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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1946
Page
6
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a Tuesday fair and rising temperatures. Last week’s high 45 and low 1, since Saturday 3 PM high 47 and low 28, year ago today high 23 low 20, barometer 29.70 at 3 AM and 29.80 at 3 PM.
A house trailer at the Chesebro gasoline station junction of highways 11 and 81 West was set alight Saturday at midnight but was quickly extinguished with negligible damage. A car fire on Sunday at 6 06 p m near 10th avenue and 17th street was doused before the squad car arrived. Another car fire occurred at 9 21 p m Sunday on the south side square and was swiftly handled by police.
Corrected transfer items include Rose Keller Buehler to William and Rose Grinder for part of section 19 Jefferson township replacing the earlier 15 acre reference. Other transfers list Edmund J. Green trust to Avon C. Johnson in Dickson add Brodhead. Thomas F. and Fern A. Ransdell to Clifford H. and Eleanor H. Snively in Beyers replat Monroe. Robert N. and Bernice Kingdon to Erge Widmer in Its 5 6 Bik Brodhead add Monroe. Speerd A. and Frances W. Lac ey to Ernest A. and Elinor Spring in Lybrand donation Monroe.
Herman Anton Spani of Blanchardville and Vivian Doris Nyborg of Argyle. Arleigh Lyle Schneider of Spring Grove and Clara Freda Teuscher of Spring Grove. The records record weddings filed in the county clerk’s office.
Death notices list Christina Greub Jr aged 74 in Humbird John Hartwig aged 79 in Washington Township Henry McNutt aged 67 in Portage John Hanson aged 81 in Kankakee Illinois details are brief and confirm ages and residences for each deceased.
Mr. and Mrs Theodore Miller of Juda welcome a son. Mr. and Mrs Bernard I. Payne of 1014 23rd Avenue welcomed a daughter. Dates listed January 7 and January 5 respectively.
The report lists individuals such as Mrs. Louis Adair from South Wayne and Gerald E. Purcell at 1515 21st Avenue among surgical cases. It also itemizes dismissals including Mrs. Albert Balzly Mrs. Albert Boss Mrs. Alfred Stuckey and others.
Martin Heinzelman 80 of Edinburg Texas died in an accidental death. He was a Monroe native and half brother of Andrew Heinzelman of the city. A photographer by trade he later moved to Texas with his wife Nellie Rust and farmed fruit before running a Lake Itasca Minnesota summer resort and wintering in Texas. He is survived by his wife and a sister in law Mrs John Korth Shevlin Minnesota. Milton Rabe returned to Dubuque after visiting family here.
The article details a nighttime intrusion into Suzanne Flynn’s room. A 7 foot ladder or rear window access used by the kidnapper underlines the abduction. A pencil ransom demand calls for five dollar bills. Degnan, a government employee earning about 7500 yearly, pleads for the girl’s safe return.
GI committee head Styer said Patterson would bypass him with Maj Gen Wood and Maj Gen Reynolds, amid talks on demobilization and postwar Pacific bases. Demonstrations halted at Quezon Bridge as protests mount before Patterson today.
Rev Alvin C Rabehl officiated at 1 30 p m funeral services for Mrs George Walker Jr in the Shriner Neushwander funeral home following her death Friday in Fort Wayne Indiana. Mrs Robert Tschudy sang In The Garden and Jesus Lover My Soul. Burial was at Greenwood Cemetery with pallbearers W D Clayton Charles A Stubbe Co W Bennett Joseph D West Otto H Rupnow and Henry Kundert.
Newspapers itemized visits and hurried travels of residents across Argyle Beloit Madison Milwaukee and Santa Barbara with relatives friends and colleagues. Notable stops include Mrs Charles O Rourke Mrs Louis Pfund Mrs Norman Poff Mrs Fred Doering and son Paul visiting Monroe and Gratiot. Lt M E Julson returning to Santa Barbara after Christmas at home. several trips to Chicago Evansville Freeport Beloit and Edgerton.
Madison Wisconsin federation of Young Republicans adopted a resolution pledging support for the Republican party of Wisconsin and its state and national interests. Earlier, the federation set a state convention for April 27 and 28 at Eau Claire with committee members Loyal Eddy Anna Salin Mirian Schlytter George Fowell Ray McNair and Bert Cattanach.
A three story Lockwood Thompson power plant in downtown Racine burned, cutting power and heat to numerous firms employing over 600 workers. Officials estimate the damage at about 75000 dollars, with production halted across multiple plants until repairs begin.
Upper 40s temperatures melted snow across southern Wisconsin. Ice jams in Fond du Lac river prompted dynamite blasts while western sections flooded with 2 to 4 feet of water and roads closed. Bus service partly resumed with route changes. Rescue from a logging shack occurred on a Kewaunee river tributary after high water and ice floes. Green Bay logged widespread basements flooding and a row boat ferry operated as the East river overflowed.
Northern Wisconsin roads near Ashland Rhine lander and Superior still carried ice in spots while southern routes faced water coverage. State maintenance engineer Jo oy rlliem Hoenig said recent thaws and rains cleared ice leaving roads clean and comparable to summer conditions overall. Detours were set for flooded southern sections as hazardous conditions diminished in the north.
Dr and Mrs Charles Stauffacher of Africa spoke at Immanuel Evangelical Church yesterday and then left for Chicago.
Two newcomers to Wisconsin were stranded after their car slid into a deep ditch on a county trunk road between Browntown and Jordan. Nineteen? Nine cars and about 20 men quickly formed a chain and pulled the mired sedan to safety, then drove away as the grateful owners thanked them.
Mrs. John Hartwig 79 a longtime Green County resident died at the home of Mr and Mrs Will Isely in Washington Township near Monroe at 8 p m Sunday after a decade of heart and diabetes illness Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home Rev Paul C Kehle of St Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery She was born Elizabeth Schneider November 28 1866 in Thun Canton Bern Switzerland and came to Monroe at age two She married John Hartwig March 18 1886 and the couple farmed in Jordan Township before moving to Monroe in 1912 They had lived with their daughter for three years Surviving are the husband three daughters Mrs William Isely Mrs William Figs and Mrs Arthur Knipschild
The text outlines a deceased woman's extended family including a son William on the Jordan Township home farm and six brothers Emil George Otto Monroe Louis Belleville William Davenport Ia and Rudy in California now in Monroe. It also names three sisters Martha Zilmer Monroe Arthur Wanger Monroe and Walter B Burgi Rockford plus 11 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren and notes deceased parents and a son Samuel May 10 1938 and brothers Sam Edward John.
John Hanson 81 former resident of this city died in a Kankakee Illinois hospital from old age complications after a year of failing health. Born December 13 1864 in Green County he served as town clerk county board member and third ward alderman. Surviving are Rose Hanson Spooner Lyman Frank Flannery two brothers two sisters and seven grandchildren. Last rites Wednesday at 3 PM Shriner Neushwander funeral home led by Rev Charles A Briggs with Greenwood Cemetery burial.
A historic note highlights Philadelphia’s cultural scene as the city hosts over two hundred theaters and motion picture houses. The prompt’s subtext asks readers about trying a want ad to reach audiences.
Mrs Christina Greub 74 died of a sudden heart attack Saturday at Black River Falls hospital where she had been a patient two weeks She was born March 19 1871 in Wittenberg Germany Came to America in 1891 and married John Greub in Monroe Sept 22 1892 They farmed in Clarno township later moved to Humbird Survivors include four sons John Fred William Carl and Lloyd a daughter Barbara twelve grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren Funeral services planned for 1 30 Tuesday at the Humbird home with relatives listed attending
Mrs. Henry Babler hosted a Sunday buffet in her Monroe home honoring her mother Mrs Marie Meyers for her birthday and also celebrating the birthday of Mrs Meyers' husband. Guests included Dr and Mrs M J Gonstead, the Meyers and Babler families, and others from nearby towns. Several relatives could not attend.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gille of Gra tiot announce the approaching marriage of Lt. Luella Gille, a discharged army nurse, to Lt. Leonard Karus of Nor walk, also discharged from the army. Gille served in the European theater and Karus served with the air forces in England.
Sixteen members of the Birth day club surprised W. C. Maske at 1308 21st avenue for his birthday anniversary. Cards were played with honors awarded to Mrs. George Meythaler, Mrs. John Kubly, Mrs. Fred Musselman, Mrs. M. Earl Clark, Frank A. Buehler, Frank Ronspiez and W. C. Maske.
The Union Presbyterian Mission will convene tomorrow evening with Mrs. Bessie Eichstadt acting as hostess. Assisting hostess is Mr. Rose Kafer.
A joint installation of officers for the Pythian Sisters and Knights of Pythias is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday at the K P hall.
The Christian community at Rome is believed to have been founded between AD 41 and 54. Separately, the British seized Ceylon from Holland in 1796.
Hospitalized patient shows no fever after penicillin. condition stable for planned operation tomorrow to place a plate and repair a socket fracture. Medical team reports no complications and notes the patient is recovering from shock.
The county auditing committee met at the courthouse to audit paid and unpaid bills for December and close the 1945 accounts. Members include Percy Lichtenwalner as chairman, with H. Arnes and William Ahn.
Frederick Isely young son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Isely 2110 nth street is confined by chickenpox. His sister Susan is recovering.
L S Wagner, 80, appeared downtown for the first time in ten weeks after recovering from a hip injury from a fall. He escaped with no fracture and gained seven pounds during convalescence.
Mrs Kittie Pillmore returned today from a visit with ee at Gratiot. The trip required passing via Darlington and Argyle because high water blocked the route between Monroe and Gratiot. Water has since subsided west and north of ere.
Mr and Mrs H Wallace Johnson and son left for Melbourne Florida to establish a home where Mr Johnson recently discharged from the navy will work with his parents Mr and Mrs Emil Bons in operating their orange grove Mrs Johnson formerly Char lene Metcalf and her son had been living with her parents Mr and Mrs William Metcalf
To Melville, R. L Seaman 1/c James Furniss left yesterday for Melville after a leave spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Ben H Furniss. He expects discharge in March.
Mrs. Wesley Dodge and daughter Judy arrived home after months in Kansas City. Lt. Wesley Dodge is due back from Ft. Lauderdale this evening. He plans to join his father Laroy Dodge in the Monroe Lumber and Fuel company as he enters terminal leave.
Oscar N Jensen resumed duties today as druggist at the Monroe clinic after serving with the Marines about two years. He previously held the post before his military service and now returns to civilian duties in the clinic.
Theodore W. Carlson of Beloit died at St. Clare hospital on Sunday. The body was returned to Beloit for funeral and burial services.
A commentator notes ships bear a painted mark on the hull indicating the maximum immersion level allowed when fully loaded, reflecting safety limits for buoyancy and stability at sea.
The article notes Ireland united with Great Britain forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, outlining the political change and its historical context within the union.
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