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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1956
Page
8
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday Cooler north tonight and Thursday Highs 75 to 90 degrees across the region Warmest U S A is Yuma Ariz Deaths Milton Thostenson Beloit Births shown for several couples including Argyle Blain Virgil Amundson Beloit and Beloit area names and dates
A roster of names associated with St. Clare Hospital and surrounding areas appears, listing patients or staff including George Mitchell Janesville Robert Dunlavy Sheila Rae Nipple Albany Deb ra Lynn Ness Beloit Henry G Cox Beloit Surgical M Charles Marsh Rockford Thomas Brennan Route 1 Mrs Sarah Dancan Freeport and Lynn Luchsinger New Glarus along with dismissals for Warren Martin Marilyn Bainbridge Carlas Schendel Oscar Wethall Mrs Walter Wyss and Mrs Arlic Ross.
Petersen and Davidson form a new partnership in the Bee Line Service Garage at 117 18th Avenue. Petersen buys Amos Johnsons interest effective Monday. The two had partnered three years. Petersen, a Monroe resident six years, joins from Medford with twelve years as a mechanic at Badger Motors.
Local notes recount visits and travel plans of residents and families. Mrs. William Klossner arrived from Janesville Saturday afternoon with sales set for June 21 at Kundert's Hardware. Mrs. F. W. Galle departs for Portage to visit relatives including Earl Galle and his family. G.U.G.G. members gather for Mrs. Emma Moritz's funeral at Shriner-Neushwander home Thursday afternoon. Janeen Wellenkotter attends Donna Radloff and Earl Michael Smith Jr. wedding in Appleton. Kotter and Ko Kotter were Platteville State College roommates last year. Arthur Elmer and wife depart Ohio for home after visiting family in Platteville and Monroe. Janeen Boyer travels to Santa Margarita to visit Dr. and Mrs. Alden Fogo. returns August 15 via Los Angeles meeting the Fogos. Mrs. D. G. Miller and children return to Grant Rapids after two weeks with Barth relatives in Monroe and other kin. Miller accompanied family home.
U S and state department officials rejected any meeting between Secretary Dulles and Premier Chou En-lai of Communist China unless the Reds meet two conditions. They must fulfill last Sept. 10 pledges to release 13 American prisoners and make a meaningful renunciation of force regarding Formosa.
In Stockholm Sweden a training building for Olympic equestrian stables caught fire. The chaos sent horses racing but no champion horses were trapped. The report notes checks written in pencil are valid yet many people fear they can be erased.
In Buenos Aires authorities moved to capture a second top rebel after seizing and executing his chief. General Juan Jose Valle was shot last night as the uprising’s commander hoped to become president. General Raul Tanco remained at large as martial law tightened. Another execution, Lt. Juan Alberto Abadie, followed in La Plata, marking a unprecedented wave of sentences in Argentina’s modern history.
Milton elected master of the Odd Fellows and Emma Iverson of Kenosha named president of the Rebekah Assembly as state conventions proceed. IOOF grand officers include Hugh Rather of Viola deputy master Roy Jacobs of Sparta warden Marvin Sorensen of Milwaukee reelected secretary. Clara Barthwaite of Bloomington elected Rebekah vice president Mildred Myers of Lancaster secretary and Clara Brechler of Fennimore named for SHLAND Truman…
In Oconto the warden notes that the conventions wind up at Neor on Wednesday. The brief item mentions scheduled proceedings and local interest without specifying participants or outcomes.
New York actor Ralph Morgan, 72, died at his home Monday night after a long career on stage and screen begun in 1906. Illness forced his retirement two decades ago and he had been treated for a lung ailment. Brother of Frank Morgan, he leaves daughter Claudia, a radio and TV actress. His notable success came in Eugene ONeill's Strange Interlude, which he also played in the film adaptation.
Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church New Glarus for Mrs. Jacob Stauffacher 82 of Blanchardville who died Monday at St Clare hospital Monroe Rev Lynn F B Tschudy to officiate Burial in church cemetery Body to be brought from Zentner funeral home at noon tomorrow
Harold Dyar named news director at WEKZ succeeding the late Charles A. Booth. A native of LaFarge, he came to Monroe in 1955 as county supervising teacher. previously taught and held admin posts, served in WWII, and led Jackson County schools.
The individual hailed from Johnson Creek in Jefferson County and was active in 4-H, Boy Scouts, conservation, and Masons. He worked part time at the station in recent months and had prior experience at LaCrosse and Portage stations, plus involvement in school and college plays and WLS home talent shows.
Grain prices held firm on the Chicago Board of Trade as hot dry weather bolstered oats and the new crop corn and soybeans. Gains were not maintained to the close, but the market showed strength in the day’s trading.
In North Baltimore a 21 year old handyman, Carl Daniel Kier, was arrested at Parkville police station and charged with the murder of 48 year old Mrs. John H. Boost. Investigators say he had been soliciting work in the area Tuesday near the victim's Browntown residence. Also noted, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson and Mrs. Harry Gross returned from a vacation to Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada.
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