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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
8
Increasing cloudiness and not so cool tonight with warmer conditions and scattered showers possible in the northwest and extreme west. High 69, low 41. Barometer readings 29.78 at 1am and 29.82 at 1pm. Yuma Arizona reported 101 degrees, International Falls Minnesota 33. Sunrise 4:22, sunset 7:36.
Laura Jones transfers land in lots 1 and 2 block 31 Railroad addition Albany to Duane E and Betty Jane Dixon. Robert G and Marian E Rote transfer parcel in lot 5 block 2 Blooms addition Monroe to Nell W Cunningham.
Letters of administration were issued to Inez Martha Wyttenbach for the estate of her husband Alfred Wyttenbach who died April 25 in Monticello.
Justice L A Koenig assesses Gerald Hauser on Route 5 for stop sign violation and failure to obey officer signals. Fines total $20 with $5 court costs.
Mrs. James Roderick, age 40, of Jefferson Township died recently. The obituary notes her husband and family mourn her loss while listing surviving relatives and funeral arrangements pending services.
Mr and Mrs Harold M Monte of 1301 14th Avenue welcome a daughter on June 8. Mr and Mrs Ralphone Monticello report a daughter born June 8. Mr and Mrs Gus Adamson of Brodhead announce a son born June 6.
Medical and surgical cases listed for St Clare Hospital include Ernest G Carpenter from Gratiot and Betty Boeck from Belleville among tonsillectomy patients. Dismissals cover a wide group led by Richard and Mary Lee Brunner and others including Michael Kraft and Mrs John McAloon with several family entries.
Miss Mary Catherine Share who just finished Mount Mary college sophomore year will spend the summer with her parents. MilwalLenwood Monte after completing freshman year at Carthage college plans to work in town and return to Carthage next fall. Gene Mason from Loyola university Los Angeles arrives to spend the summer with his parents, joined by Mrs. Julia Benson visiting her sister.
A local cast started rehearsals for the Biblical drama The Light Eternal to be staged in the Monroe high school auditorium June 16 and 17 under the Monroe Methodist Church. Alan Prisk plays Joseph with Herbert Ainsworth Judah Charles Booth and William Plate as his brothers. Don Cunningham portrays the Pharaoh with Rev. Ralph K. Kofoed as the grandfather.
Two family dinners were held Sunday in Orangeville. The first honored Howard Runkle on navy leave at the Blasing home with several Freeport and Rockford families attending. The second honored William Engels and Victor Folgate at the Folgate home with the Engels and Freeport relatives present.
Phillip Haberman secretary of the Wisconsin state bar association addressed 15 members of the Green County bar association at Monroe Country club noon meeting. He outlined state bar activities and the new legislature. Prof J H Beuscher will speak next on problems incident to the sale of the farm. Joseph Stencil Brodhead elected governor and Miss Anna Blum alternate to the state bar meeting at Elkhart Lake June 22.
A Brodhead sedan driven by Harvey Day suffered damage to its left front door and running board when Charles A. Holsinger backed out of a stall nearby in the 900 block of 16th avenue at 10:55 am. Holsinger’s car sustained only slight damage in the parking lot collision.
Milwaukee created a seven member commission to censor undesirable comic books and literature. District Attorney William McCauley proposed the advisory body to assist his staff.
Personal mentions include Mrs. Orville Bear visiting on business, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Scherer in Warren, Ada Laborde in town, Mrs. Pete Manos and daughter Jean heading to Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Evans planning a 10 day Turner Lake cottage stay, and Peter S. Solomon party on a two week Pine Lake vacation. Also noted are Kenneth R. Merchant on vacation in Canada, Newton G. Smith assisting in his absence, Miss Florence M Warteneiler and Miss Gloria Beck at an Iowa eighth grade rural schools graduation in Darlington, and Perle G. Guess trio leaving for a 10 day Washington trip with stops in New York City and Blue Ridge area.
Alvin H. Babler carded his first eagle since taking up golf, sinking a two under par on the par five sixth hole from the east side amid a sand trap. He played in a foursome with Robert G. Rote, Robert G. Buehler, and A. E. Leiser.
Fred Hanneman, a Mr. Horeb Cave of the Mounds expert, will be guest speaker at the Monroe Kiwanis weekly meeting at the Country Club tomorrow at 12 15 PM.
The Green County board auditing committee met at the county clerk's office yesterday with members Percy Lichtenwalner Ray T Silver and William Hahn.
Whittaker Chambers testified at the Alger Hiss perjury trial that five government sources supplied him with documents when he was a prewar Soviet spy ring courier. He named Julian Wadleigh as one source and declined to identify the others during his sixth day on the federal witness stand.
Mr and Mrs J R Bolender of Atlanta Ga visit Mrs Clara Bolender and relatives in Orangeville A family dinner was hosted Sunday at the Earl Dittmar home Attending were the Bolenders M H Bolender Mrs Joe Kemp Freeport Mrs Gladys Fuhrmark Chicago and Mr and Mrs Glen Bolender and Bonnie
The United States urges the United Nations to set a five day deadline to end the Berlin blockade as four power talks stall in Paris. Britain pulls its first team from the conference table with Bevin traveling to Blackpool for a party event and return planned. A western official says appointing special commissioners could progress currency, Berlin access, and east west trade details.
Wheat spiked in early trading on news of an extended government price support program. The contract rose about 9 cents, with local traders who were short on the market driving much of the buying. Corn oats and rye gained, while soybeans and lard posted notable increases.
An area four miles west of Portage was to be surveyed today by entomologist E. H. Fisher of the University of Wisconsin and a state forestry representative. They aimed to count locusts and eggs and decide on control steps for the outbreak that has stripped leaves from five to ten acres of oak trees and been audible nearly a mile away.
Mrs Albert Benson 61 of Adams township fractured her right hip and shoulder when she slipped in the kitchen Sunday evening. She was taken to St. Clare hospital for treatment. The accident occurred while she prepared lunch for guests including Anton Hanson Fred Stoller Jr Judith Herbert Lyngaas and Julia Langaas.
South Wayne notes three graduates from Platteville State Teachers College receiving bachelor of science degrees on June 3. Ruth Mauer, June Jennings, and Virginia Wahler are listed with their parental backgrounds in this Times Special.
A forest fire yesterday burned 60 acres of cutover land and destroyed a logging camp eleven miles south of Sidnaw in Houghton County. Local firefighters battled the flames as the cause remained under investigation.
The Wisconsin senate moves a bill allowing certain sweetening agents in ice cream ice products with labels and milk solids rules. It also passes a $6.50 annual sportsmen license, funds 20 000 for mineral resources study, curbs political ad charges, and backs stricter Bangs disease controls plus governor approval for airport projects. The labor committee prolongs union shop status.
A young man asked for cheese factory jobs at the Evening Times building, was directed to the business office upstairs, and returned to his search. The scene shows staff guiding job seekers through department areas.
Beloit school board voted to relieve Victor F. Do nald and C. E. Nelson from duties effective June 3. A citizens group had petitioned for their dismissal, citing concerns over contracts and tenure. The board will settle contract rights in court.
Capacity crowd fills the Orangeville event as the club chorus performs under the direction of Mrs. William Genener and Dr. Howard Mauther with assistance from Mrs. Frederick Koone the program led by Mrs. Howard Mavw.
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