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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1946
Page
3
Mrs. Josephine Emmenegger and her sons Rev. Joseph and William plan to travel to Westfield New Jersey for the wedding of Miss Sheena Mary Webster to their brother Combre Emmenegger. New cannot attend the ceremony.
The United Brethren aid society will hold its annual officer election at the church on Wednesday. The Otterbein Guild led by Miss Loleta Roderick will handle devotionals.
Dan Fries aged 63 formerly of Juda, later Beloit, died at his Beloit home. He was born October 4 1882 in Juda and married to Dorr Fries in 1907. Survived by his wife four daughters Ruth Darnell Anna Chaver Leona Yeats Hazel Rowland a son Raymond two brothers Jay and E L Fries and six grandchildren.
Mrs Nellie Dearth and Mrs James Casey from Monroe visited sister Elizabeth Huber. Mrs Mabel Kueck of Janesville and Miss Alma Vick of Milwaukee visited relatives. Mrs Frank Baars of Janesville visited her parents Mr and Mrs John M Anderson. Evelyn Olson of Janesville with Clyde Scott’s daughter Cartman Ann of Milwaukee stay with Elizabeth Huber. Mr and Mrs Philip Sardeson of Shield North Dakota visit relatives here.
Conferees approved a billion dollar navigation bill and moved toward final action on a flood control bill with similar expenditure. Acting Chairman Overton of the senate commerce committee said both measures should reach the White House before next weekend. The program aims at long range water development including flood control navigation irrigation and hydroelectric power to spur public works and employment. Major authorizations include the Illinois Waterway project linking Illinois and Indiana with 21 million dollars.
The census bureau reports seven of ten accident fatalities in 1944 were men. Total deaths fell to 95,237, with motor vehicle deaths at 24,282. Of 19,063 male deaths in total, falls killed 12,331 women. Air transport deaths were 99 percent male among 6,656. Other leading causes include drowning 4,767 male of 5,612, burns 2,799 male of 5,314, and railway accidents 3,119 male of 3,456.
Mrs. Donald L. Collins hosts Swaukee co ay omen. Kathryn Rossiter of Chicago visits her parents Clyde and Mrs. Rossiter. Spring Grove club members hear from Mrs. Orla McClellan. Sheldon Best of Rockford visits Walter Bliss. Flora Stevens now at Gray Lake after months with J Stair. Pryce of Albany visits Jack Zimmerman. Clyde and Virgil Berryman with families travel from the city to Janesville. Picnic guests include Lewis Peckham of Evansville. Among national facts, 42 of the 55 highest U.S. peaks lie in Colorado.
Miss Ruth Stauffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stauffer, employed by the American Osteopathic Association in Chicago, left for New York to help prepare for and attend the National Convention at the Waldorf Astoria on July 15. Local social notes list numerous visits and hospitality among families in Janesville and Madison as well as attendees from Villa Park and New Glarus.
G. B. Goodhart opened a horse shoe court near the Cargill Feed and Supply store inviting locals to play. The column lists numerous social visits and travels across Orangeville, including families from Rockford, Freeport, and Chicago, with notes on dinners, hosting, and farm duties.
Neighbors and relatives from New Glarus, Whitewater, Footville, Janesville, and Madison gather for visits and vacations. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Ott host Tommy son. Darlyne Hoesly visits Adam Duerst home. Barlow family vacationing in Kansas City. Zentner and Stauffer sisters return to Whitewater summer school. Gempeler, Martha and Paul Newman visit Mrs Stauffer Sr.. Wilbert Bently and son Billy reconnect with E A Bontly as he re enlists in the air corps.
Glenn Keuler and Mrs. Mary Hobb joined a Twin Grove church picnic at Leota park Evansville on Sunday. Several local families visited relatives and friends in Freeport DeKalb Sterling Monroe and nearby towns. Communion service led by Barney Stevens at Twin Grove Christian church followed the Sunday gathering.
President Truman nominates Robert Butler of St. Paul builder and banker as first American ambassador to Canberra. Norman Makin named Australia’s ambassador to Washington. Butler, 49, leads Builders Trust Co and has wartime naval and Philippine service background.
A Chinese communist spokesman said talks in Nanking have reached a complete deadlock. Gen. Chou En-lai, the chief negotiator, has abandoned settlement efforts after three inconclusive conferences with Chiang Kai-shek and his cabinet. Fighting flares within China like a series of small fires.
Officials warn that delay could spark a grave conflagration and urge swift measures to stamp out the threat. The warning reflects a shared government stance on preventing a worsening emergency.
Historical note identifies Benjamin Franklin as the seventh child in a family of thirteen. The detail highlights Franklin’s birth order within the Seventeenth Century Quaker household context.
Twenty Hereford cattle averaging 1137 pounds each sold at 22 dollars per hundredweight on the Milwaukee market, the highest price in memory. The cattle belonged to William Sievert of Arlington Wisconsin, with general prices around 19 to 20 dollars per hundredweight.
John P. Gehl, president of Gehl's Guernsey Farms Inc, died yesterday after a weeklong illness. The obituary notes his leadership role in the Guernsey dairy business and his prominent local standing.
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