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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1950
Page
8
Considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions persist through Thursday with occasional rain or drizzle in southeast and extreme south portions this afternoon and tonight. Lows tonight range from 45 to 50 degrees, higher near 50 in the south, while Thursday's highs reach the mid 70s.
Be yesterday 11 pm high 67 and low 56. Year ago today high 88 and low 56. Precipitation trace. Barometer 29.39 at 1 am and 29.38 at 1 pm. Warmest place Phoenix 110 degrees, coldest Cheyenne 44. Sunrise 9:21 and sunset 6:39.
Jacob M Schlittler transfers a partial interest to J Ralph Zimmerman covering lots 5 and 7 with specific easement exclusions in block 126 Brodhead. The transfer also references lot 8 with multiple westward exclusions and the kh 6 parcel, all within block 126 city of Brodhead.
The record lists L A Koenig charged with operating auto without a license and speeding both guilty with 15 dollars plus costs. Harold Hartwig pleads nolo contendre to speeding with 15 dollars plus costs and the failure to stop for an emergency vehicle charge is dropped. Mrs Oscar N Johnson pleads guilty with 12 dollars plus costs.
Shirley Ann Meland of Belleville and Rolland Paul Disch of New Glarus received marriage licenses.
Gottfried Althaus age 77 of Beloit Mrs Peter A Anderson age 68 of Evansville Amile Henry Lange age 67 of Warren are listed in the notices. The brief item records deaths and ages for local residents.
Mr and Mrs Leonard M Rindy New Glarus announce a daughter born August 29. Mr and Mrs Eugene L Beach 724% 18th Avenue announce a daughter born August 30. Mr and Mrs Joseph H Birk Juda announce a son born August 30.
St Clare Hospital Medical lists patients including Fred Guertner Al Beey Mrs William J Figi Ar vile Saacallah William F H Diet rich Janesville Mrs Roland Cook Browntown Rolland Etter 1310 17th avenue Mrs Addie Floyd Sharon Accident Mrs Fred Lehn herr 2123 13th avenue Dismissals: Mrs Harry Gavi gan and son Mrs Jennie Hellander Mrs Oscar Nybroten and daughter Jacob Quamn Paul Alexander Mrs Henry Witzel Shirley Clarke Carol Albertson Members of Green county school committee to meet Dane and Rock county committees at Stoughton tomorrow evening to discuss school districts and transportation setups.
Martin Dorst 57 Orangeville head of Kraft Foods Freeport plant was seriously injured when his car left Route 26 and hit a ditch two miles north of Cedarville at 7 p m He is at St Francis hospital Freeport with a brain concussion several broken ribs and severe shock Dorst was returning home Deputy Sheriff William Janssen says he failed to negotiate the “dead man s curve” a cosine for northbound drivers witnesses note a similar fatality occurred at the same curve months ago involving Robert Gavigan formerly of Argyle
A 1947 Chevrolet owned by Mr and Mrs Sebastian Laeser Jr of 1212 23rd Street was badly damaged at 10 30 am when it struck the rear of a truck in the 1300 block of 16th Avenue. Mrs Laeser drove the car and was joined by Mrs Indergand who suffered a head bump as the truck driven by David Indergand stopped.
Earl Holloway, 21, of Winslow escaped injury when his car rolled over on a gravel road west of Oneco at 6 30 a m. The vehicle skidded while headed east and overturned 34 feet landing in a hayfield with all four wheels in the air.
Rev Sung Chun Chun will discuss the current Korea situation at the Kiwanis luncheon at Monroe Country Club. Chun recently left South Korea days before the invasion from the north and spoke in town Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Herman Gempeler of Albany were held yesterday at 2 p m at Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed church in Monticello with Rev. Harvey Norenberg officiating. Burial was in Highland cemetery. Six nephews served as pallbearers: Harvey and Glen Gempeler, Monticello, Waldo Rufer, Melvin Blum, Monroe, Robert Blumer, Belleville, and Herman Blum, Basco.
A long list of visitors and locals stopping in Monroe includes Roger Anderson from Pecatonica and Mrs. LeRoy Stabenow from Winslow. Names cover Geneseo, Knoxville, New Glarus, Winnebago, LaGrange, Montello, Appleton, Amery, Detroit, Biloxi, Berkeley, Brownstown, and many others with notes on trips to Lac de Flambeau, Lake Wapogasset, or western and Canadian tours.
Rolland Etter of 1310 17th Avenue has entered St. Clare Hospital for a physical examination, according to the hospital intake bulletin.
Amile Henry Lange 67 of Warren died Sunday in a Freeport hospital. Rites held at Warren St Pauls Lutheran Church led by Rev Oswald Mall with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Born July 6 1883 in Germany he came to the U S at age seven. Survived by Bertha Lange wife a daughter Mrs Maurice Thurman Warren a son Delbert Scales Mounds a brother Fred Schopville and five grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs Francis Menehan and their son relocate today from 1125 9th Street to a new residence at 17th Street and 28th Avenue. Gene Dettwiler aged 12, son of Ernest and Mrs Dettwiler of 2003 12th Avenue, sustained a scalp laceration requiring three stitches after a wood block struck his head while neighborhood children played near a house under construction.
Dr Nathan E Bear president of the Monroe Kiwanis club Charles Marvin and Willard C Bender will attend the 1950 convention of the Wisconsin Upper Michigan Kiwanis district at Green Lake from September 3 to 6. Eighty five clubs of the district are expected to send delegates.
Gunther M Storbeck 24 of Water town was today sent to state prison in Waupun by Sheriff Matt Solbran. He had been sentenced in county court yesterday to one to two years for operating a car without the owner's consent.
Mrs. Fred Lehnherr of 2123 13th Street was admitted to St. Clare hospital last night with a fractured wrist and was discharged this morning. Washington reports the United States will lend Yugoslavia another 15 million dollars after prior 20 million loans in the last year. Acheson says the export impact bank approved the loan.
Mrs. Clarence Goecks of route 5 received an Easter lily while hospitalized in Madison at Easter. The plant died down then sprouted again, producing two full blossoms yesterday.
Ottawa reports Canada’s parliament will meet thrice daily to push a bill ordering resumption of the strike-bound rail service. Union leaders say 124,000 workers will return after passage as the House sets continuous sessions until final passage. The bill requires trains and telegraph lines to run within 48 hours of enactment, with a 48 hour work week and a provisional four cent wage increase pending settlement.
Rev. Adelbert Peter a German philosopher and theologian visiting his aunt Sister Evarista superintendent of St. Clare Hospital arrived last Saturday. He plans to travel to St. Paul and Washington state for educational purposes studying rural and city conditions.
State Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild will speak at the Belleville fair on the evening of September 3 in support of his Democratic candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
Four pieces of new clothing including a slip and nightie were found in a car in the last three days. The finder assumes it was placed there by mistake and asks the owner to identify and claim it by calling after 6 pm at 2529.
Senator McCarthy has turned over additional information on his income tax returns to the state. Appleton assessor J L Tibbets says the material explains the 1949 return, presented by McCarthy's Appleton attorney L H Chudacoff, and will be released after the state audit is completed. The review covers 1947 1948 and 1949 when McCarthy paid no state income taxes. In 1949 he reported 17120 income with 15172 exemptions for interest and 2290 stock losses.
A fragmented OCR list names numerous New Glarus businesses and venues including barber shops garages mills taverns hardware stores hotels bakeries and service providers such as Zentner funeral home Knobel garage Klassy Milling Co Swisconsin Ford garage New Glarus Lumber Co New Glarus Feed and Fuel Co-op North Star tavern Engler's store Rufenacht service station and Puempel tavern among others in a historical directory snippet.
Readable fragments list diverse New Glarus establishments including C Phillipson William Figg New Glarus dairy Farmers Stock Co Palmer Duerst New Glarus theater John C Erb Implement Co Idle Hour tavern Eagles tavern Reimer jewelry store Biglers tavern Dr S J Francois Hickory Farms Marshal Ingwell Dr C H Bartle Kehrlis tavern Walt tavern.
Col Frank L Smith a longtime Illinois Republican leader and former congressman died at age 82. He served 1919 to 1921 in Congress and led the Illinois commerce commission 1918–1920 and 1922–1926. His senate bid was blocked over large utility campaign contributions.
Frank E. Manthey, 51, Antigo businessman and Manthey Roofing and Insulation Co. operator, was killed instantly when a boom fell about 50 feet from a school roof he was directing workers on. He stood on the ground as the hoist operated.
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner John R. Lange reaffirmed a July 17 order cutting fire rates by 1 036 000 dollars yearly. Rehearings ended last week with minor revisions reducing public building rates and dwelling risk cuts, effective September 1, 1950, unless stayed by court appeal within 30 days.
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