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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1959
Page
2
An editorial item announces that during the editor's absence the column will carry analysis of news developments by Associated Press writers. It describes the plan to present AP analysis rather than local editor commentary.
G K Hodenfield surveys how universities respond to gifted students after Sputnik. Advances include advanced placement, honors programs, independent study and early admission with strong guidance needed to avoid a standard one size fits all approach. Colleges like Harvard and Chicago illustrate varied experiments.
A bill authorizing school teachers in North Carolina to spank unruly students was passed by the House on Tuesday night and forwarded to the Senate for consideration.
The June 3 1949 commencement lists Nanci Moldenhauer Kathryn Krauss and Kathleen Feldt as valedictorians with all A averages. Citizenship awards go to Barbara Stauffacher and Hans Sulzer. Fourteen prisoners escaped from West Virginia’s supposedly escape proof state penitentiary. Sophia Alleman Saltow, 82, dies in Chicago. Dr J Martin Klotsche urges graduates to prove American ideas are dynamic.
The state finals run June 18 to 20 in Janesville with 20 regional winners competing for four princess spots. One will become the 1959 Alice, crowned August 22 at the State Fair in West Allis. Contest events include a downtown dairy parade, a banquet at Parker Pen Arrow Park, and multiple slice events across three days.
Horace Linboom 15 of Sterling was pinned face down in a creek after a tractor tipped over while he unplugged a drag. He was rescued by employer Austin Hammer and three helpers, then taken to Deaconess hospital with possible internal injuries, a back injury, and chest and knee bruises. his condition was reported as satisfactory.
Ben Miley of Brinkley Arkansas celebrates a record 7 puppy litter from his chihuahua after the American Kennel Club notified him on Tuesday that the litter is a breed record.
Rev. A Gordon Wetmore will assume as pastor of the Church of the Nazarene at 1116 22nd street with his wife and two sons arriving shortly before services on June 14. A native of New Brunswick, Canada, he earned a degree at Eastern Nazarene College and completed Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City. His wife Alice Jean Shoff also graduated there and will assist as pianist. Wetmore previously led music ministry at Rainbow Nazaren e Church in Kansas City. They replace Rev. Holland Reidel who moves to a Wisconsin district pastorate.
Gov Gaylord Nelson signed a law raising maximum unemployment coverage to 34 weeks and boosting weekly benefits starting January 1, 1960. The 1959 rate remains 42 dollars and a 41 dollar cap applies to the year, with 1960 benefits projected at 45 to 46 dollars weekly. The expansion aids about 1,300 workers at the LaCrosse Auto-Lite plant. The Wall Street church site is valued at 25 million dollars.
Area relatives gathered in Bloomer for the Memorial Day funeral of Mrs. Freda Custer 61, with burial at Calvary cemetery in Chippewa Falls. She was born 1888 in New Glarus and married W L Custer in 1917. Survived by seven children and 27 grandchildren.
Ben Gamble of Nashville Tennessee was indicted for refusing to immunize his two children Arthur Ray 14 and Elizabeth 9 under a 1909 school immunization statute. Gamble a laborer says he will fight the indictment and resents being told what to do.
Rainbow Dairy Drinks will be shown at the Wisconsin Power and Light Co. on June 5 and 12 from 9 to 11 30 a m and 1 30 to 4 p m. Demonstrators include Bernadine Gunderman Schulz and 4 H members Beverly Flaherty and Karen Meier. Samples and recipe sheets provided by Green County Agricultural Chest Fund and the extension service.
Dr. Robert H. Keith of Dal ton Wis joins Dr. C Gene Hennager and Dr John Norton in their Monroe veterinary clinic. A Portage high school graduate, he spent three years at the University of Wisconsin, four years in the Air Force, and earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State College in Ames on May 29. He and his wife Careen and daughter Aileen 32 reside at 603 27th Avenue.
A letter from Bob Lewis the agricultural coordinator under Gov Gaylord Nelson asking Chester Berget and Richard McKnight to meet him to express their views on a proposed farm bill was presented by Berget at the Pecatonica Farmers Union meeting in Recreation Park Wiota A discussion covered combining all county locals into one county union Lunch was served by Mines Bernard Johnson and Clarion Jorgenson Mrs Enright Foley won the special prize.
Congress may vote to extend two years the wartime tax rates on corporations autos cigarettes beer and liquor. The House Ways and Means Committee considers a bill to keep 1951 rates, adding about two billion dollars in annual revenue, with July 1 as the deadline to revert to prewar levels.
C W Robbe, former Orangeville high school teacher and current Clarion Teachers College professor, visits Orangeville for a few days. He will teach summer school at Clarion, direct tours, and on June 28 lead his class on a 44 day air tour returning August 10.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Lehmann have plane reservations to Switzerland this weekend. They will depart Saturday and return July 13. They will visit Rosa Zemp in Beinwyl and Fritz Lehmann in Zofigen, Canton Aargau, and other relatives. Mrs Lehmann will attend a class reunion.
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