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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1947
Page
2
American businessmen note keener vigilance as postwar markets show fatigue. Production remains high but discretionary demand wanes with discounting for small aircraft radios and luxury apparel. Home building stalls especially in suburbs while employment and overtime tighten, squeezing consumer purchasing power.
A collage of quirky notes from AP: bronx platypuses pampered after arrival from Australia with 700 officials adjusting keepers’ uniforms. Bluefield offers free lemonade when heat rises above 20. Eastchester features a travel-ready manikin with vitamin pills sealed in a copper rocket for a store cornerstone.
Dr. Philip Raider travels with his five year old daughter Mary to Denver after divorce talks. Mary, pale and listless, is cared for by Sheila’s mother Mrs Garrett in Colorado Springs. The story follows Marys fragile health and hints at family dynamics as Philip contemplates the breakup.
Mrs. Robert Kohli of Monroe marked her 89th birthday with visits from relatives and friends. A Grose County native born in 1858, she has lived in Monroe most of her life, was married to Carl Robert Kohli in 1876, and has five grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
A 1937 item notes Lyman Wesley Noyes dies in Albany. LeRoy amps Browntown breaks a wrist cranking a tractor. A new Deaconess hospital board is announced with several named members.
Eighth grade rural graduates from the Brodhead area include Martha Amann Lois Broerer Annie Cleveland Donald Domek Imagine Ellis Herman Karl Chris Kneubuehl Elaine Kundert Violet and others as the class completes the school year.
Graduating from the eighth grade at Brodhead High School are Philip Brager Vivian Zahlke Donald Ebneter Joanne Demp-Roger Cowell Lois Reasa William Gilbert John Derning Rose Tearman Guy Pierce Nancy Faye Eugene Stuessy Colleen Ross Beverly Ann Paulson Jack McKinney Evelyn Riegle Robert Bliss Nancy Conway and Gerald Sauer.
Rev John Schultz veteran superintendent of a leper school and sanatorium in India will speak at the annual Father and Son banquet at First Reformed church Tuesday evening. He will illustrate his talk with color pictures of his experiences.
A mixed page features health bath promotions at Wagner’s Health Baths with an address and phone, a humor piece urging relaxation, Father’s Day book suggestions from Baker’s Book Store, a Chatham blanket promotion at Leader Department Store, and Catalina swimwear at See’s with prices starting at $2.98.
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