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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1961
Page
6
Daily Record reports a partly cloudy warm day with scattered thundershowers in the west tonight. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy with more thundershowers and little temperature change, with lows 58 to 65 and highs 78 to 84. Monroe Zone follows a similar pattern with possible showers tonight and a warm Wednesday, lows 58 to 64 and highs 80 to 85.
The report lists latest high and low temperatures since yesterday 1 p.m. with 84 and 64 degrees, compares to a year ago 83 and 63. It notes barometer readings at 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. data, warmest place Needles California at 119 degrees, coldest Big Piney Wyoming at 39, plus sunrise and sunset times.
Selma Larson transfers 153 acres to Edwin Kol den in York Township sections 1Q and 20. John E. Jones transfers a parcel in Decatur Township section 25 to Tommie J. Bright. Ernest Nafzger transfers 210 acres to Fred Nafzger in Sylvester Township sections 26 and 23. Bernard J. McGuinness transfers property to St Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church in Monroe Foster’s 2nd Add area.
Bert Burkhalter is named executor of the Nellie Burkhalter estate who died June 21 and is heir under her January 6 1958 will. Ivan C. Schenk of Madison is administrator of Ida B. Schenk’s estate who died June 13 with three sons and two daughters as heirs.
Justice L A Koenig and Lee A Campbell of Monroe face a hearing Thursday at 1 30 p m for taking indecent liberties with a minor and are remanded to jail on a 3000 dollar bond. Harold Ayen of Blanchardville bound over to County Court on issuing worthless checks.
William Gary Stovall 19 and Roberta Rose Feller 19 of Monticello secure a marriage license. Roger Larry Goecks 20 of Route 3 and Jeanette Eleanor Slocum 16 of 828 10th Street also receive licenses.
Charles I Thompson 88 of Evansville dies. Clara Keator 68 of Belvidere Illinois. E Bothell 58 of Carthage dies. Obituary brief notes provide ages and towns of passing.
Birth announcements list in Brodhead and Monticello families welcoming a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hill on July 10 and for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Avery on July 10. A daughter was also born to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Elmer at 1626 23rd Avenue on July 11.
A hospital notice lists patients treated at St. Clare Hospital in South Wayne with medical and surgical cases and a separate line of dismissals. Names include Vernus Skattum and Mrs. Arnold Briggs among others, with addresses and locales noted.
Lee A. Campbell operator of Cal's Repair Service at 606 10th Street was remanded to the county jail on $3,000 bond to await a hearing at 1 30 p m Thursday on a charge of taking indecent liberties with a minor. Campbell waived preliminary hearing and pleaded innocent. Franz W Brand was appointed Campbell's attorney.
Clara Keator of Belvidere Illinois died at 4 30 p m yesterday in St Clare hospital from complications She had been admitted June 19 as a surgical patient Born September 14 1892 she was the daughter of Lee and Cora Coleman She married Ralph Keator November 29 1919 and was a Royal Neighbors of America member Survivors include son Clifford Belvidere daughter Viola Bogdonas Rockford two brothers Claude and Ross Coleman Belvidere a sister Sadie Boyd Rockford and four grandchildren Services will be at 2 p m Thursday at the Atkins Johnson funeral home Belvidere with Rev Paul Dibble off ciating Burial will be in Belvidere cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow evening.
Four integrationist Freedom Riders refused bond and were jailed after arrest Monday night in Little Rock Arkansas, a symbol of racial strife since 1957. A crowd of about 300 white residents taunted them at the bus station before police took them into custody, despite a plea from Gov. Faubus to ignore the group. Trial in municipal court was postponed to Wednesday.
A council discussion outlined a long range city development plan and a street and sewer extension map. The federal government would cover 50 percent of engineering costs. The meeting was closed to the public but press and radio were allowed in. former mayor Victor N. Schiller arrived late and was asked to leave. Attending were five aldermen, the city treasurer, clerk, attorney, a Times representative, Meythaler, and Alfred Green from the accounting firm.
President Ayub Khan of Pakistan lands in Washington for a state visit and is welcomed by President Kennedy who hails him as a friend ally and a powerful force for freedom in the world.
Mrs Hulda E Klemm of Monroe spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ernest Mellenberger and family in South Wayne. Juda EUB Youth Fellowship hosts an ice cream social at Juda EUB church Thursday July 13 serving begins at 530. Mr and Mrs Roger L Elmer and children Marilyn and Steven returned from White Lake near Montello. Mr and Mrs E S Wilson attended the golden wedding anniversary of Roy Cobb in Ft Dodge Iowa. Mrs Sylvia Zedler and Mrs Frances Schultz of Long Beach Calif guest of cousin Miss Marie Spee with Helen Nancolas of Keokuk joining them and leaving for Long Beach. Mr and Mrs Anton Tony Goerlitz of Monroe returned from the 1961 National Mutual Benefit Insurance Company Convention at Oakton Manor Resort Pewaukee. A C Riener Joyce Jeanette Paul and Travis left for Bellevue Ohio after spending a week with Mayor Orville R Evans Sr. Guests of Mr and Mrs Charles E Krueger are their daughter Mrs Roy Ferdinandt of Rochester Minn and granddaughter Mrs Duane Bartell and children Gregory and Ann Marie Kasson Minn. they will visit Mrs Ferdinandt's sister Mrs Coyla Cox Monroe. Mrs O A Eleanor Erickson of Minneapolis and Mrs James Jean Ann Trumbo of Silver Spring Md visit their parents Mr and Mrs O N Johnson Monroe. Mrs Erickson arrived with four Erickson children and husband expected today with another son Scott. Mrs Trumbo arrived by plane with two sons James and John. James attends YMCA Camp at Phantom Lake for 10 days.
Services for Rev. S. Clarence Benson 70 retired Blanchardville Lutheran pastor who died yesterday in Dodgeville General hospital after a brief illness will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Trinity Lutheran church Blanchardville. Interment is East Lawn cemetery Beloit. He served Apple Grove rural Argyle Hollandale Trinity Blanchardville and Yellowstone churches. Friends may call at Saecther funeral home Blanchardville.
Mrs Frank Lloyd Wright widow of the famed architect is reported in good condition at a local hospital in Dodgeville after undergoing surgery for an intestinal obstruction.
Loy E Bothell 58 of Carthage Missouri died at 2 30 p m yesterday in a Springfield hospital from a heart condition. He cofounded the Green County Frozen Foods locker plant and operated a package liquor and gift shop with wife Mina at 321 West Central. He worked for United Telephone Company in Monroe from 1937 to 1939 and later held roles with Northwestern Bell and Illinois Bell before moving here. Bothell was a past president of the Wisconsin Frozen Foods Locker Association and a Master Mason since 1925. Funeral plans include Masonic rites.
Liza Martin, 13 months old, drowned Monday while on an outing with her family near Dyckesville. An older sister and a companion watching the infant noticed her body on the beach.
J A Breese, 69, longtime music director and faculty member at Oshkosh State College for 29 years, died Monday at his Woodland Hills home in California. He resigned as head of the college of music in 1952 and later moved west.
The Green County Barbershop Chorus will meet at 8 tonight in the Community Center and will continue to meet there each Tuesday night going forward.
Mr and Mrs Neil Buechel of Madison announce the birth of a daughter on Sunday in a Madison hospital. They also have a son named Brett. Paternal grandparents are Mr Jake Krieg of Monticello and Mrs Lena Stuessy of New Glarus is the maternal grandmother.
The Monroe Lions Club members and their wives held a steak fry at Canyon Boy Scouts Camp in Apple River Illinois last night. They then inspected the camp facilities following the supper.
Attendance at the Recreation Park swimming pool yesterday hit 1,242, pushing the season total to 27,622. The figure compares with 17,155 at this point last year, highlighting growth in community pool use.
The Green County Regional Writers will meet Thursday evening in the Green Room of the Memorial Ludlow library to discuss on the farm or country life. Mrs. E. C. Helen Soper serves as chairman.
Vernus Skattum, 36, of South Wayne, entered St. Clare hospital after a catfish barb embedded in his hand. He reportedly stumbled over a log while returning to his car following catfishing and was to be dismissed today.
A new four cent stamp marking the birth centenary of the late Son George William Norris will be issued at the post office tomorrow. The green stamp in sheets of 50 carries Norris likeness with a view of the senator in a progressive era setting.
Norris Dam north of Knoxville Tennessee is named in his honor for his part in bringing into actuality the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.
The City Band will present an entry in the summer concert series at Lincoln Park at 8 p.m. Monday June 17. The event features a public outdoor performance by local musicians in a park setting.
Minor damage reported yesterday when a van driven by Norman L. Rasmussen backed from a parking stall on the east side of the square striking a parked car owned by Paul W. Neuberger. No injuries noted in the police report.
A grand jury indicts nine youths over 15 months of terrorizing Mr and Mrs Bowman with anti semitic threats and vandalism. Nine, over 18, face charges of arson and malicious mischief while three under 18 are sent to juvenile authorities. Bowman describes losing 15 months and 20 to 25 pounds. One youth said the motive was “for the obvious reason we had nothing else to do.”
Adolf Eichmann rejected Israels assertion he led Jewish affairs for the Third Reich and cast doubt on many documents. Judge Hausner pressed him about his alleged position as Heydrichs Jewish expert, but Eichmann insisted he supervised evacuations and railway timetables with the Reich Transport Ministry.
Janice Remus eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel A Remus of 1719 20th avenue was treated at Monroe Clinic after a cat bit her right arm. She said the cat died after she threw it down striking its head on a porch and authorities plan to send the animal head to the University of Wisconsin medical school laboratory for tests. The stray cat was picked up by neighborhood children as the girl patted it.
Floyd J. Hampton, 40, of Milwaukee, was killed Monday when his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve on a long hill and left U.S. 16 south of Lanesboro, Minnesota, entering a ditch.
Governor Nelson signed a Wisconsin bill easing urban renewal by adding a constitutional amendment. The act lets cities and villages condemn property without a jury verdict of necessity.
Marilyn Monroe exited Polyclinic hospital smiling and saying she felt wonderful after undergoing an emergency gall bladder operation on June 19.
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