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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
6
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with diminishing snow flurries and winds. Friday remains cold with Highs 5-18 and lows 5-15 below in the northwest and around 5 above in the southeast. Barometer readings noted and extremes include Browns ville Texas at 81 and Big Piney Wyoming at 21. Sunrise and sunset listed as 7 14 and 4 36.
Real estate transfers show City of Monroe conveying five acres more or less in Clarno Township to Thomas Kee gan. Dorothy Helmeid Albert transfers parcels to Raymond R. Heisman, including lots 28 29 30 and 46 feet of lot 31 Evans add city of Monroe.
County Court Judge Marshall Peterson presided over cases involving William D. Melinick, 21, of Freeport, and Lawrence Garland, 17, also of Freeport. Both faced larceny and breaking and entering charges. sentences were withheld and each was placed on two years of probation to the Stephenson County probation officer, under the sheriff's department.
L A Koenig and Marvin Wuthrich of Route 2 pleaded guilty to transporting an unenclosed rifle in a motor vehicle with $25 and costs assessed. The notice lists names of infants, patients, and several residents connected to medical and dismissals records in Lena and Milwaukee areas.
John Marty, injured yesterday while cutting a tree on the Er nest Lisser farm near Browntown, is listed in good condition at St. Clare hospital with a dislocation and fractures to his left foot and spinal injuries. He was helped by ambulance to the hospital after the mishap with Al Stoll. Dick Ewing filled in at York Center cheese factory. Marty had won third prize at the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association meeting the prior Saturday.
Funeral services were conducted at 9 am at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home and 9:30 am at St. Victor's Catholic Church for J. Howard Lundy age 59 of 2308 11th Street who died Monday. Rev E C McCollow officiated. Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery. Knights of Columbus attended in a body. Pallbearers from Wisconsin Telephone Co. included Lester Getschel Marty Slichner Francis Flynn Albert Engle Leslie Kleinhenz and Walter Kamiske.
Mrs Levi Foss formerly Agnes Lestikow, 86, Red Oak NL, died yesterday at 12 20 p.m. after an extended illness. Born Aug 6 1869 in Stephenson County she married Levi Foss March 27 1895 in Lena. Survived only by her husband. Services Saturday 1 30 p.m. at Burlington Cramer funeral home Richland Methodist church officiated by Rev John Bruce J McConnell with burial in Oakland cemetery Freeport. Friends may call.
Janicke Infant Lena Ill four month old son of LaVerne and Patricia Meyer Janicke died this morning at home from acute bronchitis. Born August 6 1955 Freeport he is survived by brother Karl LaVerne paternal grandparents John Janicke Freeport and maternal grandparents Clarence Moyer Winslow. Services at Cardascio funeral home with Rev Roy Berg of Martintown Community Church officiating.
Cadet John C. Burt 21 son of Albany residents was named to the Dean's list at the U S Military Academy for October. The honor goes to cadets in the upper 20 percent of their class. Burt is in his third year at West Point.
Daily social notes list W Loveland from Monticello and Clark Goodman Winslow visiting the city. Philip N Darling and Mrs R Boyd Atkinson from Albany, with Mr and Mrs Walter Preuti also from Albany. William Vickers South Wayne called in. Mr and Mrs Homer Berryman Madison Monroe visitors. Hans Schlapbach family from Albany in city. H N Dar ting leaving for Florida for the winter. Esther Rebekah Lodge Christmas party December 16 with gift exchange. Mrs Louis Paley left for Los Angeles after two weeks visiting her mother and brother. Darling family moving from 1108 Tenth Street to 2409 Ninth Street during Christmas. Rev C C Warfel in Chicago for Evangelism conference. Lowell Markwardt in Chicago for Camp Alpine meeting.
Cattlemen gathered in Monroe as the Trumpy farm herd was auctioned after Randall sale discussions. Herman Schmitz, noted local cattle dealer, touted Green County as leading in milk per cow on the Homestead line. Alfred Trumpy will relocate from Juda area to join the new farm, while the Briggs family moves to Clarno Corners.
Dr. Markus Feldmann, a former newspaper editor, was elected president of Switzerland for 1956. The presidency rotates annually among the seven Federal Council members and the election by Parliament is largely a formality.
Chicago police examine two automobiles for clues in the slaying of three Chicago boys whose bodies were found in a forest preserve ditch on October 18. Crime laboratory experts study a 1951 Hudson once owned by a nervous Polish immigrant, and a 1949 Ford reportedly stolen from Chester Tamillo of Lipps Avenue, Chicago.
The new address for Pvt. Ronald S. Roethlisberger son of Mr and Mrs Carl Roethlisberger Gratiot is US 55 544 586 A BTRY 253 RD ARMD FABI Div ARTY 6th ARMD Div Ft Leonard Wood Mo
At the federation’s annual gathering delegates reaffirm flexible price supports as part of the iitenhowe farm program. The policy, backed by leaders, aims to unite more than 1.6 million farm families under a single stance as farm population declines and labor has more clout. President John A. Hannah urged farmers to speak clearly and with unanimity to be heard amid competing interests.
Girls and Scout News reports Troop 18 members of Brownie Scout Troop 18 completed centerpieces for their parents Wednesday at leader Mrs J T Etter Jr's home. Names were drawn for a Christmas party to be held between Christmas and New Year. Troop 13 welcomed Kathleen Gibbs and Barbara Rasmussen as new members during a club room meeting with Barbara Gordon and Miss Gibbs in charge of decorations. Gifts were exchanged and cleanup assigned to Sharon Tuchel, Sandra Lee Tuchel, Sandra Manos, and Beverly Walters. No meeting until the new year. leaders are Mrs Lorraine Tuchel and Donald Plecity.
The Monroe Council of Scouters voted to hold a first aid meeting March 19 pending scoutmaster approval and set a bird hike for Scouts starting at 9 a.m. on December 22 at the Community Center. The first aid program will have two levels for explorer scouts and younger boys. Ronald D. Johnson presented the merit badge counselor list. Discussion covered forming a separate Explorer unit under Troop 101, with explorers remaining under the Troop 101 sponsorship while inviting other troops to send Explorer-age boys. Freeman Mills and William Kuntz will lead the Explorer group.
The ten day old polar bear cub at Milwaukee Zoo, abandoned by his mother after a harsh early life, survived pneumonia with oxygen tent care and medicines. Zoo director George Speidel announced the critical stage has ended and the cub appears out of danger.
AC Spark Plug division of General Motors intends to start construction early in 1956 on a new plant near Milwaukee. The facility will cover about 75,000 square feet on a 160 acre tract in Oak Creek Township south of Mitchell Airport. Utah has 1,763 miles of railroad.
Salable hogs 21 000 with steady to uneven pricing across weights and grades. leaner lots and No 1 to 3s 190-220 lb mostly around 10 75 to 11 75. sows 7 75 to 9 00. Cattle and calves 2 500 and 200 respectively with trade steady to weak at times. prime steers 19 00 to 22 00, loads at 23 00, heifers 16 00 to 18 00, cows 9 75 to 11 50, bulls 13 00 to 15 25. Butter markets steady with various grade prices. cash grain prices mixed with small gains and losses noted. Interior department funds $16 537 600 for fiscal 1956 sport fishery and wildlife development.
U S airman John D Jones born Raymond Menard missing for 11 years after shrapnel wounds in 1944. He traced his roots to Bourg en Bresse and Pollai in France, where a woman he approached led to a reunion with his biological parents after a long search.
A man in America meets a woman claiming to be his mother and describes a son missing during the war. He recognizes her when she mentions a scar on the left side of his head, the same scar he bears, confirming their connection.
Frankfort Kentucky Gov A B Chandler issued a formal action Tuesday forbidding the use of alcoholic beverages at Christmas parties held in state offices as part of a broader dry policy initiative. The move targets official gatherings while leaving private celebrations unaffected under state supervision.
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