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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
6
December 29 1955 forecast notes a cold wave over the southeast half with much colder tonight. Partly cloudy and windy tonight, Friday fair to partly cloudy and colder. Lows 5 to 15 below northwest, 5 below to 5 above southeast. Highs Friday 10 to 15 above north, 12 to 20 above south. Data shows temperatures, precipitation trace, barometer readings, and records on warmest and coldest locations.
Deaths include Harvey F. Andrews 50 of na 13th avenue and Melvin J. Olson Route 1. Miss Cornelia Swiggum 70 of 2113 Rusk street Madison. Chauncey J. Coldren 79 Brod Cedar Rev H C Si 89 Cedar Falls Ia. Births to Glenn Siegenthaler Monticello and Chester Severson Argyle, daughters both on Dec 29.
A list from St. Clare Hospital covers patient surgical cases including Clara Day Juda Edmund R Hall Albert Lea Minn Mrs George W Ross Beloit Edwin Wilde Doris Pratt Darlington and others. Medical staff names include Harold Hawkins Brodhead Edmund R Anderson Semon Severson Blanchardville Archie L Perkins Rockford Gary Dahl Janesville Vickie Wingert Lena Lois Coville Beloit with a long dismissal roster listing numerous individuals by surname and given names.
A robin was spotted this morning at the corner of 16th street and 23rd avenue signaling spring. Earlier Saturday, a snake was killed in Albany village, believed tied to two highway patrolmen who found it on Ball hill near the Speed Bowl on Highway 59 and brought it to town.
Mrs. Myrtle Webb and Mrs. Margaret Stracka schedule fit-it-yourself and fabrics care trainings for Green County Homemakers leaders. Events run Jan 3 to Jan 10 at Monroe I and II centers Juda Dayton Brodhead and related homes, with local hosts and parish centers. Laura Mae Pafford named daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pafford, born Dec. 18.
Rev H C Stephan 89 retired minister of the Illinois Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren church died December 24 after a four day illness at Western Old Peoples Home Cedar Falls Iowa He had served churches in Orangeville Rock Grove and Davis and was ordained elder He retired in 1938 and moved to El Paso Illinois He participated in an anniversary service at Brookville Michigan Survived by a son Paul a Riverside TI and two late wives. Lt Col Merrill Stephan was his son from first marriage.
Pvt James Campbell of Route 1, son of Mrs B W Bell, completed basic training with the First Infantry Division at Ft Riley and transferred to El Paso for radar training after being a Wisconsin University senior. Sgt Lee Patterson plans to depart Jan 18 with Army Engineers for overseas duty in Europe, with Mrs Patterson and their son joining later. Bruce Helland is discharged from the Navy and returned home from California after serving on the USS Los Angeles.
Clara E. Day 71 of Juda was admitted to St. Clare hospital for surgery after a fractured left hip from a fall Monday night. She lay on the floor overnight before friends found her Tuesday morning.
Mr and Mrs William Beer of Kinderwood Illinois visited his mother Mrs Rose Beer at the Masshardt convalescent home over Christmas Miss Helene Joy spends holidays with her brother in law and sister Lt Col and Mrs R T Shellito East Meadow Long Island NY Joy teaches in Milwaukee Mrs Ray E Kundert leaves for Arcadia to spend days with her niece Mrs Darrell Schultz accompanied by her husband to Dubuque this morning Mr and Mrs Homer Downing Milo Indiana arrived for a brief visit with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert M Garsson and family The Garsson family granddaughter Ruth returned with them to spend a few weeks on their farm
Two Madison area highway accidents killed three people overnight. Victims include 32 year old Dane County official Mobr, 15 year old Caroline Bedward, and 18 year old Joan Bedward. Caroline and Joan were sisters from Bridgeport. Two Madison youths and Alice Bedward, 16, sustained injuries in the same crash.
Mrs Rhode Belle Smith, 71, was struck by a gunfire incident at a Monroe hospital this morning. Born December 17, she leaves arrangements pending at Neushwander funeral home.
Services for Delbert Charles Staley 72 of Brooklyn Township were set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Brooklyn Methodist Church with Rev Newton Barrett officiating and burial in Brooklyn cemetery. Pallbearers include six nephews. his son Capt Charles Staley of the Air Force in Germany was to arrive Saturday morning.
James O. McCabe, 44, of Chicago, was named today as administrator of the Platteville Municipal Hospital, effective Jan. 5, succeeding Miss Rubie Carlson who resigned to become assistant administrator at a Fort Dodge, Iowa hospital.
Milwaukee city and county traffic authorities pledged extra patrols after Gov. Kohler announced a state wide crackdown on violations for the New Year weekend. Kohler called Christmas weekend deaths appalling and ordered increased highway enforcement. Sheriff Barczak said no days off, adding six more officers. the county will deploy 15 daytime motorcycles, 12 squads by night, and eight squads overnight. Police Chief Poleyn will nearly triple his force to 600 on New Year’s Eve, with 400 on foot and 200 motorized, to saturate streets. The state will pull from its 70 patrol, request 41 trainee officers from Camp McCoy, and seek National Guard MP volunteers.
McKenzie, a 40 year old former La Crosse auto dealer, was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison and a $5000 fine on a guilty plea to one count. Judge Kenneth Grubb denied probation but granted a stay until Jan. 13. The plea alleged underreporting in 1947 with a $10,747 income and $2,426 tax paid, versus government figures of $38,443 income and $17,098 tax. Three other counts were dismissed.
Dr W Ralph Singleton of the University of Virginia tells the American Association for the Advancement of Science that atomic radiations may alter plant genetics to resist chestnut blight. Seeds of American chestnut are to be treated with atomic X rays to produce resistant variants.
In a Supreme Soviet session on a China era world stage Khrushchev argued for European security beyond NATO while condemning a German reunification push and Western colonialism. Bulganin denounced SEATO and the Baghdad Pact as imperial tools as he defended Soviet leadership in global reform efforts.
Khrushchev lauded 1955 as a turning point in easing world tensions and urged banning atomic and rocket weapons. He mocked Dulles on Portugal's Indian territories, joking that the United States would be Her Majesty's dominion under such logic, as delegates laughed.
A woodcutter's family home in Newberry in the Upper Peninsula burned killing four children Bernadine Sevarn aged 5 Arthur 4 Karen 3 and Robbin Elizabeth 1 Joyce Sevarn 24 mother told police she fled to a neighbor for a phone and saw flames from a window. Firefighters could not reach the children as heat and flames trapped them. Father Arthur Sevarn 27 was at work.
Spiegel Inc announces in its spring and summer catalog that live tropical fish can be mailed nationwide. Fish are shipped in water filled bags with oxygen, placed in insulated cartons, with prices from 25 cents for a guppy to 100 dollars for a kissing gourami.
Israeli troops drove off Egyptian soldiers who crossed the armistice line and occupied a hill on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip. The Egyptians used rifles, machine guns and a heavy mortar in the gunfight, with no Israeli casualties. The border issue was reviewed at a Foreign Ministry meeting with Gen. Edson Burns and Dr. Walter Eyton. The Palestine truce group had earlier blamed both sides for delays in UN peace proposals but suggested possible progress soon.
Police in Pokane will stop drivers at New Year’s Eve roadblocks and offer a choice of a cup of coffee, a ticket, or a smile. Police Capt. O K Sherar said the coffee is for those who have had a drink or two but are still driving safely, with officers prepared with thermos jugs, cups, tickets for drunk drivers, and smiles for safe ones.
William R. Beckmann, 37, editor of the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune and former Wisconsin AP chairman, will join Evinrude Motors public relations on January 3. He has led civic efforts in Wisconsin Rapids, including roles with the Cranberry festival, Chamber of Commerce promotions, Toastmasters, Red Cross, Community Chest, and the Downtown Quarterback Club.
Funeral services are planned for Anne T. Stromy 39 Portage County clerk for 13 years before resigning earlier this year. She died Tuesday and services will be held Friday in Stevens Point.
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