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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1947
Page
6
Generally fair tonight and Friday with local thundershowers in the north and central areas. Warmer Friday. Since yesterday 2 p m highs and lows recorded. Precipitation yesterday measured at .08 inches. Barometer reading noted.
Alva Phillips Browntown pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident. Judge Harold J. Lamboley fined Phillips $5 plus costs.
A driver with no license appeared before Justice L A Koenig in Blanchardville and was fined $20 plus costs.
Surgical patients Leonard Phillips of Rockford Ronald Tschudy from New Glarus and Mrs Roy Atkins Beloit. medical patient John Oesch of 1416 21st Avenue. discharges include Ralph Whitehead Mrs Norman Peters Mrs Earl Schwend and son Mrs Leslie ae and son and Mrs Cora Aus-
In Santa Ana California Judge Morri son barred prosecution witnesses from discussing a ball peen hammer as a potential murder weapon in the Overell Gollum case. The ruling follows defense objections and ends the hammer evidence amid ongoing trial developments. Prosecutor Williams had signaled reopening but defense teams planned to push for a decision to structure their case next.
Washington report notes many unions may have pending complaints against employers wiped from government records under Taft Hartley act provisions. Robert Denham, general ... mentions today as the final day of the Wagner Act as it has existed.
In Quintandinha Brazil delegates disclosed a tentative agreement after Cuba formally pressed for joint hemisphere action during the conference. The accord involves a majority of the 1948 delegates and outlines coordinated economic measures across the Americas.
Death in Winslow occurred at 2 05 AM at St Clare hospital after Mrs Daniel Showers entered the hospital as a medical patient on August 16.
Miss Pear Engelbretson heads the Green County Teachers Association elected at the annual institute in the courthouse. Ninety rural and state graded teachers attended. Frances Moritz vice president, Verona West treasurer, Roy Lewis secretary. Delegates named for the state convention include Eunice Flanagan and Joyce Reasa with alternates Calder and Blum.
Mr and Mrs Henry Pehl of Woodford announce the engagement of their daughter Joyce to Ernest Steinman of Winslow. Miss Pehl is employed at the First National Bank of Monroe.
Mrs Rachael Dwyer was initiated into the Women of the Moose at the regular meeting held in Moose hall. Twenty eight members were served refreshments.
William Green, AFL president, urged Rep. Carroll Kearns to fire the subcommittee counsel Irving G. McCann for what he calls a brutal attack on an AFL attorney. McCann and AFL general counsel Joseph A. Padway argued and exchanged blows in a federal building hearing room during the film labor probe.
Dr. Ernest S. Tierkel of Montgomery proposes a federal rabies control commission to halt an alarming rise in the disease. Dr. P. J. Brandly of Madison attributes about 20 percent of U S food poisoning outbreaks to infected poultry meat and products.
Numerous residents and visitors travel between Beloit Monroe Albany Janesville Milwaukee and Dubuque for fairs visits and family occasions. Names include Elsie Frey Robert Brassel Henry Kubly Judy Klinger Jay Eaton Archie Small Amalia Gmar and many others as they attend state fairs visit relatives and attend gatherings across Wisconsin and nearby states.
Otto Schoenberg of Kendall died in a La Crosse hospital from injuries suffered Tuesday when struck by a car while directing traffic for a threshing rig on Highway 3, three miles east of Kendall. The article also notes that the average Chinese farm size is three and one half acres.
The Associated Press reports 1947 polio totals to date are the lowest since 1942, despite a peak last week with 411 new cases nationwide. Twenty states report only 30 deaths so far, far below 338 a year ago, with swimming restrictions in Wilmington Delaware and a Long Island camp. Wisconsin reports 46 cases, Illinois faces a possible total under 700 despite a weekly rise.
Annapolis curator Capt H C Baldridge director of the Naval Academy Museum arranges a display featuring Commodore Perry’s 1854 gift table, the Missouri surrender signing table from Sept 2 1945, and a bronze Iwo Jima flag raising statue atop the Japanese table.
Mrs. Robert L. Elmer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sippel and two children Jennifer and Jonathan arrived from Sao Paulo Brazil for a several month visit. They traveled from Rio de Janeiro to Miami by plane then by train to Freeport where they were met by Mr. and Mrs. Sippel. Mr. Elmer is with the Brazilian air ministry and plans to join them early next year. She is a former Monroe resident who has lived in Brazil for three years after living in Los Angeles.
Monroe residents faced reduced water pressure yesterday as the Recreation Park pool was filled. George Schneider, water department superintendent, said maintaining pressure is hard during pool filling. The pool reopened this afternoon.
Edward St Peter, Beloit College alumnus, has joined the Bank of Brodhead as staff. He previously served at Bradley Bank in Tomahawk and is a veteran of three and a half years in the Army.
A homecoming celebration is planned at Avon Community Church. Following Sunday school and morning worship, a picnic dinner features a Rockford string band and a guest speaker. Rev. Elmer Johnson will give the 2 p.m. sermon with special music.
Henry Schneider of Albany yesterday made his annual presentation of a colorful bouquet of gladioli to The Times marking the newspaper’s tradition and hospitality in a brief cultural item.
At a Green county radio committee meeting last evening further plans for county operation of the police radio system were discussed. The group asked to meet the city council police and safety committee to draft a contract covering the city's portion of the service.
At 2 45 yesterday afternoon a L C L truck skidded and left highway 69 two miles north of Monroe with heavy damage to the tractor Lynn M Engstad was driver of the truck.
A milk house on the John Minder farm near Browntown was damaged by fire. No injuries are reported and the cause is under investigation. Fire crews responded promptly to the rural property.
A fire yesterday afternoon at 3 15 damaged a building with investigators unsure if lightning or damaged electric wires started the blaze. No injuries reported though cause remains under inquiry.
The 32nd Trask bridge picnic the world’s largest farmers picnic resumes after a five year wartime lapse. Festivities begin 8 a m at the picnic grounds 11 miles northwest of Rockford on state route 70. Speaker will be Frank B Keefe Republican U S Representative from Wisconsin’s sixth district. The event will serve as a reunion.
A car driven by Leo Von Moos at 906 11th Street sustained front end damage after rear ending Harold C. Heiman of 1522 16th Avenue in the 210 O block on 16th Street at 10 10 last night. The crash occurred in heavy traffic near Recreation Park as Heiman stopped suddenly to avoid a prior car.
Lester Schulz Jr reported a sideswipe on Highway 69 at 8 30 last evening south of the city limits. He obtained a license number from the other car but was crowded from the highway when attempting to stop the party.
Eight Monroe girls participate in Phantom Lake camp activities this week. The names include Maureen Bruni Darlyne Reel Charmaine Ninneman Shirley Ninneman Bette Ann Rees Shirley Mae Laeser Barbara Davis and Gayle Gene Webster among 167 girls enrolled for the two week period from August 15 to August 29.
The report notes that two Monroe girls Sally Ransdell and Harriet Towell are among the camp staff while the Tri-County YMCA program is underway.
Mrs. Affolter’s parents received word from Switzerland that the Edward Bregenzer family of Monroe visited them for three days.
Port Washington New YorkTom Wing age nine has found fossils in his yard and nearby over three years. He keeps them in an attic museum and hopes to visit an old rock quarry for major fossil hunting Campobello Island long associated with former President Roosevelt spans ten miles by two.
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