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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1961
Page
8
June 22 1961 forecast shows mostly cloudy northeast with scattered rain and cooler nights. Friday clears with pleasant conditions and highs in the 70s. Monroe reports similar but with scattered thunder showers today. Temperature ranges include 47 to 53 for lows and 70s for highs.
Judge Marshall L. Peterson of Merlin Rod Monroe pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a minor and ordered to Central State hospital for a pre sentence social physical and mental examination. After completion he will return to court for disposition of the case.
Monroe police report Merlin C. Sacia of Holmen Wisconsin faces a forfeiture after a stop sign violation with a $10 penalty.
Wayne O Bahn aged 21 and Carol A Blum aged 20 both of Monroe applied for something at Freeport, with the filing indicating their residence in Monroe and the action taking place in Freeport.
William Lehman 84 of 627 18th avenue. Mrs Herman Koehn 68 Warren Ill. Mrs Magdalene Griffin 75 Highland. Mrs George W Simmons 65 4319 West Chicago Street Rapid City S D.
A compiled list from St. Clare Hospital includes patient names for a tonsillectomy procedure in Blanchardville and a separate section of medical staff and dismissals. The medical names cover patients and staff across Illinois and Wisconsin towns, with addresses and affiliations such as Beloit Janesville Galena Rockford Albany Platteville and New Glarus. The dismissal roster names Leo Blake Walter Gutzmer Frank Koch Edwin Willie Gary Rossing Paul Brown Omer Hawkins Francis Ackermann Fred Gutzmer William Rees Jacob Marty Herbert Bell and others with family mentions.
Mrs Esther Stubbe born 1895 in Freeport Nova Scotia married 1916 to George W Simmons of Monroe. Died after a stroke at Rapid City hospital with funeral set in Rapid City. Survivors include husband four daughters and two sons. Burial in Rapid City follows services Saturday.
Four Illinois men died in a wreck at a Bettendorf Iowa railroad crossing after a gasoline truck collided with a Burlington Road freight train. The blast destroyed two locomotives and six of the train’s cars, killing engineer A. E. Blakewell 60 and three crewmen William Lauder 42 Robert Jacobs 38 and truck owner Howard Wierenga 46.
Gov Nelson asks Senate to appoint David Carley to the Wisconsin Federal Surplus Property Development Commission. The Senate had refused Carley’s previous confirmation as director of the Department of Resource Development. Nelson says Carley’s membership is essential to prevent delays in disposing of the Bong Air Force base.
Police report says Rodney Sonnenburg and Pauline Block escaped injury in a collision at 21st Street and 8th Avenue. In a second crash, Robert Herwig and Harold Chapman, both of South Wayne, collided near Blackbourn's service station on Highway 11 West with no injuries.
South Korea's military premier Lt. Gen. Chang Do young said about 20000 of the government's 240000 employees were fired. A further 20000 will be let go for draft dodging or other reasons, with a list of several women named as relatives and associates appearing in the text.
Personal mentions include Mrs E W Voss from Freeport and Mrs Margaret Gavigan of Argyle visiting Monroe. Fay Teuscher from Warren Illinois and Mrs Warren Prisk of Monticello shopped in Monroe. Arthur Klingbeil and spouse from Brodhead attended a Rural Letter Carriers convention in Milwaukee. James Patterson and family from Westerville Colorado plan a two week stay with the Benketts in Oncoto. Paula LaBuch works at Max Braes in Bailey's Harbor after Mt Mary College. Richard S Campbell, Monroe High School 1961 graduate, visits Holyoke Massachusetts to see Maj Stuart Campbell as he nears Florida retirement. Mrs Jack Quirk and children from Cudahy spent a week with Enright Foley in South Wayne. Quirk then attends a 10 week NSF summer program in Missoula with Mrs Foley and Mrs Borden accompanying. The Quirk party plans summer travel and return to Milwaukee in August for teaching posts in Greenfield and Wauwatosa.
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe was released after two months as a prisoner of the Congolese central government. He arrived at Premier Joseph Kasa Vubu’s Leopoldville residence with Gen. Joseph Mobutu and held a news conference smiling and in good health.
Clarence R. Benkett reports a three to four week old fawn was struck by a mower at the Vernus Walden farm in York Township. It lost two feet above the ankle and is expected to be disposed of. Benkett and Clinton Blackbourn recovered the animal.
Playwright Herbert Kubly vacationing at the Kubly family farm east of New Glarus this week. He plans to return to New Hampshire in about ten days to resume editing the final draft of a novel about Midwestern life a project he has worked on for three years.
A group reports stone carvings on a smooth rock wall in southern Illinois, believed to be made by Indian tribes. The figures include men birds and animals and are considered prehistoric indigenous rock art.
Archaeologists study a fragment describing a vanished culture living before European contact in North America. The text hints at routes or migrations but offers few concrete names or dates, leaving the fate and exact location unclear.
Gov. Nelson signed a bill to appropriate 175000 dollars for the state to purchase the former Air Force radar installation at Williams Bay. The Welfare Department plans to use the facility as a penal institution to relieve overcrowding at the reform school near Green Bay.
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