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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1950
Page
8
Generally fair tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Low 55 to 60, high 84 to 88. Today’s high 84, low 64. Year ago today high 92, low 72. Barometer 29.52 at 1 am and 29.41 at 1 pm. Warmest city yesterday Phoenix 105, coldest Sault Ste Marie 45. Sunrise 4:45, sunset 7:27.
Real estate transfers listed include Louis Friedli to Fred Gerbitz in Martintown. Charles A Soliday to Eric A Engstrom in Decatur township. D C Howard to Raymond Peterson in Brodhead. Harriet Stair to Wesley L Dodge in Green County Monroe. Arthur H Klingbeil to Melvin W Stuessy in Brodhead. Federal Bank of St Paul to Martin Auestad in Adams township. Transfers cover parcels, houses, barns, and donated lands across multiple towns.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley issues letters of administration to Kenneth Hall for the estate of G A Collins who died Tuesday morning. Letters in the estate of Louis Hartwig, who died April 13, go to John George Frederick W and Dew ey H Hartwig with appraisers R W Prien Harry C Young and Vilas J Rundhammer named.
Mrs. Helen M Weiss of Brown town was found guilty of speeding. The court imposed a fine of 10 dollars plus costs.
Fred Bigler aged 57 of New Glarus Mrs. Theodore Schiess Jr aged 64 of New Glarus and Mrs. Charles Curtis Nolf aged 81 of Orangeville are listed in a local notice. The brief entry records ages and towns without further biographical details.
Mr and Mrs Ole Jeremiason of Blanchardville welcome a daughter born on July 26. The family reports the new arrival adds joy to the household as relatives share in the good news.
St Clair Hospital Medical lists patients connected to Mrs Philip Deremer Belleville and others. Surgical entries include John T Blackney and John Quirk Beloit. Dismissals cover multiple individuals including Mrs Minnick Johnson Henry Becker and Mrs David Campbell plus twins.
A preliminary hearing among representatives of the public service commission the chamber of commerce and Commonwealth Telephone Co. will be held tomorrow evening in the office of C S Pierce mayor. A general discussion on equipment service and rates is on the docket. The conference stems from a petition signed months ago by 550 citizens with no PSC action yet.
Funeral services for Gottlieb L. Scherer, 56, of 1313 13th Avenue, who died early Tuesday, were held today at Shriner Neushhwander Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Rev. G. M. Gunderson officiated. Burial followed at Cadiz Cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Bou rne, Albert Miehike, Carl Schmerse, Harvey Trickel, William Trickel and Sam Kubly.
Wisconsin American cheese market trends steady to firm with active trade and good demand. Selling prices at state assembly points list items such as single daisies and longhorns 33 34 to 34 12, square prints 34 to 34 14, midgets 35 14 to 36 14. WINS LAKE TRIP Theresa Saunders of route 4 wins two round trip tickets on the S S Milwaukee Clipper for a 25 word essay on why she wants a Lake Michigan trip.
Mrs Charles Curtis Nolf formerly Mary H Kline died at 2 20 pm in her Orangeville home after a week long illness She was born May 26 1869 daughter of Eli and Ruth Kline She leaves a widower a daughter Merle Zimmerman a son Harold J two grandchildren two great grandchildren and a brother J F Kline Funeral services will be at Grace Reformed church Orangeville Saturday at 2 pm with burial at Grand View cemetery North of Freeport Rev Frederick L Rickleff and Rev J E Bostian to officiate
Mr and Mrs Hollis De Voe of Twin Grove announce the birth of their son Gary Duane at St. Clare hospital on July 15. The mother is Phyllis Schrock formerly of Meyersdale Pennsylvania.
Mr and Mrs Jack Reynolds of West Allis announce the birth of a son on July 11 Their daughter is older Mrs Reynolds serves as secretary of the Wisconsin Holstein Fr esian association and attended the state convention earlier this year Her husband is manager of the state fair.
The Consulate of Switzerland in Chicago seeks information on Hans Jakob Waldburger last known at New Glarus. Mrs Grace M Thorpe, registrar of deeds, handles inquiries. Waldburger born October 16 1867 in Teufer Switzerland.
John Norder, 10, is improving rapidly after a polio attack that began two weeks ago. Doctors report no remaining paralysis. His parents Mr and Mrs Ralph C Norder of 2236 8th street visited him yesterday at Wisconsin General hospital orthopedic ward. He was taken to Madison for treatment July 15 after stiffness appeared in his left shoulder.
Former Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King was buried today at Mount Pleasant Cemetery beside his parents. Thousands lined the six mile route from the station to the cemetery.
Personal notices list Monroe area locals stopping by and traveling from surrounding towns. Albert Berdman Lena, John Cobb Delavan, Virgil Harbach Earlville, and Werner Fahrney Albany are among those calling in Monroe. Also mentions mobility of families visiting Lake Wisconsin and Delafield, and a brief church service in Nashotah.
Gov Rennebohm issued a proclamation exempting from the draft young men who join the national guard before turning 18 percent years old. Guardsmen under that age would face active duty if the state's 32nd division is activated. Similar proclamations have been issued by other governors in line with federal selective service rules.
George Burton Cumming resigns today as director of the Milwaukee Art Institute a post held since 1932 He cites discouragement over obstacles to the Milwaukee County Memorial Center construction as the reason for his resignation.
Police and FBI pursue two leads after a well-armed trio robs the Corryville Fifth Third Union Trust Co. of about $40,000 as bank closes. Descriptions match three men seen near their apartment minutes before police arrive. Detectives seek fingerprints while another lead involves a Fort Wayne man jailed in Georgetown after a chase.
The senate passed a bill to authorize two additional federal judges for the northern district of Illinois and made the posts permanent. The house measure would set them up temporarily for the tenure of the first appointees. The district would then have eight judges.
Madison reports that Assemblyman Mark S. Catlin Jr. of Appleton pled guilty to speeding. Dane County traffic police charged him. He was fined $30 plus costs totaling $40.95.
Milwaukee firm Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co. reports net earnings for the second quarter increased by 918 297 dollars from the same period last year.
Fairbanks reports Captain Austin Eugene Lathrop, 84, the wealthiest man in Alaska, was killed while inspecting coal gondolas at Healy River Coal Corp. holdings in Santrana. A gondola operator released a loaded car down a slope, striking Lathrop.
A C 47 transport with 26 aboard including four war correspondents plunged into the sea ten miles south of Oshima island. One survivor was rescued. search continuing. Names include James QC Supple, Maximilien Philon, Stephen Simmons, and Albert Hinton.
Lee R. Morris, 1917 1lth Avenue, suffered a forehead wound in a street crash at the square. His car was damaged on the left front after turning sharply and striking a parking meter post while entering the inside lane. Minor injuries required several stitches.
In Jackson Mississippi protesters linked to Willie McGee convicts were beaten as they urged clemency for McGee who was to die in the electric chair. Officials blamed communist provocation while delegates and reporters reported assaults at hotels and at the airport.
Olaf Sorenson of Superior was elected president of the Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association at the annual conference. Other officers include Joseph Doherty Butler as first vice president Emmery Greinke Appleton as second vice president Leo J Givens Oshkosh as treasurer and Arthur O Gutzmann Menasha as secretary. Elected trustees are Edward J Page Madison Harold Kohlmann Horicon and Rudolph Anderson Racine.
May steel production rose to 8.5 million tons with employment at 606 500, the highest in a year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cited strong demand for durable goods and a broader upswing in business conditions as factors behind the record pace.
A historic note records Formosa being ceded by China to Japan in 1895 marking a major territorial transfer under the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki and imperial negotiations, influencing East Asia borders and colonial influence.
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