Social Events in Monroe Open New Year 1947 in Fine Spirits
New Year day celebrations enlivened Monroe with open houses and numerous house parties. Thousands packed venues as detachments of travelers returned home and stores shed holiday decor. Long distance calls linked families across coasts while merchants prepared for inventory as the year began. A silver wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Probst drew thirty neighbors to a luncheon and gift purse.
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Monroe
Miss Marie
Werner W. Blum
Harold J. Lamboley
F. R. Probst
Messrs. and
Ames
B. J. Rugh
Marvin Sandley
Oscar Evenson
Carol
Oscar Samson
Charles Hartwig
Jake Senn Jr
Randell Hanson
Wells
Emerson Wells
Otis Wells
Victor Wells
Lewis Lehman
J. D. Bechtolt
V. Bechtolt
New Year Party At Par ents Home Hosted By Miss Joanne Solomon
Miss Joanne Solomon hosted a New Year eve party for six couples at her parents home Mr and Mrs Peter Solomon Dancing and cards followed by a midnight luncheon and favors for guests Mary Burmeister Sally Ransdell Harriet Towell Shirley Spaide Nanette Elmer Evelyn Waelti Ralph Kundert Gerald Thompson Don Van Wagenen Charles Dwyer Melvin Lynn Jr Charles Niles and Leo Hilfiker Engagement news from New Glarus Lois Marie Theiler and Murray N Lenham Jr were announced Theiler a Methodist hospital nurse in Madison is on the VA hospital staff and Lenham former chief petty officer in the Seabees is now a pharmaceutical house representative Also notes on S C S meeting at Methodist church debt reports and a cornet solo by Patricia Thorp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanne Solomon
Peter S. Solomon
Mary Burmeister
Sally Ransdell
Harriet Towell
Shirley Spaide
Nanette Elmer
Evelyn Waelti
Ralph J. Kundert
Gerald Thompson
Don van Wagenen
Charles Dwyer
Melvin Lynn Jr
Charles Niles
Leo Hilfiker
Theiler
Heroine of Airliner Crash Aided Flight Victims at Scene
Vina Katherine Ferguson, a Trans World Airlines hostess aboard the Star of Cairo, was hailed as a heroine for her quick actions aiding injured passengers and pulling them from the burning plane near Rineanna Ireland. She collapsed in an ambulance while en route to a hospital.
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Vina Katherine Ferguson
Trans-World Airlines
Star of Cairo
Rineanna
Eire
Double Ring Ceremony Overseen By Rev Kehle
Miss Doris Schulz and Chester Wyss attended as a couple. Mrs Schild, a Motteicello High School graduate, wed husband from Monroe who is a farmer. Flowers cut in the late afternoon stay fresh longer due to higher sugar content peaking at 4 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Kehle
Doris Schulz
Chester Wyss
Schild
Motticello High School
Monroe
Mrs. H. Bert Miller Dies at Home Here
Mrs. H Bert Miller 67 longtime Monroe resident died at 1045 Tuesday in her home 1410 a years lingering illness Funeral services will be Friday at 2 pm at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev LeRoy Loats officiating Interment Greenwood cemetery Surviving are husband Stephen son in Dearborn Mich daughter Mrs Ray Bender of Appleton and two grandchildren Daryl Ann and Martha Jane Miller Her parents and one brother Fred also deceased
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H. Bert Miller
Monroe
Shriner-Neushwander
LeRoy Loats
Union Presbyteriaanchurch
Greenwood Cemetery
Minneapolis
Stephen
Dearborn
Mich
Ray ‘Bender
Appleton
H. B. Godfrey
Chicago
Daryl Ann
Martha Jane Miller
Fred
Betty Ann Stabler to Receive County Award
Miss Betty Ann Stabler of Spring Grove 4-H will be presented $5 in savings stamps by County Agent E O Baker at the Spring Grove Farm Bureau chicken pie dinner tomorrow for winning the county award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Ann Stabler
Spring Grove
4-H Club
E. O. Baker
Alps Krauter Constipation Relief Promises Stomach Comfort
An old styled advertisement touts ALPES Krauter as a time tested remedy for functional constipation and stomach discomfort. It claims multi root herbal medicine strengthens digestion, eases bloating, bad breath, sleep loss and loss of appetite, and provides a general stomach soothing effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Fabrney
Natre
Herin
Hota
4-H club speaking contest winners announced today
The Allis Chalmers tractor division awarded the county 4 H club safety speaking contest winner. Miss Stabler took second place in the 4 H district speaking contest at Prairie du Chien this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis- Chalmers
Stabler
Prairie du Chien
Mrs Patrick Conway Dies In Janesville Home
Mrs Patrick Conway, 74, a Monroe vicinity resident, died Tuesday evening at her daughter’s home in Janesville after two months there with her family. Surviving are her husband, daughter, and two sons. Funeral services will be at 9 15 Friday at Ryan funeral home and 10 at St Augustine Catholic Church Footville. Burial in Mt Olivet Cemetery Janesville. Rosary at 8 30 this evening at the funeral home.
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Patrick
Monroe Vicinity
Ray Keegan
Janesville
Plymouth Township
Rock County
Ryan
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Footville
Mt. Olivet
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Lake Lauper
Joseph Birk
Juda
Clarence Broege
Morgan
Morgan Johnson
John Birk
William Lauper
Robert Erickson
Victor Birk
Norman
Evelyn Johnson
Joe Birk
Sheri
S.C. S
W. S.C. S. of Methodist Church
Jessie M. Wagner
Patricia ‘Thorp
Mary Anne Huber
Petrothal
New Glarus
Arnold Widmer
Dorothea A
Everett W
Cora Elmer
Kathryn
Kingdon Soper
E. W. Soper
Blanchardville
Miss Elmer
Bank of New Glarus
Mr. Soper
Margaret Jackson
Lansing
Harriet Delores
Norman V. Lynn
Thomas J. Lynn
Harold Boyce
Lois Deemer
Shirley Gorder
Karen Kindschi
Shirley
Judy Pickett
Marilyn Plate
Annette Stopka
Betty Goodman
Linda Deemer
Missionary Missionary Society of
Union Presbyterian Church
Awald Eichstadt
9Th Street
Lola Burdick
Los Angeles
Monroe Shoe Store
Friedman
Shelby
RED Goose Shoes
Wisconsin
City of
Fellows
Skiis
Patrick Conway
Kirby
John T. Etter
Coats
Dickies
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