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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1958
Page
2
The editorial laments Monroe may skip the community fireworks this year. It argues displays reinforce patriotism, educate youth about Independence Day, provide family entertainment, and honor local merchants. It urges the City Council and partners to raise funds and restore the celebration.
The piece argues Congress has moved at a snail pace with major bills stalled including the Defense Department appropriation, reciprocal trade extension, and tax rate continuations. It notes ongoing fights over foreign aid levels, Alaska statehood, and Hawaii statehood obstacles, with adjournment hoped by August despite optimism fading.
A half ton plus cake is being prepared in Detroit for Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams and his wife Nancy. The 581 pound cake will feed about 4 000 guests at Mrs Williams birthday party. Ingredients include 100 pounds sugar 75 pounds butter and 15 pounds cream.
Ten years ago Edwin O. Baker was elected chairman of the county chapter of the American Red Cross on June 3 1948. Death came suddenly to Emil W. Stauffer at 68. Local brewery owners acquire majority stock of Joseph Huber Brewing Co planning a home market in Green and Lafayette Counties. Carol Schindler becomes Anglo Monroe Youth Center president with Mary Hess as vice president and Jane Anderson as secretary. Harry Lathrop a former Milwaukee Road agent dies at 93 in Bridgeport.
Wisconsin tourism officials and promoters report a resilient $400 million industry with more inquiries than last year. Memorial Day weekend starts the peak season as visitors from Chicagoland and the Midwest consider closer-to-home trips to Wisconsin.
Services for Tina Schwartz of Janesville were held at St John’s Lutheran Church. The former Tina Zuehlsdorf, born in Germany, died Sunday. She married Charles Schwartz on October 18, 1900, who died in July 1948. Surviving are six daughters, two sons, a sister and a brother.
The U S Navy monitors shipping in international waters near the Grand Banks southeast of Nova Scotia. The State Department notified Russia in response to a Soviet complaint that American forces are checking all ocean approaches. Moscow protested U S aircraft buzzing Soviet fishing trawlers in lightly fished waters.
The U S District Court in Milwaukee saw 175 bankruptcy petitions filed in May the highest monthly total since records began in the eastern district of Wisconsin. Clerk Dale Ihlenfeldt noted the previous peak was 165 in March this year. Total filings for January through May 1958 reach 732, surpassing any five month total since 1943 to 1953, with last year’s annual record at 1,345.
West Germany’s economics minister Ludwig Erhard predicted France under De Gaulle would cooperate with NATO the OEEC the European payments plan and free trade. He cautioned France’s new government would face early economic difficulties but could push needed reforms. He spoke in Milwaukee at Marquette University.
New Glarus hosts include Mrs. Millard Tschudy and Mr. Neal Marty with family from Greenville NL visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Philip Marty. Also Henry Kundert Sauk City visits Dave Kundert home and Herbert Wiese Elkhorn stops by Fred Tschudy home. Alma Dahnke Freeport spends weekend here. Dean Gmur Ottumwa Ia and family visit his parents Joe and Mrs. Gmur. Marx Mueller Milwaukee visiting friends.
Classified notices highlight buying and selling needs in a practical, concise way. The page captures readers seeking goods or services and advertisers hoping to reach local customers.
The article notes Theodore Roosevelt's mother hailed from Georgia and two of her brothers served in the Confederate army, linking the Roosevelt family to Civil War era Southern history.
A compact history of Charles de Gaulle from early 1928 military reforms through World War II leadership and Free France to provisional presidency, his postwar bid for strong executive power, 1947 municipal gains, and 1953 dissolution of his party Rally of the French People.
Brodhead hosts Memorial Day dinner at Albert A Ten Eyck residence with Faith Hartman Janesville Richard Hartman Beloit Roland Barber Elsie Barber Milwaukee Robert Barber West Bend T R Pfisterer Freeport W S Murphy West Allis Lyman Sprecher Edward Sprecher and families Susan Ten Eyck Lynda Pfisterer nurses aids at St Clare hospital 1958 Brodhead graduates. Additional guests include Arthur Blanchard Oak Park Lulu Mattison Clayton G McNitt and others.
In Draper, a town of 4 000, five council members voted to reduce pay from 10 dollars a month to one dollar a year, cutting costs by 595 dollars annually.
Detroit state automotive news notes US new car registrations lagging by about a month with the 1958 two millionth registration expected tomorrow. If current pace holds adjusted for seasonality, total 1958 registrations likely fall between four and four and a quarter million.
Local notices list funeral attendance for Herman Masse of Portage with family members and pallbearers, plus several regional visitors and gatherings. Reads like a community diary noting travels to California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin towns, hospital stays, fishing trips, and birthday celebrations.
Wisconsin attorney general finds the revised plan to sell 34 acres of university land to a non profit for 202980 dollars legally sound. The deal would see leasing to a development company to raise 3600000 dollars for construction, with rental funds returned to university regents. The State Building Commission must approve next.
Leonard W. Hall, former GOP national chairman, officially announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of New York. He attacks Gov. Averell Harriman as a leader who does not lead and spends effort on a presidential run.
A new measurement sets the Washington Monument at 555 feet 5 inches tall, confirming the historic column’s dimensions.
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