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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
8
The GES DAILY RECORD reports generally fair and continued warmth this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers possible in the northwest. Lows tonight 65 to 72. Highs Tuesday reach 80s in the northwest and 85 to 92 in the east and south.
Last week highs reached 89 and lows 52. Since Saturday 1 p.m. highs 89 and lows 66. A year ago today highs 78 and lows 63. Rainfall since Saturday touched .08 inch. Barometer 1 a.m. 29.95 and 1 p.m. 30.05. Warmest spot Blythe California at 105 degrees. coldest Big Piney Wyoming at 26. Sunrise 5 31 and sunset 8 26.
Nellie Frances Gavigan Estate transfers 120 acres to Harold Lelle in Jordan Township. Lester C Brimmer transfers parcel It 1 block 3 Alonzo Melvin's Add Brooklyn to Alton R Erickson. Emil Grossen Estate transfers Its 4 5 6 see 3 and parts 8 9 to Ed ward Grossen in Monroe.
Mrs. Lola Beckman named administratrix in the estate of her husband Fred A. Beckman who died May 22. Heirs include two sons Ervin Beckman and Glenn Beckman.
Clarence F. Asmus of Route 3 Monroe fined for illegal mufflers and excessive noise both $10. Gene F. Snyder of Rockford cited by Monroe police for speeding $25.
A list of traffic and vehicle violations with names and fines including L A Koenig Arthur Pehl Davis for failure to keep car under control, Robert Runkle Freeport disorderly conduct $75, Wayne Larson Edgerton license and sign violations, Martin Hutzel Juda no license and traffic school, Linchcum Brodhead minors loitering, Schiller Monroe improper registration, Quade Janesville unregistered vehicle, Huebi Evansville too fast for conditions, Everding Janesville illegal U turn continued.
Dwight Charles Zettle aged 21 of Cadaiz and Rosella Marie Rufer aged 17 of Monroe Township. Wayne Harlan Bennett 22 of New Glarus and Ruth Ann Clas sert 17 of Washington Township. Clarence Eugene Kaderly 20 of Decatur and Carol Mae Rothen buhler 18 of Monroe Township.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Clarence A Roy 71 Darling ton Mary Carter 86 Mineral Point and Dr Floyd Schneider 74 Minocqua with brief listings of their ages and towns.
Milwaukee couple Mr. and Mrs. Donald Walker announce the birth of a son on June 6. The family names the newborn and notes the location Milwaukee.
St Clare Hospital records show a tonsillectomy for Robert Sinnet of Monticello and Nancy Fritz of 716 17th avenue. An accident involves Albert Kuhnke Route 1. Medical cases include Curtis Moen Blanchardville Louis Koertner Freeport Mrs Herbert Bell Route 2 Jerome Tollakson Argyle Christine Wyttenbach 909 11th avenue Mr and Mrs Ernest Hayes 2103 13th street Martin Keister Roscoe Arthur Northwick Belleville and Ron-
Dave Fahs of Monroe is praised by Rube Noble for his potential in organized baseball while he also shines as a basketball guard for Michigan State University. Noble, a former pitcher known as Wisconsin's greatest spitballer, emphasizes work ethic, arm care, and developing multiple pitches over native talent alone.
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were awarded honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees at Beloit College's 109th commencement. They joined Loyd Ballard, former sociology chair, in receiving the honors. The Lunts, Milwaukee natives, farm near Genesee Depot Wisconsin.
A lightning bolt struck the Albert Herfel barn four miles south of Verona around 6 p.m. Saturday. Verona and Oregon firemen battled the blaze for about two hours. one calf was killed while several animals were saved unharmed. No damage estimate was given.
A roster lists surgical patients Roger Gempeler Monticello Raymond Warne Albany Robert Gibbons Platteville Cynthia Duerst New Glarus and Mrs Elmer Minor Albany. Dismissals include Kenneth and Sandra Schlapbach Chris Hexom William Wilde Elmer Hammer Andrew Elmer Robert Black and many others.
Personal mentions list numerous departures and visits. Miss Ann Jakob left for Toronto after a visit with aunt Mrs Verena Koenig. Mrs Ed Schuetze returned from Manitowoc after a week with the Schuetz and son Steven.
Mrs Neighbours and Mrs Leon Kubly co hosted a tea at the Steensrud home honoring Mrs James L Neighbours wife of a former First Universalist church pastor. The Neighbours family is visiting while Rev Neighbours attends a Midwest conference board meeting in Mukwonago and will return to Webster City Iowa tomorrow afternoon.
Hollywood comedian Jerry Lewis signed a seven year contract for ten million dollars. The deal covers 14 pictures with fourteen projects split between Paramount York Corp and Jerry Lewis Productions Inc. It is described as the largest price ever paid in Hollywood for a single star's services.
Mrs. Katherine Long, 51, operator of the Castle Rock Resort near Wisconsin Dells, collapsed and died of a heart attack Saturday at the North Western Railway Depot in Chicago.
Madison Wisconsin University of Wisconsin President Conrad A Elvehjem addressed 2500 graduating seniors urging them to use knowledge wisely beyond his era of rapid communication. He cited radio and television as distractions while stressing education's universal benefits and cultural uplift.
Funeral director Shriner Neushwander hosted a 1 30 PM service with Rev Carl F Koch of Immanuel EFUB presiding. Mrs Walter G Timm and Miss Betty Timmng performed songs Good Morning and Good Night and Asleep in Jesus with organist Miss Susan Blumer. Pallbearers included Ed Wyss New Glerus John R Cother man Earl Gesel Leland Heitz Raymond Pierce and George Wenger. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery.
A Wednesday night meeting of Green County Farm sters at the First National Bank hosts a family living panel for the young farm family. Participants include Albany veterinarian Dr John E Lynn on the farm wife and Mrs R J Douglas from Spring Grove on the farm husband. Myron E Jeglum and Albany residents Borkovec and Mrs Bruce Willett on religion and rural life. Mrs Jeglum on parental duties. Borkovec on trends affecting family life. A box social will follow.
Switzerland, which hosted the most American visitors in 1958, may break its record again in 1959. The Swiss National Tourist Office reports a 14.4 percent rise in U.S. tourist traffic in the first quarter versus 1958, and March shows a 21.6 percent gain.
Rev Lawrence Korback will succeed Rev Wilfred Schuster as pastor at St Rose Catholic church Brodhead and St Patrick's Albany effective Friday. He has been an assistant at St Mary's Janesville and was seminary classmates with Rev Donald Lins of St Victor's Monroe. Rev Schuster becomes pastor of St Maria Goretti new parish in Madison.
Albert Kuhnke, 60, Clarno, suffered hand injuries this morning while working with a saw on the EUB church parsonage. Three fingers were lacerated and another partially amputated, but his condition is not serious.
Four people died in Wisconsin road crashes over the weekend, lifting the 1959 statewide death toll to 273. The figure compares with 295 deaths at the same point last year, according to the Associated Press.
Allan F. Barnard announces start times for summer music classes in cornet saxophone mellophone trombone string bass double reed and other groups. Rehearsals for junior cadet bands begin Wednesday with joint session at 1 p.m. in the junior high and high school band at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
The Vilas Craig Kollege Kings will headline a rock and rhythm and blues show sponsored by the Monroe Youth Council. The event runs 8 to 11 p.m. at Turner Hall, moving from the previously reported Tuesday date.
Mayor Victor N. Schiller, a heavy equipment contractor, was fined 25 dollars and five dollars costs in Brodhead Justice Court for improper vehicle registration. Judge Martin C. Hutzel ordered the license corrected within five days. Schiller may appeal. The case involved equipment at the new Brodhead high school site, with inspector Nathan F. Burgy bringing the charge.
Hutzel would pay over 200 dollars annually for the disputed licensing. The mayor offered no plea and read a 14 page typed statement arguing other contractors use similar licensed equipment. The charge stems from an April incident. the hearing was postponed three times. Schiller did the excavation for V and R Construction Co of Galena.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Hayes of 2103 13th Street were taken to St Clare hospital yesterday for medical observation following an incident at their home.
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