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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1950
Page
8
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Low tonight 48 to 54 in the north and 55 to 60 in the south, high Wednesday about 80. Since yesterday at 1 pm, high 84 and low 62. Year ago today, high 92 and low 72. Barometer 29.60 at 1 am and 1 pm. Warmest spot yesterday was Yuma Arizona at 104, coldest Helena Montana at 46.
George C. Michael transfers It 42 Rhode's add Browntown to Leon Rockow. Leo A. Scheberle transfers It 5 blk 107 in Brodhead to United Cheese Co.
A. Koenig of Laneville and James F. Laneville of Brodhead found guilty of speeding with fines set at $12 plus costs. Karl Agenstein of Monroe pleaded nolo contendere to exposure with $25 plus costs and ordered by the district attorney to leave the city.
Betty Anne Baebler of Monticello and Eugene Edward Webber of New Glarus obtained marriage licenses. Deaths include Gottlieb L. Scherer, 56, of 1313 13th Avenue, plus Alvin Rossiter, 63, from Brodhead and John Hoerler, 56, of Footville.
Albany families announce births with a son on July 24 and daughters for Mrs. Harlan M. and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Guttmer and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nipple on July 25. Surgical and medical names follow, with dismissals listing multiple names and relationships in Beloit Sterling and surrounding areas.
Mr and Mrs Glenn Heffron of 2509 10th street purchased the Harry Bawards cottage on the pond north of Albany along the Sugar river. Possession was taken Saturday. The item notes a property transfer and the new owners relocation.
Nine more candidates filed nomination papers with County Clerk Wilma Lengacher by noon. Final filing deadline is 5 PM. Dewey Moe and Harry Keegan had previously filed. New noon filers include Lois Faubel Grace M Thorp Louis B Stauffacher Wilma Lengacher Charles B Bolender Fred Leinhardt Marvin T Holcomb Rodney O Kittelsen and Matt Solliran. Moe and Leinhardt run on the Democratic ticket. others are Republicans. Candidates must file signers between three and 10 percent of last gubernatorial turnout. Republicans require at least 168 voters and Democrats 84.
The Summer Follies of 1950 stage show will open Friday with a repeat Rosalind Hupp Girls performance. Saturday marks Monroe Evening Times Emery A. Odell day featuring a mile-long livestock parade and athletic events. Activities start at 9:30 a.m. with junior fair judging, parade line up at 12:30, followed by harness racing and various trots and show classes. Fred Ronan of Decorah operates Litzenberger starting gate. King Cole the world’s smallest trotter leads the three-day race, driven by Judy Barnhart of Flora Ind. Doc Lawson organ concert precedes Sunday races. Exhibits released at 8 p.m. Sunday or Monday noon for removal.
The Federal-State Market News Service reports Wisconsin cheese markets steady with active trade and good demand. Selling prices show single daisies at 33 4-34, longhorns 88 34-34, square prints 34-34, midgets 35 12-36 1.
Numerous individuals from Beloit Albany Darlington Brodhead Monroe and surrounding areas visited Monroe today including Hugh Tolmie from Rockford Mrs. Max Schaefer from Beloit and Stanley Everson Green County dairy inspector. Also noted were Arthur Frederick and daughter Madison visiting Fred W Faeser's home and others from Madison La Crosse and Pittsburgh withRelation to civic and hospital activities.
Berlin reports Gerhart Eisler, the exiled communist leader who fled to East Germany, was kept off the new central committee in a party shakeup. The move follows his bail-jumping escape from the United States.
A general strike in Guatemala entered its second day as protesters ignore presidential threats to suspend civil rights and revoke business licenses. Key labor groups demand governance changes and freer political space amid the crackdown.
Helen E. Stears reports John Wrabetz of the Wisconsin Council of Safety presented Kraft Foods of Monroe with a Wisconsin industrial safety plaque in Madison this morning. Plant manager William E. Wenger accepted the first place award in class D for outstanding accident prevention in 1949.
President Truman's urgent Korea crisis message asks Congress for 10,486,976,000 in new military funding plus 20,000,000 for the draft and 10,000,000 for an emergency fund. Including planned limits, total military spending could reach about 23,000,000,000. The White House says the request could add 600,000 troops this fiscal year, bringing total armed forces to over 2,000,000 from 1,506,000 with available funds.
Monticello social notes list Mr and Mrs Edwin Stuessy and Mary Ellen of Madison as Saturday visitors of Nic Freitag, with Elsbeth and Barbara Freitag joining. Several Monticello residents attend the Albany firemen’s celebration. Names include James Hancock Bertha Keller Hazel Kundert and many others visiting Madison, Marshfield, and New Glarus.
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