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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1947
Page
8
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with scattered thunderstorms near Lake Superior. Warmer Saturday with a high near 85 and a low around 68. Barometer 29.70 at 2 am and 29.75 at 2 pm. Warmest US point yesterday was Phoenix at 112, coldest Seattle at 53. Sunrise 4 58, sunset 7 13.
E. E. Brewer deceased by executor transfers to Harry Dittmer the It 5.3 Railroad add village of Al.
Evansville driver Kilmer John Reque was found operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Sentenced to $100 fine plus costs and automatic license revocation by Justice L. A. Koenig.
Obituary notices include Peter J. Kiassy 45 of New Glarus and Charles Doyle of Argyleson with death details dated August 8. The notices identify survivors and funeral arrangements.
St Clair Hospital records list Mrs Otto Albright of Janesville Mrs Amelia Jones of Albany Harry Lien Mrs Lyle Miller Mrs William Morelock Dorothy Walrack Bernard Dray and Mrs Hulda Trickel among recent surgery patients.
The commission denied a Burlington request from a Racine company for 180 dollars. It ruled Wisconsin Southern did not have an increase in intra state rates. The association seeks airline distances instead of highway mileage for rate making.
Dr. Kenneth Jones and Mrs. Sophia Boyd of Madison visited Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hartman Monday evening with Mrs. Boyd staying longer. Several locals and neighbors were noted visiting kin and attending events, including church baptisms and the Green County Fair as threshers helped on farms.
Eight men armed with weapons robbed the Bank of Sharon in Ramat Gan today and escaped with 7000 pounds about $28,000. Reports say the robbers acted swiftly and efficiently and met no resistance.
Weekly retail activity remained strong with fall merchandise and summer clearances keeping volume high and 5 to 9 percent above the year ago level. Food supplies were ample and demand for frozen foods, meats, fruit juices and beverages stayed robust while high priced liquors lagged. Back to school clothing boosted wool and corduroy suits and classic sweaters as furniture and appliances sold well. building materials and certain tools remained scarce.
The Netherlands government was reported ready today to reject any plan for compulsory arbitration of the Indonesian dispute. The security council set the Indonesian question aside until Tuesday afternoon to study a new communication from the Indonesian government proposing creation of an arbitration commission. Meanwhile, the council’s seven nation sub-committee on the Balkan problem was called into session to seek a compromise solution before Tuesday’s council meeting.
The report notes Hughes pressed Brewster over alleged offers to merge Trans World with Pan American and Brewster denying the charge under oath while Pepper urged the record stand. Brewster later claimed a nationwide smear campaign aimed to force abandonment of the inquiry. An unrelated line says ocean floors are covered by organic ooze in thick layers.
The notes list numerous visitors, travels and family trips involving residents of Monroe and nearby towns. Names include Mrs Lela Foley, Ralph Ross, Nace Gartland, Lois Franzel, Cleora Ritter, William Heinselman, Alwina McBride, Edna Haney, Mollie Delp, Wilbur Watson, J R Denyes, Richard Heidermann, Richard Wagner, Jacob Huber, J G Theiler, Gottlob Krauss, Virginia Krauss, Jane Trumpy, Darlene Adelman, Penny McCulley, Leo Francis, Vicki Lynn, Irving McGuire, Minnie Long, Benjamin Blum, Linda McGeey, John Schuele, and relatives visiting from Chicago, Madison, Rockford, Janesville, Cedar Falls, Petoskey and Milwaukee.
A string of short notes lists residents visiting family and friends across Wisconsin and nearby states. Names include Patricia Knaack Beloit visitors in Madison Louisa Steffen Madison visitor in Belleville and more. Several trips involve Monroe Watertown Sauk City and Madison with arrivals and returns noted.
The census bureau reports civilian employment at 60,079,000 in July with unemployment at 2,548,000 as students and graduates seek roles. July job holders including armed forces total 62,664,000, up from June and up 2,239,000 from a year earlier.
About 35 tavernkeepers attended a Green County Tavern League meeting at Turner hall to review federal and state laws on alcohol sales. Paul E. Jorgenson stated the law requires age identifications or proof of age for those of questionable age to prevent minor deception. Attendees included Melvin Olson and Hugh Gardner.
Weather report from Brodhead records two consecutive 100 degree days on Monday and Tuesday as noted by official recorder H. M. Barkow. A low of 46 was reached Friday Aug 1 with July precipitation at 3.65 inches. Weekly highs and lows ranged from 97 71 on July 30 to 100 68 on Aug 5.
More than 30 children from New Glarus participate at the Monticello swimming pool. Most are beginners working to pass tests and requirements for swimming in deeper water.
A group of 29 summer school students from fifteen states and Hawaii visited the University of Wisconsin New Glarus museum. They were served a Swiss dinner in the evening.
Preliminary plans for a horse roundup were made at the Green County Boots and Saddle Club meeting in Recreation Park shelter house. The event date moved from August 24 to September 21 with 15 contest events at the fair grounds and a wiener roast afterward. The next meeting is set for North Side Park in Brodhead.
A public hearing on the feasibility of spraying Monticello against polio will be held at 8 p m in the village hall. The village board discussed spraying last Thursday after a request with about 75 names. Nurse Ruth Chase and Leland Lamboley will discuss methods costs by air and results from other communities.
Twenty eight members and guests traveled by bus to Milwaukee visiting Mitchell and Washington parks Radio City Lakeshore Drive and the museum in a group outing yesterday.
Offices of Dr. C Earl Baumle and Dr. David D Ruehlman will be enlarged and expanded to occupy the old draft board quarters in the First National Bank building. No announcement has been made about staffing expansion.
Dr. U Harold Wilke chaplain at large for the federal veterans hospital in Topeka Kansas will be the guest speaker at a Monticello service. He will address veterans and staff during the special observance.
Rev. Wilke will speak at the annual mission festival services at Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church Sunday at 10 40 addressing the Sunday school at 9 30. He, an armless writer and speaker, works among severely injured servicemen and is familiar with their problems having written Greet the Man published two years ago.
A Wisconsin national guard detail left for Camp Douglas to conduct convoy work with 58 units for the first field training school since World War II. The Monroe guard will depart Sunday. Adj. Gen. John F. Mullem said the force will be largely mechanized and the five day 40 hour program will emphasize more educational training.
Freeport youths accused of dis orderly conduct for bombarding motorists with eggs over the past two weeks. Four charged with dis orderly conduct. two released on $250 bond each. cases continued for 10 days. Arrests at Krape park.
Mr and Mrs Fred Karlen Jr report that the Gebhard Hausers of Monroe are touring Switzerland and finding the weather strikingly hot saying the country is too wonderful for words to explain.
Kilmer John Reque of Evansville was fined 100 dollars and costs by Justice L A Koenig for operating a vehicle under the influence after a 515 PM collision in Brodhead involving a car driven by Oscar Schwerin.
Werner Waegler a 23 year old truck driver from Belleville suffered a fractured leg when his truck skidded on gravel near New Glarus yesterday. An attending physician said he is doing very well after five hours on the highway before he was found and taken to St. Clare hospital.
Postmaster John J. Burkhard announced two new issues at the Monroe post office set to go on sale tomorrow. A 3 cent Utah centennial stamp joins a special edition 25 cent airmail stamp for use in the Far East.
Green County Christian Endeavor members will attend a Southern District CE Union picnic and service at 5 Sunday evening August 17 at Palmer Park Janesville. Miss Dorothy Ely is named in the notice.
The education director of the Janesville Congregational Church will speak and the Juda Youth Fellowship will lead devotions. Dorothy Keen of Juda serves as secretary for the southern district.
The Reed clan gathered at Mrs. Hazel Kramer’s home with numerous relatives from Aberdeen South Dakota Chicago Freeport Warrenton Virginia Monroe Janesville Long Beach and Lincoln Nebraska visiting or attending events over the weekend. Guests included families linked to M J Reed L P Bunchman and James Mac Lean among others with trips to the Monroe fair Oak Dale Camp meeting and a state college banquet noted.
Mrs Marie Emrick and guests visited Oak Dale camp meeting while families like Hulberts and Veachs joined Sunday ball games in Chicago. Caroline Corin went to the Monroe fair with Irving Elliott. The Reed Zipse and R Ritzman families vacationed in Madison and Kabetogema Minnesota.
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