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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1949
Page
6
The notice reports mostly cloudy and warmer conditions with light snow, then partly cloudy Tuesday. High 14, low 2. Jacksonville Florida recorded 63 as warmest in the nation, Fargo Minnesota 24 as coldest. Sunrise 7 16, sunset 5 11.
Brief obituary notes two men, McGowan aged 47 and Franklin Reed aged 46, who died recently. The notices list their ages and surnames, with limited biographical detail provided in the fragment.
Mr and Mrs Christ Tschanz announce the arrival of a son born January to the couple in Monroe. Mr and Mrs Paul Gruenberg of route 2 Monroe welcome a son born January 30.
The St. Clare Hospital lists patients including Mrs. Walter Schuetz of Monroe Route 3, Richard Binns, Mrs. Wesley Svendsen of Browntown, Chester Tollak, Jess Telfair of Beloit, Mrs. Carrie Ruby, Mrs. Louise Pinnow of 1608 16th Street Juda. Dismissals include Mrs. Erien Hammersly Melvin Campbell, Mrs. Emil Odell, Mrs. Henry Teich, Mrs. David Melbye, Mrs. Joseph Teasda, Charles Killen, Mrs. Roscoe Jones and son, Pauline Disch, Mrs. Joseph Signer Jr. and daughter, Mrs. Arnold Neuenschwander.
The Monroe Motorcycle Club purchases a building six miles southeast of Monroe known as the Jefferson Center. Acquired at public auction with the surrounding property, the club plans to use it as a clubhouse and hold a meeting in Milwaukee next Sunday to seek a date and sanction for a T. T. race likely in June.
A proposal in Madison seeks to create a separate Youth Aid Department to administer the state youth service program. The Board of Public Welfare votes to transfer operation of the School for Boys at Waukesha from the youth service to welfare, with the commission supervising division activities.
Pfc. Elmer Russell Speich 18 native of Monroe died March 17 1945 at Iwo Jima from battle wounds. His flag draped casket returns to Brodhead for final burial with Beloit American Legion military rites at Greenwood cemetery. Survived by parents two sisters and two brothers.
The piece chronicles a Monroe musician who joined the Monticello Messenger Boys band as a youth and bought a cornet for 6.95 at Sears Roebuck. He later played with multiple Monroe groups including the Monroe Municipal band where he served as assistant conductor, and with professional outfits in Michigan City, Madison, Milwaukee, and more. He has appeared with guest conductors such as Sousa and Clarke and led the Old Timers band in an annual Recreation Park concert.
An investigation into a head on collision of two Union Pacific freight trains near American Falls Idaho found three crew members killed in the early yesterday crash.
Margaret Markowski, 20, was found after 10 hours missing in 16 degree below zero temperatures. Sheriff Leon Murty tracked her for over a mile through the snow, noting she crawled the last two blocks before collapsing in a drainage ditch. She was found upright, numb but in fair condition.
Funeral services for George Coryell 74 retired Cadiz township farmer were held at 1 30 today at the Kriner Neushwander funeral home Rev Ralph Kofoed of the Methodist church officiated and burial was in Cadiz cemetery He died Friday morning at his Browntown home of a cerebral hemorrhage Pallbearers were Howard Lueck Roy Lewis Leonard Drye Norris Tree R J Cook and Henry Van Matre
Local residents visit and callers drop by including William Shoemaker from Janesville and Mrs. Herman Ross of Beloit. Women of the Moose hold a regular meeting at Moose hall on Wednesday February 2 at 8 pm.
In Escanaba Michigan, flagman Oscar Johnson 55 was found buried in snow beneath a derailed North Western streamliner near Rock. Ten passengers were injured, none seriously. Officials say Johnson was on the rear platform as the derailment occurred. faulty rail blamed.
John Kieier, manager of the Kroger store, bought the Pleasant Hill school and grounds three miles west of Juta and a quarter mile off highway 1181 for 730 dollars. He plans to remodel the school into a residence. The Pleasant Hill district and Jefferson Center joined the Juda school district after the sale. School equipment also sold at auction Saturday.
Thomas Kerrigan, reporter for Marinette Eagle Star, saved four children by dropping them to a passer-by as flames engulfed the Kerrigan residence. His wife guided the two remaining children from a first floor bedroom to safety.
Edward J. Brophy of Milwaukee a former examiner for the National Labor Relations Board was sentenced to six months in a federal correctional institution by U S District Judge F Ryan Duffy after pleading guilty to issuing fraudulent travel vouchers.
Mrs. Richard McGowan 47 of Argyle township dies at Pinehurst sanatorium Janesville after two and a half years of tuberculosis. Born Elizabeth Buetzer September 16 1901 she is survived by husband daughter Helen son Bernard and siblings Fred Kipfer and Vincent Custer. Funeral services set for Wednesday Erickson funeral home at 1 30 p m and Yellowstone Lutheran church at 2 p m with Rev. M A Sorenson officiating. Burial in church cemetery.
A Pan American World Airways Constellation with 33 aboard landed safely at Mitchel Field after a collision with a small private plane over Port Washington, New York. The private plane crashed. both pilots were killed and parts fell on Long Island.
Firemen responded to a new blaze at the Edna Bolender home, 2103 11th Street, 9:30 this morning. The upstairs room curtains and rugs burned, but authorities believed the fire out and no one was injured. Miss Edna Bolender, 81, is staying with her brother, Fred Bolender, 1014 21st Avenue, with rebuilding plans not yet made.
Recruit William J. Schneider son of Mr and Mrs Edward A Schneider 2012 9th Avenue has been assigned to the First Cavalry division in Japan He enlisted June 6 1948 and completed basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky He sailed for Japan September 17
Frank K. Hanson son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Hanson is stationed at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky with an airborne infantry regiment. He was inducted with the Rock County group in the January draft quota.
Franz W Brand son of Mr and Mrs Franz Brand of 903 22nd Avenue was re elected secretary of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the University of Wisconsin Brand is a law student and was named to the post for another term.
Mr and Mrs William Behrens of Brodhead announce the birth of their daughter Susan Florence on January 27 at St Clare hospital The maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Mauermann of Brodhead and Mr Behrens is a postal employee in Brodhead.
Several Monroe American Legion members will attend the annual Washington birthday dinner in Evansville on February 22 sponsored by the McKinney-Harlevig post. John F. O'Melia, commander of the Wisconsin department American Legion, will be guest speaker.
W S MacDonald district manager of Wisconsin Power and Light and Ralph A Lind operations superintendent plan to attend the Wisconsin Council of Safety two day mid winter educational safety conference and exposition in Milwaukee. About 500 employer and agency representatives in the state are expected.
James Galway son of Mr and Mrs Orville Galway begins radio school at Norfolk naval base after completing training at Great Lakes on January 18.
State official Charles G. Guenther grand secretary of the Eagles and former grand worthy president will attend the meeting this evening in Turner hall, signaling the fraternal group’s regional ties and ceremonial program.
City hall offices were without heat this morning due to a breakdown of the froster furnace. Repairs were to be completed this afternoon to restore operation.
President Truman nominates Jesse M. Donaldson for a new fixed term as postmaster general. The choice, viewed as expected, keeps Donaldson as the sole cabinet member serving a fixed term.
Police investigated two reportable property damage accidents over the weekend. A head on collision on highway 69 south of Monroe involved Milton Frank Blanchardville and Burleigh Bartlett Monroe damaging both cars and injuring Mrs Frank. A refrigerated panel truck skidded on ice near Schwarzenberger hill on highway 1181 east of Monroe and struck a power pole. A Milwaukee based firm owned vehicle was towed from a ditch on highway 69 north of Monroe.
A 40-year-old man, Elmer Stanford, was wounded and captured after a gun battle with police while barricaded in an east side rooming house. He faces charges for shooting a Roman Catholic priest in a confessional booth. Neighbors say Stanford disliked priests.
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