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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1950
Page
6
Severe weather changes tonight into Wednesday with strong winds and rain turning to snow. Heavy snow and local blizzard conditions expected in the northwestern half of the state. Temperatures drop zero to 5 below in the northwest to 5-10 above in the southeast by Wednesday morning.
Waldo C. Dick transfers a parcel in section 7 Mt Pleasant township Mon ticello to Kerr H Freitag. Henry B Hefty estate transfers part outlet 124 Assessor's plat village of New Glarus to Herman Burkhardt.
Letters of administration issued to Frank Riese of Monticello and Clifford Riese of Oregon in Edward A. Riese estate who died March 1. Appraisers named Ray T. Silver Wendell Barlow and Harry C. Young. Heirs include widow three sons and three daughters.
Justice L A Koenig and Marvin Copeland of Juda faced orderly conduct charges with a restitution order and fines. Dan Jensen of Brodhead and Ernest Kuenzi, New Glarus, linked to driving while intoxicated with fines and license suspension. Deaths include John Grimm aged 67, Bert Thomas Shane 66, Henry Arnsmeier 90. Birth notices cite Milo Miller in Beloit and Vernus Skattum’s son on March 7.
Surgical cases include Mrs Merrill Reed of Warren and Mrs John Foulker of Darlington with Rev John E MacMartin, 1824 9th street, plus Mrs Harold W Birkholz of Janesville. Medical patients include Mrs Wesley Grenzow of Juda and Eugene G Updike of Monticello, among others. Discharges list numerous patients and family ties, including Hans Eggen and Mrs Arlie Schneider, with family mentions.
Three South Wayne residents were hospitalized at St. Francis hospital in Freeport after a car left a curve at the South edge of Orangeville and rolled three times at 12:50 a.m. Monday. Robert Mau, 22, scalp lacerations. Lester Mau, unspecified injury to right arm. Margie Mellon, 17, head bruises and hip injury. Ethel Mau, 17, and Donald Eckerman, 21, escaped more serious harm. Vehicle demolished per county highway police.
A team of trained investigators from Milwaukee safety engineers Reilly and Topling Jr inspected Green county hospital as a free service under the national board of fire underwriters program. They will report to Milwaukee and then to the county, with a second hospital to be examined later.
Monroe volunteer fire department appears to have a confirmed mascot named Jigger. Chief Bert Sickinger's dog stood ready at the station when the alarm rang last night. Bert arrived to find Jigger already on duty as firefighters responded to a call.
A plat for a state Green Rock County line road project is on file with Grace M. Thorpe, register of deeds. The plan calls for rounding a corner at the intersection of Highways 59 and 104 and widening from there north to the current turn of highway 59 to the east. Seven tracts of land are listed with ownership by J Michael Carroll, .06 acres. James Price, 1.57 acres. John Crooke estate, 2.66 acres. Dunphy brothers, .55 acres. Calvary Cemetery, .07 acres. Thomas Dunphy, 1.38 acres. and Charles Maloy, 82 acres in Rock County.
State radio reporters Schmiac and Nelson from Madison returned today to start transcribed interviews for the state FM network broadcast on Monroe and Green counties. They are joined by Ted Brunnschweiler, a UW exchange student from Zurich, who interviewed Carl Marty Jr. and other Swiss residents as part of a study on Swiss settlements and old world farming methods. The team will return Thursday for further interviews and the recordings will be edited into a half hour program for the state network. BILL SYSTEM CHANGED FOR Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Postcards will replace the current billing method in Monroe offices by month end to speed mail and extend the discount period, says W. S. McDonald.
Forensics teams from Orfordville Albany and Juda competed at Orfordville High School in a sectional tournament.
Personal mentions list residents visiting and calling in Monroe Clinton and Juda with relatives in Madison Janesville and Freeport. Notices include a March 8 Monroe Mason ic Temple meeting and an OES dinner March 13 at Banjo Pete’s with reservations details.
President Truman asked Congress to authorize a nine member commission to study long range coal industry problems. He sent letters to Vice President Barkley and Speaker Rayburn along with a bill to create the commission, which would report within one year. The panel would include two senators, two representatives, and five appointees by the president including one government member and four civilians.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Delia Durgin at Shriner-Neushwander and St. Victor's Catholic Church with burial at Calvary. Henry F. Brunkow died Friday. services followed at Shriner-Neushwander with burial in Greenwood. Robert M. Stauffer had services at Zwingli church and Highland cemetery. CARS DAMAGED HERE reported a noon collision at 15th Avenue and 10th Street involving Sanford R. Wahl and James R. McGuire causing considerable damage.
The search for five airmen missing after a Saturday night crash in Lake Michigan was scaled back today. Only Major Milton Bender of Milwaukee has been recovered. Racine Coast Guard maintains one cutter on patrol while civil air patrol will extend air search until dark. It is unclear if the operation will continue through the week.
Raymond Sonnenberg hosts an auction Thursday at the Fred J. Karlen farm three miles southwest of Monroe, now rented by his brother Kenneth. Sonnenberg has surrendered his lease on the Richard Flanagan farm due to ill health. Chester Peterson of 1736 15th street will start work tomorrow at Socony Vacuum Oil Co on old Argyle road for Nathan Coplien, after leaving Standard Oil. Mrs Martha Blum and Mrs Bertha Thomann of the Monroe hotel entertained a Boy Scout group at the YMCA with Swiss yodeling and singing in Freeport. William Whalen, longtime star mail carrier from Janesville to Monroe, and Mrs Whalen have returned from weeks in Florida. He is a former Albany resident. she is the former Marie Sennett of Brodhead. Public square crews under Jack Erb swept and flushed the square to remove cinder and dirt, aided by today’s rain.
The House approved Hawaii statehood by 261 to 110, with Alaska statehood also advancing 186 to 146. Senate action remains uncertain as past inertia and opposition from a few members surface. Delegate Farrington urged granting Hawaii full citizenship rights after years of effort.
Mrs Mae Hood and Miss Helen Hood hosted the St Andrew’s church women’s auxiliary at the J H Schwaiger home in 1911 21st avenue. They began apron making for the fall bazaar and discussed a fundraising project for April 1. Refreshments followed with a movie shown by Miss Hood. The April 3 church meeting will be held there.
Miss Alice Johnson hosted the Natty Knitters sewing club at her home on West Street. Attendees included Pearl Massey Molly Smyth Marzie Cullen Eatha Discher and Mrs Virgil Bieger. Coach Patton Dies at 47 in Morgantown WV.
Helen E Steuri Marvin Fairman Walter Teuscher and Ernest Lehmann are pictured in The Kraftsman with their deer kill that provided venison for the Christmas dinner of the Brodhead and Monroe Kraft people. Fairman marks his 28th year of deer hunting. January dairy prices show milk paid to farmers at 3.14 per cwt for DPMA Chicago with butterfat at 3.92 percent.
Secretary of the Interior Chapman denounced campaigns by selfish interests to defeat the people’s will in a prepared address to the National Rural Electric Co-operative association. He warned that efforts to sell power only at the bus bar would be pressed by profiteers and labeled public power a socialist threat to free enterprise.
Athens reports late returns from Greece's election show Conservative populists led narrowly the left to center National Progressive Union of Gen. Nicholas Plastiras. Kings Paul to grant mandate to the party with most seats, though Tsaldaris may struggle to form a lasting government despite a tolerant confidence vote.
Wisconsin dairy market news notes a barely steady cheese market with fair demand. Prices vary by variety with daisies 34 cents, longhorns 34 to 35 cents, square prints 35 to 36 cents, and midgets 35 to 36 cents per pound.
Members from dairies cheese factories condensaries and fluid milk distributing firms will meet in Janesville tomorrow to discuss association matters.
Frances Ludwig was elected president of the Monroe Home Ec 4-H club at a reorganizational meeting held last evening at the Ray Dye home on route 3. Joan Knaach was named vice president, Frances Miller secretary treasurer, Reva Neuenschinder reporter, Maryon Herfel recreation leader, and Darlene Keel song leader. Mrs Ludwig Signer is club director assisted by Mrs Ray Dye. Frances Ludwig and Frances Miller are named junior leaders.
Jefferson Jiffy Workers 4-1 club invites parents to a Twin Grove school meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. Kay Bartell and Barbara Rockey will demo school luncheons. Ruth Johnson will present the 4-H goals talk. Judith Seyler and Nancy Camron lead group singing with accompanist. Evelyn Weiss and Marilyn Rutsch plan recreation. Refreshments hosted by Mrs Alvin Camron and Mrs Joseph Jaeggi.
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