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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1954
Page
8
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with showers in the northwest late tonight or Friday. Warmer Friday with low 48 to 54 in the northeast and 54 to 62 in the southwest. High Friday 80 to 88 near Lake Michigan. Winds light to easterly and variable, 10 to 18 mph end Friday. Sunrise 4 30, sunset 7 40.
Probate admitted for estates of Donald Alson died May 24 Margaret Dahler died May 15 and August Ludwig died June 18. Letters testamentary issued to Minnie Ludwig and Juda widow Cc. O Brunkow and T R Newman named as appraisers.
Dane County records show Curtis A. Roscoe of Madison wed Helen O. Maurer of Monroe. Carroll County Illinois issued licenses for Charles G. Tyler, 18, Savanna, and Neta J. Rothenbuehler, 16, Monroe.
A daughter was born to Mr Lawrence Clark and Mrs Clark at 415 21st Avenue on July 7.
A notice from St. Clare Hospital lists surgical patients Manuel Pagel of South Wayne and others from Beloit Janesville and Beloit as well as medical patients including Mrs. John Rechsteiner and Mrs. Thelma Mc Carty with addresses in Edgerton Rockford Sterling and Belleville. Dismissals include Nicholas Mayne Harold Backett Charles Mayer and several others with family members also named.
Allan F. Barnard city director of bands announced rehearsal resumes Monday at 8 p m in the senior high school band room. He noted one or two out of town concerts are in the works and concerts are set at Green County hospital and the Shrine KC ball game.
Manuel Pagel of Route 1 South Wayne suffered injuries when a hydraulic lift on his mower dropped on his right foot. One toe was amputated. Pagel is listed in good condition at St. Clare hospital after neighbors Fred and Roy Haldimann transported him to the hospital.
One army reservist was killed and 13 others injured when a truck overturned during a night problem at Camp McCoy. Cpl. William A. Schrott of Detroit died. others on the truck were members of the 70th Division, Michigan and Illinois reservists in two weeks training at the post.
Footville begins a four day centennial with a noon kickoff chicken barbecue. Beards will be judged, Evansville square dancers perform, Maggie and Scotty entertain, and a village history pageant is planned for Friday to Sunday nights in the village park. Proceeds go to the state graded school.
Mr. and Mrs. Harland L. Skattum of Argyle announce the birth of their first son James Lyle on Wednesday at St. Clare hospital. The couple also has a daughter named Beth. Mrs. Skattum, formerly Mary Van Wagenen, is the daughter of Mrs. John Van Wagenen of 2539 Ninth Street. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Skattum of Argyle.
Ronald Rockow of Browntown son of Mr and Mrs Hubert Rockow performed with the 32nd Division band in a Madison concert at the Watertown centennial celebration. The band scheduled another concert at Fort Atkinson on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Bob L Schuler announce the birth of their daughter Diane Marie born June 29 at 1117 13th Avenue. Grandmother is Mrs Edna Schuler of Monticello and great grandmother is Mrs Albert Zimmerman of Monticello. Evelyn Bloom is the mother.
Paul Menes of Lodi is hired as watchmaker at Miller's jewelry. He served as a watchmaker in Ft. Collins Cole for two years. Mrs Menes and their four children Christine Christopher Carlene and Carl will relocate when housing is ready.
The final Twilight Tunes concert of the summer is set for Saturday at 7 45 p m on Main Street South Wayne The event will also announce whether the South Wayne band will perform July 16 at Brown town after the show.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce board of directors will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in the Monroe Clinic library. They will discuss events planned for the upcoming year.
Langlade County agricultural agent for 12 years Ira V. Goodell died today at Antigo hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 52.
Personal notices list Charlene Keegan and Harold Ruf with James in Madison while Henry Wendorf and family visited Monroe. Rockford and Covington callers visited Monroe and the city hosted vacationers from Decatur and Atlanta. Residents traveled to Richland Center Des Moines and to De Kalb for events with local instructors also attending.
The Agriculture Department reports cotton in cultivation on July 1 at 19 961 000 acres, down 21 percent from last year.
A Beloit born Marine Corps reserve pilot, Phillip Venable aged 32, was killed when his Navy Cougar jet crashed and burned during a routine training flight at Glenview Naval Air Station. Col. W G Wethe observed the loss of control at 1000 to 1500 feet as Venable was about to land. Venable, a Korean War veteran, had only begun jet training Monday.
The 1949 subsidy program drew Republican and some Democratic criticism as socialistic and costly. Officials say Benson may face pressure to use subsidies to prevent dairy processors from profiting from a shift in support levels from 75 to 80 or 85 percent, with the department’s stance uncertain.
The agriculture department boosted buying prices for surplus cheese and nonfat dry milk effective July 12 to lift dairymen returns for milk used in manufacturing. Butter prices remained unchanged at 56 cents per pound while cheddar cheese and spray process dry milk moved to 33.25 cents and 16 cents per pound respectively. Funeral notice: Ivan Phelps of Mooresville Ind died after two weeks illness. graveside rites conducted in Hillcrest cemetery with Rev. A D Willett officiating. He was a University of Wisconsin civil graduate.
An engineer married Julia Evan Trout of Atlanta, Georgia, in a ceremony held roughly a quarter of a century ago. The note records the union and its location in Atlanta.
Services for Mrs Edward Inder gand 56 a former Monroe resident who died Monday at her home were conducted at 1 30 p m at the Shriner Neushwander funeral home Madison with Rev Bernard Bartel officiating and burial in Greenwood cemetery Pallbearers included Henry L Bauman Henry Kundert Ross S Martin Otto Hintz Tony Gaffney and August Van derNellen all of Madison Also noted Sally Kay Mosley 10 a former Monroe and Darlington resident who died Friday in California will have services at 2 p m tomorrow in the Sharer funeral home Darlington
The service will be conducted by Rev. James Paulson with burial at Union Grove. The deceased is the daughter of Oscar Mosley of Darlington and Mrs. Della Mosley of Arcata California formerly Della Kemprood of Darlington.
Lt Col Howard L Feldlin the expelled assistant U S military attache departed Moscow for Berlin today in Charles E Bohlen s plane. He traveled with his wife and two children as a large group of Americans and others saw him off.
At Vnukovo Airport Feldlin and Maj Walter McKinney were declared persona non grata for activities inconsistent with their positions as military attaches. McKinney is abroad and will not return. The State Department denied espionage charges. The move follows the expulsion of two Russians.
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