Weather Summary for March 7 1949
Daily record notes cloudy skies with snow flurries in northern and central areas tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures show a high of 45 and a low of 5 last week, with cooler readings today. Winds turn strong from the north Tuesday night as a cold wave moves in. Barometer readings 29.76 at 1 am and 29.62 at 1 pm. Tampa reports 80 while International Falls records 14. Sunrise 6:27, sunset 5:57.
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U. S
Tampa
Fla
International Falls
Minn
Real Estate Transfers Monroe Listings and Jefferson Township
John W. Stewart transfers 9 and 10 Get ting's Add Monroe to Herbert H. Stauffacher. Mable Norder and others transfer 160 acres more or less see sections 11 and 14 Jefferson Township to Roland Keen.
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John W. Stewart
Herbert H. Stauffacher
Monroe
Mable Norder Et al
Roland Keen
Jefferson Township
Norder Named Administratrix of Anna Asmus Estate
Mabel Norder named administratrix of the estate of her mother Anna Asmus who died February 4 in Jefferson township. Heirs include three daughters Lillian Hartwig Edith Keen all of the Juda vicinity.
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Mabel Norder
Anna Asmus
Jefferson Township
Mmes. Norder
Lillian Hartwig
Edith Keen
Juda
Davis case postponed on DUI charge in Monroe
The case of Paul Davis of Monroe, charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, has been postponed until March. Judge L. A. Koenig noted the delay and scheduled the resumption for a later court date.
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L. A. Koenig
Paul Davis
Monroe
Marriage Licenses Granted to Hedwig R Brunner and Others
Hedwig Rose Brunner Monroe and Nathan John Deininger Jefferson township were issued marriage licenses in the latest county records. The ceremony details remain to be announced.
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Hedwig Rose Brunner
Monroe
Nathan John Deininger
Jefferson Township
Obituary Notices for Several Residents Include Ages
Mrs. Elizabeth Machamer aged 100 of Orangeville Mrs. Theodore Winger aged 74 of Argyle John P. Covey Jr aged 74 of Dundee Ernest Kundert aged 44 of Los Angeles California John Hoffman aged 71 of Route 1 Red Oak Illinois Mrs Ireanus Doyle aged 64 of Belmont listed in this death notice.
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Elizabeth Machamer
Orangeville
Theodore Winger
Argyle
John P. Covey Jr
Dundee
Ernest Kundert
Los Angeles
Calif
John Hoffman
Route 1
Red Oak
Ireanus Doyle
Belmont
Local births listed for March dates
Mr and Mrs Vernus Peter of Argyle announce a daughter born March 7. Mr and Mrs Karl Disch of Monticello announce a daughter born March 6. Mr and Mrs Robert Buehler of 1923 13th Avenue announce a daughter born March 6. Mr and Mrs Michael Hyland of 808 17th Avenue announce a daughter born March 6. Mr and Mrs Donald Burmeister of Gratiot announce a daughter born March 6.
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Vernus Peterson
Argyle
Karl Disch
Monticello
Robert Buehler
13Th Avenue
Michael Hyland
17Th Avenue
Donald Burmeister
Gratiot
Unnamed Hospital Docket Lists Patients and Dismissals
A historical hospital ledger from Monticello Beloit Shullsburg Freeport and other Wisconsin towns lists patients across several wards and rooms. Names include Mrs Jacob Witten wyler Mrs Jacob Wartenweiler Katherine Speich Mrs Ursula Knobel Roy Lender and many others with addresses such as 2014 16th street Roy Farringer and route 5 Monroe. Dismissals include Harry Siedel Elizabeth Quigley Willis Baumgartner Donna Lee Devine and several others.
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Surgical
Jacob Wittenwyler
Monticello
Jacob Wartenweiler
16Th Street
Hugh Ward
South Beloit
Caroline Carpenter
Shullsburg
George Clark
Beloit
Ruth Eicher
Katherine Speich
Route 5
Monroe
Willian Snyder
Freeport
Ursula Knobel
19Th Avenue
Roy Lender
Rockford
Frank Drake
16Th Avenue
Roy Farringer
Galena
Lester Kemprood
John Telfair
Jacob Disch
Alvin Moritz
Louise Ruegger
Eugene Lane
Edward Kohn
Ogo Wingler
Clarence Wile
Green County Teachers Association Plans Spring Dinner
The Green County Teachers association sets April 21 for its spring dinner meeting and will invite a guest speaker to address attendees.
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Green County Teachers Association
Beloved Belmont Matron Mrs Doyle Dies After Stroke
Mrs. Ireanus Doyle of Belmont Succumbs at 6 10 p m Saturday in St. Clare hospital after a stroke. Born Margaret Esther O’Brien Sept 24 1884 she leaves husband two daughters Mrs Melvin Morgan and Mrs Arthur Weisenzel two brothers Henry O’Brien and John and one granddaughter. Funeral 9 a m Doyle home then 9 30 Immaculate Conception Belmont with Rev Joseph Strange officiating burial in church cemetery.
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Ireanus Doyle
Belmont
Truman Township
St. Clare Hospital
Doyle
Margaret Esther O’brien
Patrick
Helen McGuire O’brien
Melvin Morgan
Doyles
Arthur Weisenzel
Madison
Henry O’brien
John
Cuba City
Immaculate Conception Church
Joseph Strange
Church
Iowa State Forestry Students Stay Overnight in Monroe
Sixty two Iowa State College senior forestry students from Ames, under Prof. D W Bensend, spent the night in Monroe due to Madison lodging limits while en route to Madison to tour the Forest Products Laboratory. They will return to Ames tonight after visiting the laboratory. The group emphasizes hands on study as part of the forestry curriculum and previously held a summer camp in northern Idaho.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Monroe
D. W. Bensend
Madison
Greyhound
Forest Products Laboratory
Idaho
Irregular Weekend Receipts on New York Cheese Market
The New York wholesale cheese market reported 849 294 pounds sold over the weekend with irregular trading. Prices ranged across varieties including Cheddars at 31 34 to 41 2 cents and grass fed lines from 46 to 60 cents, flats and singles showing mixed bids, and processed five pound blocks at 34 14 to 37 cents.
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New York
Associated Press
Teen babysitter saves four from house fire in Chicago
A 14 year old girl guided her four younger siblings to safety as fire destroyed their Chicago home. Twenty people escaped unharmed. Margaret Garcia a seventh grader led her brothers Robert and Tony and sister Annie to the street then returned to rescue sister Helen two months old.
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Chicago
Margaret Garcia
Robert
Tony
Annie
Helen
Excitement at Bus Depot As Delayed Eastbound Bus Arrives
In the morning bustle a Dubuque eastbound bus failed to arrive by 9 a m causing concern. The westbound bus was rerouted through Argyle and Wio ta, delaying connections to Browntown due to high water. An hour late the driver announced Flat the second one in 24 hours. A reader finds a Florida fashion ad mirroring a dress shipped by air mail to Monroe. Crocuses bloom in Clarno with tulips and hyacinths rising. Roller skates and motor scooters appear as spring arrives.
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Dubuque
Argyle
Wiota
Browntown
Florida
Milady
Evening Times
Monroe
the Times
Martha Grenzow
Clarno
Personal notices from local towns across Wisconsin
Personal mentions list residents from Milwaukee Madison Juda and more visiting relatives, with several Monroe calls and weekend stays. Notable items include Mrs Gertrude Myers in Madison Mrs Martha Wolgast of Juda and multiple couples visiting from Janesville Argyle Jefferson Rockford and Monticello.
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Cleo Mueller
Milwaukee
Gertrude Myers
Madison
Martha Wolgast
Juda
Orville Galway
Winslow
Vance Wall
Albany
Monroe
Monroe Woman’s Club
Library Green Room
Philip Fahy
Belleville
E. T. Parish
W. H. Parish
Janesville
Glenn Winger
Judy Carol
Argyle
W. A. Schroeder
Jefferson
Grace Schroeder
Mabel White
Chicago
Gertrude McGinley
Helen Howe
Vernon Schillinger
Elsie Schillinger
Layton Art School
Herbert J. Moon
J. Chester Hoesly
Jacob Burgy
Monticello
Emery A. Odell
Lucy Oleson
J. H. Lowe
Whitewater
Emil Johnson
Johnson
Frederic Rosa
Frederic David
Rosa
Adolph Sommers
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sommers
Legion Demands Wisconsin Drive on Communism
The American Legion Wisconsin department urged tough anti subversive measures. It asked the legislature to create an un American activities committee to probe within the state and to require all communists or revolutionaries to register with fines and prison terms for non compliance. The committee also recommended a state veterans bonus bill.
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Milwaukee
American Legion
Wisconsin Department
State Department
Reds
Wisconsin
Waffle Shop Beaten 67-33 by Beloit in District Meet
Monroe's Waffle Shop basketball team fell 67-33 to Beloit Pop House in the Wisconsin Recreation Association tournament district meet at Beloit Vocational School gym. Larry Kitchen led Waffle Shop with 16 points. Want Ads are big producers.
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Monroe
Waffle Shop
Beloit Pop House
Wisconsin Recreation Association
Beloit Vocational School
Larry Kitchen
Wausau Train Victim Learns To Use Unique New Artificial Limbs
Arthur Hartmansdorfer, a 15 year old Wausau crash survivor, trains with suction socket bilateral above knee artificial legs. Milwaukee prosthetic technician Richard Bidwell says the design eliminates straps and belts. Funds from a community drive, started by the Wausau Record-Herald, have reached nearly 10 000 dollars to aid surgery, hospital stay, and rehabilitation, boosting Arthur’s resolve on the comeback trail.
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Milwaukee
Arthur Hartmansdorfer
Richard Bidwell
Arthur
Wausau
Wis
The
Wausau Record-Herald
Local Groups Back Hunting Land Bill Near Browntown
Monroe civic organizations led by the Green County Rod and Gun club support state purchase of Zander’s lake property near Browntown to create public hunting and fishing grounds. The bill goes to Madison for the March 18 session. funding would come from Pitman Robertson federal funds and state license revenues.
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Monroe
Zander
South Wayne Mourns Principal Mrs Verna Kelley
Mrs Verna Kelley of Dubuque Iowa died Friday night February 25 at age 59. She taught as principal at South Wayne grade school for four years before moving to Mineral Point two years ago. Funeral services were held in Dubuque and burial was in Platteville. Surviving are two sons James and Lawrence, both of Dubuque.
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Verna Kelley
Dubuque
South Wayne
Mineral Point
Platteville
Kelley
James
Lawrence
David Roger Meier
William Meier
Mrs. Theodore Vinger Dies at 74 in Argyle Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Theodore Vinger 74 lifelong Argyle resident died Saturday at home after long illness. Survived by five sons including Pal mer and Victor and three daughters, 12 grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Last rites Tuesday at 1 30 p m home and 2 p m Argyle Lutheran Church Rev A P Anderson officiating. Burial Woodlawn cemetery. Neph ews Glen Nelson Christian Ralph Lawrence Clarence Norman Vinger to pallbear.
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Argyle
Theodore Vinger
Martha Olson
Peter Olsons
Vinger
Palmer
Greenwood
Victor
Stanley
Gerhard
Elmore
Minn
Chester
Argyle Lutheran Church
Rev
A. P. Anderson
Woodlawn
Glen Nelson
Christian
Ralph
Lawrence
Clarence
Norman Vinger
Argyle Native John Covey Jr Dies at 74
John Porter Covey Jr. 74 of Dundee NL died this morning at his home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 PM at Erickson funeral home Argyle with Rev. George E. Crow officiating. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery. Survived by three children Port Covey Elgin IL Frank Covey Chicago and Mrs. Maxine Townsend Chicago and a brother and four sisters. Wife preceded him in death. Friends may call 1 PM Wednesday.
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Argyle
John Porter Covey Jr
Dundee
Erickson
George E. Crow
Woodlawn
Mr. Covey
Port Covey
Elgin
Frank Covey
Chicago
Maxine Townsend
Homer Covey
Rockford
James Trickle
Joseph Holzman
Milwaukee
James Hanrahan
W. Stanley McGranahan
Fayette
Covey
Gravediggers Wives Fail To Obtain Truce
Cardinal Spellman refused to ease his stance toward the Calvary cemetery strike as 100 wives urged him to end the strike atmosphere. The Calvary crew, supervised by the cardinal, dug over 259 graves in three days amid the dispute in Queens.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Calvary Cemetery
Queens
Communists Urge New Pact With Soviet Union
William Z. Foster and Eugene Dennis, leaders of the American Communist Party, call for a pact of friendship and peace with the Soviet Union in an open letter to President Truman. They compare themselves to Lincoln and Jefferson and defend their statement against charges of treason.
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New York
Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
William Z. Foster
Eugene Dennis
Truman
Lincoln
Jefferson
Two Illinois Women Found Slain at Home
In Eldorado Illinois a mother and daughter were beaten to death at their home. Ida Davis aged 79 was found dying in the street in front of the house and Mildred Gibson aged 58 lay dead on the bedroom floor. A son from a previous marriage was found about three hours later walking on a gravel road six miles south of Eldorado and was detained for questioning.
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Eldorado
Ill
Ida Davis
Mildred Gibson
Fred Wilmoth
Slayers Face Extradition Talks Over Michigan Release
Kent County Prosecutor Roger McMahon opposes Michigan releasing the two confessed killers Raymond M. Fernandez and Martha Beck who were captured near Grand Rapids. He plans to skip the Lansing extradition hearing while New York seeks to try the pair. Michigan imposes life as maximum, New York carries a death penalty. Fernandez vows to resist any surrender. Beck expresses indifference.
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Grand Rapids
New York
Lonely Hearts
Kent County
Roger McMahon
Michigan
Lansing
Raymond M. Fernandez
Martha Beck
McMahon
Fernandez
Beck
Parcel Post Service For Berlin Suspended
The Monroe post office reports parcel post service to all Berlin zones is suspended effective immediately due to technical difficulties and unsettled conditions. No packages will be accepted or passed through the inspection department until further notice.
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Monroe
Berlin
Strawser Funeral Services Held for Charles W Strawser
Funeral services for Charles W. Strawser were held at 2 p.m. in the Shriner Neush wander funeral home with Rev. Newell Mendenhall officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery with pallbearers named George E. Goetz Josie West George E. Burgy Ransom M. Holmes E. Churchill and Charles H.ee.
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Charles W. Strawser
Shriner-Neushwander
Newell Mendenhall
Greenwood Cemetery
George E. Goetz
Josie West
George E. Burgy
Ransom M. Holmes
E. Churchill
Charles’ H.ee
Elmer Kuhnke Services Planned in Clarno
Services for Elmer Kuhnke a Clarno farmer who died Saturday from a heart ailment will be held at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the Shriner Neushwander funeral home. Rev Newell Mendenhall will conduct the services and burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.
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Elmer Kuhnke
Clarno Farmer
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Newell Mendenhall
Greenwood Cemetery
Corrosion-resistant drums adopted for acid shipments
Corrosion-resistant stainless steel drums are now used to ship acids. The change aims to improve safety and reduce leakage during transport.
Escape of 60 Fishermen From Green Bay Ice Floe
Nearly 60 fishermen stranded on a large ice floe in Green Bay reached shore when the floe split from a strong offshore wind and drifted toward open water. Rescue teams, coast guard units, planes, and volunteers aided after noon. Earlier 35 were saved from Keweenaw Bay.
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Menominee
Mich
Lake Michigan
Here
Green Bay
Cedar River
Edward Reindl
Thomas Webb
Grand Marias
Coast Guard
Keweenaw Bay
Winter Will Stage Comeback Tomorrow
Old Man Winter returns with a new cold wave moving into Wisconsin. Snow flurries reported in scattered areas, with more expected in the north. Land O Lakes hit eight below zero Sunday night. weekend high reached 45 and low 21 as Sunday night fell.
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Wisconsin
Land O'Lakes
Monroe
Robber Slugs Genoa City Drugstore Owners
A holdup man escaped with about 15 dollars after slugging drugstore proprietor Ed Michaels, 48, and his wife, 42, in Genoa City Wisconsin last night.
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Genoa City
Wis
Ed Michaels
40 Protestant Pastors In Jail in Bulgaria
A British official, unnamed, claims at least 40 Protestant clergymen are jailed in Bulgaria. The official says the Bulgarian government has not tried them all at once to avoid Western press backlash and warns this is only the beginning of a church purge.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Union Presbyterian Mission Society Meeting in Mrs Schultz Home
Society will meet tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs Roy Schultz located at 1315 15th avenue. The gathering is hosted by the Union Presbyterian Missionary Society for a regular session and discussion.
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Union Presbyterian Missionary Society
Roy Schultz
15Th Avenue
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Daily Record
M. Conserenceedld
A. Ponnaceenee
P. m. Avovarereans
A. m. Evesee
P. Eoccenroeen
Oiminan
M. Aw
A. Cossennee
P. m. Ecerorsare Ga
Cwenes
P. Cnpieasaso
Meorseromehe
A. m. Ee Spaiovanenseot
M. EE
A. m. Goer
Iowa State
City
Maytag
Tschudys
Legion
Mrs
Harry T. Maddred
Rebecca and
Odd Fellows Hall
Zuercher and Zuercher Insurance Agency
the Capital Stock Company of Preferred Risks
John Covey
Illinois
Slayers
Dorothy J. Miller
Chica
Kempfert Pharmacy
Trukenbrod Pharmacy
Norge Refrigerator
Our
Norge
Phillips and Smith Appliances
Lydia
Chocolate Shop
Burlington Mills
Post’s Dixie Shop
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