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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1950
Page
6
Fair tonight in cooler north central areas with patchy frost on mucklands. Tuesday remains fair and cool with higher afternoon temperatures in the north. Low tonight 35 to 40 north and 40 to 45 south. high Tuesday 68 to 72.
L A Koenig Arnold Rufener of 2415 8th Avenue and Andrew H Sulzer of 512 20th Avenue and Ludwig Zoller of 1922 6th Street all pled guilty to speeding and were fined with costs. Ray Trumpy of Albany was cited for daytime speeding with a fine and costs.
Charlene Mae Indergand of Monroe township and Glen Dennis Flannery of Jordan township obtained marriage licenses.
Judith Ann Updike age year died at home on route 1 Argyle. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Updike. Services and further notice to follow from the family.
A hospital record item lists patients and dismissals at St. Clare Hospital. Names include Harvey Johnson and several surgical and medical patients with routes and towns noted, followed by a long dismissal roster of patients and relatives.
Funeral services were conducted for 3-year-old Jeffrey Lawrence of South Wayne at the Hanson funeral home. Burial followed in Rockwell cemetery three miles south of South Wayne, with Rev. Walter H. Waeckerle officiating. The Lawrence children remain under quarantine at Ferryville. others are not ill. Jeffrey fell ill Wednesday and died Friday night in LaCrosse from polio.
The Aug 20 record low near freezing appeared in the county with frost in low spots. The Times thermometer ranged from 47 in the early hours to 72 at 1 pm, with the weather forecast calling for continued mild and fair conditions tonight and Tuesday.
Verona special report says Mr and Mrs Roland Rockwell of Verona have been named to the Elgin North Dakota high school faculty. Rockwell, UW graduate, will teach science and mathematics while his wife Ruth Rockwell will teach home economics. She previously taught at Brodhead high school.
Services for Mrs. Spencer Deal 81 who died Saturday in a Berkeley California hospital will be held Wednesday at 1 30 p m in the Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev Newell Mendenhall officiating and burial in Greenwood cemetery The body will arrive here tomorrow afternoon Mrs Deal a Cadiz native and mother of LaVerne E Deal 1728 13th street was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters Survivors include brothers Samuel and John Morton a second son Ralph arriving from Corpus Christi Texas a daughter Mrs Hazel Jefferson Berkeley and another daughter Mrs C B Ayars and husband from Grand Forks North Dakota arriving Wednesday morning
U S troops fought on a ridge near Pusan after a week of heavy air, mortar, and artillery bombardment. North Korean forces repeatedly seized the height by day, but American counterattacks reclaimed the hill, with 33 mortar men and three medics killed during a late assault and a grim lesson about fighting surrender.
A string of visitors and residents’ travels fills Monroe with personal notices. Carolyn Wilson from Kirkwood and J L Babler from Evansville are among those stopping by or passing through. Numerous couples from Milwaukee Madison St Louis Beloit and elsewhere visit or return home after trips including plane travel to Miami and a Ringling circus outing in Madison.
Trustees of Green county hospital will accept bids for constructing a sanitary sewer line to link the hospital with the city system until Sept. 8. The agreement on county city service terms was recently reached. Miss Ruth Chase, county nurse, returns to work after a six week summer school leave at the University of Wisconsin.
John Hausheer of London Ontario, a Swiss native and former Swiss army member, vacations here driving a blue Morris with Ontario plates. He has been hailed as the Alberta harvest helper who traveled 8 000 miles to assist, and he now plans to start making cheese soon.
Two British battalions the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders and the Middlesex regiments, about 1500 men, were ordered to Korea to reinforce UN forces. Gen Sir John Harding announced the move in Singapore after MacArthur asked for reinforcements, marking Britain's first ground troops in Korea. Britain has pledged 5,000 troops in total as China calls for peaceful resolution amid rising tensions.
In Balmoral Scotland Princess Margaret Rose turns 20 as a spinster defying a long standing Glamis castle marriage myth. The royal birth at Glamis challenges tradition while the Davidsons mourn following a tragic crash in Columbus Ohio. A family of four, Melvin Mangolf 25 Rose Mangolf 23 Rickey Linn 2 and Brenda Mangolf 1 perished in a train vehicle collision.
The American Legion dedicated its new national headquarters in Indianapolis with praise from former Legion commander Paul V. McNutt for the group’s stand on preparedness.
The public is invited to evening evangelistic services at Bethel A M E Church led by former pastors Misses Mayte Richardson and Sara Moyer. Special singing each evening.
Small crowd attends Washington township Turn and Schwing club picnic at the fairgrounds. The veteran tug o war team repelled the novice Turners twice to defend their title amid cool weather and festive evening dancing. Swiss visitors from far and near observe turning demonstrations and enjoy concerts by the New Glarus Swiss yodelers.
M. J. Brewer of Belgium is grand champion barley grower for Kindred-L at the Wisconsin state fair, earning 300 dollars. Herbert Helm of Winneconne takes reserve with Moore barley, Arno Pfrang of Plymouth earns third with Oderbrucker. Richard Graver of Mineral Point wins grand beef steer in junior division. LaVerne Schmitz of Mineral Point wins with an Angus steer Jerry weighs 1150 pounds.
A tropical hurricane with 100 mile per hour winds formed overnight, triggering hurricane warnings for the Leeward and Virgin Islands and an alert for Puerto Rico. Discovered near Antigua by the steamship Maurienne, the storm moves west northwest toward the Caribbean Sea.
The round the world travelers Ben Carlin and his wife were reported safe in the Azores. They left Halifax July 19 in their amphibious jeep the Half Safe and had been missing for over a week.
Mr and Mrs P J Connors Jr stepped out of an elevator in a New York hotel during a vacation and bumped into Judge and Mrs Harold J Lamboley who were in town for the Knights of Columbus convention.
Milwaukee reports 129,763 attendance as sun returns and events unfold. Donald N. McDowell hails high enthusiasm at the fair’s opening weekend. Virginia Peterson, 18, Represents Alice in Dairyland at ceremonies. The main event, a 100 mile AAA midget race, ends tragically with driver Albert Duris’s death. crowds watched as his fiancée and 15,000 others endured the accident.
Thomas J. Frisch a 36 year old Madison Zoo attendant was clawed by a lioness last night as he pulled two nine year old children back from the outer guard rails near the big cat cage. He suffered five claw marks and surface wounds but remained able to return to work. The youngsters escaped unharmed.
Kenosha—Lyle T. Fox 24 of Bristol pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property for throwing rocks through a laundry window owned by a draft board member. He was fined 75 dollars plus 192 dollars in damages paid to Charles Werner.
Washington sources warn that U S radar coverage is sparse and unlikely to stop a surprise bomber attack. They say only a quarter of attacking bombers could be shot down before crossing the border and that bases and industrial centers would remain prime targets. The air defense system is described as unsatisfactory and not 100 percent reliable even with ordered radar and planes in service.
A force of fifty bombers getting through would produce catastrophic destruction and widespread impact.
The Red Cross appeals for large blood donations to support fighting men in Korea and the expanded armed forces. It says Korea needs have been met by donors in Japan and shipments will be flown to the Far East with excess used for plasma stockpiling for military use.
The House approved a bill to restore package service on the Great Lakes by allowing operators to buy ten war surplus vessels. It passed under unanimous consent after prior procedural blocks. The measure heads to the Senate where a similar bill has cleared the commerce committee.
Miss Alma Barry, a United States tax court attorney adviser for 19 years, died yesterday at her home after a 10 month illness. Born in Milwaukee she practiced law there until moving to Washington in 1931.
Harvey Johnson aged 18 of 1113 16th Avenue sustained a leg injury today after being struck by a heavy rock. Johnson works as a truck driver for Augustine Ronnerud in South Wayne.
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