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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
2
The project superintendent announced that concrete pouring will start next week at the courthouse square. Weather permitting the pavement should take definite shape soon and residents may drive over smooth paving within a few weeks, easing previous annoyances.
The passage discusses political commentary in Washington this week. Senators Lucas and a paraphrased president's option on the 1000 election appear in a tense exchange. It notes Republicans talking up a low mood to influence voters.
The piece argues the spying investigation has entered government circles and rejects hysteria. It notes a former state department aide admitted passing data to Whittaker Chambers and urges citizens to demand accountability for public servants' loyalty and oath violations.
Burgdorff Inc plans an 84 by 30 foot addition to the Hickory Farms plant north of New Glarus. The two story concrete and frame addition will house a 40 foot cooler and shipping area on the first floor with office and storage on the second. State industrial commission permit secured and work to start in about 30 days after contract.
The va cani Bible school closed today with a picnic in the village park. Mrs. Cliff Gelbach chaired the WSCS fellowship committee, Stanton Steurs and Ralph SelJnow Jr. directed recreation, and Rev. Orra G. Compton pastor of the Methodist Church awarded. The school has been directed by Kyle Miller and Miss Delores Stephenson. Five exercises will be Sunday evening in the Methodist church.
A Sunday program at East Clarno Church features 30 boys and girls in songs recitations drills and dramatics at 8 p m The organizing committee lists Mrs Carl Jensen Miss Florence Grunder and Mrs Homer Retzlaff.
Ten years ago Voegels Brothers Brown Swiss herd took top honors at the June 17 1939 canton show held at the fairgrounds. Miss Lucille Shutley wed Robert Lehnherr in Lodi. Clarence Peterson of Blanchardville was struck and killed by a car after walking from another accident scene. Mrs. Gerber sustained serious head injuries in a fall west of Monroe.
Twenty six descendants of Jeremiah and David Clark Bridge gathered June 12 at Fairfield church Jefferson township for a reunion honoring Dr. and Mrs. Sebastian Karrer of Washington DC. Mrs. Karrer, a Bridge great granddaughter, traced family roots from Green County to Seat tle area and Eaton Ohio. Attendees included numerous Bridge relatives from Orangeville Beloit and Jefferson township as they recall early settlement, schooling, and the first church services in the county.
Green county registered one traffic death in the first five months of 1949 matching 1948. Percy Gl Lena Ill druggist died April 29 in a south Monroee crash. Rosan Elizabeth Keener died June 4 in Mt Pleasant township. Fifteen of Wisconsin’s 71 counties report no fatal street or highway accidents by June 1. Nearby Lafayette had one death in 1949 versus five in 1948. Dane County shows 12 in 1949 vs 23 in 1948. Rock County reports 9 in 1949 and 12 in 1948.
Michigan announces the death of W A Comstock at 71 after a stroke on vacation near Alpena. The 1932 elected governor and former party leader faced a bank holiday, a 1930s sales tax, and shifting loyalties including backing Wendell Wilkie in 1940.
Juda By Mrs F N Miller visits Zanesville Ohio while Mr and Mrs Leland Shattum host at Monticello. Claude Walton family stay in Prairie du Chien. Vernon Carson and daughter visit Fred Smith home with Laura Smith. Ira Coates returns from three week Hancock trip. Schumacher family hosts Madison visitors. Ministers attend conference at Camp Witten. Pelmer Albright hosts picnic dinner with local families. Delbert Seyler Pecatonica visits Fred Smith.
Community visitors and weekend gatherings record as residents and relatives meet in Blanchardville and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. W F McGuigan Patricia Mullen and families, E J Barber Frank Meade H B Marshall W E Gould Lloyd Johnston and more with hospital, travel and funeral mentions among local scenes.
The Wisconsin legislature approved leasing the former executive residence to the Izaak Walton League. The assembly concurred with the senate in approving the bill, and a separate bill to purchase a new residence was signed. The league seeks to establish national headquarters in Madison if allowed to use the state building.
Albany report notes Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford, formerly of Albany, arriving from St. Petersburg Florida to visit their son Eugene Crawford in Attica.
More than 150 people from Madison Janesville Beloit and Boscobel attended the Monroe meeting at the courthouse as organizers outlined AA basics the 12 steps and anonymity. A Madison businessman chaired the session since a Dubuque attorney was unable to attend and a Beloit leader explained activities. The group plans to meet again next Thursday at the court house with inquiries via post office box 26.
Two African students from the Mission House seminary Alex Ababio and William Agble of Gold Coast Africa will be guest speakers Sunday evening at the Swiss Evangelical and Reformed church. They arrived in the United States last fall to prepare for teaching and preaching ministry in their homeland.
Donald King, nine, drowned in Hudson Wisconsin after slipping from a raft on the Willow River about 30 feet from his home. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce King.
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