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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1959
Page
6
Partly cloudy and warm with continued humidity through tonight and Wednesday. Chance of rain develops late tonight or Wednesday near the Illinois border. Lows around 65 to 70 with daytime highs in the 80s.
The report notes yesterday high of 91 and low of 70. A year ago today the high was 65 and the low 51. The barometer read 29.96 at 1 a.m. and 29.98 at 1 p.m. Gila Bend Arizona recorded the warmest temperature at 105 while Big Piney Wyoming had the coldest at 29. Sunrise was 5 31 and sunset 8 27.
Letters of administration issued to Ida Dahms for the estate of Harold R. who died June 4. William C. Har en and Henry Burgy appointed as appraisers. Under a will dated August 5, 1955 the widow is named heir.
The sheriff reports two traffic cases in Monroe. L A Koenig and Theodore O. Stauffacher failed to display directional signals on their vehicles and forfeited $15 each.
Dale R. Eggleston aged 14 from Brod head. Mrs Katherine Flint 88 of Beloit. Mrs Kenneth Vesledahl 36 of Sioux Falls South Dakota. Albert J. North 87 of Evansville. Mrs Emil Ast 73 of Dodgeville.
Birth notices list June 8 and June 9 births. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ruef Route 4 welcome twin daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gilbert Mineral Point report a son. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Will Route 1 announce a daughter.
A list from St. Clare Hospital includes patients from New Glarus Rockford and surrounding towns under Surgical Medical and Tonsillectomy categories. Names cover Sandra Ziltner Emma Menehan Perry Gillette and others with dismissals including Walter Ninneman and several listed spouses and patients.
Monticello assemblyman C. M. Stauffer spoke at the Lions Club dinner at the Swiss Wheel restaurant on how the legislature affects residents. The club outlined plans for a July 11 fundraising auction and began naming captains.
The first in a series of township extension meetings was held in Spring Grove Township. Albany and Brooklyn townships will meet next Monday night with plans to analyze local needs and identify problems for county extension work. A family night with potluck is set for Tuesday Aug 18 at the Farm Bureau Hall.
Mrs. T Roy Evenson recommended a drive to the Jordan Lutheran church for relief from heat. She and her husband visited his parents’ graves in the church yard, noting the cooling air and fall bloom of the peonies on the grounds.
Police seek information on the theft of geraniums from graves in Greenwood Cemetery. A box was taken from the grave of Mrs. Charles Kohli Friday evening and missing by Monday morning. a similar theft occurred at the grave of Frank Shriner. Police Chief Henry S. Hefty warns violators will be prosecuted.
Will Zimmerli from Albany visited this morning. John Condon and sister Loretta Condon traveled from Chicago to visit their aunt Mrs. Charles Klein maier. Dr and Mrs E H Maurer plan a Medford trip to visit relatives including Mr and Mrs James Petersen and others. Mary Ann McFarland of Stoughton visits her uncle and aunt Lyman Pernot for a week while her parents vacation in Colorado. Henry Babler and family attended grandson Marc Andersons Bethlehem Lutheran church confirmation. A Morgan Christianson family from Wisconsin spent the weekend with Edwin Haldiman’s family. Mrs L L Hare returned from Darlington where her brother Van Morris was a patient 13 weeks and very serious. Mrs John Oncken and daughter Lynne of Neillsville visit her parents Ray Crane and wife in Woodford. Oncken will join family in Madison next week for a weekend stay in Stoughton.
Canton Ohio United Rubber Workers and the B F Goodrich Co reached agreement to end a 55 day strike by 14 000 workers in eight cities. The pact, subject to local union ratification, followed an all night negotiating session with no immediate details released.
In Durham England a newly married couple died after a scooter and car collision in the village of Pity Me. Jack Morley age 36 and Jenny Howell 35 married only 36 hours leaving eight children behind. Morley had six children and Howell two.
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson denounces President Eisenhower's monetary policy talk as too late to defend Republican plans for a money campaign. He calls for a full congressional review to curb rate increases and notes banks delaying private loan rate hikes amid congressional resistance. Republicans fill banquet halls at a $100 dinner honoring GOP lawmakers who endured the 1958 setback.
New York halted signing of the Patterson Johansson world heavyweight title contract as Gen Krulewitch waited for Judge Kaufman’s decision in the Machen Johansson suit. If the decision favors Machen the June 25 bout in Yankee Stadium could be delayed and a Johansson Machen rematch may be pursued.
Daily classified notices in The Times highlight affordable items and special offers across sections. Readers can scan merchandise deals, services, and upcoming sale events with clear pricing cues.
John R. Scott and William C. Boyd of Monroe have been accepted into the international fraternity Pi Rho Zeta at Spencerian College Milwaukee confirming their membership in the Greek society.
Sallie Ann Wenger daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph H Wenger of 803 18th Avenue earned a BA in arts and sciences as part of 1700 students receiving degrees at the University of Colorado 117th commencement exercises on Friday.
Beth Ambrose daughter of Mr and Mrs Adolph Ambrose of 807 Ith street leaves for Glencoe Illinois to resume summers as governess at the John Straub residence This marks her second summer in Straub employ.
The Zor Chanters will entertain at the Green County Shrine Club dinner meet at Monroe Country Club. The event starts at 7 p.m. on June 16.
Prof. J Herbert Burgy of Bradley University will teach at the State College in Los Angeles from June 22 to July 31. He visits his brother Fred and family in Monticello and his sister Mrs H C Hoesly in Madison before leaving for California.
Mary Brunkow, a 1959 Juda high school graduate, receives a legislative scholarship from the state college board of rounding toward admission at Whitewater State College for September enrollment.
The recipient is the top ranked graduating senior at a state high school and receives funding covering incidental fees for each semester of the freshman year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Brunkow of Juda.
Mrs H F Cunningham is in Madison attending the annual session of the West Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist church. The meeting runs through Sunday and she serves on the Conference Board of Education.
Peter Dannerbeck, Rudy Buzz Reger and James Roéthe depart tomorrow morning for a five week journey into Mexico.
Emmett J. Norton was elected grand knight of the Knights of Columbus at a Legion hall meeting. He will succeed Warren M. Gerhart on July 1. Deputy knight Anthony Kuban and other officers were chosen. A Shrine Hospital operations film was shown and lunch served by Robert Cashman and Bernard Wiegel. Next KC meeting is June 22 at Lakeside Heights clubroom with bratwurst supper.
John F. Kundert assistant cashier at the Commercial and Savings Bank will attend the seventh summer session of the NABAC School for Bank Auditors and Comptrollers opening July 19 at the University of Wisconsin. The three year program is sponsored by the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers based in Chicago. Kundert enters the second year and will study bank auditing. last year covered bank accounting.
Dr. Jorge Paras testified that Jane Dakin 17 suffered schizophrenia after confessing to shooting her parents Thomas 46 and Elizabeth 43 with an automatic rifle on the night of December 1. Dakin stands trial on two counts of first degree murder and pleads not guilty by reason of insanity.
Jess Fesler a 53 year old coal mine owner was shot in the back while operating a bulldozer on a federal flood control project near Lake City Tennessee Five men were questioned by Anderson County Sheriff Glad Woodward in Clinton and Campbell County Sheriff Rose Cuts held three in Jacksboro as part of the investigation Lake City lies in the coalfield area near Knoxville and the Kentucky border
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