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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1949
Page
8
Fair and cold tonight with a cooler Saturday. Temperature since yesterday 1 p.m. high 30 and low 14. Year ago today high 11 low 8. Barometer 1 a.m. 29.66 and 1 p.m. 29.61. Warmest U S location Brownsville Texas 84. coldest International Falls Minnesota 4. Sunrise 6:20. sunset 6:01.
Transfers include John F. Morgenthaler to Le Roy Blumer for 105 acres in Albany township. Lillian Allen to Henry Herbert Stuessy for 308 acres in Decatur and Spring Grove townships. W Casper Hefty to John J. Disch for parcel 1 lot 7 block 12 in New Glarus. William G. McGuire et al to Ray A Voegely for 175.55 acres in Sylvester township. William Lemon to Frank and Gilbert Dean Hilliard for land in section 27 Washington township.
William L. Pitzer of Albany died March 1. Estates named William Zimmerli and A H Partridge as appraisers. Letters of administration issued to Anna Pitzer widow. Heirs include Starr Pitzer of Dallas Texas Beatrice C Overton of Freeport and Gladys Wardell of St Paul.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley sentences Max Rykowski of South Beloit Illinois to 25 dollars and costs on a no tax charge and 5 dollars and costs on a no registration charge.
L A Koenig. Robert Wenger of Monroe cited for drunk and disorderly conduct with $12 and costs. Paul Fox of Shullsburg charged with drunk and disorderly conduct with $10 and costs. Albert Brunner route 2 fined $7 and costs for restricted license violation. John R Milne of Minneapolis fined $10 and costs for stop sign violation.
Mr and Mrs Fred Krebs route 1 Monroe welcome a daughter born March 11. Rev and Mrs Orra J Compton Albany announce a daughter born March 10. Mr and Mrs Calvin Stauffer Monticello celebrate a son born March 10.
Names listed at St. Clare Hospital Medical include Eugene Rechsteiner Monticello Frank Pazour Savannah Til Louis Eldred Albany and Mrs Henry S Hefty Brodhead with dismissals for Mrs Ralph Anderson Mrs Sam Leschinsky Katherine Speich Mrs Paul Thompson and son and Mrs Edward Schlittler
Mrs. J. H. Beightol has been ill at home. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Chambers and Patricia visit parental in Beloit. Barbara Bell from Janesville spends Sunday at home. John Chambers and daughters from Monroe visit Floyd Chambers. Attendees at John Beech funeral in Monroe include several relatives. Mrs. Roy Wilkemeier visits Denver. J. M. Boyer in Monroe on a Monday.
Martin English of Moorestown was fined $2 per finger yesterday after he thumbed his nose at Patrolman Patrick Carr following a reprimand for striking a pedestrian. Police Judge John R. Dimona presided.
Winners Dorothy Devitte and Marlea Kiel led humorous declamations in the junior high contest held yesterday in the Lincoln building. Five junior high winners join about 20 senior high students Wednesday at 1 30 p m for the senior high declamation contest judged by Miss Mary Sand from the University of Wisconsin. Thursday judges were Miss Margaret Bloodgood Mrs Willis Gruenwald and Miss Lillian Gempler.
Wisconsin lawmakers weigh increasing attorney fees in workers compensation cases. Senate committee heard support from Philip S Habermann and other lawyers arguing the 10 percent cap and $100 limit hinder effective representation against insurance firms. Voyta Wrabetz opposed the measure.
Blanchardville high school hosts a forensic contest on Wednesday featuring participants in extemp speaking and reading, with lists of contestants across categories including original and non-original oratory, four minute speech, serious and humorous declamation, and related events led by faculty and students.
Wisconsin dairy organizations object to the term skim milk powder and argue for non fat dry milk solids or defatted dry milk powder. The senate agriculture committee heard the terminology from spokesmen for the Wisconsin Creameries Association the Dried Milk Products cooperative the Wisconsin Buttermakers and Manufacturers Association and the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare reports the capture of Clarence L. Gilbert, 22, a runaway from the Wisconsin prison farm, in Wauconda Illinois. Lake County authorities hold him on charges of robbing a local drug store.
Monroe city police picked up two Winslow youths ages 17 and 18 as runaways. They were returned to their homes by Stephenson county sheriff's department.
Personal mentions list many residents visiting towns including Mrs. Wilmer Coates Juda and Mrs. N H Durst in Madison. Others travel to Monroe Beloit Freeport Milwaukee and Rockford for business and family visits with several attending funerals and hosting relatives.
Los Angeles jurors acquitted dancer Vicki Evans, a friend of Robert Mitchum, of conspiracy to possess marijuana after hearing she had never smoked a marijuana cigarette in her 26 years.
The American Woman Suffrage Association faded in 1920 after women gained the vote, its role succeeded by the National League of Women Voters which organized for civic participation and policy work.
Auto men gather Monday at 7 p.m. in the Monroe hotel for a Green County dinner with Louis Milem vice president of the Wisconsin Automotive Trade Association as guest speaker. William Greub serves as secretary of the group.
Mrs Abby Newman moves from Juda to 1437 6th Street Monroe updating her address and residence records.
Second Lts. Roland H. Sham burek and Robert M. Tschudy, both of Monroe, have been appointed cadet officers in the University of Wisconsin reserve officers training corps. Appointments were made by Col. Carl E. Lundquist, ROTC commandant.
Patrolman Samuel Humbel will put his new car into operation tonight as radio equipment is installed in the maroon sedan today.
Miss Barbara Meythaler daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Meythaler has been elected secretary and education officer on the board of deacons of the United Student Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin She is one of 19 students chosen to replace graduating seniors and is a sophomore in the School of Music.
Mrs Adeline Chamberlin mother of Mrs Edwin Gustafson has moved from Madison to Monroe to reside with the Gustafson family and her daughter.
Peggy Dooley captured first place in the forensic contest at Monticello High School with her extemporaneous reading of a piece about Young George Washington. Other winners were listed in the Monticello Times Special report.
Serious declamation titled Youngest Thief by Audrey Wichser and humorous piece Widow's Mites by Clara Frehner led a recital. Other participants included Helen Stauffacher Ilene Zimmerman and Norma Christen in the program.
Lt and Mrs Karl Wirth of Quantico Virginia are parents of a daughter born Monday. Lt Wirth is the son of Mr and Mrs H J Wirth.
Marvin Hoff of Brodhead remains in critical condition at Janesville Mercy Hospital with severe internal injuries from an auto accident on March 5. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward Hoff of 1803 15th Avenue and brother of Glen Hoff, a veteran housing project worker.
Three cars of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Silver Comet derailed on a siding one mile south of Fredericksburg Virginia. The train was traveling from Birmingham to New York and there were no injuries.
Reed City officials confirm the sale of E. L. Bruce Co., a leading maple flooring producer, to Robbins Flooring Co. of Rhinelander. The acquisition positions Robbins to expand its production and distribution in the wood flooring industry.
A Monroe report notes driver Herbert Hansen on an eastbound run became lost near Woodford due to high water and took a cheese factory shortcut before returning to the route. Dog incidents include Sally the Dalmatian saved from poison and a stray puppy found by seven year-old Hugh Durgin Jr. near 12th Avenue. A rear-end collision involving Walter Bauman and Clarence Kempfert car owners follows a Florida vacation context.
The industry survey shows December as the peak month for baked goods consumption. April ranks second and May third in the seasonal pattern.
Eight of the 10 reservists of the air force from Monroe signed for a trip to Wright Field Dayton on March 28. They will fly from Chicago on an army transport leaving at 6 a.m. and return the same afternoon. Names include Kenneth Tait George Wells Eugene Beach Glen Hoff Willard Mauermann Charles Marvin Robert J Hahlen and William Durtschi Rex Dahms and Leroy Phillips attended the meeting where atomic energy and the European invasion were discussed.
Gold and silver were coined at the former U S mint at Carson City Nevada until 1893. The note records the end of official coin production at the site and marks a historical transition in American money manufacture.
A public opening of the Kubly Cheese Co-op factory on route 1 Monroe features a program of musical entertainment in the afternoon and evening. The new building replaces the old burger plant and will begin Swiss cheese production Tuesday with makers Joseph and John Milz.
The Mission House college choir will perform at Zwingli church Sunday morning as part of a regional tour through Kansas Iowa Nebraska Missouri Illinois and Wisconsin. The program includes sacred numbers plus vocalists and organ and piano pieces under Prof W H Ellerbusch.
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