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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1947
Page
2
The TORIA Award of Merit was given yesterday in Chicago to Miss Marlys Richert, former Green County home demonstration agent and now Waukesha County agent. Her work expanded Green County programs from 18 groups to broader outreach and supported 4-H, with Mamie Tillema continuing the schedule in her absence.
The article argues that since the 1935 to 1938 base period, prices for butter and dairy foods rose 69.5 percent, while other foods climbed 106.5 percent, suggesting dairy remains among the best bargains for households despite wider inflation.
Monticello grades program announces an operetta performance for the public. The event features student cast and choir with special services noted, inviting community attendance and celebration of the arts.
The University of Wisconsin German service bureau, inactive since 1887, will be reactivated to aid high school and college teachers. Classroom materials to encourage teaching the language will be made available upon request. Last year 48 high schools in Wisconsin, including 15 in Milwaukee, reported graduates securing employment in commerce.
The fragmentary note references New Judea with repeated phrases and unclear context. It presents no identifiable events or people beyond the place name and a garbled fragment. Further text is required for a proper summary.
A 1907 note recalls the Monroe Kaeser Verein hosting the cheesemakers ball on December 5 in Southwestern Wisconsin. Jacob Reger Jr. was elected president as the group extended a $500 loan to the Swiss Rifle club for a range on the Marty farm east of town. Also reported: births of two sons to local families, Austin Davis of Clarno and Ernest Holcomb of Adams.
Dr. Paul C. Aber Sold of Oak Ridge tells Radiological Society of North America that gamma rays and tracer atoms from atomic sources could reveal how cancers start and are cured. He notes X-rays and radium can cause cancer, yet also treat it when used correctly, and cites Argonne exhibit showing radiation effects on doctors’ fingerprints as a caution.
Detroit motorists face continued shortage of low and middle price cars into 1998 as orders remain strong while peacetime production lags. High end demand shows signs of leveling, and auto makers have enough orders to last 18 months to two years despite hopes for a 10 to 15 percent production increase.
Browntown and Monroe residents hosted Thanksgiving gatherings with relatives from Winslow Warren Detroit Rockford and Madison. Families including Crago Tomlinson Rugh Jones Balbach Dallman Wilke Ellingson and Hexom shared meals and visits at multiple homes in the area.
President Truman, on vacation in Key West Florida, was inducted as a submariner aboard the German submarine XU-2513. He received his scroll and plaque for sea service dating from a November 1946 dive to 450 feet. He then read aloud to his staff the address for Saturday dedication of Everglades National Park.
Wisconsin editor A J Glover of Hoards Dairyman urged tighter federal rules on Canadian cattle imports. He cited TB-positive tests in some imports reaching Georgia and estimated 60 000 dairy and purebred cattle entered the U S last year from Canada. He proposed all dairy and breeding cattle come from accredited herds and pass TB tests within 30 days of entry, with a quarantine of at least one year for non accredited sources.
Local greetings report visits among families in Brodhead Monroe and Dubuque. Guests include Allerd Hawkins in Chicago with the Hawkins family and Vernon Pinnow from Dubuque. A new home move for John Kryder to Monroe.
Monticello page notes numerous local families visiting relatives during the holiday weekend. Names include Curtis, Rolph, Stauffer, Babler, Stauffacher, Hoesly, Zweifel, Beer, Zweifel, Lang, Legler, and others visiting Madison, Monroe, New Glarus, Cedar Rapids, Elmhurst, Darlington, and Verona.
An indefinite stay with her daughter Mrs J W Barlow included time spent Monday with Mr and Mrs Don Broughton in Brooklyn. Mr and Mrs Howard Steinmann hosted their bridge club on Wednesday. Mrs Ray Richardson with son Kenneth and daughter Nancy from Verona visited sister Mrs John Elmer and family.
Mrs. Anna Pinnow visiting daughter in Rockford and traveling to Long Beach Calif with Miss Eleanor Ream. Glen Wunschel family back from Mattoon Illinois after wedding trip of Joyce Albright and Chester Smith in Chicago. Chester PinnoW and Christ Waelti return from north woods with a deer. Sunday school group holds annual meeting at Evangelical A B church. Norder and Mosser families gather at Janesville. Clothing for overseas is being.
Mrs. C J Tingley leads a project at the Baptist parsonage in cooperation with the National Baptist Convention. The note mentions herbs used in a swiftly prepared dish or sauce become tastier when moistened with lit.
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