Weather update for March 31 1949
Snow flurries early tonight southeast portion. clearing tonight. Friday forecast generally fair with slightly warmer afternoon, south and central portion.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
8
Snow flurries early tonight southeast portion. clearing tonight. Friday forecast generally fair with slightly warmer afternoon, south and central portion.
A weather snapshot notes yesterday starting at 1 PM with a high of 40 and a low of 34. It lists today’s 1 PM high 47 and 34, Tampa Florida hottest at 90, Helena Montana coldest at 18, barometer 29.22 at 1 AM and 29.18 at 1 PM, sunrise 5:46 and sunset 6:24.
Justice L. A. Koenig Bertram Torkelson route 4 fined $15 and costs for speeding. Albert J. Ackerman route 4 Freeport fined $15 and costs for speeding.
Rochelle Avery Mayer of Rockford and Thomas Herbert Newburg of Jordan Township obtained marriages licenses. The notice records their intentions and provides official filing details for the union.
Frank A Rupnow, aged 58, of 2223 14th Avenue, is referenced in a local notice with his residence and age as part of an obituary or public notice.
Mr and Mrs Fred Ziltener Route 1 Monroe announce a son born March 31. Mr and Mrs Everett Hanson Argyle announce a daughter born March 31. Mr and Mrs Arthur C Benkett 1619 14th Street announce a daughter born March 31.
Surgical and medical listings include Elliot Tews in Hanover Otto Graber Monticello tan disorders and tonsillectomy for James Martin Darlington James Webinger South Wayne plus Mrs Bernard J Figi Durand Ill Kenneth K Kressner Jr Albany Dismissals list names Donna Davidson Mrs Robert St Martin Delores Larson Mrs Paul Lindsay George Sarver Mrs Melvin Morgan Mrs Roswell Phillipson Albert Reynolds Henry Quirk Mrs Amos Mahlkuck Chester Foulker House bought by Rudy Regez 2224 15th street Gustav Biedermann house to Los Angeles after Easter.
Mrs. Gerald Poff and Mrs. Russell Larson, former Rockford business women, purchase La Nor's women’s ready to wear shop at 1514 11th street in the White Block. They take possession tomorrow after Mrs. Thomm sold the business following two and a half years of operation. The Poff and Larson families plan to move here when schools close and housing is available. Mrs. Poff runs a beauty shop and Mrs. Larson was a household utility demonstrator. both husbands work in floor covering and wall tile. Mr. Poff is a Monroe native.
Oranges direct from Florida citrus groves arrived in Monroe by truck for local sale. A Florida registered semi-trailer completed a three day trip. The driver said he was weigh checked in Kentucky Indiana and Illinois during the journey. Water service at the Monroe Clinic was shut off today to install a new two inch line with temporary canopy and clay embankments to keep workers from pneumonia.
A sedan owned by Hollis E Mueller at 2111 15th avenue was damaged on its right side at 9 06 p m yesterday as a sedan driven by Robert D Brugger route 4 coasted down a driveway and struck Mueller s parked car in the 1700 block of 12th street The Brugger vehicle is owned by Caspar Brugger route 4.
Personal mentions include John Olson visiting the George Rud family in Madison and Herman L. in insurance. Eva Darling returns to Janesville after visiting sister Mrs. Charles Hol singer. Mrs. J. H. Ethridge returns to Belleville after visiting Cecil Ethridges. Mrs. J. B. Connors and daughter visit Mr. and Mrs. Walter Earleywine in Brodhead. Mrs. Robert Logeson and Misses Patricia Anderson and Alice Johnson spend the afternoon in Freeport. Senior class play The Miser at 8 p.m. tonight in the high school auditorium. The Associated Women of the Farm Bureau plan a bake sale Saturday April 2 at the Wisconsin Power and Light office. Casper and Ferdinand Mayer plus Ira Mayer call on Mrs. Ferdinand Mayer at St Clare hospital. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bredeson include Dorothy Marty, Gus Johnson, Alice Johnson and Alvina Rust. John Jones returns from the San Fernando Valley and plans to reside here with wife Dorothy Davis of Monroe. Mrs. A. P. Stauffacher, now in Marshall with son James, will summer here. snow covered Marshall streets Sunday.
Moriatsu Higa shikuni aged 33, son-in-law of Emperor Hirohito, will become an ordinary bank clerk tomorrow. He said he plans to ride to work on a streetcar.
Brodhead special. Arthur Mansfield, University of Wisconsin baseball coach, was the main speaker last evening at the high school athletic banquet.
Mrs. O. B. Peterson, president of the Women Temperance union, collected over one hundred eyeglasses. The Madison YWCA hosts the packing by the Friendly Quakers society, which will send the glasses to Europe.
Members of the Monroe New Apostolic church collected and prepared 45 gift parcels of food and clothing for Europe this week. The parcels are to be distributed by the church overseas.
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission scheduled a hearing on rate increases for the New Glarus electric utility at 10 a.m. on April 19. Separately, Mr and Mrs John Ivey left to visit her father, Fred H Powers, who is seriously ill at Dodgeville General Hospital after months of failing heart health in Barneveld.
This morning a third daughter was born to City Attorney and Mrs. Arthur C. Benkert at St. Clare hospital. The couple’s two older daughters Ruth Ann, seven, and Carolyn, ten, are staying with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Benkert.
At a special city hall meeting the board of appeals refused Andrew Sulzer's appeal after he was denied a building permit by the building inspector for an addition to a house at 724 18th Avenue.
A burglary occurred at Ralph Leo Leopold of 911 7th Street with entry by breaking the front door. Tools were stolen and the theft was not detected until Leopold returned around 6 p.m. yesterday.
The executive committee of the Green County Home Demonstration council met this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Arthur Schroeder in Clarno township. Mrs. Grace Duffee of Madison headed the Madison district home delegation.
Demonstration supervisor and Miss Mamie Tellema county home agent attend as plans form for a council meeting and program take shape.
Mrs. Russell V. Grant received a letter from her brother Rudy H. Lengacher of Los Angeles announcing his runnerup honors in the Los Angeles YMCA golf tournament. Lengacher, an accountant at Forrest Lawn Cemetery near Hollywood, received a golf trophy.
Funeral services were held for Walter Michael Flannery five year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Flannery Browntown area. Last rites were at 2 p m at Stuessy funeral home with Rev Ralph Kofoed officiating. Burial followed at Woodlawn cemetery. The tragedy occurred when a weight beam on farm machinery toppled onto him while he swung. He died en route to St Clare hospital.
Funeral services were held for Charles Zarter 82 of New Glarus yesterday in Oshkosh. He died Sunday after suffering a stroke the day before. His son Leo Zarter is noted as a family relation in New Glarus.
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