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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
8
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a rise in temps. Highs reached 74 yesterday and 81 today in some regions. Barometer steady around 29.82 inches. Warmest U S location Yuma Arizona at 104 and coldest Traverse City Michigan at 29. Sunrise 4 22 sunset 7 36.
Marriage licenses granted to Margaret Vaughn and LeRoy Francis McCabe of Benton with application by Glenn Kipfer Blancharaville Lafayette county. Norena Pauline Simmons and Albert E. Douglas of Darlington with Lafayette county application. Edna Mary Nevel and Charles Behnke of Brooklyn town with Lafayette county application.
Obituary notes announce the deaths of Mrs. Fred Bumpke aged 74 of Brod head and Mrs. W O Grinnell aged 72 of Harlingen Texas with brief identification of their names and ages.
Mr and Mrs John E McGinnis Warren announce a daughter born June 8. Mr and Mrs Ralph Yeazel Monroe announce a daughter born June. Mr and Mrs Charles Phalmann Juda announce a son born June 9. Mr and Mrs Gerald C Condon Brodhead announce a son born June 9.
Surgical cases include Henry E Babler Monticello and Kathleen Ryan Janesville. Medical entries list Mrs Delbert E Martin Warren and Robert Kohn. Dismissals name Joan Collins and others. Rev Ralph K Kofoed presides at West Wisconsin conference opening in Sparta with area ministers scheduled. Others include Rev Sachizen Compton Kelsey and several local attendees.
Mrs. Anna Wohlwend Bumpke 74 longtime Brodhead Juda resident died at home 507 E. 3rd Ave at 9 40 p m after two years illness Born in Pittsburgh Aug 3 1874 she wed Feb 27 1888 at Juta later farmed near Juta then Brodhead Survived by husband one daughter Mrs Ben Cleveland Albany two sisters Miss Mollie Wohlwend San Pedro Calif and Mrs Ira Johnson Juda two grandchildren Alice May and Donald Cleveland also two brothers and two sisters preceded her in death She was active in Eastern Star and the Woman’s Relief Corps Services 230 pm Sunday Everson Funeral Home Rev J C Robertson Congregational church officiating Greenwood Cemetery burial Friends may call Saturday evening
Edwin Ralph Luedy eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Leady Albany suffered a basal skull fracture yesterday afternoon when he fell about six feet down the stairs of a small barn in the village He was admitted to St Clare hospital at 2 pm.
Personal mentions place residents and visitors in Madison Monroe and nearby towns. Names include Hedwig Motz Florence Loveland Viola Brunkow Leland Kammerud Michael Bloom J Johnson Mary Theiler Robert Wild Lydia Voege Meythaler family Mauer man family Walker Miller Foss Keener Sturzenegger Gerber Steinman and others. Several travel and visitation notes accompany a bake sale and a reunion event.
Ad runs for M. J. Gonstead chiropractic clinic offering X ray and Neurocalometer services. Contact phone 373 and residence at 101 Monroe Street.
Whittaker Chambers identifies five individuals who allegedly supplied government documents during his Soviet spy ring work. The list includes Alger Hiss and William Ward Pigman along with Harry Dexter White Vincent Reno and Julian Wadleigh. Pigman denies any dealings with Chambers or improper information sharing.
Two intoxicated men were said to have a violent fight in a car on highway 59 just inside Monroe city limits at the south edge. Police arrived around 11 p.m. yesterday and the men drove away before officers could question them.
Blanchardville Times reports York 4-H club Parents' night will be held Tuesday in Postville. Members and parents will hear reports on grain garden and handicraft projects. All members will work on record books.
Mrs Flora Fluder of 820 17th Avenue returned from a year in Switzerland visiting relatives and reuniting with friends. An unscheduled Montreal stop due to fog marked the only hiccup on her homeward flight, after a May 30 arrival in Monro, pleased to be home.
Mrs. Emilie Thoresen 90 mother of Trygve Thoresen died May 20 in Sarpsborg Norway after pneumonia halted plans to board a plane to America. She had lived in Chicago 45 years before returning with her husband to Norway where he died. A daughter in Canada rushed to her bedside. She is survived by another married daughter.
An advertisement promotes Teol as a strong foot treatment for athletes foot foot odor and itching. It promises deep penetration with an undiluted alcohol base and a one hour relief guarantee or a 35 cent refund at the drug store.
Two daughters and two sons are listed for Sigvald Thoresen of Rockford and Trygve of Mt. Horeb in the family record.
The Wisconsin State Senate voted 23 to 6 to kill a bill that would legalize fireworks sales. The measure had passed the Assembly 48 to 26 but faced strong opposition, leaving Fourth of July celebrations restricted and children barred from firing firecrackers and rockets again.
Fort Atkinson fire chief Benton B. Beebe died after a heart attack at a Watertown hospital. He was 59 and had served as president of the state fire chiefs association in 1939. Beebe also played professional baseball on teams in the United States and Canada.
Scotty, owned by Richard H. Bahr and family, is reported recovering from probable strychnine poisoning after being found violently ill in the Bahr yard. Dr. J. A. Rouch disclosed the assessment.
Federal-State market news reports Wisconsin American cheese trading with light demand. Prices range for single daisies around 33 12 to 34 at state assembly points, longhorns near 34 to 34 44, square prints about 34 to 34 4, and midgets 35 to 36.
Lynette and George Keen Suzanne and Duanne Mahlbuch and Gary Widmer attend a two week Bible school at Evangelical United Brethren church in Juda with Brodhead.
The Fidelity Juvie club will hold a treasure hunt tomorrow at 3 30 p m meeting in the Moose hall Miss Nancy Thorp is in charge.
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