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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1949
Page
6
Yesterday from 1 p m the high was 80 and the low 59. Year ago today 77 and 63. Barometer 1 a m 29 49 and 1 p m 29 50. Warmest place in the U S yesterday was Yuma Arizona at 106 while the coldest readings are not listed.
County Court Judge Harold J. Lamboley and Dale Anderson in Monroe report a guilty plea on an embezzlement charge. Sentenced to not less than two nor more than three years in state prison with parole eligibility. Also noted are deaths, births, and local family announcements.
St Clare Hospital lists surgical patients Mrs Floyd L Mann Evansville James Coffey Argyle Henry D Freitag Monticello Mrs Henry Johnson Steiner route 3 Mrs Thomas Steiner route 3 Monroe Mrs Frank Hamblin Bell Medical patients Mrs Oscar Buggs Janesville Susan Kay Helston Blanchardville Dismissals Leslie Aurand Mrs Laura Langemann Mrs Albert mer and daughter Mrs William Pryce and son Herbert Green
Jack Cory, ex Evening Times editor and secretary to U S Rep Glen Davis in Washington, writes in the magazine supplement that many readers who craft legible congressional letters face replies that are impossible to read. The piece appears in Sunday paper editions carrying This Week.
Anderson Dale Anderson of Monroe was sentenced by Judge Harold J. Lamboley to a state prison term of not less than two nor more than three years for embezzlement. He may apply for probation and a parole officer will be assigned in Monroe later this week. Anderson is confined in Green County Jail pending parole processing.
Paul H Burke announced as new owner of the penant Gun shop at 1315 15th avenue with possession taken Roy A Schultz Monroe businessman for 27 years previously ran the shop as motorcycle and bicycle sales and service Also reports death and accident items from Clark county and Madison area including Fair secretary Joan Ketel and two fatalities in a Springfield town road crash
Four weeks of tennis instruction will be offered at Recreation Park and is open to anyone over 12. Tennis enthusiasts meet tomorrow at 2 30 p m at the courts with beginners at 130 and intermediate and advanced at 415. Instruction covers fundamental stroking and scoring, with individual coaching for all levels, promising hard work, practice, and enjoyment.
Reverend Lindsay U. Duvant pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal church is called to Washington D C by the death of his mother aged 79. Funeral services were planned at St James church in the capital. Duvant left Monroe Sunday to attend the funeral and expected to return for next Sunday's services.
Ernest Nydegger of 1219 30th avenue died Sunday morning. Services were conducted this afternoon at Stuessy Funeral Home and St. Johns Church by Rev. Paul C. Kehle. Burial followed at Bethel Home. Song service led by Herbert M. Ainsworth. Pallbearers were Theodore Altmann Fred Harris Adolph Roelli Karl Goepfert Albert Heinzelman and Charles Kelly. Iron lung mother dies in Covington infant dies after birth. baby thriving in St Elizabeth Hospital.
The state board of health at Madison today approved the Brooklyn sewers and sewage treatment plant along with water and sewer improvement projects for 10 communities. Associated Press reports.
Lawrence E. Siebel sixteen of Harvard died when his car struck a utility pole and crashed into a tree two and one half miles southeast of Darien Wisconsin. He was returning home after taking his father to work.
Personal mentions include Mrs. Joseph Rogers and her sons John and Victor visiting Blanchardville, Monroe callers today, and Mrs. Walter Christen returning from Dayton. Misses Joan Kanaack and Judith Gempeler leaving for Green Lake camp, a tee cream social at Staver church Friday night. Clarence E. Day and family back from Duluth after three and a half weeks, Weslyn Service guild hosts garden tea at Chayman Garden Thursday afternoon, transportation via Mrs. Robert Trumpy. Mrs. Robert Poff and sons from Rockford visiting near Browntown. Harold Robinson, heading to Tennessee college, also called Browntown residents. Chief J. H. Schwaiger to host visitors E Nehring and daughter Patricia and Ruth Bargery and daughter Nancy from Milwaukee for overnight guests. Nehring and Bargery are Schwaiger sisters.
In Chicago a coalition of 16 non operating railroads unions meets to settle disputes over applying a 40 hour work week on US railroads. About 1,000,000 workers now on 48 hours will switch Sept 1. AFL official Leighty notes over 1,000 disputes and 300 to 400 joint cases. A master agreement was created last March and further talks are set for Aug 8 in New York with railroad committees from eastern western and southern lines.
Murray Latimer testifies for the CIO steelworkers before a presidential fact finding board that current sick benefit plans for steelworkers are inadequate. He notes weekly gaps of 40 to 45 dollars, urging cash sick leave and accident benefits of 31.50 weekly, hospitalization for workers and families, and up to 200 dollars for surgical costs. Latimer cites December 1948 BLS data showing a four person family needs 59 to 62 dollars weekly in steel towns for a low but adequate living standard, while industry mutual plans pay 11.50 to 37.50 weekly with an average under 20. He also notes that Want Ads are big producers.
Chief Petty Officer James Jurella and wife Mrs. Jurella with daughter Michele left after a visit with her parents in Davenport. He will report to Treasure Island in San Francisco. Mrs. Katherine Klarer Neuman plans to join her husband in Milwaukee after visiting her parents. He recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin.
Ralph May of route 1 Brod head suffered a severe fracture to the left forearm and wrist after tumbling 12 feet from a ladder while working on his farm. He received immediate medical care from a physician following the 4 p.m. accident.
Workmen install an asphalt tile floor at Trukenbrod's pharmacy. HYDES VISIT HERE Prof. Grant M Hyde and his mother Mrs Georgia Hyde, Madison, are visiting W Theo Jenny today. Mr Jenny to leave this week for Berkeley, Calif.
Mr and Mrs Herman D Fritz depart from Sarona Wisconsin Friday morning for a six to seven week hunting journey to Yukon British Columbia and possibly Alaska. They travel with Mr and Mrs Weber West in two cars using the Alcan highway. They outfit a station wagon with emergency sleeping quarters for potential trips into Canada in search of Rocky Mountain sheep and caribou with an outfitter while Mrs Weber and Mrs Fritz stay for sightseeing.
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