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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1949
Page
6
Daily Record notes increasing cloudiness tonight and a Sunday of mostly cloudy skies with a touch of snow northeast and light snow in the extreme south. Temperatures reach a high around 32 and a low near 7 with a sunset at 5 00.
Roy E. Chesebro transfers .13 acre to Monroe A and W Root Beer Drive Inn a partnership of Al vin H Winifred Babler and D F Hart at the junction of 11 and 81 in Monroe. Fredrick T. Goecks sells Lot 15 Block 8 Andrick’s Monroe in Monroe township. Fred Kraus Jr transfers part of NE percent of percent in Sec 34 Roe township to Trausch Baking Co Dubuque.
Mrs. Lucille Alston is appointed special administratrix of the estate of her father Joseph L. Winiger who died on December 24.
Kenneth Trelkeld infant son of Mr and Mrs Henry. Myrtle Howard 59 of Dar ya. Albertson 79 of Dar. Mary Riter Spielmacher 76 of Beloit are listed among obituaries with brief notices.
Mr and Mrs Donald Driscoll of Beloit announce the birth of a daughter on January 22. The happy family names include the newborn and the proud parents. Additional details were not provided in the notice.
A list of names and destinations for surgeries and medical care at St. Clare Hospital includes Ila Probst Brown town Mrs Louis Maragia Rockford Mrs James Daly Argyle Iver Odegard Beloit Mrs Alan Jones Rockford plus tonsillectomy patients Kenneth Son nenburg Monticello George Oliver Evansville Mrs Ernest Kessler South Wayne and various medical patients and dismissals across Wisconsin towns.
Fire reignites at Winneconne site as embers keep flaring threatening renewed damage. Residents report smoke and continued danger while nearby complexes remain evacuated.
Next Friday Better Crops day in Green county convenes in the circuit court room with Myron E. Jeglum as county agricultural agent in charge. Speakers include George extension ty weed science, who will discuss chemical use and new adaptations and the fertilizer outlook. Deputy weed stoners town chairmen village presidents farmers and land owners urged to attend. Meeting starts at 1 30 p m.
Funeral services for David Meichtry 48 Evansville former Monroe resident who died yesterday at St Clares hospital will be held Monday morning in Evansville. Rites at 830 am at Roderick funeral home and 9 am at St Pauls church with Rev Francis Mehigan officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Rosary at 8 pm Sunday. Surviving widow and one son. Died at 110 pm yesterday after a week with heart illness.
Kenneth Threlkeld four month old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Threlkeld of 1014 Sixth avenue died at 2 pm yesterday at St Clare hospital from birth complications. Born September 17 1948 in Monroe he is survived by both parents a sister Carole 3 and grandparents Mr and Mrs Homer Burrington. Services will be tomorrow at 2 pm at Shriner Neushwand er funeral home conducted by Rev Peter Retzlaff Juda with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board orders Amery utility and Eau Claire Local 943 union to show cause why public utility anti strike law should not apply and a conciliator be appointed. Hearing set in Eau Claire Wednesday over wage dispute with Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Co. and IBEW AFL Local 943. The union said it could not secure reasonable wage rates for services and voted to strike.
Ralph Fitzgerald of Monroe skidded off the highway one mile north of Orangeville Wednesday afternoon while trying to avoid a car parked on the highway. A third vehicle also went into the ditch but sustained no damage to the passengers. The Fitzgerald car was slightly damaged.
Cars driven by Joseph B. Huber of Honroe and Alfred W. Bjorgo of Minneapolis collided at the north corner of Main street Monticello at 11 a m yesterday. The Minneapolis car sustained no damage while the Huber car had a damaged left side and rear fender. No injuries were reported.
Special report notes new telephone circuits to Darlington Gratiot Viota area with plans to offer toll free service between three communities, targeted for early February.
Mrs Edwin Chapin recovers at her home two and a half miles northwest of Brown town after a 48 hour hospitalization at St. Clare for inhaling fumes from a burning compound intended to prevent colds in her chickens flock.
Argyle post office announces Argyee Ellsworth Watson will serve as substitute clerk replacing Mrs. Frederick Erickson.
Zenno A. Gorder, director of public works, resumed duties yesterday after a brief hospitalization for virus pneumonia. He had been confined to his home during illness.
At 9 52 last night a vehicle driven by Donald Ivey of 809 22nd Avenue skidded while turning a corner and struck a parked car in the 900 block of 10th Street. The left rear fender was dented.
Milwaukee report states two persons died today from injuries after a traffic crash. Victims include 83 year old Thomas Burke, who succumbed to complications from injuries after being struck. The second victim's full details are incomplete in the clipping.
A collection of brief social mentions from Brodhead Madison and nearby areas notes visits by John Derning Adele Storck Frank Ryan Marian Erickson Anne Huber and others. It records meetings Knights of Pythias and CES chapter events, trips to Chicago Milwaukee Albany and Mexico, and local church suppers.
The All-America Football Conference accepted Jonas Ingram's resignation and named Oliver D. Kessing as successor. Kessing, previously deputy, will lead the league as it expands to seven clubs in 1949 and adopts a 12 game home-and-home schedule ending in a four-team playoff for the title.
Two fires in Chicago claimed five lives and left two people missing while four others were injured from jumps. A two story frame house on South Wood Street in Back of the Yards burned killing three occupants, and a ten apartment building on East 44th Place in the city’s south side Negro district fire sent 45 residents into the street. Two occupants remain unaccounted for.
Czechoslovak security police report holding 60 persons at Bratislava on charges of spying for American intelligence services in Austria. The arrests are described as one of the largest in a recent wave across Czechoslovakia, while an official statement on earlier arrests including Gen. Josef Kuttle remains unreleased.
The Burmese army reports Karen nationalist assaults on Pantanaw in the Irrawaddy delta for two days. Planes are dropping food to Pantanaw defenders, 45 miles northwest of Rangoon.
The Generalissimo’s withdrawal from power leaves Vice President Li Tsung-jen in charge as Mao Tse-tung and the communists loom. Analysts warn a coalition government may emerge, otherwise the regime could collapse or yield to Moscow's influence, reshaping Asia and the Cold War balance.
Heidelberg reports the funeral of Jacob Umrath 75 long known as a fencing drill master for prewar student fraternities. Scar-faced ex-students attended the burial reflecting his long association with the university community.
A delegate at the Asian conference on Indonesia stated today that the body probably will make no direct reference to economic sanctions against the Dutch in its recommendations to the United Nations.
Chief George Armstrong of Green County highway police urges drivers to ensure brakes are evenly powerful on all four wheels. He warns that sudden braking on curves can cause ditching, especially on icy surfaces, and advises light pumping to avoid wheel lock and skidding along with increased following distances.
Mrs Mary Riter Spielmacher 76 a Beloit native and Monroe birthplace died at Beloit hospital after a decade long illness. She leaves two daughters Mrs Propst Clinton and Mrs Rosenblatt Beloit two sons Allen Clinton Roy deceased Feb 6 1947 four grandchildren and one great grandchild four sisters and four brothers. Funeral at St Jude Catholic Church Beloit Monday at 10 with Rev O Hara. burial Calvary Cemetery. Rosary at 7:30 tomorrow at Rosman-Uhle-Kinzer chapel.
Studebaker passenger car and truck plants in South Bend remain shut as Local No. 5 of the CIO United Auto Workers schedules a Sunday meeting at 2 p m to vote on a strike. Both sides say the dispute stems from a time study in the seat department and no action is planned before the vote. a strike would be the first since 1933.
Washington reports Representative Lawrence H. Smith a Republican from Wisconsin and on the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemned the administration’s approach to China after Chiang Kai-shek fled Nanking. He accused President Truman of pledging to curb communism while taking little action in China.
CIO leaders aim to tie labor political power to farmers and small business in a 2500 delegate education conference. Jack Kroll warns of many elections and anti-labor laws while affirming independence from any party capture. Murray Lincoln urges stronger labor farm purchasing power.
Egyptian and Israeli armistice negotiators met with Ralph Bunche as Bunche pressed for disengagement and borders in southern Palestine. Israel insisted on keeping the Negev frontier and Beersheba while dispute over Negev boundaries stalled progress with Bunche delivering no conclusions after late meetings.
All U S air force personnel in Europe are being given preventive serum to combat the influenza epidemic. Officials say no epidemic exists among air force personnel, but shots are administered as crews on vital Berlin flights risk contracting and spreading the disease. The French outbreak is described as mild.
A family of seven including five children, the oldest seven, was left homeless after a fire destroyed the Banister home in Kenosha County near the Illinois line. The blaze gutted the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Banister.
Mr and Mrs Chris Wahler complete 34 years as telephone operators at the Wiota exchange for Wisconsin Telephone Co They began in 1915 after an injury forced Mr Wahler to sell his Wiota township farm From 23 lines to 105 subscribers the Wahlers faced sleepless nights during influenza and a farm fire their work saved the Eastwood farm One born in Norway Jan 17 1860 he turned 89 last week she will be 82 in June they wed in May 56 years ago They have two daughters seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
Baltimore police admitted they were wrong about a lost horn. Henry W. Lorenz a 15 year old messenger found a French horn in a vacant lot and kept it after a 90 day claim period. He became a police band mascot then appeared on television before the horn was returned to an insurance client.
Moscow reports Yugoslavia under Tito did not place a wreath on Lenin's tomb during the 25th anniversary of his death while other eastern European nations participated in the commemoration.
Mrs John Albertson 79 died at her Darlington home after several months illness. A War wick native she lived in the area most of her life. Survived by husband two sons Isaac and Glen Newton three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Last rites set for 1:30 p m Monday at Nelson Sharer funeral home with Rev E J Jeffrey officiating burial in Union Grove.
Dispatches from Augusta Sicily announce that two aircraft carriers the Philippine Sea and Midway arrived with 26 other units of the U S Mediterranean fleet. Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman was aboard his flagship Albany along with 16 destroyers one submarine and smaller vessels.
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