Miss Florence Figi and Kenneth Ubert Wed at St John’s
Miss Florence Jean Figi daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Figi Juda and Kenneth William Ubert son of Mr and Mrs William Ubert Monroe joined in a double ring ceremony at St John’s church officiated by Rev P C Kehle. The bride wore a two tone blue gray suit and pearls from the groom. They plan to live on the farm near Monroe after a wedding trip to northern Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Jean Figi
Carl Figi
Juda
Kenneth William Ubert
William Ubert
Monroe
St. John’s Church
P. C. Kehle
Ima
Anita Figi
Donald Ruef
Ubert
Juda High School
Green County Normal
Davis School
Wisconsin
Tri Town Homemakers Meet in New Glarus
Tri Town Homemakers gathered at Mrs. Thomas Ott’s home in New Glarus route 1 on Thursday. Mrs. J Herman Elmer read the club constitution and Mrs. Sheldon Hoesly and Mrs. Herman J. Klassy led a salad lesson. Attendees included many Mmes. Disch Durst Elmer Freitag Itten Legler Matzinger Ott Schiesser Strahm Voegels Wenger Wild and visitors Mrs. Marty and Mrs. Marty Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus
Thomas Ott
J. Herman Elmer
Sheldon Hoesly
Herman J. Klassy
Mmes
Doral Disch
Leamon Disch
Robert Durst
Orso Durst
Ralph Freitag
Clarence Itten
Arthur Legler
Albert Matzinger
Jacob Ott
Frank Schiesser
Adolph Strahm
Melvin Voegels
Ambrose Wenger
Robert Wild
Herman Marty
William Marty
Wilton Marty
Aid Ladies Luncheon Climaxes Membership Contest
Ladies Aid circles 1 2 3 5 7 and 8 entertained circles 3 6 and 9 at a luncheon in the Universalist church vestry. The event crowned the membership activity contest won by the latter groups. Mrs Burton H Lynch chaired assisted by co chairs Mrs J A Roub Mrs A S Myers Mrs E N Churchill Russell Myers Arthur P Benkett and Mrs Cora A Leck. Mrs Willis Etter visiting Monroe from Shanghai spoke on household servant problems in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AID
Ladies Aid Circles
Universalist Church
Burton H. Lynch
Mmes
J. A. Roub
A. S. Myers
E. N. Churchill
Russell Myers
Arthur P. Benkett
Cora A. Leck
Willis Etter
Monroe
Shanghai
China
Shower Honors Child at Halverson Residence
Mrs. Thomas Moore and Mrs. Harold Halverson hosted a gift shower at 1711 10th Street Thursday evening for Cynthia Lee infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orvin White. Cards were played and a luncheon served with guests including Mrs. Thomas McArdle, Mrs. William McArdle, Orvin White, Theodore Alberts, Carl Briggs, Richard Gibbons, Mervin Wilson, Edwin Goecks, Ardelie Van Matre, and Lois Fritsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moore
Harold Halverson
Halverson
10Th Street
Cynthia Lee
Orvin White
Mmes
Thomas McArdle
William McArdle
Theodore Alberts
Carl Briggs
Richard Gibbons
Mervin Wilson
Edwin Goecks
Ardelie van Matre
Lois Fritsch
Community Chorus to Elect Officers Tomorrow
The Community chorus will elect a chairman co chair man secretary and treasurer at tomorrows rehearsal in St Johns church at 8 oclock. The chorus is a Green county project and will present the Messiah during the Lenten season with rehearsals each Sunday evening at various churches until the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Church
Green County
Surprising 25th Anniversary Honor For Otts At New Glarus
A surprise card party was held Monday at the Wilhelm Tell hall in New Glarus to honor Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Ott on their 25th wedding anniversary. Numerous relatives and friends from Postville Belleville Monroe Carence Hoesly and others attended. Mrs. Ott received a corsage.
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New Glarus
Wilhelm Tell Hall
Peter E. Ott
Messrs
Mmes
Lawrence Ames
Delbert Elmer
Harold Elmer
Ambrose Wenger
Elmon G. Ott
Jacob K. Ott
Herbert Blaser
Ted Halverson
Anna Davern
Postville
Ames
John Naussbaum
Arthur Hustad
Blanchardville
Daniel Gehin
Edmund Engen
Belleville
Carl Blaser
Carence E. Hoesly
Charles Hoesly
Christ Mueller
Arthur Ames
Herman Bell
Herman Kubly
Nic Kubly
Anton I. Ott
Anton D. Ott
Gilbert Duerst
Melvin Streiff
Walter Streiff
Adolph Strahm
William Schell
Gilbert Ott
Alvin Ot
Kathryn Klarer to Wed Neil Neumann in June
Mr and Mrs Christ Klarer announce the engagement of their daughter Kathryn Klarer of Madison to Neil W Neumann son of Mrs Alma Nuemann of Sparta. Miss Klarer works at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Mr Neumann is a senior at the university majoring in electrical engineering. A June wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Klarer
15Th Street
Kathryn
West Gilman
Madison
Neil W. Neumann
Alma Nuemann
Sparta
Mrs Roth Hosts Rialto Club Bridge Evening
Mrs. Fred Roth of 1508 9th Street entertained the Rialto club last night. Two tables played bridge with honors going to Mines. Winners included Fred Musselman Walter Scott and Walter Day. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roth
Fred Roth
9Th Street
Rialto Club
Fred Musselman
Walter Scott
Walter Day
New Officers Installed at Royal Neighbors Lodge
Monticello Times Special reports Royal Neighbors lodge installed officers Tuesday at Miss Ruth Abely home with Mrs. John Dooley as installing officer. Honors went to Mrs. Zimmerman and Mrs. Stoll. five hundred was played. hostesses were Miss Abely Mrs. Dooley and Mrs. Waldo Zimmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Ruth Abely
John Dooley
Mmes
Marvin Zimmerman
Oracle
Etta Babler
Bessie Youngreen
Recorder
George Steinman
H. F. Stoll
I. B. Pierce
Marshall
James Hancock
Inner Sentinel
Arthur Staedtler
Outer Sentinel
J. P. Zweifel
Faith
Rose B. Voegels
Modesty
Albert Strasser
Courage
John van Houtin
Emily Jordan
Endurance
Louisa Karlen
Zimmerman
Stoll
Miss Abely
Dooley
Waldo Zimerman
Married at Gratiot South Wayne
Mrs. Myrtie Berger of Gratiot married Charles Phillip Carroll son of Mr and Mrs George Carroll of Dakota Jan 5 at 9 am in St Josephs Catholic Church Gratiot Rev C C Carrigg officiated Attendants were Mr and Mrs Patrick Dunn Wedding reception at the Berger home They will live in Gratiot after a southern states honeymoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratiot
South Wayne
Myrtie Lisser
Elmer Berger
Charles Phillip Carroll
George Carroll
Dakota, i
St Joseph’s Catholic Church
C. C. Carrigg
Patrick Dunn
Berger
Daughter to be weded in Brodhead engagement notice
The engagement of Gertrude Marie Gooch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis D. Gooch of Orfordville, to Frederick Kundert Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kundert of Brodhead, is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Otis D. Gooch
Orfordville
Gertrude Marie
Frederick Kundert Jr
Frederick Kundert
Club Views Films on Music At Juda Woman's Meeting
Juda Times special reports a Juda Woman's club gathering Thursday evening at Mrs. C. J. Ringley's home. Mrs. Ted Newman and Mrs. William Clements directed a program titled Music Appreciation featuring films on music and musical instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Asmus
Juda Woman’s Club
C. J. Ringley
Ted Newman
William Clements
Evangelical United Brethren Brotherhood elects president
Elmer Asmus hosted a meeting where Elmer Matzke was elected president of the Evangelical United Brethren Brotherhood. Officers elected included E. T. South Wayne and Dr. Merlyn Olson. Visitors and relocations feature in this South Wayne community update.
Local Meeting Highlights Guests and Slides
Lahr vice president, Marvin Schmerse secretary, and John Erb treasurer attended as Leland Jordan presented color slides of western scenes. A luncheon was served by Mrs. Asmus.
British Arrest Reds For Fomenting Uproar
British authorities announced the arrest of a third top communist tied to a rally protesting the Ruhr statute. A summons was served on Paul Salemka the Ruhr communist party secretary for organizing a public political meeting without military government permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duesseldorf
Germany
Ruhr
Paul Salemka
Kaiser Says Board Fosters Recession
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser accuses members of the Federal Reserve Board of seeking to plunge the nation into a depression and threatens a congressional probe. He criticized anti inflation limits on installment selling as Kaiser-Frazer cuts production and dealer sales fall sharply since credit controls were tightened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Kaiser
Truman
Consumer Credit
New Glarus Social News Highlights
Local residents report Monday business calls by Leonard Miller Madison and Tuesday visits by Chester Krugjohann Rockford. Mrs. Alvin Ott hosts a bridge club with prizes won by Mrs. Fred Tschudy Barbara Werndli and Fred J. Marty. Various visits and gatherings including the baptism celebration for Anita Carol Ellis with sponsors James Thompson Belleville and attendees from Monroe Daleyville Madison and New Glarus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Miller
Madison
Moritz Krugjohann
Rockford
Alvin Ott
Bridge Club
Fred Tschudy
Barbara Werndli
Fred J. Marty
Monroe
Chester Krugjohann
Merton Colney
Stitch and Chatter Sewing Club
Mmes
Dean Gmar
Harold Ingwell
Millard Tschudy
Walter Wenger
Rudy Schneider
S. J. Francois
Henry Stuessy
Robert Ellis
James Thompson
Belleville
I. A. Lavik
Daleyville
Christine Langlie
Horeb
Lesa Schue
Orpha Gilbertson
Jacob Duerst
New Glarus
Community Notes From Blanchardville and Surrounds
Sunday visits to the Oscar Eidsmoe home included Granton couple Mr. and Mrs. John Erickson and son, and others from Starbuck Minnesota and Mt Horeb. A birth reported in Madison General Hospital. several in and around Blanchardville attended events and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
John D. Ula
James H. Hendrickson
Madison General Hospital
M. J. Olson
South Wayne
Merlin Olson
Chattanooga
Tenn
H. A. Hanson
Harris Germann
Monroe
James Hendrickson
Paul McGettigan
Darlington
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Dodgeville
Dodgeville. Mrs. McGettigan
Maxine Smith
Blanchardville
Sunnyside
Quinton Syse
Ruth Syse
Everett Wamstad
Everett Emberson
Albert Swenson
California
Quinten Syse
Robert Lageson
William
Syse
James S. Scofield
Washington, D. C
Sagesons
Charlottesville
W. E. Gould
Ernest Wenger
Frank Meade
William Smith
Homer Marshall
Madison
Wage-Hour Chief Seeks Higher Minimum Wage
Washington reports Wage-Hour Administrator William R. McComb asked Congress for power to raise the minimum wage above 75 cents an hour for some industries and to broaden the fair labor standards law to cover millions more workers among the 22.6 million already covered. The top proposal is a general 75 cent minimum instead of the 40 cent level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
William R. McComb
Cairo Law Courts Explosion Toll Revised to One
Officials announced the death toll from Thursday's blast at the national law courts was scaled back to one man, a cigarette vendor, after initial reports claimed two fatalities. Relatives later learned his body had not been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
National Law Courts
Be Farm Scene Features Baumgartners and Prairie Farmer
W C Baumgartner and son Paul, Pleasant township farmers, appear on the Prairie Farmer cover with the article How Well Should You Feed Your Cows. They own 30 registered Holsteins milking now and have won the Progressive Breeders award three times, a record in Holstein breeding. Mamie Tillema, Green County home agent, photographed with Wisconsin home agents and named vice president of the state group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Baumgartner
Paul
Pleasant Township
Prairie Farmer
Baumgartners
Baumgartner Jr
Mamie Tillema
Green County
Wisconsin
Miss Tillema
Albany People Tour Florida to Visit Ill Relative
Mrs. William Steindorf and family plus Mr. and Mrs. Herman King and Mr. Kenneth Klossner traveled from Belleville to St. Petersburg Florida to visit Gottfried Klossner, ill and formerly of Monroe and Albany. Walter Edmonds of Janesville and Mrs. Archie Sorenson with Vaughn visited Margaret Edmonds. R H Tegan Albany station agent returned from a Madison hospital after a three day stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman King
Belleville
Kenneth Klossner
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gottfried Klossner
Monroé
Albany
King
Walter Edmonds
Janesville
Archie Sorenson
Vaughn
Footville
Margaret Edmonds
R. H. Tegan
Madison Hospital
Local residents attend last rites and discuss changes
Week after suffering a hemorrhage he is much improved but cannot return to work soon. A. W. Reasa and guests visited Mrs. Mary Reasa. Gotfried Oberholzer bought Minnie Lewis home. Kenneth Whitaker moved into Richard Babler’s former house now owned by Aaron Sharp. Out-of-town attendees at Mrs. Claude Gillette’s last rites included Karl Johnson Henry IL Harriett Webb Beloit Arthur Webb Evansville Otto Reider Arthur Menner Philip Simon A Cuthbert Frank Gillette Madison Mae Hauser Orangeville Manley Moore Hanover and Harry Krause Brodhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Reasa
Brodhead
John Laufman
Nebraska
Mary Reasa
Gotfried Oberholzer
Minnie Lewis
Kenneth Whitaker
Richard Babler
Aaron Sharp
Claude Gillette
Karl Johnson
Henry
Ben Frank
Manitowoc
Harriet Webb
Beloit
Arthur Webb
Evansville
Otto Phillips
Stoughton
Otto Reider
Arthur A Menner
Philip Simon
A. Cuthbert
Frank Gillette
Madison
Mae Hauser
Orangeville
Manley Moore
Hanover
Harry Krause
Kingston Firemen Get Pay Raise Shortfall
Kingston firefighters, who received a $600 annual raise last June, found their first 1949 paychecks short yesterday as city officials explained the increase was conditional or not yet applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Illness Halts Voyage for Freighter Kahkheng
The freighter Kahkheng bound for Saigon turned back to port after a full day at sea because the steward became seasick. Captain cited illness as the cause for the halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Saigon
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Kenneth Ubert
Community Chorus
Mrs
Harry T. Maddrell
Merlyn Olson
Melvin J. Olson
Olson
Leslie D. Jones
San Francisco
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Arizona
Mary A. Maddrell
Brownton
Frank Jones
Fred Mahlbuch
E. A. Chapman
Chapman
George Kramer
Milwaukee
Dorsey Segner
Wesley A. Chapman
Woman’s Club Board
George Michael
William Mare
Browntown
Herman Krupke
Queen Esther
Union Memorial Church
Orlo Swanson
Nicholas Lille
Everett Montgomery Jr
Shepard Air Base
Wichita Falls
Tex
Everett Montgomery
Denver
Colo
Virgil Rupnow
Dublin
Leo Peterson
Argyle
Glarus
Mrs. Millard Tschudy
W. F. McGuigan
Neshlem
Knute E. Nelson
Blue Mounds
Esther Jane Gates
Arena
Ingvall Nelson
Otis Jacobson
Owen Kelly
Colleen
Bonnie Cleary
James
John Cavanaugh
Ole Milestone
Ole Jeremiason
St. Clare Hospital
Stoker
ROTE
BE Farm
William Steindorf
Chiropractic
M. J. Gonstead
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