Visiting Beiswanger Halts in Monroe Hail For Church Project
Rev. George Beiswanger former St Pauls Lutheran Metropolis Ill and pastor at Monroe is visiting with Rev and Mrs Beiswanger staying at Russell Trumpy home 2109 9th street. He oversees a 106000 church project with dedication planned in September. He left Monroe in May 1931.
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Beiswanger
Grace Church
George Beiswanger
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Metropolis
Ill
Russell Trumpy
9Th Street
Viva Stauffacher
Ransom Holmes
Will Brunkow
Otto Pinnow
Monroe
Susan Bolter Celebrates 10th Birthday at The Elms Party
Alois Bolter hosted a birthday gathering for his daughter Susan at The Elms on old Argyle road. The Grand Rapids visitor enjoyed games from 3 to 5 pm with refreshments as friends Patricia Baumle Vicki Foley Diane Zwygart Barbara Jean Rufe nacht Kurt Heinzelman Darlene Keel Bonnie Wilson Michele Mitchell Carol Brunkow Sharon Baumgartner and Patty Peterson attended.
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Alois Bolter
11Th Street
Elms
Legion Club
Old
Argyle Road
Susan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Patricia Baumle
Vicki Foley
Diane Zwygart
Barbara Jean Rufenacht
Kurt Heinzelman
Darlene Keel
Bonnie Wilson
Michele Mitchell
Carol Brunkow
Sharon Baumgartner
Patty Peterson
Robbs Reside in Necedah After July 8 Nuptials
Franklin C. Robb and Lola Jean Conant wed July 8 at St. Pauls Lutheran in Tomah. Robb, son of Mrs. Milo Robb, now works as station agent for Northwestern Railroad Co. in Necedah. Attendants included Raymond Sommerfield, sister of the bride.
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Blanchardville
Franklin C. Robb
Necedah
Northwestern Railroad Co
Franklin Robb
Lola Jean Conant
Clayton Conants
Tomah
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Robb
Milo Robb
Raymond Sommerfield
Albright Plans Picnic Reunion at Recreation Park Monroe
The annual Albright reunion will be held Sunday July 30 at Recreation Park in Monroe. Families and descendants are invited to attend a day of picnicking and fellowship beginning in the morning.
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Albright
Recreation Park
Monroe
Mannequins To Model County History Garb At Museum
Mannequins loaned by Monroe businessmen will be garbed in Green County historical clothing. The Green County Historical Society museum opens Sunday from 2 to 5 p m in Idle Hour farm saddle room north of Monroe. Hours continue Sundays through September with themes on Lincoln and the Civil War in August and cheese making in September.
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Monroe
Green County
Green County Historical Society
Society
Idle Hour Farm
Historical Society
Volksfest Set for August 6 at New Glarus Wilhelmtell Park
The 17th annual Swiss Volksfest will be held Sunday August 6 at Wilhelmtell Park New Glarus. Singer groups from Madison and Monroe join the local Maennerchor with music by the New Glarus Vodler club high school band and Troubadour orchestra. Acts include Rosemarie and Herman Feller Ruth Buesser and Rudy Burkhalter Betty Kneubuehl a Donald Baum Ernest Lufi soloists and a yodel and accordion program by Mrs Anna Gempeler and Mrs Dorothea Ingwell. In bad weather the event moves to the following Sunday.
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New Glarus
Wilhelm Tellpark
Madison
Monroe
Maennerchor
New Glarus Vodler Club
New Glarus High School
Troubadour
Rosemarie
Herman Feller
Ruth Buesser
Rudy Burkhalter
Betty Kneubuehl
Kammeruds to Live in Michigan After Battle Creek Wedding
Former Miss Marilyn Joan Billings and Donald E. Kammerud wed Saturday at Free Methodist Church Battle Creek. They vacation in northern Wisconsin. Kammerud is son of Arthur Kammerud Blanchardville.
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Blanchardville
Battle Creek
Mich
Marilyn Joan Billings
Donald E. Kammerud
Free Methodist Church
Paul Snyder
Wisconsin
Kammerud
Arthur Kammerud
Billings Nuptials Include Skillful Wedding Party
Mrs Manley T Billings of Battle Creek is joined by sisters Miss Doreen Billings as maid of honor Dolly Billings as flower girl and Mrs James Queir as bridesmaid James Queir serves as best man Ushers include Manley T Billings Jr and Donald Billings Miss Jane Williams soloist and Mrs Argyle Lawrence organist participate in the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manley T. Billings
Battle Creek
Doreen Billings
Dolly Billings
James Queir
Manley T. Billings Jr
Donald Billings
Jane Williams
Argyle Lawrence
Johnson-Hixson Nuptials Announced
Mr and Mrs Hans Johnson announce the June 10 marriage of their son Pfc Bernard Johnson Camp Carson Colo to Miss Atha Hixson daughter of the Carl Hixons of Muldron Okla The evening ceremony was read by Rev E H Sanders in a church parsonage at Ft Smith Ark The bride will live with her parents and the couple plan to reside in Muldron after his discharge in September.
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Blanchardville
Hans Johnson
Pfc
Bernard Johnson
Camp Carson
Colo
Atha Hixson
Carl Hixsons
Muldron
Oklo
E. H. Sanders
Ft. Smith Ark
WCTU Groups Meet in South Wayne Session
Marie Schmerse of Monroe presided at the Green and LaFayette county WCTU groups during a Tuesday afternoon meeting at Mrs. O B Petersons home in South Wayne. Special vocal solos by Mrs. James Gordee and Miss Betty Lou Chapman preceded plans to collect used clothing for the needy. Luncheon for 12 members and guests.
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WCTU
South Wayne
Marie Schmerse
Monroe
Green and
LaFayette County
Grups
WSTU
O. B. Peterson
James Gordee
Betty Lou Chapman
Earl Johnson Feted at Bray Cottage Party
James S. Bray and John J. Burkhard hosted a party at the Bray cottage near Albany to honor Earl R. Johnson, manager of the J. C. Penney store, who with his son Roland has purchased the A. B. White and Co. general merchandising store in Humboldt, Iowa.
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Earl Johnson
James S. Bray
John J. Burkhard
Bray Cottage
Albany
Earl R. Johnson
J. C. Penney
Roland
A. B. White and Co
Humboldt
Home Demonstration Board Holds Picnic Meeting
The Green County Home Demonstration executive board met at Recreation Park to plan a state fair booth and the county homemakers clubs fall program. Mrs. William May of Browntown, president, led the business session.
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Green County Home Demonstration Executive Board
Recreation Park
William May
Browntown
Hal Bridge Club Honors Winners At Desert Card Session
Mrs Herbert Davidson hosted her bridge club at 1203 12th Street with two tables of contract. Honors went to Mines Lawrence Raymer Frederick Lanz and Herbert Pfund. Mrs Willis Etter served as substitute player.
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HAL Bridge Club
Herbert Davidson
12Th Street
Lawrence Raymer
Frederick Lanz
Herbert Pfund
Willis Etter
Friends Bring Party To Bedside For Ill Boy John Barmore
Orangeville friends from the Methodist Sunday school visit John Barmore confined to bed with a leg cast. Harold Grindey shows color slides while classmates and his mother share games and gifts. They plan another visit with Sunday school lessons.
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Orangeville
John Barmore
John
Methodist Church
Kenneth Burington
Margaret Barmore
Harold Grindey
Grindey
Tommy Anderson
Francis Anderson
Arleigh Koester
Richard Stabenow
Virgil Rayhorn
Jimmy Parriott
Jerry Rinehart
Robert Good
John Jensen
Jimmy Barmore
Barmore
Reserve officers and guards alerted for active duty nationwide
Fifty army headquarters announced 8,687 Wisconsin reserves are subject to immediate call to active duty. The 13-state area totals about 115,000 reserves with 47,000 officers and 73,700 guardsmen in eight divisions. Wisconsin breakdown shows 3,703 reserve officers, 4,984 enlisted reserves, and 7,576 in the 32nd guard division. Michigan totals include 6,626 reserve officers, 8,363 enlisted reserves, and 9,023 in the 46th division. Calls will target critically needed specialists and will be set in Washington.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
National Guard
Fifth Army
Guard
Michigan
Washington
Footprints Spark South American Patagonia Name
Early explorers in southern Argentina named the region Patagonia meaning land of the big feet after discovering enormous footprints. The term captures the awe inspired by the vast landscape and its legendary impressions.
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Argentina
Patagonia
Russia Maintains Calm at Berlin Communist Rally
Reported in Berlin the Soviet delegation presented a calm front during the rally attended by top Cominform members. Allied officials noted eased Autobahn access to Berlin, a basis for talks on power resumption, and preannounced fighter flights near Dallgow Brandenburg as the event continued without clear aims.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
West
West Berlin
Air Safety Center
Dallgow
Brandenburg
Socialist Unity
Communist
Albany Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Mrs William Steindorf hosts Albany visitors as Mr and Mrs Walker and daughter from Indiana spend time with sister Mrs James Price. Basil Kildow of Chicago visits his mother Mrs Ann Kildow, while Irene Dustan and Alice Feitz of Stevens Point wrap up a week with Earl.
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Walker
Indiana
James Price
Basil Kildow
Chicago
Ann Kildow
Irene Dustan
Alice Feitz
Stevens Point
Earl
Zwickey Home Weekend Guests Reported
Larry Dustan stayed longer with his grandmother Mrs Zwickey. Mr and Mrs Ewald Zwickey and Mrs Hurst of Chicago visited the Zwickeys. Mrs Ruth Sobrofski and son Jim of Waukesha and Mr and Mrs Louis Berndt of Huntley Ill were weekend guests. Kathleen Lewis and Clinton Knee of Madison visited Lloyd Scotts. Lucy Ann Lowl returned to Monroe after visiting grandmother Mrs Jane Smith. Mr and Mrs William Krueger visited Elmer Keehn in Footville Sunday evening.
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Jane Smith
William Krueger
Elmer Keehn
Footville
Merriman Brothers Stop in City Briefly
M. E. Merriman of Northwest Airlines St Paul and his brother Curtis Merriman former UW registrar stopped in Monroe for lunch on the way to Davenport. M. E. Merriman is on vacation after returning June 30 from Osaka and Tokyo where he set up airline facilities and service for the Orient. He had no comments on the Korean crisis but expressed concern over possible moves by China under communist rule.
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M. E. Merriman
Northwest Airlines
St. Paul
Minn
Curtis Merriman
University of Wisconsin
Monroe
Davenport
Formosa
Tokyo
Orient
China
Bank Error Overpayment Hits Kansas City Man
Pat Hanlon, 31, received a check for 900000 dollars instead of sixty five hundred for a note sold to a bank. He planned to return the excess funds today. Officials attributed the error to a malfunctioning check writing machine.
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Kansas City
Pat Hanlon
Package Freight Sought on Lakes at Washington
Rep Potter says Great Lakes package freight bill can pass this session despite the Korean crisis. It would let operators buy 10 war surplus vessels on favorable terms, with no current need shown by government. The measure has approval from merchant marine committees and aims to revive prewar service.
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Washington
Potter
R-Mich
Congress
Great Lakes
House
National Defense Reserve
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Merchant Marine
Senate
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Susan Bolter
Franklin C. Robbs
Wembley
U. S. Pat
Model County
Donald E. Kammeruds
Johnson-Hixson
Johnny Barmore
Hunter Green
Penny
Russia
Aan
William Steindorf
Merriman Brothers
Green County Fair
Schuetze's
Wmn
Coleman
North Star
Directionaire
Aero
Lea
Weppeypes
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