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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1953
Page
8
Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Not very cool north tonight with a low around 52 to 46. High Thursday expected 70 to 80. Data shows a precipitation total of 1.11 inches and barometer readings around 29.62 this morning and 29.63 at 1 PM.
Brodhead justices hear reckless driving cases with forfeit bonds from Leon Kirkpatrick $50 James Bliss $20 and James Hafen $10 plus costs Martin Roth from Madison faces disregard signal with $3 costs William Gruenberg Hanover pays $10 bond forfeited Edwin Hanson Blanchardville faces illegal passing with $10 bond forfeit Robert Hooper Brodhead cited for buying beer for a minor $60 and costs Roy Ross West Allis speeding dismissed on payment of court Donald Newcomer Route 2 Brodhead speeding $3 and costs
J S Urben of New Glarus named administrator of the Fred Heimann estate who died May 1. Heirs listed include brothers John and Andrew of New Glarus, sister Katherina Mc Quede of Madison, another sibling in Switzerland, and six children of a late brother Casper.
Marie Bowman and Salmer Bowman acquire land in Adams Township section 11. Gladys Jenny transfers half interest in land in Sylvester Township section 36 to Kate Mohns. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Arthur Schneider of 807 21st Street on June 10 and a son to Mr and Mrs Walter Minning of Monticello on June 9.
A list from St Clare Hospital includes patients undergoing tonsillectomy and others under medical care in multiple towns. Names include Linda and Mrs Gaylord Fagen Hanover Mary Joe Geschke Footville William Goecks South Wayne Dennis Leahy 1103 11th street and Ray Cornelius Freeport John Blumer Route 2 De Vere Taylor Brodhead John Darnill Warren John Cook New Glarus Patrick Mculhatton Darlington Vernard Peck Freeport Mrs Leo Foley 903 11th avenue Mrs Eugene Carson Beloit Mrs Tillier Johnson Blanchardville George Jacobson Darlington Mrs Stanley Finke Belleville. Dismissals list Joseph Signer Larry Burkhalter William Brown Mrs Walter Splinter Mrs Alfred Machotka Mrs Donard Severance Mrs Mary Farmer Mrs Aaron Sharp Jacqueline Owen and Mrs Robert Strothman and son.
Ida Lundgren and Ophelia Tschudy attended the 1918 class reunion in Chicago with Gertrude Ritter McBride of Denver. Tschudy returned home Sunday. McBride accompanied Lundgren to Monroe for a few days.
The University of Wisconsin Student Welfare Foundation held an al fresco dinner at Monroe Country Club attended by 85 guests including university coaches and Madison figures. Sponsors Raymond R. Kubly and Arthur Towell spoke with Towell as master of ceremonies while coach Ivy Williamson and others answered questions on Rose Bowl prospects and two platoon debates. Fred Gage led in golf with a 35 36 71 score.
Frederick Schadt, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Schadt, landed a 13-pound, 38-inch northern pike in a back shough of the Sugar River near Albany while fishing with his father. The catch outpaced many seasoned fishermen in the area.
A Shrewsbury Massachusetts family escaped injury during yesterday's tornadoes by sheltering in a basement. Their home was heavily damaged as the town faced severe windstorms that left multiple fatalities and about 100 houses flattened.
Five Monroe Boy Scouts John Bruni Donald Martin Dennis Goecks Gary Hoesly and Charles Chase will spend next weekend at Canyon near Stockton Illinois for a rainin period before the National Jamboree to be held at Irvine Ranch Santa Ana California in July. Adult leader Dewey Dwyer will accompany them.
In Kingswinford England Thomas Arrowsmith recounted chasing a burglar in his underwear and catching the thief with 400 pounds in bank notes. Defendant John Homer, 63, told the court he surrendered due to morality. The judge sentenced Homer to 18 months in jail.
Jared W. Summerhays of Milton Oregon died Tuesday after a heart attack. He was 57 and survived by 36 brothers and sisters. Summerhays served as grand master of the Oregon Masonic Lodge and was son of a Mormon with four wives before polygamy bans.
Personal mentions show Ray Dietmeier Winslow and Theodore Ott with son Monti in Monroe for business calls. Eric Remmers Cedarville and son Donald visited Monroe, Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Hopkins Rockford were in the city on business. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brennan plan a Black Hills tour. Mrs. Dwight Hagemen and daughter Faith of Brodhead visited. Les Gotcher, famed square dance caller, set for Turner Hall on Friday June 12 at 8:30 p m.
Senator McCarthy assailed the Fulbright international exchange program as a half-bright scheme aimed at the State Department administration of teacher and student exchanges. He spoke before the Senate investigations subcommittee at the program's public inquiry start and postponed questioning of Brooklyn College professor Napthali Lewis due to illness in her family.
At Woodford school last meeting the Pecatonica Rollers 4-H Club changed its meeting time to the first Thursday of each month. Vice president David Rundle presided. A special meeting for boys playing softball is set for tomorrow night. Refreshments were served by the Anderson Armstrong and Haesler families.
Jill ZumBrunnen entertained in honor of her eighth birthday yesterday afternoon at her grandmother Mrs. Edw Schneider’s home. 2014 14th sires were played and refreshments were served by Mrs. Schneider. Attending were Janet Barry Karen Feldt Mary Ellen Dary Margaret Sullivan Sherry Tschudy Therese Wuetrich Shirley Gaughan Mary Ann Blum Ann Conway Mary Muenich Christine Ross Joan and Janet Senn Mrs Alfred Kubly Mrs Jacob S Senn and Mr and Mrs F Royce ZumBrunnen.
A private British group aims to boost East West trade and sees Red China as a rich market. They estimate potential Chinese British trade at 70 to 100 million pounds annually, in a report by the British Council for the Promotion of International Trade led by Lord Boyd Orr.
Wisconsin assembly members push to obtain tickets for the 1953 World Series to be played in Milwaukee this fall. Graass of Sturgeon Bay introduced the resolution directing the chief clerk and sergeant at arms to order tickets for the members.
IKON MOUNTAIN Michigan two convicts from the Marquette prison were found in Quinnesec rail yard. Joseph McMackin aged 35 and John McDowell aged 39 were the fifth and sixth recaptured from the May 22 breakout. The seventh convict Lloyd Russell, 31, eluded capture after being sighted near Hermansville by state fire warden Koehn. He fled into timber as a youth with a spotlight drew attention away from four walking girls. A knapsack with food and soap was dropped during the escape.
Gov. Kohler appointed four physicians to the Wisconsin Board of Medical Examiners. Edward Murphy of Eau Claire. Clifford Olson of Baldwin to replace the late Dawson of River Falls. Jerry W. McRoberts of Sheboygan to replace J. W. Smith of Milwaukee. and Thomas Tormey Jr. of Madison to replace H. H. Christofferson of Colby. Terms run to July 1, 1957 for two appointees and to July 1, 1955 for the others.
Sebastian A. Perrone, 27, died Tuesday when his car failed to take a curve, struck a tree after plowing into a cemetery. Police reported no others were harmed in the crash.
Services for Mrs Jacco Oppliger 69 of New Glarus will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at the Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev Lynn F B Tschudy officiating. The body comes from Zentner funeral home to be buried in the church cemetery. She was born December 3 1883 in Wal liswil Wangen Canton Bern Switzerland and came to the United States in 1913. She married Jacob Oppliger October 22 1915 in New Glarus and lived with a daughter at Stand Cheese factory north of New Glarus until February. She leaves two sons and three daughters. She was a member of the Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church.
Jack Farmer aged 54 was electrocuted in Huntsville for the murder of his second wife. Witnesses noted his final moments as he smoked a cigarette and spoke of a “good fight.” Eight children aged 3 to 22 and the mother traveled back to Lubbock after the execution.
Arthur Friede 48, organizer of the Gentile League in 1944, died at his Watertown home. The league, once granted a state charter, saw its charter revoked by court order after the attorney general challenged its anti semitic nature. Circuit Judge Alvin C Reis ordered revocation on July 10 1944 saying We are fighting for freedom of religion.
The British freighter Stanrealm arrived with 9,506 tons of iron ore from Tsingtao destined for an undisclosed European harbor.
The board directs superintendent Evans to consult with a Ke Waunee boiler firm to replace seniors’ boiler units this summer. It approves painting the high school gym and main hallways and sets redistricting for sixth grade classes across North South and East schools to balance 84 pupils and 121 first graders.
Maj. James W. Jabara of Wichita Kansas, the American first jet ace, shot down two MIGs to raise his score to 11 and become the sixth double jet ace of the Korean War. On his 97th mission he downed one MIG and had another probable destroy.
A crash between a truck and a semi-trailer in Madison left Raymond Jennings, 29, of Streator, Illinois with serious injuries. A volcano at Mt Aso in Japan erupted Tuesday, hurling rocks the size of a man's head.
Ruth Coe of Madison was re elected president of the state board of nursing on Tuesday. Sister M Regula of LaCrosse was re elected vice president. The board named Mrs Aurora Burke of Milwaukee Dr John Stemper of Shorewood and Sister M Aquinas of LaCrosse to its committee of examiners for trained practical nurses for terms ending July 1.
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