Monroe Woman Dies of Bulbar Polio in St. Clare
Mrs. Everett G. Johnston 59 of 1323 15th Avenue Monroe died from bulbar polio at St. Clare hospital after being placed in an iron lung. She had been ill about a week and hospitalized yesterday. She leaves daughter Ruth Ann Barajas of Toledo and three grandchildren. Private services will be held at Shriner-Neushwander funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Everett G
Marjorie) Johnston
15Th Avenue
Johnston
Mark Schwartz
Glen A. Schwartz
16Th Avenue
John E
Barbara
George Behar
Marjorie Jackson
Samuel R
Cordelia Johnson Jackson
Everett G. Johnston
Joseph W. Jackson
Madison
Anna Jackson
Methodist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Shriner-Neushwander
Glen H. Ridnour
First Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Erling Johnson Seeks Democratic Nomination for Congress
Kenosha patent engineer Erling Johnson spent hours in Monroe meeting county Democratic Party officials. He plans to announce his candidacy for the First District seat at a Sept. 13 rally with speaker William Proxmire, a two time gubernatorial candidate.
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Erling Johnson
Kenosha
Monroe
Johnson
William Proxmire
Cheese Day Weekend Retail Hours Proposed by Chamber
Monroe Retail Committee of the Chamber of Commerce proposes special hours for Cheese Day weekend Friday Sept 9 and Saturday Sept 10. Stores would stay open Friday night until 10, with noon Saturday closing except for food outlets drugstores and refreshments. Banks would operate Friday 7 to 9 p m. A planning meeting Tuesday at 8 p m at Swiss Wheel restaurant will outline statewide Cheese Week promotion plans by the Department of Agriculture and American Dairy Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Robert E. Tschudy
Green County
Tschudy
State Department of Agriculture
American Dairy Association
Nurses Aid Trainees To Graduate Tonight
Eighteen members of the nurses aid trainees will receive their caps in graduation exercises in St. Clare hospital tonight. Mrs. B. C. Briggs will confer the caps on the trainees who have completed 14 two hour lessons in general bedside care. Recipients include Shirley Abbot Rachel Alm Ruth Bittorf LaVonne Schulz Car ol Selmow Jean Griffith Dianna Licary Ruth Ann Priewe Wini fred Terpstra Theresa Burns and Frieda Bernet Marion Hanson Alice Krebs Kathleen Larson Florence Marty Frances Eschberger Hester Schwartz Mae Share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clare Hospital
B. C. Briggs
Shirley Abbot
Rachel Alm
Ruth Bittorf
LaVonne Schulz
Carol Selmow
Jean Griffith
Dianna Licary
Ruth Ann Priewe
Winifred Terpstra
Theresa Burns
Mmes
Frieda Bernet
Marion Hanson
Alice Krebs
Kathleen Larson
Florence Marty
Frances Eschberger
Hester Schwartz
Mae Share
Fire Department To Elect Chief At Aug 30 Meet
Monroe city council approved an ordinance raising fire department pay and establishing a three year chief and two assistants term with staggered first terms. The department will elect a chief and officers Aug 30 and authorize a water fight during Cheese Day events Sept 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Monroe
Josef J. Benkert
H. L
Bert) Sickinger
Wendell Bader
Warren
14Th Avenue
Council
Evening Times
J. H. Schwaiger
Milwaukee
13Th Avenue
12Th
14Th Streets
Grossen
21St Avenue
Average Milk Price In May For Swiss Factories
The May milk price paid to Swiss factories averaged 2.68 per hundredweight with a butterfat test of 3.28. This followed April at 2.59 and May 1954 at 2.80 with butterfat 3.30. Factory prices held from April with State brand 35 Grade B 33 Grade C 30 grinders 28. May prices listed as 37 35 32 27.
Brooks returns to Monroe with 44th stock show
Mrs. Maude Tomlinson Brooks heads a touring stock show in Monroe for the 44th year, recalling early days with the Gifford-Herring Co. The company performs under the tent nightly through Sept. 5, then regroup in Sabula Iowa and travel through Illinois and Wisconsin before moving to Argyle.
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Monroe
Turner Hall
Brooks
Winters
Sarasota
Fla
Iowa
Sabula
Illinois
Wisconsin
Argyle
Maude
Mt. Carroll
Ill
Savannah
Lyceum
Swiss District Makers Lead at State Fair Cheese Awards
Walter Schild of Health Valley factory won the Governor's Sweepstake prize for Swiss cheese with a 98.00 score. Alfred Lehnherr Jr. of New Glarus took top honors in Muenster and brick with 97.83, while Albert H. Deppeler at Chalet led in limburger with 95.83. Other Swiss winners included Minder, Willi, Gammeter, Ewing, Senatsch, Rufer Jr., Hollenstein, Leuenberger, Jegerlehner, Klarer, Willborn, and Motz among many. Ronald E. Johnson won American cheese sweepstake with 98.00, plus 97.83 in Class 2. Additional placers and division leaders were named for Gorgonzola, Bleu, Romano, and Fon tina varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juda
Glarus
Limburger
Walter Schild
Health Valley
Schild
Muenster
Brick
Alfred Lehnherr Jr
New Glarus
Albert H. Deppeler
Chalet Factory
Fred Minder
Monticello
Leo Willi
Donald R. Gammeter
Blue Mounds
Richard E. Ewing
Blanchardville
William Senatsch
Monroe
Emil Rufer Jr
Brodhead
George Hollenstein
Darlington
Werner Zimmerman
Warren, Ill
Hans Leuenberger
Walter Jegerlehner
John A. Klarer
Barneveld
Lester Willborn
Joseph Motz
Route 1
G. Fred Galli
E. O. Lee
Glenn W. Erbe
Lehnherr
Deppeler
Werner Thueler
Ronald E. Johnson
Sterling
Herman Wilbourn
Henry J. Loehr
Mt. Calvary
Clyde L. Johnson
Seneca
Louis M. Pederson
Shullsburg
Anton Pederson
Joel Ekleberry
William Ko
Wisconsin Eyes Site for State School for Boys
Madison selects a 480 acre site in Kettle Moraine Forest Sheboygan County for the six million dollar State School for Boys. The location, chosen by a six member Legislature committee, can house about 600 inmates aged 12 to 20. Construction starts immediately after a 20 minute decision following a 10 hour bus tour of proposed sites.
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Madison
Wisconsin State School For Boys
Waukesha
Kettle Moraine Forest
Sheboygan County
Walter Kohler
State Department of Welfare
Eagle
Waukesha County
Kewaskum
Mitchell
Conservation Department
Welfare Department
Fond du Lac
Plymouth
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Actor Hall Admits Former Red Troup Names Six Members
New York actor George Hall testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that he was a card carrying Communist and named six actors he said were in the Midtown branch. He said he was active about nine months. Randolph and Sarah Cunningham invoked the Fifth Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Hall
Communist Party
Midtown
Hall
House un-American Activities Committee
John Randolph
Randolph
Sarah Cunningham
Alan Manson
Joshua Shelley
George Keane
Kean
Betty Winkler
Miss Cunningham
Winkler
Collision Kills Three in Family
Three members of the Monroe County Pierce family died when their auto rear ended a semi on US 12 about a mile north of Tomah. William and Mrs. Pierce and Marjorie Pierce were killed. Marion Pierce was hospitalized in critical condition at Tomah Memorial Hospital. The truck driver Bill Meyer reported signaling a left turn.
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Tomah
Monroe County
Ree
Ore
William Pierce
Pierce
Marjorie
Marion Pierce
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Eee City
Gustave Landman
Bill Meyer
Route 3
Tomah,s
Meyer
Glauser Seeks Names of Oldtime Cheesemakers
Fred Glauser of 1012 19th Avenue requests names and addresses of cheese makers who worked in 1915 or earlier for the 1955 Green County Cheese Day program. As committee chairman he has sent 31 invitations and fears others may be overlooked. Residents are urged to write with recalled cheesemakers' details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Glauser
19Th Avenue
Glauser
Green County
Julius Bolliger Succumbs at 52 in Skokie Ill
Julius Bolliger fifty two a Monroe native died suddenly in his Skokie home after a nap He worked as a factory service manager yesterday and did not appear ill He is survived by his wife two children William and Donna and his parents Joachim and Albertina Bolliger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Bolliger
Monroe
Skokie
Ill
H. G. Leuenberger
Mary
Mr. Bolliger
Joachim and
Albertina Goecks Bolliger
Frieda
William
Donna
Diane Pounds North Carolina as Hurricane Diane Moves Inland
Hurricane Diane lashes the Carolina coast with 100 mile per hour winds and high tides before moving inland to Wilmington. South Carolina beaches incur minor damage while North Carolina faces stronger impact and officials warn of continuing winds and heavy rain. National Guard patrols beaches to prevent looting as refugee centers open and preparations continue.
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Wilmington
N. C
Diane
North Carolina
South Carolina
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Connie
Hazel
New York
Carolinas
Canada
Grand Strand
National Guard
George Bell Timmerman Jr
Lad and Granddad To Try Fishing Luck In Mountain Streams
President Eisenhower and his 7 year old grandson David prepare for a mountain fishing trip high in the Rockies. The duo traveled from Denver to their mountain cottage near Estes Park and planned to stay through Sunday before returning to Washington area.
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Lad
Fraser
Colo
Eisenhower
David
Rocky Mountains
Denver
White House
Continental Divide
Estes Park
Aksel Nielsen
John S. Doud
Ft. Belvoir
Washington
John White 52 Dies in Home After Heart Attack
John M. White aged 52 of 2567 9th street died unexpectedly at 4 30 a m today in his home following a heart attack. He was an auto salesman for Monroe Sales Co and formerly with Marty Ripp Chevrolet. A Fayette Township native born Nov 3 1902 he was a son of Wesley and Edna White. He is survived by his wife Freda Leiser two sons Robert Manchester Indiana and John at home a daughter Jane and two sisters Mrs Victor Small Waunakee and Mrs Ray Dix Janesville. Services Friday at 2 p m at St nessy funeral home with Rev Paul C Kehle of St Johns officiating burial Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M
Jack) White
9Th Street
Mr. White
Monroe Sales Co
Marty- Ripp Chevrolet Inc
Fayette Township
Lafayette County
Wesley
Edna McGranahan White
Fayette
Freda Leiser
St. John’s Church
White
William S. McGranahan
Argyle
Robert
Manchester
John
Jane
Victor Small
Waunakee
Ray Dix
Janesville
Stnessy
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s
Greenwood Cemetery
State Swiss Demand Fair on Top Grades
Madison Wisconsin American cheese market reports a barely steady demand for top Swiss grades with light to fair buyer interest. Prices for state brand 37 to 39 cents, Grade B 35 14 to 37, Grade C 32 to 34, with ample offerings and Longhorns in light supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Comptroller Rules USDA Cheese Payments Unauthorized
The Comptroller General ruled the Agriculture Department paid about two million dollars to private cheese distributors in 1954 under unauthorized and improper terms. Kraft Foods Co and Borden Co received the largest sums, with about 90 million pounds of cheese involved. The finding urged Secretary Benson to recover the illegally paid funds and noted the unusual purchase-resale scheme used to keep cheese in consumer channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller General
Agriculture Department
Fountain
D-Nc
House
Benson
Kraft, Borden
Kraft Foods Co
Borden Co
C. J. Berst and Co
Portage
Wis
National Biscuit Co
A. and P Stores
Superior Cheese Co
Safeway
H. J. Heinz
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Joseph Campbell
Campbell
Stock Prices Slide but Strength Within Markets Shines
New York reports a mid afternoon market sag with pockets of strength across sectors. Coppers and railroads rose while steels held steady and aircrafts, railroads, and radios showed mixed or slight gains amid overall declines in utilities and oils.
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New York
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Times
Mrs. Johnston
Congress
Mrs. Brooks
Sheboygan Area
Red Troup
Cherry Hills Country Club
Colorado
Hurricane
John White
Usda Move
Berson
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