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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1960
Page
6
The June 4 1960 forecast notes partly cloudy, scattered showers across the state this afternoon and tonight, with Sunday turning mostly fair. Low temperatures range from the 40s to 60s and highs from the 60s to 70s, with Monroe region predicting cooler late tonight and Sunday.
Since yesterday at 1 p.m. high 81 and low 63. A year ago today high 83 low 61. Rain reported since yesterday. trace. Barometer 29.88 at 1 a.m. and 29.90 at 1 p.m. Warmest place Sacramento California at 110. coldest Fraser Colorado at 29. Sunrise 5 23. sunset 8 33.
Monroe police report a notice against Arlen O Hubert of Monroe for excessive noise with a $10 fine imposed.
A birth notice lists Mr and Mrs Trudane Peter of Brodhead welcoming a daughter in June. The item confirms the newborn and family names.
St. Clare Hospital lists Learner Anderson and others connected to South Wayne Verona Juda Beloit Rockford and Route 3 with surgical staff Ivan Risum Conrad Stauffacher Paul Gehrig and Mrs Kaderly plus Rudy Gerber. Dismissals include Spurling Snodgrass Lane Marean Alberstadt Sheridan Gillette Heins Davis Gore and Ackerman.
The Assembly of God church plans a Children’s Church program from 6 30 to 8 p m Monday through Friday led by Rev and Mrs Francis Jones of Glidden. They will present dramatized flash cards stories on flannelgraph contests and prizes and a feature The Old Ditch Digger for children over five. Pastor is Rev W C Anderson.
Deputies investigate vandalism at the Ray Johnson farm in Spring Grove Township near the Illinois Wisconsin state line. Wires to a battery were torn from a parked truck, two tractors left in a corn field drained of gas, seed corn strewn about, dirt found in gas tanks, and beer bottles scattered near the scene.
Wetassa Lodge announces a weekend of work, fund and fellowship at Canyon Camp near Apple River Illinois. An ordeal brotherhood ceremony is set for tonight and tomorrow the Wetassa Lodge Pocket patch will be unveiled for the first time.
Four cheerleaders Kay Anderson Jane Meyer Judy Disch and Donna McGuire were chosen for the 1960 61 sports season by a student body election at New Glarus High School.
Marco C. Bregenzer announces the new dining room addition to Marco's restaurant on 11th Street opening at 5 p.m. tonight. The space will host groups and individuals and will be used with the existing cocktail lounge. The Alpha Zeta chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha will meet there Monday night.
Mickey Rooney was granted his final divorce from Elaine Mahnken Rooney, wife No. 4. He had previously divorced wife No. 4 in Mexico in January 1959 and instantly married wife No. 5 Barbara Thomason.
Roger A. Stauffacher of Monroe and James R. Opie of Apple River Illinois among University of Wisconsin graduates to be commissioned second lieutenants in the Army infantry as ROTC members in Madison Monday. Stauffacher is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur H Stauffacher Route 4.
Mr and Mrs Donald Hugdahl and daughter spend a few days in northern Wisconsin. Mrs Samuel A Remus and family visit Rice Lake relatives from 1719 20th Avenue and return in two weeks. LaVerne Falk Stanley Neuburger and George McKeown of Monroe attend the United Press Convention in Milwaukee today. Homemakers Club members head to the Wisconsin Home Demonstration Council annual meeting in Madison Wednesday through Saturday with Green County sending two voting delegates.
Government support for farm commodities is poised to total about seven billion dollars in the fiscal year ending June 30, about one billion more than the prior year. Through April 30 the price support losses reached 708.5 million, up from 666.0 million a year earlier, as losses occur when sales bring in less than costs.
Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker praised the Canada United States friendship as a powerful answer to Soviet charges of American aggression. He concluded a 21 hour Washington visit and planned to fly to Winnipeg, affirming support for President Eisenhower against Khrushchev's outburst.
Mrs. Ralph Bridge of Juda Green County Cancer Society calls for all Crusade funds to be turned in for final tabulation. Monroe High School Student Council reported 40 from a Monroe New Glarus faculty basketball game. A full community donation report is expected soon.
Four girls at South Wayne High School earned letters in girls physical education for the 1959 1960 school year. Patricia Mayer Shirley Vickers Marilyn Mayer and Maureen O Connor were chosen by Philip Rose.
A Guatemalan diplomat urged Latin American nations to sever diplomatic ties with Cuba in response to Soviet Premier Khrushchev's planned visit. The statement reflects regional concern over Soviet influence in the hemisphere.
Hartford Connecticut state officials announced that Connecticut logged the nation's lowest traffic death rate last year at 2 percent per 100 million miles of travel. The National Safety Council said the state will receive an award for its accident prevention program.
Western officials see Khrushchev's proposed Cuba visit as a bold push to spread Soviet backed democracy through Latin America. Cuban worries over Communist influence grow as Catholic prelates warn of Communist dangers and a wider tour could follow if other governments invite him.
The White House reports Mamie Eisenhower is making satisfactory progress after acute asthmatic bronchitis. She received another visit from President Eisenhower at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where she has stayed since Tuesday. She canceled plans to join the President for a West Point reunion.
Funeral services for Miss Rose Wyss 82 of 1502 15th Avenue were held today at 2 p.m. at Shriner-Neuschwander Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Olm officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews Walter John Carl Dan Wyss Max Wyss Juda and Robert Wyss. Singers Mrs Winnie Kuebli and Mrs Robert Buehler performed Beyond the Sunset and Abide With Me with pianist Mrs Clarence Seaton.
Bruce Brown son of Mr and Mrs Fred Brown graduates from Campion high school with four year honors and enrolls at Xavier College Cincinnati O Joseph Bongiorno son of Dr and Mrs F J Bongiorno Albany completes his freshman year at Xavier College Cincinnati
Committee member Allen Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs Lester Johnson of Monroe, is a sophomore in secondary education majoring in agricultural education at Platteville State College.
The FFA and 4-H dairy exhibitors meet at the Am Brose Wenger farm Tuesday evening for guidance on dairy fitting and showing.
Rev Wilbur E Leatherman of Brodhead Methodist Church is named staff member for a recreation leader workshop at Camp Susan near Antigo from August 7 to 13. The program covers crafts community song leadership folk and square dancing games and nature lore.
James Godfred Bruni son of Mr and Mrs Robert H Bruni of Edgerton former Monroe residents graduated from Edgerton high school. Mrs Elizabeth Bruni 1315 10th street Edna H Bruni Madison and Mrs Hazel C Bruni Janesville attended the exercises.
The annual Wilhelm Tell picnic will be held Sunday June 12 at noon on the Wilhelm Tell grounds. Members of the Wilhelm Tell Guild and others who have aided in past years are invited to attend.
Visitors at the Chalet of the Golden Fleece yesterday included people from Japan India Poland and two travelers from China reflecting international attendance.
The Elmers welcomed their first child, a daughter named Valerie Dee, born June 1 at St. Clare hospital. Her mother is Judith Whitehead, and the Whitehead and Elmer families share as grandparents and great grandparents in this celebrated birth.
Minor damage occurred to a vehicle parked by Mildred M Taylor in a rural Monticello area when hit by a car driven by William Lehman of 627 18th Avenue as he backed from his driveway, according to a police report.
Con vair machinists have called a strike at midnight Sunday at Cape Canaveral Florida Vandenberg Air Force Base California and other key U S missile bases.
The pianist Van Cliburn returned to Moscow on Friday night to a thunderous ovation from fans, recalling his first major success three years earlier.
Daniel L. Rice, 30, of Freeport Route 1, was injured when his car side swiped a semi-truck on Highway 20 east of Stockton. Rice had his left arm amputated at the elbow and was listed in fair condition at Deaconess hospital. Authorities sought the truck driver's identity after he stopped briefly and fled.
Cadet Charles Paddock Otstott of Dallas Texas joins a select group by ranking No 1 both militarily and academically at the U S Military Academy. At 23 he is senior class president and will receive a bachelor of science degree and a second lieutenant commission at graduation exercises next Wednesday.
A two way market with neglected bread and butter stocks rising and high tech issues fluctuating. The Fed cut the discount rate from 4 to 3 percent in Philadelphia and San Francisco, spurring optimism and continued bond strength. The Dow edged up 4.20 to 628.98 and the AP 60 gained .60 to 216.30 as volume totaled 14.59 million shares.
The New Glarus Board of Education is on the cover of Wisconsin School Board News June issue. It features a photo of the new high school and details about the district. Board members include Mrs Mil lard Peters, Mrs Milton V Babler, Russell Monroe, Bernie Wild, Marshall Ingwell, George Hartman, and Paul Klassy.
The Enterprise school closed with a picnic. Eighth grade pupils Billy Hartwig John Lisser Judy Kolb and Audrey Beach attended Conservation Day activities in New Glarus in May taught by Mrs. Dorothy Hartwig.
Gay W. Rost of Cedarburg will become the first Wisconsin coed to receive an armed forces commission at UW Madison. She will be an ensign in the Navy nurse corps as 134 male cadets enter reserve or regular service in Army Air Force Navy or Marines.
Sen William Proxmire vows to press a bill to turn over the 5700 acre Richard Bong Air Force Base near Kansasville Wisconsin to Wisconsin The move follows a suggestion by Wisconsin Attorney General John W Reynolds that the federal government compensate the state by land instead of other owed parcels.
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