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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1950
Page
6
Partly cloudy with occasional showers in the northwest and warmer conditions in the north and west central areas. Sunday will be partly cloudy and warmer. Tonight low 45 to 50 in the north and 52 to 58 in the south. Sunday high 70 to 75.
Since yesterday at 1 p.m. the high reached 76 and the low 56. A year ago today the high was 86 and the low 68. Barometer readings were 29.57 at 1 a.m. and 29.49 at 1 p.m. The warmest place in the U S yesterday was Yuma Arizona at 106 and the coldest was International Falls Minnesota at 32. Sunrise was at 5:17 and sunset at 6:46.
Verne Jones transfers Sugar river property at the pond north of Albany to David Glen Heggy.
C H Brooks of Rockford pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined $10 with costs.
Norma Irene Christen of Monticello and Leland Edwin Rackow of Sylvester township. Mary Lucille Goecks of Brodhead and Carl Dale Meils of Wisconsin Rapids. Dorothy Elaine Kolstad of Blanchardville and Everett Orland Vamstad of York township.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Phillip Weigel 94 Darlington. William Frank Albrecht 74 Milton Junction. Miss Iva Hefty 51 Rochester Minnesota. Elmer Skogen 41 route 4 Janesville.
Mr and Mrs Marvin L Schmerse route 2 Juda welcome a son born August 26. Mr and Mrs Floyd Herman Blanchardville announce a daughter born August 25.
List of patients and dismissals from St Clare Hospital with names and addresses across Footville Brooklyn Beloit Monticello and 1413 13th Avenue 2143 17th Avenue 908 19th Avenue. Included are Mrs Willis F Nichols Tiffany Arthur Larson Jerrad F Disch Leroy J Babbler Mary Ann Frautschy Raymond E Rasmussen Ora E Prick and others.
A farewell party will be held at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the community building for L M Nelson the student pastor who has served during the summer. He will continue ministerial studies at Omaha Rev R O Berthelsen of St John s Lutheran will resume charge in Brooklyn Surveying has begun for a new church building to resemble Madison s South Side Lutheran church
A 1,200 pound Hereford owned by Homer Graber of Mineral Point was judged the champion fat steer at the state fair in the coliseum. It sold at auction to Sam Perlman of Milwaukee for a dollar and fifty cents per pound, compared with the 1949 winner at one dollar and ninety eight cents per pound.
Mrs. Max G Booth and family travel to Grand Rapids Michigan for the wedding of Margot Catherine Priest granddaughter of Mrs Booth and Willard Blakely Bond. Charles A Booth will give the bride in Elise Memorial chapel at 4 PM. John Vandamme will serve as usher.
John M. Ball of 2227 7th street and Mrs. H. L. Kubly of 2727 6th street collided in a backing accident at 512 18th Avenue. Ball's car sustained damage to the right door and body while Kubly's rear bumper was damaged as she backed into his vehicle.
Virginia Mani, widow of WWII veteran Wallace Mani, sues Galway and Olson tavern operators and building owner Enid DeBell Heitz in Freeport circuit court for $50,000 under Illinois dram shop law. Mann i alleges liquor supplied caused intoxication leading to a fatal Green County accident near the Wisconsin border on August 28, 1948, depriving her of support.
A capacity audience at Waukesha's municipal park heard Allan F. Barnard apologize for not announcing Green County Cheese Day events on Sept 9 in Monroe. The Weber Brewing Co. band performed as part of the Thursday evening concert with no advertising allowed.
August Siedschlag, who suffered a heart attack on August 15, is reported improving slowly at his home at 1114 19th Avenue.
Bert J Adelman of 2222 8th street remains hospitalized at St. Clare after a stroke on Tuesday. Relatives Iva Nelson and daughter Louella Preston with Rey Adelman of Charlotte, Michigan and Jack Adelman of Rockford visit from the Adelman home and plan to return home tomorrow. William Field and family returned to Beaver Dam yesterday and are expected back tomorrow.
Mrs. Luchsinger of route 4 leaves for Denver this morning and will attend the National Women's Relief Corps convention in Los Angeles. In LA she will visit Mrs. Fred West who will accompany her back to Monroe for a short visit.
Mrs Will A Zimmerman of 2110 12th street is reported in satisfactory condition at St. Clare hospital after undergoing major surgery yesterday morning.
Miss Porter of the maternal and child welfare department of the state board of health will visit on Monday to confer with county nurse Miss Ruth Chase on pre-natal education programs.
Mr and Mrs Joseph R Ganshert of 3409 West Michigan Avenue Milwaukee announce the birth of their son Michael Joseph on August 25 at Milwaukee General Hospital. Mrs Ganshert is Louise Vincent daughter of Mr and Mrs Osbin Vincent of 13241 16th Avenue. Ganshert a Marquette dental school senior is the son of Mrs Marie Ganshert of Wauwatosa and the late Dr J W Ganshert.
A three cent stamp in the national capitol sesquicentennial series went on sale today at the Monroe post office. The purple stamp features a reproduction of the U S supreme court building as its central design.
The brown trim on the First National bank building at the east corner of the north side of the Square is being repainted. Charles F. Ruch holds the contract for painting one of the tallest buildings on the square.
The rosary will be at 8 p m tomorrow at Zentner funeral home for Anthony Michael Larbacher 67 Spring Green former New Glarus blacksmith and park custodian who died yesterday morning. Services Monday at 10 a m in the funeral home followed by burial at Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church cemetery.
A flurry of social notes lists visits from Portage, Janesville, Beloit, Madison, Monroe, Monticello, Freeport, Argyle, Mineola, Browntown, Green County authorship books, and several weekend trips to Chicago, Denver, and the Black Hills. Names include A J Henkel, Mrs Arnold Mueller, Cleo, Barbara Yost, Wilma Pfeiffer, Irene Menehan, Edwin Schlittler, Richard Egan, Theodore Burgy, and many local families, with booklets on Swiss cheese history available.
Washington in a speech Craig N. Craig national commander of the American Legion urged that any further communist satellite aggression be treated as a signal for U S bombers to head for Moscow He pressed extending the Monroe doctrine to free areas and demands ruthless economic sanctions against Russia while seeking a prompt worldwide stance for a possible world war III including trade restrictions with iron curtain nations.
A private two place Aeronca crashed in heavy fog on a Waukesha county farm three miles west of Hales Corners killing the pilot. Coroner Alvin Johnson investigated the charred wreckage though identification was not yet confirmed. Eugene Gardner named William Lambert of Montello as the pilot.
The European Consultative Assembly endorsed the Schuman plan by a 73 to 0 vote with 32 abstentions. Most abstentions came from British Labourites as the plan moves to the next stage.
Washington reports a broader softer Social Security pension system for aged and middle aged workers. Quarters start Jan 1, April 1, July 1, and Oct 1 with $50 earnings per quarter credit. Beginning Sept 1 those 65 or older may obtain a pension with six quarters, while everyone 45 and under still needs 40 quarters to qualify at 65. Farm hands and domestic workers are also credited by quarters with a $50 quarterly minimum, and credits may be combined to maximize benefits.
William Frank Albrecht a 74 year old retired farmer of Milton Junction died at 345 p m Thursday in Edgerton Memorial hospital after a two day illness Born in Germany June 2 1876 he married Hattie E Lenz March 12 1908 The family long resided near Janesville Avalon and Porter township in Rock County Surviving are his widow three daughters Mrs Ronald Smith Janesville Mrs Clarence Oaks and Mrs K W Livingston Beloit one son Robert Leo Albrecht Janesville one sister Mrs Edward Nyman Janesville and a daughter Mrs Mabel Benash Edgerton who preceded him in death Funeral services were held today at the Overton funeral home Janesville with Rev H C Milius officiating Burial was in Bethel cemetery Center township.
Today's Markets Livestock in Chicago show salable hogs totaling about 2,500 with barrows and gilts 50-75 cents higher and sows 50 cents to $1 higher. Cattle sales mixed with steers and yearlings up 1.00-1.50, heifers 50-75 higher, and cows 16-25 higher with feeders active. Grain futures edged up across wheat corn oats rye soybeans and lard in a dull session with prices modestly higher.
Dighton Massachusetts reports Shirley May France a channel swimmer ignored tearful pleas from her mother and did not return home last night leaving family distressed and seeking explanation.
Beloit workers return to work at the Fairbanks Morse and Co. plant after unions urged a two day vacation to cut short. The CIO steelworkers union pressed for resumed contract talks on pay raises pensions and union shop conditions following a meeting with company officials and CSIS Commissioner Blake C. Smith.
A Chinese nationalist paper claims Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko, once in Japan, is in Peiping negotiating to stall a Formosa invasion with Soviet aid. Mao reportedly seeks submarines and planes from Moscow and argues Korea actions may delay Taiwan action.
Elmer Skogen of route 4 Janesville died at Mercy hospital Janesville from drinking carbolic acid. Funeral 2:30 p m Monday Everson funeral home Rock County with Rev Marcus S Lewis. Burial West Luther Valley cemetery. Survived by wife, mother Julia Skogen Beloit six brothers Oscar Gilman Leonard Tilman Harry Beloit Samuel Milwaukee two sisters Mrs Charles Christianson Pittsville Mrs Kenneth Foote Rockton. Born May 19 1909 in Spring Valley township.
A historical note attributes early asbestos use to Siberia in the 13th century citing Marco Polo. The reliability of the claim remains uncertain, with sparse corroborating sources and potential translation issues.
The first Cheese Day show window displays photographs of 1915 and 1916 Cheese Days mounted on Swiss cheese lids and cheddar boxes. Will E. Trukenbrod Monroe pharmacist whose glass plate negatives form the collection died in 1947. The near 600 prints covering 1900 to 1935 were donated by Mrs. Trukenbrod to Josef Benkert and stored with indexing.
Mrs. Phillip Weigel, aged 94, died at 6 a m yesterday in a Dodgeville hospital. Funeral services will be at 9 a m Monday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with Msgr. Bernard Doyle officiating. Burial in St Marys Cemetery Seymour Township. Survived by son Charles of Darlington and sister Mrs Mary Derni of Minneapolis. She lived in Darlington over 70 years. Born September 10, 1855 in Darlington Township.
Eugene Warnimont vice chairman of the Milwaukee County Board and longtime county supervisor since 1914 died in hospital after suffering a heart attack Monday at his cottage near Eagle River.
Mrs. John Armstrong 44 of Argyle and her 12 year old daughter were injured when Armstrong’s car failed a curve and struck the Robert Watrud home in Blanchardville just before 4 am. The driver was previously convicted of drunken driving and license revoked. A 64 year old passenger, Mabel McGonigan, was unharmed. The 12 year old suffered back pain and bruises. preliminary X rays were taken in Monroe. Damage to the car estimated at 200 dollars. house damage undetermined. Deputy Sheriff Lawrence W. James investigated. Sheriff Homer Curry and Mrs. James aided at the scene.
Mrs Fred Blumer of 908 19th avenue is under observation at St Clare hospital with possible surgery ahead.
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