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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1949
Page
2
A Milwaukee jury and judge delivered a harsh lesson as a murder trial closed, drawing sympathy for two families and underscoring the ongoing need for parental guidance and vigilance in parenting teens. The judge stated a lifetime in prison is a proper penalty under the law.
The new state law targets turtle paced motorists on highways with discretionary enforcement by state police. Slow moving vehicles cause long lines and possible accidents as drivers behind them seek to pass or yield safely. If enforced, traffic flow could improve and travel safety may rise.
After four hours of testimony the state public service commission took the Brodhead Commonwealth Telephone Co. case under advisement. About 560 subscribers seek to set aside January rate increases claiming inadequate modernization and service. The company argues service and equipment are adequate and rates are not excessive. One party residential line costs 4.75, rural lines 2.40, under current rates.
Mrs Gladys Pasco of Community Concerts Inc visits Monroe to coordinate the 1949 50 membership canvass. Local leaders plan the drive for the week of November 14, with final arrangements to be completed during her overnight stay.
Readable clippings show Green county cheese slogan contention with Langlade makers and political moves by William G. McAdoo foes to push anti-Klan issue at the Democratic convention. Also mention 25 to 50 year old items like soldier bonus forms, dividends, business ventures, and local incidents.
Funeral services for Robert Thornton 31 of Madison will be at 1 30 PM in the Oregon Methodist church with Rev A W Barnlund officiating Burial will be in Prairie Mound cemetery Oregon with American Legion military rites Thornton was a Brooklyn resident and a member of the Post Pallbearers include John K Woody Robert Harmon Russell Nugent Erwin Hansen Maurice O Brien and Leslie Jensen Survivors include wife and two sons Eric and Donald at home his parents Mr and Mrs George E Thornton Brooklyn two sisters Mrs Nora Koehler Brooklyn and Mrs Eva Lundgren Berkeley Calif and two brothers Keith and Hugh Thornton Brooklyn
Louis R. Wolleson and other local VFW leaders depart for the state convention in LaCrosse. Delegates include Theodore Burgy M R Hyland Hugo Voelkhi and Don Lovelace. Auxiliary members Mrs Glenn Kubly and Mrs Harold Woolever also travel for the event.
Members go house to house in a wartime style canvass on the block system to win nationwide contest funds for furnishing a room in St. Clare hospital. They collect soap box covers and wrappers from groceries to support the drive.
Sixty Green County Shrine club members attended a dinner program at the Decatur Lake Country Club in Brodhead. Rev. Robert Sachtsen spoke on Burma and India after a hay lift talk by Kenneth Coplien. Clinton S. Pierce chaired the event as a Shrine benefit softball game was announced for August 14 at Monroe Recreation Park to aid the Shrine hospital fund.
In county court yesterday Vern Zuberbuehler of Gra Tiot wore a body cast after a June 8 highway 69 crash near the Wisconsin border. He was fined 60 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated and his license was revoked. Kenneth Knaub of Lanark Illinois, with a sling on his right arm, was fined 5 dollars and costs for failing to give half the roadway to a passing vehicle.
John Melcher from the state bureau of handi capped conducted tests at a Monroe county clinic. The session focused on hearing, speech and rape learning assessments during the event.
The former Miss Virgil L Petter daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Petter Beloit and Fred Blumer Jr son of Mr and Mrs Fred A Blumer Monroe exchanged marriage vows Sunday at Second Congregational church Beloit. The couple will reside in Monroe.
Martin Nichols a Madison native opens Martin's Body shop in the Herbert T Stauffacher building at 508 18th avenue He is a four year army veteran who served in Europe and currently lives with friends in Monroe while seeking a home for his wife and four sons.
Leslie M. Schwitz of Orangeville, a former Co. K Monroe National Guard member, has been hired as Monticello village marshal. He replaces Herman Wirth, who resigned due to illness and began duties Tuesday morning.
Orangeville Times Special notes Dr Howard Mauthe a physician since September 1947 will begin a radiology residency at Wood Veterans Hospital on July 1. He plans to move with Mrs Mauthe and family to the new assignment and awaits details of his post.
Five New York doctors tested a regimen to end laxative dependence. The plan uses Carter's Pills to unblock the lower digestive tract and restore natural function. It prescribes gradual nightly doses then cessation, plus daily water, with no habit forming drugs. Purchase Carter's Pills for 33 cents at any drugstore today.
Howard, Martin and An drew plan to live in Milwaukee. A farewell party in Mrs. Mauthe's honor was held Friday evening by the Woman's club chorus which she directed the past year.
Munich court increased Baldur von Schirach's sentence by ten years, bringing his total to thirty. The war crimes conviction as a major offender leads to confiscation of his property, with details not disclosed.
Orangeville special reports Mr and Mrs Glenn Reuter welcome a daughter Deborah Lynn born Friday at Deaconess Hospital Freeport Former residents Dr and Mrs R F Dearborn now Byron Indiana announce birth of a son Bruce Burritt born June 12
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