Lafayette Hears Retirement Plan In County Board Meeting
Lafayette county board heard a retirement plan for county officers presented by Wisconsin Retirement Fund executive director Madison. A special committee was appointed to study the plan and report to the April session. The plan would require appointive officials to join the system while elective officials may opt in or stay out. The board also invited the state conservation commission to hold its February meeting in Darlington to consider an artificial lake in Yellowstone preserve between Argyle and Fayette. Paul F. Gleiter reported Lafayette’s high teacher qualifications and rural school staffing, and announced his candidacy for county superintendent in April.
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Lafayette County Board of Super- Madison
Anes
Wisconsin Retired Fund
L. E. Fitzgerald
Darlington
Guy van Matre
Fayette
Charles Forman
Belmont
State Conservation Commission
Madison
Planning Board
Commission
Yellowstone Preserve
Argyle
Lafayette County
Paul F. Gleiter
Gleiter
Padlock Law Proposed To Discourage Gambling
Milwaukee officials consider a state padlock law to seal gambling premises. Walter J. Mattison urges modeling after the federal rule, empowering authorities to lock entire buildings or sections to curb illegal activities by tenants and tie landlord penalties to gambling leases.
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Milwaukee
Aneeenay
Walter J. Mateeratt
Mattison
Davis Picks Group For Two Academies
Rep. Glenn Davis announces principals and alternates for district vacancies at Annapolis and West Point. First choice for Annapolis is Gene La Chance of Palmyra, with alternates Beat Horeb Fischer Richardson. West Point pick is William Snead of Delafield, with alternates Ross Davies and Donald Wilke.
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Washington
Glenn Davis
Indiana Crash Victim Returned to Freeport
Dwight Timm, seriously hurt in the December 26 automobile crash that killed his wife and injured his two young sons, was moved Friday from Williamsport hospital to the Alvin Timm home in Freeport. Myron, 7, and Dwayne, 5, remain at Williamsport hospital for further treatment before they can return home.
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Spring Grove
Dwight Timm
Williamsport
Ind
Alvin Timm
Freeport
Myron
Dwayne
Williamsport Hospital
Behnken Family Moves to 200 Acre Farm in Jones County
John Behnken family of Decatur township plan to close out and relocate Saturday to a 200 acre farm near Monticello Iowa in Jones county after eight years in Green county. Behnken and family will hold a closing-out sale tomorrow.
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John Behnken
Decatur Township
Jones County
Monticello
Green County
Karl King
Behnken
Central Heating Plant Offered to City for One Dollar
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co. offered to sell its downtown heating system to local consumers for one dollar as proof the system, valued at 153,994 dollars, operates at a loss. The bid was set by C. B. Sherman during a public service commission hearing on the utility’s rate increase petition and plan to abandon the service.
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Waukesha
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Co
C. B. Sherman
Public Service Commission
Local Social Notes From Monticello and Surrounding Areas
Monticello residents attend two week Beloit school preparations for Wisconsin Power and Light duties. Local gatherings include Sunday dinners hosting multiple couples. Wedding at Monroe attended by many local names. Hospital discharge for Walter Kropf and convalescence with E. W. Marty home. Travel to Madison Albany and Marietta for family visits and funerals.
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Alvin Mitchell
Beloit
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Robert Holcomb Jr
Gilman Schmid
Arthur Holcomb
Ronald
Henry Hefty
Arthur Studer
Albert Crouch
Eugene
Norman
Sam Goecks
John Elmer
Marian Hefty
Helen Meyers
Agnes Koehner
Henry E. Babler
Henry Sipple
Monroe
Willis Babler
Madison
Leach
Chesterton
Ind
Lentz Pleads Guilty to Carrying Gun in Car
Charles G. Lentz 21 of Brodhead pleaded guilty in Janesville municipal court to carrying an assembled gun in a car. He was fined 35 dollars plus costs.
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Brodhead
Charles G. Lentz
Janesville
Truckers Granted Hauling Licenses
Public service commission grants haulage licenses to Har vey Trickel for dairy routes near Monroe. Robert E. Nordorff receives milk-haul rights from Elk Grove to Belmont. Hearings set in Madison on January 20 for Donald Wendt livestock routes and January 27 for Robertson Trucking Co. malt beverage duties and container returns.
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Public Service Commission
Harvey Trickel
15Th Avenue
Pauly and Pauly Cheese Co
Monroe
Trickel
Lenwood Martin
17Th Street
Robert E. Nordorff
Platteville
Elk Grove
Lafayette County
Belmont
Madison
Donald Wendt
Brooklyn
Union
Rock County
Broklyn
Green County
Rutland
Oregon
Dane County
Milwaukee
Cudahy
Robertson Trucking Co
Lodi
Darlington
Robertson
Badger State Mineral Water Co
Darlington Seeks New City Dump Site
Darlington council learned no new dump site had been found after months of notices to clear the city dump north of town ahead of highway 23 paving. Committee members Dr. L. E. Jameson and Joseph Donahue were present. Floyd Craig chaired the meeting in Mayor McGettigan’s absence.
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Darlington
L. E. Jameson
Joseph Donahue
Floyd Craig
Paul McGettigan
Spring Grove Social Roundup and Weekend Visits
Weekend visitors include Mrs Herbert Molins Jr and Mrs Dale Young in Chicago. Beloit ski-jump attendance by Grenzow Stokes and Wunschel. funeral for Andrew Share in Rudolph. Numerous local visits quoted with friends in Monroe Juda Brodhead Freeport and Rockford. Ongoing family events include Duane Rodney Arnsmeier birth and birthday party attendances.
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Gilbert
Orangeville
Rodney Arnsmeier
Phoebe Montefelt
A. D. Rosheisen
Brodhead
William P. Schrader
Wesley Grenzow
Mildred Ann
Ed Meier
Durand
Duane Rodney
Shirley Rosheisen
Janet Arnsmeier
Ivan Arnsmeier
Juda
Kenneth Zimmerman
Russell Rosheisen
Clarence Zimmerman
Victor Olson
Judith Arnsmeier
Lowell Ringen
Ringen
Merlyn West
Hilbert Schultz
Brooklyn
Walter Swanberg Jr
Rockford
Orla McClellan
Newell Holcomb
Kenneth Horstmeier and
Beloit
Violet Norrman Named 1949 Junior Prom Queen of Wisconsin
Violet Norrman age 19 of Williams Bay is chosen as 1949 junior prom queen by king Clayton Hahn Milwaukee. The prom will be held on February 4.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Violet Norrman
Williams Bay
Clayton Hahn
Milwaukee
Want Ad Workload vs Small Pay Lifted by Local Listings
Job seekers and small-business owners face extensive preparation for classified ads with modest returns. advertisers report time spent crafting copy and securing approvals outweighs the financial payoff.
Twelve Children and Nurse Die in Swiss Camp Fire
Twelve children on a mountain holiday trip and a nurse died in a fire at the Les Oisillons children's camp in Chateau d eex Switzerland. The blaze started in a bathroom as drying clothes near a wood stove ignited and set walls ablaze. Victims were found near room windows and appeared to have suffocated.
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Chateau D’eex
Switzerland
Les Oisillons
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