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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1955
Page
6
The Daily Record forecasts fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with a slight warmup. Low temperatures range from 50 to 58 in the north and 58 to 65 in the south, while Tuesday highs reach 80 to 85, up to 85 to 90 in the extreme southwest.
Last week records show a high of 94 and a low of 68. Since Saturday at 1 p.m. the high remains 94 and the low is 67. A year ago today the high was 83 and the low 62. Barometer at 1 a.m. 29.41 and at 1 p.m. 29.51. Warmest city El Centro California at 107 degrees. coldest Fraser Colorado at 34. Sunrise 5:17, sunset 6:48.
Judge Marshall L. Peterson presided as Ralph L. Miller pleaded not guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and a 1:30 p.m. trial was set for Thursday. Ernest Joseph Tlougan pleaded guilty to drunken state in the city and was ordered to pay costs and restaurant supper plus 10 days in jail with suspended sentence if he stays off Monroe streets. Henry Slick pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct, received 60 days in jail with suspension if he attends Alcoholics Anonymous. no costs were assessed.
Bernard E. Schade of Albany pleaded guilty to careless driving and not guilty to operating without owner's consent. Trial on the not guilty plea is set for 11 a.m. Aug 29 with sentence withheld on the driving charge. Bond $500. He was bound over from Small Claims Court. James M. Leahy of Dayton pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license. sentence withheld pending a concealed weapon case at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Bond $520.
Robert Louis O Bryan 31 of Chicago and Connie Claire Johnson 25 of 1736 Lake Drive obtained a marriage license.
Roscoe C Smith aged 73 of 2410 8th street and Harry R Klassy aged 40 of Route 2 Monticello are listed in this death notice. No further details are provided.
The notice lists several birth announcements across Juda Clarno Browntown Brodhead and Madison area households. Names include Brooks Wyss Monte Pinnow Schneider King Curtis Kuntz Blaser with daughters and sons born August 20 22. Each entry records parents and residence.
Sheriff Humbel announced two inquests for deaths this summer. The Thompson case of May 19 at County Trunk C in Brooklyn Township will hear at 9:30 a m with jury selection underway. The second inquest concerns Sgt Edwin W Vincent 27 of Freeport who died July 30 when a car struck a bridge near Brodhead. driver John Samuelson 24 of Freeport was injured.
Monroe physician and author Dr. John A. Schindler, creator of How To LIVE 365 Days A Year, is named one of four Christophers Award recipients alongside Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Carlos Romulo, and Marion Sheehan.
Harry E. Williams of Log Point Hereford Farm Monroe and James S. Timmons Monroe shown registered purebred hereford cattle at Warren Illinois fair. Williams took first in the 2 year old class and second in the yearling heifer. Timmons won first in the senior yearling bull and first in the yearling heifer.
Fred H. Blumer age 74 of 1314 21st street died Friday morning. Funeral services were held at 2 pm today at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev. John C. Purdy officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included Nathan Kessler Footville Ralph Kessler Beloit Raymond Voegeli Juda Melvin Voegeli Harold T. Blumer and Nathan Theiler.
Services were held Thursday in the Rohleder-Frederickson funeral home, Elkhorn, for Mrs. Fred Witt who died Aug. 15. Organist was her nephew Donald Austin and Mrs. Ervin Papenius sang The Lord's Prayer and Abide with Me. Attending from the area were Clarence Witt and family, Grant Briggs of Orangeville, Jesse Morton and family of Monroe, Merlin Witt, Lester Witt, W. F. Berndt, and Oscoe Hawkins of Brodhead.
A long roster of dismissals names appears, listing residents from Belleville Rockford Rochelle Argyle Dixon and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs Milton Anderson and Mrs Alice Brayton among others plus a mention of infant boy Condon.
A long list of residents and guests are noted visiting in Monroe and nearby areas. Names include William Hafen Sr from Juda Carol Jean Pauline from Chicago and many more from Sterling Ill Woodford Davenport Davenport Ia and Green Bay with numerous familial and social ties. Also announced is an ice cream social at Lincoln Park on Wednesday Aug 24 at 7 p.m. hosted by the Women of the Moose.
The York Memorial Evangelical Lutheran church in York Township Green County plans a centennial weekend with a 1 30 p m Saturday confirmation reunion. Luther Sletten Minnesota judge will speak followed by Rev Martin Olson of Minneapolis. Dr Bernhard Christensen Augsburg College will deliver sermon at 10 30 a m Sunday. Centennial chairman Abert Nyhus of New Glarus.
A crippled British freighter Arbobeam rode 18 foot seas toward Scotland as Captain George Wilson and chief officer Kenneth Seaman abandoned ship after 53 hours aboard the gale battered bridge. Salvage tug Salveda towed the 7133 ton vessel to safety while New York admiralty experts said the departure did not make the ship a derelict for salvage.
Fairbanks Morse and Co. and the CIO United Steel Workers plan to resume talks at 9 a m Tuesday after Local 1533 members walked off the job a week ago over wages. The strike began on August 13 as bargaining halted. Also in Chicago grain prices opened sharply lower and failed to regain losses.
Camp McCoy public information office says 1700 members of Wisconsin's 84th Infantry Division Army Reserve will receive gamma globulin anti polio inoculations early this week. No polio infections reported among soldiers and civilians nearby are told not to worry. Program to be completed Tuesday.
A Washington rooming house proprietor, Leonard Wesley, 40, was indicted on federal libel charges for falsely accusing White House clerk Thomas M. Jones, 29, of visiting the Russian embassy with official White House documents. Wesley allegedly sent the defamatory letter on White House stationery last April 1 to defame Jones.
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania a 100 foot coal breaker collapsed trapping and killing three miners and injuring eight. Twenty six men were inside the breaker with only one at work due to coal shortages when the top gave way and debris crushed workers below. Anna Kuligowski of Sterling New Jersey was in Monroe yesterday.
The Balmoral family prepares a barbecue as Princess Margaret nears turning 25 while public attention centers on whether she will wed Group Captain Peter Townsend a divorced war hero. Queen Elizabeth remains cautious about consent under royal marriage rules, with decision expected after the birthday.
Kathryn May Richardson is the newborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Richardson born Saturday at St. Clare hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Richardson of Evansville and Mrs. F. W. Kesauer of Detroit. Kathryn has a brother Robert, 11, and a sister Janet, 8. Mrs. Richardson is the former Ruth W. Kesauer.
The Board of Review will meet Tuesday at City Hall in a scheduled session.
City police investigated a burglary at the city owned Stolt building at the corner of 11th Street and 15th Avenue. Items reported missing include a floor mat a pair of women shoes and a bug screen from Saturday night.
Lea Ann Meier of Route 1 Mon ticello fractured both bones in her right forearm while playing baseball yesterday. She received treatment at St. Clare hospital and was released home this morning.
Ale and Mrs James A Soddy of Great Falls Montana are parents of a son born on the 21st Mrs Soddy is the former Janette Black daughter of Kenneth Black 901 30th avenue Mrs Ervin Soddy Browntown is the paternal grandmother
A round August 12 a 16 month old purebred Holstein heifer left a pasture and was found. The animal is mostly black and inquiries should contact Ted Rah berger in Monroe at 9273.
E. E. Skalis, 61, Washington County agriculture agent for 19 years, died Sunday at a West Bend hospital where he had been admitted last Tuesday.
City police logged two weekend mishaps. At 1 36 p m Saturday a car driven by Roger Galli 18 of 804 27th Avenue and owned by G Fred Galli collided at 8th Street and 19th Avenue. At 1 20 a m Sunday a car driven by Almon George Bleiler 46 of Route 1 Argyle struck a parked vehicle owned by Richard Lee Cory 720 17th Street in the 1600 block of 13th Street.
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