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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1954

Page

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Orchesis and Chorus To Present Christmas Program

The Monroe high school Orchesis group and the school chorus will stage a combined Christmas program in the auditorium next Wednesday and Thursday. Three Orchesis seniors will play lead roles in The Juggler of Notre Dame. The chorus, directed by Mrs. Mabel Viel, will perform Yuletime in Carols as part of the event.

Orchesis Jo Anne Block Barbara Haworth Madonna Yale Grace Anderson Monroe High School Sandra Scherer JoAnne Block Notre Dame Miss Scherer Miss Black Miss Haworth Mabel C. Viel The Merry Makers Betty Land Beverly Kuckuck Marlene Hare Janeen Boyer Donna Gustafson Jean Sacker Patricia Gaughan Carol Stauffacher Diane Burgy Diane Darling Marilyn Kubly Judith Field Mary Anderson Gail Bissel Marleen Niedegger Faye Stauffacher Hedy Studer Kathern McGuire Judith Frye Carol Peterson Sheryl Richards Cecilia Grawehr Stephenie West Patricia Baumle Mary Jane Johnson Marcia Conway Carolyn Benkert Janet Kuebli Jane Thompson Janet Beckman James Roethe Sally Wenger Geri Blaha Rosalie Studer Betty Baker Theresa Machotka Robert Koller Karl Aeschliman Walter Schroeder Thomas Hyland Janeen Wellenkotter Wanda Wyss Kay Bartlett Miss Wellenkotter Ralph Niffenegger Werner W. Blum

Cheddar Prices Hold Steady Amid Mixed Wisconsin Market

In a weak to steady trading zone on the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange, cheddar styles held firm while small styles slipped by a half cent. Sales included 14 cars of cheddars at 32% cents and one car of pasteurized longhorns at 3434 with offers uncovered for one car of pasteurized single daisies at 34% percent.

Wisconsin Cheese Exchange

Commercial Bank Reopens In Lively Day Fifty Years On

The Commercial and Savings Bank celebrated the remodeled quarters with a lively reopening echoing its 1904 move in December. The space now features cream and green tones, walnut fittings, rust drapes, and doubled windows. Operations are departmentalized to speed transactions as music plays via a new speaker system. Open house is planned for January with officers Ralph Wenger and others listed.

Commercial and Savings Bank Financial Institution Taylor-Palmer Co Milwaukee H. L. Fenton Bruni-Miller Co R. W. Blaha W. C. Bender Ralph Wenger Bruce M. Blum R. L. Rote Arthur P. Benkert Emil Escher

County Board Discusses Rural School Special Services

A county school board convention at the high school auditorium drew nearly 150 attendees as experts from the welfare department, public instruction, and nursing fields discussed special services and Green County schools. The program included a welcome by County Superintendent Irene Powers, prayers, student flag salutes, lighting talks by Stewart Kingston, and a question period led by Roy Ihlenfeldt. A regional school board convention began later in the day with a Beloit College president Dr. Miller Upton due to speak that evening.

County School Board Green County Hertha Tarrasch John O'Neill Welfare Paul F. Gleiter Harold Lautz State Department of Public Instruction Ruth Chase David Gawronski M. W. Stuessy Brodhead Irene C. Powers Newton E. Barrett Brooklyn Community

Restaurant Association Plans Dodgeville Meet

The Wisconsin Restaurant Association southwestern chapter will meet in Dodgeville on January 13 to elect officers. The December Dodgeville session honored president Wilbert W. Woethrich of Monroe while Alden J. Hawthorne presided in his absence. Attendees from Green County included Howard Kohn and Hawthorne couples, Kathryn Yost, Leona Gruenewald, Betty FitzGerald of Monroe, George Bjork of Brodhead, and Elmer and Dean Braun of Albany.

Wisconsin Restaurant Association Dodgeville Wilbert W. Woethrich Monroe Madison General Hospital Alden J. Hawthorne Green County Howard Kohn Howard Kohn, Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorne, Misses Kathryn Yost Leona Gruenewald Betty FitzGerald George Bjork Brodhead Elmer Braun Dean Braun Albany

Officials Face Murder Charge In Phenix City Case

Phenix City officials Circuit Solicitor Arch Ferrell and ex Deputy Sheriff Albert Fuller were indicted for first degree murder in the June 18 slaying of Atty. Gen. nominee A L Patterson. A third suspect was named as an accessory in the probe that ended the city’s racketeering era. Patterson had recently won the Democratic nomination for attorney general and had announced plans to testify before a Birmingham grand jury.

Phenix City Ala Alabama Arch Ferrell Albert Fuller A. L. Patterson Patterson Ferrell Fuller Bernard Sykes Birmingham American Legion James E. Folsom

Tavern Woman Remains Missing

Bancroft Wisconsin Portage County authorities questioned several persons with no progress in the search for 54 year old Mary Hogan missing from a blood stained tavern. Sheriff Harold Thompson said crime lab investigators found blood in the tavern suggesting a fatal shooting. The cash box was empty and a .32 caliber cartridge lay on the floor with a blood trail to the outside tracks. A statewide alarm asked for a pickup truck seen near the tavern on Wednesday afternoon. Hogan lived alone in the tavern rear.

Bancroft Wis Portage County Harold Thompson State Crime Laboratory Here Mary Hogan Hogan

Christmas Seal Drive Reaches $1 350 Mark in Monroe

Miss Wilma Heimann, secretary treasurer of the annual Christmas seal sale in Monroe, announced that $1 350.05 has been collected to date. The fund drive continues through December with nearly 3 600 letters mailed in November containing at least $1 in Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association seals. Last year's returns were $2 190.22.

Wilma Heimann Monroe Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association

Albany School Addition Plans For Voter Presentation

Albany high school will be the venue at 8 p m Monday for plans on a new addition and remodeling by architects. A music room is highlighted among proposed features as the 30 year old building awaits updates for Joint School District No 8 voters.

Albany

Hare to retire from Fourth Ward supervisor post

O L Hare announced today he will not seek re election as Fourth Ward supervisor in April. He cites mounting time demands from his Green County Fast Freight trucking firm and his growing business responsibilities. Hare has served on the Monroe County Board’s salary industrial development and equalization committees and chaired highway bypass study efforts.

O. L Doug) Hare Hare Green County Monroe

County Road Conditions Show Mixed Winter Hazards

The county highway department reports clear skies may open most highways tonight but icy patches persist this morning. More snow and cloudiness are forecast statewide tomorrow with weekend flurries expected to worsen road conditions. Max Fisher notes the state is liberalizing ice removal standards to focus on busy state trunk routes and keep sand on grades where ice forms.

Max Fisher Wisconsin Highway Department Highway Commission Fisher Madison

Bonn Upper House Balks on Saar Pact Amid Coalition Threats

West Germany's Bundesrat approved a preliminary vote on Paris treaties granting sovereignty and rearmament but balked on the Saar accord. The Bundestag will stage a three ballot process starting December 15. Adenauer faces a tougher two thirds in coming weeks as Bavarian shifts threaten his coalition.

Bonn Germany West Germany Paris Bundesrat Saar Bundestag Konrad Adenauer Bavaria Free Democrats Adenauer Christian Democratic Union Bavarian Christian Democrats

Christ Blatter Stricken at 85 in Wisconsin

Christ Blatter, 85, a former Brodhead resident living with a niece in New Glarus, died this morning. Born April 9, 1869 in Canton Bern, Switzerland, he came to America in 1892 and worked as a cheese maker in Monticello area. He married Anna Scheiser in 1897. she died in 1952. Survived by sister Marie Seller of Verona, a niece in New Glarus, and nephew Ernest Seller of Verona. Service Sunday 2 p.m. at Newcomer funeral home with burial Greenwood cemetery. viewing Saturday night.

Brodhead Christ Blatter Herman Zweifer New Glarus Canton Bern Switzerland America Monticello Anna Scheiser Blatter Marie Seller Verona Zweifel Ernest Seller Newcomer Funeral Home Greenwood Cemetery Funeral

Salk Vaccine Promises Lasting Polio Protection

Dr Jonas E Salk reported new evidence that his killed polio vaccine can create long lasting antibodies and protection. He noted potential lessons for vaccines against colds and influenza and said live virus vaccines may not be more potent.

New York Jonas E. Salk Pittsburgh Salk Association For Research In Nervous and Mental Diseases

Dr Samuel Sheppard Testifies He Was Struck In Bedroom

Cleveland doctor Samuel Sheppard told jurors he was struck from behind in his slain wife Marilyn’s bedroom and lost memory after waking to her cries. He said he went to her room, saw a form, and later found his wallet near her bed.

Samuel Sheppard Cleveland Marilyn William J. Corrigan Corrigan Dr. Sheppard

Swanton Discusses Farm Co-ops and South America Trade

Milo K Swanton executive secretary of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture Co operatives spoke at the Green County Farm Bureau Co operative and Green County Service Company Co operative annual meeting at Turnerhall. He contrasted Wisconsin farming with methods seen in South America during a government trip. Directors were reelected and a noon dinner was served with Ben Berger talent from Madison as entertainment.

South America Milo K. Swanton Madison Wisconsin Council of Agriculture Co-operatives Green County Farm Bureau Co-operative Green County Service Company Turnerhall Wisconsin Ben Berger Talent

Shapiro Settles Tax Claims on Wife for 411000

Milwaukee businessman Michael Shapiro and his wife Rae settled federal tax claims for 411000 to wipe out a 562175 lien. The agreement covers 1942 to 1947 taxes plus penalties and interest, with Shapiro pleading no contest and Rae's charges dropped.

Milwaukee Michael Shapiro Rae Richard Finn Chicago Shapiro

U N Nears Vote Against Peiping

The General Assembly of the United Nations moves toward a condemnatory vote over Peiping for jailing 11 American airmen as spies. A 60 nation body seeks a resolution backed by the United States and its Korean War allies with Cuba and South Africa supporting, while Czechoslovakia opposes, arguing the case outside UN competence. The assembly met late into the night as the vote was anticipated.

United Nations N. Y China Peiping General Assembly United States Cuba Union of South Africa Czechoslovakia U. N

Times Edition Delayed By Major Press Repair

The Evening Times delayed due to a Goss press gear break at 6 last night. A Chicago supplier sent a replacement gear set by mistake to Janesville, wasting over three hours before the gear was redirected to Freeport and installed by David L. Johnson, Robert Maurer, and Robert Johnson to resume printing by afternoon.

Evening Times Goss Press Chicago Janesville Freeport David L. Johnson Robert Maurer Robert Johnson

Soviet notes warn West Germany rearmament. France urged

Moscow papers mark the Paris accord anniversary by warning France against allying with a rearmed West Germany. Pravda Izvestia and Trud say such a move would violate the 1944 Franco Soviet pact, justify military strengthening, and block Big Four talks. In Paris the National Assembly committee backs ratification paving the way for Saar and rearmament debates begin December 20.

Moscow West France West Germany Pravda Izvestia Trud Paris Britain United States Soviet Union Soviet Communist Party Russia Europe National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee Saar Assembly

Holiday Court Closing Begins Tomorrow

The annual holiday closing of Small Claims Court will take effect tomorrow through December 27 to manage the holiday mailing rush. Actions filed today will be processed. garnishees and traffic violations remain unaffected.

Small Claims Court Lois E. Faubel Small Claims

Stock List Shows Mixed Early Trading In New York

The stock market rose briefly in early trading but faced widespread declines with losses around two points. Wilson and Co. rose one point to 11 percent on 22,600 shares, while Armour and Co., U S Steel, Republic, Boeing, Radio Corp., American Telephone, and American Airlines posted gains among the movers.

New York Wilson and Co Armour and Co U. S. Steel Republic Boeing Radio Corp American Telephone American Airlines

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Roethe Restaurant Association Christ Dr. Salk By Alton L. Blakeslee Sheppard Swanton Farm Bureau U.N. Nears Times
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