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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1950
Page
6
Daily Record weather summary notes clearing skies and a much cooler night. Saturday will be fair and cool with a low around 42 to 54 and a high near 68. Record highs and lows for the day are listed with barometer readings and sunrise and sunset times.
Fred Marty and Marie Marty transfer part of outlet 119 in section 35 of Monroe to Arthur R. Spoerry. Walter Pratt and wife convey southeast quarter of southwest quarter in section 34 at Spring Grove to Anna Yeager.
Names and offenses listed include L A Koenig Wathan Dittmar age 1915 13th avenue for improper muffler with $3 costs and Gordon Olmsted North Freedom Wisconsin drunk and disorderly with $1 costs Mrs Yvonne Olmsted North Freedom Wisconsin drunk and disorderly with $10 costs
The notice lists marriage licenses for Kathryn Julia Stauffer of Monticello and Edward Theodore Becker of Capron, with ages for two additional individuals. Birth announcements include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keen of Brodhead for a daughter born June 15, and several hospital and medical entries including tonsillectomy and other procedures, along with dismissals from individuals’ hospital or care records.
Rev Ralph K Kofoed pastor of Monroe Browntown Methodist churches and head of the national Methodist rural life fellowship spoke at the West Wisconsin Conference sessions in Reedsburg on Wednesday. He joined discussions on welfare of small town and country churches as Rev Charles Swanton of South Wayne was named treasurer of the conference rural life association.
State highway department will set up a traffic counter around the public square tomorrow and again tomorrow night. Police Chief J. H. Schwaiger said arrangements with counter personnel are made to run a Saturday night check. Results will be released once tabulated.
Madison attorney general Thomas Fairchild reiterated he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor, rejecting rumors of a switch to the governor race. He said his candidacy aims to promote a principles program, not simply to win office, and expressed hope that Carl Thompson of Stoughton will be a candidate. He noted illness could affect Thompson but believed other capable Democrats could fill the ticket as Wisconsin Democrats prepared for their Eau Claire state convention.
Wisconsin Power and Light tested a full size paper and cardboard model of a new sign arrangement for the front of the building yesterday afternoon. Also reported are roof repairs on the White building where ice hooks from past snow prevented leaks but rotted or tore away, and a UW law student Pranz W Brand begins his second summer as a law clerk with Peterson and Kittelsen. The county bar association plans to attend a state bar convention at Elkhart Lake to discuss probate notice publication sufficiency and a real property committee member Miss Ann Blum will attend. Frederick T Goecks buys the Loertscher Disch Shell station in New Glarus with July 1 possession. Mo nticello bulk truck operator Norman Disch continues work for Marty Oil Co. A visit from John Matzinger of Zurich, Switzerland is underway with several brothers in New Glarus, before returning to New York Aug 23.
The Vatican announced that Maria Goretti, the 11 year old martyr of purity, will be elevated to sainthood on June 24 in a grand outdoor ceremony outside the basilica at St. Peter's Square. The event marks the peak of the 1950 holy year with a vast throng expected.
A chiropractic advert promotes M. J. Gonstead offering treatment for chronic illness with diagnostic tools including X ray and Neurocalometer. It invites readers to consult the doctor at residence 101 Monroe seeking relief from persistent sickness.
Mrs Wesley Grenzow visits from Juda and Mrs Wayne Erick from Rockton phone Monroe city today. George Scott of Shullsburg spends day in Monroe. Burt Lizard and Mrs from Rockford stop in Monroe. Mrs Gunnard Anderson of Winnebago calls on business. Miss Margaret Dooley begins nurse aide work at St Clare hospital. Miss Clara Maurer of Milwaukee visits mother in Monroe. Open house at William Shagers home South Wayne Sunday June 18 invited. Several families and students visit across Madison, Green Bay, California trips noted. Dr Benjamin Brunkow leaves for American Medical Association meeting in San Francisco. Jean Babler visits from Wisconsin to UW orientation.
Door County supervisors ordered an immediate investigation Thursday into a red bound anonymous pamphlet attacking the county board. The 17 page booklet titled The Fact Finder of Door County was unsigned but carried Taxpayers Fact Finding Association Sturgeon Bay on the title page and praised Sheriff John Pivonka while criticizing various county board committees.
Los Angeles buses and street cars halted by a 4,000-operator strike ahead of a Shrine convention expected to draw about 200,000 Shriners. Mayor Bowron urged a 15 day truce, while AFL union reps walked out of last minute talks.
Slimming Playset and Playsuit pattern T9254 offers pleated shorts cape sleeves and a back bodice with a skirt to form a dress. Sizes 34 to 48 available with yardage and complete sew chart. Send thirty cents to Marian Martin The Times Pattern Dept 232 West 18th Street New York NY.
Wayne Long 26 who had just left prison robbed a bank and was later captured after a gun battle with FBI agents. Agent Leonard Frank 30 was wounded seven times while Long was hit twice but not critically. Investigators pursued Long hoping he would reveal the location of Omar Pinson, a former inmate at large.
Washington agency approves a 28340 loan to Edgerton to plan a 675000 elementary school project with a combined gymnasium auditorium.
The Madison Catholic diocese chancery announced new assignments for ten priests, six of whom were ordained May 27. Joseph Brown and Lawrence Clark of Madison become curates at St. Mary's Platteville and St. Patrick's Janesville, with others serving at St. Bernard's Madison, Queen of Peace Madison, St. John's Muscoda, and more.
Sault Ste. Marie staged six days of mock warfare to test locks defenses. Army umpires declared the locks kept out of enemy hands though land and air raids caused theoretical damage. The MacArthur lock, among four Soo installations, was put out of commission, underscoring the strategic risk of losing ore routes through the locks.
The Pacific haze is blamed on a sand storm from Southern California’s desert. Meteorologists in Honolulu cite a Washington report attributing the smoky pall to desert sand rather than Mauna Loa’s eruption.
A former U.S. veteran, George Babich, returned from wartime Paris with a longing to reunite with his Milwaukee wife and two sons. He was jailed for stealing a car and killing a woman, with about ten months left to serve after counting time spent in French custody. His French attorney said an embassy process and possible appeal may hasten his return home with embassy aid.
A Wisconsin State Bar Association committee recommends restricting appeals to the state supreme court to a three justice panel rather than the full court. Arnold C. Otto, committee chairman, said the plan would align the court with federal courts of appeals and will be discussed at the association’s first annual meeting in Elk Hart Lake on June 22 and 23.
Stockholm marks King Gustav V s 92nd birthday with flags across the city. Gustav ascended the throne in 1907 and has enjoyed the longest reign among Swedish monarchs.
Jesse E. Ayers, 62, a construction worker, died from injuries suffered June 6 after falling down an air shaft while working on an addition to Wisconsin General Hospital. The incident occurred in Madison. Ayers was employed on the hospital project and the accident is under investigation.
The University of Wisconsin board of regents approved a 1950-51 budget totaling 28 million dollars less than 1950-51 costs while maintaining state and federal funds. Student incidental fees drop from 75 to 60 dollars per semester, out of state tuition remains 150 dollars, and overall costs rise 615,219 dollars over 1949-50. President E B Fred cited increased enrollment and veteran students as key income sources enabling the fee reduction.
Frank J. Sensenbrenner was re-elected president of the University of Wisconsin board of regents. The board also re-elected A. Matt Werner of Sheboygan as vice president and Smith of Madison as secretary, with A. W. Peterson remaining university president in charge of business and finance as assistant secretary.
Five persons perished when a rural home belonging to Charles Weaver burned to the ground three miles east of Staunton Virginia. The blaze destroyed the dwelling and claimed multiple lives in the early morning hours. Local authorities investigated the cause as firefighters battled the flames at the rural residence.
Federal milk market administrator announces May prices for Chicago area deliveries. Class I fluid milk at 3.361 per hundredweight, Class II for cream and cottage cheese at 3.161, Class II for evaporated products at 2.817, Class IV for butter and cheese at 2.792, with the uniform blended price for May at 3.17 per hundredweight.
Special notice from Platteville states Postmaster Harry M. Harris resigns after four years to become a rural mail carrier at his own request. Elmer R. Scheel, a clerk carrier for three years, becomes acting postmaster.
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