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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
8
Occasional showers and local heavy thundershowers tonight and in extreme east portion Friday. Clearing west portion tomorrow. Rather warm tonight. Cooler most sections tomorrow. Year ago today highs and lows noted. Warmest place Yuma at 105 and Helena Montana cold at 42. Sunrise 4 48 and sunset 7 24.
Real estate transfers list includes Seam W Waelti to Leo V Koehler for lot 1 and block 2 with Waelti Quinn addition in Monroe. Sam W Waelti to Frank D Kantro for lot 5 block 1 with Waelti Quinn addition in Monroe. George S Ott to Louis Felder for 2.38 acres in NE TM of SE in Clarno Township.
County Court in Platteville sentences Lydia Perrin to $60 and costs for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Driver's license revoked for one year with occupational recommended. Judge Harold J. Lamboley presides.
Mrs Edmon McGuire aged 82 of Browntown and John R Askey aged 5 of Oneco are mentioned in a local notice. The brief entry records names and ages with no further context.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Gmar of New Glarus welcome a son born July 29. Mr and Mrs Edner Norland of Belleville announce a son born July 28.
A local notice lists individuals connected to St Clare Hospital including Donald Austin Ver Ona Mrs Clarence Foss and 2316 13 venue. Medical contact Carl W. Kiekhafer via Mrs Anna Marty AF nyv. Dismissals include Mrs Frank Klar er Mrs Paul Voegels and son Mrs Fred Beer and others.
Robert G. Thompson the New York state chairman of the communist party and 12 top communists indicted last week surrendered at the federal courthouse with attorney Abraham Unger. Nine others including William Z. Foster have likewise surrendered. Gilbert Green and Gus Hall remain at large.
Alfred Kundert 72 a Madison resident and former Monroeite died in a Madison hospital. Funeral services with Mason ic rites will be held tomorrow at 2 p m in the Masonic temple Madison. Interment follows at Hillcrest cemetery Madison.
The 4-H clothing judging featured 350 entries judged under Miss Lorna M. Peck with county home agent oversight. Winners in the older group included Helen Gruenewald and Ila Jean Probst with multiple firsts in wool dresses, suits, rayon dresses, and sport outfits. Mrs. Harry Ammann presided as superintendent, aided by Gruenewald and Olson, with group judging in three classes and limited entries per class.
Eleanor Medill Patterson, owner of the Washington Times-Herald, bequeaths the paper and its real estate in equal shares to seven veteran executives: William C. Shelton, Frank C. Waldrop, Edmund F. Jewell, Michael W. Flynn, H. A. Robinson, J. Irving Belt, and Mason S. Peters.
Larry Kitchen recreation director at Monroe youth center will present three swimming films tomorrow morning. Shown at 9 30 for ducklings wogs and sharks and at 10 20 for intermediate shirinia advanced swimmers and savers. Films sourced from the Bureau of Visual Education University of Wisconsin cover beginning swimming and advanced strokes.
A string of personal visits and travel notes lists Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howe in Madison, Blanchardville visitors, Chicago attorney Roy Dellefieb on business, Miss Marjorie Engebretson Browntown, and several other residents and guests in towns like Dodgeville Monticello and Monroe. Travelers include Miss Sally Peckham from York Pa and Tucson Ariz as well as families from Orangeville and Blythe Calif.
Miss Gloria Beck spent the day in Rockford. Mrs. Edmund Jennings of South Wayne shopped in Monroe. Mrs. Iva Smith returned to Madison after visiting her mother, Mrs. Francis Lizar. Miss Shirley Smith went from Chicago after visiting Mrs. Marian Brenner for the fair. Nathan Schneider visited his aunt and uncle in Delavan and his grandparents in New Glarus for several days.
Long service marked the funeral for S/Sgt. James Howe with Lt. Doran Zwygart leading the ceremony. American Legion conducted military rites with VFW colors in attendance.
The infield at the Klassy Monticello race track was relocated to host trailers tents and stage attractions while the former area becomes parking for fairgoers. Breeders' Gazette figures G E Perdue and P E Kramer visit, praising the weatherproof track. Veteran horseman Bob Searle, 84, shares insight as he aids Hasson stable horses. fair time draws farmers and visitors under variable skies.
Veteran starter leads tomorrow harness races with Nell Cunningham as clerk of course. Local horses dominate the 2:26 pace with Judy Rood and May B Worthy among favorites. A 2:30 dress revue, Summer Follies, free dancing, and 4 H night cap Friday events at the junior fair tent.
A Madison horse training scene recalls the horse racing era with local interest. A Kraft Foods cheese exhibit, featuring cheese spreads dressings Swiss and Limburger, showcases in-state, with products displayed in multiple venues across the state.
B 29 aircraft at Davis Monthan Air Field in Tucson are being restored for active service after a year in preservation. The planes are stripped of protective coatings and prepared for flight once more under a program to reactivate the fleet.
The city board of review, active since July 12, is expected to finish examining Monroe's 1948 tax roll this afternoon and will hand the approved assessment to City Clerk G S Soseman for totaling. Soseman aims to complete totals by mid next week. About 35 to 40 taxpayers sought relief during the 12 days, with 14 protests highlighted as most significant.
Washington announced that Royall ordered a special survey of German war crimes trials at Dachau Germany. Several defendants have appealed to the U S Supreme Court while Justice Gordon Simpson of the Texas Supreme Court was named to review the American military tribunals. Simpson, a colonel in the judge advocate general's department, flew to Germany yesterday.
A 60 acre Lancaster county farm, dubbed the garden spot of the world, sold for 995 per acre. Auctioneer Landsi Buchen called it the highest price for such a size in 32 years as Amos N. Hoover of Ephrata, Pa. bought the property yesterday.
Republican candidate for state treasurer Mulloy plans a Dane County circuit suit to force Secretary Zimmerman to accept his nomination papers. He contends an unavoidable delay and a Madison traffic officer prevented timely filing, reaching Zimmerman's office at 5 04 and 5 10 p m.
A US military tribunal in Nuernberg acquitted all 24 I G Farben directors of plotting and waging aggressive war. Nine were convicted of looting in Nazi-occupied countries. Two counts of crimes against humanity were deferred for later action, with the court placing blame on Hitler era politicians and militarists.
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