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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1951
Page
6
Considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with local showers and thunderstorms. Warmer conditions expected with a low of 60 to 65 west and 55 to 60 east. Highs tomorrow range 77 to 83 in the north and 82 to 86 in the south, lower near Lake Michigan.
A weather summary shows last week high 86 and low 52 with yesterday’s 1 p.m. peak 78 and low 54. Year ago today high 86 low 65. Precipitation 0.18 since Saturday. Barometer 29.70 at 1 a.m. and 29.61 at 1 p.m. Fort Worth Texas posted warmest 95 yesterday while Seattle Washington was coldest at 50. Sunrise 4:33 and sunset 7:41.
Paul J. Dempsey transfers to Joan Dempsey Vogel property Its 1 and 3 block 33 in Brodhead. Lydia Malcock and others transfer to Fred A. Swenson and Arthur Stoll the west half of the northwest quarter of section 36 in Brodhead.
Judge Harold J Lamboley presided as Russell L Gulmire driver to George Lucas in a Wisconsin matter with five charges including no tail light no markings no stop lamp no rear view mirror and no reflex reflectors on front and rear bonds of 50 dollars forfeited.
Leon Marty of Albany and Joseph Thoma of New Glarus fined $2 each for stop sign violations. J. C. Gamroth of Madison also fined $2 for a stop sign violation.
Obituary notes list Mrs. Grace Worley 68 of Juda Mrs. John Bernstein 68 of Brod head and Mrs. Helen Logan 82 of Orfordville with ages and locations.
Mr and Mrs Edwin L Huff man of route 2 Monroe welcomed a son on June 23.
A compilation from St. Clare Hospital records lists patients and dismissals. Names include Mrs Earl Dona hue, Ernest Butson, Alvin Hill, Thomas Watson, and Leon Brandel among accident entries. Discharges feature Merlin Geigel, Mrs Alice Kradalfer, Carmela Angelello, Henry Bernstein, and others.
Mrs Grace Worley 68 Juda native died at St. Clare hospital after six months illness and surgery. Born January 30 1882 in Sylvester township she was daughter of Luther and Mathilda Shaffer Berryman. She married William Worley April 8 1900 and lived in Juda all her life until six months ago moving to Monroe. Survived by daughter Eva Davis St Louis two sisters Maud Skyles Janesville Flossie Nyman Brodhead five grandchildren five great grandchildren and preceded in death by infant son Harry and brother Ernest Berryman. Services 2 pm tomorrow Shriner Neushwander funeral home Juda with Rev C J Tingley. Burial Mt Vernon Juda.
Mrs Helen Logan 82 formerly Helen Leaverson died suddenly in Orfordville after a brief illness. Born March 1, 1869 in Winden Minnesota to Norwegian parents, she married Knute Logan in 1890 and lived in Newark township and Orfordville. Survived by son C R Logan and daughters Hannah Olmstead Hazel Gunderson, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren. funeral tomorrow at 2 pm at Orfordville Lutheran Church with Rev E J Nessett officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Friends may call tonight at Newcomer funeral home.
Beverly McNamara of Rockford Illinois begins duties as home economist for Wisconsin Power and Light Co. She will visit homes, demonstrate for 4 H clubs schools and homemakers groups, replacing Mrs. Oblander. McNamara is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. McNamara and a DePauw University graduate.
More than 150 people attended the third annual open meeting of the Monroe Alcoholics Anonymous chapter held yesterday in the high school auditorium. Speakers came from Clinton Iowa Waukesha and Racine. Afterward the group adjourned to the Knights of Columbus hall for a Swiss lunch and informal visit. Members from several other communities were present.
Personal mentions show Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock from Ephraim, Gallob from Milwaukee, and other couples in Monroe on weekend visits. Vacation trips include D. H. Partridge from Albany to Canada and the northwest, and hotel manager George Mouser on leave in South Bend.
Mrs. Emma Rechsteiner from Albany. Mrs. John C. Werren back from Chicago antique show. James Meshnick on vacation in New London. Mrs. John A. Becker from Milwaukee. Willard Zimmerli and Will Zimmerli from Chicago in Albany and Monroe on business. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Naker and others from Milwaukee Monticello visit Stauffachers. Genevieve Arensdorf, now with the veterans administration in Chicago, stayed with Edna Mackey. Charles Dietz visits daughters in Fond du Lac before returning to Monroe as home.
No injuries reported after three county crashes. Vehicles driven by Henry F Rickman Madison and Christian Bernet routed 4 sideswiped county trunks north of Washington town hall at 9 10 p m. Chester K Norton Jr route 5 left Juda road struck a telephone pole at 1 30 a m Sunday. Gordon C Clayton route 2 Argyle left highway 1181 near Juta. four teenagers were passengers.
Four Monroe residents visited the Grotto at Dickeyville yesterday to take photos and exposed 14 frames before discovering the camera had no film. They then found an empty carton when attempting to reload.
The Associated Press reports fatal Wisconsin accidents claim seven lives over the weekend. Victims include Steve Perkins 14 months old drowned in a water-filled washtub in Onalaska Frank A Radell 69 struck by a car in Milwaukee Edward H Earl 34 and his four year old daughter Gretchen died in a head-on collision near Mauston William Pym 75 fatally struck by a car in Milwaukee Conrad Goettle Jr 15 injured fatally when his scooter hit a vehicle near Chippewa Falls John Renniger 5 trapped and drowned beneath an overturned boat on Lake Mendota while fishing with his father in Madison
Merlin Geigel, the sole survivor of a two car crash on Schwarzenberger hill May 27, was discharged from St. Clare hospital. Four people died including Dale Red aged 18 from Monroe and William C. Napier of Chicago. Mrs Napier died next day and James Ward Trickel of Chicago died May 29. Green County recorded its worst traffic accident.
Investigators probe a Saturday night blaze at the Deppe Lumber Co. yard in Baraboo with damage estimated at $100,000. Deputy State Fire Marshal Julius Krug assisted local authorities as Baraboo, Badger and Sauk City firefighters battled the fire near the former Ringling circus winter grounds.
Mrs Ivan Kittleson a resident of the Norwegian Settlement north of Albany underwent a goiter operation this morning at St Clare hospital with medical staff attending.
Mrs. Julia Scheidegger was dismissed from Madison General Hospital after treatment for a broken leg and is convalescing at the John Badertscher home in Mt Herb. She suffered the injury mowing the lawn and was visited by Mrs. Adolph Zimmerman and her daughters Gertrude and Martha before her release.
Leon J. Brandel aged 40 of Brodhead suffered a contusion to the right eye when a bolt flew from the machine he was operating. He was taken to St. Clare hospital where his condition was reported as good.
Mrs. Jacob Steffen of 2410 11th Street rests comfortably at St. Clare hospital after undergoing major surgery there this morning.
Five year old Delphine Fuller, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wendell L Fuller, sustained a burned left leg yesterday after stepping through an overcrust of something. Further details are not given.
A girl was hurt at the city dump when hot coals and ash smouldered under a bed. She was with her father as he unloaded trash from his car and she was treated at St. Clare hospital and released.
Green County Historical Society opens a new museum in the Idle Hour farm carriage house with pioneer kitchen and early cheesemaking displays. Regular open houses are Sundays 2 to 5 p m, with new exhibits added each month.
Weather forecast calls for cloudiness and possible thundershowers replacing today's pleasant summer conditions. Temperatures expected to reach the 80s tomorrow for a summer high. Rainfall measured .18 inches Saturday night as today’s high reached 78 at 1 pm after a low of 54 overnight.
The article notes that most European cabbage is grown in the Balkans and Italy, highlighting regional concentration of supply.
The report notes statements on a Korea cease fire near the 38th parallel. The U N emphasizes the first step to peace is a cease-fire, limited to military arrangements to halt fighting and prevent renewal. Malik accuses Russia of involvement, while the Soviet bloc denies aiding the aggression and claims Chinese forces are volunteers.
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