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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1949
Page
6
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with colder conditions. Highs and lows ranged from 41 to 19 since Saturday 1 p m. Brownsville New Mexico recorded the warmest 82 and International Falls Minnesota the coldest 8. Barometer readings were 29.69 at 1 am and 29.77 at 1 pm. Sunrise 6 15 sunset 6 05.
George Salter Jr. transfers parcel 14 in Sullivan’s addition to M W Meythaler in the village of Brown Town.
Mrs. Mary Goldie Arnold of Browntown was granted a divorce from Marion Frank Arnold on cruelty grounds. Custody of two minor children with $65 monthly alimony and a property settlement were ordered. They married June 29, 1943 in Liberty Missouri and separated February 9, 1949. she is formerly Mary Goldie Rigney. Judge Harold J. Lamboley presided.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley orders Walter Hillbrand route 1 to address an unregistered vehicle citation with $5 and costs due in county court.
Justice L A Koenig and others assess fines in small town cases. L A Koenig fined Bernard Ast of Blanchardville for speeding, $15 plus costs. Robert Phillips of Black River Falls fined for operating on left side of road, $5 plus costs. Robert Maurer of Monroe route 1 cited for defective muffler, $6 plus costs. Duane Stemm of Orangeville route 2 cited for speeding, $15 plus costs. Chester Wyss of Monroe route 5 cited for speeding, $15 plus costs. John Kohler of Argyle cited for speeding, $20 plus costs. Harvey White of Darlington route 2 cited for operating vehicle under influence of liquor, $90 plus costs.
Obituary notices list Frank Drake 69 Monroe Darlene Kubly 7 Monroe to Mrs Coon Hanny 91 Cadiz township Mrs Zuba James 79 Darlington.
Mr and Mrs Harry Ander Gratiot announce a daughter born March 13. Mr and Mrs Roy Grundahl of Hollandale announce a son born March 13. Mr and Mrs William Wilde of Browntown announce a son born March 13. Mr and Mrs Raymond Son g oma Winslow announce a son born March 12. Mr and Mrs James Steerns of Clarno announce a daughter born March 13.
The document lists patients under various categories from St. Clare Hospital Surgical and Medical units. Names include Mary Jane Rudd Blanchardville and Mrs Charles Hubbard Beloit among others, with addresses such as 2711 12th Street and 915% 16th Avenue, plus a dismissal roster featuring Alvina Mares Asa Dolsen and multiple others.
The Hague reports Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg reached a step toward union with an economic pact to take effect July 1, 1950. A preparatory pre union stage will begin this July.
Prof Isaac Hall outlined livestock prices and dairy trends while noting higher production per cow despite fewer dairy cattle. Other speakers discussed pasture renovation oats varieties Clinton Bonda and Forvie, Ranger alfalfa, and feeding efficiency for smaller pigs. An electrical demonstration highlighted fire hazards of overloaded circuits.
The Hoover commission urged Congress to place the selective service system under the labor department. Led by former President Herbert Hoover, the bipartisan panel endorsed civilian leadership for the agency, with all 12 members concurring.
Roseanne Pryce of Albany won first prize in Green County for the Helen Farnsworth Mears Art contest with a crayon self portrait titled My Picture. James Williams of Round Grove school took second with Soberness, among entries limited to eighth graders from Green County Normal.
A long list of personal visits and travels fills the Monroe area notes. Miss Barbara Mauerman visits Madison. Mrs. Ben L. Due brings Olaf Holmens to Argyle. many others travel to Freeport Monroe Beloit and Janesville for visits and shopping. A Felder’s tavern grand opening is announced for Tuesday March 15. Community members attend church events and temple meetings. various residents plan trips to Phoenix Las Vegas Fort Lauderdale and Cuba with brief notes on family visits and training programs.
Friends and relatives gathered Sunday at the Ell Chesebro home 902 10th Street to honor the couple on their 59th wedding anniversary. A noon dinner for the Chesebros was hosted by their son Roy Chesebro, followed by an afternoon reception with Allen Chesebro, Jessie Chesebro, Elvira Gorham, Lee Riese, Charles Allison, and Lucy Ann Lowl among those in attendance.
A rural route resident Ralph Rebly shows two lemon trees with a small crop including a lemon as large as a squeezing orange. He notes the first fruit in three years and the trees were bought from a northern Wisconsin nursery.
Susan Schmerse, a Brodhead high school senior, wins the local DAR award. She participates in the band and Glee club and leads the Thespian and Pep clubs. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmerse.
Charles Waterbury, foreman at the Elkhorn Independent plant, visited The Evening Times plant Saturday.
Miss Ellen Wenger daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph H Wenger was announced Friday as having the highest scholastic record listed for last semester at Milwaukee-Downer College.
Members of the Green County School Committee and the Dane County committee will hold a joint session this evening in Belleville to discuss the boundary of a proposed joint district.
Robert E. Zuercher was appointed to the town and farm agents committee of the Wisconsin Association of Insurance Agents. He and his sister Rose run the Zuercher and Zuercher agency in town.
Hughes McCoy of Milwaukee will speak at a Green County Insurance Agents dinner tonight at the City Hotel. The state agent will discuss casualty lines and related coverage.
Dan Minnick was transported from Clarno last evening in a Stuessy ambulance to enter St. Clare as a medical patient for treatment.
Eight European defendants were found guilty by a U.S. military commission on espionage charges. Sentences ranged from one year to 18 years in prison.
Kaiser-Frazer Corp. reopened its Detroit assembly line today ending a three week shutdown. About 7,000 workers returned to their jobs as production resumed at the plant.
Wallace Radio Talk cancels two weeks of a weekly religious program after sponsors announced Henry A. Wallace as an unexpected speaker. The surprise address occurred yesterday on WLNK from the South Norwalk Methodist church, sponsored by the Norwalk Ministerial Association.
Mr and Mrs Merlyn J Babler Miss Lillian Schwarzenberger both of Monroe and Riley Gelbach of Albany attended the ice show in Rockford last evening.
The Kubly Cheese Co op begins Swiss cheese production tomorrow at a new concrete block facility eight miles southwest of Monroe. In charge are brothers Joseph and John Mitz with Joseph previously at the old limburger plant. The 72 by 52 foot building includes 26 by 60 foot making and intake rooms, two cellars, cork insulation, tile, eight kettles, and serves up to 20 patrons. Construction began Aug 1 under E A Ninneman as chair, with Henry Staver as president, Ralph Figi as vice president, William Swartz as treasurer, and Wilson Rote as secretary.
The White House confiscated news reel footage and stills from reporters after a Navy airship flight over Key West captured President Truman swimming and views of the temporary White House quarters. Charles G. Ross and Rear Admiral Dennison awaited reporters on landing amid questions about security.
Mrs. Nina Doran and son Lester Palermo N D Mrs. Maude Hoover both of Manchester Ind and Mrs William Steindorf hostesses at the B C Spangler home have left for Manchester Ind Mr and Mrs John Marshall plan to return to Chicago and have sold their house to Mr and Mrs Ray Laughridge Thomas Dolan is spending the week with his daughter Mrs Charles Dillon in Chicago.
Franz Brand of Green county received a retirement party after 38 years in cheesemaking at the Evergreen factory two miles east of Clarno. A purse of money was presented. Brand, a 1911 Swiss immigrant, had 14 years as maker at Evergreen and is replaced by son in law Newell Schmidt.
Mrs. L. I. Buck and Mrs. Ray Finch with daughters Bonnie and Connie from Beloit were Monroe callers today.
Iceland's Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson met at the State Department to discuss joining the North Atlantic security pact. He said Iceland has not decided on alliance membership and would refuse peacetime bases to any power. He added no pressure would be placed on the base issue. Greenland is mentioned as former wartime bases linked to Denmark and the United States.
Milwaukee health officials report 124 new measles cases last week, essentially flat from the previous three weeks at 125. City Health Commissioner Dr. E. R. Krumbiegel notes the trend holds among the city's younger population.
Classified notice reads like a want ad offering numerous jobs for low pay, enticing readers with heavy workload for minimal compensation. The brief item notes sizable demand and limited earnings for applicants.
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