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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1946
Page
6
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with occasional showers. Warm and humid conditions. Yesterday high 91 and low 69 since 3 p m. Year ago high 78 low 53. Barometer 29.65 at 3 am and 29.63 at 3 pm. Warmest U S location Yuma Arizona 105, coldest readings in Scandia Oregon. Sunrise 4 29. sunset 7 39.
Alma Barnett transfers property to Stella 5S Prechel in Evans addition Monroe. Emmett Norton transfers land in Juda to Leonard L Helland. Jacob S Disch transfers parcel it 2 bike 2 M Stues sy addition New Glarus. Forrest F Engebretson transfers lots ts 1 and 3 bike 55 Brodhead.
The list notes births at St. Clare Hospital including a daughter born July 5 to Mr and Mrs Everett Erickson and a daughter born July 6 to Mr and Mrs Russell Fritz of Monroe route 2 and a son born July 6 to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Roshei sen of Juda route 1.
Walter Stauffer 4aaa 19th avenue Mrs Julius Hofer 2015 14th street Mrs Mary Fos moen Beloit Mrs Homer Miller Monticello route 1 Clarence Giss Otto Mrs Stanley Clark and son Mrs Basil Walters and son Richard Howard Mrs Edward Phillipson Arthur G Hanson.
The AP stock average hovered around $79.20, finishing the week without OPA. Despite a downturn trend elsewhere, the index remained unchanged after a week with no OPA activity.
The speaker denounces entering as a protest against scrambled progress and cancellations. He appeals to common sense and decency, arguing for responsible governance and better citizenship, but admits lacking power to issue an executive order.
Washington report shows four days before its final draft the Pearl Harbor investigating committee debates where to place blame for the surprise Japanese attack. The 10 member Senate-House panel pressed for a consensus as members weigh different blame allocations.
New summer titles at Ludlow Library include practical fact books and light fiction. Notable arrivals cover photography basics, modern American athletes, a mystery by Mignon Foerhart, puzzles, a venture tale, entertaining party planning, and a book of small houses with examples and price ranges.
A Monroe drive will start Monday to raise 1500 for the Youth Council fund to buy equipment furniture and redecorate quarters in the old Citizens Bank building slated for Aug 1 occupancy. donations may be left at First National or Commercial and Savings banks. letters will be mailed to city addresses.
The Soviet commander in Austria announces seizure of 22 million dollars in ownership and other German assets in the Soviet zone. Chancellor Fig summons cabinet as Gen. Clark and American forces in Austria challenge the Potsdam based action. Russians push to legalize seizures. US disputes in Allied Council and refuses discussion.
A St Louis man named Thomas Shan non, father of five, studied law while working nights and finally passed the state bar exam. He resigned from the department and established his own law office.
Niles residents and visitors are noted in a long list of callers shoppers and travelers. Names include Miss Ella Palmer Mrs. Frankles South Wayne Paul W. Nowatzki and Gertrude new among others visiting or hosting in Monroe Juda Brodhead Madison Argyle and Freeport with trips to Milwaukee Chicago and Champaign for weddings vacations and family occasions.
Mrs Henry Haberman Juda and Harlan Lee Winslow visited Monroe today. Miss Myrtle King Chicago visits her sister Mrs Lillis Fitzgibbons. Several families plan trips to Colorado and northern Michigan, from Juda to Madison and Port Huron.
Ross Pepper Jr a Pengra school pupil earned a perfect attendance for the 1945 46 year. His name was previously omitted from the Green County rural school perfect attendance list.
The Green county AAA reports dairy feed payments will be issued July 15 for milk and butterfat produced in April May and June. April rates: 60 cents per hundredweight of whole milk and 17 cents per pound of butterfat. May and June rates: 45 cents per hundredweight and 15 cents per pound respectively.
Tanner, formerly of Monroe, now Cres cent City, Fla., launches weekly Crescent City Courier with G W Tanner as editor and publisher. The paper, dated June 27, aims to improve Fruitland peninsula and Putnam county north of Volusia, with the Tanners both veteran linotype operators.
Paul Baltzer of Monroe Sales Co. is appointed as national Ford dealers representative for the 1947 models meeting in Chicago July 18 19. Delegates include two from each state one from smaller cities under 25 000 and one from larger cities.
Lt Comdr Daniel R Kohli departed for Washington D C to serve as a medical member of the board of review in the secretary of the navy executive office. He had been visiting his parents in town before leaving.
The Hodges family rejoices as they await the arrival of their sixth son and expect another son, Richard Hodges, who is awaiting discharge from the navy at Ramada California. Mrs Emma Manning of Janesville, sister to Mr Hodges, arrived to be with them.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Heitz formerly of Monroe have opened a sandwich shop in Belvidere after remodeling the cafe. They operate in Rockford for the past two years and focus on luncheons for shoppers and snacks for teenagers.
Brodhead resident Manley Donmeyer died at 11 45 a m today at St. Clare hospital where he had been a patient two days.
At the regular meeting the Women of the Moose appointed chairmen for committees including homemakers library child care hospital guild membership Moosehaven Mooseheart ritual social service war relief publicity and set July 17 for the next entertaining luncheon chaired by Freida Weber Conrad Zeller Mae Knight Agnes Rinehart and Alta Gerber Delegates Susan Benkert and Fannie Kubly attend Oshkosh Moose convention with Koehner in charge of refreshments and Ingold of entertainment.
A surprise 14th birthday celebration was held at the Blum home in Monroe route 5. Guests included Edwin and Walter Blum and many relatives and neighbors who shared gifts, lunch, and festivities in the early evening.
Webinger of Monroe and Miss Jayne Hoffman of Rockford are identified as those involved in the item. The brief notes their locations and roles in the report.
The marriage of Glen Chambers of Beloit and Florence Christianson of Beloit was performed at Our Savior's Lutheran church Beloit by Rev M W Halverson. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Ernest Oddenberg Beloit. A wedding supper was held at the Martha Washington room Wagon Wheel for 12 and a reception at the Booster club Beloit. The couple returned Thursday from a honeymoon at the Harold Van Horn cottage Briggsville.
Infant daughter Evelyn Rose, born to Mr and Mrs Cecil Fox of Winslow Illinois, was baptized at St Josephs church in Gra tiot by Rev Francis Carrigg with sponsors Mr and Mrs Robert Dower of Gratiot listed.
City officials meet to seek definite data on veteran housing desires in Monroe. A housing plan group including the city council committees, city attorney, and a Veterns of Foreign Wars housing committee was formed to study alternatives, with Footville Implement Co. proposed as a temporary Quonset hut solution to the shortage.
A local group estimates a two family dwelling of 20 by 36 feet would cost about 3000 dollars. They plan to inspect Sunday Quonsets in Janesville converted to dwellings and urge veterans to build permanent homes. Theodore J. Burgy was chosen to contact veterans and gather housing opinions while temporary emergency measures proceed.
One man was seriously burned when a boiler at the Hartford public utility plant exploded cutting Hartford Wis off from electrical power. Jerome Rettler 25 fireman at the plant was in front of the boiler and sustained burns and was taken to St Joseph's hospital where doctors expect recovery. The blast occurred about 3 am. city engineer Frank Bryant cited a bursting tube as cause.
Magnus the Good selects 12 soldiers with the softest hands to tend wounded warriors, emphasizing care and mercy in a royal duty.
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