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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1945
Page
5
Janesville planned to invade Monroe for a Beloit game but rain halted play while Monroe led 2-0. A return match was scheduled at Free E Center with fans enthusiastic about the rematch.
Ten of the West’s 3-year-olds compete in the 20th renewal of the Blue Grass stakes at Keeneland. Col. E. R. Bradley’s Burning Dream is a slight favorite facing Best Effort Foreign Agent and Darien among six other contenders as Derby prospects test today.
A ration clerk back unsigned. Miss Jones returned it again with a note asking pardon for lacking a red pencil in Elm City. The bank loaned the pencil, explaining the delay. The signature on the note was in red.
New Glarus reports attendance at funeral services for Mrs. Peter Zumkehr in Monroe with many relatives and neighbors present. Attendees include Nic Zentner Albert Legler Clarence Hoesig Gilbert Duerst Rosa Duerst Chester Stuesy John Zumkehr and others from local families. John Mulhall traveled from New Hartford to visit family in Madison and Basco residents visited relatives during Memorial Day week.
National Football League owners held a secret New York meeting to finish spring session business. Unfinished items include the Giants and Dodgers stadium move dispute and Elmer Layden’s contract extension. Red Grange resigned as president of the U S Football league. Chick Meehan pulled his Trans-America loop from circulation after failing to secure Yankee Stadium.
Basketball standings and results feature teams such as Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnati Philadelphia Cleveland Washington and others with records, scores, and league updates. Yesterday's major games include Chicago beating Detroit and Boston defeating Philadelphia in league play. Tomorrow's schedule lists MLB and NL matchups with doubleheaders and venue notes.
Browntown residents Miss E Leah Tominson and Cor Mr and Mrs Lee Whitehead were in Witslow Monday. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Klemm of Juda were recent callers of Kenneth Klemm. Ferdinand Mayer was a business caller in Monroe.
A survey by the USDA Bureau of Home Economics and Human Nutrition shows milk and dairy products provide over three quarters of calcium in the national diet. Milk also supplies large shares of riboflavin phosphorus vitamin A fat protein and food energy. The National Dairy Council notes dairy foods are an economical calcium and riboflavin source and hard to meet daily needs without them.
Brodhead Mrs. Donald L. Collins and Rex Karney visit Laura Karney for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hartman stay with relatives in Greendale. Mrs. Elia Wolf and family visit Anna Palmer in Madison. Servicemen's wives club meets with Mrs. Mary belle Lyons. Lt. O. L. Stencil enjoys a few days in Madison. Rosemary Benton visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. LeVerne Pratt. Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell Collins attend commencement exercises. Mrs. George Broughton returns to Milwaukee after a week here. he continues to improve. Mrs. Grace Schweitzer visits relatives in Chicago. Stanley Noonan, discharged, stays with his mother, Mrs. Manda Elmer, and will work at the power and light company.
Toledo Mudhens, in fourth place, host the first place Milwaukee Brewers for a four game series aiming to climb to second and pressure Indianapolis which leads the standings. Indianapolis defeated Minneapolis 6-5 in a postponed playoff and meets the Millers in four more games. St Paul visits Louisville and Kansas City travels to Columbus in four game openers as Louisville stays closest to Milwaukee in the chase.
The Lidice village in Czechoslovakia is described as erased by German forces after the Heydrich assassination. A sign marks the site where the village stood, now an open field of wheat. Of 667 residents, only two women are known to survive, while the men were executed and buried in a mass grave.
Willis A. Weiss, now in Germany, receives the Silver Star for gallantry in action. He has been overseas since October 1944, serving in England, Belgium, France, and Germany. The Albany native entered the service in 1943, trained at Fort Leonard Wood, later to Shreveport, Camp Breckenridge, and an APO address in New York. His wife and children Judy and Gerald live in Albany.
The Giants faltered as Bill Voiselle failed to build on eight straight wins, and Cincinnati's Bucky Walters beat Brooklyn 6-3 while Frank McCormick's three-run homer capped a marathon night. New York's 9-2 win over Cleveland boosted the Yankees in the standings as Detroit slipped. Sig Jakucki pitched a four-hit shutout for St. Louis over Philadelphia. Extensive local social notes follow.
Chronicle of local social visits lists Monticello residents including Mrs. O D Curtis and Mrs. W L Zweifel visiting families in Monticello and Monroe. It notes Mrs Edward Gempler at Madison with a seriously ill husband and multiple others attending or hosting gatherings and events in Belleville Madison and New Glarus.
Near Hinckley NL farmer Berge Skartveit slaughtered two cows injured by a freight train last Monday. OPA investigators questioned him about selling meat for points. He claimed consent from his Sand wich board and the matter was to be referred to the Moline OPA.
Local residents gathered for Memorial Day visits in Argyle and Janesville while others, including Rev. George Strum and service members like T/4 Robert Arnot and Lt. Ole Gunderson, report leaves and furloughs. Families in Beloit Madison and Monroe hosted relatives and celebrated Eddie Meichtry’s fourth birthday.
Funeral for Gustaves Block in Monroe draws a large crowd with burial at Mt Vernon Juda. A wedding dance for Mr. and Mrs. Russel Hawkins at Bluff View park draws many locals. Attendees include the Mohns, Drafahl, Hartman, Zimmerman, and several extended families with other visits and gatherings reported across Brodhead Beloit and Madison areas.
Western conference schools and a Big Six member filed entries for the NCAA track and field meet to be held June 9 in Milwaukee. Michigan and Ohio State provide Big Ten rosters while Iowa State comes from the Big Six. The Michigan squad includes twins Ross and Bob Hume, co champions of the NCAA mile last year.
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