Daily Record Partly Cloudy With Light Snow
A weather brief notes a partly cloudy day with light snow and a subsequent Friday clearing and colder conditions. Local forecast emphasizes slight snowfall, then improving temperatures.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
8
A weather brief notes a partly cloudy day with light snow and a subsequent Friday clearing and colder conditions. Local forecast emphasizes slight snowfall, then improving temperatures.
Real estate transfers include Mussel Carter conveying parcels Its 2 and 3, bik 2, with adjoining parcel north to Andrickad in New Mexico area. Anna Natzger, trustee of the Fred Natzger estate, transfers 130 acres in section 23 Monroe two to Fritz Messmer.
Estates probated in Milwaukee and Monroe list executrix Rosa H Field and widow Alma Roth. The Roth estate from Monroe banker H C Roth shows probate value 7000 dollars real estate, personal property not exceeding 10000 dollars, and debts of 2500 dollars. Heirs include Alma Roth and daughters Miriam Beardsley and Helene. appraisers Herman D Fritz, Herbert Lanz, Harry C Young.
Thomas W. Mahle of Monroe faces charges for leaving the scene of an accident. Ordered to pay $1 and costs and serve 90 days hard labor.
Obituaries list Mrs H Bert Miller aged 67 of 1410 15th avenue and others including Mrs Daniel Stauffacher 65 Sylvester township Mrs Anson Wood 88 Albany Janesville Rosa Taft 81 Whitewater. Birth announcements from St Clare Hospital note Mr and Mrs Fred Blum Monroe route 3 daughter born Jan 1. Mr and Mrs James Butler Durand Ill daughter born Jan 1. Mr and Mrs Laverne Griffiths Gratiot son born Jan 2.
A fragmented notice lists names under medical and dismissal categories. It includesMrs Wilhelm Rugh of Gratiot Linda Louise Gibbons of 1743 17th Street Mrs Marian Bloom of Darlington Route 4 Clay ton Camron Monroe Route 5 Mrs Kenneth Hall of 733 15th Avenue William Karty of South Beloit and others with several dismissals including Emil Elmer Mrs Ernest Schwarze and son Mrs Howard Schellenger and daughter Mrs Elsie Cotton Leon Heimann Claude Gregory Gerald Lee Disch William Lockwood Robert Beckwith Sharon Patterson Milo Anderson James Graves Mrs Frank Lowry Rudolph Speich and Mrs Alvin Wecker Maxine Ross Gary White Beverly Ann Mason.
A. E. Kline and son, after buying a Holstein café in Green County for their dairy herd, have returned to Modesto, California. Mrs. Fred Ott sold her furniture store in New Glarus, a business run by her husband for 45 years, to new owners. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wild, now living above the store, will move in. William Rieder Jr., a Center Market employee, was taken to St. Clare hospital for knee injury treatment from a condition that dated about three weeks prior.
Washington reports a push by Republicans to block Senator Theodore G Bilbo from taking the oath for a third term amid a war contracting probe. Senator Taft said a bipartisan coalition could bar Bilbo at the door, potentially delaying Senate organization.
Lena Faeser Stauffacher born February 15 1881 in Monroe township died at home in Sylvester township at 8 30 Wednesday morning after two years of failing health. She married Daniel Stauffacher October 20 1908 and lived in Monroe area, survived by husband two sons and one daughter, with funeral at Immanuel Evangelical Church Greenwood Cemetery to follow.
A long list of local visits and greetings from Monroe area residents. Names include Roy Mauerman from Albany, Mrs. Alice Howard in Darlington, Herman L. Schindier of insurance, Ernest Brandt of Dixon NL, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fernstaedt in Madison, John Franz of Shullsburg, Mrs. Edward Dorsey in Shullsburg, Mrs. Walter Rufer from Milwaukee, and many others visiting farms and towns such as Darlington, Beloit, Monticello, Argyle, and Monroe. Events cover New Year gatherings, weekend visits, and trips to Madison, Chicago, and Davenport while noting stays and travel by numerous local families and students.
Mrs Anson Wood aged 88 died at 1 pm this afternoon in her son Walter Wood's home in Albany after several weeks of illness. Born Mary Clark in Monticello she married Anson Wood on March 17 1889 and lived on the Wood homestead before retiring 22 years ago. Survived by another son Burnett Wood and Walter Wood. Mr Wood died in 1941.
Governor Walter D. Goodland aged 84 will be sworn in at a simple capitol ceremony next Monday at noon. Adjutant General John F. Mullen to preside with four other constitutional officers taking oath. Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry to administer the ceremony in a modest, no-fuss setting.
Lt Gov Oscar Rennebohm Attorney General John E Martin Secretary of State Fred R Zimm erman and State Treasurer John M Smith will take the oaths with 200 guests seated.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Ann Win slow hosted a dinner in Monroe for Mr and Mrs Archie Schneider and guests. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Otto Christensen and sons Roger and Tommy Beloit. Mr and Mrs K E Neilson. Mr and Mrs Larry Mills and daughters Caroline and Jeanette and son James Darlington. New Year Dinner was hosted by Mr and Mrs George Schneider at 2218 15th avenue for Mrs Emma Leuenberger and Frances, Mr and Mrs James Bray Wayne Blackbourne, Mr and Mrs Edward Schneider Monroe and Mrs Clara Woodlawn Madison.
Republican members of the senate war investigating committee discuss sweeping probes into RFC wartime financing and activities, with Jesse Jones likely as initial witness. The WAA surplus disposal inquiry denounces sloppy methods and potential corruption, urging continuation via a successor committee and reform of priority use to curb abuses.
Residents of Green county are listed in a year end recap noting 48 children affected by 1946 divorce actions, 614 births 11 months into 1946, 254 deaths, and 189 marriages. Veterans service numbers, Masonic lodge installations, and 4-H and homemaker clubs figures are summarized, alongside a note that olive trees grow slowly to about thirty feet.
Zenno A. Gorder is installed as Master of the Lodge with Past Master duties and appointed officers at Lodge No 31 during a ceremonial meeting.
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