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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
8
Fair tonight sunny and warm conditions forecast for Friday. Low temperatures 54 to 59 and high 82 to 86. Regional readings show a warmest US high of 107 at Presidio Texas and a coldest 27 at Frazer Colorado with a sunrise and sunset schedule.
Justice L A Koenig Morris Pederson of 801 9th Street faces speeding charges with $12 in costs. Harold Leuzinger and Arthur Black of Monroe are cited for speeding with $10 and $15 costs respectively. Albert Abplanalo of Route 2 is charged with failure to yield right of way, $5 costs. William Parriott of Orangeville faces reckless driving with $25 costs. Monro e police report.
Obituary notice lists Clarence O. Gilbert 79 of Albany with surviving relatives including LaVerne Bergum of South Wayne and Nelson Miller of Albany, noting births and deaths on June 15 and 16.
A hospital record itemizes patients and dismissals from St. Clare Hospital. It lists accident and medical cases in Beloit and surrounding areas, with names including Farnham Quin trell Canla ger Allen Berger Priewe Minning, Dahms and Heeter, plus several other patients and dismissals across Wisconsin towns.
Wilmer E. Coates, a Juda post office clerk with about 30 years in service, was submitted for appointment as permanent rural carrier at Juda to replace the Wayne Blackburn retirement vacancy. The two routes were considered for consolidation, but petitions and officials indicated they would not be merged.
Sporadic attempts to beat back invading bears failed on the Board of Trade today and prices broke heavily all down the list. Soybeans were first to give ground.
A Beloit woman Hazel Quintrill aged 38 suffered multiple lacerations and contusions but was in good condition at St. Clare hospital after an auto accident on Highway 81 at Jordan Center early Friday. Her husband Farnam J. Quintrill was riding with her when the car left the road and rolled over twice at 12 30 a.m. Deputies reported heavy damage to the vehicle. Quin trilling said he went to sleep and lost control.
A two car crash on Highway 14 near Leyden last night killed Ernest L. Calvin 50 of Orfordville and Mrs Herbert Jarman 50 as passenger in a car driven by Annatoliy Popow 32 Crystal Lake Illinois. Mrs Popow remained hospitalized in critical condition.
Charles R. Gelatt of LaCrosse was chosen president of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents succeeding A. Matt Werner of Sheboygan, who will serve until May 1, 1963. Gelatt, named a regent in 1947 at age 29, becomes the youngest to hold the post. he is general manager of Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Co.
Police hunt a suspect after two teenage girls were shot 14 times in a suburban park as they walked to school on the last day of term. An autopsy ruled out stabbing, confirming multiple bullet wounds and a .22 caliber weapon.
Personal mentions list Fred Richiger from Orangeville, Miss Jean Erb in Madison, Clark Goodman of Winslow, Phyllis Shea visiting Madison, Mrs N Pulzone from Beloit, D W Nichols from Wayzata, Mr and Mrs R H Cook from Beloit, Mr and Mrs Elmer Emminger from Brodhead, and other names. Also notes fishing trip for William R Eberhardt, and visits from Monroe, Albany, Tacoma, Chicago, Anaheim, and Maquoketa. Community events include bake sale June 18 by Juda E U B church class and trips to Canyon Camp and Camp Onaway with church counselors.
Adolph Andro, 74, who served as Baraboo mayor from 1920 to 1930 and a prominent realtor, died at a Baraboo hospital Wednesday after a long illness.
West Palm Beach authorities pursue a kidnap murder theory in the disappearance of Circuit Judge C. E. Chillingworth and his wife Marjorie 57 from their Manalapan oceanside home. The couple, prominent Florida jurists, were last seen Tuesday night and reported missing Wednesday morning. The sheriff said they hope it is only a kidnapping, but motive remains unclear.
MadisonWisconsin regents approve a 1955 56 budget totaling 38 062 468 for university hospital and auxiliary operations. The plan projects higher enrollment gifts and revenue from dormitories hospitals and memorial union with 14 350 enrolled at Madison 1467 Milwaukee 1218 extension centers and 5750 summer session.
Mig Figi son of Mr and Mrs John H Figi was elected chairman yesterday of the Wisconsin Associated Press Radio Association at a Milwaukee meeting. Figi is general manager of WAUX at Waukesha where he has served eight years.
A scientific estimate places the Earth's total weight near five quintillion tons. This figure expresses mass rather than gravity and reflects the planet's overall size in a general scientific context.
Three men died when 3000 pounds of explosives destroyed a mixing house at the E I du Pont powder plant in Barksdale Wisconsin. Victims were Elmer Nelson 45 Washburn Stanley Berg 44 Ashland and Russell Nelson 46 Bayfield. Lemb the plant manager valued damage at 75000 and reported no other injuries. The blast occurred just after the second shift began and limited to a 30 by 30 foot structure.
An old drugstore ad promotes a fungicide named T-4-L. It claims fast action by sloughing off outer skin to expose germs and on contact kill them. The ad offers a 40 cent money back guarantee and notes Kempfert Pharmacy as the sale point.
On October 15, 1952, eight men died when Nitromix blasting buildings on a mile square installation went up. The main force of the blast was directed toward an empty valley toward Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior. Trees in the valley were torn from the ground and limbs ripped from remaining trees.
Richard Hefty of New Glarus will receive a bachelor of science degree in dairy industry from the University of Wisconsin Madison tomorrow. A Monticello high school graduate, he has accepted a position in Juneau.
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