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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
8
August 25 1949 forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Friday with south region mostly fair, north partly cloudy. A scattered thunder shower is possible in the northwest Friday afternoon or night, with little temperature change expected.
The report notes yesterday's temperatures from 1 p m to 86 a 66. It compares to a year ago with 91 and 71. The barometer was 29.68 at 1 am and 29.65 at 1 pm. Yuma Arizona recorded 106 the warmest, Helena Montana 42 the coldest. Sunrise 5 17 and sunset 6 47.
Miss Rose E. Gapen transfers one half interest in lot 7 in Payne's addition Monroe to Mrs. Mildred Gapen Montgomery.
Justice L A Koenig and John G Colby of Madison impose penalties for driving while intoxicated with license revocation. The docket lists Glen Lyons of Stockton paying $20 for passing on a hill and Thomas S Hergert of Orfordville paying $5 for the same violation.
Mr and Mrs Robert Hartwig of Belleville welcomed a daughter on August 25. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Clark of 2100 Fifth Street welcomed a son on August 24.
Dismissals list including Mrs Charles Manning Mrs Fay Haas Mrs John Malkuch and son Mrs Thomas Hergert and daughter Mrs Erwin Klitzman and daughter Mrs Dean Parker and son John Bradley Mrs Keith Miller Richard Legler Mrs Clifford Broge and Mrs William Bienash. Attending surgeons include Mrs Lorenzo M Grady Beloit and Stanley L Howe 1315 12th Street with Merrill Waelti Juda Mrs George W Keller Brown town.
Donald F. Ripp, of Madison, has joined Marty Chevrolet Sales Co. as a full partner with John A. Marty. He has worked at the Marty garage since moving here three years ago. Mrs. Ripp is Beatrice Marty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Marty.
The Wisconsin fair in Milwaukee closes on Sunday with a show for the agricultural minded and a stock car race for city folk. Governor's Day attendance reached 73,264 while the opening horse show drew 15,000 spectators as Flying Victory owned by Patty Fechter won class 1. Wisconsin winners include Hunter's Hack Meshera TB and several standings in Shetland ponies and stock horses.
Ray W. Clarke a Madison attorney and court commissioner died after a two year illness. A UW Law School graduate he practiced in Janesville and served as clerk of probate court there. He became examiner for the old state railroad commission in 1913 and for the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1920 before moving to Madison four years later.
Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug completed a five day inspection tour of Wisconsin Indian reservations concluding that Indian affairs in the state were in capable hands. He stated Wisconsin Indians were far better off than those in the west.
Madison reports a barely steady to firm Wisconsin American cheese market with slow sales and fair demand. Prices listed include single daisies 35 34 to 36 42, longhorns and square prints 36 to 37, midgets 37 12 to 38.
A flurry of visits and callers marks the day in Chemung Monroe and surrounding towns. Notables include Miss June Soper in Chemung and William A. Weekes AP bureau chief for Wisconsin staying with E C Hamilton, plus Mrs. Donovan Jones visiting Madison with son Robert returning from grandparents.
Swanton Mr. and Mrs. Earl Swanton of 1313 23rd Avenue report son Pfc. Lyle G. Swanton has graduated after a six month medical course in pharmacy at the 28th General Hospital near Osaka, Japan. He enlisted in February 1948, trained at Fort Ord, California, left for overseas June 23, and is now stationed in Osaka.
Washington reports show Congress squeezed between a military economy drive and constituent anger. Secretary Johnson announced cuts affecting 135000 civilian workers of 905000 and 12073 reserve officers, saving 200 million this year and 500 million annually thereafter. The plan targets about 50 installations for closing and aligns with service proposals to trim the 1949 budget from 14.9 to 13.4 billion.
Former Governor Millard Caldwell announced a $50,000 libel settlement with Collier's magazine. He forwarded $25,000 to Florida A and M College for training Negroes, claiming the rest covers litigation expenses and attorney fees after a 1948 jury award and a subsequent reversal.
The state board of health reports eleven polio deaths in the first seven months of 1949 up from six in the same period last year. Wisconsin’s total cases rise to 393 with new incidents in Black River Falls Janesville Lake Geneva Madison and New Richmond.
Ishpeming Michigan city manager O G Holway, the town's first holder of the post, has resigned to accept a better job. The resignation takes effect October 1. Holway arrived in 1944 from Superior.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Miller and their daughters have moved back to Monroe from Phoenix Arizona where they resided for the past ten months.
The House struck a civil rights amendment from a housing bill and backed a substitute eliminating race references. Lawmakers approved about 3.75 billion dollars in mortgage insurance to aid modest income homebuilders and repealed a yesterday approved 300 million direct veteran loan line.
Dr. Rudolph W. Roethke a prominent Milwaukee obstetrician died yesterday at St. Mary's hospital at age 65 He was born in Mayville and served on the staffs of St. Mary's Columbia and Mount Sinai hospitals in Milwaukee.
Robert M. Deal of Brodhead escaped injury when his two ton milk truck overturned at 1 45 a m on a county trunk road two miles south and one mile east of Juta. The crash was caused by brake failure. The article notes that average coyote litters range from five to seven pups.
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