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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
8
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with local thundershowers in the southwest tonight and over the west and central Friday. Low temperatures 50 to 60, highs 74 to 82. Winds NW this afternoon, then NE Friday. Record highs and lows noted from yesterday and year ago. Sunrise 4 25, sunset 7 41.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Trumpy of Albany announce a son born June 30. Mr and Mrs Raymond Inder Gand of Route 4 announce a son born June 30.
Listing of patients and staff related to St. Clare Hospital Medical includes Bertha Emmitt Carol Anderson Adeline Dring Louisa James Arthur Lawton James Crozier Mitzi Robinson Mrs Howard Puddicombe Mrs William Owens and Dale Metcalf. Dismissals cover Virgil VonArx Roger Gempeler Donald Oblak and others.
Mary Clare Zuercher, youngest daughter of Charles and Mrs Zuercher of Park Ridge, professed into the Benedictine order at Evanston convent. Roy Frautschy of Brooklyn underwent surgery at Madison General Hospital Tuesday morning.
Brodhead Green County Farm Bureau starts a 40 foot warehouse extension under manager Allan Ross as part of local development efforts in Brodhead.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight I. Pierce departed yesterday to attend the National Retail Hardware convention in San Francisco. Mr. Pierce serves as a convention delegate and they will visit relatives in Deming New Mexico along the way.
Funeral services for Ernest Busjahn 58 of 2308 14th avenue were held at Immanuel Church with Rev. Howard L. Orians officiating. Masonic and military rites followed at Rock Lily Cemetery Winslow. Pallbearers included Victor Schiller Willis P Schiller Rolland Rohde Ben L Abraham Lester Zettle and Charles Zettle. Mrs H L Orians and Mrs Mabel Viel sang Take My Hand and Beyond the Sunset with A Fred Trachsel at the organ. He leaves his wife a brother and sister a niece grandniece and grandnephew in Japan and a niece in Ethiopia.
Two Republican assemblymen named Ben Tremain of Hustler and William Belter of Wautoma filed nomination papers for re election with the secretary of state on Wednesday.
Rev. James L. Neighbouris, new pastor of the Universalist church, arrives from Webster City Iowa. He holds degrees from USC and studied in Denmark and at William Booth Memorial College in Atlanta. He served as US Army chaplain in World War II and later pastored in Hollywood before moving to the city with his wife and children. His wife’s mother is visiting until August.
Wisconsin Senator Wiley voted with the majority in rejecting Senator George's tax bill amendment to raise personal income tax exemptions by $100. The GOP substitute for the George amendment was also rejected 49 to 46, with Senator McCarthy not recorded but announced as favoring passage of the GOP substitute.
Mr. and Mrs. Aldo Kerr Winslow visit the Sawyers. Genevieve Lyons spends summer with siblings Maude and Ray. Bertha Williams leaves for Port Townsend to visit son C T Williams. Emerson Hughes returns home from Los Angeles after her father Jay D McNair’s funeral. Rani Jo Stencel returns from Badger Girls State in Madison. Harry L Morrison and family visit in Beloit. Faith Hartman guests of Nellie Stair. Myrtle Salladay a guest of George and family. Carl T Thompson attends Lutherdale Bible Camp. John Plechta and family spend summer at London-Blackburn home and UW summer session. Mary and Charlotte Preston visit Waukegan, Illinois. Emma Muller visiting daughter pa Hook in Skokie. Marion Roderick family and Nellie Roderick plan Springfield trip to visit Ward.
William M. Burton announced he will resign from the Racine Community Chest role on July 17 to become assistant to the president of Lawrence College in Appleton. John R. Little of Milwaukee will succeed him.
An 11 year old Winnetka boy Noel Mosley died in Victory Memorial hospital from burns suffered in a trash fire at his family home on Lake Catherine near Antioch Wednesday night. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Leon Mosley.
Local column lists visitors and travelers across several states and cities. Names include John Jones of Brodhead and Mrs E N Wilberg Coral Gables Florida. Other travelers are Mrs Herbert C Kelly Jr San Diego and Dr W R Durkin Manhattan Kansas.
British and American air force officers studied reports that seven black objects trailed a BOAC airliner from New York to London for about 80 miles near Goose Bay Labrador. The objects vanished when an U S fighter jet approached to investigate. Captain James Howard, 33, a veteran BOAC Atlantic pilot, commanded the New York to London flight.
Six new polio cases in Wisconsin last week raise the total for the year to 40, the state board of health reported. New cases appeared in Kewaunee county with others in Buffalo Milwaukee Waukesha and Wood counties.
The Senate Republican Policy Committee backs a proposed uniform code for senatorial investigations and seeks early Rules Committee action. Chair Ferguson (R-Mich) asks to testify soon on nine rule changes to protect witnesses and ensure effective committee action. Senator Knowland had urged delay until January, depending on committee speed. Jenner plans to question witnesses, mirroring policies from the McCarthy era investigations.
The Edward Larkin for Lieutenant Governor Club filed with the secretary of state to back Edward Larkin. The filing listed Ray Forcier of Eau Claire as secretary-treasurer but did not specify the ticket.
Louise Johnson, 4, was struck and killed by a furniture truck as she darted into the street in front of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson home in Racine A. The accident occurred on Wednesday according to local reports.
In New York trading the market mostly slipped but some shares rose from midday lows. Decliners included General Motors Chrysler Union Carbide Allied Chemical Murray Corp Pacific Mills American Tobacco Amerada Union Oil of California Southern Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Douglas Aircraft and Montgomery Ward.
Mrs Rosheisen escaped serious injury Friday when pinned between a tractor and hay. She was taken to a Brodhead physician then to the home of Mr and Mrs Orla McClellan and returned home Saturday. Meier family reunion at Leona Heights attracted many and a Davis reunion drew attendees at Brodhead. Karen Ann Swanberg ill with mumps. haying help from Elmer Stahlecker and Durand. Several visits and social calls among McClellans Rosheisens Mohns and Arnsmeiers.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Clark host at home. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mohns visited Mrs. Minnie Mohns in Juda on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mohns called on Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Huebner that same day.
Detroit tragedy reports James Vernor Sr age 78 president of Vernor Manufacturing and Bottling Co since 1927 and son of founder of the soft drink firm. Columbus Indiana notice states Nellie D Newsom age 75 mother of Hershel Newsom master of the National Grange. both died Wednesday.
William Brooks Greenlee, chairman of Greenlee Brothers and Co., Rockford, left an estate valued at 1 435 713 with an inheritance tax return filed in County Court on Wednesday. Greenlee died March 1, 1953 at age 80.
Pay increases begin for about 14 440 Minnesota state employees in St Paul. Boosts range from 5 to 25 dollars per month, totaling 1 200 000 dollars annually.
Between 1931 and 1951 the number of Scots able to talk Gaelic fell from 12.4 percent to 6.7 percent, reflecting a sharp drop in language fluency across the population.
Six persons were injured when a speeding North Shore line train derailed at a crossing two miles north of Kenosha. The Miller couple from Racine, seriously hurt, with Miller in critical condition at St Catherine's hospital. Alma Flannery of Kenosha suffered shock. Conductor Henry Hardcastle said the train was about 85 mph and the Miller auto stalled on the tracks.
Robert Sanders, 28, of Sparta, was sentenced in circuit court Wednesday to one to four years in state prison on a charge of assault to commit rape.
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