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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1949
Page
8
December 13 1949 mostly fair and cold with lows from 10 below to 10 above and highs 10 to 25. Hourly highs 22 and lows 14 since yesterday 1 pm. Barometer 29.77 at 1 am and 29.90 at 1 pm. Sunrise 7 22 sunset 4 27. Brownsville Texas warmest 83 Williston North Carolina coldest 11.
Ella Lien et al transfer an undivided 4 percent interest in 190 acres sec 12 1 2 Adams Township to Glenn Ny broten. Leland Lamboley transfers St 2 blk 1 Lakeside Heights to Wendell Simmons in Monroe city.
Obituary notices report Casper Heimann aged 70 of 719 15th Avenue and Reverend Michael McQuaid at 609 Benton. The brief notices confirm their deaths with residence addresses.
Mr. and Mrs. William Nodolf of Hollandale welcome a son born December 12. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Baumgartner of New Glarus report a son born December 12. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mellenberger of South Wayne celebrate a son born December 12. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Weiss of route 2 Monroe announce a son born December 12.
Beloit John Jen sen Racine Claire Kammerud Argyle Tonsillectomy Richard Dool ey Monroe Medical Chris Berg Wood ford Mrs John Pinnow New Glarus Mrs Fred Kuckuck 2115 13th street Dismissals Mrs Joseph Knipschild Preston Holloway Mrs Howard Kramer Mr Frances Ray Paul Rufenacht Mrs Cyrus Nicholson Mrs Lloyd Gaulke and son Mrs Farl Sarbacker and son Donna R St John Mrs Roy Burmeister
Forecaster notes extended cold in Wisconsin with a slight warmup by Thursday and a possible inch of snow on Friday, accumulating from a quarter to a half inch. Continuous frigid conditions persist across the region.
Monroe forms a city band with 34 members at the second session of a three part trial under director Allan F Bernard. The group aims to show local interest and attract players from nearby towns with plans for next week's rehearsal. Election of officers is postponed until after the holidays.
Frank Hilliard aged 69 of Albany died yesterday. Funeral services will be tomorrow at 2 p m at Sharer funeral home with Kyle M. Miller of First Baptist Church officiating. Interment follows at Hillcrest cemetery. Pallbearers include Ray Silver, John Zimerman, Otto Albright, Henry Maurermann, Ivan Towns, and Albert Sommerfeldt. He is survived by two sons Shirl of Juda and Dean of Monticello and one sister Mrs Trella Webb of Albany. Earlier relatives include infant sons, two sisters and a brother.
Otis Elevator Co announces installation of a new automatic passenger elevator and electric dumbwaiter in the new St. Clare hospital wing starting in April for 31712 dollars. The 26 passenger elevator and 250 pound dumbwaiter will use button controls and be ready by August 1.
Miss Edith Bailey aged 69 died Sunday morning and funeral services were conducted at 2 p m with Rev Lawrence A Brown officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery with pallbearers Carl Ault Robert Trickel Michael McGuire William Sullivan Emil Theiler and Alvin Ault named.
Personal mentions include Miss Ann Blasberg and Miss Ruth Holland visiting with Misses Florence Voigt and Rose Deren dinger. Boxing day card assortments offered at The Times office along with Swiss cheese industry booklets. Various residents plan winters in Florida or visits with family, and a service member heads to Norfolk after a 25 day leave.
The document lists eight proposals including expanding hospital beds by 50 000 at a cost of 1 300 000 000 and merging water conservation services. It also calls consolidating grazing and forest land administration, creating a central transportation agency, and reducing presidential direct responsibility over 65 agencies.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. pledged 2 million dollars to Memorial Hospital in New York, the world's largest cancer center, announced at a 10th anniversary dinner. The gift matches a required second donation to fund a 5.25 million dollar expansion and teaching program.
Albert H. Stoldt of Monroe was reelected president of the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers association at a directors meeting. John Chapman of South Wayne was named vice president, succeeding M. H. Stauffacher of Monroe. Harvey E. Thew of Madison was renamed secretary treasurer. Other directors include J. H. Burke of Darlington, John Fluckiger of Verona, Andrew Tschudy of Monroe, William Lauper of Hollandale, and Ray T. Silver of Monticello.
Fred Minder, maker for Gottlieb Oberholzer at Marble Leaf factory on highway 59, plans his own plant next year. Clifford Stark, now at Meadow Brook near Mineral Point, moves to Puddle Dock near Argyle. Robert Nafzger, at Puddle Dock, will join the Mc Knight near South Wayne.
Elen Bordon Stevenson was granted a Nevada divorce from Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois on grounds of extreme mental cruelty in a secret hearing. The 21 year marriage ended as Mrs Stevenson left District Judge Harry M. Watson's chambers with no comment.
Mr and Mrs R H Schoonover Monroe entertained the Monticello bridge club with a buffet supper and contract bridge. Honors were awarded and guests included J W Barlow H A Becker R W Karlen M E Lynn C M Stauffer and R W Woelffer.
New York mayor William O Dwyer left Bellevue hospital after two weeks of rest and treatment and traveled by train to Fort Lauderdale Florida for a similar period of convalescence.
Harry C. Young of 1818 9th Street won a new refrigerator for a 50 word reason why he should have it. Bucb and Kessler will deliver the prize. Florine’s window Christmas tree in Florine’s window on the south square is in its third year. The holiday mail rush brings stamp shortages and letters to Switzerland go unstamped.
The text describes dead letter procedures in Washington where valuables are returned to senders. It notes handwritten messages in greeting cards with two cent stamps. It cites a second Potomac airliner crash drawing significance for Dr. Ruehliman and Dr. Bear of Monroe and a passenger pointing out the crash site from an eastern flight.
Members of the Madison and Dane County tavern leagues announce plans to close at 6 p m on December 24 in observance of Christmas Eve.
South school PTA will hold a meeting tomorrow night to review the annual Christmas program presented by the Brownies under the direction of Mrs. Robert N. Kingdon.
State Line Troopers and families attend a Homemakers gathering at Cadiz Town Hall Friday evening. Fourteen members join in 500, euchre, and canasta with prizes to Fred May, Mrs. John Augsburger, and Fred Hastings. Christmas gifts are exchanged and a lunch is served.
Harry Womack 59 escaped a deadly crash when he leaped from a speeding truck moments before it plowed through a railing on the Sixth street viaduct. The vehicle plunged 49 feet to the ground, narrowly missing nearby workmen.
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