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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1959
Page
6
Generally fair and pleasant conditions with a chance of light showers in the far north tonight and Wednesday. Low temperatures in the 50s, high on Wednesday around 75 to 82 degrees, with cooler readings near the extreme northwest by Lake Superior.
A dated weather summary lists irregular time stamps and temperatures including a high of 74 and a low of 52 for yesterday and a year ago high 64 low 45. Barometer readings show 29.96 at 1 a.m. and 29.99 at 1 p.m. Phoenix tops U S cities with 99 degrees while Black River Falls records 37. Sunrise at 5:33 and sunset at 8:22.
Blanche Green Estate transfers to G Frederick Goodsir It 5 blk 96 Brodhead. Harold T Snyder to James C McAlpine It 2 blk 1 Lakeside Heights Monroe. Anna Schneider to Alfred E Ruditi It 1 blk 9 Foster's 2nd Add Monroe also unplatted strip between lot and outlet 119. LaVerne R Wickersham to Anton and Edward Goerlitz Its 129 130 Railroad Add no 2 Monroe. Karlene Peterson Pauline Jones to Emil R Rufer Jr parcel in S Witmer's Add village Juda. Clyde Smith to Lloyd A Leuenberger 20 acres see 31 Jefferson Township.
Edward Preuti dies April 15 leaving a will dated September 12 1955. Each grand child receives 500 dollars the niece Nellie Schneider 500 dollars and the remainder divided equally among sons Ernest Robert Walter and daughter Lillie Nutter. No appraisers needed as estate consists of cash or securities of determined value.
Ronald E. Buss of Shannon NL cited for stop sign violation with $10 fine. Donnie R. Braden of Route 3 Monroe cited for speeding with $10 fine.
David Reynold Klitzke 25 and Sylvia Otelia Storch 20 of Albany. Duane Weston Elmer 18 of Jordan Township and Judith Elaine Whitehead 17 of Jefferson Township.
Albany couple Emil Leutenegger announce a daughter born June 1. Durand couple Duane Kinney report a son born June 1. South Wayne couple Norman Hagen share news of a son born June 1.
Medical staff and patients listed by names and towns including Tonya and Gregory DeRemer of Evansville, Terry Higginbotham, Richard Hamacher, Eva Galligan, Lee K Hare and others. Surgical staff include Clark Roach and Alvin Thompson among regional providers. Dismissals include Charles Balas and several families.
Milwaukee catcher Del Rice suffered a fracture of the left ankle after being hit by Willie Mays sliding home in the eighth inning of a Monday game. Initial exam showed only a bruise. X rays revealed the fracture just above the ankle. Rice remains in Milwaukee Hospital with the leg in a walking cast. out of the lineup four to six weeks.
The first of five dairy project fittings and demonstrations for Junior Fair exhibitors starts tonight at Oliver Miller farm on Highway 1181 Spring Grove Township. George Gramling assistant county agent announces judging of aged cows and yearling heifers, clipping, hoof trimming and show ring leading. Herbert Huffman Clarno will judge. home economics demos also planned. 4 H clubs Clarence Decatur Juda Oakley Spring Grove attend. refreshments served.
President Eisenhower told Republican congressional leaders he will not withdraw Lewis L. Strauss from consideration for secretary of commerce even if he asks. Senate GOP leader Dirksen said Eisenhower expects Strauss to stay in the race, setting up a potential Senate clash and a predicted confirmation despite Democratic opposition.
WEKZ completed installation and started its FM broadcasts at 93.7 at 7 p.m. yesterday with the Milwaukee Braves game. The station plans evening programs through 10 p.m. or Braves conclusion, including high school basketball games and tournaments, plus other live sports and events.
Two county youths will report for induction into the Armed Forces at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, June 18, at the local Selective Service office. There will be no youths leaving for pre induction examinations this month.
Personal Mention lists Dick Wong and two sons visiting from Monti cello. American Legion Auxiliary and Women of the Moose schedule meetings. Families from Brodhead Park Ridge Monticello Monroe and Milwaukee attend events and travel plans including trips to Tucson and Long Beach. Local relatives visit a medical patient at St. Clare hospital.
Mrs. Stewart F. Kingston was announced as co-chairman of the budget committee of the United Fund of Monroe to succeed Mrs. Fred Feutz Jr., who will move from Monroe. The meeting in the Monroe Clinic library also named Richard Anderson to the budget committee and appointed Lee Schroeder and John Callahan as business area chairmen. The group set July 15 as a deadline to complete the budget. next meetings are Thursday at the Commercial and Savings Bank and June 15 for the board.
Monroe Explorer Post 4100 will take a 10 day trip by chartered bus to Kenora and Winnipeg, Canada. Twenty members and leaders travel Friday, meeting at 9 a.m. on the north side of the square. Leaders include Thomas Keegan Art Whipple and John Taylor. Members listed: Mike Einbeck Grady Steensrud Robert Zumkehr David Wuetrich William Anderson Dick Blum Jerry Schliem Jeff Kittelsen Gary Amans Jack Ault John Goltz John Marean Chris Alston Dick Prien Ken Mayer Tom Webster Rodney Sonnenburg.
Rev. William T. Mulloy, 66, bishop of the Covington diocese since 1945, died Monday from a heart ailment in Covington Kentucky. He was born in Ardoch North Dakota.
Japan is the leading producer of fishery products, accounting for 17 percent of the world's catch. This position highlights Japan's dominant role in global fisheries and seafood markets.
Thacher I Harris move to Farm Credit Bank posts in St Paul with June 15 and June 8 start dates. Thacher, longtime Monroe resident active in Jaycees YMCA church and community, will work as credit examiner for the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Paul in Minnesota. The Farm Credit Banks of St Paul district includes Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and North Dakota. 2505 8th Street resident Thacher previously led local PCA since April 1956.
The Wisconsin Senate voted 28 to 0 to override Gov. Gaylord Nelson’s veto of a bill allowing county boards to raise taxes for fairgrounds. The measure would let levies reach four tenths of a mill for fairground purchases and development, surpassing current per‑capita limits. Senator Davis Donnelly later withdrew a separate bill permitting reporters to refuse source disclosure.
The New York market opened with a sharp dip as key stocks declined on a broad front. Electronics led the losses with several high flyers falling over 3 points while Zenith Motorola and Raytheon saw about three point drops amid profit taking. Thiokol slipped more than 3 points.
Hollywood gossip notes Rhonda Fleming, tied to Felix Foster, a Swiss millionaire, with engagement talks following their Cannes meeting. Fleming holds an interlocutory divorce decree from Dr. Lew Morrill.
The county superintendent of schools announces that the courthouse office will not be open Friday nights during the summer school recess. Rudolph T. Haskee, the county superintendent, stated the change today.
Rev. Paul H. Olm of St. John's United Church of Christ will speak at vesper services for Green County Young People at 8 p.m. Thursday in Lincoln Park. A wiener roast follows with John Nyman and Bob Britt on the committee.
Officers will be elected at the Green County ministers and wives annual dinner meeting tomorrow night at 6 30 in Browntown Peace United Church of Christ. The Green County Ministerial Association sponsors the event which also includes a program and fellowship.
Mrs Nathan W Marti of 1514 21st Avenue has been discharged from St Marys Hospital in Madison after undergoing major surgery two weeks ago.
The 1959 Monticello high school graduates travel to Chicago today with chaperones Mrs. Dennis Disch and Roy Schweizer aboard, continuing a long class trip tradition.
Jacob Voegeli is in Minnesota this week judging cattle at the Brown Swiss Canton shows. He left here Sunday.
Lowrance Pest of Route 4 is reported as a surgical patient at St. Clare hospital, not Mrs. Pest, according to yesterday’s notice.
The Walter Bregenzer family at 701 14th Avenue reported a deer seen behind their residence on Sunday. They described the animal as a doe that skirted the field and did not enter the city.
The flag on No. 5 hole at Monroe Country Club has been taken. Club pro James Forbes reports a search around the green and warns replacement of the entire flag set if not found or returned.
Galveston Texas Monday reports that Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long, 63, remains somewhat resistant to psychiatric examination. Doctors note he is not restrained or medicated and has shown limited, guarded improvement while awaiting further diagnosis at John Sealy hospital in Galveston under Dr. John B. Truslow.
Halbrook Farms Stable Monroe reports the death of Mister Pop Eye a sensational six year old roadster pony bred and exhibited by Halbrook Farms and owned by Mr and Mrs W R Schuetze. The animal died after an obstruction caused a sick spell lasting half an hour. The pony was acclaimed by judges as the finest roadster prospect of the decade and fourteen horse shows were slated to feature him this season. Hugh Roberts trained the animal for two years.
A Dairy Month recipe for cheese rings using American cheese and egg yolk with bacon. Make a paste from bread mix, freeze and slice a loaf, roll like a jelly roll, chill, then cut thin and broil both sides. Submitted by Lillian Stauffacher Monroe.
Former Green County resident Emma Babler marks her 96th birthday at Krug convalescent home in Orangeville. Since 1956 she has lived there after a stay at Deaconess hospital Freeport. Born June 2 1863 she is the widow of Conrad Babler and mother to four sons and a daughter.
Partial OCR reads mentions Magnolia O and Mrs. Floyd Schrivers at Tenny Farms Florida. Details are fragmentary, cannot determine event or action.
The Annual Wilhelm Tel picnic will be hosted by the Wilhelm Tell Community Guild at the Tell Grounds on Sunday June 14. It welcomes all cast members and anyone who helped with the pageant production.
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