Engagement and Wedding Plans Mentioned in Social Notes
Mrs. Ramona Hartwig Hunt of Orangeville and Wilmer Palmer, linked to Monroe, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The event includes a July date with 14 women guests, corsages, satin streamers, and a dinner followed by contract bridge prizes for Beula Rundall, Helen Demeter, and Mrs. Robert Shaffer. Delia Parkinson of Mineral Point attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramona H. Hunt
Orangeville
Wilmer Palmer
Ramona Hartwig Hunt
17Th Street
Monroe
Wilbert F. Balles
Galena Avenue
Freeport
Beula Rubendall
Helen Demeter
Robert Shaffer
Delia Parkinson
Mineral Point
Hunt
Ellingson Roach double ring ceremony in Rockford
Trinity Lutheran church in Rockford hosted the 1 PM Saturday ceremony uniting Ellingson of Monroe and James Roach son of Mr and Mrs John Roach. Rev O Garfield Beckstrand officiated with matron of honor Donald Delman and best man LaRue Roach. ushers Paul Gorman and Donald Dallmann. The couple will reside at 1558 East State Street Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellingson
Paul Gorman
Donald Dallmann
Monroe High School
Rockford
Mr. Roach
East High School
East State Street
Brodhead Club Hosts Luncheon and Musical Program
The Vivian Blum club in Green County hosted a 1 pm luncheon at the Masonic Temple dining room with Colleen Ross on piano, Lydia and Bertha Zuercher, Mrs. John Ross, James Staley, Mrs. George Bjork, and Swiss yodelers. Members came from Monroe, Albany, Monticello, Brooklyn and Brodhead. October meeting planned for Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Green County
Vivian Blum Club
Masonic Temple
Colleen Ross
Lydia
Bertha Zuercher
John Ross
James Staley
George Bjork
Monroe
Albany
Monticello
Brooklyn
Fete 50-Year Members At Brodhead Chapter Meeting
Brodhead chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star honored 50-year members at a Wednesday night gathering in the Masonic temple. Worthy matron Edith Broughton welcomed the honorees and guests, with refreshments served in the dining room. Co chairs Helen Stuessy and Beth Ringen coordinated the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Edith Broughton
Mattie Luke
Sara Loomis
Kittie Hyatt
Rowina Wichell
Vivian Bjorksang
Nellie Stair
Helen Stuessy
Beth Ringen
Honored on 50th Birthday Church Event
Rev. J. Lloyd Smith former pastor and Mrs. Smith were entertained at Central Congregational Church Dallas Texas in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary Monday night. Their daughter and her husband Stanley Jones and Donald Condon attended. Rev. Smith now heads Good Will Industries in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lloyd Smith
Sunshine Girls Attend Sunday School Hostess’s Home
Browntown Times reports a Sunshine Girls group and their Methodist Sunday school teacher were entertained Friday afternoon at Miss Marlene and Rosemary Flannery’s home. Devotions preceded a woods hike and a wiener roast with refreshments served later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browntown
Sunshine
Methodist Sunday School
Marlene
Rosemary Flannery
Marriage Tomorrow in Union Presbyterian Church
The wedding of Miss Marjor ie Schmid and Walter Ekum will be held tomorrow at 3 30 p m in Union Presbyterian Church. Rev H J Schrag of Beloit will officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Schmid
Edan Schmid
Walter Ekum
Alert Ekum
Union Presbyterian Church
H. J. Schrag
Beloit
U. S. Aids Greece in Industrial Training Mission
Athens plans are underway to bring U S experts to Greece to familiarize educators with new industrial training techniques. Under Clinton S Golden former VP of the United Steel Workers union the American mission labor division aims to establish an industrial training and apprentice program to create a skilled workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
United States
Clinton S. Golden
Philadelphia
United Steel Workers’ Union
American Mission Labor Division
Infant Fatal Rat Poisoning Near Milwaukee
Seventeen month old Emma Mary Lierman died in a hospital five hours after swallowing rat poison at her parents farm home in Washington county. Coroner Raymond Frankow said the child likely picked up the poison while playing on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Emma Mary Lierman
Gorion Lierman
Washington County
Raymond Frankow
Banks Watch Prices and Credit in 1948 Half-Year Averages
The New York Federal Reserve notes price shifts have been modest in the first half of 1948 but show momentum for the second half. Consumer credit reached a record 13.8 billion dollars in June with installment credit near 7 billion, while steel and food prices fluctuated. Wage hikes and rising costs in coal steel and freight threaten the price structure for many industries, echoing 1947 patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
National City Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Board
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Germans joke about Hitler loves now told by Russians
Cartoonish jokes travel across Germany as Russians and Germans swap barbs about culture rations and rail traffic. A Russian mocks German talk of eating while in the Soviet union culture is the topic. A veteran joke pits Sokolovsky and Clay over rail speeds in their zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Hitler
Soviet Union
Germany
Marshall Vassily Sokolovsky
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Sokolovsky
Socialist Unity Party
Magnet lifts 12 tons of hot rail in Moscow tests
The Soviet Union reports in Evening Moscow that a newly built electric magnet can lift 12 tons of hot rail after rolling. The huge device, designed to move steel rails, succeeded in its first test after earlier imports proved insufficiently strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Spoils of War Sold To Aid Europe's Displaced Persons
A New York auction sold Nazi loot seized in Germany and Austria to aid European refugees. The first batch of 828 lots brought $188,435, 20 percent above appraised value, with items ranging from jewelry to Herend porcelain. Proceeds fund resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York
Germany
Austria
Dachau
Buchenwald
Sam
Swiss debise stalls in local storage amid price uncertainty
Swiss debise stalls in local storage as market conditions and price uncertainty delay movement. Wyss factory near Monroe gains attention with coverage in National Butter and Cheese Journal and Prairie Farmer. Dairy output declines despite rains improving pastures and cheese production lags last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyss
Monroe
National Butter and Cheese Journal
Prairie Farmer
Farm Magazine
Wisconsin
Green County
Veteran opens fire on parents and police standoff ends
In Duluth a 24 year old veteran Marcellus fired 25 to 30 rifle shots at his parents and resisted police for three hours from a barricaded home. Tear gas finally forced surrender after which he was taken to St Luke's hospital for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Ralph Fiskett
Robert Marcellus
Fiskett
Marcellus
Fisker
Robert
St. Luke’s Hospital
32nd Division Awaits Truman Address Invitation Decision
Officials of the 32nd division will learn after August 15 whether President Truman can accept an invitation to address their national reunion. The invitation was sent by Jim Dan Hill, commanding general of the division and chairman of the reunion committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Jim Dan Hill
Conference Returns Sachtjen to Brodhead
Rev. Robert W. Sachtjen has been reassigned as minister of the Brodhead Methodist church. Assignment was made at the annual West Wisconsin conference in Madison June 24 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Robert W. Sachtjen
Brodhead Methodist Church
West Wisconsin
Madison
Moral Rearmament Attracting Chinese Leaders
Associate Press writer notes China faces civil war and economic crisis while Chinese officials pursue moral rehabilitation as a path to peace. Dr Chen Li-Fu, vice president of the Chinese parliament, attends the world assembly for moral re armament in California as a Chinese government representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
China
America
Chen Li-Fu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Dr. Chen
World Assembly For Moral Rearmament
California
Chiang
Chen
Peiyang University
Tientsin
Pittsburgh University
Miners’ Union
World Assembly
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr. Chén
New York City Vacationing Requires Only an Open Mind
Hal Boyle counsels visitors that New York rewards an open mind and time to explore. He notes the city’s neighborhoods offer distinct flavors, the best costs nothing includes a Fifth Avenue stroll and Staten Island ferry, while iconic sights like the Empire State Building and Radio City remain accessible with a modest budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
America
Manhattan
Maine
Florida
China
Naples
Fifth Avenue
Staten Island
Statue of Liberty
Empire State Building
Croesus
Radio City
Garden of Eden
Vanillin From Wood-Derived Lignin Feasible Path
Scientists report a method to produce vanillin once derived from lignin in wood. The approach leverages lignin depolymerization to yield vanilla-like compounds, offering a potential route to synthetic vanilla without vanilla beans.
Oscar N. Johnson Elected Y Officer
Oscar N. Johnson was elected first vice president of the Tri County YMCA at a Thursday meeting of the board and advisory board at the Janesville YMCA Connie S. Midtbon of Edgerton was elected president Floyd Smith chaired the nominating report Johnson read the last meetings minutes and talked about his Alaska trip Chester C. Welch announced that 82 groups with over 2000 youth met regularly during the past year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar N. Johnson
Tri-County Ymca
Janesville
Connie S. Midtbon
Edgerton
Floyd Smith
Brooklyn
Johnson
Whitewater
Alaska
Chester C. Welch
Industry Focus: Alaska Indians and Eskimos Fur Trapping
The article notes fur trapping as a basic industry for Alaska Indians and Eskimos, highlighting its traditional economic role and reliance of these communities on trapping activities for livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Tile floor of Westminster Abbey chapter house still in place
The ceramic tile floor laid between 1253 and 1258 in the Westminster Abbey chapter house remains intact, illustrating medieval craftsmanship and continued preservation of the historic site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
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U. S
Greece
Rottler
Varitey Store
Norma Belloff
San Diego
Pittsburgh
By Helen Steari
Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association
Turner Hall
Annex Cafe
Sachtjen
Hal Boyle
Chiropractic Clinic
M. J. Gonstead
Home Electrical Appliances
Phillips and Smith E
Ruth
Aye
Wis
Union School District No. 1
G. E. Zuercher
Thorp Finance Corp
Kenneth R. Merchant
Mer
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