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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1950
Page
6
A series of 12 soil conservation meetings for Green county rural and state graded schools wrapped up yesterday with over 700 pupils from 5th to 8th grade. Field trips will follow and a 100 question master exam will award top students. Assistants included James Meshnick Norman Hicks Myron E Jegh and Lester Van Loon.
Light snow expected northwest areas with light rain or snow in the southeast this afternoon and tonight, turning partly cloudy by Wednesday. Warmer west of center Wednesday afternoon. Tonight's low temperatures range from 23 to 28 northwest to 28 to 32 southeast. Wednesday's high 35 to 40. Precipitation noted since yesterday includes rain and snow. Sunrise 6 04, sunset 6 12.
Samuel Rhyner transfers 204 acres to Roy Kundert in Mt Pleasant township sections 26 and 27. Roy C Fenske transfers five acres in Spring Grove township and the southwest quarter of section 28 to Elmer Asmus. N B Schmeltzer transfers St 41 of Lybrand's donation in Monroe city to Gebhard Hauser. Lydia Malcook transfers acreage in Decatur township to Floyd Malcook and later to Floyd Malcook for lots in Brodhead city Clinton Co and adjoining Decatur township land.
Marriage licenses issued include Aris Swumpons of Blanchardville to Gilbertson of Adams township and Beatrice Ann Williams of Blanchardville to Albie LaVern Swenson of York township. Also Lottie Edmin Daubert and Jacob Daubert, residents of Brodhead.
Mrs. Jacob Wenger 55 of New Glarus Charles Keegan 60 of route 1 Belleville Warren Fahn 60 of Freeport Mrs Joe B Lyne 45 of Shullsburg Mr and Mrs Clarence F Isaacson 2321 13th avenue son March 20.
The notice lists patients and staff across divisions including Mrs Ben Maddrell Browntown Mark Wayne John son Monroe Mrs John L Hen ne Beloit Edward Huber 1106 16th avenue Mrs Albert Paulson Orfordville Owen Jones Rew ¢y Mrs Orpha J Myers 614 19th avenue J L Fossum Re Mrs Edna Drake 928 10th street Mrs Andrew M Erick son 1108 10th street David Lee Weiss route 2 Dismissals Mrs Harry Monteith Melvin F Wilson John Grossen Mrs Herbert Mohns Tobias Wilde Joseph G Barry Roy A Feldi Harry C Atherton Sharon Sue Daley Albert Erickson
Mrs. Anna Mae Gruper, 63, former Oneida county treasurer and Rhinelander city clerk, died today after a long illness. She served as county treasurer from 1926 to 1946 before resigning due to ill health.
Monroe attorney Marshall L. Peterson urged that the state supreme court threatens the right to trial by jury by tending to set aside verdicts. Justice John E. Martin, ill, countered that the court accepts jury verdicts as final and only overturns when not supported by evidence.
Albany special services are set for Neil Scott 43 who died from burns in a Magnolia Corners fire that destroyed his home. Funeral 1 p.m. Allen funeral home Evansville and 2 p.m. Magnolia church with burial at Magnolia cemetery. Albany high school class of 1926 peers attend. Red Cross aids wife and four children and seeks living quarters. Scott collapsed after rescuing his children.
Mrs. J B Lyne 45 of Shullsburg died at St Clare hospital after a brief illness following a stroke She will lie in state at St Matthews Catholic church Shullsburg with Rev John McNamara officiating Funeral services scheduled Thursday morning Burial will be in the church cemetery Rosary will be said at the Lyne farm home tonight and tomorrow evening Honeycomb Funeral Home Shullsburg is in charge of arrangements.
In Rhinelander four candidates filed by Monday for the first mayoral race in 26 years after the city abandoned the manager form. Jonathan McMurray, 46, employment representative, is the last minute entrant and brother of Howard J. McMurray, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 1946. Other contenders include Ed W. Boyce, 65, retiree manager of Wisconsin Public Service Corp.. Steve J. Gwidt, 60, ex-assemblyman. and Harris Lewis, 52, former city council president.
Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Chicago announced its successful bid for all HOLC mortgages and contracts held by the Home Owners Loan Corporation in Wisconsin. The HOLC auction occurred in New York as part of its liquidation program.
Personal mentions list Monroe residents visiting Madison Albany Freeport and Chicago on various errands and social calls. Cemetery urns advertised for sale. Also reports on hospital stays a new baby named Thomas Stephen at St Clare and a Spokane couple welcoming Chris William Olson.
Double strand pearl necklace missing in city on Thursday March 16. Described as a valuable keepsake. Contact Mrs Henry E Babler at phone 1811 if found.
Mrs Truman Kittleson of Norwegian Settlement north of Albany is hospitalized at St. Clare with a fractured hip after slipping on ice Saturday while walking to the Kittleson car and falling against a bumper. Lt George Bagley left Great Lakes for Camp Campbell Ky for his last civilian assignment before a plane crash last summer. Clark Dooley Jr departed for Philadelphia to report for duty at the U S naval station after a 21 day furlough.
Detroit baseball star Gehringer informed by relatives of his aunt Mrs Dell Fink who had undergone surgery at St. Clare hospital. He is noted as the 1937 American League MVP with the Tigers and is a brother of Sister Blandine. They stayed at Dr W B Gnagi’s home on 10th Street before leaving for Detroit.
A civil action filed today seeks to oust Shiocton school board members Virgil Keesler Hollis Van Patten and Kenneth Conradt for voting to deny Principal Monroe Manley a new contract. Langenak serves summonses. defendants have 20 days to answer in Appleton circuit court. The note about the rosefish is extraneous.
A Chicago radio give away involving a Monroe cheese firm and a ten year supply of Swiss cheese for ten white mice drew mixed reactions in Green County. Kathryn Yost led a long Green Bay bowling event where Cheese Day at Monroe Sept. 9 was repeatedly promoted, with local acts and a Baraboo pianist joining the Swiss theme.
Congressman Church, 66, died at a House committee hearing on executive expenditures for reorganizations at the National Labor Relations Board. He collapsed while giving his views and was pronounced dead by Dr. Rep. Miller. A lawyer from Evanston, Church had represented Illinois 13th district since 1934, seven terms, with a 1940 Senate bid unsuccessful.
General W. H. Gordons voyage to pick up foreign evacuees from red held Shanghai is canceled. Chinese officials refused entry into Shanghai harbor for two shallow draft vessels needed to transport evacuees through potentially mined waters.
The Federal Trade Commission says two anti cold drugs Resistab and Anarchist do not meet their advertising claims and may be harmful. Bristol-Myers and Anahist Co. Inc. deny the charge claiming FDA clearance. FTC notes further scrutiny of other companies in the field.
The Commodity Credit Corporation sold 31,818,000 pounds of surplus dried eggs to Britain for about 7 million dollars. The sale, financed by a mix of Economic Cooperation Administration funds British aid and Agriculture Department disposal funds, covered roughly 37 percent of CCC stocks bought under farm price support in 1948 to 1950. The average sale price was about 22 cents per pound, far below the 1.26 dollar per pound cost for 1948 and 1949 and 96 cents this year.
Six prisoners attacked a guard and escaped from the Colorado state reformatory at Buena Vista last night. Warden James Thomas said they struck Ed Murdie, broke from camp No. 1, and stole a pickup truck from the facility.
A new drinking fountain has been installed at Jennings rural school in Lafayette county near South Wayne, aiming to improve student access to water. The upgrade follows district efforts to enhance campus facilities and hydration options for pupils.
Detectives T. T. Belcher and Raymond Keeley arrested George B. Roden, 22, a recent Navy dischargee, after a tip led to $314,000 in bonds stocks and jewelry hidden in a chair from philosopher Will Durant's home. Roden booked on burglary suspicion. loot totaled $278,000 bonds and $36,000 stocks.
President Truman will address a Democratic rally in Chicago on May 15 as part of a cross country speaking tour. The trip will cover the Pacific Northwest and include dedication of Washington’s Grand Coulee Dam. A White House official confirmed the plan and said an official announcement will follow.
A tri state conference committee reported that extending government is hostile to free enterprise. The panel led by Sen. Gordon Bubolz urged simplifying government and reestablishing prestige of state and local units. It called for most services to be performed at state or local levels unless a compelling reason requires federal involvement.
South Wayne Times Special notes Mrs. Julia Graham marked her 82nd birthday Sunday. She has been ill but is convalescing now. A separate note mentions the rise of waterproof bathroom shower surrounds after World War I spurring clay tile production and sales.
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