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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1955
Page
4
The Census Bureau reports a doubling of farms with 1,000 acres or more in 30 years while mid sized farms of 10 to 100 acres fell sharply. Very small farms rose as urban workers trend to country life. Mechanization and farm mergers push land under larger operators, with 500 acres plus increasing 55.5 percent as total farms decline.
Girl Scout Troop 8 meets this week at leader Mrs. Jerome J Howe home for a Christmas branch. Committees include Mary Howe Phyllis Mohns Kath ren Martin cooks Kathleen Balt zer Sherry Ritter Carol Leck table setters Cheryl Whitehead Sandra Fritz Mary Lynn Concon cleanup Susan Mallory Libby Von Arx Vicki Martin dish washers. At last week’s meeting the girls finished Christmas gifts for their parents with Sally Fritz assisting.
Fifty seven German prisoners of war freed by the Soviet Union arrived in West Berlin today, the first to reach western territory in two months. The wave forms part of a larger group. ADN noted arrivals in the Soviet zone over the weekend amid stalled repatriations since October.
Beverly Hills Calif Democrats and Republicans weigh a bipartisan campaign fund drive from ordinary voters. Paul Butler chair of the National Committee says donors would give 1 to 5 dollars designating the party. Leonard Hall GOP chair backs the idea, details to follow. Butler cites past spending while defending worker group rights and urging responsible guidance for contributions.
Mrs. Harry Bock 38 sister of Mrs. Howard Kennedy died Friday night in a Springfield hospital after three months in an iron lung due to polio. Services will be in Mt. Morris Illinois with Kennedy family attending. Born Al Young in Milton Junction she married Harry Bock December 15 1940. Surviving are husband twins Sandra Ann Patricia Diane Danny two, father Milton Junction, and four sisters Mrs. Kennedy Mrs. Max Wilbur Edgerton Mrs. Merle Zelka Milton and Mrs. Carl Middlestadt Whitewater.
Smith Masonic Lodge holds Past Masters Night Thursday at 6 p m in the Masonic temple with several past masters taking over the work during the conferring of two master Masons. Joint installation with Eastern Star set for December 27.
New York critic notes Fred Coe and team successfully adapt Faulkner The Sound and the Fury for NBC TV Playwrights 56. Lillian Gish Franchot Tone and Janice Rule give strong performances while Ethel Waters provides stabilizing senior presence. Also brief Madison fatal crash report: Eleanor Liebe, 18, dies from injuries after a two car collision near Stevens Point on Nov. 21.
This times pattern offers a winter school jumper with a surplice bodice and companion blouse. Sizes 6 8 10 12 14 with yardage details for 39 inch fabric. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents per pattern for mail to Marian Martin Pattern Dept New York NY.
Milwaukee case features former union bookkeeper Alice Prokop denying that un recorded funds were used for illegal activities. She testified that funds were diverted for goon work including stench bombs and a real bomb, political campaigns, and entertaining officials, while local leaders denied any such misuse. Prokop had managed local finances since 1930 and resigned in 1947. Brown who led the international union died in 1950.
Robert Parish, 73, of Darlington, died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness. Services were held at 1:30 PM at Sharer funeral home with burial in Union Grove cemetery. A Milan, Tennessee native, he retired from a 40 year railroad career in Fort Worth, Texas. Survivors include his wife, three sons Joseph Pensacola Grady Gladewater and Robert Okinawa, two daughters Arthur DeMuth Darlingon and J. W. Perkins Pensacola, and six grandchildren.
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