Weather Update for March 1, 1949
Increasing cloudiness and not so cold for Wednesday. The forecast notes a milder trend with warmer afternoon temperatures and no precipitation expected.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1949
Page
6
Weather Summary From Yesterday in Miami and Fargo
Yesterday saw a high of 35 and a low of 5 with a barometer at 29.85 inches. In Miami Florida temperatures reached 81 degrees while Fargo North Dakota recorded the coldest reading, sunrise at 6 37 and sunset at 5 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Fla
Fargo
N. D
Real Estate Transfers in Wisconsin Towns and Cities
Gilbert Dean to Harold Bart land transfer of 139.58 acres in New Glarus town. Fred Henry to Eugene Clark covers it 4 within Brodhead. Amelia Zuhike to William Zuhike for 114.85 acres Jefferson town and Clarno township homestead and other lands. Ernest Schmid to Harold Lehnherr about 171 acres in New Glarus town. Leland Lamboley to L M Johnson Lakeside Heights Monroe. Peter Klassy estate to Marvin Klassy 142 acres in Exeter township see sections 18 and 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Dean
Harland Barton Alfred Lienhardt Jr
New Glarus
Fred Henry
Eugene Clark
City of Brodhead
Amelia Zuhike Et al
William Zuhike
Jefferson
Clarno Township
Ernest Schmid
Harold Lehnherr
Grunder Estate Probate Names Edwin Grunder Executor
Edwin Grunder named executor of the estate of his father Jacob Grunder who died February seventeenth in Exeter township. Will dated August second, nineteen thirty-nine names five beneficiaries Ida Voegeli Henry William Edwin and Ivan Grunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Grunder
Jacob Grunder
Exeter Township
Ida Voegeli
Henry
William
Edwin
Ivan Grunder
County Court Adopts Back Payments Plan in Non-Support Case
Judge Harold J. Lamboley in Galena Illinois entered a non-support order. A back payments plan brings arrears up to date with $75 monthly for three months or until sale of a asset, then $100 monthly thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Lamboley Tody
Galena
Tiil
Deaths of Five Local Residents Across Towns
Edward Wittner 78 of Monticello William Lee Pitzer 70 of Albany Miss Bertha Wagner 76 of Warren Mrs. Ellen Rowe 69 of Warren Mrs. Lara Dunning 75 of Sylacombe TL
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wittner
Monticello
William Lee Pitzer
Albany
Bertha Wagner
Warren
Ellen Rowe
Lara Dunning
Sycamore
Birth notices for Alm and Elmer families
Mr and Mrs Earl Alm of Argyle announce the birth of their daughter on February 28. Mr and Mrs Glenn Elmer of 616 15th Avenue welcome a son born on February 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Alm
Argyle
Glenn Elmer
15Th Avenue
Son
St. Clare Hospital Surgical and Dismissals List
Surgical cases include George Geigel from Monroe route 2 and Mrs. Kenneth Glawe from Winnebago Illinois and Mrs. Henry Tre pus from Freeport. Medical dismissals include Mrs. Fred Bumke Alfred Buhlman Mrs. Alvin Ziebel Jack Weeden Gottfried Scherer Mrs. Harold Saether and daughter Mrs. Peter Hafler Jr. and daughter Shirley Northwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Geigel
Route 2
Monroe
Kenneth Glawe
Winnebago
Ill
Henry Trepus
Freeport
Fred Bumke
Alfred Buhlman
Alvin Ziebel
Jack Weeden
Gottfried Scherer
Harold Saether
Peter Hafler Jr
Shirley Northwick
Moslem Troops Landed in Iberia in 711
North African forces landed at Gibraltar in 711, swiftly gaining control of much of the Iberian Peninsula and laying a lasting empire that endured until 1492.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Africa
Gibraltar
Spain
Heart Association Fund Drive Closes in Wisconsin
The three week campaign by the American Heart Association ended yesterday with Monroe county results pending. Dr Alfred E Leiser said there was a fairly good response as plastic heart containers were placed in businesses. Seventy percent of Wisconsin funds stay in state, supporting UW and Marquette universities for heart research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Heart Association
Monroe
Alfred E. Leiser
Legion
Green County Council of the Legion
Albany
Brodhead
Monticello
New Glarus
Leiser
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Marquette University
Olsen Joins Crandall Oil Co as General Manager
Howard P. Olsen, previously sales manager for Red Dot Foods in Madison, becomes general manager of Crandall Oil Co. He will oversee distribution and sales while remaining vice president and a director of Wisconsin Fritos. Olsen has wartime Army Air Forces service and prior GM Pontiac experience. He and his wife Kathryn Wenger reside at 1118 ue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. Olsen
Red Dot Foods, Inc
Madison
Crandall Oil Co., Inc
Dwight A. Crandall
Y. Olsen
Wisconsin Fritos, Inc
Olsen
Pontiac
General Motors Corp
Chicago
Army Air Force
Monroe
Wisconsin Fritos
Red Dot
Wisconsin Telephone Seeks Toll Rate Hike
Wisconsin Telephone Co seeks an emergency rate increase for intrastate long distance calls and to drop the 25 cent prompt payment discount. Attorney Francis J. Hart will file with the Public Service Commission. Milwaukee and other communities plan opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Francis J. Hart
Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Walter J. Mattison
State School Groups To Meet April 21 22
The Wisconsin Association of School Boards and the Wisconsin Association of School Administrators will hold their 28th annual joint conference at Milwaukee on April 21 22, the University of Wisconsin announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
Wisconsin Association of School Administrators
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Iraq Regulars Reported Withdrawing From Tel Aviv Area
Tel Aviv reports indicate several thousand Iraqi regular army troops may be withdrawing from the area. The sparse dispatch notes movement near Tel Aviv but provides few details on dates or destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Iraq
Personal Notices From Monroe Area
Henry E Elmer and Otto Widmer returned from New Orleans after attending the early Mardi Gras celebration. Mr and Mrs W C Maske leave for Hot Springs Ark for an indefinite vacation. Moose members meet at Moose hall Wednesday at 1 15 p m for funeral service. Methodist WSCS birthday party Thursday at 3 30 and dinner. Adults 85 cents, children 50 cents. Ladies Aid of Jordan Evangelical and Reformed church Woodford postpone meeting to March 3 indefinitely. Mr and Mrs Harry Haddinger Albany return from Coral Gables Fla and stay Monroe overnight. Mrs T E Burrington and daughter Marilyn leave for New York City. Mr and Mrs John Hoehner and Mr and Mrs William Kundert return from six weeks trip to Arizona California Mexico and west. Mr and Mrs David Menzies plan summer in Michigan to build a cottage on Lake Michigan. They move furniture from Chicago to 714 24th avenue and will rent furnished house this summer. Mrs Menzies is Nora Heitz of Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Elmer
Otto Widmer
New Orleans
W. C. Maske
Hot Springs
Ark
Moose
Moose Hall
John Beech
WSCS
Ladies Aid of the
Jordan Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Woodford
Harry Haddinger
Albany
Coral Gables
Fla
Monroe
T. E. Burrington
Marilyn
New York City
Helen Vincent
John Hoehner
16Th Avenue
William Kundert
Winslow
Arizona
California
Mexico
David Menzies
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Chicago
24Th Avenue
Menzies
Nora Heitz
4-H Agent Kenneth Slocum Honored At Farewell Party
Kenneth Slocum 4-H agent who resigns March 15 was honored at a Green County Rural Youth farewell during a Normal school meeting. He received a purse of money. Frances Finn played accordion solos. A play on Grooming and Etiquet was presented and a basket social netted $35. The next meeting is March 28 with a family night planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Slocum
Green County Rural
Normal School
Slocum
Green County Normal
Frances Finn
Court Rejects Plea of Book Paper Group
The Supreme Court refused to review a Federal Trade Commission ruling against a large group of book paper manufacturers. The FTC said they used practices to curb price competition and ordered them to stop agreements on prices lists and zone pricing. The U S circuit court in Chicago upheld the FTC finding that these actions violated the Federal Trade Commission Act. The manufacturers contended the findings painted a false picture of industry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Federal Trade Commission Act
U. S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Hall's Radio Service Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Hall's Radio Service at 903 17th Avenue quietly marks 25th anniversary. Founded by current owner C. Kenneth Hall it began as a radio repair department for Meythaler and Burkhard Electric. In 1930 the firm adopted its present name.
Homemakers training in New Glarus and farmers institute planned
Miss Mamie Tillema, county home agent, led a storage space homemakers training session in New Glarus. Myron E. Jeglum, county agricultural agent, attended to plan the farmers institute set for March 12 in New Glarus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus
Mamie Tillema
Myron E. Jeglum
Farmers Institute
Belleville condition stable after fall fracture
The condition of 83 year old Mrs. Belle Belleville remained unchanged at St. Clare hospital after a fall at her home caused a fractured right thigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Belleville
St. Clare Hospital
Nurse Ruth Chase Hosts Prenatal Sessions in Monticello
Miss Ruth Chase county nurse visited Monticello for the first of weekly prenatal care sessions at the village library this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ruth Chase
Condition Improves for Mrs Burkhard in Hospital
The patient, Mrs. John Burkhard Jr., hospitalized at St. Clare for bronchial pneumonia, shows marked improvement since Saturday though remains weakened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burkhard Jr
St. Clare Hospital
Appointment Made In Monticello Cancer Society
Mrs. Wallace P. Barlow Green county captain of the American Cancer Society announces the appointment of Mrs. Norman Rosen as Monticello lieutenant. Mrs. Rosen replaces Mrs. Jack Hoskins who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Wallace P. Barlow
Green County
American Cancer Society
Norman Rosen
Dawn Kubelius Born In Madison Hospital
Mr and Mrs Anthony Kubelius announce the birth of a daughter named Dawn Saturday in a Madison hospital. Dawn is the daughter of Mrs Emma Rechsteiner and the former Eunice Rechsteiner. Mrs Nora Trow suffered a compound fracture of an ankle after slipping on ice at her farm home northeast of the village yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn Albany
Anthony Kubelius
Madison Hospital
Kubleius
Eunice Rechsteiner
Emma Rechsteiner
Dawn
Bakery Truck Damaged By Blaze Near Clarno
A Rockford bakery truck was badly damaged by fire at 8 a m today just north of Clarno corners highway 69 south of Monroe. Wires under the cowl ing and to the motor were burned bare and the cushions were destroyed. Green county highway police responded with fire extinguishers and snow to combat the fire. A portion of the load of baked goods was damaged by smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Clarno Corners
Highway 69
Monroe
Green County Highway
Pupils Readied for Capitol Hearing on State Symbols
Kathleen Blumer an eighth grade pupil at Green County Normal will speak at a Madison assembly to urge adoption of Maple as state tree Robin as state bird and Violet as state flower. Five seventh and eighth graders plus chaperone depart for a Capitol tour and 1:30 hearing with principal Miss Marian Newman and county superintendent Miss Florence Wartenweiler accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Blumer
Green County Normal School
Madison
Green County
the Normal
Capitol
Barbara Friedli
Robert and Gordon Prien
Roger Matzke
Otto W. Lund
Marian Newman
Florence Wartenweiler
Potter Bill Aims Longer Window for Service Connected Diseases
Representative Potter of Michigan introduced a house bill expanding the presumed service connection for chronic and tropical diseases. If passed the two year window applies to diseases manifesting after separation from the armed forces, up from the current one year limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Potter
R-Mich
Wisconsin Assembly Tackles Ban on Red Rallies and Other Bills
Madison reports Lamb introduces a bill to bar communists from public buildings and any foreign groups advocating overthrow. Legislature approves deficiency funding of about 1.4 million for state agencies through June 30 1949. Senate actions include conservation measures and a school bus color change to yellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Lamb
Milwaukee
Communist Party of the
United States
Third Communist International
U. S
Senate
Conservation Commission
Commission
Mississippi
Assembly
Conservatory Players Stage Wilde Comedy at Local School
The Conservatory Players of the School Assembly Service Chicago performed Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at the high school assembly this morning. The five member cast, rehearsed in New York, then visited Edgerton for an afternoon show and will tour northern Wisconsin and the upper peninsula after an eastern run. They have been on the road since October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservatory Players
Chicago
Oscar Wilde
Ernest
New York City
Edgerton
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Kundert Brothers Take Over Royal Blue Store In Monroe
Roy Kundert joins his brother Ralph to run the Royal Blue store on the east side of the square. The shop will be renamed Kundert Brothers after Roy bought Hollis Elmer’s stake. Roy, a Monroe native, comes from Oshkosh with 30 years in retail meat, to manage the meat department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kundert
Oshkosh
Ralph
Royal Blue
Kundert-Elmer
Kundert Brothers
Hollis Elmer
J. J. Kundert
14Th Avenue
13 Reported Dead In Europe S Gale
Gales across Europe and Britain killed at least 23 people and injured many. War damaged buildings collapsed in western Germany killing 20, including ten in Cologne. A Rome death followed a toppled wall. A Yorkshire roof killed a woman. Berlin airlift halted as field gates closed and planes landed with gusts up to 60 mph. Snow fell around Berlin while ships were grounded along the Dutch, Danish, and Scottish coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Britain
Germany
Cologne
Rome
Yorkshire
Berlin
Tempelhoff Airdrome
Frankfurt
Denmark
Scotland
Funeral services for Mrs Christ Pauli in Verona
Funeral services for Mrs Christ Pauli 78 New Glarus native will be held Wednesday in Verona where she died Sunday night. Services at 1 45 p m in the home and at 2 in the Swiss Evangelical and Re formed church with Rev W G Clausing officiating. Burial will be in Verona cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus
Christ Paui
Verona
Evangelical and Reformed Church
W. G. Clausing
Pacific Ocean Covers One Third Of Earth's Surface
A reference notes that the Pacific Ocean constitutes about one third of Earth’s surface area. This fact highlights the ocean’s vast expanse and global prominence among the world’s oceans and seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
Earth
Court Session Lasts Three Minutes in Green County Court
The February term of Green County circuit court lasted barely three minutes with Judge Harry Fox presiding in Janesville. He read two cases, ordered 36 jurors held for readiness, and noted a settlement in Edgar Fuchs versus Robert Strahn and Farmers Mutual Insurance. The Bergenske v Hermann case was deferred due to the plaintiff’s medical status from an October 8 1948 accident. Only seven people attended the opening: Judge Fox, court staff, sheriff and undersheriff, attorney Joseph Viney, Deputy Clerk Marvin Holcomb, and a reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Harry Fox
Janesville
Edgar Fuchs
Milwaukee
Providence Washington Insurance Co
Robert Strahn
New Glarus
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Elsie Bergenske
Clara L. Hermann
American Indemnity Co
Fox
Miss Bergenske
Monroe
Highway 69
St. Clare
Muscatine
Frederick van Voast
Matt Sollivan
Wilburn E. Deininger
Joseph Viney
Marvin Holcomb
Evening Times
Recruiting Suspended for Marines Except 18-Year-Olds and Women
Washington reports the marine corps has halted March enlistments except for 18-year-olds and a limited number of women. The pause follows higher reenlistments and a reduced corps strength. Classified want column references recruitment status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marine Corps
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Bourly
M. ES
Vemeceoe S Sa
P. m
M. Eostee Renee
Heart Association
H. P. Olsen
Crandall Oil
Wisconsin Telephone
The
Red Cross
LS Ued
Hall
Ed Langevin
Phoenix
Bill Ray Gilbert
Gilbert
Langevin
Gordon Silby
Clarno
American Diamond Guild
Cote Beet Ene
Capitol Hearing
Lamb Bill
Conservatory
Mrs
Christ Pauli
Chiropractic
M. J. Gonstead
Schuetze
Schietzes
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