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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1946
Page
7
Occasional showers and thundering thunderstorms expected this afternoon and tonight with warmer temperatures. Sunday should bring partly cloudy skies and continued warmth. Yesterday’s high was 107 in Yuma Arizona, and Sault Ste Marie Michigan recorded 37. Almanac details include sunrise at 4:22 and sunset at 7:38.
Harry and Sophia Roderick transfer parcel in section 19 town 2 range 9 east to Todd Elizabeth Roderick. Jessie E Sprague transfers to B H Roderick, Brodhead, lot 1 block 49 city of Brodhead.
Marvin Hein of Albany pleaded not guilty to a charge of operating a vehicle without the owner's consent. A press hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. on June 20.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Wyss welcomed a daughter on June 14. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Burkhalter of South Wayne welcomed a son on June 14. Mr and Mrs William T Chadwick of 1008 21st Avenue welcomed a son on June 1. Mr and Mrs Arthur P Gratiot welcomed a daughter on June 15. Rev and Mrs Homer Retzlaff of Flarno welcomed a son on June 15.
The St. Clare Hospital notes a group of patients and dismissals including Mrs. Mary Belle Hill of Clinton and Theresa Marking and Kathleen Ann Werren undergoing tonsillectomies and surgeries. Other patients listed span Be Woodford Be Woodford, Mon roe route areas, and various towns with named guardians and relatives.
Numerous graduates from the area pursue further training and jobs this summer. Jane Ann Bender moves from St. Clare laboratory to Marquette University. Frieda Durtschi and Etha Discher join clinics. Ruth attends Milwaukee. Maurer to Spencerian in Milwaukee. others enter Wright Junior College, Parksair College, or Lutheran college. Many stay in farming or take posts at local businesses, theaters, and offices, with marriages and pending studies noted among the working youths.
Numerous residents and visitors from Madison, Beloit, Monticello, Verona, Brodhead, and surrounding towns were noted in Monroe for daily calls, visits, and business. Names include Delbert Blum, Lois Armstrong Winslow, Anna Brunner, Helen Bredeson, Will Kelly, Erma Buehler Argyle, Barbara Wichell Beloit, Barbara Davis, Sam Schoenfield Watertown SD, and many others, with multiple trips to Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago for personal or shopping purposes.
Names of Beloit Orangeville Juda Renwick Argyle Woodford Monroe and other residents are listed visiting friends shopping or attending events. Several birthdays weddings and commencements are noted with trips to Madison Eagle River Lake Geneva and Lansing for enrollments and family gatherings.
Mr and Mrs J L Wood arrived from New York City for a weekend with the Myles F Pembers in Monroe and plan to return to Chicago tomorrow where Wood an assistant treasurer of Johns Manville Corp will leave Monday for west coast business while Mrs Wood visits relatives in Chicago Also included are notices of Lt Donald G Richerts honorable discharge and Otto Klemm named Monroe weed commissioner with other local items.
Announcement has been received of the birth of a son June 9 to Mr and Mrs A C Morrison in San Francisco. Mrs Morrison is the former Mary Griffith and granddaughter of Mrs Gard Griffith of this city. Billy Berndt celebrated his 4th birthday with a family picnic at Recreation Park with parents Kay and siblings. Carrie Dietz of Madison is elected Wisconsin Department president of the Daughters of Union Veterans at the G A R convention. Her husband J Stanley Dietz is a past department commander of the Wisconsin United Spanish War Veterans. Other notes cover relief corps officers and Madison U S W V auxiliary leadership.
Monroe’s Ludlow, a landmark since 1885, undergoes interior redecorating and partial exterior painting. Proprietor Louis Goethals notes two months of work with about 30 days more, featuring new carpets lighting fixtures draperies and updated walls. The project preserves the building’s spirit while recalling its elk head memory and earlier grandeur.
Peterson has prepared a conference report for the corps regular business meeting scheduled at 8 p m Tuesday in LK P hall. The item outlines agenda and discussion points for the session.
The army’s Manhattan Engineer District says the great shielded ovens used to produce atom bomb materials are shifting to peaceful work. They will supply small quantities of radioactive substances for science, medicine, and industry at a reasonable charge to hospitals and universities, with nationwide distribution planned as facilities expand.
The War Department stated that material giving off invisible rays would be obtainable in varying quantities from the atom bomb project. They will be used as tracers to follow atomic processes and, after research, possibly for therapeutic treatment of certain diseases. Some products like rare earths come as by products of uranium 235 fission, producing radioactive elements not found in stable natural forms. The window notes a family vacation and a generic nudge to use want ads.
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