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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1948
Page
8
Fair south partly cloudy north with scattered thunder showers north and west central portions tonight and tomorrow. Warmer turning cooler in the northwest and southeast tomorrow. Highest 90 and lowest 67 since yesterday 1 p m. Year ago today highest 82 lowest 57. Warmest place Phoenix 112 and coldest Eastport Conn sunrise 4 30 sunset 7 39.
W Cromwell transfers two parcels 165 and 166 Railroad Second Add Monroe to Carrie Moore. Henry M Nelson transfers land oatlt 138 on Assessor's plat New Glarus to Charles F Bandi.
Justice L A Koenig fined Renzo Flannery of Darlington $30 and costs for using min nows on set bank poles. Koenig also fined another defendant $40 and costs for disorderly conduct after a plea of nolo contendere.
Deaths listed include Fred Nesbit 69 of Brooklyn Robert Trestrail 87 of Darling en Warren H Rossiter 82 of Brod head and Carl Josef 42 of Kalamazoo Michys Births record three July 9 additions Mr and Mrs Cecil A Bur meister Gratiot announce a son Mr and Mrs Ervin Goecks Juda announce a daughter Mr and Mrs Robert Clark Davis announce a daughter Mr and Mrs Harold Hale Ar gyle announce a son
Surgical cases include Larry Loveland 2327 27th Avenue Mrs Chester Atz Tonsillectomy Norma Jean Willborn Route 5 Richard Will born Route 5 Harland Prechel 601 11th Street. Medical: Randall Hanson Route 3. Dismissals: Mrs Bernard Gibbons and son Mrs Chester Mohns Mrs Leon Balsiger Wil bert Hoesly Donald Deren dinger.
No date has been set for the county court appearance of Wilbert Priewe, 19, Beloit, on a forgery charge. He surrendered Wednesday night to Sheriff Evan Chambers after escaping the Wisconsin General Hospital where he was a psychiatric examination patient May 2. His father is arranging for an attorney. A previous item listed the name as Kenneth.
Miss Doris Messmer a teacher at North School from 2017 14th Avenue attends the 1948 workshop in education for health and fitness at College Camp Wisconsin. The program closes July 31 and marks the second Lake Geneva workshop conducted by George Williams College under Dr. Arthur H. Steinhaus.
Fourteen Green County rural pupils joined a soil conservation trip to the La Crosse agricultural experiment station and the state game farm at Poynette. Fifteen had qualified but only ten were expected to participate. The group learned about soil erosion tests, crop effects, and terrace operation, then toured the game farm. Students from West Dayton East Dayton Bethel East Clarno Jordan Prairie Silver Babler Valley View Fairview Fairfield and Michael were named along with Carl Treuthardat Edwin Kernen Duane Lehr Doris Grossenbacher and Ivan Gobeli. Carol Milbrandt could not attend. The tour was led by Florence Wartenweiler O G Kimball and Myron E Jeglum.
Mr and Mrs Fred C Bohren of Lodi renew their subscription to The Evening Times, fondly recalling Monroe community life. Mrs Bohren is Matt B Wittenwyler's daughter from Monticello, while her husband is Fred Bohren's son from Coggan Iowa. They wed June 27 1945 in Stockton and live on a farm nearby.
Rev. Ralph Kofoed arrived with his wife and five children to take duties at the First Methodist church. They are joined by Mrs. Ransom and Lenora Kofoed, with plans for a weekend visit by other relatives. Kofoed comes from Sandwich, Illinois.
Pallbearers for the funeral of Mrs Edwin M Kundert, 39, Orangeville, held yesterday at 2 p m at Shriner Neushwander funeral home were Forrest Briggs, Glen Roderick, Wesley Bowen, Raymond Askey, Clarence Aebly and Fred Buehler.
Thomas Justin White, 63, Hearst newspaper executive and former publisher of the Chicago Herald American, died today. He served as vice president of Hearst Publishing Co. and general manager of the New York Journal American. In the last decade American textile use rose from 33 to 45 pounds per capita.
Personal Mention highlights numerous visitors and callers in Monroe and surrounding towns. Names include Miss Rose Derendinger in Madison, Frank Klann of Chicago, Mrs. Will Pagel of Monticello, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Broughton from Albany, and others visiting from Albany, Lake Geneva, Madison, Brodhead, Freeport, and Minneapolis.
Louis R. Wolleson of Monroe was re-elected chef de gate of the Green County American Legion’s funl organization at the Moose Hall meeting attended by 28 members from Monroe Monticello and New Glarus. New members Rudolph P. Reger Russell Prien and Clarence Erickson of Monroe joined. next meeting set for August 12 in Monticello.
Carl Josef, 42, a former Brodhead resident, died July 7 in a Kalamazoo Michigan hospital. He was the son of the late Charles Josef who ran the City hotel in Brodhead. Survived by daughter Ramona Clark of Davis, Illinois. Funeral services set for Saturday in Three Rivers, Michigan.
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough fixed a hearing for next Wednesday on whether to grant the stop strike injunction sought by Robert N Denham of the NLRB. The dispute centers on John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers over a union shop after a wage and welfare offer was rejected by about 55 000 miners.
The Swiss Capital Service club of Milwaukee Road employees, organized in 1939 with 75 similar groups on the line, will be honored at a 7 p.m. dinner at the Elsie Gerber farm home then a theater party for members and wives. Officers are L. W. Delorimier, J. F. Dahnke, and C. A. Baxter, with the group serving Brodhead to Browntown and including the New Glarus branch.
Sheriff Jos e Maas reports a farm wife fatally shot her husband Harold Heatherington a WW II veteran, their children Donald Doris and Joyce and then herself in their sleep at the Illinois farm. A .38 caliber pistol was found near the woman.
Arnold Maki 21 of Stockholm Minnesota grabbed a shotgun after a stray dog barked. He discharged the weapon, triggering a dynamite pit blast that released 100 pounds of explosives and damaged buildings. He was hospitalized with cuts and bruises. the dog is missing.
Leland Furrer and his brother Cliff Darlington have purchased Stephenson Bros. Produce Company at Darlington. Cliff Furrer, long associated with Lafayette County Farm Supply Co op at Darlington since 1941, resigns as manager to start his own business. Charles Thomas of Darlington succeeds him.
The annual Baptist Sunday school picnic will be held Thursday at Shullsburg.
Misses Morna and Grace Byers returned from a six week eastern visit visiting Dover New Hampshire and their niece Mrs C W Morse formerly Alice Cornelius of Monroe They also called on Rev Joseph Bishop and Rev D A Parker in Albany and Atlantic City both former ministers of the Union Presbyterian church here
The daughter of Chief Petty Officer and Mrs. James Jurell of West Warwick Rhode Island was christened Michele Christine at the Dixie Keipher Memorial Chapel U S naval air station Quonset Point Rhode Island on July 1 God parents are Mr and Mrs Alfred Bousquet of West Warwick Mrs Jurell is the former Marie Klarer daughter of Mr and Mrs Christ Klarer Monroe
A two year old boy Douglas Oppliger of route 2 Belleville was run over by a tractor Wednesday afternoon at St. Clare hospital where he remains in somewhat improved but serious condition. He sustained broken ribs contusions and neck and chest abrasions. Parents are Mr and Mrs Martin Oppliger.
A Navy day committee has begun arranging the annual banquet and program for October with Dr. D. D. Ruehlman serving as chairman.
Cars driven by Calvin A Bahn and Ralph R Swann collided at 11 29 am at 20th avenue and 12th street causing minor damage to the right front fender and running board of Bahn and the left front fender of Swann. A radio broadcast sought the arrest of William E Weber for removing and concealing mortgaged property.
The sheriff stated extradition will be pursued following the seizure of property and a car.
Operators of the Monroe Hotel say Ernest Marty, fined yesterday in justice court, has not resided there for over two months. His address had appeared on the official arrest report, with another address at 16th Avenue.
The condition of Miss M. Alice Treat at St. Clare hospital stayed unchanged today after a blood transfusion yesterday. She had rested comfortably following treatment and remained under care at the hospital.
The Swiss consulate in Chicago asks for the whereabouts of Harry Hank Imhoff born in Switzerland who lived in Rice Lake Browntown and Monroe since 1936. His daughter in Switzerland is trying to reach him.
The state board of health today approved a proposed sanitary sewer extension project for Monroe. City Clerk G S Soseman said the approval concerned extensions into the new Waelti Quinn subdivision on the east side.
Fred Nesbit aged 69 of Brooklyn died at 7 30 p m Wednesday in Stoughton hospital after a three month illness Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at the Allen funeral home Evansville with Rev Francis Kranz officiating Burial will be at Maple Hill cemetery Evansville Pallbearers will be six nephews He was born in Beloit April 10 1879 and lived most of his life in Brooklyn Evansville He is survived by four sisters Mrs Irwin Lawrence Mrs Charles Crocker both of Evansville Mrs Howard Van Patten Chetek and Mrs Gaylord Fenton Brooklyn and five brothers Floyd Roy Harold William and Glen with varying residences The family has resided with Mrs Fenton in Brooklyn for the past ten years
USDA market bulletin shows salable hogs at 10 500 with mixed moves and top 29.75, cattle totals 1 500 with new high on crops and steers 36.00 to 39.00, sows 23.75 to 25.50, calves 30.00s, bulls up to 26.00. Produce notes record unsettled live poultry, firm butter, and firm eggs with steady to unchanged prices overall.
New York railway shares reached their highest average level in about two years as demand rose after a settlement between three rail unions and the carrier systems and Eastern systems were authorized to raise passenger fares. Steel stocks followed with gains led by Bethlehem, Republic, and Youngstown Sheet. N Y Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Nickel Plate, Chrysler, Firestone Tire, Western Union, and International Telegraph gained modestly.
The market opened strong, paused briefly, and then rose again led by major groups including phone and radio firms. Few laggards remained such as Richfield Oil, Goodyear Tire, Douglas Aircraft, and Transcontinental and Air. Total volume looked set to surpass one million shares, marking a highly active session.
Articles of incorporation for the Town Hall Dairy Co-operative Washington township were filed with Grace M. Thorpe register of deeds. Capital stock is $60,000 with 600 shares of common stock $100 par no preferred. Directors forming the association include Robert Zimmermann Leon C. Gempeler E W Marty Robert Holcomb and A M Hefty.
Wisconsin cheese market shows bids for five cars with state brand cheddars at 4712 and two cars of single daisies at 50. One car of single daisies sold. another bid unfilled. Two cars Illinois U S No 1 white cheddars offered and sold at 47 percent. Trading tone remains firm.
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