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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
8
The edition reports mostly sunny and cool conditions this afternoon with windy skies in the far east. Tonight remains fair and cool with a warmer Saturday, lows around 45 to 51 and highs in the mid to upper 70s.
The report notes a high of 78 and a low of 50 since yesterday 1 p.m with .03 inches of rain. It lists past day high 75 and low 58 from a year ago, barometer 29.89 at 1 a.m. and 30.01 at 1 p.m, Needles California hottest at 115 and Bismarck North Dakota coldest at 39 with sunrise 5 22 and sunset 8 41.
Peter Manos transfers property to Wendell L. Simmons in blocks 1 and 9 of Swiss Lane Subdivision Monroe. James F. Doherty transfers land in sections 14 and 23 Clarno Township to Ernest Losberger.
Monroe police report Gerald R. Schmoldt in Brown Town faces limitations on backing with a $10 figure cited in the brief notice.
Judge Marshall L. Peterson presided as Elmer P. Hanson of Route 2 Oregon pleaded not guilty to a hit and run in a Brooklyn parking lot. complaint dismissed. Donald Alston of Monroe pleaded guilty to failure to keep motorcycle under control, fined $25 plus costs, ordered to attend Traffic School.
Marriage licenses issued include Erling H Isely of Argyle Route 2 with Ann C Johnson of Madison. Keith J Long of Brooklyn Route 1 with Sharon A Bolling of Verona. Henry George Leuzinger Jr. 46 of Monticello with Edna Louise Crooks 47 of 1202 16th Street. Virgil Wayne Marshall 20 of Albany with Carol Ann Nipple 17 of Albany.
Obituary notices list the deaths of Harry Wheeland aged 9 at Freeport. Mrs Theodosia Spangler aged 80 of Ridott Illinois. Mrs Lillian Thompson of Chippewa Falls.
Mr and Mrs LaVerne Ostby of Monticello announce a daughter born June 22. Mr and Mrs Kenley Mannet ter of Belleville announce a son born June 23. Mr and Mrs Willis Newcomer of Juda announce a son born June 23.
St Clare Hospital reports a series of patient movements including accident victims Gregory Lord Brodhead Mark Mitch ell South Wayne Maria Olson 1617 7th street Fred Burkhalter Winslow tonsillectomy patients Susan Huff man Brodhead Susan Norder 2322 15th avenue Jeffrey Looze Brodhead Alan Pinnow Beloit Timothy Foster Brodhead medical cases Bradley Bill Beloit Francis Storkson Belleville Karen Long Janesville Mrs Eugene Lueck 1117 13th avenue Mrs Clifford Dittmar Elizabeth 111 Mrs Max Walters Rockford Mrs Gilbert Duerst New Glarus Mrs Sylvia Brey langer New Glarus surgical cases William Rossing Argyle Mrs Ida Cox Brodhead John Eggimann Mr Horeb dismissals listed names including John Jr Donna Sager James Riley Gary Krauss Archie Hayter Donald Alston Henry Eliefson George Disrud Mrs Nathan Burgy son Mrs Wayne Berge Mrs Linus Doyle Mrs William Baumgartner Mrs Mary Leonard Sara Williams Mrs Arnold Hegwood Mrs Glen Collins Fern Woodstock
In Morgan Hill California a girl lifeguard saved a man Harold Cardoza and his 4 year old son Donald from drowning at a pool. Betty Perucca 18 administered artificial respiration to Cardoza and both survived without ill effects.
Personal mentions from Monroe area list guests and travels including Mr and Mrs August Planti kow from Lowes Park NL and Mr and Mrs Werner Sulzer from Bellevue IA. St Omar Chapter 90 OES holds a June 26 meeting with potluck. Patricia Hogan earns a masters and returns to teach in White Plains NY. Rev Zuercher attends Illinois summer session.
Marvin W. Eck billed as the Highest in the World will stroll the square on 12 foot 6 inch stilts sponsored by Baumgartner's Cheese Supply. The event includes a county refrigerated cheese display, dairy exhibits, a ferris wheel, kiddie rides, free Swiss cheese and pizza pies, plus a pie baking demonstration by Karen Meier. Public Service Co office hosts 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. demonstrations.
Mrs Bert Burkhalter 65 of 2418 9th street died Wednesday in St Clare hospital after a two week illness. Rev Gerritt E Mouw of Union Presbyterian Church officiated at 2 pm service held at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery. Organist was Mrs G E Trickel. pallbearers were nephews Victor May Lester May Harold Burkhalter Kenneth Shultz Burnett Burkhalter and Wm Burkhalter.
Preston Prisk 67 Monroe died Tuesday services were held at 2 p m in Voegeli funeral home with Rev Glen H Ridnour of First Methodist church Monroe officiating Burial followed in Highland cemetery Herbert Ainsworth Monroe led the song service Pallbearers were Lee Allman L Anse Mich Leo W Bartelt Monroe Harland Rabe Brodhead Merlyn Rabe Beloit Lloyd Zumkehr Freeport and Willard D Prisk
Jeff Kittelsen and Mike McAlpine left for Manitowoc to play in the Jaycee state tennis tournament over the weekend. Three other Monroe youths will enter the Southern Wisconsin Junior Tennis District Tournament at Beloit starting tomorrow morning: Judy Hefty, Larry Holcomb, and Davie Wuetrich. The state event, jointly sponsored by the Wisconsin Recreation Association and Milwaukee Journal, will be in Milwaukee on Friday and Saturday July 14 and 15. Miss Hefty and Kittelsen won district titles last year and advanced to the state.
Brodhead Fire Department hosts an open house at its new West 3rd Avenue quarters this Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Members of the department and City Council will welcome the public. The fire station cost 29 000 dollars. the property cost 3 500 dollars.
Fred Burkhalter aged 69 from Winslow is hospitalized at St. Clare after a farm accident at Orville Mann farm. He had emergency surgery for severe leg injuries and will stay in hospital two to three weeks. He was admitted at 10 15 a m.
Miss Bobbette Preston daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Preston Miss Jacqueline Pinnow daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Pinnow and Russell Keen son of Mr and Mrs Roland Keen all of Juda are in Madison for the Junior Music Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Preston plays flute Pinnow sings and Keen performs bari tone horn at the event.
Jean Arnes daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Arnes has been awarded a freshman tuition scholarship at the University of Wisconsin and also receives the Francois scholarship according to Times Special reporting from New Glarus.
Mmes Donald Root Fred Rehmstadt Ralph Hammerly and Fred Haldiman plus Mrs Glen Spring Albany attend Platteville State College summer school as reported by Times Special.
Hixon's South Side Barber Shop across from South school will be closed the week of July 3 to July 11. Local patrons advised to plan haircuts accordingly.
Mrs A C Howard of Janesville reports her husband is in Mercy hospital Janesville with a fractured hip.
Gregory Scott Lorch, 6, of Brodhead, was treated at St. Clare hospital for minor head lacerations after tumbling from the top of a slide in North Side Park last night.
Little Tots aged three to five begin lessons Monday meeting at 11 15 a m in the wading pool area pool manager Thomas Norager said today Yesterdays attendance was 586 bringing the year total to 13 054
The Royal Arch Mason degree was conferred on several candidates at the final spring meeting of the Royal Arch Masons Palestine Chapter last night at the Masonic Temple.
Minor damage reported yesterday afternoon to vehicles driven by Gerald R. Schmoldt Brownstown and Fritz Wenger Route 3 Monroe after a front end collision with unclear location and circumstances.
Mr and Mrs Ben West of Rockford announce the birth of their son David Lee on June 12. A sister Susan, 20 months old, also greets the new arrival. Mrs West is the former Betty Meier, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Meier of South Wayne.
Mark Mitchell 13, son of Mr and Mrs Arlie Mitchell of South Wayne, was admitted to St Clare hospital at 4:50 p m yesterday after injuring his right eye while playing badminton. Doctors report his condition improved and expect a stay of three or four days.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Waelti announce the birth of a son named Steven John in a Beloit hospital on June 12. Grandmothers are Mrs Agnes Roderick of Twin Grove and Mrs Anna Waelti of Juda.
Mrs. A. Maria Olson, 80, of 1617 7th street, was admitted to St. Clare hospital at 8:40 a.m. after breaking her left shoulder and bruising her hip when she fell at her home.
Mrs. Ethel S. Hoover 59 of Belleville and Ben Walsh 60 of Janesville face a third continuance after a fatal April 15 crash. Next Janesville court hearing is 9 a.m. Thursday July 20. Hoover charged with false information to an officer and allowing an unauthorized operator. Walsh charged with driving without an operator license and failure to yield half the highway. Victims Duane R. Roenneburg 22 Albany and Donald Berg 47 Evansville died in the crash.
About 30 men from Lions and Kiwanis took an inter club bus trip to County Stadium in Milwaukee to watch the Milwaukee Braves defeat the San Francisco Giants 8 to 6. Archie Myers led arrangements and the group plans Lions Day at the last Sunday home game with wives invited.
Miss Carol Lux daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Lux will sail from Montreal next Friday to join a Gamma Phi Beta European Tour visiting England and 13 European countries. She travels with her father to Montreal and plans return docking in Montreal August 16 after visiting Boston friends.
The Cecil Jones Auxiliary 2312 of the Monroe VFW earned a certificate of merit for outstanding volunteer work in Wisconsin VA hospitals. Mrs. Wilmer A. Palmer accepted the honor during the Sheboygan convention as 500 volunteers from 211 auxiliaries logged over 21,000 hours and distributed $25,000 in treated gifts to hospitalized veterans.
A playful note reflects on recovering a vanished act, likening it to revealing hidden logic. The column invites readers to ponder timing and reason in a whimsical, reflective mood.
The House post office committee defeated an administration request for a 741 million dollar postal rate increase. The move ended hopes for year end action on a bill backed by Postmaster General Day and Secretary Dillon to close the 1962 deficit, with proposed rises across first to third class mail.
Mrs Thompson of Rochchester Minnesota died after surgery in Rochester. Her daughter Shirley of South Dakota and two grandchildren survive. Her husband Erick preceded her in death. Services are planned for Monday in Chippewa Falls.
Legislation to extend for another year the current excise tax rates on liquor wine beer cigarettes automobiles and other items awaits President Kennedy's signature.
A youthful George Washington dreamed of becoming a sailor, shaping early ambitions that influenced his later career.
Jerry Coplien assistant park and recreation director today announced the annual Dutch Elm disease survey of city elms will be conducted by the park department next Wednesday. He urged residents who have noticed yellow leaves wilting or other signs of disease to notify the Recreation Park swimming pool office by calling 760 and leave their names and addresses for tree checks.
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