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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1947
Page
3
Multiple wedding notices describe Bloom and Hoesly nuptials in New Glarus and nearby areas. Dozens attend from towns including Monroe and Freeport, with receptions and church duties noted. Additional unions feature Bruzelius Francis in International Falls and Zimmerman Rice in Monticello with planned futures in education and missionary work.
Members and families of the Round Grove Homemakers club gathered for their annual picnic at the New Glarus roadside state park. A noon basket lunch preceded planning for Achievement Day and a Friday bus trip to Milwaukee, with a social afternoon. Several couples and individuals attended. Many trees bore male and female flowers.
About 50 candidates from Shullsburg Darlington and Monroe councils received the major degree in the Knights of Columbus in Shullsburg. Dr C W Henney and his Portage degree team conducted the ceremony. A banquet and program for 350 followed at Shullsburg High School gymnasium with Rev James J Sheridan Grand Knight Charles T Lee and other clergy and civic leaders speaking. Will Paquette led a group in God Bless America as the event closed. Monroe sent more than 40 knights with wives.
Mrs. Frank Clark hosted the Evangelical United Brethren Missionary society in Exeter township with lessons led by Lillian Stauffer and devotions by Kathryn Staedtler. Attendees included Mrs. Ida Schenk and relatives visiting from Attica and DeForest. A separate note mentions a 60th anniversary program at Zwingli church and a New Glarus wedding dance with multiple local attendees.
Local families and soldiers share furloughs and visits across the area. Residents including Rev. and Mrs. Abe and families, Roethlisberger relatives, 4-H clubs from Prairie du Chien, and Schenk family members travel, visit Cambridge and New Glarus, with Ivan Schenk returning from Tucson for a 15 day leave.
President Truman nominated Norman Armour to be assistant secretary of state, replacing Spruille Braden who has resigned. Armour, a career diplomat and former ambassador to Argentina in 1939, is seen as a goodwill gesture toward Argentina. The White House announced the move orally via press aide Eben Ayers, who implied duties may differ from Braden’s. Armour’s last post was ambassador to Spain.
Mrs Verna Kubly was elected president of the Green County Normal School Alumni Association at the annual picnic and gathering on the school grounds Sunday. Arleigh Frautsehy was named vice president and Miss Florence Figs secretary treasurer. Retiring principal Howard Teasdale received a gift from the Green County Teachers Association.
Ellen Grossen six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Grossen died in Chicago Memorial hospital at 10 this morning She was born January 20 1941 and was the child of Robert and Margaret Sarbachen Grossen Funeral services are pending with Voegels funeral home attendants returning the body from Chicago
Paris and surrounding regions Brace for gas and electricity shortages as public utility workers join a nationwide rail strike. Premier Ramadier halted a prior 24 hour utility strike by requisition, while Paris Metro threats loom. The government council meets to assess the crisis, with unions signaling willingness to negotiate.
Des Plaines resident Martha Fritz reports seeing eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler with a tall man who appeared Indian and a blond girl crossing a Des Plaines river bridge en route toward Chicago. The girl has been missing from Fort Atkinson since May 1 after collecting mail at the Weckler home.
Belgian police arrested a man and a woman linked to a false-compartment suitcase containing letter bombs similar to those mailed to 20 leading Britons last week. Scotland Yard provided an operative to assist Belgian authorities in the investigation.
Officials face a tangled case after bogus letter bombs were found in British mailboxes, complicating the inquiry. Genoa reports a man claiming ties to a Jewish underground group said he mailed the real bombs, raising questions about the Gouplet involvement.
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