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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1949
Page
2
Emery A Odell as president founded the paper October 15 with ties to the Associated Press Inland Daily Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation. Subscription rates listed by carrier and mail with office hours 8:30 am to 5:90 pm and a telephone number.
The piece urges local youths to abandon Angle recreation center for a long range push to create an all age community building. It notes current facilities costing about 2000 dollars in rent and stresses a community effort including possible fund raising and youth leadership while acknowledging uncertainty about scope and timeline. It praises existing parks, facilities and a full time recreation director. It concludes with hope youths prove capable of solving problems and ends with the value of home life as best recreation.
Editorial questions the White House response to corruption probes and court of public opinion. It urges rebuilding and preservation efforts at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue while noting potential hidden issues beneath the surface.
The Orangeville board of education approved a rule requiring students who drive motor vehicles to park at the school all day. Cars must remain parked until dismissal unless special permission is granted by the superintendent.
Green county livestock entries at the state fair are listed with August 17 1939 noted. Fred Galli of Sun Prairie appointed state foreign type cheese grader. County Agent Ray L. Paviak announces plans by Green county farmers to fatten sheep as a dairy sideline. LeRoy Schultz and Lou W. Barnes Jr introduce new sports unicycling. Tension rises as German attitude toward Poland grows, signaling potential action over Danzig Free City.
Secretary of Labor Tobin forecast a rise of about one million jobs by year end and a drop in unemployment as the employment situation improves. He told President Truman and reporters that payrolls should increase in six months, aided by rising orders and returning students, while steel and coal strike chances were hoped to be averted.
Dewitt MacKenzie argues Western Germany's 402 seat parliament marks a rebirth after defeat with a move toward a conservative coalition and free enterprise over socialism. He notes eastern exclusion, potential council of Europe unity, and Britain's wary stance while optimism grows for a democratic Germany and an eventual Marshall Plan role.
Mrs. Sophia Frey 78 of Clark Summit Penn died Aug 9 from a heart attack a little over a year after her husband Joseph. A former Monroe resident she moved east 25 years ago. Survived by daughter Martha Crayner and son Anthony Clark Summit three brothers Edward Leibly Rice Lake Charles and Joseph Seattle and one granddaughter Anna Marie Crayner.
Agricultural teachers from Dane Jefferson Rock and Green counties and their families gathered at a recreation park for a picnic. The outing included tours of several Green County cheese factories with games and swimming. Robert E. Davenport of Monroe High School led local arrangements. More than 30 attendees and families participated.
Wayne Penniston has returned to the naval air station in the Panama Canal Zone after a 30 day leave at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Howard Penniston. This is Wayne's fifth year in the service and he served 18 months in the Pacific during World War II.
Burglars entered Stauffacher's tavern in Brown Town by forcing the front door Sunday night. Nothing was removed. Sheriff’s department notified yesterday afternoon.
Juda Times reports no church services will be held at Juda Baptist Church for the remainder of August. Sunday school will proceed as usual.
George Sherman, president of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, won a major victory as delegates at the WSFL convention defeated 319 to 105 a proposal to curb endorsements by officers. The defeated measure would have barred WSFL officers or employees from endorsing candidates publicly unless backed by a prior convention endorsement from a combined political group in which the WSFL participates. Milwaukee delegate Harry Borshaw cited past endorsements by the WSFL president and the Citizens' Nonpartisan Conference on Political Education.
Raynard Hix of Whitwell Tennessee has given birth to her fourth child in less than a year, with the stork making two trips producing twins each time. A boy and a girl, both reported doing fine, were born Sunday, following an earlier boy and girl born September 10, 1948. The Hix family also has two other children, ages two and four.
George Clarence O'Keefe a 25 year old from Wilson Wisconsin drowned yesterday in Poplar creek near Legion park recreational areas. He apparently struck his head on an underwater rock after a dive. O Keefe a former merchant seaman had been working on a farm nearby for two weeks.
Ingbert Larson aged 50 died after falling from a hay load on his Rio area farm yesterday. Authorities described the accident as a fatal farm mishap and said the body was found at the scene with no immediate signs of foul play.
The New York Times reports a rare African plant, Strophanthus sarmentosus, could supply Cortisone for arthritis and rheumatic fever treatment. The plant yields seeds with chemicals essential to cortisone, potentially replacing ox bile as the raw material. The dispatch notes the plant’s growth to 80 feet and its promise for unlimited supply and disease prevention.
A T DeHaven aged 84 of Dakota Illinois died at 9 30 p m Monday in Deaconess hospital Freeport after a brief illness Funeral services set for Dakota tomorrow 1 30 p m Myers funeral home and 1 45 p m at the Methodist church Rev Robert Stabenow officiating Burial in Oakland cemetery Born March 4 1865 in Clarno township He was twice married first to Anna Schwartz who died in 1909 and then to Susan Fener of Orangeville Survived by his widow three sons Theodore Fremont and Jerome all of Dakota and seven grandchildren Preceded in death by a daughter three brothers and four sisters
Mary B. Ervin of the WCTU told the executive committee that women alcoholics in the United States reached 800000, rising 120000 annually. Milwaukee group heads school matters as Joseph F. Walsh is reelected Wisconsin Rural Schools association president with new officers named.
Atlanta police charged 28 year old Hugh Gravitt with murder after he struck and fatally injured author Margaret Mitchell on Peachtree Street. Mitchell died in Grady Memorial Hospital five days later during emergency surgery. Gravitt had prior traffic violations and was off duty when the crash occurred.
Sealed bids for transporting U S mail between the Milwaukee road depot and Monroe post office must be delivered to Postmaster John J. Burkhard by 2 p m Monday Aug 29 with only the bidder name and address on the outside of the envelope. The Waupun Drag Lines owner, a current star-route carrier in Monroe, has resigned effective Oct 1. A proposed star-route rearrangement could prevent Waupun from supplying a man for the train job, as two round trips to the depot daily are required under the present setup except Sundays.
Fred Cull aged 45 a veteran Wisconsin Public Service Corp employee of 17 years was electrocuted yesterday while connecting a transformer at Lake Nokomis. He is survived by his widow one son and two daughters.
Clifford Kamplin 25 of Blue Mounds was killed and his wife injured when their car left a county trunk road three miles west of Black Earth and overturned at 1:30 AM Sunday. Survived by widow Evelyn Henstock Kamplin of Ridgeway and two daughters, Bonnice and Barbara, plus his father, sisters Irene Kamp lin and Mrs John Anderson, and brothers Olin, Ralph, and Harold Kamplin. Funeral services were held at Barneveld Lutheran Church with burial in Blue Mounds Cemetery.
A collision at a railroad crossing near Ogallala Nebraska killed six members of the Jiminez family. The deceased include Ascension Jiminez a well to do farmer his wife two daughters and two grandsons. Another daughter was taken to a hospital with critical injuries and expected to live.
Chicago reports a consolidated stock exchange will take effect Sept 15 after midwestern exchanges agree to merge. Corporations listed on Cleveland, St Louis, Minneapolis St Paul, Cincinnati, and Chicago have 60 days to list on the new exchange. Members may buy memberships at 2500 a share within the same period. An operational date will be set near the end of the 60 days.
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