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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1950
Page
6
Cloudy warm night with rain in southwest portion and rain or snow north. Low temperatures 30s north and 35 to 40 south. Sunday highs 38 to 44 north and 45 to 50 south. Precipitation since yesterday rain. Barometer 29.21 at 1 am and 29.59 at 1 pm. Warmest US spot Yuma Arizona 88, coldest Rapid City South Dakota 20. Sunrise 5:57, sunset 6:17.
Real estate transfers show Dedrick et al to George Nenneman for land in Spring Grove township sections 1 and 2. John C. Wenger trust estate transfers to Irvin A. Anderson for N% of NW% in section 29 Jordan township. W E Ellingson transfers to Irvin A. Anderson for S%2 of NE% of SE% in section 29 with exception in Jordan township.
County Court Judge Harold J Lamboley continues the case of Ralph K Fitzgerald versus S A Freeman until 9 a m next Saturday Fitzgerald seeks judgment for services rendered Freeman files a counterclaim for loss and damages Plaintiff represented by Roger L Elmer Defendant by Fitzgibbons Elmer and Viney
Justice L A Koenig Casper Elmer of Brooklyn faces a postponed assault and battery case until Wednesday. Robert L Wells of Woodford charged with failure to yield rights of way, found guilty, fined 5 dollars and costs. Roy N Hefty of 1420 7th Street found guilty of operating an auto with an expired driver's license, fined 5 dollars and costs.
Elizabeth D Dietmeier of Freeport and Frederick Youtzy of Winslow applied in Stephenson county. Mrs W J Moore aged 74 of Janesville. Denney T Priest 50 and Qualter Davis 68. Ida Richard Gilmore 93 of Yuma Colo. Mr and Mrs Fred Yaeger of Monticello announce a son born March 25.
Ruth M Emberson and Clarice J Emberson of Argyle undergo tonsillectomy at St. Clare Hospital. Surgical cases include Walter Schmid, Carl F Turben of South Beloit, Kenneth S Ostok, and dismissals listed for multiple patients and guardians.
Fred Glauser is undergoing medical treatment in Rochester Minnesota and is expected to return in about ten days. His wife Mrs. Glauser accompanied him and will stay until the treatment is finished.
Richard Gilmore age 93 died after a month long illness at his home in Yuma Colorado. He was born February 25 1857 in Juda Wisconsin a Juda native and former Woodford resident. Survived by widow Helen Pickett three sons Cecil Woodford Clarence Loveland Colo and Clare California three daughters Bert Collins Warren Ethel Mason Denver Nora Roberts Denver one brother Arthur Monroe and many grandchildren great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Cecil Collins Bert Collins attend funeral in Yuma where Gilmore had lived for 20 years.
Ernest Straubhaar of Milwaukee and Glenn Keuler of Orangeville collided on a hill near the Stauffacher corners on highway 1181 two and a half miles east of Monroe at 7 45 p m yesterday. Both drivers fled the scene with no injuries and the cars were driven away. A doctor traveling the road stopped but no treatment was needed.
Jos y Wells of Woodford rural route was fined five dollars and costs by Justice L A Koenig on a guilty plea for failure to yield right of way. He was arrested after backing into traffic on the square and colliding with a machine driven by Leroy G Tregoning of Darlington. Minor damage to both machines was reported.
Walter E Helgeson and his two sons Walter Jr and David moved yesterday from Kenosha to a second floor apartment at the Pilgrim Kitchen, 703 9th Street. Helgeson serves as a permanent army and air force recruiter with offices in the post office basement. Walter Jr will attend St Victor's parochial school in second grade with Sister Boniface as his teacher.
The Food Chain tripled butter sales to the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. and paid out substantial sums to Wisconsin buttermakers and former patrons. George Diehl reported in Chicago that in 1949 A and P purchases reached $9,306,828 in Wisconsin, with national payouts totaling $67,432,710 for 110 million pounds of butter. Iowa led state payments with $16,118,738.
Green county postmasters will be represented at the annual state convention of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Association of Postmasters in LaCrosse June 25 27 with Wenzel M Dvorak as host postmaster Invitations have been issued to Postmaster General Jesse M Donaldson and Joseph J Lawler assistant postmaster general Washington D C and other national and regional officers.
A roundup of personal mentions from Monroe and nearby communities noting visits, callers, and illnesses. Names include Ray Benage Juda. Mrs Rudy Maurer Madi son. Esther Peterson Juda. Mrs Rude Bartett Winslow. Henry Lee Janesville. Harn Eisen Ridott Tl. Mrs Ned Walker 9th street ill. William Hogan Fond du Lac. Mr and Mrs Robert L Miller Monticello. Clarence Wittner Monticello Monroe. Mrs Frank Nelsen Monticello. Mrs Oscar Kammerud Blanchardville. Harry Everett Janesville. Mr and Mrs Walter Olson Rockford. Misses Betty Hendrickson Avis Wahl Freeport. C B Goodhart Ellen Orangeville. Miss Olga Ruth Madison. Mrs Sylvia Richards Mrs Emmanuel Fuchs Madison. Mr and Mrs Earl Addington Rockford. Mrs Robert H Richardson ill 21st Ave with virus pneumonia. Miss Alice Faeser Madison. Richard Egan Green County Agricultural History books selling. Mrs Robert Jones Freeport weekend with parents. Kathryn Krauss Milton College spring vacation. Mrs Ray Loucks Donald Rockford weekend with sister Edith Gustafson. Roy M Grant Sarasota Florida. Booklets on 80 years Swiss cheese Green County at The Times office. Mr and Mrs Harry Haddinger Albany Monticello winter in Florida en route home.
The men's fan drill featured a flower and skip rope routine in bright costumes. The class presented a comedy drill with regalia and cart wheeling. The finale showed a group of gymnasts forming pyramids across the Turner stage, with five positions and a dramatic lift.
Lawrence Berger and Joan Olson earned A ratings at Belmont high school forensic contest and advance to the district event in Platteville on April 1. Ruth Groger of Platteville judged. Belmont vocal quartet Elizabeth Brog Leona Tornow Gene Thoreson and Edward Wolff performed in the evening program. Attendees included Richard Tisle Betty Lou Chapman Joan Olson Janet Foley and Barbara Ruegsegger under Director Patricia Stratten.
Havana report states Senator Jose Manuel Aleman aged 45, a renowned Cuban financier and political figure, died today of cancer. His sudden death removes a prominent business leader and key player in Cuban politics, shocking observers in Havana and beyond.
London -(P}- Harold J. Laski chief spokesman for British socialism and founder of the Labour Party died last night at 56 from pneumonia after bronchitis and influenza. A longtime Labour executive and former chairman in 1945-46, he lectured in the United States and wrote prolifically on socialism and Anglo-Russian solidarity, drawing conservative criticism.
Harold E Meythaler president of the Marc Milway Materials Co in Columbia Missouri was elected president of the Toncan Culvert Manufacturers association meeting in Cleveland The group includes national fabricators using Republic Steel Corp sheets and plates In Madison hospital Arthur Schafer moved to Wisconsin General for surgery Blanchardville blesses Steensland Barber building stake Neenah visitors sponsor baptism in Milwaukee area family trip to Hot Springs Arkansas Lux family travels south for relatives and ten days Sharon Lee Cleaveland born yesterday morning a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lee S Cleaveland
In a talk to young Republicans Stassen said a Kremlin Stalin image used in Russia's last election is at least ten years old. He claimed he saw Stalin during a Russia visit within the past year and cited the photo as faked.
Advertisement error notes Leghorn chicks priced as straight run per 100 at 16.95 dollars and pullets per 100 at 28.95 dollars, with yesterday's listing needing amendment to reflect the quoted figures.
Market report from Chicago shows salable hogs at 16.60 top midweek and 15.25-16.10 for heavy weights, sows around 12.50-15.25, cattle with high fat grades 29.00-32.50 and yearlings 32.00, grain futures feature soybeans reaching seasonal highs while wheat and corn show mixed moves. Wall Street notes TV stocks rise on strong demand with Zenith and Emerson among gainers.
James R Garfield 84 son of former President James A Garfield died in Cleveland from pneumonia after a year of failing health. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Monday 1 p.m. burial in Mentor with family attendance. Survived by Newell of Concord and James A. of Glen Cove plus 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Garfield served as secretary of the interior from 1907 to 1908 under Theodore Roosevelt.
Twenty people including seven women were jailed for interfering with war material movement after a Roanne riot near Lyon. They faced a military court under a new anti sabotage law aimed at communists. Demonstrators sought to block American arms shipments to France and French arms to Indochina, with fist fights marking the attempt to derail the bill.
A three foot high Easter Bunny figure made of white cotton sits on the south side of the square. Created by Mrs. Leo V. Koehler, its pink eyed face features radiantly pink buttons, dyed wheat whiskers, and it clutches a carrot shaped mam moth.
Nationalist China swore in Gen Chou Chi jou as chief of general staff and air force commander while Gen Sun Li en became commander in chief of the ground forces. Belgium ends one day strike with 400000 workers returning to work as caretaker government persists and Carton de Wiart fails to form a solution.
Michigan State experts report five year study at Kellogg nutritional farm shows no feeding value difference in milk from cattle fed crops grown on fertilized versus unfertilized soil. Seventeen Jersey heifers split into two groups received same rations. five years in, no milk nutritive advantage or herd health difference tied to soil fertility is evident.
New Brunswick doctor Dr. Arthur P. Locke reports in the Annals of Allergy that allergy signs correlate with higher polio risk. He compared 249 polio victims to 26 polio-free students, finding all victims had two or more allergies while one third of controls had none or one allergy.
Anthony Kalitinsky, chief engineer of a government project to develop nuclear powered aircraft, spoke at the fifth annual flight propulsion meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. He said the program is in early stages and gave no date for the first flight.
The late producer Brock Pemberton forgives all outstanding notes in his will made public yesterday. He states that any debts owed to him are considered paid and forgiven.
Monroe Mich up reprinted tax news shows Carl F Meier received a refund on his income tax worth exactly one cent The tiny amount drew little enthusiasm as a symbol of government handling and postage costs in the report from United Press.
At Ankara airport a Turkish airliner crashed killing eleven passengers and four crew. Reports identify two Americans and one Briton among the victims. Authorities continued to assess the cause as investigators examined the wreckage.
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