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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1964
Page
8
A cold wave warning spans Monroe with temperatures dropping to zero to 10 below by Thursday morning. Tonight will be windy with snow flurries. Thursday remains very cold with highs near zero to 12 above. Yesterday's high reached 36 and low 18, with Miami and Great Falls listed for warmest and coldest readings respectively.
Karen Ann Davis Brown 23 was granted an absolute divorce from George Milo Brown 25 for cruel and inhuman treatment. They married May 1 1961 and separated May 1 1964. Custody of three minor children awarded to her with $30 weekly support. Property settlement noted.
Ed Striker is appointed executor of Otto J Braun who died November 10. Appraisers are Henry Aebly Jr and Henry A Burgy. Will dated November 22, 1962 lists 22 share receivers in the estate.
Ruth Arlene Platt Riese 34 of Brodhead and Franklin Ernest Pickett 31 of Brodhead obtained marriage licenses.
Alfred Waelti aged 80 of Brooklyn and Allen Dittsworth aged 61 of Lena Tl are listed as deceased in a local obituary notice. The brief notice records their names ages and residences with no further details.
Mr and Mrs Leo J Kainz of Blanchardville welcome a son on December 15. Mr and Mrs Gerald Purcell of 1748 17th Street welcome a son on December 15. Mr and Mrs Thomas Rosga of Evansville welcome a son on December 15.
The column lists patients at St. Clare Hospital Medical and Surgical wards including Ollie Carter and Aleafa Welter from Beloit and Joseph Greene from Beloit, with Chester Tobin and Norman Seffrood noted from Gratiot and Harry Pinnow of Brodhead. Dismissals include Leroy Buel, Paul Sommers, Gerald Lowrie, and several women and their daughters.
Chicago livestock bids show hogs 7,000 at lower prices across weights with sows and heavier hogs weaker. Cattle 11,000 calves 25 with lower steer and heifer quotes and several prime loads. Sheep 600 with steady slaughter lambs and feeder lambs around 20. Butter and eggs at Chicago Mercantile Exchange show mixed to lower wholesale prices and varied grade quotes.
Contrary to belief the bloodhound runs without baying as it tracks. It is trained to be silent to avoid alarming fugitives or frightening lost children.
Allen R. Dittsworth 61 a Lena resident since last July after retiring from the Pennsylvania Railroad died at Billings Hospital Chicago after a long illness. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Leamon Funeral Home with burial in Lena Burial Park. Survived by widow Kathryn Reeder six sisters and three brothers.
James A McCord aged 31 of Whitewater was killed when his car left Highway 89 near Lake Mills Jefferson County. The vehicle struck a mailbox, careened off a utility pole, jumped a creek and hit a stump demolishing the car. Four more deaths raise Wisconsin toll to 1 019.
Ulrike Wagner addressed the Monroe Rotary Club at Marco's yesterday noon outlining her experiences in Germany and personal background.
Mr and Mrs Otis Hermanson announce the adoption of a five month old daughter named Sandra Mardell on Monday. They already have an adopted son Randall Otis who is 23 months old.
Mrs. Robert Mohns of Spring Grove Township hospitalized since November 21 with second and third degree burns underwent emergency abdominal surgery at St. Clare Hospital Saturday morning. Her condition is reported slightly improved after an oil heater explosion injured her.
Monroe police investigated a minor incident at 1:47 p.m. yesterday in the Spring Square parking lot. Bessie B. Kubly of 2231 7th St. drove her car into a parked vehicle owned by Marty Ripp Chevrolet Inc. at 525 18th Ave.
David Allen Faith of 1755 17th Street underwent ear surgery today at St. Clare Hospital. The report notes the procedure was completed without complications and he is resting.
Mr and Mrs Morris Wolf welcomed Cary Tregg their third son born December 13 at 3 31 a m in St Clare Hospital Cary has two brothers Eric 3% and Lentz 24 His mother is the former Lonna Rhyner of Clarno Pa ternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Russell Wolf of Winslow Great grandparents include Mr and Mrs Paul Frenzel Sr Mr and Mrs E E Wolf of Monroe and G M Stamm of Winslow
Chester Tobin of 2242 15th Street was admitted to St. Clare Hospital yesterday at 3 p.m. for observation of a circulatory condition.
Holy Name Seminary students David Walsh Jim Fritz and Steve Kessenich join the Holy Name Choir for a television appearance on Saturday at 5 30 p m Channel 27.
Miss Vicki Rear performed two piano solos Winter in Wonderland and Away in a Manger at the Esther Circle meeting held at the home of Mrs. Orville Rear.
Latest USDA figures show the average American farmer now provides enough food fiber and other products for 31 people. The survey breaks down 26 at home and five overseas.
Thomas Dickson of Monticello and Mrs Charles Rolph near Monticello visited Monroe yesterday. Arnold Weiser of New Glarus and Mrs Fernstaedt of Monticello traveled to Monroe on business. Royal Neighbor Lodge hosts a bake sale December 18 at First National Bank. Women of the Moose Christmas party December 16 at Moose Hall with a 50 cent gift exchange and potluck. Warren Report copies and The Torch Is Passed\nThe Times office are advertised for sale.
About 1,500 young foreign visitors in New York will join a festive program at the Midtown International Center. Daily open houses start December 20 with twice-daily tours and a gala tree trimming on Sunday before Christmas.
Saturday callers in Monroe included Mrs. O. D. Curtis Mrs. Fred Haldiman and Bob Mrs. Conrad Stauffacher and Jim Grenzow. Mrs. Hazel Becker visited Madison Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. William Borchard Tom Joanne and David of Menasha spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stauffer.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy and her children are due in La Quinta California this weekend to visit sister Princess Lee Radziwill for the Christmas vacation.
For the first time since 1956 per capita fluid whole milk sales increased. Americans drank 126 quarts per person in 1963 up from 125 quarts in 1962.
England's King James I appointed a keeper of the king's otters to guard the pack of trained aquatic mammals used to catch fish for the royal table.
HAL BOYLE recalls the Battle of the Bulge twenty years past, detailing how German forces under Hasso von Manteuffel and Sepp Dietrich aimed to seize ground while Allied bombs fell on Malmedy. He argues war compels killing one's own to hold a position, noting the brutal logic of combat and the cost to civilians.
U.S. dairy cows produced a record 7 545 pounds of milk per cow last year. The National Dairy Council says figures for 1964 may exceed 7 800 pounds per cow.
At approximately 14 000 feet Mt Kilim Manjaro shows a six mile long saddle dividing Mawenzi from Kibo. Mawenzi rises about 2 000 feet above the rubble while Kibo forms the higher snow covered cone on the other side.
A NBC documentary revisits the Ardennes offensive through veterans memories and battlefield sites. It reflects on the 1944 clash, the human cost, and the lingering impact on those who survived and recalled Christmas Day memories.
Bob Newhart exits the CBS program The Entertainee and will depart after Christmas. Carol Burnett is expected to return once she is well enough. CBS airs Mr Ed and My Living Doll in new spots tonight between 7 30 and 8 30 EST, followed by The Danny Kaye Show with Howard Morris and Pat Carroll as guests.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said in Paris that NATO now wields superior nuclear and conventional forces, making further large-scale investments in such weapons unnecessary.
Reach the renters quickly with rent ads. To place them come in or Phone 325-5101, Monroe Evening Times.
Hollywood star Steve McQueen reports his wreaths are sold at MGM commissary with proceeds aiding Boys Republic in Chino. He recalls a pivotal Christmas there when the self governed facility helped steer his life after juvenile trouble and a stay in jail.
New Port Richey Florida. Keith McCart age 19 honked at a cow blocking a highway Tuesday night. The cow charged the car piercing the front in two places before wandering off into the woods.
About a year earlier he left to ship out on a freighter and carried lessons from Boys' Republic in memory. The experience remains a vital part of his recollection of wartime service.
The Wisconsin Division of AAA informed Gov elect Warren Knowles it opposes a highway bonding program. Stuart B. Wright, AAA state general manager, released a letter to Knowles stating the division’s stance against accelerating highway construction through bond funding.
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