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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1953
Page
6
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with occasional showers and thunderstorms late tonight and Sunday. Somewhat warmer northeast tonight. Turning cooler Sunday. Low tonight near 60 extreme northeast to 72 extreme southwest. High Sunday 75 northwest to 85 southeast.
Yesterday after 1 PM high reached 89 and low 62. A year ago today high 69 and low 63. Precipitation .50. Barometer 29.49 at 1 AM and 29.40 at 1 PM. Warmest city Phoenix Arizona at 105 and coldest Seattle Washington at 49. Sunrise 4:21 and sunset 7:38.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley oversees cases with Kenneth Trachsel 18 of rural Albany found guilty of speeding with a $15 fine plus costs and 10 days in jail. Ray Figi of Route 2 guilty of speeding with a $10 fine plus costs.
Bernard Hendrickson of Basco and Roberta Schliem of Monticello wed. Gerald Gelbach of Albany and Hazel Kolden of Blanchardville tied the knot. Rodney Wittner of New Glarus and LaVonne Walden of New Glarus joined in marriage. Howard Rufer of Milwaukee and Anna Pratt of Dubuque filed licenses.
Mr and Mrs Larry Vincent of 2004 15th avenue announce a daughter born June 12. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Roshie senior of Juda report a son born June 13. Mr and Mrs Vernon Foster of Brodhead welcome a daughter born June 13. Mr and Mrs Emil Maurer of South Wayne welcome a daughter born June 13. Mr and Mrs Richard Hagen of South Wayne announce a son born June 13. Mr and Mrs John Christopher of Albany announce a daughter born June 13. Mr and Mrs Henry Jenny of Orangeville announce a daughter born June 13. Mr and Mrs Donald Meyer of Browntown announce a son born June 13.
A local hospital bulletin lists Wilbur Parry of Janesville and Covey family members from Crystal Lake Illinois among those involved in tonsillectomies. Other medical personnel include William Gaines Jr Beloit Johnsie Fisher Rockford and Mrs Harvey Zimmerman Davis Illinois. Dismissals include multiple patients and family members such as Mrs Jack Sorenson infant girl McCarty and John Cook.
John B. Greiner initiates interior and exterior remodeling of the former Wenger and Kramer hardware on the square north side. The store will close for a period and reopen as The Store with the Redwood Front after a new front and entry are built. Greiner, once with American Airlines and in the air show business, hails from Downers Grove Illinois.
Rev. Clarence C. Warfel of Grace Lutheran church will attend the Midwest regional meeting of parish education committees at the Chicago Lutheran Seminary Maywood Illinois. He represents the Illinois Synod and will confer with Midwest U S and Canadian synod representatives to study and plan the program for the church-wide organization.
Rosemary Cromwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cromwell of 624 21st Street, was discharged from St. Clare hospital today. She has undergone treatment since Sept. 25, 1952 at St. Clare and Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital in Madison and will resume daily physical therapy to aid rehabilitation.
Monroe Sales Co. opened today under new proprietor A. P. Stauffacher after repainting the show rooms and garage. The Ford model at Indianapolis speedway pace setting displayed amid floral decorations. Partners Paul Altzer William Rieder and Myron Stair remain with the firm. building ownership stays with them. Robert Vincent of Wichita joined as a salesman and plans to relocate with his wife Ladonna and daughter Ladonna to Monroe.
A list of legislative actions includes higher living cost allowances for state employees from 49 to 67 dollars monthly, deer licenses for stationed servicemen, voting rights for non residents, minors allowed with spouses in taverns, banks open on election days, veterans and widows borrowing up to 1000 dollars, and restoration of tavern licenses. The legislature expects governor approval with measures funding 10.225 million for state buildings in the next biennium including a 6.8 million Madison facility for mental retardation, 2.8 million for a medical school addition, and 625 thousand for National Guard armories.
The legislature passed 38 of 40 proposed measures by the unnamed legislator in the recent session as he cautioned that income tax declines could shrink state revenue and resisted tax increases. Wayne Hood of LaCrosse led a GOP committee meeting praising McCarthy and his election.
Reported by Truax officials that jets at 25 000 feet were below the object. investigators question how air base knew planes were beneath it without sighting. They note cross sky tracking and sudden course changes remain puzzling. Initial Venus theory abandoned after similar eyewitness accounts, though officials still hedge.
Co-hostesses for the Philothea Class meeting at Immanuel church were Mrs. John Backe Mrs. Charles Niles and Mrs. R Schoonover Devotions were given by Mrs Niles and Mrs Alois H Ruf A short business meeting followed and pictures were shown to the group.
Personal mentions show Mr and Mrs Fred Escher of Monticello and Edward Johnson of Afton Wisconsin in Monroe for visits and business. Colleen Johnson from Argyle to Monroe and Judith Norder, Monroe high school graduate, home for weekend. Families from Madison Freeport Oshkosh Burlington and Earlville Iowa appear in gatherings and travel plans including trips to Yellowstone Park and Marquette University commencement.
Rep Reed of New York charged during two weeks of hearings that the Eisenhower administration failed to prove the case for an excess profits tax. He urged letting the tax die on June 30 and cutting individual income taxes by 10 percent. He proposed offsetting revenue losses with $2 billion from foreign aid and $2 billion from ending the Korean conflict.
Les Gotcher, famed square dance caller from Hollywood, drew 234 dancers from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin to a Cheese City Circle Square Dance Club event in Madison. The performance by the Cactus Twisters followed a Canadian tour by Gotcher and his family.
Rev Howard L Orians will address Green County Rural Youth at 8 p m Monday in Green County Normal School. He will show films and discuss nature with emphasis on bird life. A square dance and marshmallow roast at Recreation Park follow the meeting. All 1953 high school graduates are invited.
The Army will close seven additional camps and installations as an economy move. Estimated savings total about 11 million dollars in the first year and about 30 million in following years. Camps slated for inactivation by Jan 1 1954 include Camp Brickinridge Kentucky Camp Roberts California and Camp San Luis Obispo California. Other sites to be inactivated by June 30 1954 are Camp Rucker Alabama and Camp Atterbury Indiana. Fort Crockett Galveston and Fort Adams Newport will also be closed and placed in standby by next July 1. All camps to be inactivated were reopened after Korea War start and will have caretaker detachments.
Washington. The Atomic Energy Commission asks its General Advisory Committee for views on whether atomic tests have influenced severe weather. Chairman Gordon Dean asserts Nevada explosions did not contribute to this spring's adverse weather as tornadoes strike nationwide.
Baltimore judge calls the case puzzling as Martin Storey a 47 year old administrative officer in the department of agriculture receives a one year prison sentence for manufacturing counterfeit ten dollar bills. His coworker Miss Mary Ellen Watson 52 is placed on probation for a year after admitting she bought copper plates and watched him work on weekends.
An 11 year old Lake Waubesa boy was in serious condition at a Madison hospital after a launch propeller cut him Friday night. Dean Morfey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Morfey, suffered three leg fractures lacerations and shock in a rowboat collision with a 19 foot boat owned by Vern Osenroth. Tom Murphy of Comp ton Calif., age 35, was with him and was not injured.
Two autos in Turner Hall lot were broken into last night. Pauline Lewis of Milwaukee and Mrs. Allen Schultz of Hartford reported two women's purses a billfold and cosmetics stolen from George Ziemann's car. Norris C. Hanson of Janesville said a window was broken in his auto. A rock was used to break the windows. About seven percent of U S men of draft age are ineligible for military service because of eye defects.
R H Schoonover of Monroe will be honored among Old Line Life Insurance Co representatives at the annual conference June 21 to 24 at the Northernaire Three Lakes He was named to the Star Leaders Club which will hold its annual dinner on opening night of the program.
Mr and Mrs Markn Cook announce the birth of a daughter yesterday at Midway hospital St Paul The child Kathleen Ann is the couple s first born Mrs Cook is Patricia Green daughter of Mr and Mrs James Green formerly of Monroe now in Florida Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Rolland Cook Browntown Florida or Browntown They name the baby Kathleen Ann
Judge Harold J. Lamboley will attend the Wisconsin Corrections Conference at the Hotel Pfister in Milwaukee from Monday to Wednesday next week. He will participate in a panel on the inter relations between community services and juvenile institutions during the conference.
Kenneth Stuart of Green County 40 and 8 will attend the July Oshkosh grand promenade as a delegate planning the event.
W. C. Bender announced that Gay Steensrud a teacher and football coach will represent the Monroe Kiwanis Club as delegate to Kiwanis International sessions in New York City from June 21 to 25.
Miss Maxine Crandall daughter of Mr and Mrs D A Crandall 1608 14th Avenue sails from Quebec June 11 on the all student cruiser Arosa Kulm and will land at Le Havre France next Thursday She has studied at a Nashville Tenn college this past year and will take part in dramatic presentations by a college group in Europe this summer.
Gary Merlyn Babler is the name chosen for the son of Mr and Mrs Mer lyn J Babler of Shullsburg He was born Tuesday at St Clare hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Henry E Babler of 1011 22nd avenue and Mr and Mrs Joseph Schwarzenberger Route 2
Mr and Mrs William Stauffacher 2118 10th St announce the birth of daughter Sherry Lee yesterday at St Clare hospital Mrs Geor gia Schieg is the bride’s mother and Mr and Mrs Walter Stauffacher are the child’s paternal grandparents Great grandparents include Mr and Mrs William D Gempler and Mrs Elizabeth Stauffacher The text also mentions a dispute over California islands claimed by Mexico under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Orangeville FFA member John Enzinger Jr of Dakota was elected sectional vice president for Section One at Champaign during the state convention. He will oversee 745 members in 20 high school chapters, and also earned the State Farmer award. Dairy team members Allan Bear Bernard Boals and Robert Bolender won blue ribbons, with Bear and Bolender earning individual honors.
Senator Robert A. Taft is undergoing hospital tests in New York today for a serious hip ailment that led him to relinquish active floor leadership of Senate Republicans.
As adult cicadas emerge in large numbers, 20000 or more crawl from the ground beneath a single tree signaling the dramatic periodic spectacle that marks their life cycle.
Washington report describes Roger Steffan Gabriel Hauge and Robert Cutler as key aides to President Eisenhower. Steffan transitioned from vice president at National City Bank to White House operations manager. Hauge, a Harvard Doctorate economist, briefs the President on economic matters. Cutler handles national security work and cold war planning, keeping his projects discreet.
Walter Stanley Lory of Elkhorn died at Lakeland hospital after a short illness. Born August 4 1905 in Darlington he was the son of the late Gottlieb and Anna Lory of Monroe. Services set for Tuesday in Elkhorn with burial in Greenwood cemetery Monroe.
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