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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1964
Page
8
Mostly cloudy conditions with occasional snow in the northwest and extreme north tonight and Saturday. Cooler tonight with lows in the 20s. Saturday highs near the 30s to mid 30s, with some regions reaching 35 to 40. Monroe area reports fog developing late tonight and milder conditions on Saturday.
Temperature highs reached 39 and lows 36 since yesterday at 1 PM. A year ago today highs were 28 and lows 20. Rainfall since yesterday 1 PM measured .24 inches. Barometer stood at 28.95 at 1 AM and 29.89 at 1 PM. Warmest spots were Key West and Fort Myers Florida at 80, coldest Old Town Maine at 10. Sunrise at 7:28 and sunset at 4:18.
Viola B Sveom transfers land to Walter L Boulie in Brodhead block 158 lots 6 and 9. Frank A Condon transfers to Fred M and Fredrick D Ties in Brodhead Pierce’s Add block 4 lots 6 7 8. Edward W Domek transfers land to James S and Robert Bruce Miller in Decatur Township. Monroe School District transfers half acre to Green County Historical Society in Cadiz Township section 36. Glenn L Kubly transfers to Glenda L Fritsch in Monroe Tailman’s Add lot 10 block 8. Bruce M Blum transfers to Arthur Chandler in Brodhead’s Add block 19 Monroe.
Kenneth Morgenthaler, 43, of Albany, was granted an absolute divorce from Bernadine Alexander Morgenthaler, 39, with no children. The couple married January 12, 1941 and separated August 13, 1963 on desertion grounds. Address unknown.
John Waldo Freitag 22 and Joy Loreen Anderson 21 both of New Glarus received marriage licenses.
County court actions include Judge Roger L Elmer Rolland D Zipse of Apple River Ill on speeding forfeiting a $15 bond. Harland Walmer Route 3 Brodhead forfeited $15 bond for no stop light. Beloit Bridge and Iron Co south Beloit Al no visible stop light forfeited $15 bond. Russell Andrews Route 2 Evansville no stop light forfeited $15 bond. John E Binder Oshkosh stop sign violation forfeited $15 bond. Robert Spencer Route 1 Albany carry uncased firearm in car forfeited $20 bond. Effie Sanders Milwaukee hunt in gun season without red orange or yellow clothing forfeited $15 bond. Conservation Department.
Obituaries list nine individuals with ages and hometowns including Eureka Montana Footville Blanchardville Mt Horeb Davis Illinois rural Mt Horeb Cuba City Beloit and Route 4 Beloit. entries note names ages and places with no further details.
Mr and Mrs Alva Pahnke of 1322 9th street report the birth of a daughter on December 10. Mr and Mrs Vernon Fraidrichs of Albany announce a daughter born December 11.
Visitors at the Jonas Kam merade home in Blanchardville included Mr and Mrs Darwin Menehan and family from Monroe. Mrs Charles Ruch of Monroe returned home after hospital observation and X rays. St Omar Chapter No 90 OES meets at Masonic Temple at 8 PM Monday December 14 election of officers. Mr and Mrs James Farmer and Mrs Sam Meyer visited Madison with Dorothy Farmer and Russell Hanson. Handmade gifts and Christmas decorations advertised at Gertrude Day and Mrs Leslie Albright locations.
Beck, once a top Teamsters figure and self-made millionaire, is released on parole after more than two years in federal prison. He was transported to McNeil Island in 1962 and will return to the same Tacoma dock upon final release in December.
The plan envisions independent units alongside 11 groups in the present priority force and ready for small tasks. It would create thirteen reserve training divisions as paper outfits with about 3,000 men each, activated only in general mobilization and filled by draftees volunteers and reserves. Fourteen Army corps headquarters would be abolished, their duties shifting to overseeing the reserves.
Monroe police reported two minor accidents yesterday. A truck driven by Glenn R. Benkert struck a parked car owned by Grace H. Hull while pulling from a stall. A second collision occurred at the 10th street and 17th avenue intersection between cars driven by George Gerber and John M. Gobeli.
Harry Kerschner, Mooseheart graduate, was guest speaker at the Brodhead Lions Club Ladies Night supper at Guzman's Blackhawk Supper Club in Janesville. Films were shown of Mooseheart and Moose Haven.
Albany records authorize dismissals for Gerald Sopher William C Ivey Dennis Atkin son John S and Fred John Kundert Vincent Holden Raymond O Peterson Louis Lauder Mrs Martha Liston Mrs Everett Gray Mrs Max Wyss Mrs Kenneth Curless Mrs Harold Phannenstill Mrs Hulda Hancock Kathryn Cook Lisa Ditzler Mrs Arthur Cresson and daughter and Mrs Joseph K Taylor and daughter.
Former Monroe resident Mrs Herman R Selck aged 84 died at home in Footville after illness. Born Hattie Stoldt in Pommerning Germany on Aug 18 1880 she married Dec 7 1905 in Rockford. Survived by husband four daughters two sons fifteen grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren. Services Sunday in Footville Methodist Church with burial in Greenwood Monroe.
A Capron LP gas truck ruptured its hose while filling a tank at a Brodhead nursing home. Firemen watered down the leak. a wrecker moved the vehicle to a city field. Police warned of possible ignition by a careless smoker. The incident happened about 10 30 am.
Mrs. Albert D. Geigel, 72, died Tuesday. Last rites were conducted at 1 30 this afternoon at Shriner Neushwander funeral home. Rev Peter Rasmussen of the Universalist Church officiated. Mr and Mrs Irvin Matzke sang My God and I and Beyond the Sunset. Accompanied on the organ by Mrs Albert R Buri. Pallbearers were O N Johnson Leon O Schmidt George Pulkrabek Orville R Evans Sr Geigel and Henry E Bab er.
Mrs Mark Grinnell 71 died Tuesday funeral services were held this morning at 9 in Stessy funeral home and 9 30 at St Victor s Catholic church Rev E C McCollow officiated Burial was in Calvary cemetery Pallbearers named Floyd Pyle Frank Menehan P J Lochner N G Preston Forrest Zee Russell V Grant Harold Leuzinger and Harry Buholzer Rosary was at 8 last night in the funeral home.
Members of the VFW Auxiliary collect Christmas Cheer items for the VA hospital with a Monday deadline at the local club house. They request 50 cent canteen book donations, pocket books, dictionaries, wool yarn, parcel post labels, four cent postcards, five cent stamps, socks, neckties, and discarded books. Ulrike Wagner, Monroe’s exchange student from Germany, will speak at the meeting and new members will be initiated. A 50 cent gift exchange will occur during the party.
The reminiscences describe Lee, named for his farmer father in Wittenberg, who moved to Milwaukee after marriage. He lost his mother at 15, completed three years of high school, and began full time work. The family attended Sts. Peter and Paul Church as Lee started driving farm vehicles early and later worked as a bus driver.
Mr and Mrs Donald J Miller of 819 11th Street welcomed their third child born November 28 naming Lorie Lea. A brother Gary Donald and sister Julie Lynn live at home. Grandparents are Mr Oscar Nybroten of Argyle and Mrs Franz Miller of 609 19th Avenue. Maternal great grandmother is Mrs Dorthea Nybroten. paternal great grandmother is Mrs Louise Leiser of 3021 10th Street.
Lester William Miller of Route 1 Browntown underwent surgery yesterday at St Clare Hospital to repair a dislocated shoulder from a farm fall. Hospital reports his condition as good.
A 64 year old driver Fred D Kloepping of Orangeville swerved to miss a deer and went into a ditch on Highway 69 five miles south of Monroe at 12 57 this morning. He was uninjured according to the deputy sheriff.
Mrs Mari Blaser of 1707 9th Street underwent surgery on Wednesday at St Clare Hospital and is expected to remain hospitalized for about a week.
Cris Humbel, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel F Humbel, is under going tests and observation at the hospital.
St Clare Hospital lists patients across departments including Lester Miller Route 1 Browntown for accident care Bruce Fahrney Albany and Herbert Orton Route 1 and multiple listed addresses for treatments. Surgical entries cover Clarence Heidenreich Dakota Mrs Gerald Diestelmeier Route 4 Joseph Downey Rockford and others with incomplete continuation.
West Covina California police said two gunmen, working independently, entered the United California Bank at about the same time. Each demanded cash from tellers Grace Lund and Yvonne Christopher, taking about $4,000 total. One fled in a car, the other on foot.
In Los Angeles Sam Cooke the 33 year old singer was shot by Bertha Lee Franklin the motel manager after allegedly kicking in a door and confronting a woman companion. Police said the bullet struck him in the chest and the investigation noted a companion identified as Lisa Boyer a 22 year old Eurasian resident of Hollywood.
A bomb exploded in front of the United Nations building during Ernesto Che Guevara's General Assembly address. No injuries were reported as police detained a man suspected of planting the device.
UW regents approve sites for centers in Rock County at Janesville and in Waukesha County near I-94 and U.S. 18. The counties fund building costs while the university furnishes the structures. Waukesha project priced at 1.4 million dollars and Janesville at 800600 dollars.
State Atty. Gen. elect Bronson La Follette selected John H. Bowers of Madison for deputy attorney general. Bowers, a trial lawyer, will begin the $15,000 year post January 4 when La Follette is sworn in. he previously served as an assistant attorney general from 1955 to 1963.
Mrs. Alice Ailvena Swartout Stevens 68 Eureka Mont died at 10:10 pm in St Clare hospital Beloit after illness while visiting. A Beloit resident 1925 54 she married Jay F Stevens in 1919 and had seven daughters and one son with numerous grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Rosman Uehling Kinzer Funeral Home Beloit.
The American Farm Bureau Federation ended its five day convention in Philadelphia with directives to its directors to study a plan for the purchase of a national food retailing chain. Delegates unanimously approved the proposal arguing ownership would empower farmers to press food processors to bargain with farm marketing cooperatives over prices.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Martin Luther King Jr says he will appeal directly to the President after 19 men were arrested in connection with the murder of three young civil rights workers in Mississippi. He fears the situation has deteriorated and proposes an economic boycott of Mississippi.
In a bustling community, readers rely on classified listings to find needed goods services and notices. The columns connect people with sellers job offers and local events while reflecting everyday challenges and solutions.
Wisconsin cheese prices held steady with fair to good demand for bulk prepackaged and aged styles according to the Agricultural Marketing Service. American cheese output rose 3 percent nationwide and 4 percent in Wisconsin to over 18 million pounds in the week ending December 3, while Swiss remained steady with modest price adjustments and improving demand for holding needs.
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