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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1964
Page
6
Weather bulletin notes cloudy conditions in Wisconsin with light rain or drizzle this afternoon and night. Saturday shows partial clearing south with scattered showers, high temperatures in 50s to 60s, cooler near Lake Michigan. Monroe reports mostly cloudy with occasional light rain, highs in 60s, lows around 40s.
Alvin W. Blum of Route 3 forfeited $25 for duty upon striking an unattended vehicle. Monroe Police report this finance adjustment reflecting a minor traffic incident and penalty fulfilled.
Mrs. Casper Zentner 79 of Monticello Mrs. Jake Schultz 76 of Monticello Mrs. Harold Beard 53 of Freeport Arthur W. Stewart 73 of Keeterson Ft Atkinson Mrs. Frank Hird 80 of Cuba City Edward Bennett 57 of Oelwein. Notices list names ages and towns in a local death notice column.
Mr and Mrs Robert Treut hardt and Mr Horeb celebrate a daughter born April 30. Mr and Mrs Walter Gertsch of Gratiot announce a daughter born April 30. Mr and Mrs R C Phillipson of New Glarus announce a daughter born April 30.
The hospital reports include a group of named patients in Medical and Surgical departments from Beloit New Glarus Albany Orangeville and Janesville with an additional list of dismissals featuring numerous individuals and families. The compilation cites patients Mrs Mary Blake Truman Sharer Thomas Rodebaugh Mons I Ness Edward E Lord and others along with dismissals such as Harry Little Glenn S Nelson Emil Tschudy and many more.
MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Bar president criticized Gov Reynolds for not considering bar recommendations in filling a Milwaukee County Court vacancy. Elliott Walstead was appointed to the post after Judge Leander Foley moved to the Circuit Court, and Patrick Cotter said he had written April 2 offering suggestions.
Former Mayor Brooks J. Dun widdie returned to Monroe today from Colorado Springs where he stayed with his sister Mary. Miss Gertrude Erb Mrs Nell Cunningham and Mrs Viva Stauffacher Monroe grade school principals and Miss Doris Messmer left yesterday for Stevens Point to attend the Wisconsin Elementary School Principals Association meeting today and tomorrow.
Congress today enacted an all channel television set requirement to allow sets to receive 82 channels instead of 12. The rule, effective immediately, applies to domestically produced and imported sets as the FCC notes the industry has outgrown the older 2 through 13 VHF allocation.
The House post office committee voted 14 to 3 to revive a pay raise for Congress and federal workers. The proposal lowers the raise to 7500 dollars and delays effective date to next January to avoid a post election political gamble. President Johnson supports the plan.
The Master Mason degree was conferred on two candidates during a special Smith Lodge meeting held last night in the Masonic Temple. A luncheon followed the meeting served by Harold Rottler, Julius Palmer, Robert Babler, Earl Hager and Carl Maurer.
Monroe Cold Storage Inc merges with Swiss Cheese Corporation of America. Articles of merger filed with Mrs Helen F Bratzke, register of deeds.
Three month old Kyle E. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Baker of 1804 19th Street, was admitted to St. Clare hospital yesterday afternoon and is undergoing treatment for pneumonia.
Members of the Monroe Commandery No. 48 will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the Masonic Temple. Refreshments will be served.
Mrs Michael McGuire of Route 3 was admitted to Worrel Hospital in Rochester Minnesota this morning for surgery. She is expected to be hospitalized about two weeks.
Richard Killingstad joined Lewis Johnson and his son Craig Madison for a private plane trip to Dayton Ohio for the Amateur Radio Operators Convention. The senior Johnson piloted the flight and the group attended the Saturday event.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Stearns of 314 Clark Street announce the birth of their third child and first son Scott Thomas born on April 11. The Stearns already have two daughters Theresa and Cheryl. Mrs Stearns is former Janice Escher, daughter of Arthur Escher of Monticello and now Lodi. Emil Escher of Monticello is the maternal great grandfather.
The Monroe and Washington communities forge a lasting friendship after a sharp exchange over restaurant placemat plagiarism. Elder praised Monroe during a visit and pledged frequent trips, with many Washington residents listed among those joining the visit.
Washington The Republican Congressional Committee newsletter urged Americans to send pennies to President Johnson to keep the White House lights on at night. It claimed burning a 100-watt bulb all night costs one penny and dismissed the lights-out program as a phony economy.
Madison based Bronson C. LaFollette son of Robert M. La Follette Jr. resigns today from his post as an assistant U.S. attorney. Wisconsin Democrats have urged him to run for attorney general in upcoming races.
Mrs John F Kennedy and daughter Caroline toured the New York World's Fair spending five busy hours at each stop drawing large crowds and attention from visitors.
Services for George Melvin Bowers 55 of Beloit who died yesterday morning at St. Clare hospital will be held Monday at 9 in the Daley Murphy Wisch funeral home and 9 30 at St. Jude`s Catholic church. Burial in Tabor cemetery. He was born June 2 1908 in Cincinnati Ohio and was a World War II veteran. He was a projectionist at the Robin Theater in Rockford for 12 years and a member of St. Jude`s church and the Stage Hands Projectionist Union at Rockford. He is survived by his wife a daughter a son his mother two sisters and three grandchildren.
NEW YORK The 22 500 a year general manager of Mainbocher Inc was arrested on charges of stealing more than 227000 from the Fifth Avenue dress salon and its president A 57 count indictment accuses Arthur Keller 42 of 23 counts of grand larceny 33 counts of forgery and one count of filing false statements over seven years Assistant District Attorney Leonard Newman says Keller spent much of the money on his hobby boating beginning with a small boat and by 1959 owned a 79000 yacht
Robert Detjen a high school science instructor is awarded a $1000 tuition scholarship for graduate study at the University of Notre Dame. He will join about 70 other post graduates in the physics department and serves as a teaching assistant next fall.
More than 50 Monroe high school students with their parents attended a student exchange information meeting in the lecture hall. Slides outlined the Greenville Alabama 1964 65 trip requirements and faculty will evaluate applicants for final seven member selection. Plans call for the 1964 65 group to travel to Wyandotte Michigan in November with Wyandotte students visiting Monroe in late April 1965.
The Cecil Jones VFW post and auxiliary held Loyalty Day ceremonies at the Courthouse this morning. A flag lowering was planned for 5 p.m. Walter Laeser and Fred Felder led the color guard, with Sam Pickett and Ernest Marty raising the flag. Auxiliary officers Mrs. James Voelkl and Mrs. Lester Bacon, plus Lester Bacon, Magda Keel, Mrs. Ralph Schroeder and John Moritz as bugler, attended.
Mrs Harold Beard 53 of Freeport died after an extended illness in Freeport Memorial hospital. Born Edna Kuhnke in Orangeville on August 20, 1910 she was married to Harold Beard in 1935. Surviving are her husband a son Mason Beard mother Louise Kuhnke a brother Glenn Kuhnke four sisters and four step grandchildren. Services Sunday 1 30 pm at Zion EUB Orangeville with burial in Orangeville cemetery.
Johnson argues for a balance between business and farming to lift prices and profits. He warns that high investment with low net income threatens farmers and says government controls fail. He calls for farmers to operate on supply and demand and to control the market themselves.
Kiwanis will honor Rev. Olm at a farewell during the annual Ladies Night on Tuesday May 12. The former Kiwanis president has left his pastorate. At a Swiss Wheel meeting yesterday Lee Holland of Washington Iowa welcomed 16 visiting Kiwanians.
New York police linked the fatal stabbings of two white women and two white men in Harlem to potential racial attack by militant youths. Two suspects were arrested after the Wednesday killing of Magit Sugar, 45, a Hungarian refugee, and one suspect reportedly admitted killing Eileen A. Johnston, 28, a social worker. The cases also involved David L. Watts, 29, a Bible reader, and Jules Bulgach, 71, a fruit peddler, with authorities noting no robbery.
New York steel and motor shares led gains in a moderate trading session. Key stocks advanced by fractions to a point or more with volatile issues outperforming. Texas Gulf Sulphur resumed an advance near one point as Curtis Publishing rose over two points.
Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Alabama Governor George C. Wallace condemned the Supreme Court decision banning official prayer in public schools. They told the House judiciary committee the ruling bypasses elected representatives and signals a judicial overreach. The panel weighs constitutional amendments to overturn the decision as lawmakers accuse it of stalling.
Princess Margaret gives birth to a daughter in London, her second child. Lord Snowden, the father, hails the news as marvelous. Queen Elizabeth's sister and Snowden also have a son, Viscount Lindley, born in November 1961. The girl will be known as The Lady Armstrong-Jones.
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