Graduates Urged To Serve In 59 Baccalaureate Ceremony
Rev Don ald H Lins urged Monroe high school seniors to serve their community and family rather than seek leadership. The event for 123 graduates featured choirs, an orchestra, and readings, with commencement set for Thursday in the new gym where Dr. Irwin Lubbers will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald H. Lins
Monroe High School
Lins
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Man In the
Irwin Jacob Lubbers
Hope College
Holland, Mich
Bill Wartenweiler
Magic Wurtzels
Freeport
LaVon Jones
Edmund R. Anderson
W. C. Bender
Fred Simpson
David Trumpy
Rosetta Marty
Marion Kundert
Beverly Koehn
Phil Crawford
Blythe
Butch) Myers
Deanne Bowman
Joann Nussbaum
Monumental Country Club Tourney: Steensrud Wins
In Monroe Country Club events Gerhard Steensrud took first place Saturday while Paul Neubauer led yesterday. The two ball foursome results saw Mrs William Moon and Donald Ross win with 35. Close tee shots highlighted Nos 3 8 and 9 for both men and women with multiple players securing runner up placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Gerhard Steensrud
William Moon
Donald Ross
Paul Neubauer
Steensrud
Richard Lasserty
Kenneth Smith
Nathan Goetz
Robert Stewart
Donald Boss
T. Chester Becker
Clarence Franklin
Robert Rote
Franklin
Goetz
Russell Myers
Clarence Kempfert
Forrest Kubly
Edwin Rufenacht
Kempfert
Neubauer
Chester Becker
William Guyer
Charles Mathias
Joseph Viney
Guyer
Viney
Benjamin Krause
Charles Figi
Mrs Swartz 74 Dies After Series of Strokes
Mrs. Bertha Pearl Swartz 74 of 1609 16th Street died 9:15 a.m. Saturday at Wagner Nursing Home after four weeks as patient, following four months bedfast from strokes. Wife of Harry C. Swartz, she had farmed in Jefferson Township before 194? move to the city. Survived by husband, seven daughters, a son, a brother, 23 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. at Immanuel EUB Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Swartz
16Th Street
Wagner Nursing Home
Bertha Pearl Benage
George W
Nancy Leake Benage
Jefferson Township
Monroe
Mr. Swartz
Curt Gonstead Wins Auto Racing Honors
Curt W. Gonstead took first place in class F of the Mazomanie hill climb and posted the second fastest time of the day. He drives a Porsche convertible D praised as a good performing car. A week earlier he won at the State Fair track in West Allis and earlier had wins in Rockford time trials and a Rockford racing event. About 35 cars ran the hill climb with 80 in Rockford events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis W. Gonstead
Mazomanie
Gonstead
West Allis
Rockford
Injured in Fall in Argyle Man Fractures Nose
Herman Monte 76 of Argyle suffered a fractured nose after a fall last night. He was taken to St. Clare hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Monte
Argyle
St. Clare Hospital
Mrs. Maveus of Brodhead Dies at 64 in Decatur Township
Mrs. Ce lia Olson Maveus 64 a lifelong Brodhead resident and Gold Star Mother died at her Decatur Township home. Her son Pfc Frank Maveus Jr was killed July 14 1945 on Negros Island Philippines. She was born August 31 1894 in Brodhead and married Frank Maveus in 1921 in Beloit. Surviving husband son Robert five grandchildren two brothers two sisters and several step-relatives. She belonged to American Legion Auxiliary VFW Auxiliary and Woman's Relief Corps. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. Newcomer Brodhead with Rev Gene Moen officiating. burial Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call tonight at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Maveus
Brodhead
Decatur Township
Pfc
Frank Maveus Jr
Negros Island
Philippines
Maveus
Celia Olson
Ever
Annette Engebretson Olson
Beloit
Frank
Marcus
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Woman's Relief Corps
Newcomer Funeral Home
Gene Moen
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Brodhead Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral
Mary Lawler 80 Dies in Belleville Area
Miss Mary Lawler aged 80 longtime Belleville resident died at 2 15 am Saturday in St Clare hospital She was born in 1879 and lived with sister Ellen who died earlier She was a member of St James Catholic Church Dayton burial will be in the church cemetery Rosary slated for 8 pm Tuesday at Becker Funeral Home Belleville Friends may call Tuesday afternoon and night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lawler
Belleville
St. Clare Hospital
Lawler
Ellen
St. James Catholic Church
Dayton
Becker Funeral Home
S3elleville
Rosary
Cheese Fondue Recipe for Dairy Month
Dairy Month recipe for cheese fondue with milk bread crumbs and cheese. Mix ingredients, fold in stiff egg whites, bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven set in a pan of boiling water. Submitted by Mrs Nic Duerst Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nic Duerst
Monroe
Western Powers Urge USSR to Ease Berlin Tensions
At Geneva the United States Britain and France pressed Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to suspend threats to West Berlin and seek a stopgap settlement. Herter Lloyd and Couve de Murville met with Gromyko as talks continued to avert a Berlin crisis and clear a path to a potential summit. Khrushchev warned Western concessions must be matched.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Foreign Ministers
Khrushchev
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Eisenhower
West
East Germany
Gromyko
Four From Area Hurt in Crashes
Four people were injured in county traffic accidents over the holiday weekend. Mrs. Bertha Erb and her daughter Emily from Monroe sustained leg injuries and shock after a collision involving a pickup driven by Clarence Falk near Juta. Ernest Erb, her husband, also involved, headed east on Highway 1181. The incidents also include Duane Glenn and Hermina Kozia ra with fractures and lacerations from separate crashes on Highway 81, plus Balch’s near-miss near Albany. Police report two additional noninjury accidents in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Erb
26Th Avenue
Monroe
Emily
St. Clare Hospital
Clarence Falk
Juta
Erb
Ernest
Duane Alvin Glenn
12Th Avenue
Hermina Koziara
16Th Avenue
Glenn
Miss Koziara
Howard W. Balch
Evansville
Albany
Charles H. Larse
Gratiot
Timothy Brennan
8Th Avenue
21St Street
Richard H. Wiesenberg
15Th Street
Jackie L. Patty
Memorial Holiday Traffic Toll Surpasses 300 Deaths
The Associated Press reports more than 300 people died in traffic crashes during the Memorial Day weekend, a record for the two-day period. NSC blamed heavy travel and multiple crashes, noting drownings and other accidents also added to the toll. A notable incident near Crown Point Indiana involved a mother and four of her children killed when their car was hit by a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
NSC
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crown Point
Ind
Memorial Day program honors Monroe war dead
Hundreds attend a Memorial Day service at Greenwood cemetery as Rev. Larry Trayser delivers a tribute to fallen veterans. The event includes additions to the Veterans of All Wars Honor Roll and the Gettysburg Address by officials, with a National Guard firing squad and high school band taps. Light rain disrupts some activities but crowds stay. a Jaycee barbecue serves 1000 halves before selling out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Trayser
Monroe
Greenwood Cemetery
T. J. Burgy Jr
John Fritsch
Logan
Thomas Marean
National Guard
Trayser
St. Andrew's Church
Charles W. Bauman
Edward Bayrhoffer
Elmer Schultz
Earl L. Dockhorn
Rudolf Maurer
George Norton
David Menzies
Laverne E. Deal
Walter F. Benkert
Otis Edward Wells
Frank Shriner
Walter R. Schwaiger
George W. Kraus
Homer V. Gavigan
Donald G. Plecity
Gustave R. Stelter
Woodford
Walter W. Kline
Adams County
Renzo Flannery
Darlington
Harold F. Pauley
Brodhead
Ben E. Neuenschwander
Lamont
Oden A. Glaeden
New Glarus
William J. Lo
Fairgrounds
Donald Liedschlag
Nine Deaths Reported From State Accidents For Memorial Holiday
Wisconsin traffic accidents during the Memorial Day weekend left nine people dead. The toll for the year reached 261, down from 283 a year ago. The holiday period ran from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday, with five drownings and two plane crash fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Rural Students Promotion Emphasized At 8th Grade Exercises
Rob ert Van Raalte state elementary supervisor praised progress and urged continued learning at the 8th grade promotional exercises in the high school auditorium. Mary Williams, county spelling contest winner, received an award as promotion certificates were handed to students by Rudolph T. Haskee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert van Raalte
Department of Public Instruction
Mary Williams
Rudolph T. Haskee
Khrushchev vows destruction threat and capitalism's defeat
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned that any war against the Soviet bloc would be tantamount to death by own action and predicted capitalism’s defeat as communism would replace it. He spoke in Vlore, Albania, amid a Soviet Albanian communique calling for colonialism end and nuclear weapons limits. The document noted improved tensions prospects and planned summit talks in Geneva.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Vlore
Khrushchev
Soviet Bloc
America
Tirana
Albania
Red
Enver Hoxha
China
United Nations
Germany
North Atlantic Alliance
Warsaw Pact
Geneva
Committment Sought in Maulton Case
The attorney for Jane Dakin 17 sought commitment to a state mental hospital for an indefinite period as the Circuit Court prepared to hear the first degree murder trial of her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maulton
Jane Dakin
California convention set by women to debate many issues
California women travel to Los Angeles for the General Federation of Women's Clubs annual convention led by President Chloe Gifford. Delegates from 69 countries and 11.5 million members will discuss television, smog, citizenship, plastic bag concerns, and copyright royalties. Speaker lineup includes Walter Reuther and Gen. C V R Schuyler with other noted leaders.
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Los Angeles
Onos Angeles
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Chloe Gifford
Lexington
United States
U.S
California
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Charles Sligh
National Association of Manufacturers
San Gabriel
Calif
The
Women’s Federation
Voice of
Organized Labor
Gen. C. V. R. Schuyler
SHAPE
Col
Serge Chelensky
Lyman Ginger
National Education Association
Juda Woman's Husband Among Mishap Victims
Navy Lt. Richard Edgar Maegli 30 husband of Kathryn Chambers of Juda was killed when a twin engine anti submarine plane crashed off the Virginia coast during night operations. Also killed were Lt. Rankin Magill and Alfred Brunke. Maegli a 11 year Navy veteran and Marquette University graduate was co pilot of the Grumman S2. His wife and infant son Jack William survive along with his parents and sister. The Belgian king witnessed the crash from USS Randolph and arranged condolences for the families. The body was to be brought to Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Richard Edgar Maegli
Kathryn Chambers
Juda
Maegli
Juda Eub Church
Jack William
O. J. Maegli
William Butler
Whitefish Bay
Whitefish
Jg. Rankin Magill
Hamden
Corn
Alfred Brunke
Aviation Electronics
East Greenwich
R.I
City May Ask Aid on Project
The Board of Public Works recommended that the City Council petition the federal government for financial aid to expand the overloaded sewage disposal plant. The $300,000 cost would be partly funded by a 30 percent federal contribution, with $112,000 already set aside. The council will consider the recommendation tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Davies Engineering Firm
la Croese
Victor N. Schiller
Schiller
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