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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1952
Page
6
Considerable cloudiness with occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Cooler northwest half tomorrow. Low tonight 65 to 70 northwest and 68 to 73 southeast. High tomorrow 76 to 82 northwest and 84 to 89 southeast.
Since yesterday at 1 p.m. high 85 and low 70. A year ago today high 84 and low 63. Precipitation since yesterday 0.86 inch. Barometer 29.60 at 1 a.m. and 29.58 at 1 p.m. Warmest place yesterday was Phoenix 108. coldest Seattle 47. Sunrise 4:38. sunset 7:34.
County Court Judge Harold J Lamboley releases Frank F Sellow 26 Monroe for institutionalization after indecent liberties with a minor. Judge J F Collins sentences Sheldon Braun 19 Brodhead for assault with intent to commit rape to two to three years at Waupun and allows probation. Joe Milks 18 Brodhead convicted of assault with intent to commit rape and sentenced to two to three years at Waupun with probation eligibility.
Robert Cole Reynolds from Madison cited for reckless driving with a Greyhound bus found guilty with $35 and costs. F E Nedved of Lake Andes S D found guilty for failure to stop after an accident with $10 and costs.
Baltzer 38 of 1115 20th avenue forfeited a $15 bond after speeding charge in a lower court case.
Burnell K Moen of Adams township and Marilyn Ann Ihus of Lafayette County are named in a local notice. The report records their names among residents featured in the week’s community update.
John Henry Bowman 65 of Argyle and Merle Palmer 76 of Madison are listed in an obituary notice. The brief notice records their ages and residence as read in the local death notices column.
Mr and Mrs Walter Nipple of Albany welcomed a daughter on July 17. Mr and Mrs William Schneider of 2220 9th Avenue welcomed a daughter on July 18.
St Clare Hospital names patients in medical and surgical divisions including Fred Stabler Mrs Victor Ostby Glenn Tibbetts and others list several Beloit Illmont entries with routes and street addresses. Dismissals include Peter Calacurie Byron Smith Jr Carol Roethlisberger Clarence Brager and others.
Green County officials and Brooklyn high school board discussed potential future high school districts. No action occurred as the meeting was advisory. County Superintendent Mrs. C Irene Quinn noted state statute No. 40 65 authorizes Union Free district formation and that county committees have no role in development.
Dr and Mrs Merlyn Olson and son Chris W of San Angelo Texas arrived Thursday to visit his parents Senator and Mrs Melvin J Olson The elder Olsons plan to visit relatives in Toronto Canada before returning to Texas
The Zilmer-Riley post of the American Legion met at The Elms last night voting to the Co K and medical platoon mess fund and seeking bids for a 600 painting job on the building. Members received silver stars for member signups and announced officer installation plans for Aug 10 in Albany plus a drill team meeting. Roland Locher and Ray Carter thanked the post for Badger Boys State participation.
John Henry Bowman 65 of Argyle died this morning at Green County hospital from strangulation. Coroner Herman Stuessy ruled death by own action due to long illness. Born May 12 1887 in Adams township he was a farmer, lived in Adams then moved to a farm north of Argyle in 1923. Survived by brother Andrew and sister Marie. two brothers and three sisters preceded him. Services at Argyle Methodist Church 1:30 pm with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Three teens tussling on 16th avenue caused a 3 by 4 foot wallpane in Monroe Clinic to shatter. None injured. youths reported the accident and a temporary wood panel was installed while a new pane arrives. nearby flower blossoms were damaged.
Two Brodhead youths, Joe Milks aged 18 and Sheldon Braun aged 19, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit rape. In Lafayette County Court Judge J. F. Collins sentenced them to two to three years in Waupun prison and allowed immediate probation application to the state department of public welfare after Judge Harold J. Lamboley recused himself.
Personal mentions include Frank Baughman Alliance Ohio and M H Pendleton Madison visiting Monroe yesterday. Others from Rockford Illinois Omaha Nebraska California Illinois New Glarus Wisconsin Chicago and Madison spend time with local residents. The record notes several family visits, weekend stays and a planned wedding event at the Swiss Colony store.
The Roscoe Smiths of 2238 8th Street held a home grown sweet corn dinner from their garden. Mrs. Smith shouldered the major burden of garden care.
Madison Greyhound bus driver Robert Cole Reynolds was fined 35 dollars and costs for reckless driving. F. E. Nedved of Lake Andes, South Dakota, was fined 10 dollars and costs for leaving the scene of an accident. State officer Nathan F. Burgy testified, tracing the incident from Highway 1181 into Monroe where the bus collided with Nedved’s truck at 9th street and 20th avenue. The bus carried Jamaican field workers from Fort Atkinson to Marnola. minor vehicle damage reported and Nedved allegedly drove away.
In Korea near Cherwon on Old Baldy hill Communist battalion with 2A tanks attacked in heavy rain. About 700 troops struck the slope as Allied reinforcements climbed the hill. The assault ended when the communists quit at 3 45 a m.
TO BE INSTITUTIONALIZED was released to the state department of public welfare this morning on agreement between Judge Harold J. Lamboley and the parole officer. He will be institutionalized, the court said, after being charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor. Selbow was sent to Waupun state hospital in May for a 60-day pre-sentencing examination prior to appearing in court here today.
The Federal Security Agency announced a conference here September 8 to 10 organized by state aged commissions. Delegates invited from Wisconsin and 13 other states that run aging programs.
The Greatest Show on Earth continues at Chalet theater through next Tuesday night, extending its run to two full weeks. Goetz theaters reports the film opened July 9 and drew many out of town families who previously failed to secure seats.
NEW YORK Bayard Peakes the 29 year old man who killed Eileen Fahey in Columbus University campus was arraigned and sent to Bellevue Hospital for mental examination He claimed he killed the 18 year old stenographer because his thesis on living forever was rejected and said he would have killed others but his plan shifted to shooting the girl after failing to locate professors police noted he had planned an electronic bomb but time ran out
Sheriff reports a crash today at 9 30 a m on route 2 Juda involving Dale Davis with Mrs Davis as passenger and Paul L Nyhus. Nyhus says vision was obstructed exiting a farm drive six miles east of Twin Grove at the Clifford Ostrander farm. No injuries reported.
Almost all of Quebecs asbestos production comes from open pit mines and fuels regional mining activity.
Wright-Patterson base officials admit no explanation for 15 percent of about 1000 flying saucer reports. Jet fighters with radar probe the sky but contact with saucers remains elusive. Ground radar tracks fast objects yet never with concurrent visual sightings. Captain E J Ruppelt says observers likely see something. Air Force breakdown cites meteors balloons birds aircraft hoaxes elusive and unexplainable categories.
Plymouth Wisconsin reports unchanged cheese values with a steady trading tone. Wisconsin Cheese exchange shows one car junior grade single daisies at 40 cents. bids include five cars cheddars at 37 cents and one car single daisies at 41 cents. offers are uncovered for one car junior grade longhorns at 50 cents all Wisconsin state brand unless specified.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wirz of 2229 15th street left today for Chicago and will depart by Swissair for New York and Switzerland. They plan to visit the Lucerne area, Mr. Wirz having previously lived there in 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Buholzer will tend the Wirz home.
Net earnings for the Kimberly-Clark Corp fiscal year ending April 30 amounted to 5.29 dollars per share, down from 5.80 dollars in the prior year, the company announced yesterday.
Reserved grandstand seats for the Green County fair go on sale Wednesday at Schuetze's store from 8 a.m. They sell through the following Tuesday. Seats cover Wednesday night Friday night Saturday matinee and evening Sunday matinee and night. General admission is available Wednesday Friday afternoons and Thursday afternoon with free admission Thursday night.
President Truman named Walter J. Donnelly United States high commissioner for Germany and Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. to succeed him as ambassador and high commissioner for Austria. Donnelly succeeds John J. McCloy who retires after three years, effective July 31, with Donnelly expected to assume duties then.
Coarse rock salt is employed in refrigeration plants to accelerate ice formation. This method uses salt to lower water freezing point, speeding ice production for cooling and preservation tasks.
A loading chute and plank were lost between Clarno and northeast of Argyle. Ray Reimann of Clarno reported the missing items and sought locate assistance.
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court ordered Fond du Lac attorney J. E. O'Brien to appear September 19, 1952, to answer a criminal contempt charge. The action accuses him of disrespect and insolence in a brief filed June 3, prompting the order to show why he should not be punished.
Forrest H. Riese was re-elected to his fourth term as president of the Green County Tavern league at the monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Eugene hotel. Louis Goethals was named vice president and Alois Bolter secretary.
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