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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1955
Page
8
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with occasional thundershowers in the west tonight and Friday and in the east late tonight or Friday. Cooler conditions move in from the northwest Friday. Lows tonight 64 to 70. Highs Friday about 85 to 90 in the northwest and around 90 in the southeast.
Transactions include Thomas Schneider to Earl L. Schneider parcel 99 in New Glarus assessor’s plat and Edna Schmid to O L Hare 1.08 acres in Monroe Township see Monroe. Jacob L. Marty to Walter R. Wenger part of outlet 123. Albert R. Schmidt to Wendell L. Simmons lot 10 block 3 Anderson’s add Monroe. Congregation of St. Agnes to City of Monroe lot 41 Gettings add Monroe.
County Court Judge Marshall L. Peterson forfeited a $16.15 bond for Donald Wachlin of Warren TIL driving a Badger Agricultural Service track at more than 45 mph in a state traffic case.
A probate rehearing is set for 10 a m July 27 on the Michael Croake will upon motion of Randall J Elmer guardian ad litem. Croake longtime Albany resident died March 2 at age 94.
Mr and Mrs LaVerne Heidenreich Route 2 report a daughter born July 6. Mr and Mrs Earl Vickers Route 1 Monticello report a son born July 7. Mr and Mrs Samuel G Demanouske 2303 16th Avenue report a daughter born July 7.
A roster from St. Clare Hospital lists accident patients including Mrs Edward Meyers of Monticello and medical cases such as Jeremiah Sullivan Shirland Eva Ramsey Beloit Harry Klassy Monticello and Dr Ed win Condon Milan Sr along with dismissals like Peter Mueller John Madden and Robert Grant.
Ronald D. Johnson city recreation director said items left by swimmers at Recreation Park pool last week are available for owners at the pool office. The collection includes bathing suits towels bill folds and jewelry.
A new law allows a county school committee to attach a non-operating district to a working unit without a referendum. It permits non-operating districts to arrange pupil attendance in another district on a non-resident tuition basis, use available funds, or levy taxes for attachment and attendance costs.
John Germann 49 Monroe native and G C Murphy tax manager died July 1. Funeral held Tuesday at Mt Vernon cemetery Elizabeth with widow and daughter, and sisters Mrs Kohli and Mrs Julson surviving. Mrs W B Gnagi attended from Elizabet h Pa and planned to meet in Madison.
A 5 year old girl named Sandra Joan Benson drowned in a boating incident at a six foot deep park lagoon on Lake Michigan's shore in Milwaukee. Police quoted her mother, 43 year old Mrs William Benson, who with a man she knew only as Arthur and a bar acquaintance for seven years, took the girl for a ride.
William R. Eberhardt, formerly Gamble store manager, now works for Wisconsin Power and Light Co. at the Rock County plant between Janesville and Beloit. The Eberhardts keep their home in the area. Gordon Olson of Viroqua is named the new store manager.
The Monroe column records visits and travels of residents from Gresham Shullsburg Milwaukee Santee Cleveland Normal Muscatine Fenimore and other places. Names include Bruce J Stoehr Rev Richard F Hulburt Ray Smith Marguerite Disch Kay Cairns John Corry Jr L A Moore and Mrs Booth with movements to Green Lake Titusville Ft Knox Rotterdam and Belgium.
Grains stayed near the same levels with many contracts slipping slightly on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat showed brief showings of strength but failed to sustain rallies, leaving prices largely unchanged.
Investigating senators seek Adolphe H. Wenzell testimony on his Dixon Yates contract talks role. Eisenhower called it entirely proper while Wenzell, then First Boston Corp. vice president, was Budget Bureau consultant. The panel also invited Attorney General Brownell to explain FBI checks into Memphis power plant plans.
Sophia Jackson former Browntown postmistress remained in critical condition at St. Clare hospital after suffering injuries and exposure from lying in a field for 18 hours following an apparent horse drag over the weekend. John J. Marty of Route 5 was reported improved after a two car collision southeast of Monroe. she is also at St. Clare hospital.
Terry Lee Potter daughter of Mr and Mrs Franklin Potter Monroe was baptized Sunday in the Martintown church by Rev Roy Berg with Mr and Mrs Bernard Schaffer serving as sponsors.
Mr and Mrs Henry Waelchli of Monticello named their son James Henry born Saturday at St. Clare hospital. The mother is Darlene Walden of New Glarus. Grandparents are Leonard Walden of New Glarus and Gottfried Waelchli of Monticello.
Members of the Mt. Pleasant Washington Albany Farm Bureau units plan their annual picnic for Sunday noon at New Glarus Woods. If rain occurs the event moves to the Walter Hauri machine shed.
Leland Hoeft has purchased the Paul Ganshert estate house and the family has taken possession, signaling a transfer of ownership and occupancy. The Times Special notes the deal completes a long-standing transaction.
David Clark son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Clark travels to Madison Wisconsin to attend a music clinic at the University of Wisconsin He was chosen by the Brodhead Music Mothers following an aptitude test in music.
Gifford E. Solem of Wisconsin Power and Light Co. won a six month sales contest and a trip to Evansville Indiana to tour the Server Appliances plant as the prize.
A new sidewalk is being installed in front of the Benkert building on the south side of the square. Workers place steel beams before pouring concrete, replacing badly corroded steel under the old walkway.
A tiny radio controlled target towing plane from Camp Haven crashed near Osman Wisconsin on a Wednesday. A farmer alerted police after spotting the downed craft and a parachute opened automatically as it landed in nearby woods. The aircraft was used to tow targets for antiaircraft training at a Sheboygan County camp and escaped control of its operators.
A double decker transport with 90 paratroops left Fort Campbell at 12 10 a m for Japan as 43 planes in two days begin an 18000 mile mission. The 508th Airborne RCT deploys to Ashiya while 187th Airborne RCT returns to Fort Bragg within 60 hours.
Madison reports that hot dry conditions helped grains fruits and vegetables across Wisconsin. Corn progressed after slow growth and winter grains near harvest. Oats look promising and hay yields are good with second cuttings growing well in northwest counties. Pastures strengthened by recent showers.
The body of Urban Peters, 41, DePere, was recovered from Green Bay after a seven hour search. Authorities said he anchored his small boat in the bay and was fishing. the boat was found empty.
A hearing set for Wednesday July 27 before Judge Marshall L. Petersen to reopen Michael Croake s will case based on guardian Elmer s claim that omission of Cynthia Mitchell great granddaughter was not voluntary and that Croake may lacked testamentary capacity. Croake 94 of Albany died March 2 after hospital stay since Jan 7 1953. The will left three living children as heirs and excluded descendants of a deceased son and did not mention a fifth child or her descendants.
Richard Barth Lafayette County coroner ruled the death of 17 year old Emil Victor Baumgartner Jr. accidental due to strangulation. The youth was found dead June 25 at his parents home near the Seymore cheese factory after acting out a scene from television or a comic book with a shirt around his neck causing unconsciousness and eventual death.
Funeral services for Richard F McGuire 47 of 2260 15th Street were held at Stuessy Funeral Home and St Victor Catholic Church with Rev E C McCollow officiating. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery with cousins John McGuire Racine Ralph and others as pallbearers.
Cecil McGuire Monticello Mich Michael McGuire Harry McGuire Sr and William Grant all of Monroe are named in the report referring to regional individuals and their association with the case or event described.
In a National Geographic Society account a whale tooth once determined the bride price in Fiji. The tale notes traditional wealth exchange and cultural practice within island communities.
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