Weather Forecast for June 16, 1957
Mostly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Continued warm and humid. Low tonight in the low 60s. High Tuesday about 80.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1957
Page
6
Mostly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Continued warm and humid. Low tonight in the low 60s. High Tuesday about 80.
Report shows last week high 84 and low 50 since Saturday 1 p.m. Year ago today high 90 and low 67. Barometer 29.88 at 1 a.m. and 29.84 at 1 p.m. Warmest city California at 106 degrees and Fraser Colorado the coldest at 28. Sunrise at 5 13 and sunset at 8 46.
Gerald Stamm of Orangeville convicted in Monroe police case for procuring beer for minors. Sentence includes $50 fine plus court costs.
Michael Charles Kubly and Jule Ann Wenger both 21 are from 617 14th avenue and 1721 15th street. Harry Hohn 27 of Mineral Point wed Elsbeth Ruth Bernet Route 1 Monticello. Kenneth Eugene Gruenberg 21 Route 3 married Dorothy Dar lene Drews 19 Route 1 Clarno.
Obituaries note the deaths of Allen Godfrey 79 of Willow Springs Township Selmer J Hendrickson 65 of Madison and Mrs Otilia Eastwood 92 of Appleton with funeral details not provided in the available text.
Mr and Mrs Robert Vincent Freeport announce a daughter born June 9. Mr and Mrs Wendel Grenzow Juda announce a son born June 9. Mr and Mrs Dennis Blum Monticello announce a daughter born June 9. Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson 2310 16th Avenue announce a son born June 9. Mr and Mrs Burnell Moon Argyle announce a son born June 10. Mr and Mrs Richard Sterkowicz Winslow announce a son born June 10.
St Clare Hospital lists patients undergoing tonsillectomy and associated medical actions. Names span multiple towns including Blanchardville Argyle Janesville Beloit Rockford Madison and Pine areas with listings for medical surgical and dismissal portions. The compiled roster includes Mrs Gilford Nybroton Walter Baker John White and many others among patients and staff.
The Green County sheriff reports two cars sustained moderate damage with no injuries after a crash one mile south of County Trunk H at a junction near the Conrad Senn farm. The collision between John Thorson and Lincoln E Barber occurred at 12 94 p m with $200 damage per vehicle due to loose gravel.
At the West Wisconsin annual conference in River Falls Rev. Glen H. Ridnour was reassigned to Monroe and elected to the board of missions. New pastorates include Rev. Thomas R. Jerrell for South Wayne Browntown and Gratiot and Rev. John Wreford to Dodgeville. The conference noted 539 member gains and approved a $1 per member increase for education and Wesley Foundations.
President Eisenhower's doctors report ileitis may be linked to his recent diet and stomach upset. Hagerty clarified a prior misstatement about anticoagulant use, noting a reduction to six weekly doses from seven as doctors monitor intestinal inflammation and past heart attack risk.
Johns Hopkins University president Milton Eisenhower, hospitalized with fever, was undergoing further tests after a preliminary diagnosis indicated a kidney infection. He became ill late Saturday and was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital yesterday.
Martin Auestad of Argyle called today. Mrs Judd McNett of Platteville visited Monroe. Edgar Prien South Wayne and Mr and Mrs Stanley Harder of Janesville were here. John Veer Oregon Illinois came on business. County Clerk and Mrs Ray Kundert and Mr and Mrs Hervey Hoesly return from Lake Puckaway. Eastern Star meeting and Father’s Day program planned tonight. Kenneth Rieder heads to Fort Wayne for GE work. Additional visitors include the Mahlkuch and Ostrander families and the Redman couple visiting Indianapolis after trips. vacations to Florida noted for Ost rander relatives.
Mr and Mrs Harold Sorenson of LaCrosse announce the birth of a daughter today in LaCrosse. The couple has a three year old daughter. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ralph A Lindsay of Monroe and Mrs Anna Sorenson of Northfield Minnesota. Great grandparents include Mrs Jacob Wartenweiler and Mrs Ella Lindsay of Monroe.
Emery Pope of Blanchardville shipped four carloads of timber by rail for veneer. He has purchased standing timber and cut it for a Minnesota firm, with shipments from here.
Among those attending funeral services for Arthur Behnke in Belleville Friday were Ray Talmadge Mr and Mrs Arnold Meier and son Richard Savanna and Mmes Fred Aeschoff Walter Haur John Meier Sr Armin Zingerie Lorena Holdrich Walter Zeller Fred Abbott and Earl Feldt.
Mark Williams four year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert O Williams of 1732 15th street was reported in good condition at St Clare hospital after head injuries from being struck by a swing and thrown against a slide support at a city playground yesterday.
Kenneth Bucalo, 13, son of Mark Bucalo of Durand, suffered a broken right leg yesterday after his bicycle collided with a steel post. He was admitted to St. Clare hospital at 7:30 p.m.
Anthony M. Kuban shot a low net at Dell View Golf Course Lake Delton to win the John B. Tanner trophy at the Wisconsin CPA tournament Saturday He will retain possession of the trophy for a year.
Paris reports indicate China trade negotiations may evolve into a race to follow Britain in tapping Shanghai dollars. Western allies, led by Britain, drop some embargoes while U S policy keeps strict controls on Korea China and North Viet Nam trade despite easing with the Soviet bloc.
Miss Maureen Bruni daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bruni Monroe and Mrs. Adam Schwartzlow Brodhead attended Milton College graduation exercises yesterday. She is to teach vocal music at Clinton Wisconsin this fall. Churchill’s favorite pastime is bezique, a card game similar to pinochle played with 64 cards.
Hollywood profile of Peggy King who after years of tests at MGM and a brief marriage returns to show business. She lands a plum role as a plucky airline stewardess in Bartlett Champion's Zero Hour, following a tomato sauce jingle and a George Gobel TV spot that sparked a recording contract.
In Dahlgren Virginia a family fishing party on a houseboat near Machadoc Creek faced a deadly accident. Joe Miller seven fell overboard as the boat neared shore and drowned, followed by Melvin Miller thirty two, Pauline Houchins thirty five, and Wayne Houchins forty who leaped to save him.
A terrorist bomb exploded under a bandstand at a seaside casino in Algiers as couples danced. Seven youths were killed and 83 injured, many from prominent Algiers families. French authorities investigated the attack and blamed a nationalist group.
Mrs. Otilia Eastwood 92 of Appleton died Saturday at a son’s home. Born December 4, 1864 in Wiota Township she married Edwin Eastwood in Wiota in 1888. Survived by four sons Paul Ralph Harvey Laverne and two daughters Vera and Betty. Funeral at Hanson funeral home South Wayne with burial in Miller cemetery Wiota.
The Associated Press reports three drownings in Wisconsin over the weekend. Michael Simowski seven of Stevens Point died after he and a companion fell into the Wisconsin River slough. Dennis Winter two from Columbus drowned in Crawfish River near his parents home. Donald Ponschock twenty five of Milwaukee died when a canoe overturned on Chain O Lakes near Waupaca with an accompanying eighteen year old girl.
Mrs. Della Stauffacher was feted Saturday noon at a birthday dinner hosted by Miss Mamie Bleiler. Guests included Misses Anna and Ina Gill Lola Burdick Monroe and Mrs. Edith Coning of San Mateo Calif a cousin of Miss Ina Gill.
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau News editorial condemns the state tax on yellow oleomargarine as discriminatory and unjust. Wisconsin and Minnesota remain the only states taxing oleo with 15 cents per pound sold and 6 cents per pound imported by consumers.
Nearly a dozen countries push Congress to authorize another billion dollars in surplus U S farm products for foreign currencies. Poland Spain and Israel seek aid to ease shortages while Italy Pakistan Japan India Yugoslavia and others also request access to wheat cotton fats oils soybeans and dairy under special sales to friendly nations.
Over twenty years, sales have used local currency under a surplus disposal program. The House delays a bill to authorize using stockpiles for a further billion dollar export sale. The Senate passes the bill as Poland already receives 46 million dollars to back surplus wheat and cotton sales.
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