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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1955
Page
5
Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight with showers and scattered thunder showers mainly south and central. Thursday partly cloudy with showers likely south and cooler. Lows tonight 55 to 60 inland and 65 to 70 south. Highs Thursday 75 to 85.
Emma Schmidt transfers a West fraction of the southeast quarter of section 36 in Decatur Township to Samuel A. Cutts. The deed details a partial property interest and location within the township.
Justice L A Koenig and Arvin Bleiler pled guilty to a speeding charge at today’s hearing with a fine of $18 plus costs. Harold Ellis of Monroe forfeited a $100 bond and faces a one year license suspension for operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor, per Monroe police.
Gary Roger Stark, 18, Brown Town, and Nola Rae Marty, 17, Cadiz Township obtained marriage licenses.
The birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor in Darlington on July 27 is announced with a brief family notice.
Hospital notices list patients from several towns including Mrs Ida Hauser Route 3 and Mrs Glen Matzke Seales Mound Ill under medical care. Surgical cases include Mrs Anton Portman 2505 7th Street and Richard A Dulles Brodhead. Dismissals include Arthur A Long Delbert Boeck and multiple other names with family associations.
Msgr Joseph Emmenegger, son of Mrs John Coryell of Brown Town, sailed from the United States to Italy to serve as superior of the Graduate House of Studies at the North American College in Rome. He will land in Naples Friday and assist rector Bishop Martin O Connor. He previously studied theology and philosophy at the North American College and plans to supervise priests sent to Rome for graduate studies after ordination.
Madison Wis demand for light Swiss cheese remains fair with slow trading and ample offerings. Prices are listed for various grades and forms, including 32-34 for cheddars and 35-37 for Grade B Swiss, with mixed results across long horns and other varieties.
Madison reports state climatologist L A Joos says the heat is favorable for corn and crop prospects remain good. Some wilting and warm damage noted in western gardens. Oats harvest advances in west and south with good to excellent yields. New hay seedings look strong, pastures suffer from heat and dryness, cool wet weather needed for fresh growth.
Albany school principal Frank Hanrath resigns after two years to take a similar post in Prairie du Lac. He attends summer school at the University of Wisconsin and will earn a master’s degree. The Hanrath family plans to move around August 1 with no successor named.
Dale H Churches visited Monroe yesterday after coming from Fond du Lac. John Robb of Ann Arbor was a Monroe caller yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Woodward of Ringgold visited Monroe yesterday. Mrs. Alonda Signer Dietmeier of rural Monroe assists in the county extension office for two weeks. Col and Mrs Roy F Zinser and children from Ft Benning are visiting relatives. Dr and Mrs Robert M Tschudy of Denver visit Marshfield and celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary this week. Mr and Mrs Gottlob Krauss will meet daughter Virginia Ann in Madison as she returns from Europe. Virginia Ann Krauss sailed June 15 on the Queen Elizabeth for travel in Europe.
Stanley M. Jacques, 59, had three manslaughter indictments linked to a January 2 Highland Park crash at Skokie Highway and Berkeley Road. State’s Attorney Robert C. Nelson said the indictments were abandoned after Jacques, of Milwaukee, was twice tried on reckless homicide, with two acquittals including one by directed verdict. Victims were Harold B. Hansen, Evanston. his wife Muriel, 47. and their son Lawrence, 19. Jacques drove for Interstate Dispatch, Inc., of Chicago.
Work to remodel the east wall of the Commercial and Savings Bank building and the back area formerly housing Blum and Blum law offices. A drive-in service with teller window will be installed for patrons and the wall will be faced with Bedford stone.
After seven years of Nazi rule and ten of Allied occupation Austria becomes free and independent as four power control ends. France ratifies the Austria treaty in Moscow while the United States Britain and USSR have already deposited ratifications in the Kremlin. Flags flood Vienna as the Big Four withdraw their occupation forces within 90 days.
Ronald D. Johnson recreation director today reminded children that swimming instruction periods end tomorrow and Friday. Final tests and certificates will be presented Friday. Children should attend on Friday to receive certificates and learn next year’s class.
Belleville resident Mrs. Bertha Unholz died at 10 20 am in St. Clare hospital where she had been a patient since February 8. The body was to be moved to Gaspe funeral home in Mt Horeb for arrangements.
Mrs. Nora Winkler, 70, wife of Milwaukee industrialist Adolph E. Winkler, 75, who died in an auto crash at Watersmeet, Michigan, July 17, succumbs today in a local hospital to injuries from the wreck.
Mrs Ida Hauser of Route 3 was in good condition today at St. Clare hospital after suffering a fractured right arm in a fall at her home last night.
Bonn reports two 1944 bomb plotters Adolf Heusinger and Hans Speidel receive senior posts in West Germany’s new army. They will serve in a 6000 man volunteer nucleus for a 500000 man force pledged to the Atlantic Alliance. Their exact posts remain unspecified. Speidel, Rommel's former Western Front chief of staff, and Heusinger, defense ministry planner, were arrested after the failed attempt.
Las Vegas reports show Wally Cox known as Mr Peepers began a four week engagement at the Dunes hotel for eleven thousand dollars weekly. He was fired after three shows on July 18 then rehired with new material, fired again on July 26 for poor turnout. Mickey Rooney and Joey Freeman slated to replace Cox tonight for the remainder of the engagement.
Karen Haldiman gave a demonstration and Virgil Leopold led the club pledge at a Hilltop 44H Club gathering in the August Ruehlew home last Thursday. Entry blanks for the fair were completed. The club held its annual tour before the business meeting. The next gathering will be at the Delbert Blum home with emphasis on health.
More than 200 prisoners rioted for nearly three hours at Bexar County jail in San Antonio. The disturbance ended shortly before midnight after pledges that no prisoners would be punished. Jailers maintained security through the night with extensive damage on the fourth and fifth floors.
More than 150 people attended the 5th annual Key to the City Club picnic last night in Recreation Park. A social hour followed the meal. The next meeting is planned for September 13 in the Green Room of the library.
Mrs Glen E Bolender reports Orangeville residents making and receiving guests across Wisconsin. Families from Freeport Monroe and East Liverpool visit cottages and zoos while others travel for extended stays at Minocqua Lake Waubesa and Vilas Park Madison.
Calif visitors stay with Mr and Mrs Clare Miller in Red Oak for a family gathering. A Sunday reception honored Mr and Mrs Homer Fehr. Russell Hendrick and family spent a week at the Virgil Dickson cottage near Brodhead.
Three Milwaukee dairies Borden's Luick and Layton Park announce a one cent increase per quart for home milk deliveries effective next week. The higher price, now 21 cents a quart for regular milk, reflects increased payments to farmers.
Out of town relatives and friends gathered for the funeral of Mrs. Edwin Wallom. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Peterson, Mrs. Ernest Johnson and Marilyn of Chicago, and numerous couples from Madison Britt Ia Janesville Paynette Blanchardville Belleville and other communities.
Paul Ruenger 57 dies Monday at nephew Herman Schulz home. Services set Friday at 2 p m at Voegels funeral home with Rev Paul C Kehle of St John Evangelical and Reformed Monroe officiating. Burial in Zwingli church cemetery. Pallbearers named: Ray T Silver, Charles Hefty, J J Hefty, Ed Schmid, Henry Krueger, Wil bert Strahm.
Otto Mohns 90 of Brodhead died yesterday morning in St. Clare hospital. Funeral tomorrow at 2 p m in Zion Evangelical United Brethren church Juda with Rev. W L King officiating. Body arriving at noon from Everson funeral home. Burial in Mt. Vernon cemetery.
Miss Janeen Wellenkotter of Woodford is awarded a scholarship to Pattsville State College for the 1955 1956 term. She is a 1955 Monroe High School graduate, and daughter of Mr and Mrs Gay Wellenkotter.
The Hoesly Gladioli Gardens showcase dozens of varieties in full bloom at 1322 22nd Street. Visitors are invited to view the display and select bulbs for next year from a lovely assortment.
The Green County Health Committee will convene at 2 p m tomorrow in the county judge s office at the Courthouse. They will discuss filling the vacancy left by Ruth Chase and consider engaging a county nurse. The TB mobile unit schedule for September will be presented.
Rev Ed Miller of Parma Ohio will address a Kiwanis Club gathering tomorrow at 12 15 p m at the Swiss Wheel restaurant.
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