Monroe in 1954 News Highlights and Local Events
A year of notable activity in Monroe includes legal rulings on Kraft Foods rindless Swiss cheese, Miss Mary Ellen McCabe winning the Alice in Dairyland contest, and the Moose convention. The year features civic projects, sports results, notable deaths, scholarships, and local industry developments across January through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Patrick Stone
Wausau
Kraft Foods Co
Mary Ellen McCabe
Ladysmith
Wisconsin
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Antique Automobile Club of America
Supreme Court
Dorothy Tschudy
Jeffrey
Free Germany Faces Slow Start in Westwehr Rearmament
Paris reports that West Germany’s plan to field 12 divisions, 1 200 planes and a coastal navy faces long ratification ahead. Mendes France’s government won approval 287 to 260 in the National Assembly but crucial councils and allied parliaments remain to decide. Opposition among Adenauer allies and Saar disputes threaten final accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Europe
Pierre Mendes-France
French National Assembly
Bonn
France
Council of the Republic
Mendes-France
Council
Assembly
United States
Canada
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Greece
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Adenauer
Saar
French Assembly
Mendes- France
President to seek boost in minimum wage to 90 cents
President Eisenhower will ask Congress next month to raise the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to 90 cents per hour. The change would affect about 24 million American workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
New Faces Sworn In At County Courthouse Monday
Three new county officials will be sworn in Monday for the offices of county clerk sheriff and district attorney. New deskman deputy and swing shift positions in the sheriff's department take effect as current officials depart or shift roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Browntown
Shullsburg
Benton
South Wayne
Harold J. Lamboley
Supreme Cepoe
The
Knights of Columns
Marshall L. Peterson
Monroe
Sahara Coal
Commercial Bank
Chester Becker
Robert W. Goetz
G. B. Lahr
Yellowstone Lake
Ray E. Kundert
Franz W. Brand
Charlotte M. Ludlow
J. Evan Elmer
New Glarus
Sanford
Adams Town
Sheriff's Department
Juda
Samuel F. Humbel
Wilma S. Lengacher
Rodney O. Kittelsen
A. Charles Howe
Howe
Kohler
Wilbur E. Deininger
Will
Humbel
Kenneth M. Mayer
Legion
Argyle Road
Raymond J. Lavallee Jr
Brodhead
Donald Ferris
Cornell
John Lewis
Warren H. Jensen
Route 4
Helen Myers
Lois Faubel
Lillian Purdue
First 1955 Baby Will Be Honored
Green County announces a local "first baby" contest for 1955 with Monroe firms supplying gifts. The article recaps previous winners and birth times at St. Clare hospital, noting Anthony Paul Nordeng and Christine Wendy Weiland among earlier year babies, and lists past winners back to 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Monroe
Stork
Armin Grunder
Route 1
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Paul Nordeng
Orfordville
Anthony Paul
Christine Wendy Weiland
Ewart Weiland
Janesville
Ann Louise Shrier
Kenneth E. Shrier
Brodhead
Route 5
Susan Mary Blum
Fred W. Blum
John Obert
Winslow
Soldier
Army to Early Release 44 000 Draftees
The Army plans early release next May and June for about 44 000 draftees nearing term end and 3 400 reserve lieutenants. Normal 24 month service resumes after June. Draft calls drop from 23 000 in January to 11 000 from February through June. Ridgway reportedly protested manpower cuts to Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Defense Department
Women’s Army Corps
Chaplains Corp
Medical Service
Matthew Ridgway
Eisenhower
Change of Routes May Slow Monroe Mail Delivery
Postmaster John J. Burkhard announces Monroe rural mail routes reduced from five to four starting Monday. Deliveries will arrive about an hour later in some areas as Route 5 consolidates with Route 4. Address changes will be sent next week to ensure no one is omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Burkhard
Monroe
Burkhard
Five Monroe Men Named Outstanding Young Citizens for Bosses Night
Five Monroe men were named by the Junior Chamber of Commerce committee as candidates for Outstanding Young Man honors to be judged next week. Judges include Stewart Kingstone Arthur Benkett and Rev Howard Orians. The Bosses Night banquet will feature Bill Bruton as speaker and honor employers. reservations are due by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Robert M. Garsson
Junior Chamber of Commerce Committee
Joseph C. Dearth
Joseph R. Ganshert
Robert H. Rieder
Richard H. Bahr Jr
Franz W. Brand
Stewart F. Kingston
Arthur C. Benkett
Howard L. Orians
Bill Bruton
Milwaukee Braves
Dr. Ganshert
Jaycee
Garsson
Mrs. Bast 68 Cadiz Resident Dies in Cadiz Township
Mrs Elmer Bast 68 lifelong Cadiz Township resident died at St Clare hospital at 6 35 am from a cerebral hemorrhage She was born May 11 1886 to Thomas A and Mary Ann Lynch She married Elmer Bast March 7 1906 and was a member of the Methodist church Funeral services proceed 1 30 pm Monday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev A E Weittenhiller of the Lodi Methodist church officiating Burial will be in Cadiz cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Bast
Cadiz Township
St. Clare Hospital
Bast
Ural Lynch
Thomas A
Mary Ann Bratley Lynch
Cadiz School
Lynch
Methodist
Elsie Tyler
Altha V. Lueck
Monroe
Ethera Lynch
Winslow
Raymond D. Lynch
Mainville
Alberta
Joan
Browntown
Grace Rinehart
Shriner- Neushwander
Neenah UHF Station Plans Merger and Shutdown
Don C. Wirth vice president and general manager of WNAM TV announced the station will suspend Channel 42 UHF operations Sunday night to aid construction of a Channel 5 outlet, WFRV TV, in Green Bay. The FCC merger request seeks to combine Neenah Menasha Broadcasting Co. with Valley Telecasting Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neenah
Don C. Wirth
Wnam-Tv
Wirth
Wfrv-Tv
Green Bay
FCC
Neenah- Menasha Broadcasting Co
The
Valley Telecasting Co
State Butter Market Unsettled in Wisconsin
Madison reports unsettled butter markets with irregular price changes. American cheese markets held steady as trade remained light to fair atmospheric conditions and market activity varied across Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Times Will Not Publish New Year Edition
The Evening Times will not publish tomorrow in observance of the New Year holiday. The Times and all staff wish readers a prosperous 1955. Regular publication resumes with Monday's edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Evening Times
the Times
Clarence Olson Succumbs at 65
Clarence M. Olson of 1525 16th street died at 8 15 am. He was 65, a Blanchardville native, son of Gus and Carolyn Olson. He married Gena Bear in 1910 and Masie Johnson in 1926 after Gena's death. Survived by five children, two sisters, two brothers, eleven grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Arrangements at Stuessy funeral home pending word from Sgt Milford Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Olson
16Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Olson
Blanchardville
Gus
Carolyn Olson
Gena Bear
Masie Johnson
Virgil Wenger
16Th Avenue
John Carberry
Rockford
Ray Hoffman
Whitewater
Myron Olson
Dodge Pastor, Wife Parents of Triplets
Hustisford Dodge County minister Rev Hilbert Klein and his wife Ruth are the parents of triplet sons born Thursday at Hustisford hospital. The couple also has a 23 month old son. The triplets weighed about five pounds each and the mother and babies are reported to be doing well. The father serves as pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hustisford
Dodge County
Hustisford Hospital
Hilbert Klein
Ruth
Evangelical Reformed Church
Treasurer Mails Monroe Tax Bills
Monroe residents received tax bills covering real estate personal property water and sewer charges and sarhage collections. City treasurer Helen I Gempeler says real estate may be paid in full by Feb 28 or in halves January and before June 30 with utility bills due Jan 15. Tax rate is 24 per thousand up 1.50 from last year and total taxes to be raised equal 642781.08 with 549194.11 from real estate valuation 22883088 and 89932.15 from personal property valuation 3747365.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Helen I. Gempeler
Pope Receives Gift of TV Radio Phonograph Set
Pope Pius XII was presented with a $4000 combination television radio phonograph set. The gift came from 609 brothers of St. Francis Xavier and their 15,000 students in 30 U.S. schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Brothers of St. Francis Xavier
United States
Final verdict cites 11 counts against recall group
Baraboo Wisconsin Joe Must Go Club found guilty on 21 counts of corrupt practices by Circuit Judge Bruce Beilfuss in a nonjury trial. A $4,200 per count fine was imposed. District Attorney Harlan Kelley announced warrants for officers directors and attorneys and said further charges may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
U. S
McCarthy
Bruce Beilfuss
Beilfuss
Dist
Harlan Kelley
Sauk County
Kelley
Leroy Gore
Sauk City Weekly
Brooklyn
Iowa
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Gore
Harold Michels
Amerry
Patricia Watt
Whitefish Bay
Ivan Nestingen
Madison Assemblyman-elect
Carl Lachmund
Sauk City
Wisconsin
Sen. McCarthy
Sauk County School Fund
William Curkeet
Madison
Great Britain Pays Installment on Debt
Britain arranged to make an annual payment of 137 845 421 dollars to reduce its postwar debt to the United States. The payment lowers the World War II indebtedness to 4 584 000 dollars from a postwar high of 5 217 000 000, with about 84 million for interest and 54 million for principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Britain
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W. R. Schuetze
Kiwanis Club
Laverne C. Gallitz
Herbert A. Ainsworth
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Kiwanis
Patrick J. Stone
Everett Keel
Oaktron Industries
Public Service Commission
Beloit
T. A. Hoesly
Karlen-Steinmann
Monticello
Tomah
O. R. Evans
G. Fred Galli
Cheese Row
County Board
Lakeshire- Marty Co
Diana Mary Rasmussen
Karen
Evansville
Joyce LaVon Babler
Harry W Babler
Gordon Orians
Oxford
D. C. Ryan
H. H. Hoesly
Donald E. Alston
Bayfield County
Elsa Schindler
Joyce Babler
Nathan Brand
Waukesha
Alice
Dairyland
County Fairgrounds
San Francisco
Ann Musselman
Coloma
Fred W. Marty
Gempler
Monroe Country Club
David Frobes
Milwaukee
Centennial Green County Fair
Alvin C. Schmid
Henry Kubly
Norman Ace
Henry Marty
Herbert Ainsworth
Borden Co
Free
Dennis Walter
Walter Nipple
Rodney E. Zimmerman
Allen Rodney Zimmerman
Dennis Wayne Sass
Henry Sass
Mrs. Bast
Cadiz
Clarence Olson
Dodge
Great Britain
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