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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1961
Page
6
The Daily Record reports partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with a chance of scattered thundershowers. No significant temperature change expected with lows around 57 to 64 and highs near 78 to 85. Monroe area follows similar notes with slight showers possible and little temperature variation.
The report shows yesterday’s high 87 and low 67, with year ago values of 86 and 62. Barometer at 1 a.m. 30.00 and 1 p.m. 30.03. Daggett California was warmest, Drummond Montana coldest at 42. Sunrise 5:37 and sunset 8:34.
Matt Bissig transfers It 1 block 9 Original Plat Monticello to Paul W. Kriehn. Dorothy Barlow transfers outlets 87 and 87A Assessor's plat Monticello to Ernest Schlittler. Eunice Partridge transfers N 58 ft of W 66 ft of It 4 block 79 Brodhead to Fred Siegenthaler.
Letters of administration issued to Bertha Blumer for the estate of husband Fred E. Blumer of Albany who died July 5. Appraisers are M. J. Ingwell and M. L. Barten. Heirs include wife three sons and three daughters.
Monroe defendants Marshall L. Peterson and Lee A. Campbell pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent liberties with minors. Jury trial scheduled for August 8 at 9 a.m. Bond set at $5,000. remanded to county jail per Monroe police.
Mike Alan Reavis 18 of Route 3 Brodhead and Marie Clara Ann Frie 19 Route 1 Brodhead obtain marriage license. John Frederick Daehlin 23 of 619 21st Avenue and Betty Marie Lincicum 24 of 1420 9th Street also obtain license.
Obituaries notice listing Warren W. Waker age 60 of Lena and Jonas Spensley age 75 of Galena. Details unclear due to fragmented text, with basic identifiers and locations.
A roster from St Clare Hospital lists patients in multiple units including Medical Surgical and Dismissals. Names appear with street and city designations such as Belleville Brodhead Gratiot Argyle New Glarus and Pecatonica along with several addresses.
Miss Hannah Bindschaedler and Mrs. Victor Ellingson will judge entries in the educational department at the Green County Fair on Monday July 31 at the Courthouse. Rudolph T Haskee county superintendent announced judges for Floral Hall wing display. Judges include Miss Ruth Abely chairman and other educators. Judging starts 8 30 a.m. and ends that afternoon. teachers may still enter school work.
A playful column riffs on how a vanished act or moment defies reason, tracing thirty years of mislaid performances and the quirky logic scholars apply to retrieve meaning. The piece blends wit with cultural memory to question what counts as return.
The Wisconsin Conservation Department reports Green County residents bought 3 566 fishing licenses and 2 307 small game licenses, plus 616 nonresident and 164 party permits. Lafayette County sold 2 688 resident and 2 226 nonresident fishing licenses. State totals include 678 284 resident and 259 792 nonresident fishing licenses, with hunting licenses reaching 343 705 small game and 335 238 deer licenses statewide. There were 98 shooting preserves and 33 children’s fish pond permits statewide.
Chicago markets show hogs steady to strong for under 270 pounds with varied components across weight classes. Cattle futures and live steers show declines with cutters cows and bulls weaker. Produce prices hold steady as grain and beans post modest quotes with no soybean sales reported.
Mrs. Dorothy Barlow, retiring in September from Monroe Public Library, has sold her Monticello house to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schlittler. She plans to move to Milwaukee and has transferred her furniture this weekend.
Mrs Wilbert Striker from South Wayne visited yesterday. Women of the Moose hold 8 p m meeting. George Hartman attends swine meeting in Hortonville. Mr and Mrs Ernest Them men and Mr and Mrs Robert Erickson from South Wayne were in Freeport Friday. Fred Thommen of Calamine visited South Wayne kin. Clarence Thommen and family from Galena spent Sunday with the Thommens. Evangelical United Brethren Church Women’s Society barbecue supper Thursday at 5 30. S M Olson and Clayton Olson and Gregory return from Fence Lake vacation near Woodruff. Ambrose party from Chicago and Haes sigs from Monroe return from 16 day West Coast trip visiting relatives in Van Nuys Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Everyone is invited to a barbecue supper and ice cream social at St Victor’s school gym on Wednesday starting 4 30 PM and continuing through the evening. Bring family and friends for a real treat.
A group of women from Erie Illinois visited the Chalet of the Golden Fleece this afternoon during a local tour.
The Juda fire department responded to a blaze at the Robert Newman farm yesterday. A fire started in the machine shed damaging the outbuilding but no injuries are reported.
Russell W. West of 1412 12th Avenue was hospitalized at St. Clare after catching two fingers on a lawn mower. He underwent emergency surgery and was discharged last night.
Mr and Mrs Donald Mayenschein of Highland New Jersey welcomed a son named Gerald on June 23 He is their fourth boy Donald is the stepson of Mrs Mildred Mayenschein and brother to Kenneth Monroe He works for the American Legion in Highland Mrs Mayenschein formerly Geraldine Lisser.
Douglas Jay Richardson born to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Richardson Route 2 Madison entered University Hospitals Madison for tests and postoperative surgery. His mother is staying with him.
Orangeville Times reports Jennings Barmore and his wife Whittier of California were among the 17 survivors of a Denver plane crash last Tuesday. They had visited their son Dr. John Barmore in Omaha and were en route home. Jennings is the son of Ben Barmore formerly of Orangeville.
Detroit GM says it will review with the United Auto Workers the wage progress over 13 years under the GM UAW formula. The UAW has submitted proposals since June 28 for a new contract and Ford’s labor talks also advanced with the union.
The board met late yesterday after noon and referred the proposed trailer ordinance to the finance and taxation and judiciary committees for a recommendation. A member indicated a need to increase monthly trailer parking fees. A study of a new ordinance to protect established trailer court operators is also underway. The board praised Jack Erb for the street blacktopping project.
Miss Nancy Fenner and George Gramiling judged junior fair demonstrations in Lafayette County today. Lafayette County personnel judged Green County entries.
The Wisconsin Conservation Commission schedules a nine day general deer season from November 18 to 26, with a two day southern area only shotgun hunt on November 18 and 19. The Apostle Islands open October 14 to November 26, with Madeline Island aligned to mainland dates.
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission reports Lake Superior streams with electrical barriers have trapped over 59,000 lampery by June 17, more than the 31,000 caught in all of 1960. Wisconsin official L P Voigt says the rise is alarming but not alarming. Grand Haven chairman Claude Verduin notes 1962 lake trout parasite catches would be re-
Rep John W Byrnes criticizes a proposed commission to study cheese import quantities arguing for reduced foreign milk into the US Sen William Proxmire notes Wisconsin cheese production would bear the brunt of higher quotas and hurt American cheddar and blue mold output.
American Motors Rambler plants in Milwaukee and Kenosha will close for two weeks starting July 31 for vacations and model changeover to 1962. The shutdown affects 21,200 workers and comes one week earlier than last year.
Police increase presence on Chicago’s southwest side after a spate of gang attacks injuring 20 whites and provoking arrests of 71 African Americans in 10 days. A 17-year-old white youth was assaulted near Harrison High School, while a fatal shooting earlier linked to these roving gangs drew coroner’s jury attention.
Lee A. Campbell operator of Cal's Repair Shop pleaded innocent to charges of taking indecent liberties with minors. The case goes before a jury at 9 a.m. on Aug. 8 in County Court. Campbell appeared before Judge Marshall L. Peterson, was bound over from Justice Court, bond set at 5000 dollars, and remanded to the county jail.
Mrs. Gladys Benkett reported to sheriff deputies that a wrought iron sign attached to a post at the entrance of her summer home at Decatur Lake north of Brodhead was taken. The loss occurred Saturday night. the sign read Pine Tree Lodge. Several shotgun blasts were heard in Decatur Township west of Brodhead at 3 and 4 am and 10 pm.
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