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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1956
Page
8
Rain changes to snow with strong winds and a sharp cold swing. Temperatures fall to near 15 by Thursday morning with snow flurries and a high around 20. Extremes since yesterday show a high of 52 and a low of 42. Mineral Wells Texas records the warmest reading at 80 while Cut Bank Montana is coldest at 24.
Kraft Foods Co of Wisconsin transfers parcels Its 4 5 and 6 block 90 Brodhead with exceptions to Leo A Scheberle. Sylvia Pauli transfers W% of Its 7 and 8 block 1 Leglers 2nd add New Glarus to Edwin P Ri chert.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Haugen of Orfordville welcome a daughter born December fifth. Mr and Mrs Loyd Daniels of Durand announce a daughter born December fourth.
St Clare Hospital Medical lists patients Mrs Fred Carroll Woodstock Clarence A Hodge Beloit Mrs James Huyck Rockford Charles Kietch Rockford Mrs Charles Doyle Winslow and Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan Argyle Surgical Mrs William Marty Monticello. Dismissals Clyde Wheeler Remus Niedermeier Mrs Joseph Salner Mrs Margaret Adwell Theresa Zimmerman Mrs Fred Hofer Jr Mrs Kenneth Klemm Ellen Schwartz Marie Schwartz Louise Rau Mrs Kenneth Ubert and daughter Henry J Elmer.
Sheriff Samuel F. Humbel County Judge Marshall L. Peterson and L A Koenig attended the 1956 Wisconsin Traffic Safety Conference today in the Milwaukee auditorium.
The Rev Howard Orians district superintendent of Madison will be guest speaker Sunday morning at the EUB church. He will lead the local conference session Sunday afternoon at the Union church in Oakley.
The Monroe Kiwanis Club will hold a Thursday lunch meeting at 12 15 p m at the Swiss Wheel restaurant followed by a hospital tour. The Kiwanis directors board meets December 12 before a Lions Kiwanis combined supper meeting, with an organizational session for officers and directors December 16 at the senior high library.
John M. Weiss of 1516 16th Avenue Madison a patient at Wisconsin General Hospital has undergone major surgery yesterday after a prior operation on November 26. He is reported to be progressing as well as can be expected.
Wisconsin Power and Light Co Monroe Division conducts a safety slogan contest among employees. Winners announced at the Safety Christmas party December 13. Judge Marshall Peterson Dr E E Eckstam and G E Zuercher serve as judges.
Police logged two accidents in Monroe with no injuries. At 1 05 p m yesterday Art Kelly Argyle and Anna O Blum collided at 9th Street and 17th Avenue causing minor damage to Blums car. At 840 a m today Alber t R Buris tail gate hit a barber pole on 17th Avenue and 12th Street knocking it off its base.
John E. Hantschel longtime Outagamie County clerk aged 62 died Tuesday after a 32 year tenure. He retired last year.
Personal Mention includes Mrs Arnold Weiser and Mr and Mrs Arleigh L Field in Madison. Mr and Mrs O W Stamp from Durand called in Monroe. Rockford visitors Mr and Mrs Anthony Mioni in town. Carrie Ruehle visiting Milwaukee on business. Dress box lost at Milady's. return please. Mrs Richard Gordee and son Richard Jr from Blanchardville visited Monroe. A playlet Day at the Rum mage set for Wednesday December 5 during Women of the Moose meeting. Mrs Mathilda Eastman overnight guest in Monroe en route to visit brother Louis E Buri at Wisconsin General Hospital.
A second group of 37 Hungarian refugees fleeing Russian oppression is scheduled to arrive in Milwaukee by train from Camp Kilmer at 4 55 PM. They will stay at the Schroeder hotel while homes and jobs are found. total Milwaukee refugees rise to 110 after this arrival.
Raymond J. Grode Walter Minnig Richard Smith Burton Bacon Paulus Roth Ulrich Steiger Bertram Torkelson and Wilbert Bernet were initiated into Moose Lodge last night in Moose hall by the Monroe lodge degree staff. August Burgi and Grode captains chose teams for a Moose rabbit hunt to be held in coming weeks. The team with the most rabbits will be entertained at a rabbit dinner by the losing team. William R. Rieder served lunch.
In Madison Wisconsin the Wisconsin American cheese market remains steady with fair to good demand. Small style supplies are tight while large styles are ample. Prices show single daisies 36.5 to 37 cents and longhorns 36.8 to 37. Midgets 37.42 to 38.2. Wisconsin Swiss steady on top grades, weak on Grade C with light demand for Grade C. Grade C burdensome. other grades adequate. Blocks state brand 38.42 to 40, B 37 to 38, C 31.42 to 35.
Wisconsin authorities join in a search for Rev. Roger B. Crocker pastor of the Assembly of God Church in Merrill who has been missing since Saturday. His wife fears amnesia and reports he was last seen in Wausau while visiting a family eight miles away. His abandoned car was found on a Stevens Point street.
The Alpha Zeta Sorority and Vocational School Board concluded a six lecture workshop series with a panel discussion in the Ludlow Memorial Library Green Room. Moderated by H. L. Fenton the panel members were Forest Kubly Kurt Schwaiger Mrs Alvin Rabehl and Miss Thelma Gamm. The group urged employers to discuss and act on suggestions while noting only a few suggestions may be used. They stressed home born public relations and emotional maturity improve employer employee relations. Coffee and cookies were served by Mrs Walter Kubly Mrs James Speerschneider Mrs Leo Share and Mrs Richard Wagner. The audience praised the session as among the series' most successful.
Milwaukee. John J. Killian, former Milwaukee labor leader, was sentenced to five years for perjury after lying on a non-Communist affidavit filed with the NLRB. The 31-year-old ex-trustee and executive board member of Local 111, UEW, was connected to Allen-Bradley Co. his employment there has been terminated.
Dr. and Mrs. James R. Weir reported a mockingbird in Monroe today marking the first Monroe sighting after prior reports in Janesville and Milwaukee.
The Monroe City Council last night referred the Crestview plat to the Planning Commission. City engineer Walter Ekum said Crestview will have 28 lots located east of 28th avenue and south of 13th street, submitted for approval by Ray R Heinzelman and wife. Earlier sub divisions this year include Sunset View near the Swiss Wheel and Rose Park near the golf course.
In New York early trading the stock market extended gains with leading issues rising from fractions to about two points. Some specialties posted larger increases while a few issues showed small losses. Brokers expect a possible year end rise but warn news events could reverse the trend.
Services held at Grace Episcopal Church at 9 30 a m for Mrs Della Mae Koch 81 who died Sunday at her Winslow home Rev Charles M Pond officiated and body later moved to Greenwood crematorium Rockford Pallbearers named Norman Lee Ernest Mann Melvin Spinhirne Clarence Stabenow John Rockow and Clare Campbell
Egyptian President Nasser charges a Britain France and Israel back plot to destroy Egypt. In Akhir Saa he says the assault aims at Egypt itself and that captured documents show Israeli forces intended to reach Ismailia and liaise with British and French troops.
Waukesha County Judge William Gramling enters the race for a circuit judge post to be decided next spring. Circuit Judge Allen D. Young, nearing retirement age, holds a term that runs for another year. Phone 3 for an Adtaker today.
Governor Kohler urged a total assault on traffic deaths and injuries at the Wisconsin Traffic Safety Conference. He cited Wisconsin’s 25,000th traffic death and argued for stronger law enforcement, engineering, education, and licensing to lower fatalities and property losses.
William Rogan has been appointed Waukesha County Agent effective January 1, succeeding George Dehnert who becomes assistant director of the UW College of Agriculture extension division. Rogan currently serves as Jefferson County agent.
A note states there are 350 styles and types of pencils. The figure suggests wide variety in pencil design, wood coatings, cores, and uses across brands and models.
GREAT LAKES A Navy petty officer Walter Katzenberger of Allentown was allowed to remain in the service after Capt. Henry J. Armstrong reduced his court martial sentence. Katzenberger, 30, was convicted Oct. 31 of mistreating recruits and taking a $90 bribe, but Navy files cited an excellent prior record and a clemency recommendation signed by the six-member panel.
New York report notes quarterback Paul Hornung of Notre Dame received the Heisman Trophy from the Downtown Athletic Club as the season’s outstanding college football player.
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