader were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Park Board
Board of Public Works
Recreation Park
Park Board
American Legion
Monroe
Bible School
Lincoln Park
Ronald D. Johnson
Wisconsin Park and Recreation Society
Paol
Carmen Norton
Diane Darling
Janeen Boyer
Judith Frey
Carolyn Benkett
John Hammer
Monticello
Carol Koenig
David Stauffacher
Waupaca County Gets New Judge Wendell McHenry
Gov Thomson appoints Wendell McHenry a 57 year old Waupaca resident as county judge to fill the vacancy from the death of Judge Arthur M. Scheller. He will complete the term expiring in January 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupaca
Madison
Thomson
Wendell McHenry
Waupaca County
Arthur M. Scheller
Swiss cookery expert Elsie Gerber dies at 69
Mrs. Elsie Gerber known for Swiss cuisine died suddenly at 5 a.m. at her Route 3 home. Coroner says asthmatic heart attack caused death. She ran Country Kitchen for private parties and catered Swiss foods with help from sister Frieda Spaeni before her death in 1945. Born August 8 1888, she married Frank Gerber in 1906. Services Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Shriner-Neushwander funeral home, Rev. Paul Olm. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Gerber
Route 3
Wilbur F. Deininger
Monroe
Gerber
Edna Zum- Brunnen
Madison
Henry
Ernest Spaeni
Frieda Spaeni
Court Upholds CPMA Judgment
The State Supreme Court upheld the Circuit Court ruling granting the Illinois Central Railroad $76,970 from bankrupt Cheese Producers Marketing Association for a fatal injury at the CPMA loading dock on January 18, 1952. The decision cites undisputed evidence the dock extended too far and a violated clearance provision. Total with interest and costs reaches $89,595.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Cheese Producers Marketing Association
Illinois Central Railroad
CPMA
Harry S. Fox
Phillip W. Cunningham
Freeport
Cunningham
U. S. District Court
High Court
Supreme Court
Jeffrey Cheese Co
N. Dorman and Co
Louis H. Dorman
Madison
Miles C. Riley
State Adds New Fund For Loans to Veterans
Madison approves a 1.5 million boost for Wisconsin veteran home loans from the veterans affairs budget. Funds transfer to spur Crawford County housing and increase loans statewide. Veterans may borrow up to 3500 at 2 percent interest allocated by county quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Emergency Board
Department of Veterans Affairs
Crawford County
George Jean Nathan Dies at 76 in New York Theater Critic
George Jean Nathan, renowned dean of Broadway drama critics and cofounder of the American Mercury, died at 76 in his Royalton hotel room where he had lived 34 years. He was married to actress Julie Hayden, whom he wed at 73. Nathan shaped American theater with sharp reviews and edited Smart Set with H. L. Mencken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Jean Nathan
H. L. Mencken
Julie Hayden
Nathan
American Mercury
Royalton Hotel
Broadway
Mencken
Smart Set
New York Herald
Fort Wayne
Ind
Cleveland
George
Court Tests Circuit Court Proposal in Green County
The Wisconsin Supreme Court clerk says a brief has not been filed in the test of a 1957 bill creating the 23rd Circuit Court in Green County. C. S. Pierce leads the test case to safeguard rulings after May 1. A May decision is possible as County Judge Marshall L. Peterson assumes office following his Tuesday election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Monroe Evening Times
Green County
High Court
C. S. Pierce
Pierce
23Rd Judicial Circuit Court
Marshall L. Peterson
Cheese Demand Fair Madison Markets Steady
American cheese markets show full steadiness with distributive demand fair to good. Offerings short to about average and generally held for regular trade as active open market interest remains not entirely satisfied. Prices advance cheddar 31 to 32, daisies 34 to 36, longhorns 34 to 36, midgets 35 to 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Dr. Snodgrass Dies in Janesville Crash Near Harvard
Dr. Thomas J. Snodgrass 66 a Janesville surgeon was killed when his car collided with a semi trailer south of Harvard. His wife Mrs Nettie Mae Snodgrass was critically injured. Allen Brockway 27 of Janesville suffered minor injuries. Brockway drove for W Arthur Trailer Co. He had led a life of travel and service and leaves two sons Thomas Jr and William and a daughter Janet who died young. The couple had been visiting Harvard when the crash occurred. burial planned at Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Snodgrass
Janesville
Autoaone
Harvard
Snodgrass
P. N. Snodgrass
Monroe
The
General Casualty Insurance Co
Wisconsin
Madison
Donald J. Lehman
Highway 23
Highway 14
Allen Brockway
Nettie Mae Snodgrass
Harvard Community Hospital
Brockway
W. Arthur Trailer Co
Pember-Nuzum Clinic
Mercy Hospital
Hamline College
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
Thomas Jr
Denver
William
Janet
Cargil Methodist Church
Highway 11 project bid tops at 238 982 for 7314 miles
The State Highway Commission announced that Highway Pavers Inc. of Wauwatosa submitted the low bid of 238 982 dollars for blacktopping 7 314 miles of Highway 11 from Footville to Janesville. All bids await commission review and governor approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission Today
Highway Pavers Inc
Wauwatosa
Footville
Janesville
Wisconsin
Eisenhower urges Khrushchev to accept full disarmament steps
President Eisenhower challenged Nikita Khrushchev to go beyond suspending nuclear tests and accept verifiable disarmament. He proposed options including atoms for peace, open skies, or immediate joint studies on international atomic controls, while confirming continued U S nuclear trials this spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United States
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
U.S
Pacific
White House
Eniwetok
Russia
Quinn to Receive Kiwanis Safe Driving Award
Bryan J. Quinn of Monroe has been named recipient of the Kiwanis teen age safe driving award and will receive the honor at a Kiwanis Club meeting at the Swiss Wheel restaurant. The selection was made by Student Council representatives, Willis Hartwig, a deputy sheriff, and Monroe police officer Karl Jensen. Dr. Yale Gerol will present the award, and AAA safety director B A Precourt will speak on traffic safety. An annual Kiwanis Ladies Night is planned for May 6 at the Monroe Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan J. Quinn
James J. Quinn
17Th Street
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Clifford Snively
Kiwanis Boys and Girls Committee
Willis Hartwig
Karl Jensen
Monroe
Quinn
Monroe High School
Yale Gerol
B. A. Precourt
American Automobile Association
Kiwanis Ladies
Monroe Country Club
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Arline Homan
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DAR Board
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Rose Gigas
Nelson
Stock Mart
E.L. Edwards
Pioneered County Road Department
E. L. Edwards
Litterbuas
Park Group
Jane Thompson
Geraldine Adams
Patricia Miller
Darja Huenink
Blythe Myers Jr
Park
Roger Bruny
Bill Pederson
Nathan Crouch
Johnson
Lke
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Fairland
Hazel
Skippy
Bunny
Darleene Johansen
Dr. Snodgrass
Brother
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