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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1951
Page
6
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered showers near Lake Superior tomorrow afternoon or night. Cooler conditions tonight in the northwest with warmer temperatures tomorrow. Lows in the 52 to 57 range northwest and 57 to 62 southeast. Highs expected 74 to 79 northwest and 78 to 84 southeast.
Since yesterday at 1 PM the high reached 80 and low 60. A year ago today the high was 90 and low 64. Rainfall since yesterday 0.06 inches. Barometer 29.45 at 1 AM and 29.21 at 1 PM. Warmest city yesterday Phoenix 104 and coldest Sault Ste. Marie 45. Sunrise 4:23 and sunset 7:41.
Ben F. Elmer transfers NW of SW of section 29 in Mt Pleasant township to Leon B. Elmer. Clinton Blackbourn transfers stake 6 block 4 Ludlow's addition in Monroe to Barbara Blackbourn.
Judge Harold J Lamboley presides as Gerald Marvin Hauser driver for Forrest Babler of Monticello posts ten dollar bail in the small claims matter.
L A Koenig of Monti cited for speeding pled guilty with $12 costs. Bernard Schafer of 81714 25th Avenue fined $3 plus costs for operating auto without muffler. Leon Marty Albany and Richard Dunphy Albany cited for stop sign violation with $2 fine. Fred Gardner of Brodhead and Ronald Kletzien of Albany cited for assault and battery. fined $25 and costs and 60 days in Green County Jail under the Huber law. Robert Templeton of Albany also listed.
Milo Zimmerman 46 of Spring Grove, Mrs. Frank Deam 74 of Win Slow Illinois, and Mrs. Jesse Earle 75 of Janesville are referenced in short obituary notices from local sources. The brief items list ages and hometowns without further biographical detail.
Mr and Mrs Ewart Weiland of Janesville welcome a son on June 25. Mr and Mrs Dean Parker of Albany announce a son born June 25. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Fields of Chesebro trailer camp greet a daughter on June 25.
St. Clare Hospital Beloit announces patient lists including Mrs George Keller route 5 Monroe Donald Rode baugh Winslow Mrs Ben F Andrews Darlington and Mrs Martha Pepper Freeport Tonsillectomy Cheryl Marsh Winslow IN Surgical Carol Deininger route 5 Monroe Mrs William Smith Blanchardville Mrs John W Blaser Rockford Da vid Galauner Beloit Walter Knutson Clinton Mary Gille Gratiot Dismissals Carol Brunkow Mrs Louise A Koenig Mrs Emil Baumgartner Joyce Olson Donald Karlen Barbara Schmid Leon Brandel and Alvin Hill.
The Federal State market news service says Wisconsin American cheese market is barely steady with demand only fair. Selling prices at state assembly points include daisies 41 1/2 to 42 percent, longhorns 41 1/2 to 42, square prints 42 to 43, and midgets 42 3/4 to 44 percent.
Mrs Frank Deam 74 a former Winslow post mistress died yesterday in Winslow She was born December 15 1876 in Winslow township daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Bradford She retired from the post office five years ago Married to Frank Deam February 14 1897 in Martintown Survived by her husband one sister Mrs Sadie Strohm a niece and two nephews A brother preceded her in death Services tomorrow at 2 pm at Cardascio funeral home Rev James O May Freeport will officiate burial in Rock Lily Cemetery Winslow
Mrs. Jesse Earle wife of the retired circuit court judge died Sunday night at Mercy hospital Janesville after a month's illness. Services will be at 2 p m tomorrow at Overton funeral home Janesville with Rev Sidney J Francis of First Presbyterian church officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by husband two sons two daughters a sister and two brothers.
Graydon Steensrud seeks the sender of post cards signed Greetings from Mrs L arriving monthly from cities such as Kenosha Springfield Ill and others. He is seven and has moved to 2517 9th street while the cards still go to 817 18th avenue. The elderly writer remains unidentified.
Donald J. Boss, former Kaiser-Frazer book keeper, buys the Eastwood Inn on Freeport's east edge from Frank Tangorra. He will take over management July 1 after a 15 year operation since 1936 by Henry Gorgelius. Remodeling is planned with a grand opening forthcoming. The club, on Highway 75, now runs 5 am to midnight daily with a band on Wednesday Friday and Saturday.
Mrs Grace Worley of Juda died Sunday. Services held at 2 p m at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev C J Tingley officiating. Burial in Mt Vernon Cemetery. Pallbearers were L S Brown John Dulles Wayne Vanderbilt Leonard L Helland Wilmer Coates and Ira J Coates.
Local notes list residents and visitors from Janesville Milwaukee Montpelier and Illinois calling on Monroe area families. Names include Mrs Mary B Lester Dr Leslie Kind schi Mrs Wilma Blumer Mr and Mrs F X Traeger Mrs Oscar Barr Miss Eva Darling Mr and Mrs William Marshall Mrs Carl Musebeck Mrs Tony Tuccoli Pvt P Francis Thorpe Capt Alfred Leiser and many others with weekend visits and training assignments.
Miss Helen Stauffer returned from a visit with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Harold McConnell in Wiota. Miss Mildred Stauffer came back from a two week vacation at Clark Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rosa and son Mark left to visit relatives in Belle Plaine and Marengo, Iowa.
Tehran reports Premier Mossadegh urged British oil technicians to remain on the job for Iran. He did not commit to a harsh anti sabotage bill. British Ambassador Sir Francis Shepherd warned the bill would trigger mass resignations of about 3,000 British workers at the Anglo Iranian Oil Co. The board accuses Eric Drake, British field boss at the Abadan refinery, of sabotage.
In Moscow diplomats show guarded optimism over ceasefire negotiations while U N Assembly President Malik plans to return to New York for talks. Malik, resting at his Glen Cove summer home, has long suffered heart trouble and is awaiting potential meeting with Lie in New York.
The public service commission schedules a Madison hearing for July 6 on Wisconsin Power and Light Co. applications. One project proposes a 16 mile Beaver Dam to Randolph line costing 409161 dollars and a 15 mile Ripon to Princeton line costing 151500 dollars.
Company K and the medical platoon receive orders for summer training at Camp Ripley Minnesota with travel plans from Monroe armory July 6 by bus to Madison and train to camp, return schedule July 29, rifle range drills July 9, Governor weekend events, guard strength 76 enlisted and four officers, no camp furloughs possible.
Construction has begun on the WEKZ studio transmitter building located a mile east of Monroe along highway 1181. The 32 by 46 foot structure will house the transmitter studio and offices, with a business office planned in the Schuetze building on the square. FCC permits have been granted and the station expects to be on the air in mid July.
The American Legion sponsored motion picture The Steel Helmet opens at Goetz theater tomorrow and runs there Thursday and Friday. It is also scheduled for the Chalet theater Saturday.
Miss Erma Klassy of 1308 22nd Avenue is recovering at home after a four‑part fracture of the right arm suffered May 29. She will be in public work four more weeks before pins are removed and has been absent from her duties at the Cheese Producers Marketing Association.
A list shows castor oil used in nylon leather paint lipstick flypaper typewriter ribbons and hair dressing. The items reflect the oil’s versatility in various consumer products.
The Washington Homemakers club in Monticello held a Friday dinner and show in Madison. Four teen members attended along with a guest, Mrs. Arthur Schindler.
Senate Democrats vote to forego a summer vacation and stay in continuous session to September or October. They target quick passage of a defense production control act, all appropriations bills, the 8.5 billion foreign aid bill, and a large new measure. House Republicans back extending current controls law for 30 days.
Washington reports the Chrysler corporation won authorization to raise retail prices on 11 new design models with V-8 engines. The OPS indicated similar price boosts would be granted to other automakers introducing materially redesigned models.
The bodies of Christ C. Stack, 58, and John Hannie, 41, both of Maroon, were recovered from Hemlock lake five miles south of here. Officials said their raft overturned while the men were fishing Sunday.
Scientists estimate all Earth atmosphere dust, if gathered, would form a cube roughly 587 feet on each side. The figure reflects tiny particles spread through air over the globe.
A 19 year old bride abducted from her bed by two men in Arlington was driven to a scenic spot ten miles away and attacked. Police arrested John Robert Polk and William Payne for kidnapping within hours. Polk said the gun jammed when he tried to kill her.
Maj. Gen. Jim Dan Hill commander of the 32nd division will address the Wisconsin VFW at their convention banquet in Manitowoc Saturday night. He fills in for Gov. Kohler who was ordered by his physician to cancel public appearances for a few weeks.
Ted Meyer, 62, of Sparta, died yesterday after being thrown from the open cab when his truck veered offCounty trunks road 13 miles southeast of here on a sharp grade and hill. The accident occurred on a county trunk road as the vehicle rolled over.
The Archbishop of Canterbury urged legal cash betting shops for horse players, arguing Britons will gamble with or without law and should do so legally.
Nashotah Wis a Nashotah house Episcopal seminary has been bequeathed 100000 by the late Rev William Brewster Stoskopf 72 former rector of the Church of the Ascension Chicago Rev Stoskopf received a doctor of divinity degree from Nashotah house in 1935.
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