Torkelson Kolb wedding at St John’s Evangelical Reformed
Ruth Elaine Torkelson daughter of Mrs Clara Torkelson Argyle became the bride of Frederick Kolb son of Mr and Mrs Henry Kolb Monroe route 4 in a 2 pm Sunday ceremony Rev Paul C Kehle officiated at St John’s church White tapers lit the altar maid of honor Paulson wore pink net and pink carnations in bouquet reception for relatives at the Kolb home Monticello. couple will farm near Monticello. Washington 4 H club meeting at town hall named a bird pledge kittenball captain Peter Graber manager Cecil Holloway
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torkelson-Kolb
Ruth Elaine Torkelson
Clara Torkelson
Argyle
Frederick Kolb
Henry Kolb
Monroe
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Paul C. Kehle
Ervin Gilbertson
Paulson
John Kolb
Roy Kolb
Glen Elmer
Esther Paulson
Frederick Kolboe Monticello
Chris Brager
Casper Nybroten
Emil Sutter
Elaine Gilbertson
Carolyn Vogel
Frieda Sutter
Washington
Washington Township
Town Hall
Peter Graber
Cecil Holloway
Monticello
Rose Marie Cotherman
Mildred Cotherman
Carla Lewis
Kant-Eberle
Blanchardville
Lois Jean Kant
Emil Kant
Warren
Ill
Verlen John Eberle
John Eberle
Trinity Lutherans Church
Clarence Benson
Gordon Dawson
Postnuptial Shower for Mr and Mrs Steiner in Blanchardville
Neighbors and friends hosted a post nuptial shower at the Steiner residence 510 20th Avenue Monday evening. Guests included multiple families and individuals, with cards, socializing, and gifts for the honored couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Steiner
20Th Avenue
John Schild
Walter Stauffacher
Casper Schild
John Rieder
Dan Nafzger
Ernest Rufenacht
Ed Birchbach
Zenno A. Gorder
Fred Dettwiler
Andrew Sulzer
Emil Boesch
Matt Zentner
Edward R. Einbeck
Union Ladies' Aid Co-Chairs Named for Thursday Serving
Mrs. Otto Kiel and Mrs. J C Calder will serve as co-chairmen for the Union Ladies' Aid event on Thursday afternoon. Serving will begin at 5 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnion
Otto Kiel
J. C. Calder
Stewart TenEyck wed in quiet Methodist parsonage ceremony
Miss Ardis Stewart daughter of Mrs Grace Stewart Monroe married Frank A TenEyck Jr son of Mr and Mrs F A TenEyck Brodhead. The June 6 ceremony in the local parsonage was attended only by the couple. The bride lately worked with the American Red Cross national headquarters in Washington. TenEyck served three years overseas with the 32nd Red Arrow division and returned from the Philippines. He is discharged under the point system. No definite future plans announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardis Stewart
Grace Stewart
Monroe
Frank A. TenEyck
F. A. TenEyck
Brodhead
Charles A. Briggs
American Red Cross
Washington
TenEyck
32Nd Red Arrow Division
Philippines
Emerson Stark Marriage Told In Simple DuBuque Ceremony
Announcement states Miss Clairys Belle Emerson daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin J Emerson Blanchardville wed August H Stark of Platteville in a simple DuBuque Iowa ceremony on June 5 The bride attends Platteville Teachers College set to graduate in August The groom a Platteville College alumnus co owner of Stark Sweet Shop and a known southern Wisconsin sports official They reside at 118 West Main Street Platteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark
Blanchardville
Times Special Service
Clairys Belle Emerson
Martin J. Ejmerson
August H. Stark
Platteville
Dubuque
Platteville Teachers’ College
Platteville College
Stark Sweet Shop
Wisconsin
Main Street
Pythian Sisters Hold Meeting In K P Hall
At the regular Pythian Sisters lodge gathering in K P hall on Tuesday evening Mary Ruth Stauffacher delivered a declamation titled The American Way. Thirty five attended with Mrs Louis Stauffacher in charge of the program. Peonies and Iris decorated the tables. Mrs John Holt Shopple Jr chaired the lunch committee with assistants. After refreshments cards were played and prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Omar
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Janesville
Monroe
Helen Cass
Beloit
John Bolender
Lancaster
J. C. Calder
Pythian Sisters
Pythian Sisters Lodge
K. P. Hall
Mary Ruth Stauffacher
Louis Stauffacher
Peonies
Iris
John Holtshopple, Jr
Ben Kubly
Walter Wyss
Leland Miller
Herbert Stauffacher
Picnic Supper Honors Marine on 30 Day Furlough
Ralph Boelk of the Marines, on a 30 day furlough after overseas duty, was honored at a picnic supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Frank De Voe in Browntown. Guests included the De Voes family and several relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Boelk
Marines
Frank DeVoe
Browntown
Ira DeVoe
Duane
Patricia
Elwin DeVoe
Carol
William Boelk
Ruth
Herbert Soddy
LaDonna
Eldon DeVoe
Doris
Edward Grossen
Pfc
Clarno 4-H Club Plans Social for June 22
Clarno 4-H members met at the Clarno school to plan a social on June 22. James Flannery Marian Busjahn Pauline Patterson and Betty Timm gave talks on camping while Mary Timm discussed dairying. Games and card favors completed the gathering with a next meeting set for July 10 at the W G Timm home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarno 4-H
Clarno
James Flannery
Marian Busjahn
Pauline Patterson
Betty Timm
Mary Timm
W. G. Timmome
Recitations And Songs Planned By Local Primary Department
Lois Priewe Bartlett Elaine Wolf will give recitations and there will be songs by the primary department. Mrs Oscar Losey Mrs Earl Hawthorne and Mrs Ernest Busjahn form the planning committee.
Entre Nous Bridge Club Hosts Dessert Evening
Mrs. A. P. Benkert hosted a seven o'clock dessert for Entre Nous members. Three tables played contract bridge with honors won by Mrs. Walter Bauman, Mrs. Leo D. Lewis, Mrs. A. D. Geigel, and Mrs. Laroy Dodge.
Mrs Jacob Elmer Sr 72 Dies In New Glarus
Mrs Jacob Elmer Sr aged 72 died at her New Glarus home after a two day illness. A Swiss immigrant who married Jacob Elmer in 1889 she was active in Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church and Ladies Aid groups. Surviving children are Jacob Jr John and H Otto all of New Glarus with siblings Otto Disch Dayton and Casper Disch Freeport. Burial in the church cemetery with services at 2 p m conducted by Rev Walter J Stuckey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus
Times
Jacob Elmer
Elmer
America
Anna Disch
Casper
Anna Genal Disch
Canton St. Gallen
Switzerland
Postville
Swiss Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ladies Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies’ Order of the G. U. G. G. Lodge
Jacob, Jr
John
H. Otto
Otto Disch
Dayton
Casper Disch
Freeport
John Disch
Zweifel Funeral
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Walter J. Stuckey
Local Families Gather for Weekend Visits and Birthday
New Glarus residents Mrs Bernard Staley and Doris Granberg spent the weekend with her parents at Blanchardville. Several couples from Madison Belleville Monticello McConnell Chicago and other towns visited the Wamstad home in honor of Mrs John Otts 77th birthday. Other guests included Ott family members Klassy Gempeler and Theiler and L Gonstead household members plus neighbors in Mt Horeb Janesville Brooklyn and New Glarus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Granberg
Blanchardville
Harry Newberry
Paul
Fred Schiesser
Evonne
Agnes Olson
Madison
Daniel Gethin
Palmer
Belleville
John Ott
Thorval Wamstad
Harvey Ott
Randy
Keneath Klassy
Kathryn
Carolyn
Monticello
Ida Figg
Charles Schneider
Darrell
Clarence Altmann
John
McConnell
Louise Spaneli
Chicago
Anton I. Ott
Harold
Darlene
New Glarus
Herman Ku
Roswell Boys Serve Essay Penalty for Rabbit Shooting
In Roswell New Mexico six boys confessed to shooting rabbits by car headlights. Sheriff Pat O Neill ordered each to write a 1000 word essay on The New Mexico Law on Firearms and present it in English class next fall. The youths claimed they did not know the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
N. M
Pat O'Neill
New Mexico
Turner Couple Mark 74 Years With Open House Anniversary
Mary Ann and George Turner of Viroqua Wisconsin prepare for their diamond anniversary next March. They celebrate with an open house in the log cabin Turner built 63 years ago. He cites mutual support and daily partnership as the key to long life. They have five children, nine grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 11 great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Mary Ann
George Turner
Turners
Turner
Veto Rule Goes To Vote At United Nations Conference
At San Francisco the United Nations debate over the big power veto moved to a vote. Australian Foreign Minister Evatt and U.S. Senator Connally led opposing camps with support for the five-nation concurrence rule in the proposed world security council. An Evatt amendment seeks to remove the concurrence requirement from peaceful settlements while preserving it for the use of force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United Nations
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Tom Connally
United States
Russia
Britain
China
France
World Security Council
Council
United Nations Conference Committee
Evatt
Vatican outlines efforts about notes to Il Duce
The 18 page pamphlet details Vatican moves to keep Italy out of war. It cites a Pope Pius XII appeal to Benito Mussolini on April 24 1940 to spare their countries from calamity. Mussolini allegedly answered that Italy would act to protect honor and future interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Vatican City
Holy See
Italy
Pius XII
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Navy Couple News From Monterey and beyond
Pas Baker Captain Homer L. Baker and his wife and family live with her parents in California while he is stationed at Monterey. Burgy Lieutenant Theodore J. Burgy departs for the west coast and plans to join a troop transport to the South Pacific as personnel officer with his wife and daughter Diane accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgy
Theodore J. Burgy
West Coast
South Pacific
Diane
Fields Couple Return to Atlanta Before Ft Benning
Fields and his wife return to Atlanta Georgia to visit relatives before reporting to Fort Benning Georgia near Columbus. They spent a week with his parents Mr and Mrs James Fields and their family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fields
Cpl
Maynard Fields
Atlanta
Ft. Benning
Columbus
James Fields
March Inductee Norder stationed at Camp Lee Virginia
Private Robert Norder, March inductee, is stationed at Camp Lee Virginia after a transfer from Camp Wheeler Georgia. He was to report to A. P. Hill Edgewood Maryland for six weeks of chemical warfare training. Sunday his brother SOM 3/c Raymond Norder visited him at Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norder
Robert Norder
Camp Lee
Camp Wheeler
A. P. Hill
Edgewood
SOM
Raymond Norder
Norfolk, Va
Olson Writes Home From Germany About Combat Honors
Cpl Gordon Olson of the Third Infantry Division in Germany informs his father Melvin Olson that he expects to be home by summer's end. He notes 118 points with a potential 123 if he earns the Bronze Star for action in Sicily and mentions eight battle stars along with 29 Congressional Medals of Honor, claiming his division holds a quarter of all such awards.
One-Stop Agricultural Service Urged for Farmers
Noble Clark of the University of Wisconsin urged a county basis 1 stop agricultural service unit to simplify access to farm subsidies loans and advisory services. He spoke before the department of agriculture club calling for consolidation of offices to build farmer confidence and expose research benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Noble Clark
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Clarke
United States Department of Agriculture Club
Clark
AAA
OPA
Local social notes from Blanchardville area
Community updates list residents visiting relatives in Madison and Portage and Beloit departures for Long Beach. local hospital training changes for Edith Stadelman. birthday party at J. C. Carlson’s with guests from multiple towns. visits from Jaegers, Goulds, Robbs, and others. births, hospital stays, and summer departures noted for several families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Peters
Madison
Portage
Beloit
Long Beach
Calif
Otto Miller
Rio
R. C. Miller
Marcia
Alma de- Voe
J. C. Carlson
Carl M. Hansle
Ferne Lynn
Seattle
Wash
Fred . Peters
William Stratman
Lyle Sardeson
Belleville
Maurice Sardeson
Lois
Argyle
K. G. Runhaug
Rock Island
Ill
Ned Gould
Kathryn Gettleman
Jean
Milwaukee
Rose Ryan
Mineral Point
Lloyd Johnson
Louise
Monroe
Myron Jeglum
Prairie du Chien
W. J. Robb
St. Clare Hospital
H. F. Caraway
Kathryn Ann
Herbert, Jr
Billings
Mont
James Ryan
Caraway
Harold Berg
Barbara
Billy
Rockford
Raymond Haugen
Jean Watson
Madison General Hospital
Ray Hanson
Clarence Disrud
Miranda Hermanson
Thomas Hermanson
Clarence Hermanson
Lillian Wang
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College Ride Home
Peter Paulson returned Saturday from Madison General Hospital where he underwent an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers’ College
Peter Paulson
Madison General Hospital
Monticello Barber Narrowly Escapes Death in Germany
Pvt Thomas Brusveen formerly a Monticello barber writes from Weisbaden Germany describing a direct German hit on their shelter building on April 2. He and others survived after being dug from under bricks while two comrades were killed. His barber shop remains open and he remains stationed overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brusveen
Monticello
Brusveen
Weisbaden
Germany
Houdini's Brother Hardeen Dies in New York
Theo Hardeen 69 brother of Harry Houdini and sole heir to the magician's secret escape methods died yesterday in New York City. He had entered Doctors Hospital May 30 for an operation and had lived in Brooklyn. The brothers, sons of Rabbi M S Weiss of Appleton Wisconsin, adopted stage names Houdini and Hardeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Theo Hardeen
Harry Houdini
Houdini
Hardeen
M. S. Weiss
Appleton
Wis
Brooklyn
Doctors Hospital
Local visits noted across Freeport and Gratiot areas
Winslow A K Graham and family visited Ruth Klentz’s home while Wallace Klentz and Arthur Klentz also spent Sunday with relatives. Dudley Etter called on John Hastings, and E A Mann, Bertha Lammers, and Lillian Phelps were Sunday callers at John Bishell and Henry Worley in Gratiot. Harold Mann vacationed from Freeport to his Winslow home. Dr L F Rockey and family and Marie Rockey were also mentioned in Sunday visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Klentz
Freeport
Arthur Klentz
Dixon
Ruth Klentz
Dudley Etter
Monroe
John Hastings
E. A. Mann
Bertha Lammers
Lillian Phelps
John Bishell
Henry Worley
Gratiot
Lester Smith
Harold Mann
Winslow
L. F. Rockey
Marie Rockey
Sunday Visits Across Communities In Regional Notes
Sunday visitors were reported at multiple homes including Mrs. E. G. Boeke in Freeport and Mrs. Lillian Phelps in Brown town. Raymond and Clara Gutzmer visited Palmer Wahler in Browntown, while Rev Haack called on Mrs. Lillian Phelps. Ernie Leck and family stayed at R. B. Lecks in Belleville, and Harry Youtzy and Virgie attended Herman and Mrs. Kohn’s golden anniversary in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
E. G. Boeke
Raymond Gutzmer
Clara Gutzmer
Palmer Wahler
Browntown
Haack
Lillian Phelps
Ernie Leck
Belleville
Herman Kohn
Monroe
A. K. Graham and Sons
Frank Beck
Roy Brockmeier
Forreston
Gerald Phillips
Lloyd Phillips
Lewis Blunt
Winslow
Brothers from Eighth Air Force Return Home Close in Time
Lt George Miner arrived in Salt Lake City on leave an hour before his brother Pfc Aurelius Miner who was on fur lough. Both are in the Eighth Air Force and left England almost together but did not meet until they reached home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
George Miner
Aurelius E. Miner
Eighth Air Force
England
Scientists Find White Calville Apple Rich in Vitamin C
Scientists report the White Calville apple contains nearly as much vitamin C as an orange. The finding highlights the fruit’s potential as a local source of this nutrient.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mittee
Green County Farm Bureau
Green County
Stewart-TenEyck
Slavers Church
Homer Retzlaff
Gary Rote
Gloria
Glarus
Bernard Staley
Hoan
Daniel Webster Hoan
Monroe Sales Company
9Th St. and
16Th Ave
Marian McGuigan, Cor
Durfee Bros
House of Health
10Th Street
Wagner's Health Baths
Pvt
Winslow A. K. Graham, Cor
Einbeck
WM. A. Becker
Suga Sond
Monroe Shoe Store
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