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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1949
Page
4
Classified listings promote Lanors shop with dresses and millinery, Florine's flower service for birthdays, Pyrex mixing bowls retailing 1.29 each, and Bauman's Hamilton Beach vacuum cleaner priced at 52 with extra powered motor. Lantern hardware co listed.
Local tidbits mix dining notes and farm equipment listings with livestock ads and a brief sports update. Banjo Pete’s offers meals from late morning to after midnight, while Maple Grove Inn and Monroe Bakery highlight rolls and foods. Agricultural ads include cattle sales, goslings, tractors, feeders, and a new gasoline gauge for tractors. The sports snippet notes Racine Western Printers and Beloit in a state basketball tournament, plus Cary Middlecoff leading in the Jacksonville Open.
In the 21st annual women's national AAU basketball tournament the top seeds mostly dominated. Defending champion Goldblumes of Nashville crushed Sparkies of Kansas City 57 to 11, while Hanes of Winston-Salem defeated Success School of Ottumwa.
Don Mac Crossen of Milwaukee won the men’s division of the state table tennis closed championship for the eighth time yesterday. Carolyn Zimmerman of Milwaukee captured the women's crown. Karl Dentice of Milwaukee was runner up to Tom Jape of Menasha in the junior division after winning the boys’ championship, the men’s novice and sharing the junior doubles crown with Jerry Rotter of Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin Association of Fairs announced four district meetings to discuss county fair officer concerns. Speakers include representatives from the state department of agriculture, college of agriculture, and state board of health. The sessions run March 30 Plymouth, March 31 Temasx, April 6 Merrill, and April 7 Mondovi.
Charming spring pattern 9164 by Marian Martin offers long lines and scalloped edges with adjustable sleeves. Sizes 34 through 48, 4% yards required at size 36, complete illustrated guide included, send 25 cents to Monroe Evening Times Pattern Dept New York.
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