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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1963
Page
6
Daily Record reports fair and cool tonight with a Sunday forecast of pleasantly cool conditions. Highs reach 68 to 75, lows 45 to 53. Precipitation since yesterday at 1 p.m. measures 0.19 inches. Temperature extremes include 83 high and 52 low since yesterday, and 74/55 year-to-date.
Fort Tur Fort Tur Marie Chapman of 1334 22nd Street failed to register a vehicle and forfeited $10. Nean Holcomb of 2122 15th Street was cited for too fast for conditions and forfeited $25. Dennis Sweetwood of Orangeville was cited for wrong way on a one way street and forfeited $1. Monroe Police.
David L. Mortensen of Route 1 Brooklyn and Cheryl D. Abrams of Oregon filed for a marriage license in Madison. The application lists both parties and the filing location.
Oren S. Rice of Rewey aged 70 Harry 5S Spooner aged 56 from Evansville Martin L. Sprague aged 78 of Lena Til Denzel Dale Folkerts aged 50 of Pearl City Illinois Charles J. Gift aged 87 of McConnell Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rupnow of New Glarus welcome their daughter born August 16 at St. Mary's hospital in Madison. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Burns of Belleville announce the birth of their son on August 15 at the same hospital.
St. Clare Hospital Medical personnel include Patti Ann Reed Brodhead Walter Nipple Albany Mrs Elwin Anderson Rockford Walter McCartney Rockford John Haesler 703 16th avenue Mrs Edward Gros kreutz Westfield Adolph Som mers 1906 5th street Mrs Merton Zimmerman Brodhead Mrs Lewis Ellis 1119 11th avenue Edward Hein Madison and Howard Mapes Janesville Surgical Jeffrey Trickel 1601 12th avenue Thomas Vaughn Janesville Patrick Fencil 2243 6th street and Joseph Harrington Monroe Dismissals Rory Cannon Carl Zweifel Larry Krugel James Andrew Shea Mrs John Noble Teresa Hammon Mrs Virgil Berger Mrs Gordon Thoreson Mrs Lee Morris and Mrs Walter Metz.
Mrs. Rita LaBarr of Brodhead was announced as the Maxwell Street Day contest winner. She received a used car and merchandise valued at 152.29 dollars with a two cent difference noted by Robert Riese of the Chamber of Commerce during a West Exchange street band concert intermission. Ronald Rockow led the senior high school band.
Mr and Mrs Duane Lehr honored at a farewell party at the home of Mr and Mrs Edwin Kernen Monticello. They left for Detroit where he will resume duties with the Air Force. Attendees included Norman Marty Argyle Harris Meyers Monroe John Waelchli and others.
Tonight at Twin ing Park no games scheduled. Monday slowpitch features Martins versus Eagles at 7 p.m. Heeren and Coplien play Helland and Heins at 8 p.m. Hubers meet Swiss Colony at 9 p.m. Eagles Softball Tournament runs 12 15 p.m. today and 1 p.m. tomorrow. Monday Softball sees Explorer Post 501 against Agrico at 7 45 p.m. DeMoley versus Studers Super Service at 9 15 p.m.
Funeral services for Armond F Sorenson 49 of 2203 13th Avenue will be held Monday at 1 30 p.m. in Grace Lutheran Church Monroe with Rev James C Plymire officiating. Burial follows at Milton Lawns Memorial Park Janesville. He died yesterday at St Clare Hospital after four months with malignancy. He lived in Monroe and worked in local markets. He leaves a wife Betty four daughters three sons and four grandchildren.
Pearl City Illinois special report says Denzel Dale Folkerts aged 50, a carpenter and plumber, died after a pickup he drove lost control and struck a Stockton bridge railing last Saturday. Funeral arrangements are at Offenheiser funeral home. Survived by wife two stepsons Donald and Dale DeVries both of Pearl City and two brothers Ivan and Eilert Folkerts and sister Mrs Aletha Sutherland of Rockford.
Martin L. Sprague, 78, Lena merchant for 50 years before retiring in 1945, died yesterday morning in Freeport Memorial hospital. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Monday at Leamon Funeral Home Lena Burial Park. Survived by brother Maurice and sister Mrs. Loyd Ferguson, both of Lena.
Washington reports rising livestock feed prices as dairy and cattle producers shoulder higher costs. The Agriculture Department notes mid August averages for all supplemental feeds at 119.50 per ton, up from 112.20 a year earlier and 101.30 for 1956 61. Corn also climbs to 45.80 per ton, versus 38.20 a year earlier.
Samuel W. Wolfson, 54, noted Jacksonville financier and industrialist, dies after leukemia. He served on multiple boards and was a former president of the college football Gator Bowl Association.
Toronto publisher Oakley Dalgleish died Friday from a heart attack at age 53. He became president and publisher of the Globe and Mail in 1957.
Lute Pease, 94, longtime Newark News editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner, died Friday in a hospital after a broken hip suffered July 19. He won the 1948 Pulitzer for a cartoon depicting United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis.
Personal mentions include Capt. Robert D. Schindler with sons Steven and Jeff visiting Athens relatives at the Herman Schindler home 1704 14th street. Hixson's barber shop will close August 19 to 26. Various families from Denver Denver and Atlanta visit local hosts including Mr and Mrs Cary Mrs Sallie Wenger and Mrs Hamilton with daughters Lynne and Christine. Frequent travel notes cover trips to West Point Washington DC and Banff plus a Wisconsin data processing gathering and local reunions.
Oren S. Rice, 70, Rewey, died yesterday in a Dodgeville hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Rewey Methodist Church. Calling at Willey funeral home in Platteville. Survived by wife, three daughters, two sons, two sisters, three brothers, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The career of Miss Mary Cain is highlighted in pictures at the University of Wisconsin Home Economics and Agricultural Hall at 32 State Fair She is the daughter of Dr and Mrs L Cain and is employed at Marshall Field in Chicago.
Lawrence Louis Stuessy, 19, of Brodhead, faces theft charges as his trial in Madison is postponed until Sept. 5 after a motion filed by the Dane County district attorney.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth J Doyle of Santa Cruz California announce the birth of a son Kevin Richard on August 12 Mrs Doyle is the former Joan Knaack daughter of Emil and Joan Knaack 2213 8th street Paternal grandparents are Kenneth and Anoka Minnesota Doyle Kevin has four sisters Ann Lynn Beth and Debbie aged 642 5 3 and 2 respectively
Carol J. Robinson, 11, died in a hospital Friday from bulbar polio. She is Oshkosh’s first polio casualty since 1956, prompting county health notices and renewed warnings about the disease.
The market posted its largest weekly gain in four months as tax-cut legislation moved forward and rail strike fears eased. Investors welcomed auto industry optimism, Chrysler previews, and a record July industrial production. Volume surged to 22.8 million shares.
The Yester-year Auto Club held its annual women's day with 44 members on a car tour through northwestern Illinois. They met in Lena and ended at Ter rapin Ridge Manor with dinner before returning via Galena. Stewards were Mr and Mrs Jim Holloway and Mr and Mrs Harold Trumpy. Plans are for the antique car meet on Aug 31 at the Ogle County Fair in Oregon Illinois. The next tour is set for Sunday Sept 8 to Birg ham park near Blue Mounds.
A surprise lily at the George Goetz home on 903 11th Street has 11 stems and seven flowers on each, with several more blooms expected.
Comedian George Jessel acknowledges fathering actress Joan Tyler's daughter and agrees to pay 500 dollars monthly child support in Los Angeles.
Charies Marvin, acting county Civil Defense director, announces that an Emergency Broadcast System replaces CONELRAD to provide official information during civil defense emergencies. Non EBS AM stations and FM TV outlets go off air, while EBS expands nationwide coverage and uses normal frequencies with protection measures.
Wisconsin farm prices received rose nearly three percent from June to July while remaining near July 1962 levels. Milk and meat prices edged up, eggs surged, crops climbed, and poultry fell, leaving the purchasing power at 80 percent of the 1910-14 average and the July reading the lowest in over twenty years.
Virginia County resumes schooling by reopening three public schools under private management with federal and state backing to educate about 1,700 Negro children blocked from public classes for four years. Gov. Harrison forms a Trustee board to run free integrated schools, with white pupils likely to join private segregated classes.
In Wronclaw Poland eight teenage boys were killed when a box of ammunition unearthed in a children's playground exploded. The Polish press agency PAP reported the incident occurred Friday.
Obituary notice for Martha Hefty 89 of New Glarus who died Thursday at St. Clare hospital. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow at Swiss United Church of Christ, burial in church cemetery. Pallbearers listed as Hefty nephews. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Zweiier of Swau nee Okla and brother John Marty plus six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Herman Rose age 75 of Plymouth Town died in a hospital after being trampled by cows or a bull at his son Willy Rose’s farm. The injury occurred the day before the hospital admission. Local authorities investigate the incident.
Money was lost Friday afternoon in a reddish brown envelope on the Square. A liberal reward is offered. John H. Chambers can be reached at 325 5822.
Bayard Rustin, deputy director of the planned August 28 civil rights march on Washington, rejects Thurmond’s charges about Communist ties and wartime draft status. He notes a 1953 sex offense conviction and WWII draft history cited by Thurmond, which Rustin calls false. He explains his Quaker conscientious objector stance.
Charles J. Gift, 87, of McConnell Illinois died this morning in St. Francis hospital Freeport after a brief illness. He was born October 23 1875 in Kissime Pennsylvania, married Sarah Matroni Mays in 1896, and survived by a son Russell Middleburg PA three daughters Vera Wambach Hazel Rayhorn and Ruby Kuhnke twenty nine grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Cramer funeral home.
A Q and A explains that claiming at 62 reduces monthly benefits by 20 percent, with an example of $100 at 65 yielding $80 at 62. Benefits continue after 65 and are usually not reduced by earnings during early years. It notes spousal impact for a wife at 62, about 25 percent less than her age 65 amount.
Henry Kramer of Highway 1181 East of Monroe leaves New York City for Copenhagen on a trans ocean flight. He starts a six day tour of Denmark then will visit Stockholm and Norway, then Amsterdam in Holland and a week in Zurich Switzerland.
A water carnival at the Brodhead swimming pool starts at 2 p.m. Sunday with open swimming at 3:30 p.m. The program features local talent in swimming demonstrations water ballet diving water polo swimming races and a clown act.
Soviet Tass reports that Khrushchev met U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren on Friday at Khrushchev's Black Sea summer residence. The encounter occurred during Warren's visit as tensions hover over Cold War issues.
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