Weather forecast for July 25 1949 edition
Partly cloudy with local thunder showers in the north and central portions tonight and Tuesday. Warm and humid tonight and Tuesday, with slightly cooler readings in the northwest portion Tuesday.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1949
Page
8
Partly cloudy with local thunder showers in the north and central portions tonight and Tuesday. Warm and humid tonight and Tuesday, with slightly cooler readings in the northwest portion Tuesday.
Last week highs reached 89 and lows did not fall below yesterday's 72. Yesterday at 1 p m the high was 92 and the low 72. Year ago today the high was 78 and the low 63. Barometer stood 29.55 at 1 am and 29.52 at 1 pm. Yuma Arizona recorded the warmest day at 107 while San Francisco California registered the coldest at 54. Sunrise was at 4 44 and sunset at 7 28.
Listings show transfers including John G. Duerst to John Klossner of N% of lots 7 and 8 in M Stuessy’s addition New Glarus. Fred J. Marty to Jr. School Dist No 1 New Glarus with outlots 85 and 86. Gerald Poss of Lawrence L. Kitchen, N 10 ft of Lot 7 in Davis Becker add Monroe.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley fines George Kielland of Chicago fifty dollars plus costs on a nolo contendere plea to fraud in obtaining a hunting license. Ernest Bear of Monroe is charged with desertion and willful neglect of wife and four minor children. sentence withheld until October, ordered to pay sixty dollars a month.
Justice L A Koenig and George Kjelland of Chicago bound over to county court on a fraud charge for obtaining a hunting license. Alfonso Goepfert of Browntown found guilty of speeding, fined $12 plus costs. Buddie B Mitchell of Madison held on a state vagrancy charge, three days in county jail at hard labor. DeWitt Talmadge Stuart age 58 of South Wayne. Lyle Stubbe 20 of Cedarville. Mr and Mrs Raymond Beck of New Glarus announce a son born July 24. Mr and Mrs Albert Elmer of New Glarus announce a daughter born July 23. Mr and Mrs Ernest Steiman Winslow announce a daughter born July.
Director Allan F. Barnard says the summer music program ends soon with final rehearsals for senior and junior bands and orchestras. Concerts are planned for Friday and Saturday afternoons at the Fair Grounds, followed by instrument repairs and cataloging in August. New members joined during the summer rehearsals.
The Luick ice cream softball team fell 19 12 to Sani tary Laundry at Freeport Saturday night. Bob Gibbons allowed six hits and fanned five but 11 errors and 10 walks doomed Luick s. Don Van Wagenen and Herman Christen led with three hits each including a homer for Christen.
William Smith 89 died Friday funeral services were conducted yesterday at 2 p m at Shriner Neushwander funeral home Rev Ralph K Kofoed and Rev Roy Berg Martin town officiated Doran R Zwy gart sang with Mrs Laroy Dodge as accompanist Pallbearers were Brooks J Dunwiddie Elmer J Trickel Robert Benkett Jesse E Goodman Herman Lueck Albert H Stoldt Monroe John Coryell and Charles Coryell Browntown others present included Hawthorne and son Mrs Aarph Neuenschwander and daughter Mrs Arthur Flesher and son John Rodney Cook Mrs Walter Miller Jacob Burkhalter Mary Alice Bobb Edwin Lunda and Phillip Pouland
Personal mentions include Miss Judith Thorpe visiting the Fred Curran family in Madison and several Rockford callers. Visits span Burlington, Los Angeles, Spencer Lake Bible camp, and Eagle River with family ties noted. A number attended a funeral in Woodstock and a surprise visit occurred at 1422 21st Street with relatives from Clinton, La and Strong, rk.
Milwaukee reported Kathleen Birmingham Babich gave birth to a six pound nine ounce girl days after her husband Milton Babich, 19, was convicted of first degree murder in Patricia Birmingham's death. Milton serves a life term in state prison.
A fugitive from the Columbia county asylum reported to police here last evening claiming he escaped from that institution. He left on July 17 and was sought by Supt. H. A. Horde who came to arrest him today.
Vandals removed two more round trimmed shrubs from the Monroe Clinic display front. The thefts follow two earlier disappearances and a dirt trail leads around the building. Harold E. Scherer questions replacement while Francis Thorpe denounces the acts.
Mr and Mrs Myron Zimmermann hosted a dinner at the J C Penn farm in Jefferson township for immediate family and the Penn relatives. Attendees included William Penn of Pittsburgh H P Huddlestone Madison F Cromer Houser Arcadia Ray Kundert Monroe and Zimmermanns Myron Robert Lamont and son.
Harold Ward Gardner a practicing attorney who died in Denver Colorado was a former resident of Monroe He attended Monroe school His father John Gardner was Green county sheriff about 45 years ago Funeral services were held in Denver and he was cremated His ashes will be buried in Brodhead in the family lot
A 1931 car owned by John Sweeney of Argyle burned at 4 30 yesterday afternoon on county trunks. Fire was started by a backfire igniting the vehicle.
Mr and Mrs A R Steele of 1624 11th Street returned Saturday evening from a week long vacation in the Lake Superior region. They visited Ashland Lake Superior and Port Wing. Mr Steele visited boyhood friends and schoolmates at Stevens Point.
Melvin T. Olson is associated with Studer's Super Service dealers in farm implements and automobiles. He was formerly the Montgomery Ward farm store manager and will serve as a salesman for Studer's.
Mrs E N Churchill and daughter Charlotte depart for a three week automobile trip to New England and New Brunswick visiting Boston Bangor Lake Placid and other summer resorts. Miss Churchill serves as librarian for the legislature at Madison.
Cpl. Robert A. Fritz son of Mr and Mrs A Mitchell of 1505 13th Avenue enters the European command small arms contest at Grafenwehr Germany. He competes for individual and team honors as part of the Heidelberg ordinance pistol team.
Mr and Mrs John L Norton Jr arrive from Lansing Michigan where he attends the state veterinary science college and she is clinical instructor and supervisor at St Lawrence hospital They visit his parents Mr and Mrs J Leo Norton at 1816 10th street
Mrs Clarence Christenson of Los Angeles and her aunt Mrs Lillis Connery of Ogden Utah plan to leave on Wednesday returning west after a three week visit with Mrs Minnie Wells, the former's sister, and Mrs Allie Connery, sister in law of the latter. Mrs Christenson will travel as far as Sydney Nebraska.
A fragment notes an aunt planning to visit her son Theodore Connery in Cody Wyoming. The brief hints at family travel plans and location without further detail.
Mr and Mrs Alvin H Babler and children David Susan and Joan Hammer have returned from a weeklong vacation at Lake Paya near Lakewood.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley of Green county heard Webb Clark case arguments this morning. A decision is expected in a few days. Plaintiff Elsie Webb of Albany seeks to set aside a deed to property at Brodhead. Peterson and Kittelsen of Monroe represented the plaintiff. M. W. Meienburg of Brodhead defended.
Milwaukee Wisconsin went over the top for the U S Bond Drive as final reports show Wisconsin sold 22 131 000 in bonds. State Chairman Walter Kasten announced the total equals 118 percent of the state quota and an excess of 4 931 000. Only eight counties Shawano Polk Pierce Wausha Iron Barron Sawyer and Dunn missed their quotas.
Clarence Porter, Beloit resident and uncle of Mrs. Arthur L. Johnson, heard a dog barking on a telephone line cut in on his pole during a rescue of Mrs. Ann Hightower. Hightower, prone to fainting spells, was found unconscious but has since recovered and returned home from Beloit Municipal Hospital.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts houses a premier collection of Chinese and Japanese sculpture, regarded as the most important outside Tokyo. The exhibit highlights masterworks and regional styles attracting scholars and visitors alike.
Chicago police said Mrs. Regina Marczak, 42, and her 17 year old son Jerome planned a holdup after she forced him to promise he would not shoot. They were captured minutes after beating and robbing a taxi driver of 11 50 dollars. The mother said she was penniless.
A list from St. Clare Hospital includes names of patients and discharges across surgical and medical departments with residences in Beloit Juda Monroe New Glarus Argyle Clinton Footville Winslow and Brownstown. Several individuals are listed as dismisals with accompanying family members.
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