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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1955
Page
8
A weather notice reports mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with slowly rising temperatures. Low temperatures range 8 to 13 north and 13 to 19 south. Thursday highs span 18 to 25 north and 25 to 30 south.
Mrs W B Gnagi was elected head of the Dr Will B and Gnagi Scholarship Foundation Inc at the annual meeting. she succeeds her late husband Dr Will B Gnagi who died Jan 15. Arthur C Benket elected to board to succeed Mrs Gnagi as vice president. Harold E Scherer re elected secretary. R W Blaha renamed treasurer. Weather data shown: temperatures and precipitation.
Nob Hill Builders Inc transfers S 64 ft of Lot 7 and N 6 ft of Lot 6 in Knob Hill subdivision to Alfred Henning. Knob Hill Builders Inc transfers Lot 5 and S 61 ft of Lot 6 in Knob Hill subdivision to Arthur F. Roethe in Monroe City.
Court actions list individuals charged with carrying loaded firearms in motor vehicles and fines plus costs. Death notices report Mrs. Etta Trestrail and others. Dismissals include several residents and an infant. A car crash on ice near Juda incidents injured a driver and struck a utility pole, with deputies responding.
The Gnngis scholarship foundation named the 1956 award process. Joyce Bab er, Mon roe high graduate 1954, was the first recipient and Eugene Wagner won this year. The committee will meet soon with Herbert T. Johnson as sole holdover member. New members include D J Huenink Mrs Blaha Nathan Goetz and Dr James R Weir. Seniors are urged to apply by written letter by end of January. Recipients will be named next spring.
An admitted sex deviate was questioned for two days about the triple slaying of Fate s boye bodies found in a forest preserve Oct 18. George Wagner 27 of Des Plaines was identified by Sgt Thomas Mulvey as the suspect. A lie detector test was inconclusive. Wagner was seized after attempting to lure four boys into his car in Des Plaines Friday night.
Funeral services for John Reusser 68 of 1608 13th street were conducted at 2 p m today at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home Rev Paul C Kehle of St John s Church officiated Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery Pallbearers were Ernest Schmid John Steinman John Heuer Charles Dwyer Sr William Wicks and Peter Kubly Mrs Winnie Kuebli and Mrs Robert Buehler provided the songs and service
Patients and staff at St. Clare hospital were entertained last night by the City Band brass choir conducted by Allan F. Barnard. The on each floor performance featured William Lanz Owen Hefty Robert H Rieder Donald Heeren and Walter Schroeder among the choir members.
A flurry of holiday visits and travel details from New Glarus to Madison and Milwaukee. Families including the Gesslers Ingwells Shir es and Ts chudys plan Christmas weekends with relatives in Monroe South Wayne Tomah and Woodford. Santa Claus events listed at Woolworths with scattered hours.
Theodore Trecker, 87, a founder and honorary board chairman of Kearney and Trecker Corp., died at his home after a long illness in Milwaukee. He helped shape the firm known for machinery and engineering.
In Appleton the retired postmaster says Postmaster General Summerfield knew Thomas Miller, named by Senator McCarthy, had gambling and prohibition violations. Stephen Balliet alleged Miller’s record. Summerfield denied the claim from Washington. Miller’s swearing in was canceled hours before due.
Rockford police report a gunman robbed a supermarket after closing, forcing the assistant store manager to open a safe and hand over over $1,000 in cash before the assailant fled. The employee was pistol whipped and knocked unconscious.
Rubie Carlson quits as administrator of Platteville Municipal Hospital to become assistant administrator at a Fort Dodge Iowa hospital.
Stockholders of the First National Bank receive notice of the annual meeting Tuesday January 10 at 10 o clock in the bank for annual reports and election of directors. Franz Robert named for newborn son of Mr and Mrs John Brogger of Brodhead at St Clare hospital. Great grandfather John Rogers Monroe aged 88 yesterday. Arthur F Roethe family begins building a ranch style home in Knob Hill east of Monroe. Alfred H Hennings buys a Knob Hill subdivision house.
Four U. S. Navy planes launched today from Naples carrying emergency relief for flood victims in Lebanon. A weekend flood devastated Tripoli in north Lebanon, killing about 60 and leaving around 200 missing.
Etta Trestrail 87, lifelong Darlington resident, died yesterday at a Platteville nursing home. Survived by three sons Forest Shullsburg Cloyd Darlington. Dr Harry Fresno Calif. sister Ella Nethery Rockford. five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services set for 1:30 pm tomorrow at Darlington Methodist Church. calling hours at Sharer funeral home.
Wisconsin presidential primary set for April 3. Kefauver announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination and plans were conveyed to Kendiorski in a Kefauver office assistant’s phone call. He previously won the Wisconsin Democratic primary in 1952.
William C. Boyden Jr., 19, Chicago, and Stevenson, son of the 1952 Democratic nominee, were treated at a nearby hospital in Goshen for a broken right kneecap and severe facial cuts. His condition was reported good despite the cold. It was eight below zero in Satan's Kingdom, Conn.
ELKHART Ind Two Harvard University freshmen enroute to Chicago for Christmas were killed in a highway crash today. MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Journal announced a five cent price increase for its Sunday paper effective Jan 1 due to rising newsprint costs. The new price is 20 cents per copy for delivery and stand sales, with mail rates revised. the Daily Journal stays at five cents.
Estes Kefauver announces campaign for state senate in the upcoming primary. He seeks nomination to represent the district, outlining policy aims and outlining support from local party organizations.
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