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Cloudy and colder with diminished winds tonight. Wednesday mostly cloudy and cold southeast conditions.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1949
Page
8
Cloudy and colder with diminished winds tonight. Wednesday mostly cloudy and cold southeast conditions.
Daily weather notes list the warmest U. S. reading at Tampa 83 degrees and a coldest 14 degrees. Sunrise and sunset times are recorded as 6 01 and 6 14 respectively.
Ulrich Woethrick transfers land sections 5 and 6 in Grove township to Frederick Gobels. Wilbert D. Elmer conveys five acres more or less in section 26 of New Glarus town to the state forestry conservation commission.
Marriage licenses were issued for Gleee Dawson and William August Heitz in Brodhead. The filings show both individuals seeking formal union records.
An infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Haman died at their home located at 2303 12th Avenue. The obituary notes the loss within the family. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Mr and Mrs Norman Kilas of New Glarus announce the birth of a son on March 21. The family confirms the newborn’s arrival and shares the joyful event with relatives.
Mists and dense fog blanketed the Monroe area this morning causing traffic delays on city and county roads. Bus routes faced minor slowdowns but proceeded with caution as temperatures fall from yesterday’s high and forecasts call for freezing rain or snow in Wisconsin and Minnesota tonight. Milwaukee posted 65 yesterday while Land O Lakes remained the cold spot at 27 with light snow.
Evanston reports Charles P Tat former president of the Federal Council of Churches told delegates at the World Council of Churches American section that critics of the port are like citizens defending local political corruption. He said Christians are not communists, rejecting the Amsterdam report condemning communism and laissez faire capitalism.
Mrs. Elsie Schillinger was in Madison on business. Mrs. Lottie Zander visited her sister Mrs. Cora Arnot and the Robert Gaulke family in Al gom a Wis. Mrs. Fred Theiler visited Mrs. Matilda Burkhalter at St. Clare hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rottler Monroe attended Miss Fannie Hunt's funeral in Hanover NL. Mrs. Margaret Boehler and Mrs. Leo V. Koehler returned from Milwaukee floral design school. Rev. and Mrs. Bruzelius left for Watertown for a week of revival services. Rev. Lyle E. Curtis will be guest speaker at Monroe Assembly of God services.
Funeral services for Mrs Oscar Erickson who died Sunday morning were held today at 1 p m in the Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev Newell Mendenhall officiating. A second service followed at East Viota Lutheran church at 2 p m conducted by Rev G M Gunderson. Burial was set for Cherry Branch cemetery with pallbearers Elmer Erickson Lloyd Erickson Elsie Erickson Charles De Nure Chester Hanson and Clifford Stixrood.
The Wisconsin Assembly considers a Thomson resolution to let voters choose in 1950 whether to apply to Congress for a U S constitutional convention to amend foreign affairs provisions. He says it would give the people a voice and curb binding agreements by a single representative. Additional bills include a union label on state funded printing and exempting cemetery association bequests from inheritance taxes.
A youth gathering is planned at 8 p.m. Friday at the Martintown Community church. The program includes chorus activities and an illustrated sermon by Rev. Roy Berg.
The statement notes that carbon-14 decays to half its radiating strength over a span of 5,000 years. It highlights the long-term stability and decay rate of this isotope used in dating methods.
A hospital roster lists surgical patients Palmer Hooverson of Monroe route 3 Romaine Bowler Orangeville Chester Foul ker Browntown and Mrs Amos Mahikuck South Wayne. Also on Tonsillectomy Amos Olson Darlington Ethel May South Wayne Wilburt and Mary Kay Bruns South Wayne. Medical entries include Mrs Peter Temple ton Evansville Dan Minnick route 1 Monroe and Mrs Anna Godfrey Darlington. Dismissals include Winfield Mac Donald Charles Stefanoff Mrs John Christianson Liv Toneys Mrs Schear Mrs Charles Jones Mrs Charles Hubbard John Hanson and Mrs Fred Bumpke.
Dr. Alfred Leiser, Green County chapter member, said the Red Cross home nursing course will be delayed until a registered regional Red Cross instructor can visit Monroe to train local instructors. The regular course will likely start in late summer or early fall, with a practice course possible once instructors are registered.
An associate professor in the University of Wisconsin School of Music and a campus pastor announced resignations. Bjornar Bergethon, at Wisconsin since 1944, will leave Madison in June to direct doctoral students in music education at New York University. Rev. Carroll E. Simcox will depart Sept 1 to become chaplain and professor of religion at Canterbury College in Danville Indiana.
Elise Graber, 89, mother of Herman T. and Peter Graber of Monroe, died March 14 in Berne Switzerland. Born April 2 1859 she was in remarkably good health when last seen by Peter Graber. Monroe residents knew her from visits to Switzerland.
Word has been received by friends of the birth of a daughter, Laura Lee, born March 2, to Rev. and Mrs. Le Roy Loats, former pastor of Union Presbyterian church here. The Loats moved from Monroe two years ago to California and now reside at La Salle, Colorado.
Miss Sally Ransdell of 912 10th Street is among 19 freshmen starting a three year professional nursing course at Presbyterian hospital school of nursing in Chicago. She is a Monroe High School 1947 graduate and attended LaCrosse State Teachers College for a year and a half.
Marshall Peterson of Monroe will be guest speaker at the Evangelical United Brethren Brotherhood father and son banquet. The event Friday at 7 30 p m is open to all members of the community.
The Young Married People Sunday school class will host a session at the Community hall for fathers and sons. Attendees are invited to participate in the planned class activities and discussions.
Rev William C F Hayes will be guest speaker at the dedication service for the Union Church chancel Sunday at 2 PM. The chancel was widened by three feet in the remodeling and new fixtures have been added.
Fred J. Bolender Jr of Madison has filed to seek the one year term as 20th ward supervisor in Madison. He faces opposition from John D. Williams in a race created when the prior supervisor resigned.
Mr and Mrs Earl Peck and family report arrival in Oregon from Woodford without incident en route. The news note states they reached South Wayne area safely as confirmed by friends and family in Newburg Ore.
The Pecks drove to their Oregon fruit ranch traveling through Flagstaff Arizona the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam on the way.
Mr and Mrs A Morgan Chris tenson of Sheldon Wisconsin are the parents of a daughter named Margaret Nell born this morning at St Marys hospital in Ladysmith The mother is the former Helen Haldimann of Monroe
Wayne Mulligan of 1116 18th avenue departed this afternoon for Rockford to await an army station assignment in Texas. He is the son of Mrs Beatrice Mulligan.
Madison reports the purchasing power of the Wisconsin farm dollar fell 15 percent over the past year, with a sharp milk price drop highlighted. Milk checks, about half of farm income, show the largest impact as farmers were paid $4.26 per 100 pounds of milk.
The service noted February 1948 milk volume and prices near 3.14 dollars per unit last month, while livestock and crop prices remained below early 1948 levels, indicating a softer market across commodities.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William Haman of 2303 12th Avenue died at 1 35 this afternoon in St Clare hospital after birth earlier today.
The Public Service Commission in Madison approved Wisconsin Power and Light Co to build a new well pumping station and reservoir at the Ripon plant. The project will cost $116,800.
The tailless amphibian group includes roughly two thousand distinct frog and toad species.
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