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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
8
Partly cloudy with thundershowers tonight and Friday in east and south areas. Cooler northwest Friday. Lows 60 to 65, highs 70s to mid 80s, 84 to 88 southeast. Regional extremes include Phoenix 103 and Helena 41 yesterday. Sunrise 4 21, sunset 7 39.
Jacob J. Elmer estate transfers to Karl Fred Disch and wife for parcels in section 7 and 12 Mt Pleasant and in section 26 town of New Glarus. Marie I Klassy transfers 261 1 4 acres in Exeter among Henry P Klassy Marie K Bergen and Anna E Klassy reserving life estate.
Letters of administration issued for George B. Davis of Spring Grove with Guy Davis as heir. Appraisers named Everett Green Russell Carter and Clarence Bran Kow. In Katherine Legler estate of Monroe route 1 Albany other heirs listed Katherine Rufer and John Legler with appraisers R. W. Prien Harry C. Young and Herbert Lanz appointed.
Mr and Mrs Laverne T Daly of route 1 Argyle welcome a son born on June 15. The newborn joins the Daly family at home as relatives congratulate the new arrival.
Six St Clare Hospital medical patients listed with physicians and towns including Lester Bondele Gratiot Bradley Albrecht Stockton Leroy Tregon ing Darlington Ray Weigh ner Prairie du Chien Henry Anderson Argyle and surgical group with Mrs William Green Orfordville Lawrence Frisque Janesville Leo Blake Beloit Mary Alice Bobb Evansville plus tonsillectomy patients Betty Fritsch Jerry Senn Roger Babler and dismissals including Mrs Ed Leahey Clyde Rossiter Mrs John Lappen and others.
Instrumental and vocal talents share the program at the Universalist church on Father’s Day. FP J Rouch Evanston will play organ, Albert W Geigel piano with duet numbers. Dr Alfred F E Leiser violin solo with Roub. Robert E Tschudy and Alan isk sing. Rev John F E MacMartin speaks on Maybe the Old Man Has Something at 10 45 a m.
Land and merit badge details list scouts from Troop 114 including Dwyer Mendenhall Hefty Lanz Johnson Plate Bregenzer Koenig Whipple Masshardt Ambrose Baker Dwyer. Other awards sponsored by St John’s church brotherhood led by Dan Ault will be announced by council headquarters.
Elwin W. DeVoe of 701 19th street, formerly a mechanic at Heuer Sales Co., is now with DeVoe Motors Co in Brodhead. He and his wife and daughters Carol and Linda plan to move once a home is found.
The notice lists residents and figures including Edward Swartz, Robert Babler, Duane Spring, Eileen Schultz, Gaylord Schultz, Nancy Johnson, Mrs. Thomas Chenus, Carolyn Bongiorno, Mrs. Frank C. Digman, and Mrs. Earl Smith as part of a community record.
Personal notes show Rev. and Mrs. Jacob Zimmer of Brodhead visiting Monroe. Herman L. Schindler and Mr. and Mrs. Tolman Holton of Madison call on Rob ert V. Chinnock family. Ruth Schlicher heads to Hartsend Wis for vacation until Aug. 15. Annua Benkert reunion set for June 18 at Krape park Freeport. Shari Lee Gessler of Madison stays with grandparents Oscar and Mrs Losey. Floyd Losey family from Nekoosa visits Oscar and Maynard Losey. Rev. Dallas D. Landrum returns from Princeton N J after graduation and visits relatives in New York City and Philadelphia.
Bushman the 500 pound 22 year old at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is improving says keeper Eddie Robinson who has cared for him for over two decades. He fell sick June 8 due to heart disease arthritis and age and now moves more often with a favorite rear cage runway for catnaps.
U S Rep John Davis Lodge won the Connecticut GOP gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot at the state convention in New Haven. The 46 year old scion of the Lodge political family defeated four rivals and secured 358 votes, positioning him to face Governor Chester Bowles in November.
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad promoted K R Schwartz of Minneapolis to superintendent of the Milwaukee terminals division. Schwartz has served as Minneapolis superintendent since 1948.
Lima reports at least 40 people killed in a two day uprising as rebels seized Arequipa's city hall military headquarters airport and radio station before government loyalists retook the city. Authorities blame communists for the revolt. Arequipa, Peru's second largest city with about 93 000 residents, faced significant rebel control during the clash.
Britain's House of Commons quit work at dawn after a 16 hour 20 minute session. Tempers ran thin as the government won nine votes, beating back conservative liberal efforts to repeal gasoline taxes.
Nancy Furstenberg of Ann Arbor earns a medical degree at the University of Wisconsin on Friday. Her escort will be Dr. A C Furstenberg, dean of the University of Michigan medical school and her father.
Arlie Anderson, 19, of LaCrosse drowned Wednesday when his boat foundered on the Black River. His companion, Gary Graff, 15, swam to safety.
A large Air France aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf killing many aboard. Forty of the 52 people are feared dead, with twelve rescued including four crew. The incident mirrors a crash two days earlier that killed 46, with possible sabotage speculated.
Marinus G. Toepel, 44, named head of the Wisconsin legislative reference library effective July 1. He comes from the University of Wisconsin extension division bureau of government where he served as director. The position pays $8,440 annually.
Hartley Iowa residents endured a five hour mock communist regime during a Flag Day event to illustrate it can happen. Citizens faced ration cards book burnings and a guerrilla invasion as part of the display affecting about 1600 people.
Six members of the East German people's police deserted to West Berlin early today, bringing this week’s total to 11. They cited political asylum as their motive, rebelling against the Soviet zone regime.
Mrs Marvin T Holcomb of 1615 16th Street is in good condition at St. Clare hospital after minor surgery this morning and is expected to return home tomorrow.
Milwaukee officials report the Milwaukee county grand jury seized minutes from Wauwatosa and Greenfield town halls. Investigators John Hennessey and Harry Hayes collected the documents and declined comment while town officials said the jury focused on bond issue handling.
Paris reports the big three nations asked Russia to join in appointing civilian high commissioners to replace military officials in Austria. Notes were delivered in Moscow by the three envoys as announced by the French foreign office. The move follows a London conference decision to ease the occupation burden on Austrians by naming civilian authorities.
Governor Alfred E. Driscoll pardoned Clifford T. Shephard, a 64 year old former church fund solicitor, who had served a prison term for check forging and was mistaken for a notorious forger. Shephard received the pardon after claims he was in jail during a later forgery.
Gov Rennebohm issued a proclamation marking Father’s Day on June 18. He said the father in the home is the foundation of our future and the teacher of our young in the importance of peace and brotherhood worldwide.
The Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic closes its 80th encampment in Sheboygan as the last Civil War veteran attends from Cadott. Kenosha wins next year’s site. Elections: Women’s Relief Corps Mrs Bursek of Manitowoc. Daughters of Union Veterans Mrs Christensen of Waupeace. Sons of Union Veterans Peter Fields of Sheboygan. Ladies of the GAR Mrs Doughty of Milwaukee. Auxiliary reelects Mrs Harrison of Milwaukee.
Mrs. Clayton Streiff hosted a bridal shower Thursday afternoon for Miss Marie Streiff, ahead of her Sunday evening marriage to Eugene Slotten at the Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church in New Glarus. Attending were Mrs. John S. Duerst, Mrs. John L. Streiff, Mrs. Robert Streiff, Cora Elmer, Gilbert Duerst, Willard Marty, Virgil Erickson and Vicki, Gilbert Ott, Arthur Elmer, Julian Elmer and Bonnie, Thomas Schneider, E. D. McQuillan, Harold Hoesly, Janet Hoesly, Harold Ingwell and Vicki, Nic Zentner, Delmar.
A fragment mentions individuals such as Zentner Cheryl Sally Hue Seth Kenneth Streiff Dennis Streiff Christine Melvin Streiff Miss Ruth Streiff and others tied to towns New Glarus Blanchardville Monticello Harley Austin Freeport Belleville and more, suggesting a community roster or notice across multiple locales.
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