Weather outlook for December 13 1948
Cloudy with light snow expected to begin late tonight or early Tuesday and end in northern portions Tuesday night. Colder conditions to move in from the west and central areas tonight through Tuesday.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1948
Page
8
Cloudy with light snow expected to begin late tonight or early Tuesday and end in northern portions Tuesday night. Colder conditions to move in from the west and central areas tonight through Tuesday.
The report notes yesterday's high 42 and low 31, with year-ago high 29 and low 23. Barometer 1 am 29.30 and 1 pm 29.45. Tampa Florida recorded the warmest at 78, Wiliston North Carolina the coldest at 11. Sunrise was at 7:22 and sunset at 4:27.
Virginia Mary Smith of Washington township and Freddie Albert Ryser of Blanchardville were issued marriage licenses.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley and Judge Raymond L. Hill preside in Monroe and standard penalties cited. Raymond Hill orders a $60 fine plus costs and revokes license with no occupational privileges granted. Orville Dalton of Monticello faces disorderly conduct penalties of $50 and costs.
Herman Weyberg of Monticello received six months in the county jail under Huber law and was ordered to pay medical bills and costs of action. Phillip Ray Millis of Browntown faces assault and battery charges with trial set for 1:30 Wednesday afternoon, free on $200 bond.
Obituaries report J Steiner 71 of Blanchard ville and Hobart A Hooker 50 of Rock lord as deceased. The items list ages and residence, with no further biographical details provided.
Mr and Mrs Wilbert Phillips route 3 welcome a daughter on December 13. Mr and Mrs Walter Egli 1108 14th Avenue greet a son on December 12. Mr and Mrs Clifford Enright of Warren celebrate a daughter born December 12.
A long docket of patient names appears under St. Clare Hospital Medical and Surgical sections. The list includes Mrs Ernest Wegmuel ler route 5 Mrs Byron Fenn Browntown and others from Janesville Argyle Beloit Monticello Orfordville South Wayne and surrounding areas with multiple family members and spouses named alongside.
Hobart Arthur Hooker 50 a native of Brodhead and Monroe resident died Saturday at Memorial hospital Rockford. Funeral 1:30 p m today in Burpee Wood funeral home Rockford with burial in Greenwood cemetery Brodhead. He served in World War I and worked in advertising for George D. Roper Corp. He is survived by his widow Beatrice Wall Hooker a mother a daughter a son a sister and two grandchildren.
Milo K. Swanton urges dairy industry organization as Wisconsin council of agriculture notes desperate need amid growing competition. Dr. Henry T. Scott calls milk a complete food, while Tony Madler and Fred Marty discuss local disposal and regulatory issues. Music from Hobo-ettes and Disch brothers accompanies a 600 attendee annual meeting.
The Darlington sale by Lafayette county 4 H and FFA members yielded 11 Holstein bulls with top price 530. Allan Krause Shullsburg won the top bid for a yearling that also won county fair honors. Willard Rowe Darlington bought it. Other high prices included 455 for a bull sold by Edward Brog South Wayne and 405 for Woodford’s bull sold to Charles Chapman Darlington. Lowest price was 290.
A social column lists Larson, Mrs Walter Schindler and son, Mrs Virgil Appell and daughter, Actor Nyborg, Mary Saalson, Sheila Champeny, Ernest Tollefson, Mrs Erling Erickson and son.
Personal mentions include Mrs. Ross Vincent and others visiting, plus regular Women of the Moose meeting on Dec 15. Also noted are job changes at A and P, a 2 1/2 hour color film at Monroe High, travel to Milwaukee for a basketball game, a Browntown WSCS bazaar and chicken supper, and trips to Madison for church events and a university band concert. Names, places, and dates frequent the village social scene.
Funeral services for John J. Steiner 71 died Thursday night at his Blanchardville home will be held at 1 p m at the Lutheran church Rev T Kleven to officiate with burial in Union Grove cemetery Darlington Steiner born September 21 1877 in Switzerland moved to Blanchardville ten years ago formerly farmed in Fayette township Surviving are widow Ida four daughters Mrs Frank Blackburn Shullsburg Mrs Victor Winger Stanley Mrs Horace Van Matre Fayette and Mrs Victor Weinchenk Darlington a son Harold and Reinhold Steiner Ar Byte
The U S S Brant Muskegon naval reserve training ship rode a fierce Lake Michigan storm for hours Saturday. With engines dead and waves towering, the 135 foot vessel neared the Michigan coast before rescuers reached it keeping the vessel from wrecking near shore.
The Associated Press notes uneven cheese trading on the New York wholesale market with varied prices across types. Cheddars ranged from 41 to 60 cents, daisies and flats showed mixed quotes, grass 1947 and 1948 lots carried higher figures, processed cheese 5 lb units at 40 to 44 percent, domestic Swiss tubs at 56 to 58, with broader 47 to 54 for others.
Henry H. Elmer, 56, who was seriously hurt November 16 when a utility pole sank beneath him at Recreation Park, was released Saturday from St. Clare hospital to recover at his home on 13th Street. He remains a bed patient for several weeks but has shown rapid improvement.
George L. Schoonover, 20, of Janesville, was jailed in Winnebago County on a $10,000 bond facing manslaughter charges after a fight that led to the death of Donald Balderson, 24, of South Beloit.
Nationalist and Communist forces clash near Nanking as the Red drive threatens the Hwai river line. Military briefings claim over 50 000 of the 12th army group wiped out southwest of Suhsien, with supplies waning and air deliveries hampered. Charles Perri go visit Juda.
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