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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1950

Page

5

Daily Record Weather Summary June 20 1950

Considerable cloudiness with a few local showers north portion this afternoon more general showers southern third of state tonight and Wednesday. Cooler Wednesday and in north portion tonight. Low tonight 45 northwest to 55 southeast. High Wednesday 62 northwest to 68 southeast. Barometer 29.32 at 1 am and 29.29 at 1 pm. Sunrise 4 22 sunset 7 41. Warmest place yesterday Phoenix 107. Coldest Sault Ste Marie 39. Precipitation trace since yesterday.

U. S Phoenix Ariz Sault Ste. Marie Mich

Small Claims Court Finds Several Violations and Fines

Judge Harold J. Lamboley presided over actions against Connell Transport Co. and Gene see Depot with six counts including no tax on trailer and tractor, no registration, and no markings. Fines include $15 and costs for each tax and registration violation and $15 and costs for operating in excess of contract carrier authority. Rein and Dahl of Stoughton fined $5 and costs for no registration. Albert Erickson of Blanchardville fined $5 for no registration card.

Harold J. Lamboley Connell Transport Co Genesee Depot Rein and Dahl Stoughton Albert Erickson Blanchardville

Real Estate Transfers Chesebro to Wehinger 298 Acres

Transfer records show Roy E. Chesebro transferring 298 acres of land to John Wehinger in Monroe city. The transaction cites section 34 and involves a single parcel described as land.

Roy E. Chesebro John Wehinger City of Monroe

Justice Cases In County Court Bound Over For Property Transfer

Justice L A Koenig and Albert Lindsay of Monroe face bound over hearings on selling and transferring mortgaged property. Bonds furnished. Arthur Thoman of route 2 Monticello pleads not guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct with trial set for 10 a.m. Wednesday.

L. A. Koenig Albert Lindsay Monroe Arthur Thoman Monticello

Notable Local Obituaries Including Five Residents

Five residents are listed: Miss Mary S. Dobson aged 59 of Blanchardville. Mrs. Fay MacKenzie aged 48 of Rock County. Jacob Blum aged 79 of Belleville. Mrs. John Hoesly of Chetek. No further details on death dates or services provided.

Mary S. Dobson Blanchardville Fay MacKenzie Rock County Jacob Blum Belleville John Hoesly Chetek

Births in New Glarus and Brodhead Families

Mr and Mrs Donald R Rufe New Glarus announce a son born in June. Mr and Mrs Edward Kubly Route 2 report a son born June 20. Mr and Mrs Robert Stuessy Brodhead announce a daughter born June 20.

Donald R. Rufe New Glarus June Edward Kubly Route 2 Robert Stuessy Brodhead

St Clare Hospital Accident and Surgical Roster

A hospital list records patients and staff across St Clare Hospital. Names include William Crotty Browntown Mrs Joseph Johnson South Wayne Robert Erickson South Wayne Mrs Selmer Erickson South Wayne plus numerous others for tonsillectomy surgery and medical care. Dismissals include Mrs Emma Schmidt Mrs Ivan Turner Ralph Pfund and others.

William Crotty Browntown Joseph Johnson South Wayne Robert Erickson Selmer Erickson Gary Leverington Winslow Mary Donovan Beloit Carol Wood Albany Gale Erb New Glarus Dean Saalsan Argyle James M. Sullivan Route 4 Delea Treloar 9Th Street Ray Schultz Rockford Cecil Hatfield Dewey Dwyer

Cattle Judging Demonstration at Yeazel Farm

A 4-H judging demonstration led by Myron E. Jeglum and Ralph Yeazel was held at the Jordan township farm to train new members for fair time. Slides showed points on score cards as youths judged four cows, with placings discussed. Mrs Yeazel explained scoring to attending clothing girls while a wiener roast and social hour followed.

Jordan Township Ralph Yeazel

Barnards Honored At Impromptu Housewarming

Sunday guests at an impromptu housewarming for Allan F. Barnards at 1416 15th Avenue included her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Lewis Jr the Alan Behnkes and daughters Faith and Diane and Mr and Mrs Rudy Bessert and children a and Trudy all of Bril ion.

Barnards Allan F. Barnards 15Th Avenue Lawrence Lewis Jr Alan Behnkes Faith Diane Rudy Bessert Trudy Brilion

Shrine Club Meeting at Monroe Country Club

The Green County Shrine Club meets this evening at Monroe Country Club for dinner and program. An afternoon golf session is offered for those who wish to play.

Shrine Club Green County Monroe Country Club

Mrs. Fay MacKenzie Dies in Madison

Mrs. Fay MacKenzie 48 of Union township Rock county died yesterday at St Marys hospital after an illness of one day. Born Antonette Stickle in Rockford August 26 1902 she married Fay MacKenzie in Freeport July 13 1916. Survivors include the widow and an aunt Mrs Ellen Mann of Rockford. Services Friday at 2 p m Everson funeral home with burial in Greenwood Brodhead.

Brodhead Fay MacKenzie Union Township Rock County St. Mary’s Hospital Antonette Stickle Rockford Freeport Ellen Mann

Brooklyn School Plan Defeated in Final Vote

A proposal to consolidate six Brooklyn area school districts failed after ballots. In Brooklyn village 50 voted yes, 0 opposed. McLaughlin 15 yes, 0 opposed. Jug Prairie 4 yes, 28 opposed. Holt 23 yes, 1 opposed. Dwight 12 yes, 8 opposed. Bigelow 14 yes, 14 no. McLaughlin and Jug Prairie are districts of Brooklyn township, Green county, now closed.

Brooklyn Brooklyn Village McLaughlin Jug Prairie Holt Dwight Bigelow Brooklyn Township Green County

Boys State Elects Officials of Cities

Ripon reports Badger Boys State lawmakers named mayors for mythical cities as candidates for county offices appear on today’s ballot and state posts begin contest tomorrow. City leaders include Adolph Gering Milwaukee and John Thune Green Bay among many others.

Ripon Badger Boys State iLegion Adolph Gering Milwaukee John Thune Green Bay Thomas Williams Oshkosh William Welke Augusta Dennis Griffin Manitowoc Richard Schae

Circuit Court Jury Panel Gets Duty Call

A jury panel of 30 persons drawn in April is being summoned by the sheriff for service at 10 a m next Monday in county court. The first of three trials on the docket is Conrad Leverton vs Victor Schiller for 2559.72 in nonpayment for a trailer, with Schiller counterclaiming 2000 alleging the trailer was not built to specifications.

Conrad Leverton Victor Schiller Schiller

New Glarus 4 H Club Meets Despite Stormy Weather

Twenty four members six leaders and parents attended the June New Glarus 4 H club meeting. Dorothy Duerst gave a history of the American flag Lorraine Johnson read a letter from a girl in Germany Edna Hefty Linda Zentner prepared luncheon centerpieces and napkins Carlton Zentner demonstrated Nails and Screws. Home furnishing girls met June 8 at the high school with Mamie Tillema of Monroe for a color design film.

New Glarus Dorothy Duerst Lorraine Johnson Germany Edna Hefty Linda Zentner Carlton Zentner Mamie Tillema Monroe

Tri-Town Homemakers Tour Visits Three Cities

The Tri-Town Homemakers club chartered a bus trip to Racine Walworth and Lake Geneva on Thursday. Twenty-nine members and guests visited the Quilt Shop in Walworth the Johnson Wax Shop the J I Case machinery plant and Wychwood Cemetery Center at Lake Geneva. Mrs Herman J Kilassy and Mrs Clarence Itten led planning as co chairs.

Orfordville Telephone Co gets PSC ok for 15000 mortgage notes

The Public Service Commission authorized Orfordville Telephone Co of Rock County to issue 15000 dollars in first mortgage notes. Proceeds will fund plant additions.

Madison Orfordville Telephone Co Rock County Public Service Commission

Local society notes and visiting calls in Monroe area

Personal mentions list residents and visitors in Monroe including Mrs Glen Johnson Footville and many others from Albany Brodhead Monticello and Madison with several family reunions travel and social events. An annual Schultz family reunion is planned June 25 at Lincoln Park Monroe along with a June 23 ice cream social at Dutch Hollow school.

Glen Johnson Footville Monroe M. L. Barton Albany William Elliott Monticello Carl Eichenberger Brodhead Jacob Schlittler James Cagan Watertown J. H. Hoesly New Glarus Helen Sagen Schultz Lincoln Park John W. Vaupel Scotia N. Y Delia Parkinson Mineral Point Bennett Moen Argyle Hattie Naef Robert Lewis Marjorie Milwaukee James Weatherhead Rockford Rose Ida Derendinger Madison Harold L. Fenton Kansas William V. Whipple Seaboard Leon Marty Alvin Petersen Oregon Kathleen Sheehan Arena Charleen McGinnis Margaret Niedermann Dutch Hollow — School Leigh W. Davis Long Beach Calif L. L. Davis Durand Alfred Keller Olga Edith Keller Route 3 Emil Keller Zollikon Switzerland Gottlob Zum Brunnen Margaret ZumBrunnen Elsie Gerber Spooner Robert ZumBrunnen Robert Black Arthur W. Black 16Th Avenue Sterling Robert Charlotte Church Eugene Zellar Robert LaMarch Manston W. S. MacDonald

Funeral services held for Jacob Blum at Belleville church

Funeral services for Jacob Blum 79 retired farmer were held at 2 pm in the Evangelical and First Reformed church of Belleville with Rev. Harvey Norenberg officiating. Burial followed in Belleville cemetery. Becker funeral home in charge. Blum died Sunday noon at his Belleville home after a period of declining health. Surviving are his widow, a son Jacob Jr. on a local farm and two daughters in Verona and Madison.

Belleville Jacob Blum Evangelical and First Reformed Church of Harvey Norenberg Becker Blum Jacob Jr Here Verona Madison

Patricia Green Sets For European Trip With St Marys Group

Patricia Green daughter of Mr and Mrs James Green 613 25th avenue leaves tomorrow for a European tour with St Marys college students from Notre Dame Indiana. Mary Finnican joins from Merrill. They travel via Chicago airport with Green family and Gloria Green accompanying to New York City. Mrs Green remains in LaGuardia departure. The itinerary includes Ireland Scotland Wales England France Italy Switzerland with plans for a papal audience and possibly the Passion Play at Oberammergau.

Patricia Green James Green 25Th Avenue St. Mary’s College Notre Dame Ind Mary Finnican Merrill Miss Green Chicago Miss Finnucan J. M. Finnucan Monroe Green

Scout Critic Elected Lutheran Synod Head

Rev Walter Strohschien of St John s Lutheran church was elected president of the Wisconsin Lutheran synod northern district at its 17th biennial conference attended by 206 pastors teachers and delegates. He had stated in May that communion and confirmation would be refused to Boy and Girl Scout members citing a conflict between scout oath reverence and church doctrine.

Appleton Princeton Wisconsin Lutheran Synod Walter Strohschien St. John’s Lutheran Church Strohschein

Louisiana Newspaper Reply Bill Is Dead in Senate

Baton Rouge bill would require papers to print replies by individuals criticized in news stories or editorials. The measure was killed by the state senate yesterday.

Baton Rouge Louisiana State Senate

Cotten Becomes Grandfather at 45 in Hollywood Circles

Santa Monica report notes actress Mrs. James P. Young, 22, welcomed a daughter. Actor Joseph Cotton, 45, is her father and thus one of Hollywood’s youngest grandfathers.

Four Die in Indiana Plane Crash Near Lebanon

Four persons were found dead in a small plane wreckage seven miles south of Lebanon Indiana. The victims are Robert A. Lahr 25 a Lafayette flying instructor Clinton Edward Ferguson 30 Battle Ground student pilot Mrs Marcia Ferguson 30 and Ronald Partridge 8 her son. The plane apparently crashed head-on into the ground with its nose buried two feet. Lahr taught flying at Halsmer airport in Lafayette and had been giving Ferguson lessons. The party had flown to Fort Wayne Indiana for a drill of the 163rd fighter squadron Indiana Air National Guard.

Lebanon Ind Here Robert A. Lahr Lafayette Clinton Edward Ferguson Battle Ground Marcia Ferguson Ronald Partridge Lahr Halsmer Ferguson Fort Wayne 163Rd Indiana Air National Guard

Mrs John Hoesly dies in Chetek

Mrs. John Hoesly of Chetek dies. She is sister of George Staley of Belleville and has a brother Fred in Minneapolis. The body is being sent to Belleville for funeral services at Becker funeral home pending.

Belleville John Hoesly Chetek George Staley Becker Funeral Home Hoesly Fred Minneapolis

Engagement announced between Shirley Spaide and Charles Dwyer

Mr and Mrs Clarence Spaide announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Shirley Spaide to Charles A Dwyer son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Dwyer of 1303 19th Street An August 6 wedding is planned Miss Spaide works at Wisconsin Power and Light Co and Mr Dwyer is a postal employee

Clarence Spaide 15Th Avenue Miss Shirley Charles A. Dwyer 19Th Street Miss Spaide Wisconsin Power and Light Co Dwyer

Rowley Infant Daughter Funeral Held in Magnolia Cemetery

Graveside services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Byrl Rowley of Evansville were held Sunday at Magnolia Cemetery. The infant died shortly after birth Saturday at St Clare hospital. Survivors include the parents two brothers Byrl Jr and Roger and two sisters Karen and Rochelle.

Rowley Byrl Rowley Evansville St. Clare Hospital Magnolia Cemetery Byrl Jr Roger Karen Rochelle

Markets Report From Chicago Hogs Cattle and Grains

Hog buyers eased prices with slow, uneven trading and most bids 50 cents lower. top hogs at 20.25 and good to choice 180 to 230 pounds at 19.75 to 20.15. Cattle and calves: feeder steer yearlings 1,000 pounds down, steers over 1,000 pounds slow, cows steady, bulls up to 25 cents higher. loads of high choice steers 1,173 pounds at 32.50, bulk steers 29.00 to 31.00, heifers 29.00 to 31.00, cows 19.25 to 24.00. Produce notes include hens steady, fryers down a cent, eggs and butter steady. Grain market led by corn with advances. soybeans bounced, wheat following corn on export prospects.

Chicago USDA

Wall Street Trading Stirs Morning Market Drop

A mid morning sell off unsettled Wall Street with high grade stocks underperforming. Losses reached around two points as U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel General Motors Chrysler and Du Pont led the declines while Emerson Radio rose briefly and rails softened in the bond market.

Wall Street New York U. S. Steel Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel General Motors Chrysler DuPont Emerson

72 Missing in Blast of Munitions Vessel

The British freighter Indian Enterprise exploded and sank in the Red Sea about 300 miles south of Suez. Seventy two crewmen are missing after the blast that tore the 7,100 ton ship apart while carrying 580 tons of explosives to Indian ports. One injured survivor was rescued.

Suez Red Sea London

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