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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1948
Page
8
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with occasional snow flurries in the north. Extremely cold with colder Thursday. Temperatures since yesterday at 1 pm high 29 and low 19. Year ago today high 26 low 8. Barometer 1 am 29.40 and 1 pm 29.55. Warmest city yesterday Miami Florida 83 degrees. coldest Williston North Carolina 7. Sunrise 7:17 sunset 4:27.
John Sager transfers property in ons sec 15 and 22 to Roy Hoesly in New Glarus township. Martha Malkow and others transfer an interest in parcel sec 4 in Sylvester township to Clarence Witt.
W F Turner Madison named executor in the estate of Mrs Jessie W Thorpe who died November 25. The will dated August 23 1941 calls for specific heirloom requests for several grandchildren and daughters receive bulk interests. Appraisers named R W Prien H E Lanz and Harry Young.
County Court Judge Harold J. Lamboley and Ralph dZettle of Orangeville are charged with making a false statement to obtain a resident hunting license. The case lists $100 and costs as the amount. Harland Dinges of Orangeville is also mentioned in the notice.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Shoof Brodhead report a daughter born December 7. Mr and Mrs Walter Schindler New Glarus announce a son born December 7. Mr and Mrs Erling Erickson New Glarus welcome a son born December 7.
Dennis Zimmerman Juda Mrs William Biewash Footville Theodore Bayhoffer Monroe were involved in a medical report. An accident involved Carl Gilbertson Argyle. Dismissals include Mrs Merlyn Duerst and son Durwood Wes sell and other listed individuals.
The Red Cross lowers its 1949 fundraising target to 60 million dollars, one quarter less than this year. Basil O Connor announces E Roland Harriman will direct the next campaign set for March in New York.
A Green County delegation joins 122 leaders at a YMCA leadership training conference in Janesville. Tri-County YMCA sponsors the event with host J A Craig and main speaker Max Clowers. A Monroe contingent leads discussions with Mrs. Ransdell guiding girls groups.
A partial OCR shows names including William Brunkow W H Clements Joseph Schwartzenberger Mrs Jacob Jones Mrs Helenine Joy Joan Andrews Kathryn Trotter Joan Peterson Goldine W alton Shirley Rosheisen and Mary Ellen Broge Juda listed in a local notice segment.
The council granted licenses for club and tavern use at multiple addresses including the Zilmer-Riley American Legion post and residents Ralph Mahley Jess Morton Rudy Krebs and Walter Bregenzer. It approved $300 for Monroe decorations, increased city hall insurance, and authorized storage tank and sewer installations. A tax letter and a tavern license application were referred to committees.
The flag draped casket of Second Lt. Leonard L. Koebel of the air force has been returned from Europe aboard the U.S. Army transport Lieutenant James E. Robinson. The Department of the Army announced the arrival and notified next of kin Mrs. Olivia B. Dobler.
Mrs. Fred Glauser, Miss Shirley Conway of Albany, and several other locals were noted in Freeport Monroe and Chicago on various errands. Social visits included the Zumbachs return from a wedding trip and East Viota church lutefisk supper.
John F. Shager of the Cheese Producers Marketing Co op and J Edward Brecklin of the American Dairy Association attended a Willow Creek Swiss cheese factory meeting south of Belmont. Marketing and ADA activities were discussed. The Willow Creek plant now makes three wheels daily and operates 10 kettles. A modernization program completed last year remodeled the making room and other facilities.
Mrs Lulu Davidson, patient at Wisconsin General Hospital in Madison, is reported much improved today after a seven-week illness.
Mrs. Joseph Ginner departed from Monroe airport for Chicago and then the West Coast to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs. Jack Johnson in San Francisco. The trip continues to the west coast locations planned for her stay.
Mrs. Mellie B. Tollefson leaves Chicago this afternoon for Winter Park, Florida to spend the winter with her son Horace and family. The Tollefson house is currently occupied by Mrs. Adele Burgy, two children, and her mother Mrs. Edson Ludlow.
A color sound film about China will be shown tomorrow at noon during the Kiwanis club meeting held in the Monroe hotel.
The Turn and Schwing club hosts its annual family night at Turner Hall on Friday evening. Members and guests are invited to enjoy a night of activities and community camaraderie.
Mrs Julius Hofer, a medical patient at St Clare hospital, is scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning.
Workmen began constructing a new chimney on the east wall of the Monroe Sales Co building on 9th Street today. The stack will serve the new heat system for the building and adjacent facilities.
A new information technology system is being installed as part of a major remodeling program at the firm. The work aims to streamline operations, improve productivity, and support expanded facilities.
Twenty five new members were initiated at a Moose lodge gathering attended by more than one hundred members. The Beloit degree staff conducted the initiation. Plans were made for a Christmas party for Moose children at 2 pm Saturday at the hall. Plans also were made for a New
A year's end gathering included a lunch served by Delbert Wyss and Wilmer Palmer. The event highlighted a communal occasion with these two individuals coordinating the meal.
Mrs Freeman Larson of west South Wayne was released from St. Clare hospital after a cast was placed on a fractured ankle. She slipped down an embankment at the Ralph Miller home in South Wayne Monday evening, injuring two ankle bones.
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