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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
6
General forecast shows fair conditions and pleasant humidity levels tonight and Saturday. Yesterday’s high reached 86 and the low today is 79 with 0.31 inches of precip since yesterday. The warmest place in the U S was Arizona at 101. Sunrise at 7:07 and sunset soon after.
Real Estate transfers involve School District No. 1 Mt Pleasant township known as Black Hawk school district conveying a % acre tract in section 12 Mt Pleasant township to Jacob Trumpy.
Louis Pfund of 1761 13th Street found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He is fined $60 plus costs.
Ir, s c L Chambers aged 84 of 1402 9th Street. Fred C Ingold 70 of 1021 24th. Mrs Axel Hanson 71 from the town of Adams. Miss Rose McDonald 85 of Warren.
Mr and Mrs Fred W Goete Juda announce the birth of a son on August 12.
St. Clare Hospital Surgical lists Charlotte Mae Peterson, Joseph Jones, Fredrick McCool. Darlington and Browntown residents noted. Accidents include Thomas Dwight Newcomer of Brodhead. Dismissals include Mrs. Jesse Coulthard, Charlotte Hoesly, Paul Rufenacht, Mrs. George Keller and son, Mrs. Edward Robinson and daughter, Lolly Bittner, Robert Hauser, Harlow Ostby, Elizabeth Zueger and Mrs. Donald Ruef.
Monroe VFW members and auxiliary from Monroe will attend the first district meeting in Elk Horn to honor V-J Day. The program begins at 2 p.m with auxiliary meetings at the Baptist church and VFW at the Memorial building. A cornerstone dedication at 4 p.m precedes baton twirling, a 5 p.m dinner, 7 p.m post colors parade, 8 p.m unit competition, and a street dance at 11 p.m.
The county court goes into recess from tomorrow noon until after Labor Day while Judge Harold J. Lamboley is on vacation. The judge and Mrs. Lamboley depart by train tomorrow evening for a western trip. Lamboley is a Wisconsin delegate to the Knights of Columbus convention in Portland, Oregon, and will visit relatives in Alturas, California, and travel to San Francisco on return.
The Monroe Recreation Department hosts the first annual swim party for ninety graders and older at the recreation pool from 8 to 10 PM. Features include a new twist in bathing beauty contests with men competing, clown diving, games and prizes, a Hollywood celebrity feature, moonlight swimming, and a youth council dance to close the evening.
Schaar faces a second charge of indecent liberties with a 13 year old boy after a Morals warrant. He previously faced a charge involving a girl, was sentenced in 1987 in Green County, and served time at Waupun. After release he returned locally, worked in Clarno township, and moved toward Lake Geneva area where F Earl Lamboey was appointed by the county court as his attorney.
Mrs. David C Cunningham reports an oval ruby ring lost on 17th avenue and advertised for its return. She later received two calls. one from an unknown finder of a diamond ring from a fair and another from Mrs. Arthur R Keel whose husband found a different ring. Sheriff Sollivan notes a giant postcard from Monroe visitors in Cheyenne, sent by L E Bothell and Ray Love lace.
Brodhead teen Dwight Newcomer 14 son of Mr and Mrs Dwight Newcomer was injured yesterday when his bicycle struck an unlighted gravel pile on a Brodhead street. He was taken to St. Clare Hospital at 10 30 p m with cerebral concussion shock lacerations of the nose and multiple facial abrasions.
Local social notes record movements of residents and visitors across Wisconsin towns. Juda Lawswennnerr was in town on business, Lenwood Monte and Mr Mrs Virgil Bieger spent yesterday in Blanchardville, and Miss Jeanette Schupbacn joined her sister in Madison for the weekend.
Milwaukee hosts the Wisconsin department American Legion convention with about 10,000 attendees. The 40 et 8 Legion fun and honor society staged a parade and French train replicas roamed the streets. Mrs. Herman Stein of Milwaukee was elected chapeau of the 40 et 8 auxiliary, with officers Christine Du Pont, Mae Gardner, and Magdalen named to key posts.
Mrs. George Schneider died Wednesday at home 2218 15th street. Funeral from Shriner Neushwander to St John Evangelical and Reformed Church at 10, rites at 2. Rev. Paul C. Kehle officiated, burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers: Harold Leitenberger, Lloyd Leitenberger, Frank Leitenberger, George Leitenberger, John Wagner, Arthur Wagner Jr. Wife of city water department superintendent and plumbing inspector.
The Methodist young adult picnic was held at the church last evening after some members enjoyed swimming before the rain. Later Rev. Ralph K. Kofoed led a discussion of the new organ after the group dried out and ate.
Axel Hanson widow Louise Wilhelmina Olson dies at 71 after months of heart illness at her Adams township home near Blanchardville. Born in Olso Norway April 28 1878 she came to America in 1908 with her husband. Survived by four sons and six daughters, 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. funeral at Adams Lutheran Church with Rev A P Anderson officiating.
Margaret Mitchell, 43, author of Gone With the Wind, was hit by a speeding car and dragged 15 feet as she and her husband drove to a neighborhood theater. Police charged 28 year old Hugh D Gravett with drunken driving speeding and driving on the wrong side of the street.
John S. Pratt, special U S assistant attorney general, said Harold Christoffel of Milwaukee will be retried in federal district court on perjury charges for lying under oath. Christoffel was convicted in 1948 and sentenced to 2 to 6 years for denying under oath he was a communist. the Supreme Court reversed the conviction last June.
Mrs Dorothy Mayer departed Monroe with her sister Mrs Charles Kohli and family after several weeks. Kohli’s daughter Mrs Thomas Menees and Timothy join in Nashville while the Kohlis return home.
Dr Lyons said after interviews there was no mechanical failure or tire blowout. He attributed the wreck to the driver failing to clear a bridge abutment, subject to further investigation. The coroner urged a grand jury probe into the bus crash that killed 16.
Miss Rose McDonald 85 died Wednesday morning at her Warren home. Funeral services were held at 2 PM at Graham funeral home with Rev. H G Beldin officiating. Burial followed in Elmwood cemetery. Born Thompson township, daughter of James and Mrs McDonald there are no immediate survivors.
A picnic supper in St. Joe church parlors last evening honored Rev l and Mrs Theodore P Crusius of Claysburg Pa who are visiting her parents Rev and Mrs P C Kehle. About 20 friends and neighbors attended.
A Northeast airliner crash last night at Portland municipal airport left 27 passengers escaping safely. Stewardess Patricia Donnellan, 23, directed evacuees from a rear door just before flames engulfed the Convair. Pilot Capt. Roderick Cote, 40, reported engines reversed and gear collapsed as sparks flew.
Omar Nelson Bradley, 56, the G I s general, was named permanent chairman of the joint chiefs of staff by President Truman. The army chief of staff will head the new post without command authority or a vote, but gains vast prestige among the armed services.
The Illinois State Fair began a ten day schedule in Springfield with events stretching into nearby state fairs. Wisconsin hosts its fair August 20 to 28 in Milwaukee, followed by Iowa in Des Moines August 26 to September 1, and Minnesota in St Paul August 27 to September 5.
The Cedarville centennial program and the annual Old Settlers reunion start at 1 30 tomorrow afternoon with Weather Meys, president of the Old Settlers association, in charge of the meeting.
Testimony before the committee links Vaughan to pressuring for a Tanforan California race track permit after a White House call. Albert J. Gross testifies about shipping a home freezer unit to Vaughan via the Verley Co. Officials cut him off before naming others. Mundt notes possible gifts and a recipient’s thank you letter.
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