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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
8
The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions tonight with frost in the extreme north and Lake Superior away from the lake. Friday will be fair and quite cool with low temperatures ranging from 38 to 45 in the north and 47 to 54 in the south, and a high of 70 to 76 away from Lake Michigan.
Theodore L. Altmann and wife transfer part of outlet 106 in section 35 Monroe to Anton Neiderberger and wife. Property lies within the city of Monroe.
Mary Lou Davis of Spring Grove and Paul Wilson Nowatzki of Monroe have been issued marriage licenses. The ceremony details remain unlisted.
Mr and Mrs Max Hillary of 1113 16th avenue welcome a daughter on August 17. Mr and Mrs Godfrey Nussbaum of Brodhead announce a son born August 17. Mr and Mrs Donald McGuire of Browntown report a daughter born August 1.
Medical notes list residents in Beloit Monroe and nearby towns including Harry Cerney Edward L Dreier Mrs Frank Wehinger Clinton Mrs PC Hunt 2545 South Street Mrs Michael Grandeffo South Beloit. Accident entry names Mrs Fred Buehler Orangeville Surgical section lists Mrs Clarence Leaver Brodhead William C Hackbarth Janesville Leland L Robinson Beloit Mrs Glen White Beloit Herman R Selck Footville Miles L Bruemmer Beloit Dismissals list extensive names including Myrto Saalsan Mrs Werner Burke Earl Alm Oscar Erickson and others from Beloit and surrounding areas.
The Ringling Brothers circus performs in Freeport with two scheduled shows. The traveling show once drew 16,000 in Monroethen, a city of 4,000, in 1899. Since then it favors larger cities and better rail connections. ticket prices rose from 50 cents in 188 to over 3 dollars for reserved seats.
Ernest R. Kundert of 1615 2214 Avenue was to depart Madison today for observation and treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota.
Exterior painting work nears completion on two new buildings of the North Side cheese factory and Monroe Dairy Co. An open house is planned toward month end. HAS WRIST CUT Mrs. Fred Buehler of Orangeville required several stitches for a right wrist wound after a broken milk bottle accident. She was treated at St. Clare hospital and sent home.
Mrs R J Douglas of Spring Grove and Mrs Milo K Swanton of Madison joined a Farm Bureau joint committee on education for a meeting at Elkhorn to plan an educational needs survey in the counties with results to be sent to the state department of education. Attending with guests were Mrs Emma S Olson of Monroe and Mrs F R Probst of Browntown. A luncheon followed. Mrs Douglas, a delegate to the Country Women’s council, will attend the Copenhagen meeting September 9 to 23 and will visit U N Headquarters at Lake Success before sailing August 23 for Denmark.
Local notes describe a 35 inch circumference cabbage weighing 11 pounds and a 15 pound great horned owl trapped by a farmer. Frank Flannery and neighbors pick 84 quarts of wild blackberries daily on Browntown route 1. A state conservation warden patrolling Pecatonica river was fined half his berry take in a rare turnabout.
Edward M Stauffacher 76 died Monday evening at St Clare hospital. Funeral services were conducted at Immanuel Church with Rev Howard L Orians officiating and burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements were by Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home. Six nephews served as pallbearers: Herbert Victor Otto Jr Walter Stauffacher Walter Ellis and Roy Gempeler. In Monticello Mrs John Marty funeral services were held at Zwingli Church with six Marty nephews as pallbearers.
Harry Schneider, 19, of Rockford drowned yesterday while swimming in Lake Arbutus. His companion Dick Wallace of Neillsville said he attempted to help Schneider to shore but could not save him.
Langlade County Sheriff Ray Feller said he and city police confiscated 17 slot machines found in an employee railroad car of the Dailey Bros. circus during a search.
Numerous short notices list residents and visitors in Monroe area communities. Mrs Roland Lehman and others attend calls, vacations, and social events. outings include lake trips, church evangelism, bridal pre nuptial events, and a Chicago trade fair.
Members of the Dutch Hollow 4-H club attended a garden demonstration by Shirley Geigel at Dutch Hollow School on Monday evening. The health float, which placed fifth in the Monticello homecoming parade, was discussed alongside Camp Day and the upcoming softball tournament. Coach Lester A. Witt and captain Paul Witt were noted, with refreshments provided by Mary and Joseph Dunlavey.
Mrs. Clara E. Sissons of New Glarus was not, as earlier reported, a sister of the late Mrs. Nellie Dye whom she served as practical nurse before Mrs. Dye’s death Sunday.
Cheese Day Inc directors approved parade and decoration plans for Sept 9. Costs for decorations projected near 500 dollars. 22 to 24 old time cheese makers expected in the parade. Temple camels from Madison will provide free rides at Recreation Park 10 a.m. to noon with Shrine assistance. Numerous local breeders and animals were listed as participants or supporters for the event.
Swiss Colony Inn plans a Friday night opening with Swiss costumes and nearly continuous music by the Fraunfelder family and Louis Bashell's Milwaukee polka band. Volunteers and staff include Forrest Kubly and Alvin Kubly, Miss Mary Ellen Burk, Mrs. John Figi, and Ralph Schaad, with transport of state fair entries supervised by Lester Van Loon. Exhibitors listed include Roger Stauffacher, Donald Timm, Richard Briggs, and Loraine Zimmerli.
A veteran recalls captors stripping soldiers and binding hands with wire near Waegwan after an attack. He describes being shot at in a ravine by 14 red soldiers while another nearby guard was killed. The retelling includes a chilling escape with a comrade’s body saving him. Jolly Juniors host recreation park event with a roast and talent plans.
Tear gas fumes forced several hundred bathers from Bradford Beach on Lake Michigan today. Police conceded responsibility saying the Milwau kee Gun Club launched the gas while rookie officers were being instructed in tear gas bombs and guns.
S J Groves and Son of Minneapolis plan to start earth moving on the highway 69 relocation between Monroe and Monticello. An engineer said work would proceed at three points including the Abels Brunkow area as the middle section with bids totaling 167 395 for 4 441 miles of relocation.
Milwaukee officials report an amusement park ride incident at the state fair park where an operator named Stan was thrown from a whip ride and killed during the event last night.
Ley Kostecko, 38, operates the loop-o-plane over the rice area adjoining the whip. The note lists his age and occupation.
A Kenosha man riding along highway 14 near Evansville left the road the vehicle overturned and burst into flames. Joseph E. Shaffren of Chicago pulled the driver Ellis Phillips of Madison witnessed the crash. Shaffren’s injuries were described as not serious.
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