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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1955
Page
6
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a chance of scattered thundershowers in the extreme southeast. Clearing and cooler tonight. Sunday fair with moderate temperatures. Low tonight 55 to 60 in the northwest and 60 to 65 in the southeast. High Sunday 75 to 80.
Since yesterday 1 p.m. the high reached 93 and the low 67. A year ago today the highs were 83 and lows 64. Precipitation totaled .35 inches. Barometer read 29.48 at 1 a.m. and 29.47 at 1 p.m. Warmest location Blythe California at 109 degrees, coldest Fraser Colorado. Sunrise 4:49, sunset 7:23.
County Court Judge Marshall Peterson places Clarence Otto Sime of Madison on probation for one year for a worthless check offense. Sime is ordered to pay court costs and is under supervision by the State Department of Public Welfare. No restitution order is issued.
Obituary notices list three deaths including Mrs. Bertha Kuster aged 62 of 1004 29th Avenue Mrs. Edwin Wallom aged 77 of Mon ticello and the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harlan Kammerude of Argyle.
Mr and Mrs Gordon Arneson of 2020 17th Avenue announce the birth of twin daughters on July 22.
St Clare Hospital lists accident victims including Clarion Wick 16 Gra tiot Susan Schmid 18 Monti cello and Marilyn Smith 14 South Wayne in Medical names Mrs Albert Erickson Beloit Mrs Ruth Laske Madison R B Bliss Sr Brodhead Miss Harriet Carson 1519 Tth street Mrs Margaret Fahlbeck Lowes Park Ill Charles Lancaster Jr 1117% 16th avenue and Charles Donaldson Janesville Surgical includes Sandra Ayres Route 2 Dismissals list numerous patients and relatives such as Henry Ellefson Mrs Virgil Krueger Mrs Leo Seaver and others
Private services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harlan Kammerude of Argyle will be held tomorrow in Argyle. Born July 14 at St Clare hospital the infant died at 6 10 this morning Erickson funeral home Argyle in charge.
Gregory Gibbons seven travels with his parents to Milwaukee then to Rhinelander for four weeks at Camp Mohawk run by his uncle William Cullen. Cullen supervised a prior group to Chicago. The Cul len family operates the camp and Mrs Cullen is Dorothy Stauffacher. Stauffacher, Gregory’s great grandfather, has helped at the camp since June.
Prof E H Fisher of the University of Wisconsin will speak on fly control at a special extension department program in the courthouse next Wednesday night. County agent Myron E Jeglum said the meeting is open to the public.
A three cent commemorative stamp featuring a Great Lakes map and steamer went on sale at the Monroe post office today to mark the Soo Locks exposition.
Considerable improvement is reported in Sharon Saunders five daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Saunders Brodhead. She remains a medical patient at Wisconsin General hospital Madison undergoing tests for diagnosis of an illness that has hospitalized her seven weeks She has been a patient at Madison five weeks and previously two weeks at St Clare hospital She uses a walker part of the day
Funeral services for Mrs John Weirich were held at 2 pm today in the Stuessy funeral home with Rev Paul J Gibson officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers were Wesley Engles Eugene Louis Robert Babler John Steinmann and Donald Rod.
The Times presents daily bargains in its classified section featuring varied items for sale. Readers can browse affordable services merchandise and opportunities across categories with updated listings each day.
The county tabulation board met in the county ASC office for preliminary tabulations in the ASC election. Results will be announced next week. Cecil Holloway, Carl Schmid, and John Haldiman lead township committees as chairmen and delegates. Ballots from county farmers were due to determine three township committeemen with the top vote as chairman, second as vice chair, third as member.
Washington reports a trend to ease installment credit terms, especially auto financing, prompting letters to 4,800 national banks and 1,900 state banks. Comptroller Ray M. Gidney said examiners will report installment and consumer credit activity. Total consumer credit stands near 24 billion, with about nine billion in auto and other purchases, and roughly a billion added in the last six months.
Mrs. Nelson Schwend, an employee at the Sentry market, found a pocket book with 1445 dollars last week and returned it to owner Mrs. E J Weibber of Freeport. This week Mrs. Weibber sent a 25 dollar reward and a card of thanks.
Mrs Clifford Wick of Gratiot is reported in satisfactory condition with a broken neck after a car crash. Marilyn Smith, 14, South Wayne, and Susan Schmid, 18, Monticello, suffer head injuries but are also listed in satisfactory condition. Ralph May, 16, South Wayne, was uninjured as deputies describe the car leaving the road and rolling into a corn field, traveling 684 feet from the highway.
In Menasha Winnebago County officials reported the third polio case and second in the same family. Patrick Kordus eight received one Salk vaccine dose and has a mild case. His 18 month old brother William, already hospitalized with polio, is no longer in isolation and shows no paralysis. The Kordus family includes three other children and they received gamma globulin as a precaution.
The President's Council of Economic Advisers reports a record 383 billion dollars in annualized output for the April to June quarter, with gains in personal income consumer spending employment and industrial output. Farm income declines. The rise exceeds the prior high by 7.7 billion dollars and marks a historic peak in business activity.
British railways operate a fleet of dedicated firefighting trains deployed across major routes. These units carry specialist equipment and water tenders to respond rapidly to incidents on the network, supplementing on scene fire brigades and ensuring faster containment of blazes.
Personal mentions list residents and guests visiting Monroe from diverse places including Juda Orangeville Winslow Montreal Lakewood Zurich Boise Caldwell Clinton Milwaukee and Rockford. It notes travels, reunions and a baton twirling jamboree in Milwaukee plus a veteran association reunion in Milwaukee.
American Motors Corp announces a net profit of 1.59 million for the quarter ended June 30, the first since the Nash Hudson merger. Romney notes four black months March through June offset earlier losses from consolidation. Nine month loss totals 4.52 million. Production rose to 56,036 Nash and Hudson cars. quarterly sales reached 137.14 million versus 104.22 million a year earlier.
The Air Force previewed Lockheed Hercules C-130 at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta Georgia. The cargo plane weighs about 50 tons loaded and carries a 1000000 pound payload with 15 horsepower engines enabling rapid takeoff and sharp turns. Range is around 3000 miles though official figures are classified.
Harold E. Stassen, special assistant on disarmament to President Eisenhower, will deliver an address titled The Path to Peace next Friday night at Juneau Park in Milwaukee.
The Waigara line ship Falco unloaded the first foreign cement cargo at Milwaukee harbor in 20 years on Friday, as stated by port director Harold C. Brockel.
An Illinois couple abducted and driven 100 miles in their own car near Toledo Iowa fought back as two bandits tried to rob them. Eugene Tomaszewski, 29, struck one assailant with a pop bottle while Shirley Tomaszewski, 28, hit the other with a portable radio. one bandit, Ogden Danner, 29 of Chicago, was wounded and jailed suspect Edward Lee Campbell, 24, of Natural Bridge Station VA was held on charges considered by county attorney Walter Willett. Danner’s abdomen injury was described as critical. He was treated in Marshalltown.
Air Force accepts Capt Raymond Wool resignation for the good of the service after a Senate investigation into procurement irregularities. Charges alleged falsified travel vouchers and accepting gifts. a Chicago hat maker allegedly paid $50 000 for a sailor cap contract. Wool faces possible civil action and a dishonorable discharge if convicted, with veterans benefits affected but no bar to Justice Department actions.
Milwaukee officials will replace 75 twelve foot aluminum rowboats with 45 larger fourteen foot boats after a child drowned in a park lagoon. The plan aims to increase safety margins in the County Park.
A spokesman for the AFL Air Line Pilots Association said 1100 TWA pilots cast a secret ballot on strike authorization. The union indicated results were not yet known.
The council unanimously adopts a resolution authorizing sanitary sewer installation on 21st street west of 16th avenue and approves final curb and gutter assessments totaling 6058.09 dollars against listed properties. The action follows Board of Public Works reports and waivers, with licenses and reports to be acted on by the city attorney. Adjournment follows.
Pipe Wisconsin reports Clarence Step hany, 32, electrocuted while restoring service to an outlet during a thunderstorm at the Full Cream Cheese factory in the Fond du Lac County community. Witnesses saw a blinding flash as he fell dead inside the building.
Tokyo reports one of China’s 10 vice premiers acknowledged a tense grain situation but denied famine. Chen Yung blamed rumors and misallocation, noted 26.65 million tons siphoned by the state, and urged stepped up production via more cooperative farms.
A Dairy Supply Sales Institute will be held at the University of Wisconsin Madison from August 1 to 5. Topics include Ground Rules for Good Selling and The Human Side of Merchandising. J C Scadow of Standard Oil Milwaukee will speak on selling rules and Prof E R Sullivan of UW will discuss the merchandising phase.
Sen. Jenner of Indiana taunted Sen. Dirksen after his plea to restore funds cut from a foreign aid bill. Jenner claimed a sound in the Senate cloakroom signaled Col. McCormick turning in his grave, the Chicago Tribune editor who supported Dirksen in 1950.
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