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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1961

Page

6

Wisconsin Fair Weather Update June 3 1961

Daily weather forecast for Wisconsin Fair with details on temperatures. Cooler with cool nights, Sunday warm and mostly fair. Tonight's low in 40s, Sunday highs in the 70s. Observed highs 80, lows 48 since yesterday 1 p.m. Barometer 30.07 at 1 a.m. and 30.21 at 1 p.m. Sunrise 5 24, sunset 8 32. Ft Worth tops warmest at 93 and Bismarck 40 is coldest.

Wisconsin U.S.A. Ft. Worth Tex Bismarck N.D

Real Estate Transfers In Monroe Listings

Helen Hoover transfers lot 1 and 10 block 15 Brodhead's Add Monroe excluding the east 75 feet to Gene A Dettwiler. Katherine Goecks Estate transfers lot 67 Evans Add Monroe to William Earl Slocum.

Helen Hoover Gene A. Dettwiler Brodhead’s Monroe Katherine Goecks William Earl Slocum Evans Add

Monroe Police Report of Traffic Violations

Forfeitures include Delbert P. Grimm Route 2 Monroe cited for speeding too fast for conditions at $25 and Eugene L. Bartelt Monroe cited for stop sign violation and illegal passing at $20.

Delbert P. Grimm Monroe Eugene L. Bartelt

Deaths of Mrs Laura Havenhill and John H Pierick

Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Laura Havenhill 81 of Shullsburg and John H Pierick 83 of Highland. Both are listed with basic biographical details and residence. Local notices provide minor family references and funeral arrangements.

Laura Havenhill Shullsburg John H. Pierick Highland

Babies Born to Four Local Families on June 2 3

Mr and Mrs Harold Miller at 2264 15th Street welcomed a son on June 2. Mr and Mrs George Golack of 526 18th Avenue welcomed a daughter on June 2. Mr and Mrs Albert Babler of Monticello welcomed a daughter on June 2. Mr and Mrs Chester Block of South Wayne welcomed a daughter on June 3.

Harold Miller 15Th Street George Golackson 18Th Avenue Albert Babler Monticello Chester Block South Wayne

St Clare Hospital Patients and Dismissals List

A roster of patients including Mrs John Heimann Argyle Mrs Richard Kelm Capron Ill Mrs Andrews C Nelson Verona Robert S Johnson Brodhead Nancy Jo Atkins Brodhead Emma Buehler 2500 17th Avenue Glen O Early wine Brodhead Mrs Joe Urban 1839 19th Street Henry Dahnkey Belleville Melody Herlein Route 3 Charles Wieman Woolford Henry J Elmer Monticello Surgical Marvin Hoskins Lake Geneva Dismissals Edwin R Huff man Mrs Matthew Bissig Mrs James A Martin Mrs Margaret Sage Beverly Richardson Mrs Leo Hilfiker Sally Lu Olson Mrs Axel H Anderson Mrs Robert Hauser Mrs Charlene Hafen Mrs Lenzie Summers Mrs Edmund Jennings Mrs Gaylord Swenson and daughter

Medical John Heimann Argyle Richard Kelm Capron Ill Andrews C. Nelson Verona Robert S. Johnson Brodhead Nancy Jo Atkinson Emma Buehler 17Th Avenue Glen O. Earlywine Joe Urban 19Th Street Henry Dahnkey Belleville Melody Herlein Route 3 Charles Wieman Woolford Henry J. Elmer Monticello Marvin Hoskins Lake Geneva Edwin R. Huffman Matthew Bissig James A. Martin Margaret Sage Beverly Richardson Leo Hilfiker Sally Lu Olson Axel H. Anderson Robert Hauser Charlene Hafen Lenzie Summers Edmund Jennings Gaylord Swenson

Deadline Set for Castro on Prisoner Tractor Deal

Fidel Castro faces a Wednesday deadline after an American group asks for a reply to his May 17 offer to swap 1,200 Cuban prisoners for 500 tractors. Tractors for Freedom, led by Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower, seeks to secure the exchange and warns silence would be viewed as a withdrawal. The group includes Walter Reuther and Joseph Dodge.

Detroit Fidel Castro Tractors For Freedom Castro The Free World Eleanor Roosevelt Milton Eisenhower Johns Hopkins University Walter P. Reuther United Auto Workers Joseph M. Dodge

Berges Plan First Overseas Trip to Norway

Rural Belleville sisters Jane and Marlene Berge depart Tuesday for a four month visit to Norway to see their paternal grandmother and relatives. Grandmother Mrs Jacobobia Berge, 83, lives near Dale i Bruvik by Bergen and has visited Ole Berge in America twice. The girls hold ship reservations for the journey.

Janes Marlene Berge Belleville Norway Jakobia Berge Dale i Bruvik Bergen Ole America Berges

Local families gather for reunions and visits across states

The notice lists multiple individuals visiting or hosting relatives from Albany Lena Lan caster and other places. It highlights a first reunion of siblings in 22 years and mentions graduations and upcoming travel plans involving Carroll College Waukesha Racine and Madison area relatives.

Leo Sarbacker Albany Kay Scheider Lena Woman's In Corps Fred G. Kneeland Waukegan Belle Burke Carl Musebeck Knoxville Fennimore Fluder Nellie Schneider Lancaster Flader Herbert T. Summeril Frank J. Summeril Sue San Francisco Robert Washington, D.C Glenn Fort Atkinson Sylvia Richards Woodstock Ill Steve Young Kalamazoo Mich Monroe Monticello Racine

Kayoed Boxer Rigores Dies After Knockout

Cuban bantamweight Jose Rigores, 25, died at Roosevelt Hospital at 3 a.m. from injuries after a sixth round knockout by Anselmo Castillo at St Nicholas Arena. The three time in US ring death this year underscores a deadly boxing season.

New York Jose Rigores United States Eddie Mafuz Rigores Roosevelt Hospital Havana Fulgencio Batista St. Nicholas Arena Anselmo Castillo Puerto Rico Fidel Castro Cuba Norfolk

Jig Dancing Slayer Denied Clemency by Governor

Henri Zenou, 38, Algerian by way of France, had his request for executive clemency denied by Gov. Nelson. He was sentenced in Walworth County on a first degree murder charge for killing his wife with a jack knife in 1957 and is serving life at Waupun prison. Zenou sought release to be deported home, citing cultural shame from alleged marital infidelity.

Madison Henri Zenou Elckhorn Nelson Zenou France Waupun Walworth County Court

InstructorMrs Donald Siedschlag Teaches Summer Typing Class

Mrs Donald Siedschlag will teach a six week personal typing class for students and adults this summer at Monroe high school. Interested attendees may register at the high school office or attend the first class Monday morning.

Donald Siedschlag Monroe High School

Meter knocked over in spring square by city truck

Police report states a city truck driven by Nicolas W Leutenegger 2334 15th Avenue accidentally knocked over a parking meter in Spring Square while parking. No injuries reported and truck remained at scene for investigation.

Spring Square Nicolas W. Leutenegger 15Th Avenue

Grace Zimmerman Named Vice President at Platteville College

Grace Zimmerman of Monticello is named vice president of the Student National Education Association at Platteville State College for the coming school year. She is completing her sophomore year.

NEA Grace Zimmerman Monticello Student National Education Association Platteville State College

Patient Mrs Urban Admitted For Observation

Mrs Joseph G Urban of 1839 19th Street was admitted to St Clare hospital yesterday afternoon for observation.

Joseph G. Urban 19Th Street St. Clare Hospital

Three From Monroe to Receive Degrees at Carroll College

Three Monroe women are among Carroll College graduates for the June 11 commencement. Janeen Boyer pursues a BS in elementary education with multiple campus leadership roles, Cheryl Richards Loveland seeks a BS in elementary education with dormitory and SNEA involvement, and Nancy Waxner completes a BA in sociology and psychology as a Carroll Players and Chi Omega participant. The ceremony marks Carroll’s 115th.

Monroe Carroll College Janeen Boyer Ivan Boyer Nancy Wagner Richard Wagner Cheryl Richards Loveland Sylvia Richards Nancy Waxner Miss Boyer 16Th Street Alpha Gamma Delta Social Sorority Crechts Snea Education Association Loveland 19Th Avenue Women’s Athletic Association SNEA Miss Wagner 10Th Street Chi Omega Carroll Players Alpha Psi Omega Carroll

Mrs E R Cook Installed as Methodist WSCS President

Social events report Mrs E R Cook installed as president at yesterday afternoon church meeting. Other officers include Mrs Edwin Schuetze vice president Mrs Walter Bober recording secretary Mrs Carson Lowl treasurer and several committee heads. Three members spoke about their Chicago mission trip and a lunch committee comprised four members.

E. R. Cook Methodist WSCS Edwin Schuetze Walter Bober Carson Lowl Harold Ambler Myron Stair Carl Holsinger Herbert Russell Effie Wenger Roland Thorp Elverado Cox John Burkhamer O. J. Schwalbe Glen Ridnour

Room-for-You Class Holds Meeting Here

The Room-for-You Sunday school class of Staver EFUB church met at Alton Benfer’s home with Mrs. Stanley Priewe leading devotions and the business session. Reports covered May activities and July 20 festival committees named.

Staver Efub Alton Benfer Stanley Priewe Arleigh Frautschy Helen Rote Wilson Rote Henry Benfer Dean Rinehart LaVerne Schiller Ira Wolf Russel Wolf Fred Buehler Albert Kuhnke

Local Residents Named in City Notices

Mr and Mrs Don Larson Richie Liz and Steve Brod head Mr and Mrs Harold Lev erton Debbie and Sandy Orangeville Mrs William J Figi Argyle and Miss Marie Grant Mr and Mrs Eugene Ross and Brenda Mrs Ralph L Figi George and Jo Mr and Mrs Leland Showers Mr and Mrs Franklyn Koch Mr and Mrs Frank Koch Rick and John JoAnn Larson Mr and Mrs Bernard Dooley Richard and Susan Matt Peter Dennis and Alice Figi.

Richard and Susan Matt Peter Dennis Alice Figi

Play Reading Set At Green County Writers Meeting

Dr. Harriet Anundsen will read an original play at the Green County Regional Writers meeting Thursday at her cabin in Tarzan City. A potluck supper starts at 6 30 p.m with members bringing table service sandwiches and a dish to pass. If rain occurs the supper moves indoors to the cabin.

Harriet Anundsen Green County Regional Writers Meeting Tarzan City

Open House Honors Monroe High Class of 1961

Barbara Schuetze Joyce Sacker and Judy Hanson hosted an open house for Monroe High School’s 1961 graduates at the Edwin Schuetze home after Commencement exercises Thursday night.

Barbara Schuetze Joyce Sacker Judy Hanson Monroe High School Edwin Schuetze

Kindschis Leave Monday for Europe Five Weeks Abroad

Dr and Mrs Leslie G Kindschi George and Kim depart Monday for five weeks in Europe. From O’Hare Field they fly to London then Norway. In Bergen a bus and boat trip takes them to Oslo to visit relatives Dr and Mrs Erling Smedal. They will tour Oslo Copenhagen Amsterdam Paris Zurich and Italy before returning to Monroe.

Leslie G. Kindschi George Kim Europe O'Hare Field London Norway Bergen Oslo Kindschi Erling Smedal Mansfield Kindschis Copenhagen Amsterdam Paris Zurich Dr. Kindschi Italy Monroe

Jordan Club Meets for May Session and Rural Life Sunday

Jordan 4 I Club held its May meeting with Lonna Hartwig presiding and leading pledges. Special talks on first aid and mouth to mouth respiration were given by Mrs. Lee Hartwig and Oscar Schumacher. Members sang, lunched, and joined Browntown Peace church choir for Rural Life Sunday.

Jordan 4-1I Lonna Hartwig Bonnie Zumkehr Lee Hartwig Oscar Schumacher Luann Gutzmer Bob Natz Browntown Peace Church Browntown Club Jordan Club

Hustlers 4 H Orangeville Barn Meeting Set

The Orangeville Hustlers 4 H club will hold a barn meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at the Fred Obert home. Jimmie Obert will give a talk, Leslie Gelter will present a topic report, and a demonstration will be by Jerry Obert Virgil Scheider and Glen Phillips. Families on the refreshment committee.

Hustlers Orangeville Fred Obert Jimmie Obert Leslie Gelter Jerry Obert Virgil Scheider Glen Phillips

Greenville 4H Club Plans Evening Meeting

Greenville 4H club will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the grade school gym. Norman Caudle Marian Heck Cindy Lincoln Jim Snyder and Donna Jones will give talks and demonstrations. Special numbers will be Christian Hilton Dorothy Babler Kathy Caudle and Darrell Heck. The pop committee will consist of the Thoman and Yeagle families.

Greenville Orangeville Norman Caudle Marian Heck Cindy Lincoln Jim Snyder Donna Jones Christian Hilton Dorothy Babler Kathy Caudle Darrell Heck Thoman Yeagle

Son Slays Executive of A and P Food Firm

Robert Woodruff Besch Sr., 42, assistant sales manager at the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., was shot and killed by his 14-year-old son in Millburn New Jersey. The boy admitted the shooting with a .22 pistol and was noted as undergoing psychiatric treatment and an NRA sharpshooter with nine bars. The victim's wife, Minnie Wrightson, is a great granddaughter of George Huntington Hartford.

NRA Besch Minnie Wrightson George Huntington Hartford Chain

Boys Admit Wrecking Jersey Police Statue

In Jersey City a statue of a police centurion at a memorial plot was found hacked to pieces on Friday night. Police report the head and torso were damaged, confirming vandalism at the site. Authorities investigate suspects following the act at the police memorial grounds.

Jersey Jersey City N. J

Oklahoma Military Academy graduation honors for Jasper cadet

Cadet Lt. Allen L. Lewis of Jasper Indiana graduated with high honors from Oklahoma Military Academy Claremore on May 26. He earned top military science and top science awards, along with academic proficiency and outstanding cadet identifications, and received the academy merit ribbon. Maj. Gen. William C Bullock spoke at the Will Rogers Auditorium commencement after a parade and ball on May 25.

Allen L. Lewis Jasper Ind Oklahoma Military Academy Claremore Okla Lewis Chevron and Sabor Society William C. Bullock Ft. Chaffee Ark Will Rogers Auditorium OMA

Bronze statue found in Jersey City cemetery theft

Police said a Bayonne bronze statue was found under an electric train layout in the cellar of a Jersey City boy. He confessed with another juvenile to removing the statue from the cemetery early Thursday morning to sell it for junk. Police valued the statue at 17,000 dollars.

Bayonne Jersey City

Senate panel denies 300000 fund for Madison lab addition

The Senate appropriations committee refused a 300000 request to design an addition to the U S Forest Products Laboratory in Madison.

Washington U.S. Forest Products Laboratory Madison Senate Appropriations Committee

Stock Market Shows Caution Amid Kennedy Khrushchev Ties

The New York market moved little across three sessions after the Memorial Day break as uncertainty from the Kennedy Khrushchev talks lingered. Washington toyed with new stock exchange probe legislation while Trujillo’s assassination raised Latin American concerns. Despite some auto production chatter, the week ended mixed with blue chips lifting late but declines outnumbering advances.

ED Morse New York Washington Wall Street Kennedy Paris Vienna Khrushchev Rafael Trujillo Trujillo Latin America

Shawano Broker Dodge Sentenced to Eight Years

Shawano stockbroker and former mayor J Dodge pleaded guilty to 18 counts of theft totaling about 89000 and a false net worth statement plus a sale of unregistered securities. Circuit Judge Andrew W Parnell consolidated sentences to three groups with concurrent terms totaling 47 years and six months.

Shawano Sherburn J. Dodge Andrew W. Parnell Appleton Dodge

Extension course from Wisconsin to be offered at New Glarus

The New Glarus school board announces University of Wisconsin Education 163 Classroom use of Radio and Television. The three credit course may be taken for undergrad or grad credit and will meet weekly at 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the high school. Professor Harold Engel will instruct. He has traveled in Switzerland and holds travel films for possible use in class.

NEW Glarus New Glarus School Board University of Wisconsin Harold Engel Engel Switzerland

New Glarus Plans Summer Reading Start

The summer reading program begins Monday June 19 at the grade school. Third and fourth graders meet 8:15 a.m. in Room 15, fifth through eighth in Room 22, while first and second graders meet 9:15 a.m. in Room 15.

NEW Glarus Times

Talmage Re elected By Cemetery Group

ALBANY Times Special reports Raymond Talmadge was reelected director of the Exeter Cemetery Association for a five year term at the annual meeting held at the cemetery. The treasurer’s report showed a small financial gain for the past year. Attendees included Mrs. Mabel Webster and Mr. and Mrs. William Steindorf.

Albany Raymond Talmadge Exeter Cemetery Association Mabel Webster William Steindorf

Deputies Probe Dogs Menacing Cattle in Mt Pleasant

A sheriff deputy was called to Edward Schneeberger farm in Mt Pleasant Township at 4 37 am on a complaint that a pack of dogs was after cattle. The dogs drove part of the herd through a steel gate, smashed it down, and then chased cattle at nearby Albert Moritz farm. Schneeberger could not get within shooting distance of the dogs.

Edward Schneeberger Mt. Pleasant Township Albert Moritz Schneeberger

Mrs Schultz to Speak on Welfare Society at Lutheran Women

Mrs Lauretta Schulz intake social worker will discuss The Lutheran Welfare Society of Wisconsin at the United Lutheran Church Women general meeting Monday at 8 p m in Grace Lutheran church parlors. Mrs Viva Stauffacher in charge with Esther Circle hostess Mrs John Holts opple.

Lauretta Schulz Lutheran Welfare Society of Wisconsin United Lutheran Church Women Grace Lutheran Church Viva Stauffacher Esther Circle John Holtsopple

Thomas D. Figi Honored At Buffet Luncheon

Thomas D. Figi from the Monroe high school class of 1961 was honored at a buffet luncheon after Commencement Thursday evening at his parents home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lester Peterson of Dodgeville and other locals from Allan Winslow Luther Larson Dewayne Erickson and Blanchard areas.

Thomas D. Figi Monroe High School Dewayne L. Figi Route 1 Lester Peterson Dodgeville Luther Larson Allan Doug Winslow Dewayne Erickson Larry Rona Blanchard

Duke Ellington Plans For Event in Freeport

Duke Ellington and his orchestra perform at Consistory Auditorium Freeport for a two hour concert on Tuesday June 13 at 8 15 p m Reserved seating Tickets available at Em ment's Drug Store Freeport Mail orders accepted via Dan Habacker Care of the drug store The program features Johnny Hodges Harry Carney Ray Nance Lil Greenwood and Ozzie Bailey.

Freeport Duke Ellington Consistory Auditorium Emment’s Dan Habecker Ellington Johnny Hodges Harry Carney Ray Nance Lil Greenwood Ozzie Bailey

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