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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1950
Page
2
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An editorial condemns truck double parking in business districts as a growing traffic hazard. It cites unattended trucks blocking lanes and curb stalls, notes it persists despite curb availability, and urges driver cooperation to curb the practice. Monroe city restraint is mentioned as a partial model for improvement.
The piece argues Americans show less hysteria about troops in Korea than about possible home recalls and rationing. It notes White House and Secretary Johnson deny calls for reservists or national guard activation, urging focus on soldiers fighting in Korea and on broader homefront duties.
City plans a new through street across the west side, named 11th street, to shorten traffic between highways 11 and 81 west and 69 south. It could later become a truck route linking to highway 69 north, with the aim of reducing congestion on narrow Monroe routes.
Dr Hermann N. Sander resumes medical rounds in Manchester New Hampshire after a six month office closure following a murder indictment in the death of cancer patient Abbie Borreto. A jury acquitted him in March and the state medical board revoked then restored his license, allowing the 42 year old physician to reopen yesterday.
Ivan G. Grimshaw named director of libraries at Beloit College replacing Louise Smith who moved to Oklahoma City Public Libraries. Grimshaw has served at Beloit since 1947.
Lt. Gen. Kenneth B. Wolfe leads U S air force staff specialists who depart Tokyo for Washington after analyzing Far East air force problems in the Korean campaign.
Twenty five years ago the South side fire station was leased to the Kiwanis club on July 7 1925 and later given to the city Boy and Girl Scouts. Miss Viola Poelling a junior high instructor married Joseph J Liskovec in LaCrosse. Carrier pigeons are used by several major Japanese newspapers to relay rural and suburban correspondence to their home offices.
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman notes Russia may rival U S power with submarines while the United States relies on carriers and battleships. The article highlights 243 active U S combatant ships and 166 submarines when including reserve, with 11 active carriers and 17 in reserve.
A number of families have moved in the city since July 1 or plan to soon. The Arthur S. Petersons and Henry Tschudys switch homes at 2253 and 2263 16th street. Maj. Robert W. Schiller moves to Tomah. the Burgys move into their home. Peter Haesler purchases the Kundert estate at 1202 23rd avenue and will occupy after remodeling. The Otto Boelters move to 2519 6th street vacating Dr. Paul Snowden’s home at Lakeside Heights. Caroline Marty moves into 1205 13th avenue. Anthony J. Canovas moves from 1214 15th street to 2411 11th street.
Kenneth Shadrick of Skin Fork Pineville West Virginia left home at 17 to see the world and joined the army. A machine gun burst killed him at 19 in a graveyard near Sojong South Korea making him the first American foot soldier reported killed in the Korean conflict. He had family permission two months after enlistment and was overseas in Japan at that time.
Browntown and nearby residents share a weekend of visitors and events. Mr and Mrs Brant Bing er vacationing at Moyron Hurd home in Freeport. Paul Rude and Casper Green Hill with family from Rockford and LaCrosse visited Eric Halverson. B Jamie Rugh LeRoy Crago Oscar Nybroten and children attended a piano recital at Immanuel church Monroe Friday. Herbert Soddy and daughters Elwin Devoe family and Richard Saunders of Monroe visited Sada Devoe and daughter Sunday.
Children lit firecrackers that started a blaze in a hollow tree on the edge of Independence. Firefighters responded and rolled out hoses as a red haired firefighter spotted a bull approaching through a flimsy fence near the bright red fire truck. The tree fire smouldered into today.
Green County veterans service officer Theodore J. Burgy announced that Public Law 479 extends terminal leave pay applications from September 1, 1948, to June 30, 1951. About 25,000 veterans may qualify. forms are at the Green County Veterans Service Office in the courthouse basement.
Sweden ends its long dispute with Israel over the Folke Bernadotte murder probe. Stockholm signals possible full recognition for Israel once the case is settled. Israel pledges continued pursuit of justice and has paid the UN 54628 dollars for funeral costs and related expenses.
Washington outlines the NSRB led by W. Stuart Symington with cabinet members guiding war readiness. The board fields eight offices Manpower Production Materials Energy and utilities Economic management Foreign activities Civilian mobilization and Transportation to align US resources for wartime effort.
A succession of social happenings from Spring Grove includes Emmert Armstrong’s birthday dinner hosted by his family with guests such as Mrs. Arnold Arns, and the Andersons. Other visits feature Pauline Kundert with Nancy Greene in Durand, Jeannie Germain with her Hartman grandparents, Ronald Timm visiting relatives, and the Stahlecker and Hauser families hosting and visiting across nearby towns. The Clark anniversary dinner drew numerous relatives, while multiple families from Monroe Juda Muscatine and Brodhead shared holiday time with local residents.
Evangela and Reformed Browntown Peace holds Sunday picnic at Recreation Park at noon with family event. no services. Wayne St Pauls holds worship 9 15 am and Sunday school 10 15 am. St Pauls Women’s Guild meets July 13 at Mrs Heimann’s. Monroe St Johns Fifth Sunday Trinity. 9 30 am Sunday school. hymns service with all choirs under Miss Voigt. Monticello Zwingli 9 30 am Sunday school. 10 40 am worship New Ways for New Days. junior choir. no senior choir until September. Washington Reformed worship 9 am. Sunday school after. Postville Sunday school and Bible class 9 45 am.
Methodist South Wayne holds worship at 9:30 and Sunday school at 10:30 with WSCS and Friendly Circle events led by local hostesses. Lamont church lists services and fellowship meals while Monroe First mentions Keeping Our Footing and a Pine Lake youth camp with pastor attendance. Browntown reports 9 a.m. worship and 10 a.m. Sunday school.
Monroe Mt Olive holds 10 30 a m service with a noon picnic at Lincoln Park and rain plan church parlor dinner. Holy communion on second Sunday in August and July voters meeting at 8 p m plus teachers meeting and choir events. Richland Salem and others list worship times Sunday schools, quarterly meetings, WSWS and youth events, multiple pastors including Homer Retzlaff and Howard L Orians with events at multiple homes and parishes. Union Sunday evening at Fairfield follows 9 30 a m communion and 10 30 a m Sunday school.
Community church notices outline weekly services at Camp Oakdale and neighboring congregations. Clarence E. Kimmel presides at Camp Oakdale with 7 30 p m services, Monroe Bethel hosts Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 10 a m, a religious film We too Receive is shown Sunday at 8 p m, daily vacation church school runs 9 11 a m next week, midweek service Wednesday at 8 p m. Lawrence A Brown leads Vionticlelo unified Sunday school and worship at 2 30 p m, New Glarus holds worship Sunday at 8 p m.
Christian Twin Grove hosts Bible school at 9 30 a m followed by Lord s supper and worship at 11 a m Pastor Howard Cowan leads the service in the morning program.
The sacram ent is the Sunday theme for the 10 45 a m service. Sunday school meets at 9 30 a m and a Wednesday testimony meeting is slated for 7 45 p m.
The New Apostolic church lists Sunday worship at 16 a.m. with the sermon The danger of being luke warm. No Sunday school during July and August and no evening service this Sunday. Wednesday service at 8 p.m. features The difference between darkness and light.
The Eucharist is at 10 a.m. conducted by Vicar L. B. Hastings at St Andrew's Episcopal Church.
Universalist Church schedule lists Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 10 45 with title Believing Where We Cannot Prove The church will stay open throughout July Pastor John E Mac Martin leads services and activities.
Worship at 10 45 a m with Where Your Treasure Is The Senior Westminster fellowship meets at 7 p m Young peoples round table Monday at 7 30 p m in the study Choir at 7 p m Thursday Dallas D Landrum pastor
Gerald McKune of Spring Green pleaded innocent at arraignment on a second degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of Richard F. Hach, a former Spring Green cafe operator. Bail set at 5000 dollars. preliminary hearing scheduled for July 14. he remains jailed awaiting higher bail.
Mrs Glen E Bolender reports visits by Mr and Mrs Elwyn Mains and daughter to Crown Point Indiana. The Abdrahams and Darlene Mays tour 16 days through Colorado and western states. Alice Emrick and Richard Bruckwick from Milwaukee visited the Emricks. The Max Martins and family from Milwaukee stayed with the Nath Martins. Stephania returned home with them. Mary McIntyre vacationing with relatives at Belvidere. Quinton Denney of Chicago visiting his parents Charles and wife. Max Hollavier and daughter of San Francisco and Roy Brockmeier from Forreston recently with the Thorps. Oran Man Warren of San Antonio also guests.
Fifty Wisconsin Boy Scouts from Madison drum and bugle corps will perform with the U S Army band at the Capitol tonight. Rep Davis arranged the appearance, the trip was by charter bus, and the group has attended the Valley Forge jamboree.
Grover L. Hunt, 79, a retired Freeport machinist and Twin Grove native, died yesterday at 4 15 a m in Deaconess hospital Freeport. He lived in Freeport nearly 50 years, born February 26 1871 in Twin Grove. Survived by brother E Rig Hunt, Freeport. Services Saturday 1:30 p m at Walker Funeral Home Freeport with Rev N A Wiens officiating. Burial in Mt Vernon Cemetery Juda.
The U S state department dismissed Russia's assertion that potato bugs were dropped from American aircraft to sabotage East German crops as a fantastic fabrication. The note suggested the claim was borrowed from Nazi tactics and tied to Eastern Europe potato shortages, implying any bugs would be communist.
Vatican sources stayed silent on the American bishop's status as unofficial reports state Romania ordered him out for alleged espionage. Some informants predict he will reach Rome tonight.
William R. Bixby 78 of Genoa Illinois was found dead at home from a head wound caused by a .22 rifle. Despondent over cancer illness he died yesterday morning. An inquest is set for Saturday evening at Cooper funeral home Genoa. He was born March 2 1872 in South Wayne. He retired in 1931 after 41 years with Bell Telephone in Chicago. He was married in 1903 to Wasti L White and moved to Genoa in 1945. He was a 30 year member of Wheaton Masonic lodge. Surviving are his widow and sister Mrs Sylvinia Martin of Chicago. Burial at South Wayne cemetery scheduled.
The Australian council of defense ordered the first conscription since World War II. Fifteen thousand men aged 18 to 23 will be called up next year for 14 weeks of training.
U S ambassador Henry F Grady said America plans a three month economic cure for Iran to boost its sagging finances.
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