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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
2
The item presents an AP exclusive notice about republication rights and a Board of Directors order dated April 30, 1947. It appears as a formal boilerplate for local news and AP content distribution.
The June 9 centennial Dairy Day in Monroe features Alice in Dairyland as the host. She will crown Green County's 4H Dairy Day queen at evening gala ceremonies, adding a regal touch to a county wide celebration. Other communities join in planning, signaling an all county event in the dairy district.
Match for Lewis Judge Goldsborough appears to keep John L. Lewis off balance in their tilts over who is to Bang ee has put off until Friday his decision on issuing an order requiring Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers association. The judge mediates and warns it would be a national tragedy if a coal strike occurs next month. He notes Taft Hartley act could pressure both sides for public benefit.
The article notes tensions in Palestine have eased to minor levels after Arabs and Israel accept UN truce ideas. It warns Western powers have four weeks to find a political solution short of war amid fears a broader oil crisis could ensue from continued fighting.
The Wisconsin public expenditure survey reports district schools cost 30,414,879 to operate in 1946-47, up 14.6 percent from the prior year. Average daily attendance rose to 221,034, with per pupil costs up to 137.58. The study notes teacher load and regional ratios, and annual school meetings are set for June 28 for union free high schools and July 12 for other districts.
The University of Wisconsin marks forty three years of journalism instruction with a June 19 reunion. The university notes it has awarded 1 713 bachelor and 143 masters degrees in journalism since starting the school in 1905.
Ten years ago a $10 000 fire struck the Fitzgibbons building. Everett Keel Frank A. Buehler and A Walter were cut by flying glass. The high school annual honored Miss Margaret Schiesser retiring librarian and Evelyn Peterson became probate registrar. Captain Merrill B Twining remained in critical condition after surgery at Quantico marine hospital.
Seventy Milwaukee Athletic Club women traveled in two chartered buses to Green County visiting Madison New Glarus and Monroe. They toured Carl Marty Jr residence and the Swiss Colony plant and had luncheon led by Mrs. E V Errion of Milwaukee.
Military funeral services for Sgt Ernest Nielsen killed in action in southern France on Sept 15 1944 will be held in Darlington tomorrow at 10 a m at Holy Rosary Church. Burial will be in Union Grove cemetery with Bates O Brien post American Legion and the VFW conducting joint graveside services. Survived by widow Grace a age 26 Darlington parents Mr and Mrs K F Nielsen a brother Theodore and three sisters Mrs Emmet Rogers Mrs Charles Clayton and Mrs Norman Christensen.
Two Holstein-Friesian cows owned by W. C. and Paul Baumgartner of Monroe completed official production records in the Holstein-Friesian Association of America test. Ferndell Philly Hester, four years old, produced 583 pounds of butterfat and 18,448 pounds of milk in 365 days of twice daily milking. Ferndell Lass Burke, nine years old, made 502 pounds of butterfat and 15,421 pounds of milk in 335 days of two milkings daily.
Ben Borchardt purchases a 140 acre farm on the county line in Decatur township from Ed win Lynn who owned it for 48 years. The land adjoins Borchardt’s father Gus Borchardt and was part of a larger property once owned by John Miller, grandfather of Arthur Miller, who came to the United States from Scotland in the 1840s.
Funeral services for Pvt. Ervin Doersam, killed in actions in France, will be held at 2 PM tomorrow at Bartell funeral home with burial in Warren cemetery. Doersam, one of five sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Doer sam, served eight months in the military and overseas four months. Born January 9 1915 in Warren, he starred in football and basketball at local schools and was 29 at the time of his death July 27 1944.
One year and $81,000 after its conception the statue of Chief Crazy Horse will begin to take form today on Thunderhead Mountain near Custer South Dakota Gov George T Mickelson will detonate the first blast government officials said the work is to honor the Lakota leader and the monument is planned in phases with blast and quarrying operations starting now
Local aviators from Badger Flying Service west of Monroe plan a breakfast flight to Richland Center weather permitting. Capt Zane Anderson Madison and Sgt Edward May regular army instructors accompanied by Lt Howard Counselman and other Air National Guard members fly in a National Guard Bronco Champion. Gil Baltzer earns solo flight rights and passes flight tests for private licenses. Dozens of Monroe area pilots and students, including Miss Dara Dietrich and Gil Baltzer, log solo and cross country hops with several flights to Madison Middleton and Milwaukee for exams and endorsements. Visitors and locals attend the port and camp activities as the season opens. About 30 Monroe residents are set to attend Days in Cheyenne at the end of July. Myrrh, a biblical reference, is noted as still used in U S medicine.
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