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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1954
Page
6
The report notes a cool night with lows of 45 to 52 degrees north and 52 to 58 degrees south, followed by a pleasant Wednesday with highs around 75 to 80. Winds shift from 15 to 20 mph northerly today to lighter tonight and to 15 mph north-northeast on Wednesday.
Transfers record several property moves: Kathryn Lewis to Bessie Wend landt part Its 2 and 4 bik 160 in Brodhead. Fred E Brown and wife to Ald D Sauer and wife It 1 bik 218 in Brodhead. Manda A Elmer to Lowell wat gen Its and 8 bik 186 in Brodhead. Margaret Martin to Ina Thomp son Its 8 bik 26 Rattan's addition to New Mexico in Monroe.
Names: L A Koenig John L Andrews Warren and others face dis orderly conduct charges with fines of 15 dollars and costs. Careless driving leads to 25 dollars and costs. Driver’s license suspended for six months. Herbert Bell Route 5 cited for careless driving with 25 dollars and costs. Daryl Amans Monroe cited for careless driving with 25 dollars and costs and a recommended suspension of at least six months.
Estates probated show Savings Bank appointed administrator for Bertha Klemm who died July 31. Philip H. Darling and L. Buchschacher named appraisers. Will of Fred Marty who died July 9 admitted to probate. Letters of administration with will annexed issued to Robert F. Marty. Marie Blum and Harry C. Young named appraisers.
Marriage licenses issued for Donald Victor Easton and Fern Elizabeth Schneider of Footville in Rock County. Deaths note Mrs. Thomas Ryan, 81, of Janesville. Births list two boys and two girls born Aug. 8 9 10 to local couples in route and hospital listings.
St Clare Hospital lists medical and surgical staff including Frank Boeck Monticello Dennis Laubie Brodhead Clarence Holland Gratiot Floss Borchers German Valley LeRoy Hockman Clinton Edna Janke 1923% 9th Street Ralph Figs Route 1 Thomas Schindler Madison Gerald Roenneburg Lester Witt Robert Watson Carroll Coots Edward Garwig Ben Trickel Nicholas Elmer Harry Saxer Emma Marty Sigvard Nelson John Allen Roger Riese Norman Wells Walter Bahler infant twin girl Gibbons Ellsworth Yeakle
New York stocks stopped a four day decline and rose briskly in early trading with notable gains by U S Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube American Telephone Western Union Santa Fe Southern Railway U S Rubber American Broadcasting Paramount American Bosch General Dynamics Douglas Aircraft Grumman North American Aviation Radio Corp General Motors Studebaker Chrysler Boeing
A car owned by John Brugger Jr of Route 2 Monroe and driven by his wife caught fire at 2 p m in the 600 block of 20th avenue. The fire department extinguished the blaze. Passengers Miss Mary Jean Montanaro of Waukegan Illinois and Robert Montanaro were in the car, damaged under the hood.
Representatives of the Westteen County Welfare Department and the Lutheran Welfare Society of Wisconsin met at Grace Lutheran Church in Monroe to explain each group’s functions. Rev. C. C. Warfel, pastor, noted attendees from Madison Beloit Belmont and Monroe.
Owensboro Kentucky born Lack Terrell longtime circus figure dies in Rochester Minnesota where he had been under Mayo Clinic examination. Terrell retired to a stock farm near Owensboro after selling Cole Brothers in 1948. He spent over 40 years in show business with major circuses and traveled more than 750000 miles. He began in 1904 with John Robinson's circus and formed Cole Brothers in 1936 after the Chicago World's Fair.
Mrs Henry Kubly, 77, widow of a Jefferson supervisor and mother of three sons in the local cheese industry, dies. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at St John s Church, Rev Paul C Keble officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood. Body to be taken to church from Shriner Neushwander funeral home at 10 a.m. Pallbearers are Franklin Roenneburg, Arthur Tschudy, Andrew Tschudy, Joe Jaggi, Russell Carter and Edward Hintzman. Soloist Edwin Andereck with accompanist Susan Blumer.
The Farm Bureau women begin this year’s drive for the Sister Kenny Foundation in Monroe. County chairmen are Mrs. Frank Broom, Route 3, Mrs. Sam Waelti, 1626 23rd Avenue, and Mrs. R. J. Douglas, Juda, with Mrs. William Figs as city chair. Letters will replace door to door solicitations, and the drive ends September 10.
Two men, Charles Marston and Arlie Davidson, died when an auto rear‑ended a parked semi truck on Highway 14 near La Crosse. Robert Warwick and Kenneth Kucharski, both asleep in the cab, survived. Officer Milton Opland witnessed the crash.
A $2,000 reward was posted today for information leading to the arrest of those who poisoned 23 Master Eye dogs at suburban La Salle kennels. Sheriff Ed Ryan urged druggists to list customers buying poisons since the year began. Eight dogs died Saturday and 15 were treated. the latter are expected to recover.
Orlan Bohn of Argyle and Mrs. Fred Roehl of Orangueille called in the city. Mrs. Dell Curtis and niece Dorothy Curtis of Chicago left Monday for Lake Louise. Mrs. Willis Fitzgibbons and Miss Mabel King of Chicago left today for Northern Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Frederick Towell of Chile South America visited Mrs F S Towell. Mrs. Lara Sery returned from a visit with son Ralph Sery in Muskegon. Mrs. Florence Brewer returned to Chicago after a week with Mrs Lena Etter. Women’s Relief Corps to meet at St Johns church at 1 45 Wednesday for the funeral of Mrs Sophia Kubly. Mrs Theodore Lee of St Paul and Miss Esther Smith of Minneapolis visiting Ralph Molm home. Gregory Holcomb spending week in Madison with sister Maribeth Holcomb at Veterans hospital. Mr and Mrs John Theander and daughter Lorene Kay from Stillman Valley Ill visited Mrs Theander’s mother Mrs Lillian Koebner. Mr and Mrs Albert Fenn and family of Pavonia left after week with Elmer Whitehead and family in Juda. Mr and Mrs Ralph J Bohren were Monday night guests at Hugh T Roberts Sr’s home. Hugh Roberts Jr returned with them. Miss Darlene Walden of New Glarus left Monday for California for weeks visiting Ensign and Mrs Rodney Wittwer in Berkeley. Guests at W R Schuetze home include Mr and Mrs Adrian Silenzi of Dominican Republic. Silenzi headed to Bermuda. Mrs Silenzi remains.
Prohibition era gang leader Touhy, released from prison after 20 years, was arrested with three associates in Walworth County for speeding. Police found machine guns and revolvers in the car and alerted the FBI and Chicago police. They were jailed in Milwaukee County then sent to St Paul for related kidnappings, with two accomplices acquitted while a fourth, Willie Sharkey, died by hanging in custody.
In Lancaster Ohio a fire hydrant caught fire Monday after a passerby struck a match near the hydrant, igniting natural gas fumes that had seeped in. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and posted a no smoking sign on the water pipe. A stray note mentions a hippopotamus staying underwater briefly.
A journalist joins a tour into South Dakota's badlands with Earl Brockelsby and paleontology students. Harsh sun, spiny cacti, and exposed cliffs test endurance as they trek canyons and collect fossil teeth. The narrator marks the canyon wall with Kilroy was here, admitting defeat at the end.
The Service Record notes Pfe Karl R Kundert son of Mr and Mrs Henry Kundert leaves Chicago by plane Sunday night for Oakland Army Base California where he will be assigned to the Far East. Tech Sgt and Mrs Franklin E Butts and son Daniel have returned to Rantoul Illinois after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Butts.
Sen. Clark, former U.N. commander, urged cutting diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union and its satellites and reorganizing the United Nations. He said he has little respect for the UN and doubted its contribution to solving world problems.
Black and white half Angora named Kitty disappeared Friday night. Call Mrs Juergens at 838 M for information or to reclaim.
A congressional study panel urged the United States to push non communist nations to sever trade and diplomatic ties with Communist governments. The interim report by the House Committee on Communist Aggression calls for an international conference of free nations and a program to boost non communist trade to strengthen security and aid friendly countries.
President Eisenhower fulfilled a promise to his grandchildren by taking them on a four hour cruise along the Potomac to Mount Vernon. The party included Mrs Eisenhower, John Eisenhower, Col and Mrs Gordon Moore, and their children Mamie and Ellen.
Search teams report three Swiss mountaineers have died on Mont Blanc, the 15,718 foot peak near Chamonix, as rescue efforts conclude.
A Civil War drummer boy and last of the boys in Blue greeted Gen. Ulysses S. Grant II in Duluth during the 73rd annual encampment of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Grant traveled from Washington to visit Albert Woolson, who is 107 years old, at his home, in a moment noted by Woolson’s daughter.
Joseph Smith, 65, of Stevens Point, was killed late Monday when his car left Highway 10 and plunged into the Wisconsin River.
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