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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1949
Page
6
Clearing and cooler tonight with light frost in favorable northern spots. Tuesday fair and warmer. Week outlook shows high 68 and low 45 today, barometer 29.40 at 1 p.m. Yuma tops at 92 degrees, Havre at 35, sunrise 4:55, sunset 7:01.
County Court Judge Harold J. Lamboley handled cases against Donald Dale Anderson of Monroe for an unlicensed truck with $5 and costs and Gerald H. Wescott of Juda for no registration and no driver's license with $5 and costs plus $10 and costs. Casper Heimann Jr. of 719 15th Avenue, appeared and was bound over to jury trial on June 4. He was released on bond after an April 17 arrest for operating a vehicle under the influence following a south Monroe accident.
Route 2 Freeport resident Wilbur I Brooks faces a stop sign violation with a $5 fine and court costs assessed.
Gladys Viola Schumacher and Charles John Brugger of Monroe obtain marriage licenses. The couple plans to wed locally, with official records recorded in Monroe.
Two death notices report Ozora H. Thorp aged 50 of route 3 and Herbert Bell aged 44 of Darlington.
Mr and Mrs Harland Shal lum of Argyle reveal a daughter born May 1. Mr and Mrs Conrad Lever ton of 1810 12th avenue welcome a daughter born May 2. Mr and Mrs Vernon Watkins of Blanchardville announce a son born May 2.
The St. Clare Hospital surgical notes include multiple patients listed for procedures and dismissals. Names include Mrs Albert Mielke Barbara Heinmann Betty Dietmeier Mrs Roy Feldt Mrs Perry Gillette Mrs Elva Turner Forrest Bishop Joan Schultz Robert Silverthorn Medical patients include Mrs C D Scotchbrook Herbert Zimmerman Mrs Freida Bernet Dock Burrington Frank Morton and others. Dismissals feature Martha Malkow Mrs Lewis Palmer Will Hodge Hilton Kirschner Lillian Belken Kenneth Meyer and others.
Resident now residing at Cedarville received the Bronze Star and commendation ribbon for meritorious achievement with the armed forces in the Mediterranean area during 1944. Oswald left with Company K in 1941 and later served as first lieutenant with the 133rd Infantry Division.
One person was injured and four city traffic accidents were investigated yesterday and Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Franz R. Miller of 609 19th avenue sustained an ankle injury when her car collided with Wilbur Brooks’s car at 20th avenue and Sth street at 11 09 p m yesterday. Brooks was headed east on 9th street and Miller north on 20th avenue. Extensive damage occurred to both vehicles. A torn fender caused a collision between Adolph Liechti’s car at 1523 12th avenue and Nicholas Durst’s car at 620 14th avenue in the 1400 block of 10th street at 10 29 a m yesterday. Durst started after being stalled in traffic. Mrs Liechti was a passenger. A slight collision occurred between Howard Wells’s car at 2011 15th avenue and John Stauffacher’s car at route 3 at 9th street and 11th avenue during the rain at 1 20 p m yesterday. Stauffacher’s car stalled and Wells’s rear bumper struck. Passengers with Wells were Darren Broge and Jean Brecklin. The Wells car is owned by Orson Wells of Browntown and Stauffacher’s by George Stauffacher of route 3. Another minor accident occurred at 4 52 p m Saturday when Kenneth S Lovell’s car at 2512 9th street was rear ended by Delbert J Boss’s car of 2500 17th avenue in the 100 block of 17th avenue.
H B Bell 44 a gun expert in Wisconsin and Illinois was found shot to death Saturday night on Wesley Pattison farm 7 miles northeast of Darlington Coroner said the wound was self inflicted amid reports of ill health Services held at Nelson Sharer funeral home pastor E J Jeffery officiating burial in Union Grove cemetery Surviving mother sister and brother reside in Darlington
The Gnagi family reports Pfc. David R. Gnagi is en route to the United States from Japan where he was stationed since December 1946. He joined service at Fort Sheridan late in 1946 and trained at Lackland AFB. He attended St. John’s Military Academy before enlisting and served with the Fifth Air Force and later the 347th Fighter Wing at Bofu near Hiroshima.
The column lists numerous personal mentions of travelers and locals: Leo V. Koehler in Chicago on business, Mrs. Mabel Figi in Monroe Saturday, and many visits to or from Wiota Darlington and other nearby towns. It notes a Women of Moose meeting on May 4 at Moose hall and various social outings and hospital or school connections.
Green County highway police investigated two traffic accidents over the weekend. Gerald H. Wescott and Emil J. Rudelf collided at a bridge near Spring Grove. Wescott fined five dollars for no vehicle registration and ten dollars for no driver's license.
Frederic B. Kohli son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Kohli of 2204 8th Street will be initiated Thursday into the University of Wisconsin chapter of Tau Beta Pi the engineering honorary.
A Cavalcade of Song was presented to combined junior and senior high students by six University of Wisconsin extension division students. Five men and one woman sang a musical history of the nation from the Revolutionary era to contemporary musical comedies.
Family of the late Ozora H Thorp requests memorials to the cancer fund rather than floral tributes. Offerings may be left at the funeral home.
The case of Harry McCulley charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated was postponed again in county court this morning. The postponement advances to next Monday as McCulley, ill at his Monroe home, prompts multiple delays.
Mrs Willard C Bender wife of the vice president of Commercial and Savings Bank is seriously ill at St Clare hospital after undergoing surgery Saturday Mrs P G Guess substitutes as junior high social science and English teacher in her absence.
Mrs Leo V Koehler will depart next Monday for a trip to Florida and Cuba. She will be accompanied by her husband and plans a brief stay with visits to local Cuban communities and Florida attractions.
Accompanied by Mrs. Esther Phillips of Freeport they will drive to Key West and then fly to the island.
Miss Pauline Schwarzenberg will leave Monroe May 18 for Chicago where she is scheduled to board a Zurich flight at 7 a m the following day for a six week visit with relatives in Switzerland. This marks her first return to her native country.
Representing St. Victor's parish at the annual Rock Deenery Confraternity of Christian Doctrine yesterday afternoon in St. Jude's church Beloit were Rev. E C McCollow James Quinn J N Musser and William Heeren.
Mrs Herman and Fritz visit King Hospital as relatives accompany another patient. details on their relation and case not disclosed. The visit appears in a brief community notice.
E. A. Janke of the Monroe American Legion auxiliary spent yesterday at the Veterans hospital in King. On the way they stopped in Madison to visit Mrs. Laura Gray the third district auxiliary president, Mrs. Alice Kent the second vice president and Mrs. Dorothy Kelley the past president.
Southern District Christian Endeavor Union plans its May 15 convention at Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church. Rev Lawrence and local leaders Mildred Krauss Kathryn Krauss Merlin Oehrke and Oscar Burdick attended the publicity committee meeting April 26 in Janesville where plans were finalized.
Glenn Allen Abbey formerly of Dodgeville has been promoted to consul at Batavia in the Netherlands East Indies. He is brother of Mrs. Cyrus Mayfield. In 1946 he served as political adviser to General MacArthur in Tokyo. He is a World War I veteran.
A foreign service officer reflects on a career active in 1927 with postings across Africa Central America and Europe. He notes varied assignments and exposure to diverse cultural and diplomatic environments shaping a broad international perspective.
Beware wild animal loose posted at the county rural agent's office. A three week old rat from the University of Wisconsin nutrition display program escaped from Miss Mamie Tillema, the county home agent, and vanished inside the courthouse office.
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