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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1949
Page
8
Cloudy and windy with showers in extreme north then clearing and colder tonight. Saturday expects fair and warmer conditions in the south. Highest 59, lowest 39. barometer 29.40 to 29.50 inches. Tampa at 85 and Sault Ste. Marie at 23 mark notable readings locally.
Iona Duerst transfers a partial interest to Walter M. Reimer in New Glarus village. Theodore Falk conveys land in Albany and Brooklyn townships totaling about 130 acres. Emma Marty sells parcel in Mt Pleasant township to Herman G. Karlen. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co to George H. Walden of Blanchardville for land in York township. Ed Flanery and others transfer 130 acres to Merlin O. Paulson in Jordan township sections 5 and 6.
County Court judge Harold J. Lamboley and Harvey H. Ross at Savanna receive penalties for driving while intoxicated with fines of 60 dollars plus costs. Vern Swingly of Savanna NL cited on the highway with a 5 dollar fine.
Helen Isely files for divorce from Ralph E Isely on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment with a January 23 1948 hearing and judgment filed March 22 1949 covering property settlements and related terms.
Mrs Katherine Gerber 95 Monroe. Jeanette Bleiler 14 of 1751 15th street. Albert Merle Ross 57 March. Mrs George Foat 48. Sam George Thorp 65 Winnipeg Canada.
Mr and Mrs Walter Mueller of Monticello welcome a daughter born March 25.
St. Clare Hospital mentions Mrs Michael Regan Beloit and Frederick Loken Darlington among surgical and medical cases. Dismissals include Mrs William Snyder Donald Martin Mrs Roy Quigley Mrs Fay Kennedy Mrs Hale Grover and son Mrs Richard Lund and daughter Laura Schroeder.
A national radio drive to support the One Great Hour collection in 76,000 churches draws protest from the American Council of Christians seeking equal time. President Truman and film stars participate. The clash centers on airtime for the Sunday program.
Silvester Bolam editor of the London Daily Mirror was jailed for three months and the newspaper fined 40000 dollars for contempt of court over Mirror coverage of a highly publicized murder case.
Five high schools earned A ratings at the Orfordville forensic contest. Brooklyn and Orfordville led with two top honors each, Albany Juda and Monticello each earned one. Winners included Brooklyn’s Vivian Lang and Joyce Behnke, Orfordville’s Norma Nelson and Barbara Brink, Monticello’s Audrey Wischer, and Albany’s James Carroll. J LaVar Bateman of the UW speech department judged.
Judgment in the divorce action of Helen Isely v Ralph Isely was filed this week. The defendant must pay 1200 at judgment and 500 on Sept 1 for 1948 1949 1950 and 1951. Farm jointly owned becomes tenants in common with a half interest each. Custody awarded to the defendant. Cruel and inhuman treatment cited. Married Sept 25 1929 in Monroe.
Mrs. William H. Cameron of Jefferson township learns of the death of her brother Sam George Thorp 65 in Canada. Born 1883 on the Jones farm near Juda he taught in schools before working as a railroad conductor and later moved to Winnipeg. He survived by his widow five children and two sisters Mrs. Cameron and Mrs. Elva Turner.
Members of the Universalist Aid society protect space in front of the church on meeting Fridays by placing a chair in each parking stall. After other methods failed to deter motorists the chairs solve the problem.
Funeral services for William A. Bell, 54, of Twin Grove, were held this afternoon at 1 30 in the Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev P C Kehle officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery. Pallbearers were William Schillinger Dan Nafzger Arthur Spoerry Jr Robert Spoerry and Ronnie Schrier.
Mr. C A Peterson visits relatives in Janesville. Mrs Frank Kantro in Chicago on business yesterday. Miss Agnes Tornow in Freeport on business. Mrs Louis Rossi and son David of Rockford return home after visiting her Keel parents. Mrs Della Mosley and Sally Kay return to Darlington after visiting Clarence Krause family. F and A M meeting March 26 with BA degree work. all members invited.
Mrs H A Walters has word of the death of her brother Herman J Allen 62 of Weslaco Texas Tuesday He operated a fruit ranch in Texas for years He is survived by his wife two children his mother Mrs G D Allen Belleville one brother Carlton Allen Coatesville Pa three sisters Mrs Waters Monticello Miss Cloud Belleville and Georgia Belleville Funeral services were held at Weslaco then sent to Belleville for services tomorrow at Becker funeral home at 2 pm with burial in Belleville cemetery
The G U G G women met at Turner hall with 54 present including two new members. Bruce Blum explained Monroe’s proposed city manager form of government for a vote on April 5. Members received birthday greetings and elected officers. The next meeting is scheduled for April 14 at Turner hall.
Gilbert Hoesly withdraws as village supervisor candidate for the April election while remaining unopposed for re election as mayor in New Glarus. He was named to the county board to fill the unexpired term of his late brother E J Hoesly and Joshua Hoesly is the other supervisor hopeful.
Frederick Thacker has been named acting postmaster at New Glarus effective April 1. The vacancy followed the resignation of Mrs. Viola Stauffer who is moving to the Monticello vicinity.
Lenwood Lee Monte leads 60 member Carthage College cappella choir on the 22nd annual spring tour. The group begins yesterday and will perform April 4 at Grace Lutheran Church in Monroe at 8 p.m., Lenwood’s home church.
Mrs Earl R Johnson substitutes for Mrs William Thurber, sixth grade teacher at the Churchill building, while Thurber is a surgical patient at St Clare hospital.
The late Sam Schuler, husband of Matilda Schuler who died Wednesday at her daughter's home in Freeport, ran a harness business with his father under Sam Schuler and Son on the north side of the square. The Goetz homestead and Schuler home sit near each other at the corner of llth Street and l1th Avenue. Flying to Tucson Mrs Ray R Kubly Miss Anna Blum and Mrs Harry B Ly ford left Janesville by plane for Tucson to visit Mrs E A Ninne man and her son.
Otto Duerst and Walter Streiff were re elected to the board of directors of the New Glarus Milk Producers cooperative during the annual meeting.
A Helmstedt housewife weighed down a cake form with two shells and placed it in a hot oven. The ensuing explosion killed her son. the incident occurred in the home, the mother uninjured. The report notes a fatal accident linked to improvised explosive devices.
A summary of annual dairy production notes that summer conditions reduced yields for New Glarus members and nearby petty settlements with total milk deliveries around 31,017,714 pounds, roughly two million pounds less than the prior year.
Ten Air Force Reserve members will meet at the Waffle Shop Sunday at 2 p m and drive to Freeport by 3 p m. They will proceed to Orchard Place and Park Ridge airports to be picked up by an Army transport. They leave Monday at 6 30 a m for Dayton and return home late Monday afternoon.
Guests at the Mid-Continent Oil dinner last night at the Monroe hotel were L. P. Heldridge assistant division manager and J. V. Rowe credit manager both from Waterloo Iowa.
Arthur E. Ruef of Peccatonica suffered a heart attack Wednesday afternoon and was taken to Rockford hospital in serious condition. He is the cheesemaker at the Riverside cheese factory.
Elliott Lawrence, 24, heads a leading college dance band that grossed 300000 last year. He outlines costs including 17 members paid 5000 to 7000 yearly, transportation, three arrangers at 100 weekly, an advance man and publicity, a booking agency taking 10 to 20 percent, and a personal manager earning about half. The group travels 65000 miles annually and operates with staff for a full season.
A columnist lists weekly costs for bands on tour including a road manager at 100 dollars and two band members to drive trucks and handle setup at 125 dollars. He notes incidental costs such as equipment uniforms stands photographs and cautions leaders who confuse gross with net income and risk theft by business managers.
The government will start a diplomatic colony in southwest New Delhi on 700 acres of a 1,600-acre tract. It will spend 16,500,000 rupees to level land and build roads water and sewer systems and shopping centers. Foreign governments must erect their own buildings. Many embassies now occupy former palaces of maharajahs.
Henry W. Stalker aged 96 and Mauston’s oldest resident died yesterday after living in the area since early childhood. Survived by four children fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren funeral services set for tomorrow.
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer said there is little danger of a major downturn if the nation remains calm. He noted production this year is ahead of the prior year though it has slackened since December and warned of a potential psychological swing from optimism to pessimism among consumers, businesspeople, and investors.
The adjutant, a land bird of the stork family, earns its name from a measured walk that caricatures a self important military man, reflecting a comical resemblance to formal parade steps and pomp.
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