Weather Summary for August 13 1954 Northwest Tonight
Partly cloudy with local showers in the northwest tonight and Saturday. Not very cool tonight, warmer east Saturday. Low tonight 57 to 65, high Saturday 78 to 85. Winds 10 to 15 mph southerly this afternoon, light and variable tonight, 12 to 18 mph southerly Saturday. Record highs and lows noted. Jackson Mississippi tops 104 degrees, Cadillac Michigan 36 degrees. Sunrise 5 03, sunset 7 04.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Jackson
Miss
Cadillac
Mich
Real Estate Transfers in Brodhead Monroe and Adams areas
Real estate transfers include Suman Lunde and wife to Har land Rabe and wife for It 5 block 135 Brodhead. Christ A. Mueller estate to Eugene E. Webber and wife for part outlet 108 Assessor's Plat New Glarus. James Green and wife to Nicholas J. Hoffman for parts Its 158 159 Lybrand's Donation Monroe. Viola H. Schadt to Edward Zimmerman and wife for one acre see 13 Adams Township.
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Suman Lunde
Harland Rabe
City of Brodhead
Christ A. Mueller
Eugene E. Webber
New Glarus
James Green
Nicholas J. Hoffman
Lybrand
City of
Monroe
Viola H. Schadt
Edward Zimmerman
Adams Township
Local Court Dockets Case Summary
Justice L A Koenig handles disorders cases with Walter Zimmerman cited for disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. Zimmerman bound over to County Court on $125 bond with hearing August 16 at 2 pm. Procuring beer for a minor dropped. William L Schneider of Monroe faced drawn restitution and costs paid for a questionable check charge.
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L. A. Koenig
Walter Zimmerman
Sheriff's Department
William L. Schneider
Monroe
Deaths Marvin Betz and Vauseen and buholzer family note
Obituary brief noting the deaths of Marvin Betz and Vauseen, with a mention of Mr and Mrs Fred Buholzer of Monticello and the daughter born on August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Betz
Vauseen
Fred Buholzer
Monticello
St Clare Hospital Medical Dismissals and Staff List
Medical staff includes Peter Homb Darling ton Rev John Wreford South Wayne Charles Abele Janesville and Mrs Melvin Kittleson Blanchardville Surgical: John Weiler Argyle Leon Schober Brodhead Herman Burkhard 2223 8th Avenue Mrs Allen Jones Brodhead and Mrs George Barry 1717 County Lane Dismissals: Peter Francis Andrew Strommen Layman Bates Rev J W Zimmerman Mrs Ernest Lehmann and son Mrs Gerald Mayer and daughter Robert Floyd Mrs Bert Wells and Mrs Eldon Thompson
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Peter Homb
Darlington
John Wreford
South Wayne
Charles Abele
Janesville
Melvin Kittleson
Blanchardville
John Weiler
Argyle
Leon Schober
Brodhead
Herman Burkhard
8Th Avenue
Allen Jones
George Barry
County Lane
Peter Francis
Andrew Strommen
Layman Bates
J. W. Zimmerman
Ernest Lehmann
Gerald Mayer
Robert Floyd
Bert Wells
Eldon Thompson
Brooks Stock Company to Perform in Monroe Aug 21 27
The seven day Brooks Stock Co tent engagement opens in Monroe Saturday August 21 at the Marty Ripp used car lot. Opening play Toby the Loveable Fool leads a season including Caught in the Dragnet Slick from Buzzard Creek Tropical Love and others. Doors open 7:30 pm with shows at 8:30 pm. one free admission for a paying adult on opening night.
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Brooks Stock Co
Monroe
Toby
Sie Slick
Buzzard Creek
Texas
Mamies
Maude Tomlinson Brooks
Marty-Ripp
Mrs Hannah Weaver Dies in Denver in Funeral Details
Funeral services for Mrs Hannah Weaver of Denver were held at St Victor s church Huntley Tl She was the widow of Fred Weaver and an in law to Miss Inez Weaver and Mrs Ruth Latham of Woodstock Ill Known locally for years the report notes her prominence in the area.
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Hannah Weaver
Denver
Inez Weaver
Ruth Latham
Woodstock
Ill
St. Victor's Church
Huntley
Drye Daughter Born in Freeport Hospital
A daughter was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Drye at Deaconess hospital in Freeport. Mrs. Drye has been living with her mother Mrs. Grace Baxter while her husband serves at Camp Carson in Colorado. Grandparents are Mrs. Baxter and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Drye Winslow. Great grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bidlingmaier, Monroe, and Mrs. Minnie Drye, Winslow.
1954 Wisconsin State Fair Opens August 21
The 1954 Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee runs nine days starting August 21 with the theme Fairyland in Dairyland. Alice in Dairyland Miss Mary Ellen McCabe of Ladysmith will attend and remain on site. New features include a one mile auto racing track, enhanced livestock exhibits, underwater aqua show, magicians contest, a water light and music spectacular, and no admission charge for the aqua show. Green County contributes 31 head of 4H dairy stock plus other cattle and swine exhibits.
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Wisconsin
Sivan Owte Fair
Milwaukee
Dairyland
Alice In Dairyland
Alice
Mary Ellen McCabe
Ladysmith
Monroe
Green County
FBI Man's Killer Dies at Sing Sing
OSSINING N Y Gerhard A Puff once among the FBI 10 most wanted criminals was executed in the Sing Sing electric chair for the murder of FBI agent Joseph J Brock in a 1952 New York City gun battle. Reverend Kuether, the prison chaplain, attended as Puff said goodbye to U S Marshal Lunney. Puff, 40, had no visitors during the death house term. his wife Annie Laurie Puff, 19, was jailed and appeals failed.
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Ossining
N.Y
Gerhard A. Puff
FBI
Sing Sing
New York State
Fred D. Kuether
Puff
Whitefish Bay
Wis
U. S
Thomas J. Lunney
Joseph J. Brock
Congress Hotels
New York City
Kas
U. S. District Court
Annie Laurie Puff
Pretenders on TV from Monroe to Appear at 2:30 PM
Mrs. Joe E. Miller and Mrs. James Hendrickson, the Pretenders from Monroe, are set to appear on WKOW TV at 2:30 PM tomorrow. Pvt. Herbert Robert Dearth is due home tonight from an overseas leave after a Paris flight, with a possible stop in Chicago or Madison. A contract for paving 5,038 miles of Highway 11 between Monroe and Browntown was approved for $305,321 with Ryan Brothers Co. of Janesville by Gov. Kohler.
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Joe E. Miller
James Hendrickson
Monroe
Wkow-Tv
Ryan Brothers Co
Janesville
Browntown
Walter Kohler
U.S. Offers $1 Million in H-Bomb Damage Claims
Tokyo reports the U.S. government will pay one million dollars in damages to Japanese victims of H-bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. Chief claimants include 21 fishermen whose boats were dusted with radioactive ash.
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Tokyo
U. S
Bikini
Kyodo News Service
Personal Visitors And Travels Highlight Community Notes
Mrs. J. Roy Kundert Winslow spent today in the city, and Fred Wyssbrod from Martintown was a caller. Mrs. Harland Skattum Argyle also visited the city. Floyd Hummer South Wayne was a business caller yesterday. Mrs. Alice Johnson visited Mrs. Raymond Fetterhoff Footville, Sharon Durgin of Chicago visits her grandmother Kathryn Van Matre. Mrs. George L. Barrye and Mrs. John H. Bruni attended a Rock-Walworth Girl Scout camp meeting yesterday. County nurse Ruth Chase leaves tomorrow for Camp Rude Elgin Ill for vacation, will return Thursday. Mrs. Hercey Benfer and family Winslow with Alton Benfer and family to spend vacation in Northern Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Willard R. Tschanz Glenn View return home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. Francis Thorpe and Mrs. Emma Tschanz. Lt Col and Mrs Neelean Nelson and family New Carlisle Ohio return home after visiting Louis Nelson Argyle and John Hasler. Mrs. John R. Collins and family spent past week at Dr. L A Moore’s home. Joan Collins spent two weeks with her grandparents, Mrs. Emil Ritschard, Mrs. William Isely and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Waeffler, accompanied by Mrs. Charles Marty Monticello, left for Clay Center Kansas for Isely family reunion this weekend. they’ll return Tuesday.
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J. Roy Kundert
Winslow
Fred Wyssbrod
Martintown
Harland Skattum
Argyle
Floyd Hummer
South Wayne
Alice Johnson
Raymond Fetterhoff
Footville
Sharon Durgin
Chicago
Kathryn van Matre
George L. Barrye
John H. Bruni
Rock-Walworth
Ruth Chase
Rude
Elgin
Ill
Hercey Benfer
Alton Benfer
Fred Buehlers
Orangeville
John R. Collins
L.A. Moore
Collins
Joan
Emil Ritschard
William Isely
Ernest Waeffler
Charles Marty
Monticello
Clay Center
Kas
Isely
Community Night Opens for New EUB Church in Brodhead
Rev William L King of Juda preached at a community night sermon marking the dedication of the new Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren church in Brodhead. The event featured a piano organ duet by Miss Carolyn Pinnow and Mrs Eugene Clark, greetings from local clergy, and remarks by Dan Markham publisher. Youth night and a Sunday 2 30 pm dedication service were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
William L. King
Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church
Juda
Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church
New Eub Church
Carolyn Pinnow
Eugene Clark
Robert A. Boettcher
Carl T. Thompson
Fish tale as pike snags cow by tail in Wisconsin
In Indian Head Country near Chetek Wisconsin a northern pike reportedly grabbed a cow by the tail causing a near stampede. The incident arose when bystanders claimed the fish mistook the cow tail for a buck-tail lure.
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Wisconsin Indian Head
Red River
Chetek
Colombo Elects Red Mayor in Narrow Victory
Communist Dr. N. M. Perera wins Colombo mayoral race by one vote, giving the party control of local government along the coastal belt of southwestern Ceylon. The result marks a significant shift in the capital’s administration and regional influence.
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Colombo
Ceylon
N. M. Perera
New M-44 Packs Mobile Punch for Army Remedy
RACINE The Army introduces the M-44 self propelled 155 mm howitzer, a 32 ton light armored unit built by Massey Harris in Racine. Capable of 35 mph, it features interchangable parts across a family of six vehicles, a sliding power unit, and a two thirds reduction in recoil.
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Racine
Army
Massey- Harris Co
Korea
Harold C. Parsons
Detroit Arsenal
Parsons
Massey-Harris
Ordnance Department
Kohler rejects union offer in protracted strike
Herbert V. Kohler of Kohler Co. rejected Local 833 CIO United Auto Workers compromise for a new contract as talks resumed. The union seeks a 10 cent general wage rise and 5 cent boost for skilled workers, after an original demand of 20 cents plus 10 cents for skilled work. The strike, in its 19th week, has seen vandalism and violence accusations.
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Kohler
Sheboygan
Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kobler
No State Check On McCarthy Tax
Madison reports that Hervett D. Kuentz head of Wisconsin income tax said no current state audit on Senator McCarthy. He noted potential federal action in the past 18 months could trigger a state transcript and action. Wisconsin has levied three prior assessments including 1943 profits while in the Marines, 1947 business expense deductions, and 1949 unreported income with deductions disallowed.
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Madison
Hervett D. Kuentz
State Tax Department
Sen. McCarthy
Kuentz
McCarthy
Washington Evening Star
State Department
Wisconsin
Senators Wiley and McCarthy vote on anti Communist bill
Senators Wiley and McCarthy were among those voting as the Senate passed an 85 to 0 bill outlawing the Communist party. Earlier they supported a 57 to 31 vote defeating Magnuson’s proposal for a presidential commission to study Red infiltration of labor unions.
Factor Will Testify Denies Touhy Framed
Roger Touhy, back at Stateville Prison, says he was framed in the 1933 kidnapping of Factor. Factor offers to testify again against Touhy as the court action delays the release ruling and Touhy remains under appeal after more than two decades of incarceration.
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Roger
the Terrible
Touhy
Stateville Prison
John
Jake the Barber
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Brodhead Social News Notes From Grace Marsh
Mrs Grace Hartman and others from Brodhead Houston? Wait. The item lists residents Hartman families from Brodhead and nearby towns visiting Mrs Faith Hartman in Janesville. The note records multiple family visits, vacations, and travel from Bear Lake to Minneapolis Furniture Mart plus church group travel to Soldiers Field Chicago for the International Council of Churches Assembly.
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Grace Hartman
Belle Hartman
Brodhead
Margaret Hartman
Alamo
Tex
Emma Hartman
Rockford
Elizabeth Hartman
Durand
Faith Hartman
Janesville
LeRoy Scott
Phillips
Tony Bjork
Pinehurst
John Pierce Sr
Johnny
Bear Lake
J. B. Searles Sr
South Bend
Ind
J. C. Robertson
R. P. Robinson
Beloit
Soldiers Field
Chicago
International Council of Churches Assembly
Fugitive Killer Back in Custody
Baraboo murder suspect Jimmie Lee Roper, 40, is recaptured after a late night manhunt ending near the Han sen farm eight miles north of Baraboo. Deputies James Gavin Jr and Richard Meister and volunteer Earl Skinner detained him a few hundred yards from home. Roper faces first degree murder charges in the Feb 1953 fatal shooting of Gilbert Williams of Minneapolis.
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Baraboo
Jimmie Lee Roper
Sauk County Woods
James Gavin Jr
Richard Meister
Earl Skinner
Henry Hansen
Here
Hansens
Roper
Gilbert Williams
Minneapolis
James W. Gavin
Williams
Dist
Harlan Kelley
Stella Anderson
Hansen
Kelley
Frances
County Welfare Department
Air Force Plans Radar Fence Off Atlantic Coast
The Air Force will spend over a million dollars per radar tower for a chain of offshore towers from Newfoundland to Norfolk to detect enemy bombers. Known as Texas Towers, these tall posts resemble oil rigs and aim to provide early warning by extending radar coverage beyond the shoreline. Overall cost cited by Engineering News Record ranges from 15 to 20 million dollars.
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Weams Nerve
Air Force
Atlantic
Coa
Newfoundland
Norfolk
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Engineering News Record
McGraw-Hill
New York
Manitowoc to Build New Vessel for Great Lakes
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc will launch a 606 foot sister ship to the John J. Boland for the American Steamship Co of Buffalo. The Detroit Edison will christen by Mrs. Cistler, wife of the Detroit firm’s president. Capacity 16 500 tons coal or 20 000 tons stone. Service begins with navigation in 1955.
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Manitowoc Company
Manitowoc
Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc
American Steamship Co
Buffalo
N. Y
John J. Boland
Great Lakes
Hipyard
Detroit-Edison
Misker Cisler, Wie
Detroit
Navigation
Orangeville By Mrs. Glen EB. Bolender
Mrs Gilbert Abraham visited her mother Mrs Ed Stauffacher in Monroe Thursday.
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Orangeville
Glen EB. Bolender
Gilbert Abraham
Monroe
Ed Stauffacher
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M-44
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Baumgartner’s Grove
Franz Brand
Richard Nixon
Washington, D. C
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Brand
Washington
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Wiley
Senate
Factor
Miss Grace Marsh
Enorme
Cerra
Glenn Ann Ford - Sheridan
Honduras
Inchary Scott
GOETZ
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Arthur Hunnicutt
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the Saints
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Charen
Ann Blyth
Edmund Purdom
Mao Lanza
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D.C. Chiropractor
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