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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1956
Page
2
A congressional wave threatens to curb the Supreme Court with numerous proposals reacting to federal and states rights battles. The piece argues the court has historically balanced powers well and urges restraint, predicting eventual solutions from the court and reaffirming confidence in equal justice under the law.
June Dairy Month in Wisconsin marks a state wide effort by the dairy industry and the American Dairy Association to boost dairy product sales. Financed by milk producers, the campaign promotes dairy as the best buy in the nation’s food basket and seeks broad public support and taxpayer funded state involvement.
Ten year snapshot lists June 2 1946 weather across Wisconsin with frigid 27 degree lows at Land O Lakes, milk record April output of 1.484 billion pounds, a flurry of minor traffic accidents, and obituaries. It also recalls 1931 fair plans with Billy Sunday sacred program, local business openings, political figures ill, and 1916 Verdun era reports with naval battles and bond approvals, plus 1906 senior class valedictorian and local family events.
Wisconsin Republicans in the House largely back Rep Glenn R Davis for the Senate seat of Sen Alexander Wiley. The Wiley camp expects indirect support from President Eisenhower. Aides describe possible White House signals such as photos and letters, noting Wiley met with officials on St Lawrence Seaway. The piece closes with a quirky note on sailors and luck.
A contemplation on old fashioned thrift as a virtue that built personal security and pride, contrasted with today’s economy. The piece contrasts Sunday outfits and waste avoidance with mass consumption, debt and a shift toward extravagance as essential. It laments a loss of self reliance and argues thrift remains in savings and government bonds, while urging a return to prudent stewardship to avert a spendthrift future.
Carmen Morton of Holdrege Nebraska died Thursday from a heart attack at his farm home. Funeral services are set for Monday afternoon in Holdrege. He was the youngest Morton child, survived by his wife Evelyn four sisters and a brother. His parents Wallace and Marinda Silver Morton were Green County natives who visited Albany and Monroe yearly after moving to Nebraska. Mrs Morton died in March 1939 and his husband died several years earlier.
Monroe joins 16 Wisconsin communities on the National Safety Council Honor Roll for 1955 after a year with zero traffic fatalities. The town has averaged five deaths in 30 years, last in 1951, as Antigo Baraboo Kaukauna Menomonie Oconomowoc Oconto Platteville Prairie du Chien Rhinelander Rice Lake Ripon Saint Francis Waupun Whitewater and West Bend also made the list.
The State Department of Agriculture reports steady American cheese markets on fresh cheese with seasonal premiums widening price ranges for single daisies in Wisconsin. Other prices are unchanged as distributive demand remains moderate. Substantial curing quality cheese moved to storage for commercial accounts while the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange trading zone stayed steady. Butter evaporated milk and fluid cream markets hold steady. fluid milk production peaks seasonally after weather-driven gains.
Mrs Webb and nine county executive board members will attend a June 78 meeting of the State Home Demonstration Council at the American Baptist Assembly Grounds Green Lake. New officers include Mrs Lawrence Raymer president Mrs Fred Schuetz vice president and Mrs Marvin Kwerin treasurer. Center chairmen listed are Mrs Ernest Roberts Albany Mrs William Greub 1113 12th Avenue Mrs Vincent Thomm Route 3 Monroe and Mrs Wilbert Christen Monticello. Other attendees include Mrs Viggo Nielsen Juda and Miss Hannah Bindschaedler 1117 12th Street.
The speaker argues for independent, self help techniques to address farm ailments, asserting they can solve issues more permanently than subsidy programs and demonstrate superior national impact and benefits to the agricultural industry.
A lecture extols animal sentinels in nature. It notes how mountain sheep, deer, and elk rotate guards, while beavers, rhinoceros birds, elephants, prairie dogs, and waterfowl rely on lookouts to spot threats and warn the herd.
The item lists new members Danny Craig Stenbroten and Monti Vello, dated June 6, 1955. It records their addition to a group or organization with the given names and date.
Associated Press assigns veteran political reporter to cover the 1956 Democratic and Republican national conventions for Wisconsin, beginning August 13 in Chicago for the Democratic event and the following week in San Francisco for the Republican gathering. He will file special stories on Wisconsin delegates.
A Vintage notice invites boys and girls up to 12 to join the Monroe Evening Times Boys and Girls Club with a fill in coupon including name birth date and postoffice address. The article then shifts to a short natural history vignette about crows describing their organized colonies sentries and alarm signals and suggesting they may communicate over a mile.
American Motors Corp. has called 1,000 workers back to its Milwaukee plant Monday to resume production of the Nash and Hudson models, suspended to balance field supplies. At Kenosha 5,000 employees will be laid off for a week during Ramblers production suspension, with Kenosha to resume June 1.
Former Albany resident Dr. Frank Honig and wife Mrs. Honig visited Mrs. Hettie Broughton as Vera Baker Harper from Junction City Ore. stays in Albany with friends. They have spent two months in Madison with Bruce Schultz and his family and with Susana Kanecki and Judith. The Honigs plan to return to Tucson Ariz. later this week.
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