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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1961
Page
8
Daily record notes mostly cloudy warm conditions across the state with scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon. Tonight and Thursday bring more showers and possible storms with cooler temperatures in northern and western areas. Monroe zone reports warm humidity with chances of showers and thundershowers, low around 62 to 67 and high near 75 to 84.
Since yesterday at 1 p.m. highs reached 85 and lows 65. A year ago today highs 91 and lows 67. Barometer at 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. read 30.06. Warmest spot Needles California at 120. Coldest Big Piney Wyoming at 34. Sunrise 5:33 sunset 8:38.
Elizabeth Kelly transfers part of Outlet 121 Monroe to LaVern G Oates. Theodore Chamberlin transfers It 8 blk 25 Dickson's Add Myrtle to William H Dwyer Roscoe NL It 8 blk 25. Newcomer Fetterhoff and Llewellyn Newcomer transfer undivided two thirds of It 1 and all of It 2 blk 131 Brodhead to Dwight L Newcomer. Elizabeth G Severson transfers It 22 Grandview Add Monroe to Lewis Moore.
The wife Wilma Rothenbuehler is executrix and principal heir with life use of the house from the June 8 1961 will. Alma Shelton widow receives ancillary letters in the estate of Homer Rock City resident who died May 3. Green County appraisers are E D Porterfield and Dana Markham.
Olaf I. Paulson, 80, of Argyle, and E. Leamon, 76, of Lena, are listed in the community notices. The brief item lacks further details on their status or events.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Bruegger Route 1 announce a son born July 11. Mr and Mrs Monte McClaren Beloit announce a son born July 11. Mr and Mrs Robert Conkling Craig Colorado announce a daughter born July 11.
St Clare Hospital lists accident cases including Mrs Dwight Bump Albany and Mrs Henry Elmer 528 13th street among medical patients. other patients include Mrs Bessie Sonley Browntown Otto Schurch New Glarus Cindy Jodike Juda Mrs Alda Kubly New Glarus William Doyle Latteville and Albert Pearson Crystal Lake. Surgical patients include Dewey Dunaway route 2 Elizabeth Legler Fonticello Mrs Bernard Geist Jes Plaines Ill Mrs Leo Laner Elkhorn Walter Christiansen Beloit. Dismissals include Ewald Zwicky William Finley Robert Kepner Jerryus Skattum James Doherty Timothy Gile Rickie Hollis and several family members.
Sheriff A Charles Howe issued a warning to farmers about transient painters who may dilute paint with gasoline. Police say painters bought large amounts of gasoline at area stations to clean hoses and equipment. Farmers have earlier been duped by watered-down paint, authorities said.
Attendance at the recreation park swimming pool reached 28 767 yesterday with 1 145 in attendance and 7 804 in swimming lessons since opening. The season total also includes 1 184 in the wading pool to date.
Annual ASC community committeemen and delegates election will be held Thursday July 20 at 8 p.m. in 16 locations across Green County. A single meeting now completes nomination and election. Any person eligible to participate in ASC programs may vote, whether or not they are actual participants. Committeemen take office August 1 for about 12 months. Voting sites include Adams Town Hall Albany Village Hall Brooklyn Community Building Cadiz Town Hall Clarno Town Hall Decatur School Exeter Dayton Town Hall Jefferson Ball School Jordan Center Monroe Town Hall Mt. Pleasant Wyss hotel Monticello New Glarus Town Hall Spring Grove Town Hall Sylvester Prion School Washington Town Hall York Town Hall at Postville.
The Lanpar Co. of Dallas earned a net gain of 1 216.29 from rulings on the Texas drug firm s 1 million damage suit against Richfield Pharmaceuticals Inc of Orangeville Illinois and its organizers U S Judge Joseph Sam Perry awarded Lanpar 20 000 in damages against Dr Ransom L Dinges founder and president of Richfield The judge found Dinges used trade secrets and confidential information while with Lanpar The Richfield company and three other organizers all former Lanpar employees were exonerated Perry awarded Dinges 17 665 30 and Gene H Williams Richfield general manager 1 118 41 on counter suits for money they were owed under agreements in effect when with Lanpar
New York reports the 50 room Vanderbilt mansion at Fifth Avenue and 67th Street will be razed. The Foruge Corp. plans a 20 story modern cooperative apartment building on the site.
Rev. E K Irvin, supply pastor of Grace Lutheran, will be honored at a family pot luck dinner at the church after Sunday services. July 30 will be his last day to preach as a new fulltime pastor is chosen by the congregation.
Gov Nelson vetoed a bill raising burial expenses for veterans at the Grand Army Home in King from 150 to 250 dollars. He also rejected a similar measure passed by the 1959 Legislature.
Juda EUB church hosts an ice cream social on Thursday July 13 with serving starting at 5 30 adv Mrs Sarah Brewster returns Beloit after three weeks with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Henry Nygard Her son Charles accompanied her Curt Foster of Tombstone Arizona also visited the Nygards R H Lengacher returns to Los Angeles after visiting relatives his daughter Mrs William Lysser joins him for two weeks before heading to San Francisco and Monroe
The body of Galey F Nelson a 65 year old retired Iowa car sales executive and former Darlington resident was recovered from Leech Lake near Walker Minnesota late yesterday. Nelson drowned after a boating accident when his launch struck a submerged rock. He had set out about 1030 p m Sunday to visit friends and was last seen alive around midnight seeking directions.
The obituary notes Angot Paulson of Argyle died with his wife predeceasing him in 1955. He leaves three brothers and four sisters. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Argyle Lutheran Church with Rev Emil Martinson officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Erickson Funeral Home in Argyle tomorrow afternoon and until 10 a.m. Friday.
Robert Zietlow, 63, of Mayville, collapsed at the wheel of a struck truck and died of a heart attack before rescue crews could remove him. The vehicle struck two utility poles.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer flew to threatened West Berlin for his first visit in 18 months to demonstrate close links between the Communist-surrounded city and West Germany.
Lloyd Stratton, 66, retired May 1 as corporate secretary of the Associated Press after a 41 year AP career, was found dead at his Irvington on Hudson home. Cause listed as coronary thrombosis. He helped lead AP expansion to 3,600 newspapers and 80 foreign countries after World War II. A Kansas native, Stratton began as a carrier boy in 1909 and joined AP in 1920 after serving as editor and other posts in Kansas City.
Milwaukee port officials report a surge in overseas cargo in 1961. In the first 67 days, tonnage already surpasses all of 1960, with total foreign cargo reaching 238,430 tons by July, led by scrap metals exports to Europe.
Folk Vale Costie Piebe owned by Daniel F Wyss of Monroe produced 20250 pounds milk and 706 pounds butterfat in 347 days on twice daily milking as a six year old. The Holstein Friesian Association of America recognized the outstanding record.
The budgets and admissions committee of the United Fund of Monroe Inc completed its exhaustive study of agency budget requests at a meeting in the Commercial and Savings Bank yesterday and will report to the fund board at a July 24 meeting. Anthony Kuban heads the budget committee.
Mrs Dwight Bump aged 50 of Albany was admitted to St. Clare hospital with lacerations to her right arm after a fall while cleaning the brooder house. She was to be dismissed today.
Mr and Mrs David Thibodeau of Marinette announce the birth of a son Albert David on July 8. The baby joins sisters Jane 5 and Laurie 3. The father is a former Orangeville High School teacher. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs August Schmid of Monroe.
Fred R. Simpson of Monroe was honored for long service after returning from an annual instructional meeting in DeKalb Illinois. The event gathers summer inspectors in corn and sorghum crossing fields where DeKalb hybrids are produced and recognizes longtime contributors. Simpson is a school teacher.
A long time DeKalb firm employee, who has served 13 years, will resume work for the company in the local area this summer.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Niffenegger of 605 N Missouri Ft Stockton Texas announce the birth of a daughter this morning. Niffenegger is the son of Mr and Mrs M E Niffenegger of 2215 14th Street and his wife is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Debs Patel lo of Ft Stockton Texas.
Charles E. Stone former executive secretary of the Wisconsin Swiss and Lim burger Cheese Producers Association completed a Dairy Society International survey on market status of dairy products in Iran and Greece. He reported in Washington noting Greece shifting from goat herding to dairy cattle to raise farmer income and curb over grazing. He sees rising interest in quality and potential import supplementation as consumption grows with Greece needing instant nonfat dry milk already in Athens.
My Fair Lady becomes Broadway's longest running musical with its 2 213th performance at today's matinee, surpassing Oklahoma's 1948 record. The milestone solidifies the show as Broadway's new long running champion, highlighting its enduring popularity and success.
Mrs. Oswald Zentner and Mrs. Robert Wuetrich received pins for vice president and secretary roles as the Green County Home Demonstration Board held a noon dinner and business session at the Agriculture Building. Monticello center chairman Merlyn Loveland completed a two year term and new Monticello Center chairman is Mrs. John Marty with Delmar Arn as the new vice president.
II center chairman and Mrs. Carl Stubbe, Monroe III center chairman, announce the Green County H D Council meeting for Wednesday September 27 at the Agriculture Building. Mrs. Harold Russell of Janesville will speak about her trips to the Associated Country Women of the World Conventions in Ceylon and Scotland.
Patricia Eberhardt 21, a Sun Prairie high school graduate and UW and Denver student, received stewardess wings last October and sustained a leg burn and possible foot fracture in a United Airlines jet crash near Denver. She called her parents from Denver to report injuries.
Madison grants final approval to a bill shielding Little Chute in Outagamie County from the state consolidation law. The exemption lasts until June 30, 1967.
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