Weather Outlook for Sunday Reveals Cloudy Cold Spell
The N E LY RECORD reports a cloudy and colder trend starting tonight through Sunday. Winds shift and temperatures dip, bringing a brisk end to the weekend with potential frost in exposed areas.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1949
Page
6
The N E LY RECORD reports a cloudy and colder trend starting tonight through Sunday. Winds shift and temperatures dip, bringing a brisk end to the weekend with potential frost in exposed areas.
Temperature readings since yesterday at 1 pm show a high of 45 and a low of 33. Year ago today the high was 30 with barometer at 29.28 at 1 am and 29.25 at 1 pm. Warmest U S locale yesterday was Tampa Florida at 77 while coldest was Eastport Maine at 15. Sunrise was at 6 30 and sunset at 5 54.
Tolena Walden and others sell land in Adams township section 2 to Gunner Bertelrud. Wendell L. Simmons transfers St 3 block 2 Davis Becker addition in Monroe to Walter H. Reger. Herman Portman and others sell land in Monroe and Washington townships section 5 and section 32 to Lewis Hardyman. Fred H. Steinmann and others sell parcel in Monticello village to Herman L. Karlen. Peter S. Solomon sells parcel lot 6 Evans add in Monroe to Rex Eyler Jr. B F Trickel sells 120 acres more or less in Jordan township sections 20 and 29 to Ray Wells.
Robert Foley of Monroe is fined $60 plus costs after a driving while intoxicated offense. A request for an occupational driver's license was denied.
Death notices mourn Charles W. Strawser 79 Monroe Elmer Kuhnke 52 Clarno township Frederick Rowlands Chicago and O H Moldenhauer 71 Winterhaven Florida in a compact obituary listing.
Mr and Mrs Paul Thompson of Argyle announce the birth of their son on March 4.
Dismissals from St. Clare Hospital include Mrs. Elmer Hutzel Mrs. Amos Monte Mrs. Ellen Fisher Mrs. John Knudson and her son Mrs. Harold Elmer Mrs. Vincent Quinn and daughter Ernest Stoller Mrs. Robert Zimmerman and William Burkhard Jr. Also named are Elizabeth Quigley Be loit Harry Seidel Orangeville William Burkhard Jr 2421 9th street Harry Stoll Roscoe IL Medical Mrs Sylvester Klein Rockford Bennie Engen Beloit.
Retail milk prices drop another cent this week while cream falls two cents. This marks the third decrease since a record high of 22 cents per quart last fall. Milk averages about 19 cents. most half and half and whipping cream cut two cents. Cottage cheese holds steady but buttermilk falls one cent.
The Spring Grove 4-H club presented a program at the Farm Bureau meeting in the bureau hall. A radio skit covering the club’s history and projects was given with Shirley Rosheisen as narrator. Arrangements were made by club leaders Mrs. John Rosheisen and Mrs. Ernest Riese.
Elmer Kuhnke 52 dies at Deaconess hospital Freeport after five months of ill health. A life Clarno township farmer and former shredder accident victim, he is survived by his father Charles and sister Mrs Will Hartwig and brother Albert. Funeral home Shriner Neushwander handles arrangements with Greenwood Cemetery burial.
The Lafay ette County Farm Bureau and Farm Supply Co op erative will elect officers Monday afternoon at Dar lington. Directors elected include Russell Hinkins Belmont Roy Coulthard Benton Donald Thomas Darling ton Vincent Byrnes Shulls bury James Paulson Gratiot Roy Sargent South Wayne Clarence Johnson Wiota Lewis White Fayette and Melvin Thompson Lamont. James Rose Madison guest speaker presided at the annual meeting with reports read and one board of directors named for supervisory authority over the subsidiary.
The document outlines six points: expand injunctive power under new policy, allow unions’ unfair practices under Wagner Act, endorse arbitration clauses in labor contracts, restore federal conciliation service under the labor department, and strike down state laws banning the closed shop or compulsory union membership.
Brooklyn woman Mrs. Samuel Coplon was told by telephone that her daughter faces a conspiracy to remove government records and defraud the United States. The justice department offered no hint of any un-American activities committee link, while noting ties to Bentley and Chambers as alleged couriers for red spy rings.
Governor Rennebohm commuted prison terms for three men in Rock Washington and Milwaukee counties. Dr. Richard A. Dehmel of Germantown had his sentence for second degree manslaughter reduced to one to five years, making parole possible. George O'Brien, 42, from Rock county, saw his 1940 break in and burglary tools case shortened after a good parole record. Paul R. McGonagle, 43, Milwaukee, will serve less time on judge Shaughnessy’s recommendation after a prior probation for abandonment followed by theft.
Mrs. Edward Rominske aged 63 of Butternut died at a Madison hospital last night. A former telegraph editor of the La Crosse Tribune she began her career with the paper as a proof reader in La Crosse.
A lengthy chain of personal notices lists residents and relatives visiting or traveling through Monroe and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs. George Eden, Mrs. Gertrude Newman, Miss Margaret Bloodgood, Miss Anna Mae Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartwig, Mrs. Emma Saxton, Marietta Magneson, Carol Tegsdale, Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, Violet Larson, Mrs. Julius Frederick, Miss Velma Stubbe, Mrs. Charles O Rourke, Miss Ruth Severson, James Qualley, Mrs. P. B. Foreman, Mrs. Marian Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roth Sr., and many others. Activities include shopping, visits, trips to Hot Springs and New Orleans, Mardi Gras attendance, and family gatherings across Darlington, Monroe, Whitewater, Evansville, Janesville, and Madison.
Martin E. Casey resigns from Marquette University faculty effective July to serve as assistant to the president and director of public relations at St. Ambrose College in Davenport declaring a shift in leadership and campus ties.
Market reports show state brand, grade B and grade C cheese prices firm with a one cent rise for the week ending March 3. Wisconsin Swiss prices range from 54 to 56 cents f o b with most at 55. grade B 49 to 52 cents, mostly 51. grade C 43 to 46 cents, mostly 45. Grinders had no sales. Notable moves include Virgil Rupnow joining Dublin cheese factory in Darlington making Swiss for 11 patrons, and Andrew Sulzer and Sons at North Side Cheese Co op producing Swiss for 39 patrons. Directors and officers of the various cheese firms are listed, along with updates on new cellar shelving and living quarters insulation.
The Kern County sheriff reports a B-25 crash last night in flames with one airman killed. Sgt. Clayton Yearick says the dead flyer remained with the aircraft while six other crewmen parachuted to safety. No identification yet.
Radio reports to Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey indicate a missing B-29 tanker has been located east of Manila. The tanker disappeared after refueling the globe-girdling B-50 bomber Lucky Lady.
The Monroe Agricultural 4-H club will hold an organization meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the circuit courtroom at the courthouse. Old and prospective members are invited to attend.
The executive board of the Green County Teachers association met this morning in the office of County Superintendent Miss Florence Wartenweiler. They discussed plans for a spring dinner meeting. Paul Severson of Winslow is the association president.
Mrs Mina Dorn and son Ter of Stanley North Dakota and daughter Maud Hoover of Manchester Indiana visit Mrs Thomas Briggs Miss Marie Grant Mrs Jane Dolan and B C Spangler homes in Albany. Spangler Luty Dolan are Dorn sisters. Dorn family plans to visit a daughter in California before returning home.
The junior class will present a three act play at the high school gymnasium on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Mary Lu Schillinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schlinger, joins Milton College choir as it leaves Wednesday for a two week concert tour through the East.
The Monroe Home Ec 4 H club will meet at the Ray Dye farm home west of Monroe Tuesday evening for reorganizing and election of officers. Girls interested in joining are invited to attend.
No change noted in the condition of Miss Nell Miller sister of Mrs Grace McGrath who is critically ill in Tucson Arizona with a coronary occurrence.
A Budapest workers court convicted 13 people for conspiring with Cardinal Mindszenty in black market money dealings. Sentences ranged from one to eight years with fines. no appeals allowed. Six confessions were ruled involuntary due to alleged police intimidation. Three convicts were priests including Msgr. Imre Boka and Dr Gabor Horvath received eight years.
Frederick Rowlands died Wednesday at Cook County Hospital Chicago Graveside services set for 2 30 p m Monday Greenwood cemetery Brodhead Rev J C Robinson to officiate He was husband of the late Edith Kittleson former Brodhead resident and is survived by sister in law Mrs Mary Kenyon of Kansas City Missouri
The intra fraternity council at the University of Pennsylvania issued a ban on paddling and other freshmen hazing. The ruling ends cries of fetch the paddle at campus events.
Wisconsin voters will choose April 5 for two statewide races with 12 candidates vying for supreme court justice and 10 for superintendent of public instruction. A May 3 runoff is possible if no candidate clears 50 percent.
State Senator Edward F. Hilker, 67, of Racine, longtime public servant and former Racine mayor, died late last night at Wisconsin General Hospital after a diabetic condition worsened. He served in the state senate since 1942, faced vacancies as others resigned, and his passing leaves the body short of required members.
Rep Lawrence Smith of Wisconsin, on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, warned of a potential radical Soviet action after Molotov's replacement. He suggested a military move, possibly into Helsinki or Norway, and said Moscow might be testing the Atlantic Pact and Marshall Plan amid Western maneuvers.
A near capacity crowd from nine Monroe area Protestant churches attended a World Day of Prayer event at the Universalist church themed The Lord is Thy Keeper. The program included seven sections and a dramatized inter-racial, international, inter-denominational segment led by Mrs. Oscar M. Shager.
Out of town guests attended the wedding reception at the Burnett Painter farm home. Attendees included James Walrach and family from Blanchardville, Clara Bustle and son Thomas of Brodhead, John and Earl Vanderhoef families, Minnie and Leona Van derhoef from Madison, Melvin Nelson family, and other Madison residents. Mrs. Painter, Nancy Kundert, and Eleanor Weckerly assisted. Helen Mae Digman served as maid of honor.
Miss Hattie Petterson of South Wayne was surprised at home by members of the Local Gleaners class who presented a gift in recognition of her excellent work as superintendent of the Memorial Sunday school.
Mr and Mrs John Bussman of Warren Illinois observed their silver wedding anniversary Thursday evening. The couple received money other gifts and a decorated cake from their four children. Relatives and friends from South Wayne Browntown Monroe and Platteville attended.
The Room-For-You Sunday school class of Staver Evangelical United Brethren Church met at Mrs. Russell Wolf’s Browntown home Thursday afternoon. Fourteen members and two guests attended the gathering.
By 1920 the constitution was amended to give women the vote and they had already been enfranchised by 30 state governments.
Harold Scherer explained the city manager government plan to lodge members at the IOOF hall. Plans were made for the next program and the lodge’s 48th anniversary on March 18. Luncheon served by Mrs Schutt, Mrs Greub, Mrs Crosby, and Mrs Schindler.
Mr and Mrs Herman Krauss hosted a housewarming at 910 18th Street with 25 relatives and friends. Mrs Krauss celebrated her birthday as guests played five tables of cards with honors to Werner Rufenacht, Howard Lueck, Mrs Vinal Jorgenson, Mrs Mary Elmer, Ralph Krauss, and Mrs Lueck. A luncheon was provided by guests and the cake was baked by Mrs Carl Krauss.
Mr and Mrs Fred L Hartwig Route 3 hosted a Wednesday birthday party in their home for their daughter Lonna Mae on her third birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Emil Stoller Mr and Mrs Fred W Hartwig Mr and Mrs Wilbur Kesler and Barbara Charles Sneider Robert Stoller Gottfried and Fred Buehler Mrs Ruth Maurer and son Tommy.
Albany announces the engagement of Miss Betty Hoesly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hoesly, to Robert Schultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Schultz of Rockford. No wedding date set. Miss Hoesly, Albany High School 1948 graduate, works in Dr. Bongiorno’s office. Schultz employed at Hotel Freeport.
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