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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
6
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight and in the northeast and extreme east portions Wednesday. Warmer north portion tonight and over most of state Wednesday. Low tonight in the 60s. High Wednesday 75 to 82 northeast and extreme east and 83 to 90 elsewhere.
Since yesterday at 1 pm the high reached 0 and the low was 70. A year ago today the high was 84 and the low 64. Precipitation since yesterday 1 pm trace. Barometer 1 am 29.61 and 1 pm 29.55. Warmest place was Presidio Texas 104, coldest Mount Washington New Hampshire 26. Sunrise 4:31, sunset 7:32.
Leon Rockow transfers lots 6 7 13 14 and fraction E of lot 15 in the original plat village of Brown Town to Elmer E. Divan. William F. Haman transfers the north 56 feet of lot 4 block 22 in Brodhead's addition city of Monroe to George Salter Jr.
Five local deaths reported including Flora Gempeler 66 of Monti cello E H Burtness 74 of Orfordville Frank Ganshert 79 of Shullsburg and Ralph B Wackman 54 of Wauwatosa.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ann of San Francisco welcomed a daughter on June 18. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Wirth of Ju da welcomed a son on June 18. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Meith of Wins low welcomed a daughter on June 19. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Luepke of Route 2 welcomed a son on June 19. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Elmer of Route 4 welcomed a daughter on June 19.
A hospital record lists accident patients and medical staff across departments. Names include Kurtis Swenson Argyley and Sharon Leuzinger in South Wayne with others from Norman Chilton Rockford and Albany, plus dismissals of several staff members and patients.
Arthur Mentz aged 34 of Waukesha has become manager of the Sentry Market in Monroe replacing Chessel E. Allen who moves to bear and Allen Coast to Coast in New Hampton Iowa. Mentz brings 14 years grocery experience from Waukesha and Sturgeon Bay and is married with a daughter Joan age 9. His family remains in Sturgeon Bay while he seeks housing in Monroe. Allen had headed the Sentry market here for about a year after operating the Allen IGA with his father George W. on the square’s east side.
The Lions Club stag picnic will start at 6 p.m. Thursday at the fairgrounds with a game featuring Lions from Footville New Glarus and Blanchardville. New officers will be installed June 25 and take office July 1. The meeting is Monday at 6 30 p.m. at the Swiss Wheel restaurant.
Dr Alfred E Leiser completes a three year Crile Clinic residency in Cleveland and will join the Kelsey Leary diagnostic clinic in Houston Texas on July 15 He is named the Crile Clinic Lower award winner for developing a test for specific curable hypertension He served as a major in the Air Force medical branch flying B 29 missions over Korea before private practice with C E Baumle and David D Ruehlman
Ralph Wackman of Wauwatosa died Sunday from a heart attack at his home. Services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church, with burial in Wisconsin Memorial Park. He was on the Milwaukee Journal advertising staff and formerly with the Capital Times in Madison, a UW basketball star under Dr. Walter E. Meanwell. He leaves a wife two sons Peter and Daniel and two daughters Nancy and Wendy and two brothers Kenneth and Phillip.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. O’Bryan of Oak Park Illinois are the parents of a daughter Connie Jill born June 13. The mother previous name Connie Johnson of Monroe. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Milton K. Johnson on the maternal side and Mr. and Mrs. Louis O’Bryan of Lawrenceville Illinois on the paternal side.
Donald Olin son of Mr and Mrs Ross Olin is among 32 Madison newspaper carriers departing for a week long trip to Washington under special Times program.
Dr. John A. Frantz of Monroe Clinic has passed the oral portion of the American Board of Internal Medicine examination. He joined the clinic staff last September from Madison where he worked with the student health service at the University of Wisconsin.
A dairy bar sponsored by the Doherty Creek Watershed Association and the Adams Lutheran League will operate during the church centennial weekend. In charge are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth I. Hanson and Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Wenger. The bar will offer milk, ice cream, and cheese sandwiches.
Applications for corn detasseling work are available at the county extension office in the courthouse. Several hundred are employed each year.
G. A. Watson of Barneveld submitted a low bid of 81 891 dollars to reconstruct 5091 miles of the Yellowstone Lake township road in La Fayette County. The State Highway Commission opened six highway bid totals totaling 1 906 635 dollars. All bids require review by the commission and approval by the governor.
Personal mentions recap summer visitors and travels from Los Angeles to Monroe by Lydia West and other locals. Social events include an American Legion Auxiliary bake sale at Kundert's Hardware on June 21 and a Moose lodge installation event on June 20.
Dr. Harry F. Wahl 70 a University of Wisconsin alumnus who became dean of the University of Kansas medical school died of cancer He was born in Minnesota City Minn and studied at Wisconsin Johns Hopkins earning degrees 1908 1910 and 1912 He served as dean for 24 years and was set to retire June 30.
Monroe Kiwanis places second in the Kiwanis District attendance contest with 76.3 percent for May in Unit D. West Allis leads at 91.4 percent. Way View, Marinette, Janesville, Beloit, and Kenosha follow with lower rates. An 18 minute film on ABC of Jet Propulsion will be shown at a Monroe Kiwanis meeting at the Swiss Wheel restaurant Thursday at 12 15 p.m.
Emil Lohrman 78 a lifelong farm worker in the Brodhead area died Sunday in a Brodhead convalescent home. Services set for Thursday at 1 30 p m at Everson funeral home with burial in Janesville. Friends may call after 7 p m tomorrow at the funeral home. He was born in Missouri and farmed near Brodhead and Rock Grove NL
Democratic House investigators alleged political and private influence in a 43 million dollar nickel plant expansion project. Republicans on the government operations committee issued a blanket rejection of the charges.
London reports indicate Britain will propose local self government for Cyprus with a future plebiscite on union with Greece within a decade. The plan would allow Cypriot local elections, protect Turkish minority rights, and keep defense and foreign affairs with London until self rule is voiced.
Sun Prairie farmer Wilbur Renk, a 1952 Eisenhower leader, announced he will not run for the Republican nomination in the 2nd District. He cited family responsibilities and farm work pressures plus perceived improvements to the GOP farm program as factors in his decision.
A Monroe woman plans retirement at 65 and spends a vacation watching coworkers from a park bench across the Courthouse square. She visits the business district, sipping a drink, and smiles while observing the office workers at their jobs.
Rev. L. A. Clinton of Wisconsin Rapids and six family members escaped drowning when their car slid from a rain-softened shoulder on Highway 16 near Blue Earth Minnesota and sank in a drainage ditch six to eight feet deep. Deputies said the group, bound for a Washington vacation, forced open doors and surfaced unharmed.
A compact collection of daily bargains appears in The Times classifieds. Readers can find reduced prices on items across categories, with emphasis on affordable household goods and occasional electronics.
August Ronnerud of Wiota plants lettuce in his garden before leaving for Europe to spell Hi Mom. His wife and six children notice the growing message daily, while he travels with Grant Ronnerud and Jacob Paulson. He plans to return in August.
Maryland teen Shelby Venable and Virginia teen Mary Fellers are found dead after a June 1 disappearance. Pathology suggests Venable was strangled before her body was dumped in Catoctin Creek, near Wheatland, Virginia, while Fellers’ cause of death remains undetermined. Both girls had been close friends since childhood in Greeneville Tennessee. a scar-faced driver in a blue car was seen with them. Families plan a double funeral for Thursday.
Bundles containing checks totaling $4 647 stolen early Monday from the Hi Lo Super Market were discovered later that day in a Madison mailbox.
Frank Ganshert 79 a Gratiot native and former farmer died of a heart attack while mowing at his Shullsburg home. Services set for Thursday at St Matthew f church with burial in Gratiot. Surviving are six daughters one son two brothers and four sisters. His wife Mary Smith died 30 years ago.
The Agriculture Department estimated 8 to 15 million acres of land normally planted to major surplus crops will be placed under the soil bank program this year. Farmers will receive payments from 4 to 366 dollars per acre for taking land out of production to reduce surpluses of cotton wheat corn peanuts rice and tobacco.
New York police found the bodies of a 2 year old girl and an 8 month old boy in an east side tenement. The infants apparently starved while their mother Anastasia Velez 32 was in a psychiatric ward for eight days. A social worker discovered the deaths during a routine check. The mother was arrested after she kicked in a window when expelled from a tavern.
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