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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
3
Miss Maxine Mae Freitag daughter of codstock is married in Garden Prairie Congregational Church on June 24. Miss Schmidt of Chicago served as flower girl and Miss Gloria Band from Hopkins rural school is engaged in farming. They plan a wedding trip to Chicago and then live on a Garden Prairie area farm route 1.
Forty members attended the Pythian Sisters regular meeting at E P hall with July and August events noted. A July 24 picnic at Recreation Park was announced after piano and vocal pieces by Heleht Gruenewald and Mary La Schillinger. The lunch was organized by Mrs Roy Davis with several aides. Lenora Virginia Kummer of Madison to Earl Redders, Madison, to be wed July 14 at St Luke's Lutheran, Middleton. Both are Madison employees.
Entertains Wednesday Club hosted dinner at Spaeni Sisters followed by two tables of contract bridge at Mrs. Clarence F. Kempfert’s home with honors to Mrs. Kempfert Mrs. M. J. Gonstead Mrs. Nell Cunningham and Mrs. John R. O’Donnell and a special gift to Mrs. Zenno A. Gor der. Monroe Country club auxiliary luncheon had five tables of bridge with honors to Mrs. Karlen and Mrs. Feutz and golf prize to Mrs. Forbes. 29 attended. out-of-town guests were Miss Dorothy Mae Larson and Mrs. Quinton J. Ott. Ice Cream Social by Clarno 4-H Friday at West Clarno school with a program of music and playlets.
Mrs. H. H. Ball from Pittsburg Kansas arrived today to spend two weeks visiting her daughter Mrs. Myles F. Pember, Mr. Pember and Myles III at 1420 9th Street.
The war food and the CPA said average grower prices from last year will set processor ceiling prices for the 1945 pack of processed red sour cherries. Wisconsin and Michigan ceilings are 13 cents per pound with the national average 734 cents for all states. The rise compensates growers for below average yields as Wisconsin and Michigan crops reached only 39 percent of average.
Col. J. Monroe Johnson warned that civilian refugee placement and worldwide travel plans will strain passenger transport. He compared wartime logistics to a new 100 percent transcontinental system and noted 30 day leaves will affect utilization and capacity.
Babler Capt. Harris F Babler transfers from Wilmington Delaware to Hampton Virginia with wife Bonnie Bechtolt. Swartz Capt John W Swartz, dental officer at sea, writes home about life aboard, isolation, meals, fresh water shortage, gunneries, shells collecting, diving, tropical fish and coral, island trips, movies, astronomy lessons, coconuts, and plans for necklaces for Bernice. Tschudy Lt Robert Tschudy stationed in the Marianas, wife in Monroe.
Lt Mary E Zuercher has moved from the air corps to the air forces, shifting her station from Camp Gruber Oklahoma to Sheppard Field Texas.
Spiders caterpillars and birds used weaving and knitting techniques long before humans appeared. This natural craftsmanship shows intricate patterns and solutions from wildlife observing fibers and weaving behaviors in the environment.
Residents from Monticello and surrounding towns attended the Becker reunion at New Glarus state park. A picnic and business meeting elected officers led by President Mrs. Melvin Blumer. Attendees included Mrs. Anna Streiff and Mrs. Rose Marty, with the event honoring the late Casper Becker patriarch.
Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Otto Babler and Mr and Mrs Henry Stuessy of New Glarus include Captain Stuessy who recently returned from overseas duty and is on a 30 day leave with his family and parents in Milwaukee.
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