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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1952
Page
8
Clearing northwest and cloudy east and south with cooler tonight. Showers east and south early tonight. Tomorrow partly cloudy and cooler east south portions. Low tonight 45 to 55. High tomorrow 70 to 75. Warmest US yesterday Blythe California 114, coldest Denver Colorado 45. Sunrise 4 29, sunset 7 40.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley finds Donald F. Koepp of route 2 Brod head guilty of operating auto under influence of intoxicating liquor with $75 fines and costs. Alex Britt of Madison pleads not guilty to DUI charge. trial set for July 14.
Obituary notices list Mrs Owen Oliver 80 Vesper Mrs Peter Streiff 85 New Glarus Marcella Slaney 17 Dodgeville Mrs Mary Jane Fuller 91 Belleville Pvt Donovan Zimmer man 20 Brodhead Sgt Myron Newman 23 rural Judo 45th Division Korea.
Elinore Phyllis Villella of 821 17th Avenue and Robert James Staffon of 2119 14th Avenue received marriage licenses in a local civil record noting their names and addresses.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ruf of Orangeville share a daughter born July 6. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Knouse Jr of Verona celebrate a son born July 5. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Beckman of Clarno welcome a son born July 6.
A hospital listing shows names tied to St Clare Hospital Medical including Peter Calacurcio of Rock ford Marvin Holcomb 1615 16th Street and Mrs Roy Keller Durand Mrs Lena Michael Janesville Melvin Anderson Stoughton Mrs George Peters Marengo Ill and Albert Moritz Monticello Accidents include Paul Miller 22 and others undergoing tonsillectomy Diane and Larry Marti Woodford Robert Perdue Woodford James Roth route 2 Surgical entries name Lester Bair Freeport Mrs Herman Karlen Monticello Mrs Robert Golackson 11254 street Dismissals list numerous patients and relatives including Mrs Bessie Meadows John Roth and Steven Wolff among others.
Cloyd W. Pickett of 520 19th Avenue escaped serious injury after a bridge beam pierced his car on Highway CC east of Monticello. He told officials he dozed at the approach, the beam shattered the windshield and back window, grazing his head and causing a broken nose and several cracked ribs. He believes he dozed only a split second.
Dr. Robert Oertley joins the Monroe Clinic as part of a new fellowship plan and is one of two doctors. Dr. Lyle L. Olson is expected to arrive Saturday. Both physicians completed internships at St. Lucie’s hospital in Denver and will perform non specialty work mostly at St. Clare hospital. both are married and will relocate with their families.
Six auto crashes spanned Saturday to Monday, tying up police. Individuals named include Robert H. Maurer of 2138 17th Avenue facing a leaving scene charge with a $25 bond, and drivers Karl Mann of Orangeville, George Gerber of route 4, Alex Britt Madison, Ray Burrington of 1405 12th Avenue, Arthur Plummer of Dubuque, John Andrews of Dunbarton, Albert Mander of Albany, Ernest Arn of 2024 11th Avenue, Robert L. Heitz of route 2, and the Swiss Colony. The incidents occurred at intersections on 14th Street and Avenue, 9th Street and Avenue, and other city blocks.
A list of drowning and collision deaths across Wisconsin includes Marvin Marks 15 Neillsville who drowned at Snyder's Dam. Harry Ott 51 Kenosha killed in a two car crash west of Kenosha. Juanita Nourse 32 Oshkosh killed in a collision. Leland Mortimer 28 Sheldon fatally injured in a motorcycle collision near Rusk County airport. Ronald Newman 17 Mason Bayfield County fatally injured when a car fell on him. Bobby Theisen 4 Onalaska died from injuries after leaning on a door and falling from a car. Other reported victims include Ira Jackson 24 Waukegan Shirley Hafner 17 Thiensville Mrs Carl Hallstrand 59 Ogema Raymond Bergeson 7 Town of Hill drowning victims Wilbur Dimmer 40 Green Bay Herman Motiff 40 De Pere James Jacobson 16 River Falls.
In Hollan dale special report, Sixty neighbors aided Mrs. Carl Gempler and her five children after the husband died three weeks earlier. The group put up 5 000 bales of hay with 18 tractors five balers 14 wagons four rakes and two elevators. Volunteers ranged from teens to men in their 60s. A 29-woman potluck provided meals for workers and family. The Gempler children ages span eight months to 15 years.
Thirty-one men pleaded guilty in Winnebago County Municipal Court after conservation wardens charged them with fish law violations during a holiday weekend. Each paid a $13.85 fine. A thirty-second man pleaded innocent and a trial was set. another failed to appear. Fourteen wardens conducted a group check on Lakes Winnebago and nearby rivers and lakes.
A long list of visitors and locals traveling to and from Monroe includes William Maurer of Chicago H E Kiester Rockford Roland Hathaway Waterloo IA Hazel Oldert Chicago Mary Hanson Chicago Mrs D H Partridge Albany A R Wagner Antigo Rosa Legler New Glarus Floyd Schuler New Glarus Rosa Legler visited Monroe then shopped. Numerous residents from Milwaukee Des Moines Paducah Porterville Great Lakes Hanover Lincolnwood Monticello and Rockford were seen in Monroe. The girls softball team hosts Recreation Park 6 30 PM.
First Lt. Eugene Beach returns to Moody Field Air Force base in Valdosta Georgia after a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Stanley Beach and his mother in law Mrs Rhea B Myers. He landed at Truax Field Madison Thursday on a cross country flight and departed yesterday flying over the city twice around 4 p m.
Republican National Committee Chairman Guy Gabrielson urged a united front to end the Democratic years at the 25th GOP National Convention. He stressed discipline once a nominee is chosen and noted Taft and Eisenhower backers clash over convention control. Delegates pledged: Taft 533, Eisenhower 428, others 131, uncommitted 114.
Taft claims control of six hundred plus pledged delegates while opponents press a rule to aid Eisenhower. Pennsylvania backs the rule with 57 votes. New Jersey splits 31 for the rule and seven against. Maryland’s McKeldin moves Eisenhower’s name into nomination as strategists weigh uncommitted delegates.
Mrs. E A Janke and Alvin H Babler with family attended a Watertown reunion for the Janke family. Honorees included Herman Janke of Watertown turning 90, L F Janke of Madison turning 80, and August Janke of McFarland turning 70, with Rev. Palmer Janke of Livingston celebrated for 30 years in Lutheran ministry.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Ruf of Orangeville are the parents of their first child, a daughter born yesterday at St. Clare hospital. Mrs. Ruf, formerly Ruth Kopp of Monticello, worked at the Chocolate Shop. her husband is the son of Mrs. Lena Ruf of Orangeville.
Ray Mullen of Baraboo serves as acting manager of Thorp Finance Corp during a two week vacation of Matt Ernser. The Ernser family left Saturday for Lake Puckaway for a week and will visit Wisconsin Rapids and other places next week.
Police seek youths suspected of stealing gasoline tank caps and throwing them at homes and vehicles. A cap shattered the windshield of a truck owned by Robert Trumpy at 810 27th Ave. Last week caps were hurled onto lawns and porches on 16th Street, narrowly missing Otto A. Walter at 1769 16th Street.
Wood County Sheriff Bell said a blackjack found in a woodpile near Mrs. Clara Bates tavern may be the murder weapon used in her June weekend death. The weapon was sent to the State Crime Laboratory. Edward Kanieski, 33, ex convict, who found the body, was arrested on statutory rape charges and sent for a lie detector test.
The eggs of birds and some reptiles are large because they serve as food storage for the embryos before development begins.
A riot at Southern Michigan Prison in Jackson involved about 140 inmates grabbing two guards as hostages. A guard was shot and inmate Carl Bradford was wounded as troopers fired five to ten blasts. Prisoners demanded dining, yard time and visits and were promised restoration of privileges in stages.
James C. Allen, 20, of Brodhead, has been named to Green County's quota for the third consecutive time and will attempt induction on July 10. He was ill at the May departure time and again when he was to leave last month, according to his physician.
The service record notes a new address for Pfc Roger C Wong of C. Co. 35d Tank Bn 3rd Marine Div FMT Camp Pendleton Oceanside California 1-318-135 He recently returned home on leave after serving at San Diego Marine base.
Pvt. Alvin E. Schuetz son of Mr and Mrs Ed Schuetz has completed a five week radio and radar school in Korea. He reports being stationed near Pfc Gene Matzke Clarno and has visited him several times there.
Monroe resident since 1923, Mrs. Emilie Karlen was honored at a Swiss Wheel dinner party for her 75th birthday. The surprise gathering included her sister Mrs. Frieda Abplanalp and her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. W E Deininger among others.
Mrs Karlens relatives hosted a dinner in the Swiss Wheel basement and a park social in Monroe with 27 adults and 14 children. Attendees included multiple Stocker and Ringgenberg families from Monroe Barneveld Freeport Des Moines Chicago. The Karlens started the bakery in Monroe in 1925 retiring in 1944 and moving from the north side of the square to their present location.
Wheat futures turned upward on moderate demand and lack of hedge selling pressure in Chicago trading. Corn and soybeans rose with it, while oats showed independent strength across markets.
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