Weather forecast for June 6 1953 with frost risk
Cloudy and a bit cooler tonight with scattered light frost possible in the north area. Sunday will be partly cloudy and warmer. Overnight low 36 to 42 north, 44 to 48 south. Sunday high around 70.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1953
Page
6
Weather Snapshot Reflects Seasonal Variations Across U S
Report covers today’s high of 84 and low 57 since yesterday 1 PM, compares to year ago highs of 85 and lows of 64. Barometer 29.38 at 1 AM and 29.44 at 1 PM. Warmest city Phoenix Arizona at 84, coldest Superior Duluth at 38 with sunrise 4 23 and sunset 7 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Phoenix
Ariz
Superior Duluth
Real Estate Transfers in New Glarus Area
Mabel Schoch transfers to Wayne W. Showers Northeast Outlet 41 Assessor's Plat New Glarus. John W. Goodman and wife transfer to Alfred Lehnherr and wife Kt 7 blk 4 New Glarus. Mabel Schoch transfers to Fred E. Heller and wife Northwest Outlet 41 3 ls New Glarus. Kate Mohns for Chester Mohns transfers to Gladys Jenny 3% acres in Jefferson Township and 164 acres in Sylvester Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Schoch
Wayne W. Showers
Northeast Outlet
New Glarus
John W. Goodman
Alfred Lehnherr
Fred E. Heller
Northwest Outlet
Kate Mohns
Chester Mohns
Gladys Jenny
Jefferson Township
Sylvester Township
Estates Probated in Brodhead and Surrounding Areas
Administratrices and executors appointed for multiple probates including Louise Hawkins and Clarence Day. Heirs listed for Kasper Trutmann and Mary A Merrill. other estates name Ray Nevel, Oswald Zentner, Elsa Kueng, Ina Thompson and minor guardian Roger Elmer. Appraisers named: Brooks Dinwiddie, Harry Young, Conrad Stauffacher, Ray Silver. Died dates: May 30 and May 29 and April 30 and March 9 and May 7. locations include Brodhead Madison Monroe and Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hawkins
Brodhead
Kasper Trutmann
Rosabelle Cronan
Katherine Frye
Lockwood
John C
Gertrude R. Day
Clarence E. Day
Leroy
Duluth
Minn
Brooks J. Dinwiddie
Harry C. Young
Ray Nevel
Brooklyn
Charles Nevel
Mabel Carter
Madison
Mary Babler
Oswald H. Zentner
Monticello
Rosa Zentner
Conrad Stauffacher
Justice Cases Justice L A Koenig and Campbell Case
L A Koenig and Harry J Campbell of Route 3 found guilty of operating an unregistered vehicle. Fined $5 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice L. A. Koenig
Harry J. Campbell
Local couples listed in county marriage notices
Emmett John O Donahue of Route 2 and Shirley Marie Blum of 1620 21st avenue couple entries. John Virgil Stauffacher of 528 20th avenue with Glorene Ann Arn of Route 2 Monticello. Stanley Roger Rupnow Route 1 New Glarus with Donna Mae Reuter New Glarus. Eugene Neal Pickett Route 2 Orangeville with Shirley Ann Broge Route 1 Juda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett John O’donahue
Shirley Marie Blum
21St Avenue
John Virgil Stauffacher
20Th Avenue
Glorene Ann Arn
Monticello
Stanley Roger Rupnow
New Glarus
Donna Mae Reuter
Eugene Neal Pickett
Orangeville
Shirley Ann Broge
Juda
Local Births Registered in Freeport and 7th Street
Mr and Mrs Robert Strothman of Freeport welcome a son born June 5. Mr and Mrs Wilbert May of 2623 7th street celebrate the birth of a son on June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Strothman
Freeport, Son
Wilbert May
7Th Street
Son
St Clare Hospital Surgical Patients and Dismissals List
Medical and surgical patients at St. Clare Hospital include Joseph Signer Route 5 Ernest Dettwiler 2003 12th avenue Madeline Schelman Beloit Mrs Virgil Wenger 1109 16th avenue and Mrs Harry C Jacobson Sr Albany Mrs Harry Watters and Gladys Lowry Janeville Tonsillectomy patients include Ralph Eberhardt 1411 15th avenue Donald Deeney Beloit Joseph Zito Rockford Timothy Gavigan Woodford Robert Pick Route 5 and Mrs Russell Carey Rockford Dismissals include Jerry Ropanz Fredrick Schuetze Fredrick Feutz James Jensen Peter Zounas Dorothy Phillips Mrs George Kjelland Judythe Jensen Mrs Bur dette Garthwaite Vickie Beckman Karen Beckman Mrs Louella Brace Mrs Robert Milestone Mrs Lee McGilvra Mrs Arthur Roethe Betty Ann Helgerson Mrs Carl Johnson and Mrs Glen Phillips and daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Signer
Ernest Dettwiler
12Th Avenue
Madeline Schelman
Beloit
Virgil Wenger
16Th Avenue
Harry C. Jacobson Sr
Albany
Harry Watters
Gladys Lowry
Janesville
Ralph Eberhardt
15Th Avenue
Donald Deeney
Joseph Zito
Rockford
Timothy Gavigan
Woodford
Robert Pick
Russell Carey
Jerry Ropanz
Fredrick Schuetze
Fredrick Feutz
James Jensen
Peter Zounas
Dorothy Phillips
George Kjelland
Judythe Jensen
Burdette Garthwaite
Vickie Beckman
Karen Beckman
Louella Brace
Robert Milestone
Lee McGilvra
Arthur Roethe
Betty Ann Helgerson
Carl Johnson
Glen Phillips
Sawyer Loses Plea at State Supreme Court
Walter J. Sawyer Milwaukee garage man convicted of bribing an alderman had his bid to stay execution or secure another trial denied by the State Supreme Court today. The ruling ends his bid for relief and maintains the previous judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Madison
Walter J. Sawyer
Milwaukee
State Supreme Court
Beloit student elected to honorary Lambda Delta
Miss Judith Kubly of 2512 8th Street Beloit College student was elected to Lambda Delta an honorary scholarship fraternity for freshmen membership requires a grade point average of 5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Judith Kubly
8Th Street
Beloit College
Lambda Delta
Farmers To View Field Day Exhibits At Madison Hill Farms
Area farmers are expected to attend demonstrations and exhibits at the Farm Field Day on June 12 at Hill Farms in Madison. County agent Myron E. Jeglum reports a program covering hay crop saving methods, top alfalfa yields, pasture fertilization, weed control, weed identification, sweet corn culture and processing, high-yield nutrient needs for alfalfa corn and cattle, hogs sheep poultry pruning and home plant care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Farms
Madison
Myron E. Jeglum
Wisconsin
Lafayette Plans Grassland Field Day Program
Victor Burcalow University of Wisconsin grassland specialist will demonstrate forage harvesting methods to reduce feed value losses. The Lafayette County Grassland Conservation Association sponsors the event at the Oliver Lidgett farm near Darlington with silage, hay crushing, mow drying, moisture testing and insect control demos starting 10 a.m. and forage harvester use at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Burcalow
University of Wisconsin
Lafayette County
Oliver Lidgett
Darlington
Highway 81
Lafayette County Grassland Conservation Association
County Implement Dealers
Agriculture Extension Office
Burcalow
Monroe High School Class Reunion Draws Alumni
Monroe graduates return for reunions and alumni dances at the Monroe Country Club and high school gymnasium. Notables include 1933 class members and 1928 alumna Alta Alexander visiting from Milwaukee. Attendees traveled from Edgerton Bremerton Portage and Gratiot for the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert ZumBrunnen
Mary
Kathy
Spooner
Gottlieb ZumBrunnen
ZumBrunnen
Monroe High School
Monroe Country Club
LeRoy Rennick
Gary
Michael
Bremerton
Wash
William J. Rupnow
Donald Rennick
Portage
Robert Bruni
Edgerton
Bruni
Virgil Bieger
Gratiot
Alta Alexander
Milwaukee
Country Club
Angry Bishop Oxnam Calls For House Hearing
WESTMINSTER Md Bishop G Bromley Oxnam asks to appear before a House committee to answer charges linking him with Communist front groups. Angry church members rally behind him after a heated exchange with Rep Jackson of California as the Methodist conference in Baltimore sessions denounces the committee staff as incompetent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
G. Bromley Oxnam
House
Harold H. Velde
Funeral services for Paul H. Schiess
Funeral rites were held for Paul H. Schiess, 33, of 919% 11th street, who died Thursday night from injuries suffered in a two car crash at Highway 59 and County Trunk FF. Rev. Paul C. Kehle officiated at Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home. Singers Mrs. Frank G. Deininger and Mrs. Winnie Kuebli performed In The Garden and Rock of Ages. Bearers were Victor L. Heuer, Lyle F. Sickinger, Lee C. Babler, August H. Burgi, Reuben J. Becher, and Fred B. Trickel. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Schiess
11Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Highway 59
Shriner-Neushwander
Paul C. Kehle
Frank G. Deininger
Winnie Kuebli
Rock of Ages
Victor L. Heuer
Lyle F. Sickinger
Lee C. Babler
August H. Burgi
Reuben J. Becher
Fred B. Trickel
Greenwood Cemetery
Personal mentions and visits listed for Monroe residents
A flurry of social notes records yesterday visits and calls in Monroe from many residents. Names include Marilyn Rutsch Clyde Bausman Kenneth Stites Leon Rockow and son Randy Harold Lelle Earl Seffrood and families, Harold Bear and relatives, and others from South Wayne Browntown Madison and Milwaukee. Several relatives travel for vacations and reunions, with notes on campus activities and upcoming events in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Rutsch
Juda
Clyde Bausman
Warren
Monroe
Kenneth Stites
Winslow
Wilber Burri
South Wayne
Nathan B. Coplien
Madison
Leon Rockow and Son
Randy
Browntown
Harold Lelle
Argyle
Mary Hogan
Milwaukee
Earl] Seffrood
LeRoy
Ernest Goecks
Harold Bear
Warren Ruffenacht
Loganville
Les Gotcher
Turner Hall
Herbert M. Ainsworth
New York
Walter G. Hamilton
Chicago
E. C. Hamilton
Nancy Pilz
Harold Pilz
Carroll College
Nancy Kundert
Elmer Trickel
10Th Street
Alexandria
Sgt
Victor Severson
Mark
J. A. Hawthorn
Roland J. Rohde
Frank Schramm
Kathryn Rohde
Edward Ammann
Ackley
Joan Davis
Roy F. Davis
Kenosha
Robert C. Nelson
William C. Haren
11Th Street
R. N. DeMars
Wauwatosa
Notre Dame University
Richard Hodges
Denver
Cole
Paul V. Hodges
Colora
LaVerne E. Deal
California
H. O. Schulz
Barbara
Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing
Lloyd
Potts Name Rhonda Alaine Daughter Born at St. Clare
Mr and Mrs Robert Potts 2508 th street announce the birth of daughter Rhonda Alaine at St Clare hospital on June 3 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Paul Raether Route 2 paternal grandmother Mrs Ida Potts Friendsworth Tex great grandmother Mrs Ortha Scott Twin Grove The Potts couple also have two sons Kenton and Lenwood
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhonda
Robert Potts
2508Th Street
Rhonda Alaine
St. Clare Hospital
Paul Raether
Route 2
Ida Potts
Friendsworth
Tex
Ortha Scott
Twin Grove
Daughter Marsha Faye Schiller Born at St. Clare
Mr and Mrs Howard Schiller of 2120 12th street welcomed a daughter Marsha Faye born yesterday morning at St. Clare hospital. A brother Stephen Foster Schiller is 22 months old. mother Joyce Foster is Fay E Foster's daughter of 2120 12th street. Paternal grandparents are Mrs Otto Schiller of Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Schiller
12Th Street
Marsha Faye
St. Clare Hospital
Stephen Foster Schiller
Schiller
Joyce Foster
Fay E. Foster
Otto Schiller
Marshield
Safety film to be shown at Monroe Lions Club meeting
The Green County Safety Council will provide films shown at the Monroe Lions Club regular meeting at Swiss Wheel restaurant at 6 30 p m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Safety Council
Monroe Lions Club
Swiss Wheel
East Moline Names Claire Congdon City Manager
The East Moline City Council on Friday night named Claire Congdon, 56, of Delavan, as the city’s first city manager at an annual salary of 7000 dollars.
Cost of Funding Still Going Up
New York reports rising costs for financing business operations as mortgage rates and commercial borrowing rise. Finance companies warn 6 percent rates will increase. banks lend more slowly as rates climb. Commercial paper dealers raise rates again. investors demand higher yields while corporate bonds fall in price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
New York
U. S
Federal Reserve Board
PSC Sets Hearing On Albany Sewers
Albany Special hearing on the proposed sewerage project will be held by the Public Service Commission on June 15 at 10 am in the State Office Building Madison. Authorization for the sewerage system is expected and rates would be set after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Public Service Commission
State Office
Madison
Commission
State Board of Health
Elmer Parnell
Robert Smiley
Sugar River
R. G. Grossman
A. F. Riese
Wisconsin Dells
Federal Reserve Board
Mrs Susan Polzin Dies At 51 Pythian Officer
News reaches Milwaukee of the death of Mrs Susan Polzin 51 grand secretary of the grand temple of the Pythian Sisters and former Milwaukee visitor to Monroe Temple Services are set for Monday 1 30 p m at Evers Funeral Home 1224 West Greenfield Street with special services by the Grand Temple Pythian Sisters Grand Temple officers will be pallbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Steele
Susan Polzin
Milwaukee
Grand Temple of the Pythian Sisters
Steele
Monroe Temple
Evers Funeral
West Greenfield Street
Grand Temple Pythian Sisters
Grand Temple
This Lassie Admits Roughing Up the Cops
Mary Jane Bennett aged 19 pleaded guilty in police court to breach of the peace and resisting arrest. Four policemen complained she had bitten them including Policeman Royal E. Bitgood in New London Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London, Conn
Mary Jane Bennett
Royal E. Bitgood
Cicadas Rise in Wisconsin As 17 Year Locusts Return
The 17 year cicada brood, known as brood 10, is due this month in parts of Wisconsin and eastern states. Entomologist E H Fisher says Wisconsin numbers will be modest and fields unlikely to suffer total crop damage. The article notes cicadas emerge annually elsewhere, describes their life cycle, and warns egg laying may wilt twigs and spread disease. Separately Vernal alfalfa, winter hardy and disease resistant, debuts at the University of Wisconsin Farm Field Day June 12, with seed due fall 1956. A Wisconsin Aberdeen Angus sale in Janesville yielded 25,120 from 52 cows and 16 bulls, topping at 900 for Barbmere 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
E. H. Fisher
University of Wisconsin
Fisher
University
Hill Farms
Madison
Janesville
Harold L. Austin
Barbmere
Arthur J. Quam
Kindness Unseals the Englishman’s Reserved Heart
HAL BOYLE notes that the British are not the lifelong stoics Americans imagine. He argues that Englishmen enjoy fun and vitality, require kindness to open up, and reveal their dreams when treated with genuine interest, dispelling the stereotype of stiff reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
London
Edinburg
Edinburgh
Shakespeare
Brodhead Couple Sue Evansville for 1888.41
Mr and Mrs Jay Taylor of Brodhead filed in Janesville Circuit Court against Evansville for 1888.41 claiming wrongful sanitary sewer assessment. They argue the council resolution did not create a district or show boundaries or affected parcels and that due process was denied. They say they paid 1888.41 under protest after being billed 1452.90 plus interest over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Jay Taylor
Janesville
Evansville
Taylors
Taylor
Muscoda Woman Dies in Three-Car Crash Near Johnson Creek
Mrs. Clarence Rohovetz, 39, of Muscoda, died in a late Friday three-car collision near Johnson Creek. She rode as a passenger in her husband’s car, which hit a vehicle driven by Frank Westphal of Watertown. A Milwaukee driver, James Andrae, struck Westphal’s car in the ensuing crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Creek
Clarence Rohovetz
Muscoda
Here
Frank Westphal
Watertown
James Andrae
Milwaukee
Westphal
Jobless Aid Drops in Wisconsin May Report
The Wisconsin Industrial Commission reports unemployment payments fell from 987000 dollars in April to 694700 dollars in May. The decline reflects changes in claims and benefit distribution across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
The
Industrial Commission
Two Big Atomic Headaches Now Believed To Be Cured
Washington reports claim breakthroughs in atomic weapons and fuel production. A Nevada Yucca Flats test produced a smoke plume and a fireball lasting over 30 seconds, suggesting progress toward hydrogen bombs and plutonium breeder reactors. Observers expect a larger hydrogen device test in the Pacific, possibly near the Marshall Islands, within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Nevada Proving Ground
Idaho
Pacific Island Proving Grounds
Yucca Flats
Nevada
Japan
Yucca Flat
U.S
Pacific Ocean
Marshall Islands
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