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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1957
Page
6
The Daily Record reports a fair afternoon today with partly cloudy to cloudy skies. Tonight becomes scattered thunderstorms, with Sunday mostly cloudy and periods of showers or thunderstorms. Temperatures hold steady with a low of 58 to 65 and a high in the low 80s.
Today temperatures ranged from a high of 80 to a low of 58 since yesterday at 1 p.m. A year ago records showed 88 high and 69 low. Barometer readings at 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. were 29.70 and 29.87 inches. Warmest location Presidio Texas at 110 degrees, coldest Mullan Pass Idaho and Montana at 32. Sunrise was 5 13 and sunset 8 48.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Jessie Lawrence aged 87 of Ferryville and Theodore W. Stadel aged 50 of Scales Mound. Memorial details are not provided in the excerpt.
Mr and Mrs Duane Schwartz Route 4 announce the birth of a daughter on June 14. Mr and Mrs Russell Flesher Albany report a daughter born on June 15.
A list from St. Clare Hospital records names patients and staff. Includes multiple residents and visitors such as Frank Schutt, Lela Ludwig, Paul Beecher, and numerous dismissals facing a range of surnames and households.
Ray L. Pavlak of Madison resigns as general manager of Wisconsin Farmco Service Co operative. George R. Niebur is named acting manager by Curtis Hatch of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. Pavlak previously led Wisconsin Farm Plants Foods cooperative and was a Dodgeville high school agricultural instructor and county agent from 1934 to 1944.
Ronald D. Johnson city park and recreation director announced 4205 people used the pool since June 2. He noted inclement weather the past two weeks lowered turnout versus last year and urged girls and women interested in joining the women's softball league to notify him this week.
Last rites for Mrs. Frank Schwartz age 81 who died Wednesday at home 1809 10th street were held at 2 p m at the Stuessy funeral home. Rev Bernard Bartel officiated with song service by Mrs Bartel and Mrs William Schmerse. Organist was Lyndon C Viel. Pallbearers LaVern Prien Lawrence Prien Sam Ludwig Elmer Schwartzlow John Mahlbuch Albert Wyss. Burial in Greenwood cemetery.
Rev John McMurtrey, minister of the Argyle Woodford and Lamont Methodist churches, will deliver his farewell sermon tomorrow before moving with his family to Wonewoc to begin a new assignment next week. Rev Jeffrey Darlington will serve as supply minister this summer with a new pastor arriving September first.
The Senate passed a metropolitan study commission bill with a $30,000 appropriation for a 15 member panel to study Milwaukee area services and welfare. It also approved a governor's urban development study commission. Senate unanimity backed a UW System regents scholarships bill. The Assembly moved a scooter permit for 14 year olds, allowed heavier trucks on major highways, and tax measures to fund the trucks, including a 72,000 pound limit and a $55,000 yearly estimate.
Hamilton Peyton, 80, of Duluth, chairman of Pioneer National Bank, died after his car struck a passenger train at a Superior crossing. His wife was driver. Daniel Wilford, 22, of Minneapolis, died days after injuries from a separate incident in Boscobel.
Mrs. O. D. Curtis hosts Monticello visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Zugger and family from Winslow who called on her mother Mrs. Anna Gerber. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holcomb Sr. visited the Robert Wild home in New Glarus on Tuesday evening.
A long list of names and hometowns shows people visiting relatives, working away, or spending summers in Monroe area towns. Notable mentions include Miss Rose Stauffer from Monticello and Raymond Canfil from Albany, along with tuples of family trips to Chicago, Madison, Minocqua, and Rochester Mayo.
Daily classified listings in The Times showcase a range of items for sale and services. Readers find deals on household goods vehicles and jobs with varying prices and contact details.
Pvt. LaMerl F. Hammon completes petroleum storage course at the Quartermaster school Ft. Lee Virginia and returns to civilian status. Maj. Louis F. Felder, serving with Allied Forces Central Europe in France, is scheduled to return to the United States and attend the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk Virginia.
Theodore William Stadel 50 of Scales Mound died yesterday in an Iowa City hospital. He was born in Scales Mound to William and Etta Stadel and is survived by his wife Dawn Beall a daughter Susan and three sisters Wilma Leone and Mrs Ray Baus all of Scales Mound. Services are set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Bartell funeral home Warren with Rev Stanley Lane officiating and burial in Citizens cemetery Scales Mound.
The May base price for Grade A farm milk in the Chicago Market is 3.60 per hundredweight with an 11 cent premium. PMA reports a 20 cent increase on Class I milk for March 20 through June 30, paid back to farmers. Excess milk price is 3.09 in May. base is 6 cents lower than April and 15 cents lower than May 1956.
Glasgow Scotland Der ek Ibbotson British Olympic runner became father to a girl and ran a mile in 3 minutes 58.4 seconds shortly after the news. It was his second four minute mile. his first was 3:59.4 in London on August 6, 1956. The time was within four tenths of John Landy’s 3:58 world record.
Roy True, proprietor, reported a Cessna 172 stopped at Monroe airport for gas and oil. The plane was en route to Canada from a Wichita Kansas factory and bore letters used instead of numbers for Canadian identification.
Actress Ava Gardner files a divorce suit against Frank Sinatra in this city, alleging desertion as the grounds. The case marks her third marriage and seeks dissolution of their union.
Mrs H F Pinnow of Spring Grove Township will join a panel discussion at the North American Lily Society Wisconsin Illinois section first annual field day. The event takes place Saturday June 29 at Hoyt Park Madison. she has been a society member for nine years.
The Washington Reformed church admitted new members Sunday but the name of Henry Leuzinger Jr. was omitted from the published list.
Guardsmen from Company K depart for two weeks of maneuvers with the 32nd Division. Of 137 men from Monroe leaving for summer encampment 130 are Co K, with four from Janesville’s 32nd Quartermaster Company and three battalion officers. Commanding officer is Capt. Glenn L. Kubly. Other officers and noncommissioned officers listed include Maj. Theodore J. Burgy, Hugo H. Voelkh, Howard Counselman, and many lieutenants, sergeants, and specialists. They are slated to arrive at Camp McCoy at 3:30 this afternoon.
The Air Force two helicopters bought for President Eisenhower rose in cost by 36750 dollars per aircraft due to added equipment. Bell Helicopter Corp. spokesman cited rotor brakes rotating beacons night flying gear radio gear and related parts as the extras.
A Bell Helicopter spokesperson in Hurst Texas said the basic cost of the two helicopters was 63 750 dollars each. The White House explained the copters were bought mainly to speed travel from the White House to Washington Airport.
In Toledo at Inverness Club Patton and Mayer forged a two stroke edge at the 36 hole mark with 70 68 138 totals. The amateur and the pro are the only players to break 70 on the tough 6919 yard par 79 layout as 53 players remain in contention. Sam Snead’s 1948 half way record is matched.
GREEN LAKE Wisconsin Casco student John Sinke 18 was named Star Farmer of the year by the Wisconsin Association of Future Farmers of America He has managed the dairy herd and swine program on his Kewaunee County farm for four years and led his FFA chapter as president treasurer and reporter He plans to enter a family partnership after graduating next year.
Antigo reports Tomahawk attorney Robert Hebert fined $100 on a concealed weapon charge. Hebert plans an appeal after his May 10 arrest at a Minocqua nightclub.
A sales ad pitches several classic 1950s sedans as Father’s Day gifts. Featured cars include a 1951 Nash four door at 295 dollars, a 1953 Chevrolet four door at 695, a 1952 Studebaker four door at 495, a 1954 Oldsmobile at 1495, a 1955 De Soto four door at 1795, and a 1952 Ford four door at 595, each with radios heaters and good tires.
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