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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1959
Page
6
Considerable cloudiness through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the north and central portions. Slightly cooler temperatures with a low of 60 to 65 in the north and 65 to 70 in the south. Highs 75 to 85 in the north and around 90 in the south.
Since yesterday at 1 p m the high reached 89 and the low 65 with .8 inch rainfall. A year ago today the high was 75 and the low 49. Barometer stood 29.76 at 1 a m and 29.79 at 1 p m. Warmest spot Yuma Arizona at 111 and coldest Fraser Colorado. Sunrise 5 32, sunset 8 33.
William Pyle transfers land in Decatur Township to Lloyd and Floyd D. Blizard with sections 36 and 35. Samuel Mann conveys 160 acres to Howard W. R. Hartwig in New Glarus Township section 15. Clifford J. Hoesly sells 120 acres plus 153 square rods in New Glarus Township section 21 to Fred Hofer Jr. Stanley W. Kittleson transfers a village lot 70 by 132 in New Glarus to Roger Wayne Duerst. Fred Sacks transfers one acre in Cadiz Township section 30 to Jr. School District No. 10. Frank Christopher sells 110 by 50 foot lot on Sugar River Pond in Albany Town.
Arthur H Partridge of Albany died June 16 leaving a will dated April 17 1957 with a codicil August 14 1957. Dr D H Partridge named executor with apraisers M L Barton and Robert Smiley. Widow Edna inherits joint property and trust balance with three sons Dr Donald Leslie and Harry as beneficiaries.
Forfeitures recorded for Frank R. Young of Platteville Eugene M. Carden of Fredericksburg Frederick H. Kehrli Jr of New Glarus and Teodors A Kringelis of Barrington Illinois all cited by Monroe police for speeding or operating on the left side of a street. Additional entry for Frank V. Callahan of Dubuque noted.
Justice L A Koenig and George A West of Janesville faced motor vehicle after license revocation charges with a $125 forfeiture. Roy Rufer of Monroe paid $10 and costs for excessive noise. Alexander J Mathowetz of Waukesha forfeited $20 for speeding. Robert W Aeschliman of Monroe and Virgil Helmeid of Monroe were bound over to County Court after waivers in delinquency cases.
Death notices list Eugene Cullen 69 of Darlington William Ostendorf 61 of Bara Miss Daisy Baldwin 86 of Brooklyn Sherman Raymond 81 of Hanover.
Mr and Mrs Peter Hasler Jr Route 3 welcome a daughter born June 26. Mr and Mrs Robert Pauli Belleville celebrate a son born June 26.
Sherman Raymond 81 retired carpenter and painter died at his Hanover home after a long illness. Born February 15 1878 in Ontario he came to the United States in his early 20s. He married Emma Schuman in 1901. she died in 1950. Surviving are son Ivan Detroit four sisters two brothers preceded in death two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Silverthorn Newcomer funeral home Orfordville with burial at Plymouth cemetery. Friends may call Saturday night.
The 1959 Farm Progress Field Days will run Tuesday to Thursday in and around Wausaukee Wisconsin with exhibits and demonstrations on the fair grounds timber harvest area and Carl Schroeder Jr farm. Lawrence Gould chairs the event and notes the theme draws on Paul Bunyan legends.
Two county supervising teachers will return for another school year after attending summer school. Eunice Flanagan enrolled at the University of Wisconsin and Doris Gasser at Columbus University in New York City. Helen Linkagel, speech correctionist, has terminated her work and moved to Kansas with her husband, who completed his course at the University of Wisconsin. No replacement has yet been secured by Rudolph T. Haskee, county superintendent of schools.
A hospital record lists patients admitted for medical care and surgery at St Clare Hospital. Names include Adrian Mauck Kirkland Washington Mrs Derwood Wes Sell Beloit Edward Hoesly Janesville Mrs LeRoy McWilliams Durand and Mrs Herman Becker New Glarus Mrs Harold Williamson Brodhead Charles Larson Gratiot Carol and Robert Wild Orangeville Mrs Arden Gibbs Beloit and Melody Kohl 805 16th Avenue Dismissals include Louis Nipple Ralph Herring Harold Baltzer Wesley Homb Ronald Stauske Mathias Schmaltz William Lachnit Mrs Ronald Larson and son and numerous others with family mentions Mary Lindner Pauline Lashock and others.
Personal mentions include Mr and Mrs A N Saulsan of Argyle in Manchester Iowa on business. Many visitors and travelers are noted from Kalamazoo Michigan Milwaukee Wisconsin Seattle Washington and Denver with relations in Argyle Blanchardville Forreston and Blanchardville. Monroe Laundry announces closure from June 29 for one week reopening July 6. Re Sale Shop hours at St Victor's school. Kenneth Kubly returns to San Diego after leave. Mrs Peter Valenti and son visit from Lake Park Florida with Patsy Flannerys in Argyle.
The Air Force says its Discoverer satellite rocket failed to reach orbit after a 3:49 p.m. launch from Vandenberg. Experts investigated the failure of a complex system prepared to carry monkeys into space this autumn. no life was aboard the capsule.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a 1958 statute allowing cities to establish urban renewal authorities with power to condemn land without a jury verdict of necessity.
A four engine TWA plane with 59 passengers aboard crashed in flames during a storm at Busto Arsizio, 15 miles north of Milan. The aircraft was Flight 891 from Athens to Chicago via Rome and Milan, with a TWA spokesman confirming the Milan report.
Miss Daisy Baldwin 86 longtime Brooklyn native and retired school teacher died in a Madison nursing home yesterday. She had served 14 years as housekeeper for Rev. Gerald White in Madison. Survived by nieces and nephews. Services set for 2 30 p m tomorrow at Brooklyn Methodist Church with body visiting from 1 to 2 30 p m at the church. Friends may call at B L Booth Funeral Home in Oregon.
The body of Trene Brown of Wilmette Illinois identified as one of the American victims of the Sinheim fire in Bergen Norway. Her husband George F. Brown remains hospitalized at Voss with injuries from the blaze.
Congressman Melvin R. Laird said the Defense Department scrapped plans to base the Atlas intercontinental missile at Camp McCoy near La Crosse. He noted Camp McCoy will remain a training facility for reserve and National Guard units, and approved Dropping the Bomarc base project at Truax Air Force Base in Madison after bids opened.
A swarm of bees moved through the northwest square area near Holland's grocery, drawing shoppers toward quicker routes in the heat. The insects gathered around a car briefly before dispersing, just before noon today.
Madison action nears completion on a bill to reorganize Wisconsin courts. The Assembly passed the measure 86 to 2 with three Milwaukee County amendments, sending it to the Senate for action. The bill creates county courts with probate juvenile adoption jurisdiction while preserving the Supreme Court and circuit courts.
The state Supreme Court denied a petition for rehearing on its decision that Professor George M. Ball was discharged from the Superior State College faculty without a proper hearing.
Phoenix, Ariz., is described as a cosmopolitan city where church services are conducted in Greek, German, Spanish and Japanese reflecting a diverse religious community.
Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy will convene a meeting with about twenty military chiefs at Quantico after the service secretaries conference. The session aims to review the new streamlined command structure and any issues from six months of operation.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a city cannot charge a boat license or registration fee. The decision overturned a Dane County Circuit Court ruling by Judge Edwin M. Wilkie in Madison regarding Tobias C. Tolzmann.
The high court, in a decision written by Justice Grover Broadfoot, strikes out all city charges on boats using Wisconsin inland lakes and streams. The subject, who had operated a boat on Lake Mendota after failing to pay a $1 municipal registration, had been arrested and fined.
Chicago grain prices show Wheat No 1 red at 1.88 per bushel and Corn No 1 yellow at 1.30 to 1.31 with CCC at 1.31. No oats or soybean sales reported in the latest market bulletin.
An explosion at Foote Mineral Co. in Knoxville sent two workers, Albert Hurst and Mac Cox, into a 13,000 gallon acid vat. Firemen recovered their bodies from the vat early today, ending the search for the victims.
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