Longtime Monroe civic leader Frank Shriner dies at 87
Frank A. Shriner 87 prominent Monroe figure for decades died last night at St. Clare hospital after a stroke. He headed Shriner Neushwander funeral home 66 years before selling his interest. Survived by daughter Elizabeth Ann Elem whose surgery delayed attendance. Services Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Shriner funeral home with burial at Greenwood.
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Frank A. Shriner
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Shriner
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Albert R. Neushwander
Ernest W. Hayes
Earl E. Hager
Jesse R. Dom
First Universalist Church
Greenwood
Elizabeth Ann Elem
Seabrook
Tex
Edward E. Elam
Milwaukee Physician Named in Proxmire X-ray Payments
A Milwaukee roentgenologist Dr. Irving Cowan faced questions after Sen. William Proxmire released an Army report showing he was paid 41 887 dollars for X rays of draftees and reservists over 24 months in 1950. Cowan had admitted charging five dollars per picture and costs of about 1 15 dollars. He is an associate clinical professor at Marquette University. Proxmire called the publication a nine year silence breaking disclosure and said he sought the records with the help of a House subcommittee and a constituent who had pressed for details.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Army
William Proxmire
Irving Cowan
Cowan
Marquette University
Proxmire
House Government Information Subcommittee
Sylvester Krolikowski
Juda High Tops In District Band Contests
Juda High School captured three firsts and a second at the district high school music festival in Orfordville, topping eleven firsts among twelve area schools and Rock County Rural. Winners include Girls Glee Club Class B, Concert Band Class B, Sight Reading Class C, plus a second in Marching.
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Juda High School
Orfordville
Rock County
Juda
William
Nancy) Brecklin
Albany
Argyle
Belleville
Blanchardville
Boys Glee Club
Brodhead
Girls Glee Club
Brooklyn
Monticello
New Glarus
Oregon
Rock County Rural
South Wayne
Thieves Enter General Store in Monti Cello
A break in at Blum's general store in Monti Cello during the night stole $10 from the cash register. Entry was forced by prying the southwest door with a tire wrench and the cash drawer opened with a screwdriver. No safe was broken and no merchandise taken. Employee Henry J. Elmer found the scene at 5 a.m. with his wife.
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Blum
Monticello
A. Charles Howe
Howe
Henry J. Elmer
Wisconsin Vacation Bill Signed by Governor Nelson
Governor Gaylord Nelson signed a bill expanding vacation time for Wisconsin state employees. The measure, enacted Friday, broadens leave allowances and sets new standards for annual leave accrual and vacation policy across state agencies.
Opens Tuesday Minstrel Show Promises Lively Night
The sixth annual Madcap Minstrel Show announced by producer director Mrs. Allan F. Barnard will open Tuesday and run Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the auditorium. The program features Virgil Wenger singing Row Row Row and William Rollins Scarlet Ribbons among solos, with a 32 voice chorus and a lively afterpiece. The Clio troupe performs The Girl on Page 44 with Robert Buehler and seven models, plus Sausage Grinder's Lament by the Doodle Town Fifers and other specialty acts, with end men Donald Ripp and peers guiding a gag filled evening.
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Monroe
Dennis
Pete) Thoms
Allan F. Barnard
James Smith
Asa McGarigle
Thoms
Barnard
McGarigle
Times
Virgil Wenger
Forrest Kubly
Dumas
William Rollins
Clio
Robert Buehler
Doodle Town Fifers
Sally Fritz
Enid Spring
Ruth Benkert
Beverly Flaherty
Karen Buholzer
Janet Swiggum
Nancy Schutt
Mary Ellen Summeril
Jim Flanagan
Roger Bruny
Thomas Howe
Harold Blumer
Donald Ripp
T. J. Burgy Jr
Richard Vorderman
Wenger
Firefly
Charles Figi
Baby Bumble Bee
Rollins
Joseph
Josetta) Carson
Figi
Donald F
Sambo
Derby Entries Reduced to 17
Louisville Kentucky The field for the 85th Kentucky Derby was cut to 17 when trainer Jimmy Jones said Calumet Farms On-and-On would not start. Jones said the colt is not up to derby class and will run in a six furlong race instead.
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Louisville
Jimmy Jones
Calumet Farms
Jones
Calumet Farm
Chocolate Shop Sold to Wells in May
Mr and Mrs Alvin Babler longtime operators of the Chocolate Shop restaurant announce sale to W L George Wells effective May 16 The Bablers took over in 1946 succeeding Henry Babler The restaurant will remain in operation with several longtime staff kept on Wells plans no major changes and the Badger Bus Co will continue to use the site Wells, a former J C Penney department head and Air Force veteran, resides with his wife and two children at 2205 9th street
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Alvin H. Babler
W. L. (George) Wells
Babler
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
Henry Babler
Peter Mahas
Rose
Wells
Marie Waelchli
William Babler
Badger Bus Co
J.C. Penney Co
Monroe High School
American Legion
Cecil L. Wells
Woodford
San Juan
Tex
Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Ann
Michael
9Th Street
Herter Reports Western Unity Before Geneva Talks
Secretary of State Christian Herter returned to Eisenhower’s farm after Western strategy talks in Paris. He said Western ministers reached complete agreement on the Geneva position and that all details were settled, hoping for productive negotiations with the Soviet Union. He planned to confer with Dulles and testify to the Senate committee, with Geneva set to begin May 11.
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Christian Herter
Paris
Eisenhower
Washington
Russia
Geneva
Herter
Britain
France
West
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
West Germany
Herver
West Berlin
Masons Plan DeMolay Chapter for Green County
O R Evans Sr of Palestine chapter No 21 announces the Palestine Masons will sponsor a DeMolay chapter for Green County. The Stewart chapter honors J W Stewart. Stewart Kingston elected advisory council chairman with Robert W Kramer chief adviser and Edward P Mueller scribe. Other council members include Evans, Richard Anderson, Frederick J Sarles, George E Jacobs, Olin E Flisram, Verne A Marshall and Clarence Bly.
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O. R. Evans Sr
Palestine
Royal Arch Masons
DeMolay
Green County
Stewart
J. W. Stewart
Stewart F. Kingston
Masonic Temple
Robert W. Kramer
Edward P. Mueller
Scribe
Evans
Richard Anderson
Frederick J. Sarles
George E. Jacobs
Olin E. Flisram
Monroe
Verne A. Marshall
Blanchardville
Clarence Bly
Albany
Swiss Club Chorus Presents May Festival at Turner Hall
The Swiss Club Male Chorus of Monroe performs its second May Festival Concert May 9 at 8 30 p m in Turner Hall. The program features chorus selections solos a tumbling sequence by Monroe Turn and Schwing Club members a Swiss dialect one act comedy directed by Joe Kuehne and dancing to Roy Vetterli s orchestra. Soloists include Mrs Anton Zueger Walnut Ill and Mrs Robert Zweifel Monticello.
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Swiss Club
Monroe
Turner Hall
Monroe Turn
Roy Vetterli
Jack
Anton Zueger
Walnut
Ill
Robert Zweifel
Monticello
Joe Kuehne
Aloys Meili
Gottlieb Brandli
Little Clara
Joe Rast
Joe Kuhne
Three More Die In State Traffic Toll Rises
Wisconsin highway deaths reach 191 that day, down from 220 year earlier. Ronald Leeser, 18, from Potosi, died in a single car crash on Highway 35 near Lancaster after his car left the road. Dorothy Andrews, 57, of Milwaukee, died from injuries after being struck while crossing a street near her home. Edwin Rooni, 40, of Brantwood, drowned when a car veered off a Price County road and overturned. Oscar Anderson, 50, also of Brantwood, received 30 days in jail for driving without a license.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Ronald Leeser
Potosi
Lancaster
Leeser
Edwin Rooni
Brantwood
Price
Oscar Anderson
Roonie
Temperature Reaches 80 Degrees In Monroe
The Monroe thermometer climbed to 80 at noon, the season's high so far, with forecasts calling for even warmer readings this afternoon. Tomorrow may bring more warm weather and a chance of showers.
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Monroe
Arthur Godfrey in Excellent Condition After Lung Cancer Surgery
Arthur Godfrey was reported in excellent condition at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center this morning following an operation for lung cancer. The famed radio and television host is recovering in hospital as doctors monitor his progress.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Morse Censure Called Unlikely
Washington reports a Senate censure of Sen. Wayne Morse over inquiries into Mrs. Clare Luce’s physician seems remote. Capehart urged censure for Morse’s actions while Democrats doubt the move. Morse welcomed a censure attempt, insisting his motives were duty bound as head of a Latin American subcommittee. President Eisenhower expressed regret at Luce’s decision to resign as ambassador to Brazil.
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Clare Boothe Luce
White House
James Hagerty
Washington
Brazil
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Morse
Capehart
Michael Rosenbluth
New York
Law School
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Luce
Eisenhower
Foreign Relations Committee
Milwaukee man 18 gets year in jail for fatal hit and run
James Reible, 18, was sentenced by District Judge Frank E. Gregorski to one year in the county jail after his automobile struck and killed Mrs Anita Alexander, 62, on a Milwaukee street February 19.
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Milwaukee
James Reible
Anita Alexander
Frank E. Gregorski
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Muzzy) Haren
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