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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1948
Page
8
Generally fair tonight and tomorrow with continued cool tonight and warmer tomorrow. Today's high near 81, low around 56. Year ago today high 93 low 71. Precipitation since yesterday minimal. Sunrise 4 25, sunset 7 41.
Wilbert J. Dick acquires parcel land in Monticello village in section 8. Transfer records list the property location and ownership update for the Monticello area.
Letters of administration issued to Gilma Ember for Hen ry Emberson Adams township who died May 25 with heirs the widow and two sons Merlin and Curtis appraisers named Laurence H Ames John D Ula and Edward Bidlingmaier Mrs Elsie Schillinger widow named sole beneficiary and executrix of her husband Fred who died May 23 appraisers Brooks J Dunwiddie Roland W Blaha The Schillinger will dated May 6 1940 Heirs of A G Messmer who died March 31 widow Hulda and son Howard named appraisers H T Summeril and C W Lengacher Mrs oe a administratrix Executor named for Louisa Ronspiez Jefferson township who died June 14 Will dated Sept 31 1940 5 6 of estate divided among Frank W Fred Marie Elmer E Ronspiez and Eda Hawk with balance in trust for Lena Kolander at whose death principal goes to grandsons John Kolander Juda and Floyd Green Bay Share of predeceased children divided among survivors except Kolander case and E E case to Judith A daughter Eda Hawks predeceased without issue
Deaths Earl H. Strickler 62 Durand infant son of Mr and Mrs Russell Pickett Warren Mrs Irene Pasch 82 Cedarville all brief notices listing ages and hometowns
Mr and Mrs Robert Stebbens of Orfordville welcome a son born June 30. Mr and Mrs Henry Symanek of Freeport celebrate the birth of twin sons on June 30.
Surgical: Harold Christenson of Brodhead and Harold M. Noreen of De Kalb. Accident: Mrs Leonard Rindy, 32, of New Glarus. Tonsillectomy: Janice Kurth, 1310 12th avenue. Medical: Wilbert Hoesly, Monti cello. Patricia Schemehorn, route 1. Mrs Lloyd Huntington, Darlington. Bruce Helland, Juda. Dismissals: Mrs Minnie Zimm erman. Mrs Alfred Trumpy. Mrs Paul Busch. Mrs Arthur Hass. Frank Bernstein. Mrs Maurice Marcus. Robert Ritter. Mrs Ernest Riese.
Gerald Zahn twelve was killed instantly when he slipped under the wheels of a moving freight train at a crossing in Manitowoc. He was returning from swimming with friends, the son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Zahn.
Earl Howard Stricker 62 of Durand Illinois died at home after heart illness. Born April 19 1886 in Waterloo Iowa he worked as a barber for 40 years. Survived by widow daughter Patty and son Fred W Stricker funeral Friday at Chapin Durand conducted by Rev Richard Wedel burial Greenwood Brodhead.
Mrs Thomas A Hoesly of 810 19th Avenue is reported in serious condition after an illness that has persisted for some time. Relatives from the AoE family were summoned to assist.
The Green County service office in the courthouse basement is undergoing redecoration.
Rev. L. B. Hastings, vicar at St. Andrew's Episcopal mission, and Rev. Fred Wilson of the Presbyterian church were in Milwaukee today. Hastings read the burial office for a Portland friend in Forest Home Episcopal church.
In compliance with the deceased's wish the family of Earl H. Stricker requests friends to omit funeral flowers. Donations to the American Heart Association fund at the funeral home are suggested in his memory.
Mr and Mrs Woodrow Wickersham of Evansville are the parents of a son Larry James born Saturday at the Stoughton hospital. Mrs Earl Campbell of Monroe, mother of Mrs Wickersham, cares for the Wickersham home. Sunday visitors were Mrs Rodney Elmer and daughter Londa Mrs George Waligorski and children Sandra and Errol Edward Myhar and Robert Campbell, all of Monroe.
Three surviving members of Orangeville class of 1880 gathered for their annual reunion at Mrs Steward Bolender's home. Attending were Mrs Bolender president Dr Lindsay K Hutchins and Mrs J B Gingrich of Freeport. Mrs Earl Dittmar daughter of Mrs Bolender served luncheon.
Mrs LaVerne Prien visited her mother Mrs Augusta Pierce in Monticello. Fred Grueb and guest visited Kickapoo Caverns near Waureka Wisconsin. Louis Ehrhard of Menomonie visits brother Frank Sykes. Dennis Drews of Oshkosh stays with grandparents J. L. Babler. Helene Joy heads to Washington DC for a month with her sister employed by the ECA. Marcus Dunlavy Beloit returns home with Harold Haeft and others from Sharon Clinton Mary Ann Dunlavy Beloit. Marcus Dunlavy Beloit attends Mary McGuire and Wallace W Sheeks wedding and spends weekend at Harold Zimmerman farm. Edward Gavi gan Argyle and Everett E Van Horn Monroe attend Paul Gruenberg wedding dance with June Thoman wife.
The Louis Topps circus will headline the Funzapoppin revue at the fair grounds amphi theater Sunday with a trained rooster crow and monkey act plus dogs. Richard H. Bahr, American Legion chair, says the event opens Friday and runs to Monday night featuring a five piece band two comedians and a master of ceremonies.
Royal Voegeli son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Voegeli leaves Monticello for Europe as a representative of the United States National Student Council board He is a law student at the University of Wisconsin and will be gone several months after visiting his parents until July 12 when he departs for New York
Calvin Reynolds, 24, was sentenced to 14 to 25 years in the state prison at Waupun for the February fatal shooting of Adolph Miller, 26, a Waupaca potato dealer.
Washington selective service officials say no final decision on which age group will be called first in the draft. Age will decide induction order, not the lottery. If 21 is set as the starting age birthdays determine the sequence, from Jan 1 to Dec 31. President Truman will finalize the age and names of state directors and about 4,000 local boards follow.
Funeral services for George O'Meara aged 68 who died Monday were held this morning at 9 in the Stuessy funeral home and at 9 30 in St. Victor's church Rev E C McCollow officiated with burial in Calvary cemetery Pallbearers included Arthur Kelly of Argyle James Menehan Frank Haren Peter Jones Harry Keegan and Maurice Connors
Grave side services for David Jon Pickett infant son of Mr and Mrs Russell Pickett were held this afternoon at Elmwood cemetery Rev Paul Van Zee officiated. The baby died shortly after birth yesterday morning at St Francis Hospital Freeport.
Funeral services for 82 year old Mrs Irene Pasch a former Cedarville resident who died yesterday in Winnebago county hospital will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday afternoon at the Daly funeral home Pecatonica Burial will be in Pecatonica cemetery She is survived by two sons Edward Rockford and William Kent Ill ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren
A. B. Abramovirtz, clinical psychologist with the state health bureau, will meet tomorrow with local leaders to discuss establishing a mental hygiene clinic in Green County. County nurse Miss Ruth Chase will chair the meeting with delegates from the county board and local groups.
A Monroe family tour last weekend led to Ga Lena then to Gen U S Grant's grave site in New York. Miss Florence E Jacobs of Milwaukee, once from Chicago, praises Monroe after a chance breakfast chat sparked her summer stays.
In Haifa the last British troops withdrew from Palestine ending 31 years of occupation. Remaining forces left behind barbed wire barriers as ships and landing craft moved out. Lt. Gen. Gordon H. A. MacMillan, Britain's final commander in Palestine, was the last to depart after the May 15 evacuation began.
The agriculture department forecasts higher meat prices as hogs cattle and sheep markets tighten. Prices rose about 8 percent mid-June due to dwindling shipments and strong demand, with little hope for substantial supply gains before 1950.
American ambassador to Yugoslavia Cavendish Cannon arrived in Lisbon from Belgrade and said he will leave for Washington next Monday. He noted his U S trip has nothing to do with recent Yugoslav events he learned about from newspapers after his arrival.
James Soddy junior, son of Mr and Mrs Ervin Soddy, was bitten below the knee by a hog while doing chores Saturday. He received medical attention in Monroe. Twin sons were born to Mr and Mrs Henry L Symanek of Freeport at St Clare hospital this morning. Mr Symanek works as a mechanic for United Airlines in Chicago.
Dr. Merlyn Olson departed yesterday for Chattanooga Tennessee to pursue postgraduate obstetrics training after a San Francisco hospital internship. He had been visiting his parents State Senator Melvin Olson and Mrs Olson for a week. Senator Olson, who attended the Republican National Convention, returned home Saturday.
Mrs. James Holcomb chairs arrangements for the Monroe and Jordan Township Farm Bureau joint picnic to be held at Recreation. conduct details unclear in OCR text.
A joint family affair was held at the home of a local figure on July 18 with attendees including Mrs Henry E Babler and Messrs Edward Roth Albert Neuvenschwander and Frank Blum. The event marks the first occasion the two groups have hosted a shared picnic.
The Literary Gazette cautioned readers that if Thomas E. Dewey is elected president, he will seek global domination through American imperialism. The warning frames the 1940s political landscape with sharp partisan rhetoric.
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