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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1960
Page
6
Partly cloudy this afternoon with cooler south tonight. Thursday partly cloudy with a chance of scattered light showers in the northwest portion. Little change in temperature with a low around 48 to 55 and a high near 68. Monroe Zone reports clearing skies becoming mostly sunny by late afternoon and a low around 48 to 55 with a high of 68 to 76.
Ronald D. Johnson transfers E 122 ft of lot 1 block 19 in Brodhead's Addition to Merlyn E. Chapman in Monroe city. The brief conveyance lists the property location and parties without dates or prices.
Deaths reported for Harry C. Howard 77 Darling ton Mrs Edwin Ellefson 54 Route 3 Madison Verle Steele Table Grove III and Joseph F Haffey 85 Beloit.
To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Benkett of Orangeville a son born June 21. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Schmitz of 2317 13th Street announce a daughter born June 21. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beck of New Glarus announce a daughter born June 21.
A hospital notice lists patients undergoing tonsillectomy including Patricia Laughridge Albany Medical Jerry Olson 1005 22nd street Mrs Bertha Voegeli 1115 30th avenue Wilbert Stauffer Monticello Leonard Berry Brodhead Connie Zimmerman Mt Horeb Mrs Clarence Bissman Rockford and Mrs David Campbell Pecatonica Surgical mentions Mrs Ferdinand Hillfiker Route 2 Judy Wunschel Juda and Mrs Kenneth Schreier Brodhead Dismissals include Harry Hillary Olaf Sveem Frank Zee James Breed John Griffiths John Haug en Jacob Rhyner Frank Flannery Matthew Zentner Craig Briggs Mrs Kenneth Waller and son Mrs H Clay Armstrong Mrs Arthur Roderick Renee Zweifel Aleta Peebles Mrs Beth Wood Mrs William Moon Mrs Jane Johnson Debra Beckman Mrs Eugene Hefty and daughter Mrs Lawrence Hefty and daughter Mrs Leslie Becke and daughter Mrs Edwin Schmid and daughter and Mrs Harker Chapman.
Wisconsin farmers report only about 10 percent of the hay crop cut as rain and damp conditions hinder haying. Some early cut hay remains good, but the majority in fields may go coarse. Corn planting finished, weed growth rising, pastures in excellent condition, soil moisture generally adequate or more.
Mrs. Verne Furness receives word that Verle Steele of Table Grove Illinois was killed in a tractor explosion while refueling with the engine running. The family plans funeral services tomorrow afternoon in Table Grove.
New York reporter 73 year old Mrs Gene Carothers, editor at Canonsburg Pa Notes, wins 5000 dollars in prizes including a Brazil trip amid grandma contest honors.
In Madison the Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission reports federal aid for 11 airport projects totaling 1.38 million dollars could not be fully drawn due to staff shortages. Only five projects worth 586 thousand dollars were completed, costing the state 794 thousand in federal funds. Commissioner Thomas K. Jordan asks for a 1960-61 budget boost to hire two engineers and a clerk and to overhaul two planes.
Gary L. Schumacher son of Mr and Mrs William M Schumacher Route 1 Juda has been promoted to SP4 while serving in Germany with the 40th Transportation unit as a truck driver stationed at Mannheim He entered the Army in October 1958 and completed basic training at Ft Leonard Wood He attended Juda high school.
Madison reports a new gas supply method cutting costs for state traffic patrols. Bulk tanks will be placed at 16 locations to supply patrols, with projected annual savings around 40 thousand dollars and faster refueling times. Governor Nelson credits the Department of Administration with coordinating the effort alongside the Motor Vehicle Department and State Highway Commission.
Frederick J. Sarles, Monroe treatment plant operator, successfully wrote a sewage works certification examination in April, the Sewage Works Operators certification committee reported today. The examination is given under a voluntary plan designed to improve caliber of sewage works operation through employment of trained personnel.
Personal mentions report visits from Mrs Emil Hafen and Miss Beulah Hauser from Albany and Mrs Florence Mathes and her son Theodore from Menasha. Clifford Hunt attended an Internation Daraclean Headquarters training in Chicago. Mr and Mrs Oscar Leesy returned from a Woodlands California trip. Mrs Miriam Abplanalp will attend Theta Sigma Phi in Colorado Springs and a retreat at Estes Park. Mrs Alta Alexander and Mrs Marie Sigurdson return after visiting Monroe friends. Alexander taught in Monroe.
Mrs Arlie Mitchell hosts and guests from Denver Palatine Rockford Lake Forest Madison Monroe and Eau Claire visit relatives across several households. List includes Mr and Mrs Charles Chapman Carla Hummer Emma Lund O B Peterson Tillie Bragg and others visiting grandparents and mothers over the weekend.
W. Edward Ruetz of Kenosha National Bank was named president of the Wisconsin Bankers Association. Carl A. Biederman of Oshkosh National Bank became vice president and John Matheson of Merchants and Savings Bank Janesville was named treasurer. New council members include William H. Allen L J Ashenbrewer James B. McKanna and Kenneth W. Voss.
Intermediate Troop 221 toured the Nevin fish hatchery in Madison for conservation and visited Vilas park zoo to earn bird and mammal badges. Led by Mrs. Jerome J. Hower they planned 400 trees on Green County Teachers College president John W. Zweifel property and prepared for a July pioneer camping site. The troop also planted flowers on the island at highways 11 81, 23rd Avenue, and 13th Street.
Six year old Richard Weseiniski of Beaver Dam drowned Tuesday after falling into the Beaver Dam River while fishing. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Edward Weseiniski.
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Rev. James Juhkentaal of East Lutheran Church Belmont spoke at the Green County Shrine Club Swiss Wheel restaurant on communism's impact. More than 45 attended the 7 p.m. dinner. The next meeting is set for September.
The Schmitz family of 2317 13th Street welcomed a daughter yesterday at 2 19 p m in St. Clare hospital. The parents have not named the child yet and she joins four siblings William Michael James and Mary.
Rev. Alvin Strand of Fergus Falls Minnesota has accepted a call to Sottineau North Dakota. He and his wife and children are visiting her parents Herbert Kopps and her brother Francis. Strand was ordained two weeks ago.
Roy Schroeder of Monroe was chosen president at the 49th Schroeder reunion held Sunday at the Clarno EUB church. Mrs. Alvin Elmer of Monroe was named vice president and Mrs. Martha Grenzow of Clarno secretary-treasurer. Arthur Schroeder was last year’s president. The next reunion will be on the third Sunday in June at the church.
Robert Moe, a Lancaster teacher, earned a science scholarship for a summer session at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Mrs. Moe and their son Robbie will also spend the summer there.
Petty Officer and Mrs. Stuart Bjork depart Chicago by plane at 1 30 a m for Kekaha Hawaii for his new posting. They were married January 11 at St Peter's Lutheran in Janesville with Mrs Bjork, the former Jillene White, listed as a daughter of Mr and Mrs Hen.
Ry White of Janesville is identified as the son of George Bijorks in a brief local notice highlighting family ties.
A. L. Davis of Oaktron Indus tries Inc is listed as a director of Council of Safety Inc and is expected to attend the group annual meeting starting tomorrow at Elkhart Lake.
Racine report quotes Richard G. Harvey Jr. at a GOP meeting, labeling the so called soft money policy a theft from Americans. He accuses Democrats led by Gerald Flynn of striving to unbalance the president's budget, boosting inflation and harming workers, seniors, bond owners, and savers.
Public prosecutor Jan C. Maris said police arrested Jan Smirnoff, 32, a Russian registered as a student at the Hague Institute for Social Studies, on espionage charges Monday.
Bridal Veil Falls lie in Yosemite National Park in east central California, identified as a notable natural feature within the park boundaries.
Cheryl Crane, Lana Turner’s daughter, is sent to El Retiro corrective school for a third time by juvenile court. The 17 year old who fatally stabbed Johnny Stompanato in 1958 was returned Tuesday to the facility after two prior escapes. Her mother said she and her father are pleased with the decision.
In El Paso Texas the old jail gallows from 1880 used once are being torn down to clear space for a parking lot. The condemned were Antonio Flores who killed his Smeltertown sweetheart and Geronimo Parra, a border bandit who killed Texas Ranger Charles Fusselman.
In 1900 two inmates escaped their cells with daggers made in cell work. Flores stabbed Deputy Ed Bryant. The assaults ended swiftly as both attackers were executed.
The final artillery action of World War I came from an American 14-inch railway gun at Thierville France. Its range was 21 miles ending hostilities.
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