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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1949
Page
2
By carrier in Monroe city the annual rate is 12.50. Mail subscriptions also listed with several codes. Outside the county advance payment required for postal rules. Office hours run 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m with after hour numbers for news and business calls.
Editorial lauds the conservation commission decision to proceed with the lake public hunting and fishing ground near Browntown and to back the Yellowstone Valley project with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service. It notes intangible values, recreational potential, and hoped benefits to soil saving and drainage, urging continued pressure to ensure completion.
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin calls for an immediate new facility to house its growing collections. Since 1895 the building has become inadequate with 343,531 volumes and 365,489 pamphlets plus extensive manuscript holdings and 400,000 museum specimens, many in constant reference.
Joan Andrews a 17 year old Juda High School senior has been named Green County candidate for the Nellie Kedzie Jones scholarship in home economics announced by Mrs Frank Bloom president of the Green County Council of Homemakers. The award funded by the Wisconsin Home Demonstration council provides 100 dollars annually for study at a state college or university.
A meeting of the Cemetery association is set for April 21 at 4 p.m. The gathering will be held at Moore's drugstore in Orangeville.
The 10 AGO report notes Britain and France promising assistance to Greece as Romania’s independence faces danger. An infant daughter of Ernest Nydegger dies. Ed McGuire, former Cadiz town board member, passes away. A lumber yard shed burns on the William Chapman estate in South Wayne. Mrs. Margaret Rupp Cooper, noted harpist, performs at a Universalist church concert.
Madison reports truckers oppose a 20 ton gross weight limit on loaded trucks while clashing over a separate bill to change how truck license costs are calculated. Assemblyman Harper argues roads cannot bear heavy loads and farmers and business fear higher costs, though Claude Jasper backs repeal of truck weight and ten mile taxes for carrier groups.
Judge Goodland visited Monroe yesterday calling on Marshall Peterson and Judge Lamblesy at The Evening Times office. He is paired with Judge Gehl in the runoff election set for May 3 and was accompanied by Harrison Wood of Racine. Want Ads are noted as big producers.
A robed choir of 70 from six communities presented Olivet To Calvary in the Orangeville high school auditorium before about 1000 fans. Red Oak Cedarville McConnell Afolkey Dakota and Orangeville contributed singers and soloists included Shirley Jean Scheider Rev Robert Wilson Homer Fehr Dr Howard Mauthe Bonnie Bolender and more. Mrs Frederick L Rickleff directed with Mrs Howard Mauthe on organ and piano.
Wisconsin supreme court affirms seven of eleven appeals from Judge Harold J. Lamboley of Green County. The latest decision, issued yesterday, concerns guardianship and adequacy of notice to an alleged incompetent and the right to appeal after the statute deadline.
Rev Gustav Stearns of Milwaukee served as chaplain of Co H during 1917-18 and as interim pastor in Brodhead. Wounded overseas in World War I, he later spent 13 years with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Wood, Wisconsin, and preached seven sermons on the cross during a Good Friday three hour service in Brodhead from noon to 3 pm.
An assortment of children's books from Baker's Book Store highlights Bunny Tales and The White Purse and The Magic Nose, alongside a read aloud experience with touch-me-net materials. Beckers Leaders and Lees offer spring cottons, coats, suits, and accessories for Easter and Maytime events, with fashion accents from Claire Tiffanys and Margy Jones and eye catching coupon-driven savings.
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