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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1959
Page
8
Partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms mainly in the north tonight. Cooler tonight in the northwest. Friday mostly partly cloudy with a few showers possible in the northeast early. Cooler in the north and west central areas and in the southeast late Friday afternoon. Tonight’s low mid 50s northwest to near 60s southeast. Friday’s high in the 70s north and west. lower 80s in the southeast.
Since yesterday at 1 p.m. the high reached 81 and the low fell to 61. A year ago the high was 80 and the low 56. Barometer read 29.95 at 1 a.m. and 30.00 at 1 p.m. Warmest spot in the U S was Imperial California at 115 while Fraser, Colorado was coldest at 24. Sunrise was 5 32 and sunset 8 24.
Maud Snyder transfers property to Leon F. Brunner at 7 and 10 block 10 Emerson and Moultons Add. Monroe. LaVerne R. Wickersham conveys parcels 129 and 130 Railroad Add. no. 2 Monroe to Anton Goerlitz and Edward Schuetz.
Margaret Laughridge is sued as administratrix of the estate of her sister Sarah Grangarde who died in Albany on April 25. Appraisers named are H. L. Fenton and G. E. Zuercher. Heirs include three sisters and six brothers.
Donnie Ray Braden age 18 of Route 3 Monroe and Sonja Lea French age 16 of 2114 14th Street were issued a marriage license.
James Frank Cunningham 84 of Freeport Lester Clyde Van Matre 44 of Shannon Illinois Mrs Florence L Gunther Chicago and Mr and Mrs Glen Rosenstiel Route 2 with daughter born on June 4 are noted in community notices.
Services were held in Shannon Illinois for Lester Clyde Van Matre 44 a railroad section foreman killed Tuesday when he fell between two freight cars near the Shannon depot Masonic burial rites followed at Davis cemetery. Surviving are his wife Avanette two daughters Donna Lenore and a son Billy his father F Walter Van Matre a sister and a brother Lenore left Shannon Sunday on a senior class trip to Washington DC and New York City was notified of her father’s death and arrangements made for her to return by plane.
The first home grown strawberries were sold locally from the sandy Brodhead soil. The seller said the crop was not expected to be large.
A compiled list shows residents and spouses connected to addresses such as 1609 16th Street and towns including Belleville Delavan Monticello Elkhorn Freeport Darlington. Names appear under Surgical and Dismissals with separate entries for Mrs and Mr, plus multiple households.
Personal mentions include Axel Peterson visiting from Rockford and Mrs. Ira Mayer with Marilyn from South Wayne. Grace Lutheran Church hosts a bake sale at Holland's Grocery on Saturday June 6 at 9 a.m. Open house at Hilltop Haven Rest Home in South Wayne Sunday June 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. Plane travel plans and travel ads note Maud Wenger in Monroe. Lance Cpl Kenneth Kubly on 27 day leave from San Diego visits his Kubly family in Route 4. Miss Tana Loveland to North Brook Illinois as summer governess.
WSCS members will meet at the First Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon to view slides by Mrs. Frank Stiles about Hawaii.
Freeport man J F Cunningham died in a Freeport hospital after several years of illness. Born August 31 1874 in Ottawa Illinois he was the son of James T Cunningham and Mary Gallagher Cunningham. He married Pearl Baird in Dubuque on November 10 1917 and lived in the Freeport area for four decades. He worked as a cigar maker. Funeral arrangements are pending at Shriner Neushwander funeral home.
Police in Pottsville, Pa., reduced the death toll from the propane gas truck explosion to 10 after matching a monogrammed cigarette lighter to a body and confirming the head belonged to D. Ray Erb of Pottsville. Fifteen people were injured in the blast on a busy eastern Pennsylvania highway.
A police report says a parked car owned by Robert L. Johnson at 1602 25th Street on 15th Avenue in the 900 block sustained considerable front-end damage in a hit and run yesterday. No injuries were reported, and another two-vehicle incident occurred at 12th Street and 17th Avenue involving Barbara Johnson and Maurice W. Anderson.
In Fort Madison area three of four escapees from the Iowa Penitentiary were recaptured today as the Iowa Highway Patrol reports. The status of the remaining escapee was not specified.
Susan Erickson ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Erickson South Wayne sustained a fractured left wrist in a bicycle accident Tuesday night. She was treated at St Clare hospital and released.
Mr and Mrs David Johnson formerly of Monroe now reside in Colusa California where he has joined the composition department of a daily newspaper He is a former employee of The Monroe Evening Times and the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson.
Mr and Mrs Leo Hauri Route 4 named their son William Walter born May 25. They have another son Paul Leo. Paternal grandparents are Walter Hauri Monticello. Maternal grandparents are Fred Weiss and Columbina Kubly Monroe. Great grandparents Sophie Ruch Monroe and Walter Hauri.
Robert Kingdon, eighth grade, earned a scholarship certificate at yesterday afternoon’s awards in the school auditorium. The ceremony recognized scholarship winners during the junior high awards session.
A meeting will be held in the Legion room of the Bank Building, followed by a joint lunch in the same venue. Participants are invited to attend the event and share in the meal after discussions.
Mrs. Frank Unger, 921 8th Avenue, is a patient at St. Clare hospital correcting yesterday’s report that it was Mr. Unger. The Ungers moved from Route 3 to their home here in March.
Mr and Mrs Donald B Williams of Wausau announce the birth of their sixth child, David Scott, yesterday. The couple has three sons and two daughters. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Alva Williams of Monroe and Mr and Mrs H O Griffith of Menasha. Donald Williams teaches science and history at a Wausau junior high school.
A compact note offers quick kitchen ideas. Build two thin hamburger patties with a slice of American cheese between them and fry as usual. Use cubed cheese in potato salad and top bread with a cheese slice then add three fried bacon strips and a tomato slice before broiling until melted.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower will host about 200 White House staff members at their Gettysburg farm on Saturday. The event underscores the administration’s informal approach and the close ties within the executive team.
The Yester-Year Auto Club schedules its first outing for Sunday to Lake Len Aqua Na near Lena with a picnic after. Dr and Mrs Dwain E Mings will serve as stewards and the group meets at 10 a.m. on the north side of the square. Weather had prevented prior trips.
The Legion and Auxiliary will hold their regular monthly meetings at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 11. The Auxiliary will participate in the session.
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