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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1947
Page
2
Citizens face a demand for a recreation budget and a paid director. A plan calls for equipment, feed purchases, and year round activities with a strong 18 hour spring to fall schedule. The ideal recreation chief must be decisive, patient, and able to lead with limited help while keeping the public informed.
From the Files of The Evening Times the item recounts a death in Aberdeen South Carolina of a 7 year old nephew of Mr and Mrs Lyle J Turner. It also mentions the Monroe Badgers losing to Platteville in baseball at the Grant County Fair and notes a nearby Legion post serving Green County Swiss cheese amid government seizure of coal mines. Typhoon deaths in China listed at 30000.
George Atcheson III, acting for Lt. Gen Kuzma Derevyanko, said Moscow's bid for detailed information was impractical. He noted the United States would not provide or compile the exhaustive data requested.
Abby Wallace arrives with cousin Craig Emerson at Madge Duncan’s estate where Barry Lambert and Val Stanley observe tension between wealth, art, and family loyalty. Barry confronts Abby’s Botticelli beauty amid rumors of the Wallace collection and Norman Wallace’s stern rule.
Some Douglas fir forests average 50 to 60 thousand board feet per acre and individual acres can hold as much as 500 thousand board feet.
G Soseman reports only six building permits were issued in July totaling 13300. Two permits were for residences as Orlin Paske and Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co each received approvals for frame homes. The rest covered a community house, frame garages, and a frame addition.
About 5,600 Briggs Manufacturing workers were sent home as absenteeism slowed car body production in two Briggs plants. Packard notified 1,500 workers that final assembly would not resume until next Tuesday. Chrysler Lynch Road gear and axle plant and DeSoto division each reported 900 workers quitting due to heat. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury hourly workers began a layoff of 55,000 expected to last until next Tuesday, tied to a 7,000-strong Murray Corp strike and CIO UAW immunity demand under Taft Hartley law. Sulfur is used in many products from food to matches and medicine.
Three Monroe girls Martha and Ada Dobbs and Kathryn Janet Krauss will perform at the University of Wisconsin 18th annual music clinic concert in Madison. They join 100 high school musicians under conductor Dean Dixon. Ada and Martha hold top chairs in Monroe groups, Kathryn Janet leads oboe, with scholarships and awards noted.
Blanchardville residents share visits and travels with relatives across Wisconsin Alberta and Canada. Thomas Burman and son from Racine returned after 29 years. Wilbert Wild traveled to Dodgeville with family. others vacationing in Madison Milwaukee Rock Island and Hollandale. The Stenbroten family completed a 4000 mile trip to the Dakotas Montana Canada and Alaska in three weeks.
World output of citrus fruit in 1946 47 rose to a level 27 percent above the annual prewar average. The figure reflects higher yields in key producing regions and marks a sharp rebound from wartime disruptions.
Local items urge readers to inspect shoes at Tread Right Shoe Repair, try Wagner's Health Baths for weight loss, and prepare for the upcoming school year with Baker's Book Store. Mentions include shoe repair quality, health treatments, and early school-book shopping ahead of teachers’ institute on August 20th.
Summer heat fades as Lee's showcases zipper lined coats by Swansdown and Jaunty Junior and skirts and corduroy outfits for children at Etter's Yardley blinds entice buyers with flexible steel and aluminum options. A humorous travel tale closes the page as a sister plans a trip via Chicago Louisville and Bowling Green.
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