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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1954
Page
6
Mostly fair tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures tonight. Low tonight 56 to 63, high Sunday 75 to 80 north and 80 to 85 south near Lake Michigan. Winds 10 to 15 mph easterly. Record highs and lows shown. Salina Kansas reached 107 while Big Piney Wyoming fell to 29.
Real estate transfers show Maria Hagen, deceased, transferring title to Marshall D Markham. Parcels include block 125 and 3 block 141 in Brodhead city.
Clifford L. Brown age 19 of 903 23rd street wed Dorothy Mae Hefty age 19 of 622 19th avenue. Roger A. Goodman age 19 of Cadiz Township wed Shirley Ann Mahle age 19 of 1221 13th avenue. Otto Ernest Graber of Route 2 Monticello wed Darlyne Frances Rufer of Route 2 Monticello.
Divorce court grants 35 year old Divorcing wife custody of two minor children. Grounds cited non support. Adjudicated between Divorcing parties Ann Connors of Chicago and Maurice R Connors of Monroe. Assorted divorce notices follow.
A hospital notice lists accident victims and surgical patients at St. Clare Hospital. Names include Gerald Bredeson Ar vie Mrs Wesley Trott Francis King Beloit Dennis Andrews 1017 17th street joined by surgical cases Mrs Ben Lester Beloit Mrs Kathryn Kesauer 714 21st avenue Frank Kipp North Prairie Mrs Victor Whitfield Be wit Richard Hyland 1203 12th street Lisa Runde Darling ton. Dismissals list Phillip Knobel El ory Holcomb Harry Lampke Richard Petersen Walter Howard Mrs Thomas Osmonson Mrs Joseph Ley and Mrs Emerson Koch.
Mr and Mrs Ted Mellenberger South Wayne name Robin Joy for their daughter born August 26 at St Clare hospital. Robin has two brothers Terry and Mack. Mrs Mellenberger formerly Ruth Nall is daughter of Israel and Ruth Nall Argyle. Paternal grandparents are Ernest and [missing text] Mellenberger South Wayne. Gerald Bredeson 11 suffered a fracture of the right arm in a bicycle fall and was admitted to St Clare hospital. He is in good condition. The ZumBrunnen family visited relatives in Monroe while en route home from a gathering at Lusk Wyoming. Costa Rica women vote first time in 1953.
Edward C. Roth, chairman of the Green County ASC, urged farmers to contact the Monroe county office before fall conservation work to confirm cost sharing status under the 1954 Agricultural Conservation Program. He noted soil testing and a $0.25 per sample analysis fee, with trained samplers available to collect and assess fields.
Monticello Boy Scouts held a camp at State-line creek near Orangeville Tuesday night and Wednesday. Present were scoutmaster Milford G. Schwitz and scouts David Dwyer John Steinman James Kennedy Jeff Edmunds Roger Babler Dennis Rinehardt Terry Wichser Eugene Gessler Leon Huber and Jerry Beckwith.
Mrs Dorothy Kimball left Tuesday for Perris California after a two month stay with relatives. Mrs Frances Helms and granddaughter St Paul vacation at Mr and Mrs John Tilley’s home. Mrs Minnie Anderson hosted a Sunday family reunion. Mrs Anthony Kubelius and two children returned to Houghton Michigan, planning to join Capt. Anthony Kubelius in the Far East. Mrs Ernestine Malkow visited her son Mr Arthur Malkow in Evansville. Mr and Mrs Gerald Heitzman and four children visit Orange City Iowa. Mrs Rudolph Kundert and Mrs Ed ward Hanson with Mrs Frances Bergman from Madison visit Nick Elmer at Fred Schmid’s home. Kundert is Elmer’s sister. Ralph Reynolds of Indiana visited his father Frank Reynolds at Mrs Olive Hilliard’s home. his wife and two sons visit relatives in Cuba City before returning to Pennsylvania.
Personal mentions list Miss Effie Hein and several couples visiting Albany or in the city for calls and vacations. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Shoeruak Princeton Illinois, Ertmer South Wayne, Rottler returning from Wisconsin, Golackson and Briggs heading to Los Angeles, Kern and Petersen vacationing in Van Nuys, Rundhammer flying to Washington, and multiple attendees at a Brooklyn bridal shower and a Huron funeral. Also noted are upcoming trips by Dr. and Mrs. Roth and visits by Gruenwald and Mueller with Wisconsin State Fair plans.
Times Special reports Cpl. Harry S. Marsh Jr. son of Mrs. Ina Marsh spent seven days on rest and recuperation in Japan. He serves as a mechanic at battalion headquarters with the 26th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion in Korea. He entered service in 1945. Cpl. Melvin Bull, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Bull Route 3, has been promoted for outstanding leadership in his unit. He is a section leader in the 105th Recoilless Rifle Platoon Co. D of the 511th Airborne Infantry Regiment at Ft Campbell Kentucky.
Cpl. M. C. Davison is promoted to assistant conductor of the 8th division band in Colorado Springs. Previously he served as bandmaster and music director at Monticello High School before entering service a year ago.
Orpha Louise of Meadow Green 231287 a Brown Swiss cow owned by Edna Schmid produced 11239.5 pounds of milk at 4.52 percent and 507.86 pounds of butterfat in a 305 day lactation on herd test. Spring Valley Laura H 137937 yielded 12757.8 pounds milk 4.67 percent and 595.43 pounds butterfat at age eight years five months. Milly Inkwyl 134254 aged nine years seven months produced 11536.5 pounds of milk on herd test.
Arthur H. Stauffacher of Route 4 reports his two registered Holstein-Friesian herds averaged 11 722 pounds of milk and 462 pounds of butterfat in five days on twice daily milking. Milk at 4.37 percent butterfat yield noted, 504.42 pounds butterfat total.
Congressional hearing on the Dixon Yates contract to supply TVA power is postponed indefinitely at the request of the Atomic Energy Commission. Senate and House atomic energy aides said the hearings set to begin next Tuesday are delayed.
Stock market retreats briefly this week then recovers, with the Associated Press 30 stock average down 3.10 in early week and up 0.40 on Friday. Brokers note two 10 percent reaction patterns and low trading volume as signs of a still vigorous bull market. The National Geographic Society adds a note that opossum ancestors lived with extinct dinosaurs about 70 million years ago.
Alvin H Babler advertises life insurance advice tied to 1994 tax changes and Social Security reforms. He urges readers to review their accumulations and life insurance holdings to boost benefits for spouses and families. Contact box 401 Reger and Johnson Building Monroe Wisconsin phone 2575 representing Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co Adv.
At the Stephen son County fairgrounds a 30 foot long seven tier bleacher collapsed during a cake contest auction injuring spectator Alton McKivanne of Freeport 28. He was hospitalized with a possible fractured leg at St Francis hospital. The four day fair closed today after four day events include a 4H tractor rodeo livestock parade and horse show. Bands from local high schools provided music.
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