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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1947
Page
12
June 2 1987 report notes last week high 75 low since Saturday 2 pm 77 44. Year ago high 63 low 44. Barometer today 29.40 at 2 am 29.58 at 2 pm. Warmest U S city Albuquerque 93. Coldest Sault Ste Marie. Sunrise 4 25 am sunset 7 31 pm.
County Court Raymond Gross of New Glarus receives a prison term of 12 to 18 months for assault with intent to do great bodily harm and a one year term for carrying a concealed weapon. Sentences run concurrently. Gross has been captured after escaping Mendota state hospital and will be taken to Waupun by Sheriff Evan Chambers. Judge Harold J. Lamboley imposed the sentence.
Sheldon A Haesly of York township and Margie J Bloom of Monroe obtain a license. Louis R Burmeister of Thiensville and Evelyn A Sehreiber of Monroe obtain a license.
Obituaries list Mrs. John J. Faber 75 of Jahes ville Mrs. Emery Albright 86 of Mc Henry county I Olaf Dover 30 of Wints township with brief death notices indicating their ages and local towns, reflecting early 20th century casualty and obituary formats.
At St. Clare hospital Ralph Karlen and wife welcomed a daughter on June 2. Leon Gempeler and wife welcomed a son on June 1. Thomas Runkle Jr and wife welcomed a son on June 1. Clarence Fransen and wife welcomed a son in Argyle on June 1. Raymond Godfrey and wife welcomed a son in Argyle on June 1. Deaconess Hospital Freeport Delbert Ruthenbuehler and wife welcomed a daughter on May 29.
Surgical and medical notices list Beulsh Pain Beloit Walter Carstensen Stoughton and Lyss Taylor Evansville with Mrs Flora Stephenson Albany Frank Grenzow Juda. Dismissals include Gottlieb Siegenthaler Mrs Frederick Hubner Leonard Dietrich Mrs Melvin Blum Roy Hefty Mason Thompkins Frank Nikolay Jr Shirley Ann Conrad Mrs Don Harding and daughter Edward Niccolier Mrs Nicholas Mead and son William Ray Mrs Russell Schultz Mrs Glen Mayer Glen deage Laws Jill Curry Kenneth Mayer Jr Imogene Marti. Tonsillectomy notes include Marilee Scott Woodford Sherman Stanley and Levi Scheidegger Davis.
Kenneth Rufi sentenced November 25 1942 to life in Waupun for first degree murder will apply for executive clemency around July 16. Rufi was found guilty in the Ned Hartwig murder case at Monroe on March 2 1942. Belgium’s predominant religion is Roman Catholic.
Rev. E C McCollow delivered the graduation address for 13 graduates of St Victor's parochial school at last evening's closing services in the church. The benediction followed and students were guests at a 5:39 dinner at Ludlow hotel hosted by class member Mary Ann Huber. The graduates included Mary Anne Huber Robert Dubach Phyllis Teehan Fredrick Buch Judy Strasser James McGuire Vincent OFlaherty Helen Brennan George Helenstein Richard Hyland Maryon Herfel Barbara Akre and Daniel Teehan.
A commission proposes mandatory six month basic training for 750 000 to 950 000 youths yearly, with options to enter regular services, ROTC, or conservative academies. Costs range from 1.75 to 2 billion annually, and full effect would arrive about five years after approval. The plan favors non lethal preparatory aims and cites Russia as a model of compulsory service.
Clara Krahenbuhl asks for the return of a billfold lost Sunday evening at Whirling Wheels containing currency and identification. A reward is offered and a phone contact is provided.
A dense list of personal visits and family gatherings spans Milwaukee Monroe Argyle and Elkhorn as residents travel for Memorial Day. Notables include Emil Jacobson Chicago visiting Monroe friends and Ruth Van Wagenen starting duties at the Swiss Colony office.
A stream of visits and travel notes from Beloit Madison Monroe and surrounding towns shows residents like Mrs Clarence Stebbins Mr George Lockner Miss Caroline Swenson and others visiting relatives friends and shopping. trips include a 3 week motor journey by Reve Bokemeier and spouse to northern Michigan Detroit and Mackinac Island with other trips to Janesville for a funeral and Madison for schooling and work.
The Evangelical Zwingli congregation organized January 4, 1887 in Monticello with Dietrich Freitag as first president and a consistory including Casper Steinmann Dietrich Stauffacher Henry Elmer and Jacob Marty as secretary and treasurer. Early members listed. Jacob Altman the only survivor. A church was built and dedicated August 1887 for 3320 dollars. The present church addition was built in 1904 and remodeled 1937. parsonage built in 1910. Women’s groups formed 1917 and 1932. Six ministers served 1885 to present with Pastor A Riachtemeier since 1933. Membership now well over 500.
A northeast of Brodhead truck collision damaged the Race bridge with a 14 ton vehicle and load. No injuries reported as the truck exited the bridge under its own power.
Mr and Mrs T J Hinds and Mrs Erma Bloom attended a parents tea at Whitewater yesterday as guests of the Alpha Kappa chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.
Last rites for William Frederick Kahl were held at 1 pm at his son Melvin Kahl's farm in Cadiz Township and at 2 pm in Martinton Church Rev Roy Berg officiated and burial followed in Cadiz Cemetery Pallbearers were Elwin Koch Leland and George Kuht Wayne Campmeier Lawrence and Vilas Baker Mrs Mary Coates funeral services were held at 3 15 pm in Juda Shriner NeuShwander Funeral Home burial was in Juda Cemetery with Rodney Brewer William Schwliere Jay Taylor Earl Kemp Roland and Robert Keen as casket bearers A recent federal report said one quarter of the nation diets rated good more than a third fair and about one third poor Brunettes with Latin ancestry tend to prefer warm reds and maroon colors
The Majdanek Nazi camp near Lublin is preserved as a national museum by Polish order to show future generations how the Germans treated people. Guards recall gruesome smells from crematoriums and the site includes a barbed wire cross, a crematorium, and displays of bones and ashes.
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