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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1952
Page
8
Considerable cloudiness and warm humid conditions with scattered showers and possible local thunderstorms in the northwest tonight. Low 67 to 74, high in the 80s tomorrow. Yesterday’s high 88 and low 71. Barometer 29.56 this morning and 29.60 this afternoon. Phoenix hottest in US yesterday at 107, Seattle coldest at 49. Sunrise 4:37, sunset 7:35.
Real estate transfers listed include Robert E. Davenport to Frank C. Stites covering part of outlet 115 in section 35 in Monroe. Glen and Dewey Boyd convey to Lena Etter and Shalf of St 118, Lybrand's donation to Green County, Monroe.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley names Kenneth Lueck administrator with will annexed for the estate of William F. Lueck who died July 11 in Cadiz township. John Coryell and Avery Yost are appraisers. Heirs: Kenneth and Howard Lueck Browntown. Mrs. Roy Schroeder Browntown. Mrs. Herman Ann Monticello. Will dated November 15, 1944 provided the wife would receive net income but she died January 14, 1951.
Justice L A Koenig Paul R Knoll of 1823 16th avenue pleaded nolo contendre for failure to stop after an accident with $50 and costs. Brodhead Justices Roger Blanc Monroe speeding $9 and costs. Robert Cleveland Juda speeding $6 and costs. Fidelia Waelti Monroe forfeited $15 bond for speeding. Marvin Busjahn Orangeville forfeited $15 bond for shooting fireworks.
Fred A. Gerbitz, 76, of Martintown, Friedrich Zuber Sr., 87, of New Glarus, Carl O. Johnson, 50, of 6507 North Claremont Avenue in Chicago, and Lawrence Legler, 31, of Robinson, North Dakota, are listed in a regional death notice with ages and locations.
Mr and Mrs Kermit Wamstad of Blanchardville announce a daughter born July 16. Mr and Mrs Merle Paffel of Brodhead report a son born July 17. Mr and Mrs Charles Humphrey of Belleville welcome a son born July 16 at Madison General Hospital.
St. Clare Hospital lists dismissals including Mrs Ernest Loch er Mrs Collier Graves Mrs Floyd Prosser Mrs Anthony Barber Ellen Boyd Erving Gustafson Mrs John Costello Mrs Ralph Closter man and son Mrs Mamie Knoll Mrs Roland Duhr and son Mrs Harold Hawkins and son Mrs Leo Johnson Jacob Elmer Mrs J F Kline Robert Reuter Mrs Gordon Weter Mrs Oliver Runaa s Clarence Herbert Cynthia Berg and Jacob Ott.
Robert Reuter of Belleville was discharged from St. Clare hospital after injuries from a Sunday morning crash on County Trunk 6 near the Emil Mueller farm north of New Glarus. He sustained a deep knee laceration and a lower lip cut. his car, a convertible, smashed its right front end and damaged the wheel and frame. Reuter worked as a hired man on Mrs Milo Andersons Belleville farm. Appleton Hans Kaboth 27 died of injuries from a car leaving a Calumet County road and striking a tree.
Fred A. Gerbitz 76 retired Martintown farmer died at St. Clare hospital at 2 30 am after three year heart illness. Born Oct 9 1875 in Cadiz township he married Sylvia Kline in 1898, then Hilda Quarness in 1910. Survived by his widow three sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Martintown community church with Rev Roy Berg. burial in Cadiz cemetery.
Monroe water department seeks a bookkeeper to replace resigning Mrs. Wilbur Hixson. John A. Becker, Water Board secretary, announced the vacancy. The role covers general office work plus bookkeeping and requires experience per Kenneth L. Mayer, department supervisor.
Funeral services for Mrs Herman A Haack of 1602 17th Street were held at 2 p m at Shriner Neushwander funeral home. Rev Paul C Kehle of St John s church officiated with burial in Greenwood cemetery. G U G G auxiliary attended in a group. pallbearers named included Leon O Schmidt William Hogan Sr William Leopold Ulrich Brunkow paper Liddicoat and Charles Stub.
Knoll pleaded no contest to leaving the scene of a collision and received a 50 dollar fine plus costs from Justice of Peace L A Koenig. The judge noted authorities conceded the driver may not have known his car had struck another vehicle on July 6 near the square and said careless or reckless driving would have been the proper charge.
Local items list visitors and travelers from Dubuque Albany Evanston Ill Logansport Ind and other places. Families like Dove Patchen Gavigan Milles and Johnson visit with relatives in Monroe Madison and Browntown while trips include Mexico and a wedding trip to Northern Wisconsin.
Norman D. Jones of Elmhurst and Louis Bewitt of West Allis visited yesterday. several couples from Chicago Milwaukee Sterling Dallas and other cities called in the city Tuesday. Wichita Wichita Kas Miami Fla Seattle Wash and Egin Ill were represented by visitors and vacationers.
In a week the army worm outbreak has grown, with losses projected in the millions. Rock County buys toxaphene for township distribution and spray centers may open. airplanes and grain sprayers are considered. Parathion is favored, federally approved for certain crops, with strict safety measures for farmers using ground sprayers.
Mary E. McCabe, 17, of Ladysmith, was elected national president of the Future Homemakers of America at the group’s annual gathering in Green Lake Wisconsin.
Los Angeles reports the D558-2 Skyrocket broke speed records at 1 238 mph with pilot Bill Bridgeman saying the flight felt similar to lower speeds. The craft reached 79 494 feet before a 15 mile descent to a dead stick landing after six flights last summer from Edwards AFB California.
A light plane crashed into an unoccupied house in foggy conditions, killing four aboard the craft and setting the house ablaze while damaging a neighboring home. It follows another day of house-crashing incidents in the area. A Navy pilot died yesterday when a disabled jet struck a Santa Ana home during occupants’ absence.
The Federal State Market News Service reports Wisconsin cheese markets steady to firm with adequate but closely held supplies. Selling prices at assembly points include LCL single daisies 43-44 percent, longhorns 43-434 percent, square prints 43-44 percent, and midgets 44-45 percent.
Alfred H. Johnson resigns as assistant general secretary in charge of boys work at the Milwaukee YMCA to become general secretary of the YMCA at Appleton. He will assume duties September 15.
MADISON Albert J. Krause a 49 year old Milwaukee alderman who was sentenced to one to three years in state prison for accepting a 250 bribe has been granted parole effective Aug 1. The parole was recommended by the State Parole Board and he will remain under supervision until his term expires. He was sentenced in Milwaukee Municipal Court for accepting the bribe to help secure a tavern license.
The fragment notes an entry about addressing errors in a military service record and the challenge of laying out complex addresses. It mentions corrections and archival handling within a historic unit. No dates or specific units are provided.
S/Sgt Earl J Flogerzi of Bellflower California is assigned to the 15th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron under the 15th Air Force at March AFB California. He served 58 months in the Pacific with the Navy during World War II and was discharged in 1945. He rejoined the Air Force in 1948 and served 11 months with a photography unit in Alaska. He and his wife Shirley Anne Tollefson of Monroe reside at 3120 Mary Street Riverside California.
Harold William Pagel son of Mrs Marie Pagel of 1311 21st Street left this week for Camp Kilmer New Jersey after 21 days here awaiting overseas assignment likely to Europe. Pagel previously spent time at Camp Atterbury Indiana before his leave.
PLAN AIR SEARCH MOLINE Illinois One hundred Civil Air Patrol cadets will conduct a ground search Sunday for a plane believed to have fallen in the Mt Carroll area near the Mississippi River. A civilian plane carrying Mr and Mrs Clyde L Humble of Danville Illinois disappeared June 12.
Maj. Gen. Ralph J. Olson urged all Wisconsinites to join civil defense, warning radar gaps require human eyes and ears. He cited Monroe medical team led by Dr. N. E. Bear and noted only 50 percent of voters vote, urging higher civic involvement.
Henry L. Has langer, 65, president of the Steph enson National Bank, Marinete, died last night after a one year illness.
U N planes face aggressive dogfights over North Korea as American Sabres contest 50 MIGs in late Wednesday air battles. Capt Arthur H McCarthy of Dearborn Michigan credited with shooting down one Communist jet in the dismal weather and clouds.
Lolly June Bittner, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Bittner from route 2, left Wisconsin General Hospital Madison after five and half weeks with an asthmatic condition. Parents report slight improvement and she will recheck in about one month.
A historical note states lemon trees suffer more injury from cold than orange trees, highlighting greater cold sensitivity of Citrus limon relative to Citrus sinensis.
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