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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1946
Page
6
Mostly cloudy and colder to night and Tuesday. Since Saturday 2 p. m. highest 60 and lowest 49. Year ago today highest 45 and lowest 15. Last week values show a low of 7 below. Precipitation Saturday noted. Sunrise 7 17. Sunset 4 28.
In New Glarus the probate list names Fritz Jr and A R Tschudy as appraisers for the estate of Fred Wenger Sr who died recently.
Rey Kolb of Monroe on Route 4 faces reckless driving charges with $25 fine and costs. Obscuring language adds $10 and costs. Paut Miller of Monticello Route 1 faces obscene language charges with $25 and costs. George Krauss of Monroe cited for speeding with $10 and costs.
Marriage license records show Willis R Blum and Nellie E Freidli of Washington township obtained licenses for marriage. The notice confirms the pair plans a formal civil ceremony in the township.
Edward Rote aged 80 of 1503 19th street and John Whalen aged 79 of Albany are identified in a local notice list. The fragmentary record appears to cite residences and ages with surnames Sutherland and Meadville also appearing in the snippet.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Stauffer acher 1911 14th avenue welcomed a son on December 9. Mr and Mrs Jesse St John Evansville welcomed a daughter on December 8. Mr and Mrs Virgil Nydegger Albany route 2 welcomed a son on December 7. Mr and Mrs Donald Kubly 1048 7th avenue welcomed a daughter on December 7. Mr and Mrs Melvin Updike Albany welcomed a son on December 7.
Local notices list individuals by names and places including Jacob Huber in Monticello Delores Roth on Monroe route 2 and multiple medical and surgical references with homes in South Wayne Monroe route 5 Beloit Brodhead Darlington and related names. The brief ends with Try Times Want Ads.
Senator Butler of Nebraska praises Lewis for showing good judgment and patriotism while urging that the move not derail new labor legislation. Lewis orders miners back under the same government contract, with production set through April 1, as talks with operators and wage demands continue amid government seizure since last May.
A 1946 Chevrolet four door sedan stolen from Melchior Denny in Monroe was found undamaged behind 1723 11th Street shortly after, with police reporting nothing missing. Separately, Mr and Mrs Henry Kramer Mr and Mrs John Koehner Mr and Mrs Orville Bear Mr and Mrs Charles Schadewaldt Sam Kubly and Arthur Meyers attended a Moose Lodge frolic in Madison on Sunday, including an afternoon forward legion gathering and an evening banquet and dance with Fred Schmid and Rudy Feller.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Sherman of Blanchardville died Sunday at St Clare hospital. A baby was born there in December.
Pure Oil News highlights Lakeshire-Marty plant with multiple stages of Swiss cheese making. Green county accounts for a quarter of output while Wisconsin supplies over two thirds of national production. Uno Miller, hospitalized after a corn picker accident near Morrisonville Illinois, may move to Monroe at year start. visitors include Mr. Bruni Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Lacey.
Local notes list residents and visitors including Leo Koehler in Chicago on business, Norma Waelti in Madison, Mrs. Rupnow returning to Blanchardville, the Janke and Stoldt families in Madison and Milton Junction, and multiple weekend sojourns in Monroe, Darlington, Brodhead, Monticello, and Rockford. Also mentions Christmas card sale at The Times office and holiday stationery promotions.
Local social column records Mrs. Gay Wheeler and many visitors from Beloit Brodhead Monticello Argyle and Madison visiting Monroe over the weekend and today. Several residents travel to Madison Milwaukee and Freeport while Christmas card promotions draw readers to The Times office.
Nathaniel Sutherland, uncle of the town, died last evening at his Meadville home and his body is brought here for funeral and burial. The last of his family, he was well known in Monroe and vicinity after living here many years.
A blaze at a Lepanto Arkansas farm killed a mother and her three year old son and injured eight other family members. The fire destroyed the farm home and the cause was not yet determined.
Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov unexpectedly refused a proposed UN inventory of domestic troops and called for a home census. The move, announced at Flushing Meadow, unsettled delegates and recessed the plenary session after a five hour meeting.
The German built liner Europa, renamed Liberte, broke from moorings in a gale driven tide at Le Havre. It struck harbor wreckage and sank in shallow water with a heavy list after a 3 foot rise, later righting as the tide fell.
French line officials hold out hope Liberte can be refloated after the Hamburg launched liner was torn from docks and driven across the basin in under three minutes. Wreckage remained by the machine room as water flooded in but no lives were lost and fire crews stood by.
Edward Rote 80 died at 1 30 p m at his sister’s home 1503 19th street after years of illness. Born Sept 6 1866 in Clarno township son of Paul and Elizabeth Woolsledger Rote he never married and worked on farms around Clarno. Surviving are three sisters Mrs Miller Canton S D Mrs G W Dixon Aurora Neb and Mrs Carrie Dobson plus several nieces and nephews. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm Shriner Neush wander funeral home with burial Greenwood cemetery Rev Paul C Kehle officiating.
Science enables the deaf to hear faint sounds with a hand sized device approved by the American Medical Association. It requires no battery pack or bulky parts and can be personally adjusted as hearing changes. Beltone offers free booklet and home demonstration via Dept. 9836 Chicago.
Allis-Chalmers' Boston plant resumes production for the first time since April 30 after a 74 month strike by 375 workers. Milwaukee's giant plant strike continues, and local 248 president Robert Buse says the Boston settlement will not affect Milwaukee.
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