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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1961
Page
8
Partly cloudy this afternoon in Wisconsin with northern light showers possible. Cooler tonight followed by Saturday mostly sunny and little temperature change. Highs 65 to 75 with lows 44 to 55. Monroe reports cooler afternoon, clearing tonight, highs around 70 to 75 near Lake Michigan.
Record shows yesterday high 80 and low 56. Year ago today high 79 low 54. Barometer 29.90 at 1am and 29.98 at 1pm. Warmest state Presidio Texas 106, coldest Bryce Canyon Utah 24. Sunrise 5 25. Sunset 8 32.
Katie Sue Jackson 27 of Janesville receives absolute divorce from Jay W Jackson 27 of unknown address on cruelty grounds. Married June 14 1950 in Andalusia Alabama separated December 24 1958. Alimony set at one dollar annually with property settlement. No children.
Justice L A Koenig David L Pehl of Route 1 Woodford charged with inadequate muffler and excessive noise. Minor involved not fined. driver’s license suspended 30 days and costs. Davis A Nipple of Albany failed to control vehicle. $20 bond forfeited. William H Hummer of Route 1 Monroe pleaded innocent to operating while intoxicated. hearing set June 16.
A list of local residents includes Mrs. Robert H. Kuhn, 31, Columbus Ohio. William B. Perry, 83, Freeport. Mrs. Pearl Pankhurst, 59, Orfordville. Mrs. Walter Dutcher, 79, Janesville. Mrs. Robert Jackson, 77, Mineral Point. Sidney E. Shepard, 77, Milwaukee. and Mrs. Ethel Eberts, 82, Fennimore.
Mr and Mrs Walter Althaus Albany announce a daughter born June 1. Mr and Mrs Earl Grenzow Juda announce a daughter born June 1. Mr and Mrs Curtis Lunde Brodhead announce a son born June 1. Mr and Mrs Harold Miller 2264 15th street announce a son born June 2.
A list of medical and surgical cases at St. Clare Hospital including tonsillectomies for Linda Barton of Brodhead and Linda Brough ton Evansville, plus names of patients and dismissals such as William Kelly Otto Schurch Richard Ammon Alva Phillips Daniel Gobeli Jacob Wyss Roy Benkert Jr and others.
Paul Severson of Winslow will preside as district commander at the 13th District American Legion Convention in Freeport on Sunday. The 13th District Auxiliary meets the same day. Conventions open at 1 p.m. Officers will be elected and reports heard, with a screening of the film Operation Abolition at the close. The district covers Stephenson Carroll Jo Daviess Ogle Lee and Whiteside counties in northern Illinois.
A cryptic phrase hints at a missing act or policy, stirring debate about accountability and timing. The tale centers on a civic or legal action whose absence raises questions about oversight, procedure, and public interest.
Personal mentions list Mrs Phonia Haethcox from Freeport visiting yesterday. Mr and Mrs James Allen of Brodhead and Mrs Lawrence Prien of Monroe attended Judo for Memorial Day. Mrs Richard R Wagner and Mrs Alvin A Elmer visited Mrs Maude Graves in Rockford, who is staying with Mr and Mrs Dudley Hallberg. Graves, mother of Mrs Hallberg and sister to Mrs Elmer, leaves for Fillmore California Tuesday.
William B. Perry 83 of Freeport died Wednesday night at a Lena nursing home. Funeral services were held today in Freeport with Rev. Melvin W. Lang officiating. Burial followed in Oakland Cemetery. Perry, a 40 year Freeport resident, was born May 28, 1878 near Warren. He married Mathilda Fulbridge on March 1, 1905. He worked as a carpenter and later at the W. T. Rawleigh Co. He was a 60 year Mason. Surviving: wife Mathilda. son Kenneth J. Perry of Freeport. daughters Mrs. Ralph P. Robertson of Freeport and Mrs. Isely. seven great grandchildren and three grandchildren.
A Monroe visitor noon sat at the lunch counter and ordered a Swiss cheese sandwich saying Swiss cheese without the holes.
Rodney O. Kittelsen, Board of Education president, presented diplomas. Walter A. Babula, principal, introduced the class as Kirby James Weeden, class president, gave the welcome. Rev. Walter C. Anderson delivered invocation and benediction. A clarinet quartet and the school band performed, with Allan F. Barnard conducting, as the senior girls chorus sang The Halls of Ivy.
Theodora L. Haman declared Ludlow Memorial library summer hours start Monday with the same daytime schedule as winter. Evening openings shift to Monday Wednesday and Friday 7 to 9 p.m. Closed Tuesday Thursday and Saturday evenings. Saturday hours 1 to 5 p.m.
Rex N. Eyler chairman of the Board of Public Works announced the city incinerator will be closed for repairs on Monday and Tuesday. Residents should take their garbage and refuse to the city dump during that period. Eyler said Monroe Township granted permission to burn garbage and other materials at during the emergency period.
The seventh set of triplets born within a month was reported today from Gwandu in northern Nigeria. The latest trio are all girls, born to a farmer's wife.
FBI reports Robert Potter 35 was arrested in Mt. Pleasant Michigan for the Memorial Day burglary of the State Bank of Pigeon Falls in Trempealeau County. Earlier, two suspects identified as Robert Mercil 23 and Jerry Calkins 26 were in custody in Minnesota. All three, from Glasgow Montana, are charged with stealing 1091 dollars in silver after torching a door hole above the vault dial.
The FDA accused several firms of using Swiss cheese with few or no eyes for packaged sliced cheese. They allegedly added artificial eyes and hid inferior slices in the package to boost profits, prompting industry protests and warnings from Commissioner George P. Larrick that actions should stop consumer cheating.
In New York steels and selected issues advanced late this afternoon, pulling a mixed market modestly higher in slow trading. Volume was about 3.6 million shares. Gains of fractions to around a point led the day, with U.S. Steel and Bethlehem up about one point and other issues rising in smaller increments.
Mr. and Mrs. Ha Bowen of Orangeville announce the birth of daughter Kelly Susanne on May 26 at a Freeport hospital. Grandparents are Emerson Baum and Lilly Bowen with the late Wesley Bowen. Great grandmothers include Myrtle Baum Anna Smobersteg and Augusta Bowen.
Bethel EUB members plan a Sunday trip to Waukegan Illinois for the Zion Passion Play. Verne Falk, assistant Sunday school superintendent, leads arrangements and transportation for the group.
Mrs Hilda Becker, 72, Chicago, is reported in good condition at St. Clare hospital. She was admitted at 12:35 a.m. yesterday after breaking a left wrist and spraining a right ankle from a fall at the home of her son in law and daughter, Mr and Mrs Larry Vincent, 1715 15th Street, where she is visiting.
Mr and Mrs Alan H Hegge of San Francisco named their daughter Stacy Anne born Thursday May 25 Mrs Hegge is Geri Blaha daughter of Mr and Mrs R W Blaha now living in Springfield Illinois The Hegges reside at 720 Moraga Street San Francisco
St. John's United Church of Christ schedules a special meeting for tomorrow at 8 p.m. to discuss building addition plans and a financial drive. The gathering will be held at the church.
Miss Bonnie Vanderbilt and Lorraine Jordan graduated from Stout State College in Menomonie. Attending were Wayne Vanderbilt Leland Jordan and family Frank Jordan Rev W L King and wife Werner Schmitz Monroe. Miss Jordan will teach at Janesville Junior High. Vanderbilts spent days in Eau Claire and Menomonie.
The 4-H Junior Leaders will meet Monday June 12 at 8 pm in the Lincoln school gym to discuss Daily Day and prom details.
Mr and Mrs Ronald Streckwald of Winslow Illinois announce the birth of their son Bret Robert on May 29 at Freeport Memorial Hospital. The mother Joyce Ann Salzwedel is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Salzwedel of Juda.
Directors of Thorp Finance declare a dividend on common stock payable partly in stock and partly in cash. The dividend is one percent in stock and four cents in cash per share, payable June 15 to stockholders of record.
Wiota 1,100 member Lutheran congregation to install new pastor Rev. David Redman during Sunday services June 18. Assisting in the service will be Rev. Herbert Hanson from Janesville. Redman succeeds Rev. Waldo Wald who moves to Racine. He previously served in Elma Iowa Davis Corners California and Arcadia as intern. He is a Wartburg alumnus with a divinity degree and was ordained in Waupun. He and Mrs. Redman relocated to Wiota with daughters Susan and Barbara.
On June 3 the board announced a preferred stock dividend of 2.50 per share payable June 30.
Reverend J Allan Muttler pastor of Monticello Zwingli and Town Washington United Church of Christ delivered a Memorial Day message to the Monroe Kiwanis Club at a 12 15 p m gathering in the Swiss Wheel venue. The note ends with a phone line for transactions.
Edmund R. Anderson announced a 25 by 50 inch memorial directory listing room numbers and teacher names, purchased to honor William A. Burkhard Jr., Robert Zumkehr, and Thomas C. Moe. Presented by Mrs. Harold Moe, the directory cost about $200 and will have a memorial plaque below it.
Bruce Patterson Monroe school tennis instructor announced all fourth grade and older students may register for free summer tennis lessons tomorrow. Registrants or guardians should report to Recreation Park courts from 9 to 11 a.m. for data. lessons will run through summer with dates to be announced. Some rackets will be provided.
Joseph C. Dearth of Dearth Motors Inc announced his Chrysler dealership won a vacation trip to Jamaica for achieving 750 percent of the March April sales quota. The Jamaica trip for Mr and Mrs Dearth is set for June 21. The agency has previously earned Bermuda and Paris prizes and will receive the 1959 1960 Chrysler Quality Dealer Award at Monroe Country Club on June 13.
The nuclear powered Sculpin submarine from Pascagoula Mississippi prepares for a voyage through the Panama Canal to join the U S Pacific Fleet.
Monroe area hatchery reports 1 025 pheasant chicks hatched and turned over to Edwin Klassy for distribution to cooperators. Green County Conservation League plans 8 000 more eggs Sunday with 7 600 to hatch locally, 1 500 eggs already placed, and 400 more set for rural hatching. The program funds pens, starter feed, and day old chicks from the Paynette Farm and local supporters in Brodhead.
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