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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
6
The report foresees a cold night with lows from 5 below to 12 below in the northwest and 5 below to 2 above in the southeast. Saturday remains mostly fair and cold with highs from 8 to 12 above in the northwest and 10 to 18 above in the southeast.
A dated weather summary lists yesterday since 1 p.m. highs of 30 and lows of 17 with a Degree Day of minus 43.18. It compares to a year ago with highs of 24 and lows of 0. Barometric readings at 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. Are 30.06 and 30.10 respectively. It cites New Orleans as warmest at 72 and Old Town, Me. as coldest at 25. Sunrise is 7:29 and sunset 4:30.
County court records list Judge Roger L. Elmer and Judge Rolland G. Pettit handling night speeding incidents. Victor M. Ingwell of 160242 15th Avenue faces a pass over a yellow line offense with a $25 bond set by State Patrol.
Obituary notice lists Leo Von Moos Sr 75 of 1816 10th street Lester Parker 35 Cuba City Mrs Syi Simmons 91 Hazel Green Clyde E Mackey 81 Route 2 Lake Geneva and Forrest Iler Fort Myers with ages and locations.
Mr and Mrs Joe Williams of Beloit report the birth of a son and daughter on December 26. Mr and Mrs Ronald Peters of 2639 8th Avenue announce the birth of a son on December 26.
St Clare Hospital lists patients undergoing tonsillectomy, with names including Steven Leo pold Beloit and Mrs John Schachner Lake Geneva. Surgical cases include Harry Nelson Apple River and Mrs Lyle Busch Pecatonica. Dismissals note Ivan Dade and others.
John McElhaney formerly of Omaha was welcomed as a new member at the Monroe Kiwanis gathering held yesterday in the Swiss Wheel. The year end program featured a tape of retiring president John Ferron’s achievements. Candy and date sale co chairmen Robert Rosa and Raymond Kubly Jr reported 1125 tins sold. Kiwanis board to meet Wednesday January 8 at 7 p.m. in the First National Bank Community Room.
Miss Bernice Holsapple ends a 30 year tenure at the F. W. Woolworth Co. here as the local store closes and inventories are completed. She will start with North Central Public git Corp. on Monday in a gas company position. Miss Alice Wenger transfers to a Madison Woolworth store.
Dorothy Volmary of Goodwill Industries announced a curbside pickup of reusable clothing and household items in Monroe on Friday January 3. For pickup arrangements call 325-3488. Philip Knobel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Knobel, is among Platteville State College graduates in January. He majors in Industrial Education and commencement on January 4 will feature Dr. Robert Bone of Illinois State Norman University as speaker.
Senator William Proxmire announced a 38 stop dairy data talk tour across Wisconsin starting next Tuesday. He will visit town halls including South Wayne and Shullsburg in Lafayette County to discuss dairy legislation and answer farmer questions. The tour runs through January 6 with events in northern and southern counties and no Green County stops.
Clyde E. Mackey 81 of rural Lake Geneva dies Wednesday. Services set for 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Derrick and Bailey funeral home Lake Geneva with Rev. Wallace Christen officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by son Cecil Elkhorn and brother Lee Beloit.
Mr and Mrs Joe Williams of Morris Court Beloit are the parents of twins born early last night at St Clare hospital. The daughter arrived at 6 30 pm weighing three pounds eight ounces and the son followed at 6 50 pm weighing three pounds eleven ounces. They have a brother Randall Joe four and a sister Darlene Virginia thirteen months. Mrs Williams the former Frances Hegi is the daughter of Ernest and Mrs Hegi of Brodhead Route 2. Her husband is employed by Yates American Beloit and is the son of Bernard and Mrs Williams of Brodhead Route 3.
Milwaukee area readers learn Wisconsin snow conditions for a holiday trip. Park Falls had 13 inches by mid morning, while La Crosse and Green Bay regions reported about one inch with light snowfall at Green Bay. Wausau showed six inches and was favored for skiers. The forecast called for scattered flurries and little new snow on weekend.
Funeral services for Frank C Maaske, 66, Browntown, who died Christmas Day at St. Clare Hospital, were held at 2 p m in the Stuessy Funeral Home. Rev Daniel Schowalter officiated. Mrs Schowalter and Mrs Donald Rutsch sang Beyond the Sunset and In the Garden with Susan Blumer at the organ. Burial was in Cadiz Cemetery. Pallbearers from Browntown were Frank and Ernest Soddy Oscar Schumacher John Roethlisberger Marvin Stauffacher and Joe Manser.
Personal notices list Mrs Tilman Nipple and daughter from Albany and many relatives visiting from Madison Monroe and Dubuque for Christmas. Several residents move homes or travel to California Florida and Colorado for holidays as families gather and celebrate.
A dinner at Mrs. Starrs home on Thursday drew guests including Rod ney Ritter and Richard Harris from Monroe and families of Inder gand in Monroe. Another family celebration hosted by Harold Acker man welcomed Wer ner Rutsch Marilyn Kenneth Juda John McGuire Scott Tim Jeff Jack Matthews Kundert Ann Tommy Julie Peggy Hervey Hoesly Gary Holly Doran R Zwygart Diane Marshall Mary Paul Paulson and Ackermann Patra Craig Marci.
The Wisconsin AFL-CIO urged President Johnson to favorably consider David Rabinovitz of Sheboygan for U S District Court judge in western Wisconsin. A telegram backing Rabinovitz was sent, as the nomination stall in the Senate Judiciary Committee risks expiry with Congress adjournment.
Demonstrators used icicles from the street to smash windows on the first three floors of the U S legation in Sofia Bulgaria and overturned four American cars. The protest cited the alleged U S employment of former Bulgarian diplomat Ivan Asen Christof Georgiev as a spy. Georgiev, a former U N delegation aide from 1959 to 1961, pleaded guilty to spying for the CIA. He hinted that the death sentence was anticipated.
Sterling Illinois news reports a freight train of 119 cars derailed Thursday with forty five cars leaving the tracks. One worker was injured when a trackside office was demolished by a derailed car. The eastbound train from Clinton Iowa to Pedkin Illinois fractured about 40 cars after a wheel journal failed. The derailment caused a long pileup over three blocks with one car striking a trucking office injuring owner Arlo Ray who was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.
The State Industrial Commission reports 41,792 unemployment compensation claims filed in Wisconsin last week, up from 35,884 the previous week.
Monroe county Civil Defense chairman Charles Marvin announced a Medical Self Help course in the Courthouse starting Monday night January 6 at 7 30 p m. The 10 week program covers first aid child care and emergency childbirth with 33 local registrations and 34 from other areas.
U S District Court in Western Wisconsin will host visiting judges from Jan 13 to March 14 due to vacancy after Patrick Stone's death. Judge Kenneth P. Grubb announced a schedule with S Hugh Dillin Indianapolis Omer Pool Springfield MI Robert A Grant South Bend Ind or Jesse Eschbach Fort Wayne Ind Grubb Hubert L Will Chicago.
Former Minnesota governor Stassen says he will announce next month if he seeks the 1964 Republican nomination. The Philadelphia lawyer and ex disarmament adviser says Eisenhower urged several candidates to run to broaden the field, though Eisenhower did not indicate a favorite. Eisenhower has suggested Scranton and Lodge may join the list of possibles.
Strength in rails and airlines and other selective issues carried the market higher this afternoon. Volume was about 4.2 million shares versus 3.7 million Thursday. The market rose early and hit its best level before noon, then profit-taking surfaced. Xerox led gains near 7 points while IBM rose modestly.
The Monroe Christmas Stocking drive relied on Girl Scout troops to assemble and decorate cookie cans, donate cookies, and attach socks to a tree at meetings. Leaders commend the scouts for significant help with grocery boxes and stocking efforts across many troops and leaders.
The State Board of Health reported nine polio cases in Wisconsin up to mid December 1963, down from twelve in the same period in 1962. The update reflects ongoing disease surveillance across the state.
Mrs. Marina Oswald will be available to appear before the presidential committee investigating President Kennedy's assassination, her attorney John M. Thorne said. Thorne added the inquiry came from J. Lee Rankin, chief counsel for the committee, with the national interest cited.
The record notes bid and ask ranges for securities as compiled by the Monroe office, indicating sale and purchase bands at the time. Figures show percentages such as 297% and 241% and 281, reflecting quoted limits in this guide.
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