Hourly temperature and local notices from Times thermometer
Hourly temperatures show a high of 23 and a low of 7 since yesterday at 1 p.m. Year ago today the high was 32 and the low 20. Barometer at 1 a.m. 29.92. Obituaries list Mrs. Alphonse C. DeJohn 42 Burlingame Fred Gerber 85 Lena Ill Harry Armstrong 60 Darlington and Mrs Amelia Wertz 78 Kenosha. Birth announcements: Mr and Mrs Martin Meinert Dell a son born Dec 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse C. DeJohn
Burlingame
Fred Gerber
Lena
Ill
Harry Armstrong
Darlington
Amelia Wertz
Kenosha
St Clare Hospital Notices Include Names and Dismissals
The St Clare Hospital Medical section lists Mrs Myrtis Wicker from Monticello along with several others including Mrs Gerald Mayer Route 3 Monticello and Mrs Cora Hanson. Dismissals include Henry J Sites Roger Plate Clarence Steiner John Keegan Floyd Hermann and several listed spouses and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical
Myrtis Wickersham
Monticello
Julian Bear
Argyle
Bell Hartzell
16Th Street
Surgical
Gerald Mayer
Cora Hanson
Henry J. Sites
Roger Plate
Clarence Steiner
John Keegan
Floyd Hermann
Alden J. Hawthorne
Orson Robertson
Anna Winiger
Laura Lee Robertson
Dale Davis
John Gosline
Rep Smith Shore Protection Act bill favored with amendments
A report on legislation vital to Lake Michigan shore communities outlines Rep Lawrence H Smith Ras Rep Smith proposing amendments to the Shore Protection Act of 1946. The bill would let the federal government participate up to one third of project costs and extend aid to privately owned shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Michigan
Lawrence H. Smith
Ras
Smith
County Bar Group To Elect Wednesday
County Bar Association to hold an election at a dinner meeting in the Eugene hotel. Speakers will discuss income tax changes and social security for farmers with Agent Van Epps of the Madison internal revenue office and Sid ney Miller of the Madison social security office. Retiring officers are Miss Anna O Blum, Rodney O Kittelsen, and R Finley Barry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
van Epps
Madison Internal Revenue Office
Sidney Miller
Madison Social Security Office
Anna O. Blum
Rodney O. Kittelsen
R. Finley Barry
Powers Names New Office Secretary
Irene C. Powers superintendent announces Mrs. Powers named administrative assistant effective January 1. Mrs. Andrew Klassy to begin as office secretary replacing Mrs. Huffman. Klassy hired as part time with a 40 hour per month limit approved by the County Board at the November session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene C. Powers
Andrew Klassy
Huffman
Klassy
Frederick J. Rieders to Move to California
Frederick J. Rieders and his wife with two children will move to California at end of January. They leave the Herman D. Fritz farm on Route 4 after six years. The Kennth Segners move from Route 3 to the Fritz farm. The Rieders plan to settle near San Diego and work at a dairy, later pursuing their own dairy interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Rieder
California
Herman D. Fritz
Kenneth Segners
Fritz
Rieders
San Diego
Rieder
Mrs Amelia Wertz Dies in Monroe Hospital
Mrs Amelia Wertz age 78 died at 9 50 PM after a long illness in a Monroe hospital. She was born November 5 1877 in Germany, daughter of Ludwig Lenning and his wife. Widow of Herman Wertz. Body taken to Hanson funeral home Kenosha. Services Monday in Kenosha and burial in Greenwood cemetery. Survived by residents of Kenosha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ineo
Selslenia Wert
Nenosha
Monroe
Germany
Ludwig Lenning
Herman Wertz
Shriner-Neushwander
Hanson Funeral Home
Kenosha
Greenwood Cemetery
Nybroten Rites To Be Monday
Services for Chris v Nybroten 73 York Township who died yesterday at St Clare hospital will be held at 2 pm Monday in Adams Lutheran church Rev A P Anderson will officiate Burial will be in the church cemetery Friends may call at the Erickson funeral home Argyle until noon Monday when the body will be taken to the church He had been seriously ill five and a half weeks native of Bagn Valders Norway born June 4 1882 came to America in 1904 survived by his wife four children from first marriage Oscar Browntown Dr Norman Nybroten Morgantown W Va Mrs Robert Torrey Bloomington Calif Mrs Kenneth Koepcke Madison a brother Ole in Norway seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Chris v. Nybroten
York Township
St. Clare Hospital
Adams Lutheran Church
A. P. Anderson
Church
Erickson Funeral Home
Argyle
Nybroten
Bagn
Valders
Norway
Ole
Ingrid Luther Nybroten
America
Green County
Wheeler
Dunn County
Dorothea Rood
Anna Greenhill
Chilren
Oscar
Browntown
Norman Nybroten
Morgantown
W. Va
Robert Torrey
Bloomington
Calif
Kenneth Koepcke
Madison
Mrs DeJohn Dies in California at 42
Alphonse C. DeJohn 42 of Burlingame California died in a Burlingame hospital. A Monroe High School graduate and sister of Mrs Alan Goodmiller she was formerly Alice Reger. She studied at Milwaukee Teachers College and married A C DeJohn in 1941 in Petersburg Virginia. Survivors include husband a son Paul eleven a daughter Alice a brother Dr Robert Reger Madison and another sister Mrs Arthur Pratt Pittsburgh. Services Monday at 11 15 Burlingame and burial in Veterans Cemetery Burlingame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse C. DeJohn
Ray
Burlingame
Calif
Monroe High School
Alan Goodmiller
8Th Street
DeJohn
Alice Reger
J. Jacob
Elsbeth Ottilie Durst Regez
Monroe
Milwaukee Teachers College
A.C. DeJohn
Petersburg
Paul
Alice
Robert Reger
Madison
Arthur Pratt
Pittsburgh
Veterans Cemetery
Colonel Fined After River Outing Brawl Beating
Lt Col Theodore Brunner, 41, of Augusta Georgia pleaded guilty at a seven officer court martial to biting 2nd Lt A James Kentzler and M Sgt Conan I Bothwell during a Main River outing. He received a $2000 fine and said he drank and did not know what happened until return to the docks.
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S/S
Rankpu.cr
Germany
Theodore A. Brunner
Augusta
Brunner
James Kentzler
Madison
Conan I. Bothwell
Gilmore City
Town
Christmas concert by Freeport Choral Club at St John’s
Freeport Choral Club presented a Christmas music concert in St John’s church basement with about 74 attendees and a reception in the church parlors. Dr. Percy L. Dunn of Milton College will speak to the Lions Club Monday at 6 30 p m on the Plight of the Independent College. Mr and Mrs George S Bliss bought the Krause house on 8th street in Brodhead. Derwin J Huenink introduced as school superintendent here at halftime of Monroe Ft Atkinson game. Ronald Rockow of Browntown joins Wisconsin chorus preparing Handel’s Messiah at Wisconsin Union Music Hall on campus Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Choral Club
St. John’s Church
Percy L. Dunn
Milton College
Lions Club
Independent College
Brodhead
George S. Bliss
Krause
8Th Street
Huenink
Derwin J. Huenink
Chetek
Ronald Rockow
Browntown
University of Wisconsin
Man pleads guilty in safe raid at Yates American Union
Waldemar Tav arres, 30, pled guilty in Municipal Court to breaking and entering after allegedly stealing 3779 dollars in cash and checks from a safe at the Yates American Union. The case links to a prior raid and details remain under court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldemar Tavarres
Yates-American It Union
Personal mentions and society notes from Argyle to Brodhead
Local notices list several residents visiting and traveling between Argyle Brodhead Darlington and Browntown including Marvin Rufer Mrs Robert Swain and family Martin Jorgenson Mrs Edward Easter and children and Lyman Sprecher parties in Madison Clinton Blackbourn deer hunting in Necedah and a large Eagles Auxiliary election meeting planned for December 10. Rural Youth representative Margaret Roberts Green County will go to Chicago for the National Farm Bureau convention and return Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Rufer
Argyle
Robert Swain
Brodhead
Martin Jorgenson
Darlington
Edward Easter
Browntown
Eastern Star
Lyman Sprecher
Edward Sprecher
Madison
Lara Stair
Brodheed
Clinton Blackbourn
Necedah
Eagles Auxiliary
Eagles Club
Evelyn Schreier
Institution
Margaret Roberts
Green County
Chicago
National Farm Bureau
Young Peoples Convention
Rural Schools Update at Fairfield and Franklin
Fairfield Mothers Club members Mmes Leonard Bauman and Lena Bauman prepared lunch after making new curtains for the Fairfield school. The club met Tuesday night and will reconvene on January 3. The Franklin Friendly School Club recently gathered with roll call, dues, reports, and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield School Mothers Club
Mmes
Leonard Bauman
Lena Bauman
Franklin Friendly School Club
Gerber 85 Succumbs in Freeport Hospital
Fred Gerber 85 longtime Lena resident died at 12 25 pm yesterday in St Francis hospital Freeport. Native of Switzerland son of Peter and Rose Gerber he married Elizabeth Paul in Monroe November 4 1896. Survived by son John of Winslow three daughters Mary Diestelmeier Lena Martha Ter Hark Freeport and Carrie Diestelmeier Pearl City ten grandchildren and two and a half great grandchildren. Wife preceded him in death. Services 1 30 pm Monday Leamon funeral home Lena Rev Christian Pieper Emmanuel Lutheran church officiating burial Waddams Grove Cemetery.
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Red Gerber
Lena
Ill
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Switzerland
Peter
Rose Letterman Gerber
Elizabeth
Paul
Monroe
John Gerber
Winslow
Mary Diestelmeier
Martha Ter Hark
Carrie Diestelmeier
Pearl City
Leamon Funeral Home
Christian Pieper
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Waddams Grove Cemetery
Clinton Youth Delivers Winning Hog to President
Donald Hale a 19 year old from Clinton Wisconsin brought his 230 pound hog, junior champion at the Chicago International Livestock Exposition, to the White House for a reception with President Bain Benson in a blue and white pickup. Benson assisted feeding the hog while cameras rolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Kisehower
Benson
White House
Donald Hale
Clinton
Wis
Chicago
Donald
Hale
Illness and Homesickness Blamed for Madison Suicide
Dane County deputy coroner said illness and homesickness caused 54 year old Mrs. Franziska Hagemann of Konstanz Germany to leap from the 11 story Capitol Square Belmont hotel in Madison on Friday. She was visiting relatives and had travel plans to return to Germany Sunday. A prior heart attack last July contributed to despondency over returning home. In Columbus, Coast Guardsman Duane Porter 20 was killed when the car he rode in crashed near Highway 151.
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Avidun
Narod Nohr
Dane County
Franziska Hagemann
Konstanz
Germany
Capitol Square
Belmont Hotel
Columbus
Wis
Duane Porter
Coast
Wisconsin Farm Bureau urges fluid milk market push
Wisconsin Farm Bureau urges shifting focus from price supports to expanding fluid milk sales. James C. Green says national parity for milk is 88 percent, Wisconsin near 90 percent for fluid markets, with October prices around 3.93 to 3.95 and November forecasts near 4 for the state. Green notes only 20 percent of milk is sold as fluid, while butterfat parity trails at 77 percent and manufacturing milk remains under 3 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Farm Bureau
James C. Green
Madison
Green
Service Record Returns to Utah Base
Airman Raymond J. Swanton has returned to Hill Air Force Base Utah after six months duty in Iceland and earlier 18 months in Okinawa He plans discharge in March Also listed James Van Wagenen has returned to the United States after 11 months with the Seabees in the Philippine Islands and Donald J Miller sails from the Far East aboard USS Wiltsie for six months duty ending in San Diego
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Raymond J. Swanton
Earl Swanton
28Th Avenue
Hill Air Force Base
Ogden
Iceland
Swanton
Okinawa
James van Wagenen
John van Wagenen
United States
Seabees
Philippine Islands
Port Hueneme
Calif
Donald J. Miller
Franz R. Miller
19Th Avenue
San Diego
Far East
Wiltsie
Perjury Sentence Ends for Dolan in Greenlease Case
A former St. Louis police officer, Dolan, was released from federal prison after serving a two year perjury term tied to the Greenlease kidnapping ransom. He and Lt Louis Shoulders were convicted in 1954 of giving false testimony before a federal grand jury. The fate of roughly half of the $600000 ransom remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larrana
Lex Und
Earier
Dolan
St. Louis
Greenlease
Louis Shoulders
Bobby
Robert C. Greenlease
Florida Family Deaths Probed by Police
Police questioned Philip Van Eeghen, 30, about the beating death of his wife Patricia, 29, and their daughter Phyllis, 7, found in a car near a funeral home in Melbourne. No charges filed. he was jailed overnight for further investigation. The couple had moved from Niagara Falls, Ontario, years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Philip van Eeghen
van Eeghen
Patricia
Phyllis
John Thomas
Jimmy Dunn
Funeral services for Leon A. Hauser in Brodhead
Leon Adam Hauser, 47, died Thursday night at his farm home in Spring Grove Township. Funeral services are Monday at 1 30 p m at Everson funeral home Brodhead with Rev Harold P Humbert of First Baptist Juda presiding. Burial in Greenwood cemetery Brodhead. Friends may call tomorrow night at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon A. Hauser
Brodhead
Everson
Leon Adam Hauser
Spring Grove Township
Harold P. Humbert
First Baptist Church
Juda
Greenwood Cemetery
Actress Jean Peters seeks divorce from Stuart Cramer
EAN PETERS FILES HOLLYWOOD Actress Jean Peters wants to end her 33day marriage to Stuart W. Cramer, II of Charlotte, N. C. The 29 year old Miss Peters filed a divorce suit yesterday in Superior Court charging cruelty. She asked for the return of her maiden name Elizabeth Jean Peters and made no financial demands on Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ean Peters
Hollywood
Jean Peters
Stuart W. Cramer
IIT
Charlotte
N. C
Miss Peters
Elizabeth Jean Peters
Cramer
Dairy Marketing Margin May Grow
University of Wisconsin economist Truman Graf warned that dairy marketing margins may widen next year as farm prices stay stable while consumer prices rise. He cited efficiency gains via cooperatives to boost farmer share and potentially lower retail prices, based on a study of fluid milk butter and cheddar cheese from 1951 to 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Graf
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Graf
Wisconsin
Menzies Wins Australia Vote Landslide Victory
In Australia’s general election Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies and the Liberal-Country coalition secured a likely 71 seats in the 122 member House of Representatives, with Labor led by Dr. Herbert Evatt at 47. Five million voters faced a two pound fine for not voting as sweltering heat marked the turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Liberal-Country Party
House of Representatives
Laborites
Herbert Evatt
Labor
Kraft Foods Sues Portage Firm Over Cracker Barrel Mark
Kraft Foods Co files trademark infringement suit in Madison federal court against Appleton Corp of Portage seeking injunction and damages. Kraft says it copyrighted Cracker Barrel in 1948 for bulk and package cheese. The suit notes Appleton advertises a cheese spread as Cracker Barrel. FDA rejects Pacific Cheese Division Borden proposal to standardize partially creamed cottage cheese identity. Illinois cheese stamp rule removes state name and adds the number 5 below plant number reading Approved Plant 5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kraft Foods Co
Chicago
Madison
Appleton Corp
Portage
Kraft
The
Food and Drug Adminisration
Pacific Cheese Division
Borden Co
Food and Drug
California
State of
Illinois
Oakley 4-H Club Pledges at Walter Ladwig Home
Jerry Ladwig led the Oakley 4-H Club pledge at a Monday meeting held at the Walter Ladwig home. A potluck supper was served to the 36 members in attendance. A short business meeting followed and gifts were exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley Club
Jerry Ladwig
Oakley 4-H
Walter Ladwig
Milwaukeean saves his car from plunge on bluff
Alfred Keeling, 20, remained inside his car for 20 minutes after a traffic crash on a Root River bluff in Milwaukee. He held the footbrake as a tow truck arrived and pulled him to safety. The collision occurred as another vehicle fled a pursuing squad car, sending Keeling’s car over the embankment edge.
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Milwaukee
Alfred Keeling
Harry Armstrong Dies in Lafayette
Darlington special reports Harry Armstrong 60, insurance and real estate businessman, died yesterday afternoon at his home after a long illness. He farmed in Kendall Township before moving Darlington 17 years ago. Survived by wife Anna, two sons Lawrence and Thomas, daughter Anna Jaine, brother Mary, father Charles, seven sisters. Services 9 a.m. Monday at Holy Rosary Church with Msgr Doyle. burial Holy Rosary cemetery. Friends may call Steil funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Harry Armstrong
Kendall Township
Lafayette County
Anna
Lawrence
Thomas
Anna Jaine
Mary
Charles
Frank Fitzsimmons
Edward Judkins
Elmer Fitzsimmons
Belmont
Bernard Meyler
John Schaumberg
Richard Burchill
Thomas Delie
West Allis
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Msgr
Bernard Doyle
Holy Rosary Cemetery
Steil Funeral Home
Policeman Saves The Day In Runaway Truck Incident
Steubenville driver Jack Bragg praises policeman Lyle N. Johnson for life saving action as a brakeless runaway truck clipped a car and careened toward State Street. Johnson warned pedestrians and halted the vehicle, preventing injuries to several bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radison
Lyle N. Johnson
Jack B. ‘Agg
Steubenville
Ohio
State Street
Bragg
Johnson
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Lore Ie Daily Record
Urday
Martin Meinert
Dell, Son
Rep. Smith
Powers
Frederick J. Rieders
Mrs. DeJohn
Washington
Madison Sui
Keeley
Chocolate Shop
Bureau
Ray Barth
Badger Farm Bureau News
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Times
Florida
Menzies
Rory Calhoun
Piper Laurie
Jack Carson
Shaeffer
Parker
Esterbrook
Kohli
A Bros
Warnercolor
Lafayette
Goetz
Chalet
P.O
Lissie
Joanne PL
Phil Carey
Raymond Burr
Allison Hayes
Luke Fargo
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