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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1952
Page
6
Cloudy and a little colder with snow flurries tonight. Tomorrow cloudy with snow flurries in the northeast half, partly cloudy and not so cold in the southwest half. Low tonight 8 12 north 12 16 south. High tomorrow 20 26.
Report covers temperatures since yesterday at 1 pm with highs of 31 and lows of 21. Year ago today highs reached 22 and lows 2. Barometer read 29.56 at 1 am and 29.50 at 1 pm. Warmest city Los Angeles California at 85 degrees and coldest Grantsburg Wisconsin at 13. Sunrise 7:22 and sunset 4:27.
Notices show W F Berndt probate to Daisy F Tresner for It 3 blk 5 Railroad add No 1 to Monroe. Kenneth Collins et al transfer It 9 and 10 ft in width east and west off the west side of It 7 original village plat now Juda to Lee E Pengra.
Elviere Helen Wells and Alfred Edward Stalder of Waddams Township Stephenson County Illinois receive marriage licenses. Arthur George Whipple of Monroe and Letha Elda Stuessy of Brodhead also listed for licenses.
Christ Wahler 92 of Wiota. William J. Elmer 74 of New Glarus. Mrs Dewey A Dwyer Jr of Colorado Springs Colorado. Earl D Haley 44 of 131 Langdon Street Madison.
Mr and Mrs Donald E Thom pson of Argyle welcome a newborn son born December 12.
St. Clare Hospital lists Charles B Newells of Warren Illinois David Allen at 2000 17th Street and Mrs Harry Pin now Brodhead Surgical Miss Helen Spring at 733 17th Avenue and James Krattiger Route 5 Dismissals Stephen Meyer Duane Sommerfeldt William F Hawthorne Edward J Freitag James Cusick Mrs Donald Alderman Kathryn Mary Hall Mrs Otis Jacobson and Mrs Robert Schwitz and daughter.
The article lists board members and orchestra members for the Dane Green Iowa and Lafayette Counties cheese association. It notes the co operative effort to promote and protect the Swiss Limburg cheese industry in Wisconsin.
A collision at the 12th Avenue and 22nd Street intersection around 1 p.m. damaged two cars driven by Roger M. Voelkli of 2303 13th Avenue and Harold H. Engeli of Route 1. Engeli’s front end hit the Voelkli vehicle’s left side, while Voelkli’s car suffered extensive damage to the left and right sides after striking a utility pole.
Funeral services for Mrs George Pfeiffer 75 lifelong resident were held this afternoon at 1 oclock in the Stuessy funeral home. Nephews served as pallbearers Glenn F Stauffacher Marvin Stauffacher William E Wenger Ralph H Wenger Lawrence Prien and La Vern Prien The song service featured Mrs Howard L Orians and Mrs Harvey S Stauffacher with selections Abide With Me and In the Garden Rev Howard L Orians pastor of Immanuel Evangelical church officiated Greenwood cemetery burial followed.
Dr. Ralph C. Nafziger, director of the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism, is named educational director of Foreign Assignment. The program, started in 1949 by Dean Kenneth Olson, will send faculty and graduate students to editorial offices, government departments, and news institutions in Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, and Switzerland to study Western Europe’s political, social, and economic trends and journalism evolution.
Lafayette County highway shop in Darlington hosts the 10th annual Holstein bull sale starting at 1 p m. The event is sponsored by 4 H and Future Farmers of America with W E Gould of Blanchardville and Joseph Donahoe of Darlington as auctioneers. Ring worker B R Dugdale of Madison. Sales clerks include Roy Simpson Argyle John McNett Darlington Thomas Garvey Shullsburg Edward Skadden Blanchardville and Austin Boyle Belmont. Bulls and exhibitors include Arlo Rowley Bernard Wiegel Norman Schardt Shullsburg Marie Foley Cuba City David Raymond Paul Wilson Patrick Murray Joseph Reilly Joseph Beardsley Carol Jean Hillery Wayne Wilson Darlington Basil Eastwood Woodford.
Dr John M Irvin age 31 among the youngest to pass the American Board of Internal Medicine written exam taken Oct 20 at St Marys Hospital Madison He will likely complete the oral exam next summer A UW graduate 1943 1945 he moved to Monroe in 1951 and serves with Drs Ruehlman Baumle and Lesser They reside at 2619 8th with son Charles 2 and infant Sandra
A Monroe Sales Co wrecker operated by Gustave R Sommers struck the rear of a car driven by Victor L Sorenson at 11th avenue and 19th street after sliding on snow at a corner. The incident occurred Thursday night.
Robert Philips an 18 year old from Madison was brought back here by Sheriff Matt Sollivan from Madison where he had been held after a suspended larceny sentence in Superior Court. He was turned over to Green County authorities for parole violation and placed on parole here after sentencing on a larceny charge last summer.
The ox stands as one of the first animals domesticated, marking a pivotal step in agricultural and animal husbandry history.
Joel Solomon of Madison plans a weekend in Monroe. Mr and Mrs Elmer Matzke of Juda visited Monroe. F S Cleaveland, from Seward, Ir, called on in Monroe. William Hedtke of Berwyn Ill spent the day in Monroe. Mr and Mrs William Ann Sr and William Jr of Argyle visited. Mrs Arleigh Schneider and Mrs Michael Glass were in Chicago midweek. The Gorders and Shirley of LaCrosse are guests of the Ruf family in Monroe, returning tomorrow where he is city engineer. Regular meeting of the Women Relief Corps Tue Dec 16 at Knights of Pythias Hall with a 50 cent gift exchange. Dr and Mrs Will Gnagi returned from a three week west trip visiting Fontana, Pasadena, Coronado and Tucson to see Robert Ninneman.
Roger C. Ruch of 2617 13th Street is among 22 new members initiated into the University of Wisconsin chapter of Phi Eta Sigma national scholastic honor society for freshmen. Ruch is a pre commerce student this year.
Mrs. Goldie McCall of Mexico City is spending the month at the George Salladay home in Brodhead, as reported in a Times Special.
The Wallace Dulles Marcus Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will sponsor a Christmas party for all children under 12 at the Brodhead grade school gym on Saturday December 20 at 1 pm. The event thanks the city for its continued support of VFW activities.
The twins of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Condon were named Timothy Allen and Terri Ellen. They were born on Thanksgiving Day with Mr. and Mrs. Marion Condon listed as paternal grandparents.
Four older Green County 4-H dairy club members travel to Chicago for a Bowman Dairy tour led by Twin Grove. The group left Janesville at 4 45 a m and includes John Drye Roger Wyss Burleigh Bartlett from Monroe and Sherwood Carlson of Albany. They planned to visit the Bowman plant and other points of interest.
Miss Ruth Chase county nurse and Miss Ellen Brooks city school nurse will attend the in service training on mental health at Dodgeville Monday. The meeting targets county supervisors of rural schools and public health nurses from several counties with Dr A B Abramovitz a clinician from the mental health division of the state board of health leading the workshop.
The American Legion will hold its regular meeting at the Legion home Thursday at 8 p m An executive committee meeting starts at 7 p m in the same location.
Mrs Ida Lundgren of 1729 16th Street reports a fractured left wrist after slipping on Thursday night near the square at 10th Street. No further injuries are listed and the incident occurred in a public area.
Lorna Irene Crawford, 36, Madison, has been granted a divorce from Walter J. Crawford, 39, Monticello, in Madison Superior Court on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment, according to published reports of the court.
Walter Brandt of Eau Pleine won an annulment after his wife Minnie and her brother Joseph Rudock were found to be the same person. Rudock’s claimed divorce was deemed implausible, leaving Joseph and Minnie still legally husband and wife. Brandt was granted the annulment.
New York conducted a 15 minute air raid drill the largest since World War II at 7 30 a m with 579 sirens. Civil Defense workers directed pedestrians to shelters while police halted traffic. An unidenti fied man attacked a patrolman with a butcher knife and was shot dead by the officer.
William E. Cook, 23, was executed at San Quentin for the slaying of a Seattle man. He showed no emotion, tapping his fingers on the chair arms as guards strapped him in. Cook bragged of six murders, including the Illinois family kidnap and killings that earned him 300 years in Alcatraz.
Oscar W. Anderson of Leland Illinois was named president of the Poland China Record Association at a Friday meeting in Galesburg Illinois succeeding Charles A. Maas of Evansville Wisconsin as head of the Swine Breeders group.
Washington County Judge Frank Bucklin said he will retire January 31 due to ill health after 26 years serving as judge. The move ends a long tenure in the Weet Bend judiciary.
Mrs George Hokkanen aged 32 was killed near Paynesville Michigan when a tractor she operated to skid logs rolled over on her while she worked in the woods southwest of the town.
President Truman named Joseph H. Freehill administrator of the Office of Price Stabilization to replace Tighe Woods. Freehill outlined a payroll cut from 5 650 to 4 125 by January 31 and announced 400 Washington and about 1 000 field staff would receive dismissal notices after Christmas. Congress provided 36.9 million of OPS's 62 million dollar budget request for operating expenses through April.
A wind driven fire at Rockland destroyed two hotels and 16 other establishments, wiping out 10 wooden buildings and damaging four more housing eight additional businesses. Six firefighters were injured as crews from 13 communities, reaching from Bangor fifty miles away, battled the blaze Friday night.
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs announced that November loans reached 447 368 dollars. Of this amount 354 846 funded 121 housing loans and 83 793 supported 104 veterans rehabilitation grants.
Carlos Guevara Moreno, accused leader of an abortive revolt against Ecuador's President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, arrived Friday night to begin a life in exile in Cali Colombia.
Santa Monica California Red Skelton recuperates from a three hour operation performed Friday to correct a diaphragmatic hernia. His TV shows have been filmed six weeks ahead.
Wisconsin’s presidential electors will cast their ballots on December 15 in view of television cameras marking the first time thousands can see the process. The event moves from private casting at the State Capitol to a public televised session.
The Plan Burkhalter accordion students will hold an annual Christmas party at the Loraine Hotel crystal ballroom in Madison tomorrow at 2 p.m. The event was reported by the local school.
The Declaration of Independence and the U S Constitution are moved in an armored car with two light tanks from the Library of Congress to the National Archives. They will be housed in what is believed to be the world’s largest safe, beneath President Truman's dedication address.
U S Secretary Dean Acheson arrives in Paris to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization council meeting starting Monday. He is accompanied by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr Snyder and Mutual Security Administrator Harriman for the talks.
A blaze destroyed three barns and endangered a century old resort building at the Maplewood Hotel near Green Lake. The fire caused an estimated $20 000 to $30 000 in damage to the property.
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