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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1963
Page
6
Daily Record reports a steady Wisconsin weather pattern with highs in the 70s and tonight's lows around 47 to 56. Forecast calls for partly cloudy Sunday with a slight warm trend west and north and a chance of showers in the northwest area Sunday afternoon or evening.
John R. Goltz of Monroe forfeits 25 dollars for traveling too fast for conditions. Gary John Studer of Monroe also forfeits 25 dollars for traveling too fast for conditions. Police report.
Obituaries note the deaths of Miss Minnie Stevens 93 of Shullsburg Mrs Jack Mec Quiety 65 Mrs Lulu Stephenson 83 of Warren Illinois and Edward H Haschke 59 of Route 1 New Lisbon.
Mr and Mrs Edward O Con nor Verona welcome a son born August 9. Mr and Mrs John Eiserman Route 1 announce a son born August 9. Mr and Mrs Merlin Staskal Beloit report a son born August 9. Mr and Mrs Glen Gempeler Route 2 celebrate a daughter born August 9.
A hospital record lists an accident involving Steven H Truttman Route 2 and David Wirth Monticello. Medical patients include Mrs Carl J Miller Elkhorn Harvey Samuel Johnson Darlington Linda Ann Babler Route 4 and Mrs Richard Maurer 1748 15th Street. Surgical patients are Robert Zentner Monticello Wilbur Spradlin Route 3 and Mrs Glenn Mile stone 908 22nd Avenue. Dismissals cover a long list including Frederick Huber John Ritter Charles Burhans Lloyd Richardson and many others with family members named.
Laurie Bender takes first in first category with Liz Johnson second while Rob in Fiji earns second and Jimmy Hanner tops handsomest. Karen Knipschild second and Terri Gempler third in another lineup. Karen Patterson wins first in Cats Best cared for with Susie Smith first and Marilyn Pick second Largest. Kenny Rufener first, Edward Staab first Mona Lindgren second in Smallest. Water Animal Most Unusual goes to Louise Henry fish and Heidi Hahlen turtle. Rich ard Hager lizard claims Most Unusual Animal. Kathy Ben kert Best Group Pets three lizards. Elizabeth Babler earns Special Achievement for most work on project, a bird in a decorated cage.
CWO Richard A. Kundert a 22nd Division veteran now in foods service on active duty at Fort Lewis Washington visits Monroe with his wife Helen and three children Kathy Kay Christine Ann and Kurt Alan prior to leaving August 26 for a 13 month foreign duty stint. They are guests of the Fred Digmans.
Steven H. Truttman, 19, injured in an early morning auto crash near his farm on Highway 59. He suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, a left arm fracture, and multiple cuts. condition listed as satisfactory at St. Clare hospital. His brother Dennis, 22, drove the car and reported losing control before the vehicle struck a wooden railing.
Mrs. Jack McQuiety, 63, died yesterday at her Shullsburg home after a long illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Centenary Methodist Church. Thompson funeral home to receive callers after 2 p.m. tomorrow. Eastern Star services Sunday night. Survived by daughters Mrs. Ann Smythe Benton and Mrs. Sarah Eaton Cedar Rapids Iowa and Mary at home. and son John of Chicago.
Mrs Lulu Stephenson aged 83 died yesterday at Freeport Memorial hospital where she had been a patient since July 21. She resided at Dader's nursing home. Services set for 2 pm tomorrow at Bartell funeral home with burial at Patimwood Cemetery. No immediate survivors.
USDA figures show slaughter steers mostly steady with various weight brackets quoted from 18.50 to 25.75 per cwt and mixed lots. Hogs show barrows and gilts steady to 25 lower with top last week at 19.85 and several runs around 18.5 to 18.65. Sheep report spring slaughter lambs mostly 50 higher with 21.00 to 21.50 for 85 to 100 lb packages.
Walter E. Bruni of Monroe is superintendent of a 140 mile canal and dam network for Golden Gate Estates near Naples Florida. He is the son of the late Elizabeth Bruni and lived in Freeport before moving to Naples in 1960.
Miss Margery Webb of Madison a former Monroe school teacher visits area friends. Richard Keller Charles Duke Phillips Jr and Gary Hoesly all of Monroe leave this morning on a trip through the western states. Mr and Mrs Donald Jenkins Bradenton Fla visit Bruce Blum home. Mrs Jenkins and Mrs classmates Mr and Mrs Edward J Young and Don St Louis Mo and Mr and Mrs H F Sperling Parkridge Ill have returned home after visiting Mrs Louis Buri and Mrs Everett Keel Monroe.
New York stocks posted gains for the week with the 60 stock average rising to 272.3 and the Dow up to 708.39. Volume climbed to 18,351,610 shares as traders awaited the SEC’s two year study on exchanges and the over the counter market. Parke Davis Brunswick Chrysler Continental Airlines and AVC led weekly activity with varied moves.
Albany special reports 44 year old Ray Edwards died of an apparent heart attack in Philadelphia. Services are at 2 p.m. Monday in Ardmore, Pa., with burial there. Edwards, brother of Albany resident Harry Edwards, was a native of Monticello and ran his own certified public accounting firm.
Funeral services for Bert Chapin 84 of Seattle who died Sunday in Port Edwards Wisconsin were conducted at 1 30 p m today at the Stuessy funeral home Monroe with Rev Harold A Allison of the Methodist church officiating Burial took place in the Blaisdel cemetery Wayne Township Pallbearers were his nephews Royal Bixby Edwin Chapin Wendell Chapin Clifford Jordan Dale Taft Rolland Thorpe Soloist Thomas Goetz sang Abide With Me and My God and I with Miss Nancy Chesebro at the piano
Tonight no games scheduled at Twining Park. Tomorrow the Midget League All Star Game at 7 p.m. Shrine KC program at Band Shell at 8 p.m. Monday Slowpitch features Hubers versus Joe's Private Club at 7 p.m. Heeren and Coplien play Martins at 8 p.m. Eagles No 1 face Helland and Heins at 9 p.m. Recreation Park hosts Water Carnival at 8 p.m. Oldtimer's meet Junior Legion Baseball. Monday Softball Brown town v Night Hawks at 7:45 p.m. Eagles v Treuthardts Rustlers at 9:15 p.m.
Mr and Mrs Ronnald Zuehlke Route 2 Brodhead welcomed their first child Kelli Ann at 2 18 am Thursday The mother is Sandra Swensen daughter of Mr and Mrs Ludell Swensen Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Leonard Swensen Rockford and Mrs Genevieve Stephenson Brodhead The father is the son of the late Mrs Gladys McKinney.
Howard Voegels, Brown Swiss breeder, judged junior Holstein classes at the Wisconsin Junior State Fair and returned home last night.
Misses vate lager and Laura Schroeder from Monroe high school were among 132 Wisconsin students who recently completed a two week journalism workshop at the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.
The Juda Little League season ends tomorrow with two Little League games and one Pee Wee game. The schedule lists games at 1 p.m. Pee Wee at 2 30 p.m. and the second Little League at 3 15 p.m.
The State Line Church Council will meet Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blobaum. The LCW will meet at the Earl Pinnow home Wednesday night.
Services for Miss Minnie Stevens aged 93 were held in Shullsburg at the Thompson funeral home. Stevens, lifelong resident of the area, died Thursday in Darlington hospital after a long illness.
Four 14 year olds from Belleville planned a two raft trip from Dayton to Albany along Sugar River. They halted at Attica due to shallow water and obstacles after leaving Dayton at 9 a.m. They built rafts from poles and boards and faced barbed wire fences and fallen trees before deciding the Albany journey would await another day.
A fish species Bryconamericus grosvenori inhabits the Urubamba River in Peru and is named in honor of Gilbert Grosvenor the chairman of the World Geographic Society.
Washington House Ways and Means Committee advances Kennedy tax ideas, trims the proposed revenue gap to about $1 billion. It would raise effective rates and tax cuts remain near Kennedy's plan, with adjustments to depletion in oil and limited changes on deductions and inheritance taxes.
Douglas Kenny visits Albany area as a frequent State Fair guest and rocketry lecturer. He speaks daily at the Wisconsin State Fair moon base exhibit and concludes talks with a small missile demonstration over his audience. Kenny, residing in Oconomowoc, has lectured science classes at Monroe High School during an extended program. He skates on the Sugar River and hails from New England.
John Gerald McGuire of Peoria Illinois has passed his professional engineer exam. He is a Purdue University 1956 graduate and has worked with Westinghouse Lemourneau Construction Co. in Peoria after five years of general engineering practice.
Six U S servicemen were rescued near Naples after their twin engine reconnaissance plane ditched in a thunderstorm. An intercoastal vessel found them in a life raft, then transferred to the U S destroyer Barton for transport to Naples. Initial reports listed 12 aboard, later corrected to six.
Madison Wisconsin will continue a $50 million outdoor resource program for another year despite the legislature not authorizing cigarette tax funds. Attorney General George Thompson said the program can proceed once the state Recreation Committee allocates the $6.4 million available through June 1964. Committee secretary Ralph Hovind indicated no delay is expected.
Edward H Haschke 59 brother of Rudolph Haschke county superintendent of schools died by gunshot. Service set 2 pm Monday at St Luke Evangelical Lutheran New Lisbon. Surviving include Louise Straight wife two sons three daughters seven brothers and three sisters with several in Milwaukee Browntown Kenosha and Route 1 New Lisbon.
A playful note reflects the idea that nothing is as logical as a Lost 4d when something is missing. The line hints at a puzzle mindset and a fondness for wordplay.
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