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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1954
Page
8
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms probable tonight and Wednesday. Not quite as warm in the northwest Wednesday. Tonight’s low 63 to 68, Wednesday’s high 79 to 86 northwest and 87 to 93 southeast. Winds south at 15 mph. higher thunderstorms possible in the north and central areas. Record highs and lows noted. sunrise 4 46, sunset 7 26.
Real estate transfers involve multiple parcels across Brodhead and Monroe including John L. Ryall and wife to John Leslie Pinnow and wife in Brodhead. Willy Wolters sales to Knob Hill Buyers Inc and to Knob Hill Builders Inc in Monroe. Transfers include parcels in Monticello, Decatur Township, Jordan and Exeter townships, Albany and Eastlawn Subdivisions. Parties include Bauman Feldt Gambotz Shotkoski Olson Swanton Probst Ace Lange Rutsch Watling Carter Munz Campoli Goakey and others with specific lot numbers and sections noted.
The will of Fred Marty who died July 9 1954 is being probated with a filing, and a hearing for admittance to probate is set for August 30 at 10 a.m. in the proper court.
Edwin F Aeschlimann 57 of 2303 17th Avenue charged with operating an automobile while intoxicated. Bond set at $75 by Monroe police. Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hoesly New Glarus daughter July 27 and Mr and Mrs Lester Grinnell Chesebro Trailer Court son July 2 and Mr and Mrs Wilfred Bolton Brodhead son July 26.
A hospital notice lists accident victims including Cynthia Obert and Robert Jones with other names in Tennessee Illinois and Wisconsin. It also covers medical and discharge details with many local residents and names such as Ellen Conway Philip LaPointe Jette Wright and Otto Lund. A separate dismissal section records patients and staff such as William Baumgartner Ernest Roy Andrews Alex Britt Shirley Montgomery and infant twins Gibons.
Green County fair officials remind the public tickets for reserved seats go on sale Wednesday at 8 a m at Schuetze's sale covers. The notice emphasizes early purchase to secure preferred seating for the annual event.
Funeral services for Lyle Dean Alme 19 of rural Brooklyn drown Sunday night when the racing boat he tested capsized on Lake Waubesa Madison will be held tomorrow at 2 p m in Brooklyn Lutheran church Rev Roland Hansen officiating Burial will be in Rutland cemetery He was a lifetime resident of Oregon Township a Belleville high school graduate of 1953 He leaves his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Alme and two brothers Vincent Route 2 Brooklyn and Arnold Route 2 Belleville Friends may call at Booth funeral home Oregon from 7 p m today until 12 30 p m tomorrow
Five Illinois Central railroad workers were injured while riding a three section hand car on trackage near Monticello. Layman Bates 26 of Jackson Tennessee suffered a fractured leg while Robert Jones 40 of Grand Junction Tennessee had head and neck injuries. both are listed in serious condition. Clyde Turner 41 of Chicago Julius Bond 22 of Denmark Tennessee and James Spencer 33 of Memphis sustained minor injuries and may be released tomorrow. Investigators say a wheel broke or flew off, causing the hand cars to topple. Railroad officials have not completed their inquiry.
John J. Stocker heads the Stocker Sales and Service Co at 1819 11th Avenue as the new Hudson motors dealer for Monroe. N. K. VanDerzee, Hudson vice president in charge of sales, announced the opening for July 31. The agency will display the 1954 Hudson line with a complete service department.
Walter Williams, son of Mr and Mrs H A Dieter of Sextonville, who has been stationed in Korea since September, spent several days visiting in Japan. He toured Isahiya Obama Fukuoka Unzen Nagasaki and could not wear his uniform due to reported prejudice against the armed forces.
President Eisenhower issues order barring Atty. Gen. Brownell and others from disclosing details of a Justice Department meeting last January on McCarthy's Army investigations. McCarthy criticizes the legislative onslaught while noting executive expansion. He argues congressional inquiries lack strict court rules and grants witnesses attorney consultation rights.
Eddie Ketchum of Milwaukee led early finishers in the second round of Lord annual state Amateur Golf Tournament qualifying with a 71 after a 76 first round for 147. Defending champion John Ha of Appleton, not required to qualify, shot 72 in the second round and 184 total after Monday’s 76.
Cynthia Uber, wife of Orville Obert of Route 3 Orangeville, was hospitalized yesterday after a cow stepped on her. She fell from a tricycle in the barn and was trampled, suffering a compound fracture of the right arm. Doctors report she is in satisfactory condition.
Dan Clark of Detroit called this morning. Mrs Myron Niffenegger of Woodford was a caller in Monroe today. Mr and Mrs George Eidt of Tippecanoe were visitors in Monroe. Grace Lutheran Ladies Aid bake sale at National Bank annex Saturday July 31 with home made doughnuts. Mr and Mrs James J O'Dea and daughter from Cleveland visiting at Foley home. Levi Torkelson of Brodhead visited the Howard Torkelson and Chris Brager families in Blanchardville. Reuben Swenson of Argyle Feed and Seed Co will attend a regional meeting by Doughboy Industries at Richland Center August 9. Mrs H Wallace Johnson and infant daughter Tania Louise of Miami visiting her parents Will Metcalf and sister Mrs Philip Counselman. Mr and Mrs Arthur Seffrood attended a family picnic in Krape Park Freeport for Mrs Seffrood's mother Bessie Conley on her 80th birthday. Visitors at Adolph Risser home Freda and Rosalie Aebersold arrived from Signau Canton Bern Switzerland. Rollie Wells and Wilbur Wells and families of Browntown spent Thursday in Chicago and were joined by Mrs L M Smith Blythe formerly Marvel Wells. Ardith Wells in Rockford employed there summer. James Benson of Evansdale, Iowa, visiting this morning. Benson, Lafayette Superette manager in Waterloo suburb, notes first visit away from home in years, accompanied by E D Sims and Julie of Waterloo.
The Catholic bishop of Litomerice Stepan Trochta was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Czechoslovakia’s supreme court on spying charges. Three priests received terms up to 20 years for aiding him. The Vatican denied any excommunication. Trochta’s oath politics tied to 1949 law on priest salaries. The dispatch says the four spied for the Vatican to overthrow the regime.
In Allegan Michigan 1 circuit Judge Raymond L Smith will hold a hearing August 2 on a petition for a sanity hearing for Dr Kenneth B Small. Attorney Leo W Hoffman filed the petition July 21 in Allegan County Circuit Court. Prosecutor Dwight M Cheever will oppose.
Wisconsin dairy reports steady cheese market Tuesday with fair to good demand. Notes selling prices and state assembly points for car lots and cheddar varieties on moisture basis around 32 to 34 percent. Also cites single daisies and Longhorns price ranges and midgets at 35 to 37 percent moisture.
Guatemala's military government decreed a land reform law and vowed to push land redistribution. In Pine Bluff Arkansas a mixed notice reports Siamese twins born to Virgil and Joyce Johnson, joined at the chin face to face, born at home and later taken to Davis hospital.
The Police and Fire Commission disclosed that three police department members have resigned in protest over hiring an out-of-town man as Rhinelander chief. Sgt. Penny Drivas Patrolman Gaylord Brown and Patrolman Frantz Heise quit. Commissioner Pete Vlahakis said the commission intends to reconsider selecting Ellis E. Young, 50, Oshkosh police captain, for the post.
Hong Kong correspondents accuse Hong Kong government and U S Consulate of silencing details after a British airliner was shot down by Communist planes off Hainan Island last Friday. They say more than 12 hours passed without any dispatches while the U S Consulate and press officers deny the charges. Survivors report eight of 18 aboard were saved and some urged to stay silent. Meanwhile Vienna reports Vil em Siroky has been missing from public life since mid June. Cairo notes a potential British troop evacuation deal for the Suez Canal zone to be announced soon.
Madison deputy state attorney general Steward Honeck said legal action likely starts Friday in Circuit Court at Richland against Kenneth Crooks, a Iowa County farmer, who set up a uranium tunnel operation after bringing ore from Lone Rock. Investigators say Crooks charged $1 an hour to sit in the tunnel and the State Medical Society reports he is practicing medicine without a license. Crooks denies any medical practice and says no cures are promised.
Wisconsin crop summary shows most areas need rain with no significant precipitation in two to three weeks. The dry belt covers central counties, haymaking nearly complete, and grain harvest starting in central regions. Irrigation is underway while the northwest and southern counties report limited rainfall. Outlook through August 1 calls for near normal rainfall and slightly warmer temperatures with more sunshine and local showers in the south.
An Indianapolis youth of 20, Eddie Long, was accused of striking two pedestrians within 39 minutes. He first hit Raymond Gordon, 52, at 10:47 on a south side street, then struck Louise Kelso, 64, on a west side street. Kelso died later at General Hospital while Gordon was listed in serious condition.
New York announces a national March of Dimes push to raise 20 million dollars Aug 16 to 31. Thirty million pieces of literature will be mailed via 3 000 local chapters. Fundraising centers on summer events and porchlight parades to guide canvassers.
John Moore Marinette city clerk for five mayors, 28 years, dies Monday night at 91. He retired in 1928.
Moore served on the Wisconsin Real Estate Board from 1924 through 1928, reflecting a period of involvement in state real estate oversight and professional leadership.
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