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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1947
Page
6
June 2 1947 forecast cooler tonight for south and central portions Tuesday generally fair and warmer. Since Saturday at 2 p m highest 77 and lowest 44 with year ago high 85 and low 44. Barometer 2 a m 29 40 and 2 p m 29 58. Albuquerque N M hottest 93 yesterday. sunrise 4 25. sunset 7 31.
County Court Raymond Gross of New Glarus drew 12 to 18 months in state prison at Waupun for assault with wilful intent to do great bodily harm and one year in county jail for carrying a concealed weapon. Sentences run concurrently. Gross, who escaped Mendota state hospital and was captured in northern Wisconsin, to be taken to Waupun tomorrow. Judge Harold J. Lamboley pronounced the sentence.
Sheldon A Hoesig of York township and Margie J Bloom of Monroe obtain a license. Louis R Burmeister of Thiensville and Evelyn A Schreiber of Monroe also earn a license.
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. John H. Faler 75 of Janesville and Olaf Dever 50 in Wills Township along with a terse listing of other deaths. Birth notices from St. Clare and Weaconess Hospital report newborns to Karlen Monticello on June 2 and to Gempeler Runkle Fransen Godfrey Rothenbuchler couples with May or June birth dates in Monticello Argyle Freeport and surrounding areas.
Surpieat Beulah Pann Beloit Walter Carstensen Stoughton Accident Lyal Taylor Evansville Medical Mrs Flora Stephenson Albany Frank Grenzan Juda Dismissals Gottlieb Siegenthaler Mrs Frederick Hubner Leonard Dietrich Mrs Melvin Blum and daughter Roy Hefty Mason Thompkins Frank Nikolay Tre Shirley Ann Conrad Mrs Don Harding and daughter Edward Niccolier Mrs Nicholas Mead and son William Ray Mrs Russell Schultz Mrs Glen Mayer Glen Deane Laws Jill Curry Kenneth Mayer Jr Imogene Marti Tonsillectomy Marilee Scott Woodford Sherman Stanley and Levi Scheidegger Davis.
Kenneth Rufi, sentenced November 25 1942 to life in state prison at Waupun for first degree murder, will apply for executive clemency around July 16. He was convicted of killing Ned Hartwig in Monroe on March 2 1942. The note on Belgium religion is not relevant to this case.
Rev E C McCollow delivered the graduation address to 13 St Victor's parochial school graduates at the closing services in the church. He spoke on learning as acquaintance with others' experiences and knowledge as the result of personal effort. A 3:30 dinner followed at the Ludlow hotel honoring the graduates led by Mary Ann Huber.
A proposed program estimates 750000 to 950000 youths eligible for six months of basic training in a military camp or aboard ship. It avoids hatred training, offers options into regular forces or academies, assigns a three-member commission to report to the president, and projects annual costs of 1.75 to 2.0 billion dollars with full effect in five years.
Clara Krahenbuhl offers a reward for the return of a billfold found at Whirling Wheels Sunday evening containing currency and identification. Please call 203 to reunite ownership.
Local residents share weekend visits and travel from Milwaukee Chicago Madison and Monticello to Monroe. Families attend graduations weddings and funerals while others visit relatives in Argyle, Whitewater, Beaver Dam, and Janesville.
In Monticello a congregation named The Evangelical Zwingli was organized on Jan 4 1887 with Dietrich Freitag as first president. The church built on the original site was dedicated in August 1887, costing 3320 with 2200 unpaid at dedication. By 1938 six ministers had served and membership exceeds 500.
A northeast of Brodhead L C L truck damaged the Race bridge this afternoon but backed off under its own power. The 14 ton truck and load caused the incident. no injuries reported.
Mr and Mrs T J Hinds and Mrs Erma Bloom attended a parents tea at White Water as guests of the Alpha Kappa chapter of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.
Last rites for William Frederick Kuhl were held at his son Melvin Kuhl’s farm in Cadiz township at 1 pm and at the Martintown church at 2 pm. Rev. Roy Berg officiated with burial in Cadiz cemetery. Pallbearers were Elwin Koch, Leland Kuhl, George Kuhl, Wayne Campmeier, Lawrence Baker, Vilas Baker. Mrs Mary Coates funeral at Shriner Neuenschwander home in Juca at 3 15 pm with burial in Juca cemetery. Casket bearers listed as Rodney Brewer William Schwiean Jay Taylor Earl Kemp Roland and Robert Keen. A US federal report states one fourth of the nation diets good, over one third fair, about one third poor. Brunettes with Latin ancestry prefer warm reds and maroon colors.
Two years after the war Majdanek in Poland remains a memorial and museum for the Nazi death factory. Guards recount crematoriums and mass graves as green barracks, barbed wire crosses, and a stark display of bones and ashes reflect the atrocities.
A fragment notes German beer purity rules dating to the 16th century and cites a population estimate of 7 000 to 8 000 offenders in Lublin by type. It mentions beer as a standard beverage and references rulers seeking quality through strict brewing ingredients.
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