A Decade of Service for St. Clare Hospital
Editorial honors St. Clare hospital on its tenth anniversary noting expanding service to Monroe and Green County. It highlights 230,000 patient days in ten years, plans for additions nearly doubling capacity, and a $74,000 local contribution. The piece praises the hospital and its sisters of St Agnes as a vital regional medical center.
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St. Clare Hospital
St. Clare
Monroe
Green County
Sisters of
St. Agnes
Oorn
Legion of
Agnes
Wisconsin
Sisters of St
Attlee and Churchill Clash Over Britain's Welfare Path
A Britain in political flux draws sharp clash between Prime Minister Clement Attlee and wartime rival Winston Churchill. The piece questions Attlee's social reforms and warns Americans to watch how their leaders weigh welfare state ideals versus economic realism ahead of 1952 elections.
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Clement Attlee
Great Britain
England
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Churchill
Labor
Britain
Kiwanis District Convention in Appleton Set for Aug 21 23
The 31st annual convention of the Wisconsin Upper Michigan Kiwanis district will be hosted in Appleton from August 21 to 23, chaired by district governor Dr. John H. Nickel. The gathering aims to promote service projects and district fellowship across Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconomowee
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Notable Local Events Mark Time Across Decades
A compendium of brief notes recalls milestones from 1939 to 1899 including births at St. Clare hospital Herbert Albertson’s first surgical patient at Indiana University scene shifts with Paul Wagner joins journalism faculty. Swiss cheese maker M P Hansen arrives, Judge Ferdinand Geiger dies in Milwaukee, and historic local feats span firefighting, barn rebuilding, and sports in Monroe and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Leland Heitz
Juda
St. Clare Hospital
Herbert Albertson
Blanchardville
Paul H. Wagner
University of Indiana
Australia
M. P. Hansen
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Staff of 132 Now Required In St. Clare Hospital Work
St. Clare hospital in Monroe reports a staff of 132 including doctors, sisters, nurses and aides, reflecting growth from 52 staff in 1939 and 23 registered nurses. The facility expanded beds to 75 with 18 bassinets and two incubators, and admissions rose from 1,608 in 1940 to 4,291 in 1948. The back-office workload rose with hospital activity. 23 maids and kitchen helpers, four office workers, and three maintenance staff support the two-story service unit. The roster lists 27 staff doctors and 19 sisters with Mother M. Angeline as mother superior. 33 nurse aides bolster the nursing force, alongside increased nursery capacity and ongoing service deployment.
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St. Clare Hospital
Monroeas
St. Clare
Mary Veronica
Hospital Dietitian
Edwin Birschbach
Local Staff and Domestic Names List for Service Building
Shirley Wilson and Valerie Zimerman work with Engineer Birschbach in the service building. Day Fireman Arthur Bear and Night Fireman Leonard Swenson operate there. Maids and domestic workers include Mmes Bert Burshalter Raphael Daly Nellie Dearth Cecilia Hoban Simon Tenatch William Kubly Fred Kundert Nora Petterson Julia Ott Orson Robertson Harry Smith Pearl Smith Elizabeth Sullivan David Teuscher Ernest Whitehead and Misses Marie Bruggemann Jane Bender Stella Brown Ruby Field Phyllis Teehan Louise Hermannson Maryon Herfel and Lula Keller. Switchboard and lobby staff are Mrs John Jones and Misses Anna Mae Dearth Frieda Durtschi and Helen Stoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Wilson
Valerie Zimmerman
Birschbach
Arthur Bear
Leonard Swenson
Mmes
Bert Burshalter
Raphael Daly
Nellie Dearth
Cecilia Hoban
Simon Tenatch
William Kubly
Fred Kundert
Nora Petterson
Julia Ott
Orson Robertson
Harry Smith
Pearl Smith
Elizabeth Sullivan
David Teuscher
Ernest Whitehead
Marie Bruggemann
Jane Bender
Buzzing Charges Made After Crash Near Fort Dix
A Navy fighter and a commercial plane collided near Fort Dix New Jersey killing 16. Pilot buzzing reports from a Piper Cub witness and Eastern and National airlines crews prompted CAB safety officials to consider a public inquiry. Navy Lt. Robert V. Poe 26 from Hampton Virginia perished. the Navy pilot’s body found two miles away.
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Fort Dix
N.J
Civil Aeronautics Board
Navy
William K. Andrews
Bureau of Safety Investigation
CAB
Naval
Eastern Airlines
N. J
George W. Humphries
Fairhaven
Eastern
Airlines
National Airlines
Robert V. Poe
Hampton
TB Death Rate Drops While New TB Cases Rise
The tuberculosis death rate in the United States fell 11 percent from 33.5 to 29.8 per 100 000 population in 1948, marking the sharpest one year decline since 1921. Despite the drop, the number of new cases reported last year increased, with TB continuing to kill more people aged 15 to 34 than any other disease.
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United States
National Tuberculosis Association
James E. Perkins
Perkins
Girl 13 Witnessed Family Murder Then Death by Own Hand
Johanna Geyer, 13, watched as her father William Geyer, 46, shot his wife, 45, in their bed and then killed himself with a .32 caliber pistol. Prosecutors say the couple had been separated and headed toward divorce, with the daughter present during the tragedy.
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Wreen
Jonanna Geyer
Robert Parins
William Geyer
Parvis
Johanna
Geyer
Monroe County Fair Sidelights Highlight Horse Show
Alice in Dairyland spoke of hometown hospitality as Monroe High School pep band members Marilyn Zuercher Kathryn Krauss Lucille Burkhalter Phoebe Abraham and LaVon Broge performed on the race track. Vendors horse show judges and riders drew cheers as Ned Livingston Harry Livingston showcased harness racing and Penny King faced misfortune with a shoe loss and a stock horse class judged amid crowd chatter at the county fair.
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Monroe High School
Marilyn Zuercher
Kathryn Krauss
Lucille Burkhalter
Phoebe Abraham
LaVon Broge
Penny King
Waltz King
Allegro
Penny
Wayne King
Jimmy
Kid
Jimmy Watt
Wisconsin Boy Vies For Presidency Vote
Seventeen year old Mike Hammond of Appleton seeks the presidency in a nationwide boys forum election. He faces Robert R. Ball Jr. of Garden City Kansas the federalist candidate. Hammond won on the nationalist party fifth ballot while Ball secured the federalist nomination on the seventh ballot.
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Mike Hammond
Appleton
United States
Hammond
America Legion
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Congress
Monroe Evening Fins CO
Emery A. Odell
Jee Ee
Associated Press
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Audit’ Bureau of Circulation
Daper
Wigconatn
Stephenson County
Editorial
Mr. Attlee
Evening Times
Monroe Firemen
Interstate Firemen
East Dubuque
Ill
Downey Farm
Orangeville
John L. Fleck
Sugar River
Albany
Blanchard
Leopold Seltzer
Yellowstone
H. C. Buell
Whitewater
John Zimmerman
Green County Teachers’ Institute
J. W. Stearns
Madison
Jesse Robertson
F. E. Hyde
M. Veronica
M. Wendelin
M. Evangelist
M. Edna Marie
M. Francis Louise
M. Laura
M. Ancilla
M. Johns Bosco
M. Frederick
Congregation of St. Agnes
M. Angeline
Fond du Lac
Burnett Briggs
Robert Cashman
Sherman Dearth
Clifford Reasa
William Kuhlman
William Rieder
Ronald Spease
Robert Streckwald
Winslow
Ida Mae Streiff
George Voelkh
Clarence Widmer
William Wedesky
Edward Wach
Helen Finn
Dorothy Marty
Louise Pfister
Cecilia Regner
Viola Tielkemeier
Elsie Untersee
Rose Waelchli
Gladys Golackson
Frances ‘Huffman
Noda Jacobson
Darlyne Lewis
Helen McGuire
Marietta Maneson
Melva Olson
Alice Patterson
Alma Perdue
Goldie Robertson
Alice Roethlisberger
Marion Saalsan
Marjorie Splinter
Nathalie’ Thurston
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First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Alice
Dairyland
Mr. Horeb
Louis R. Wolleson
Fair Action
Art Shaw
Shaw
Crippen
Nell Cunningham
Lawson
Clyde Moody
Brazie
John Dill
Wabashaw
Minn
Medaway
Woody
U. S. Trotting Association
W. R. Schuetze
Schuetze
Tal
Ned Livingston
Harry Livingston
Livingston and
Waixel
Chicago
Ingston
Ella Siskiyou
Ralph Kroening
O Ner
Paul Wixom
Janesville
Ben Blaser
Paul Dougherty
Martha Etter
Spencer Bowen
Fred Ronan
Helen Gruenwald
Mamie Tillema
Gilbert Ott
Ott
New Glarus
ROTE
Crosley Radios & RE Aa
Crosley
Monroe Clinic
Sisters of St. Agnes
Sisters of St. Ag
Nes
Lanz Agency
Monroe and Vicinity
Ruehlman
Baumle
Leiser
the Commercial & Savings Bank
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