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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1946
Page
6
Forecast notes increasing cloudiness and cool air tonight with slowly rising temperatures late tonight and Sunday. Light showers expected late tonight and Sunday, clearing Sunday night. Today's high around 50 to 53 with a low near 28. Sunrise at 5 02, sunset at 6 53.
Harold administrator files transfer of parcel bik 12 in Albany from the estate of Tena Hulbert deceased to Oberholzer.
Arley Roderick faced a traffic related case on Route 1 with a fee of $5 and court costs assessed. Proceedings include further action as the filing proceeds.
Mrs Selina Moore of Brodhead was granted a divorce from Glenn Brodhead on grounds of cruelty. Judge Jesse Earle heard the action in Rock County Court at Janesville Friday. Moore awarded custody of three minor children. defendant ordered to pay $60 a week.
A list from St Clare Hospital includes patients for tonsillectomy and medical cases such as Diene Doherty Donald Breeland Ev ansville Gordon Patterson Robert L Thompson Blanchardville Marianne Norton Mrs Orville White Monroe route 2 surgical Walter J Seitz Janesville medical Mrs Lyle Ross 1202 16th St Mrs Tilda Homb South Wayne Mrs Fred Blumer 2110 Tith St James McQuade Beloit and dismissals of Arthur Jorefenson and son Mrs Sylvanius Strommen and son Melvin J Schneider.
Milwaukee Road released its March operating income of 966 150, below year earlier figures. After deductions the railroad posted a net deficit of 54 674, vs a net March income of 1 323 139 a year ago. President B A Scandrett cited the results.
Robert Henriquez, chief electrician and a Navy veteran, opens a domestic and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning shop on 17th Ave in the Dr J A Rouch building. He holds a Wisconsin university refrigeration certificate and has 25 years in business prior to his naval service, including 26 in the Pacific theater installing and repairing refrigeration on ships.
The Baumgartner farm traces Holstein breeding back to 1894 and has kept purebreds since 1916. For two decades they have not needed to buy outside female stock. Mrs. William Baumgartner is praised as a key farm business partner alongside her husband.
The judge cites Harvard P sociology professor Sorovkin and his book The Crisis of Our Age to argue civilizations cycle between worldly and supernatural eras. He warns family bonds weaken as life centers shift and predicts courts may close when the next cycle returns the emphasis to the supernatural.
Illinois conservation officers report 2,400 bullheads placed in Pecatonica Sugar vicinity of Harrison Shirland and Rockton south of Beloit to attract anglers. Thousands of bullheads are caught daily at Savanna for stocking in streams and sloughs in Boone and De Kalb counties.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p m in St John’s Evangelical and Reformed church for Henry S Stauffacher who died at his home on Wednesday. Pallbearers were his four sons Victor L Arthur H Monroe township Herbert H and Theodore Monroe. Rev Paul C Kehle officiated and burial followed in Greenwood cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Dale were conducted at 3 p m today at Shriner-Neushwander funeral home with Dr Charles A Briggs officiating. Burial followed in Bethel cemetery and pallbearers included Royce Foulker Charles Stubbe Lewis Tree Henry Lueck Clarence Rinehart and Frank DeVoe.
Mrs Rosamond Hanson 75 Browntown died Monday. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 pm at Stuessy Funeral Home with Dr Charles A Briggs officiating. Interment followed. Out of town relatives attended including brother Nathaniel Sutherland Meadville Missouri and survivors Spooner Hanson Tomah Ly man Hanson Waukon and Fred H Due Snohomish plus Harvey Sutherland family Madison.
Local residents and visitors frequent Madison and nearby towns, with names including Alpha Wang Webb Darlene Rinehart and Norma Waelti. People from Niles Juda Monticello Whitewater Monroe and Freeport traveled for shopping visiting sorority events and family gatherings over the weekend.
A parade of residents and guests with ties to Juda Blanchardville Madison Rockford Kenosha Milwaukee and Whitewater are listed as spending weekends or visiting in nearby towns and cities including Chicago Dixon and Brownstown. Individuals named include Ben Miller Mrs Harvey Andrews Bill Hunter Mrs M Kelly Miss Alice Johnson Mrs E Small Mrs Charles Pickett Cloyd W Pickett Mr and Mrs Ralph Lichtenwalner Miss Erma Klassy Mrs Stewart Locke Tommy Odell Sandley Dorothy Rogers Mr and Mrs Paul Neubauer Mr and Mrs Russell V Grant Mrs August Martini and former Enid Bayrhoffer Kubly.
Milwaukee newspaper advertising urged education about American industry and worker partnership. Dean McCarthy said management failed to tell the public the story of glorious achievements and the partnership concept in American industry to the Advertising club of Milwaukee.
In Monroe, the east side storefronts show spring mood with Hyland's tavern sandscaped window sharing high culture debuts. Passing artists render stick figures, cat and rat games, and hazy caricatures. Hardware shops feature garden seeds fertilizer tools and croquet sets with baby strollers nearby.
Dr John Usher a World War II veteran and Marquette dental school graduate will join Dr T L Durner in Monroe starting Monday. He recently completed three years of Army dental service at 15 locations. His wife and 17 month old daughter remain in Watertown due to housing shortages.
Young, once active in New York newspaper work and a wide traveler in retirement, is improving after a left side stroke. Information comes from his sister Mrs. E C Copeland. He had maintained unusually good health until now.
John Trine of Janesville drove a 1946 Hudson scraping a fender when it struck a parked sedan owned by Albert Shultness of Woodford Route 1 yesterday afternoon on 17th Ave in the 1000 block.
Mr and Mrs Robert E Hardell and Mr and Mrs Eugene W Reese report their sons Pvt Robert E Hardell and Pvt Eugene Reese have met in Germany where both are stationed. Hardell says he is transferred to a camp about ten miles from Reese's station near the city.
Navy coxswain Robert Z. Coombs, a former Monroe resident from Aurelia Iowa, is visiting at the W. Reese home. He expects his discharge in May.
Mrs Myrtle Pickett Reynolds former Monroe resident now from Sherburne New York visited her neighbor yesterday Miss Grace ale. The two women spent the day together catching up and chatting about old times.
Veette Meee, a rural Pengra teacher and former pupil, toured waterworks court house Commercial and Savings Bank county jail and The Times yesterday. Six students accompanied her: Joanne Schwartzlow Dolores Roth Ned Roth Ross Peppers Karen and Gordon West.
Pvt Kenneth R Schneider on furlough visits his parents Mr and Mrs Henry G Schneider near Albany. He plans to leave for Ft Lawton Seattle after visiting his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs M J Wellman. Marilyn Lee was born on April 13.
Two men, told no room at the Triangle hotel, knocked caretaker unconscious, broke a front door window, and fled. Police later found them at a diner and held them for the night on charge.
Orla J Tracy displays a sun loving cray cat curled on rolled wallpaper in her shop window. The cat rests as sunlight warms the design featuring roses and trellises, inviting passersby to view the display.
Emma Dettwiler, 74, longtime Monroe resident since 1895, died at her home on 18th Avenue after 18 months of ill health. Born August 4, 1871, she was a member of St. Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church and taught Sunday school. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev. Paul C. Kehle. burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Kraft Foods cheesemakers were entertained at Monroe Country Club with a Dutch lunch for 65 makers. Ralph H Wenger Allen Goodmiller and doctors Riggs Stein and Cross of Chicago spoke on cheesemaking and industry conditions. Today 20 Kraft salesmen tour Kraft plants in Green County and vicinity by bus, leaving for Beaver Dam later.
Miss Hazel Louise Hensel daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Hensel route 2 Janesville and Robert Duane Janes son of Mr and Mrs Floyd C Janes north east of Albany were married April 20 at the First Christian church parsonage Janesville Rev James A Barnett officiating The bride wore white satin with illusion net and pearl tiara She is a Edgerton High School graduate and works in Janesville The groom a Brodhead High School graduate works in farming The couple left for a honeymoon in Indiana
Miss Elizabeth Vieth daughter of Rev G Theo Vieth former pastor of Monticello Grace Evangelical church married Kermit Theo Grey on April 12 at Manitowoc. Bride is a graduate of Monticello High School.
Rowe Bertitey Porte Mee Wilkie Liefbow and eight women celebrated their biannual festival in April at the Eugene hotel. The event featured pink table decorations, lighted tapers, and bouquets of spring flowers in a festive, annual style.
Barbara Reardon of New Glarus high school won first place in the sectional homemaking demonstration for future Homemakers of America at Milton Union High School. Delores Pax of Edgerton took second. Winners from De Forest Lake Mills Waukesha East Troy New Glarus and Edgerton placed in district contests and earned a week trip to the Milwaukee state fair.
Juda Royal Neighbors marked their 35th anniversary with a 6:30 picnic supper attended by about 40 members from Monroe and Brodhead camps. Luella Borkenhaugen spoke on the Milwaukee state meeting and the Royal Neighbor home at Rock Island. Three charter members remain: Anna Dunwiddie, Mattie Hall, and Florence Miller. A special token honored Hattie Bagley for long membership.
Juda high school baseball team defeated Albany 17 to 12 with Laverne Andrews as pitcher and Myron Newman catching. Community notes record visits by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Walton to Foreston and a Helpful Homemakers meeting with officer elections led by Mrs. Evelyn Keen.
John Minix 70 owner of a 480 acre recreational park atop Blue Mounds near here was killed yesterday when crushed by a loaded gravel truck at the park. The incident left the community mourning the loss of a local business figure.
A note states the Washington monument cost 1,300,000 dollars. The ad suggests trying Times Want Ads for related notices and services.
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