Social Events Honor Miss Anna Mae Hefty in Monticello
A party for Miss Anna Mae Hefty and her upcoming marriage to Ralph Lindsay was held with guests from Monticello and Chicago. The event featured miscellaneous showers, prizes, gifts, and luncheon for the honoree, her mother Mrs Gus Hefty, and sister Lorraine, alongside numerous relatives and friends. The Esther Rebekah lodge hosted Past Noble Grand club members with musical tableaux and readings, while the Washington Homemakers enjoyed their annual Blue Mounds and Madison trip for dinner, shopping, and a movie. The note ends with an aside about the common toad shedding its outer skin several times a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hefty
Anna Mae Hefty
Ralph Lindsay
James Holcomb
Marjorie
Gus Hefty
Lorraine
Sophie Wyss
Elsie Duerst
Louis Wyss
Monticello
Bernie Biederman
Freport
Edna Smith
Chicago
Alvin Marti
Virinia Marti
Retta Skief
Richard Smith
Robert Wittner
Mat Bissig
John Wittenwyler
Feamy Lengacher
Ray Bissig
Edwin Wild
C. W. Loveland
Lucille
Noble Grand Club
Esther Rebekah Lodge
Helen Altmann
Alvin Camron
Portage
Kathryn Janet
Gempler
Frank Deininger
Marie Geigel
M. Bar
Washington
Blue Mounds
Madison
Mmes Robert Feller
Rudy Feller
Wilbert Hoesly
Cecil Holloway
Ruby Crooks
Kay Chesebro
Merlin Chesebro
Montgomery Chesebro
Robert Braun
Alfred Neuenschwander
Emil Suder
Harry Keegan
Fred Grimm
Atomic Test Postponed By Bikini Weather Delays Dress Rehearsal
The Bikini Atoll atomic test fleet faces a weather delay as heavy clouds and high winds push back the full dress rehearsal for the world’s fourth atomic bomb test. Admiral Blandy and staff rescheduled for Monday while briefing reporters aboard the Appalachian on the test’s nature and objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. S. Mt. McKinley
Bikini
Adm
William P. Blandy
U.S. S. Appalachian
Bikini Atoll
MacArthur Urges Japan to Decide on New No War Constitution
General MacArthur told the Japanese diet to consider the new no war constitution without bias, stating it lies at a vital moment in Japan's life. He described it as for the people acting through elected representatives to determine its form, content, and adoption. The appeal supports Emperor Hirohito’s move to place the issue before the diet, aiming to calm criticism from the Far Eastern Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Hirohito
Diet
Far Eastern Commission
Premier Yoshida Warns Japan on Nation’s Edge of Starvation
Appearing before the diet, Premier Yoshida delivered a gloom laden speech declaring Japan on the verge of starvation in Tokyo’s populous area and in the far north, urging urgent measures to avert famine. The comments reflect dire food shortages impacting the nation’s cities and rural regions alike.
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Rai
Diet
Yoshida
Japan
Tokyo
Ships in Bikini test may survive voyage back to Pearl Harbor
Vice Admiral Blandy warned Bikini participants that many ships still afloat after the atomic test may return to Pearl Harbor under their own power or head to the U S West Coast. Survivors could be used in future tests, a point scientists and the public debated amid fears the blast would be insufficiently damaging. A separate note: City Attorney Flynn seeks nylon stockings for a pending case, joking about lining up for the nylons in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bikini
Pearl Harbor
United States
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Joint Task Force
Blandy
New Books for Avid Readers at Ludlow Library
The Ludlow library adds numerous new titles for Monroe readers. Among them are Last Chapter by Ernie Pyle, The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald, The Farmer Takes a Wife by John Gould, Earth Could be Fair by Pierre Van Paassen, Wheels in the Dust by William Colt MacDonald, Talking Through My Hats by Lilly Cache, Then and Now by W Somer Set Maugham, Wilderness Adventure by Elizabeth Page, This Side of Innocence by Taylor Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Monroe
Ernie Pyle
Betty MacDonald
John Gould
Maine
Pierre van Paassen
William Colt MacDonald
Lilly Cache
Real Lilly
France
W. Somerset Maugham
Elizabeth Page
Taylor Caldwell
Palestine Kidnap Plot Aimed at Lt Gen Barker
Jerusalem reports that British army headquarters has evidence that the Irgun Zvai Leumi planned to kidnap Lt Gen Sir Evelyn Barker, commander in Palestine, in addition to six officers already seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Evelyn Barker
Notice to Decatur landowners to destroy noxious weeds
Public notice directs all landowners and occupants in Decatur Green County Wisconsin to cut and destroy listed noxious weeds on lands they own occupy or control and along abutting highways by date and method ensuring no seed spread under section 94.20 Wisconsin statutes.
Property action to prevent seed spreading in Wisconsin land
A formal notice cites section 94 of the Wisconsin statutes and declares the land in Jordan town Green County Wisconsin is under action to cut or destroy all Canadian vegetation to prevent seed bearing and spread to adjoining property.
Weed control order for Monroe landowners in Wisconsin
Otto Klemm as Weed Commissioner of Monroe Wisconsin issues a notice asserting authority under Section 94.20 to compel owners and occupiers in the City of Monroe to eradicate or prevent seed spread of listed noxious plants including English charlock wild mustard chicory rag weed poison ivy quack grass snapdragon butter and eggs goats beard marijuana field dodder Indian mustard and other weeds across all lands they own occupy or control up to street and alley lines to protect surrounding property from seed spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
County of
Green
State of
Wisconsin
Sylvester
Monroe
Rson
Exeter
Decatur
New Glarus
County of Green
Spring Grove
Jordan
Mt. Pleasant
Adams
Jefferson
Browntown
Washington
Clarno
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Sian
Honolulu
Naval Harbor
Cadiz Township
Town Board of
Ole Sandley
John A. Hartwick
Sylvester Township
C. Baumgartner
Paul Frederick
Weed Commissio
Monroe Township
Town Board of Monroe
J. B. Scherer
George Flynn
Flynn
Exeter Township
Town Board of Exeter
Charles Derendinger
Fred Disch
Decatur Township
Town Board of Decatur
E. D. Porterfield
Town
Bert C. Pryce
Weed
New Glarus Township
Nic H. Kubly
Burnett Hefty
Spring Grove Township
Roland Keen
Edward Kaderly
Jordan Township
Town Board of Jordan
Henry Aebly Jr
Wm. Boetker
Mt. Pleasant Township
Ray T. Silver
Earl Feldt
Weed Commissi
Adams Township
Gmater
Christ A. Moen
Jefferson Township
Town Board of Jefferson
Andrew R. Tschudy
Elmer Asmus
Weed Commiss
Browntown Village
Village Board of
Hubert Rockow
Chas. Larson
Weed Commis
Washington Township
D. W. Loveland
Town Chairman
E. W. Marty
Monroe, Wis
Frank A. Buehler
City of
Wis
Otto Klemm
Clarno Township
Percy Lichtenwalner
Fred Discher
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