Pneumonia Fatal to Mrs Mary Van Wagenen at 81
A brief notice reports Mrs Mary Van Wagenen age 81 died from pneumonia. The item is part of a larger clippings page including political and social notes and local civic items.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
2
A brief notice reports Mrs Mary Van Wagenen age 81 died from pneumonia. The item is part of a larger clippings page including political and social notes and local civic items.
A Monroe High School band concert at Recreation Park drew praise for the students but noted crowd interruptions by younger attendees. Report suggests gentler crowd management and a possible band shell to enhance future performances and audience enjoyment.
The piece discusses congressional drafts for preconvention administration and emergency basis, arguing against rushed action. It favors a cooling-off period to determine needs, with Shafer proposing time to refine the program. It notes speed as a deterrent to aggressive nations and calls for adjustments to recruiting and key policy focus.
Alfred Meier of route 2 Monroer showed the senior champion bull at the Brown Swiss show in Janesville Tuesday. Eleven breeders from Rock, Dane, Green and Jefferson counties entered five cattle with keen competition. Imore Farms of Janesville owned by Roland Moore won two of four championships, taking the grand champion bull and the junior champion female. Victor Magnussen of Lake Mills won the grand champion female. Judging was by Prof. Glenn Vergeront of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture dairy department.
Mrs. Grace Thorpe register of deeds and Mrs. Jessie Holcomb clerk of courts plan to attend the registers of deeds and clerks of the circuit court convention in Marinette June 20 21 22. Also noted are top salesmen awards for insurance agents, a Monroe marriage, a summer job for Miss Mary Joyce Anderson, and several community plannings in Darlington Albany Brodhead Evansville Janesville and Green County including a bowling alley project and an orthopedic clinic.
The Farm Credit Association celebrating its 15th anniversary notes it serves Green and Rock counties. Chartered Jan 15, 1934, the group has supplied $7,169,321.78 in farmer credit, per president L. A. Markham, with secretary-treasurer George H. Munger reporting 249 farmers served as of May 31, 1948.
An outstanding loan volume of 465070.63 dollars supports agriculture in two counties. Loans are issued to meet farmers needs and are to be repaid from farm income.
County agent Harvey L. Becker reported that nearly all crops in Oneida County are finished due to the drought, with potatoes as the sole exception. He called the drought the most serious ever to strike the county.
Becker notes Becker County’s potatoes are the main farm product but need ample rain to be harvestable. Prolonged drought and a Tuesday frost ruined oats and hay, and corn has not sprouted due to dry weather. The same conditions threaten overall farm yields.
Rev. George K. Keepin, former Monroe Methodist pastor, awarded honorary Doctor of Divinity by the University of Dubuque. Keepin serves at St. John’s Methodist in Chicago. His son George Keepin Jr. earned a Northwestern graduate fellowship in physics, while younger son William, an ensign, will teach at Bainbridge Naval Academy in Maryland.
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