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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1947
Page
6
Light showers tonight followed by fair and mild conditions on Sunday. Record highs and lows noted with 66 and 40s. Precipitation since yesterday 2 p.m. 07. Barometer 29.42 at 2 a.m. and 29.38 at 2 p.m. Warmest city Yuma Arizona 106 degrees. coldest Marquette Wisconsin 30. Sunrise 4:54. sunset 7:01.
Transfer records show Inez Flick transferring land in section 6 township two to John Anderegg.
The will of William G Meythaler of Monroe who died April 6 was admitted to probate yesterday. Ray W Meythaler of New Glarus was named executor. Heirs include Nellie Flannery Eva Snider Fannie Kubly Mary Rupnow Marvin Monroe Earl Argyle Helen Schroeder and Lester Madison.
Obituary notices report the deaths of William Frances Barry 59 Argyll and Mrs H A Palmer 94 Janesville with brief service details and surviving relatives not specified in the clipped text.
St. Clare hospital in Argyle reports a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Everson on May 3. Methodist hospital in Madison records a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. John A. Heimann of New Glarus on April 30.
Names listed include Lawrence McLain Be loit Charles Hall Janesville Carrie Purrington Albany and medical figures Amos Schultz Belvidere TL Eugene Updike Monticello. Procedures cover tonsillectomy for Kenneth Begli Juda and accident victims Phillip Brown New Glarus Kenneth Rutsch Juda. Dismissals note several women and their children including Mrs Fred Luch singer and daughter Mrs Joseph Signer and son and others.
William Barry 59 of Argyle died at 1 am in St. Clare hospital after a month of illness from pneumonia. Born January 22, 1888 in Adams, he farmed there most of life. Survived by Grace Malmar his wife and several children, siblings, and grandchildren. Funeral services set for Monday at 9 in Erickson funeral home and 9:30 at St. Josephs church Argyle with burial in Adams cemetery.
An organ recently installed at Yellowstone Lutheran Church joins other oak furnishings donated as memorials. Dedication of the organ is set for June 8 with the remaining items to be dedicated later.
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Zilmer aged 72 who died during an out of town trip will be held at 3 15 Sunday afternoon at the Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev Paul C Kehle of St John s Evangelical Church officiating Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery She is survived by one daughter two sons six brothers and two sisters four grandchildren and two great grandchildren in Milwaukee two grandchildren from Alexandria Va and one grandson from Duluth Minn grand dent of St John s Aid Society
Readily visible across the page a short prompt invites readers to place want ads to sell items. The note emphasizes easy placement and quick results for buyers and sellers in the local market.
AFL President William Green and CIO leader Philip Murray parted after talks. They agreed to keep merger on the agenda while labor legislation proceeds. Murray convenes May 15 with nine vice presidents and May 16 with the 51 member executive board to discuss unity reports and cooperation on the anti bill campaign. The AFL’s rejected plan would have admitted CIO national unions to AFL membership on the same basis as United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis.
Senate Republican leaders outlined a priority agenda starting with a 350 million dollar foreign relief bill ahead of tax cuts. Taft said the panel will proceed after labor legislation, then address income tax reductions, rent control, and three other measures including railroad antitrust exemption and a scientific foundation act.
At the United Nations assembly New Zealand urged a true truce of God in the Holy Land as debate opened on Jewish representation. Sir Carl Berendsen warned against inflaming tensions and urged magnanimity and moderation while an inquiry commission was discussed by the 55 delegates.
At 4 50 yesterday afternoon Helen L Gempeler of 2231 7th street drove a car that hooked the Purcell grocery delivery in the 1500 block of 11th street. The delivery truck sustained no damage.
A flurry of weekend and weekday visits spans from Albany to Chicago with Mrs. Maye Gardner, Mrs. Don Bowen and many others staying with relatives or traveling for family events. Notable notes include Mrs. Evelyn Powers visiting her mother in Dubuque, Miss Patricia Hogan from Madison weekending with her parents, and multiple Monroe residents making short trips to Freeport, Rockford, and Beloit.
Mrs Janie Youngblood from Brodhead, Miss Ruth Van Wagenen in Madison, and numerous visitors and weekend guests are listed. The notes include trips to Galesburg, Rockford, Monroe, Argyle, and Madison for shopping shows family gatherings and nursing training.
Johnson Sales hosted a steak dinner at the Monroe Hotel last evening at 7 30 PM for bowling team members and guests. Present were Mr and Mrs Eldon Wallace Mr and Mrs Robert Beach Mr and Mrs Victor Marean Mr and Mrs Milton Johnson Mr and Mrs Clarence Widmer Miss Betty Trickel and Mrs Alderman.
Nassau reports potential oil wealth may replace the sponge industry once vital to the Bahamas. Epidemic disease crushed sponge beds in 1939, leaving thousands idle. seven major oil firms study sea basins with radar and gravity meters, hoping to strike oil on shallow Bahamian shelves.
Mrs Henry Thode near Duncombe Iowa has produced 110 knitted items in five years starting 1941. She spun 20 sweaters for the Red Cross and 90 for friends and those in need, plus 20 mittens and 10 scarves.
Raymond E. Barth plans to enroll at the University of Chicago for an English language and literature course starting June 21 after spending Sunday at home and leaving the Chicago area rent control office where he works as a junior executive.
Mr and Mrs Fred Luchsinger of route 2 Monroe welcome daughter Darlene Mae born April 22. Mrs Luchsinger is formerly Hazel Bear.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Baltzer hosted their card club at three tables last evening at 2105 17th Avenue Refreshments were served Honors went to Mrs John Stauffacher Mrs Alton V Kiel John Holtsapple Jr Walter Kuebli and Mrs John Holtsapple Jr
Brodhead residents Mr and Mrs F A Ten Eyck announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Catherine to Merritt T Milks son of Mr and Mrs Merl Milks The wedding is set for 3 o clock in the afternoon on May 17 at the Methodist church
At the weekly public works meeting a bid from Monroe Ditch Diggers for sewer construction on 29th avenue between 9th and 13th streets was accepted. A weekly payroll of 364.60 was approved and sidewalk repair permits were granted.
The veterans administration changes to a half day itinerant contact service for Monroe starting Tuesday replacing full day service. Eldon M. Stenjem manager of the Madison sub regional office announced today. S. F. Stanul contact representative will be at the post office on that date to provide information or assistance on veteran affairs.
Mrs. W. H. Bethke of Tacoma Washington travels by plane to Monroe to see her parents Mr. and Mrs. Alex Messmer as her father lies ill and is a patient at St. Clare hospital.
New water features were installed on the court house square with three fountains along the sides and a fourth in the court house park. They were turned on yesterday for the first time this year.
A dinner meeting at 6 30 p m Tuesday will conclude the night school extension course in language arts at the normal school. An evaluation and summary outlining future thought and action will be presented.
The pupils of East Clarno school and their teacher Mrs William Mueller will present a health program at Janesville Monday morning during school time. This marks the last of Green County schools to appear in such a program.
On May 16 the New Glarus eighth grade will present a news forum led by teacher Russell Monroe. The event showcases student reporting and discussion in a classroom setting.
Miss Marianne Carla Schulz daughter of Mr and Mrs H O Schulz 1904 16th avenue Chicago graduated from the School of Nursing of Presbyterian Hospital Chicago at Fourth Presbyterian Church North Michigan Avenue and Delaware Place A reception followed at the church vestry Miss Schulz remains on the nursing staff Mr and Mrs Schulz Barbara and Mr and Mrs L E Deal attended the exercises
Bertram Zilmer was called home by the death of his mother Mrs Martha Zilmer. He formerly served 18 years with the David Lawrence agency in New York and has spent four years in Washington with National Affairs governmental formation service. His brother Roy Zilmer works at the Milwaukee post office and is also in attendance.
Exhibitors at the Memorial Union galleries in Madison begin the 8th annual Rural Art show. Featured artists include Martha Fischer Akee Mrs. John A. Becker Arthur Johnson Ned Woodman Carl Marty Sr Monroe Frances Burt Albany Paul Grossenbacher New Glarus.
Pfc. Edward Fischer arrived home on terminal leave to visit his mother Mrs. Clara Fischer at 1706 9th avenue. He served 18 months including time stationed in Connecticut and expects discharge at Ft. Sheridan on June 3.
Dr and Mrs W B Gnagi and Mr and Mrs Robert L Rote attend the annual Kentucky Derby in a social gathering noted by local society pages.
Mrs Betty Van Matre Durgin left Milwaukee by airplane for a week in New York. The flight, previously set for yesterday, was grounded due to weather conditions.
Phillip Brown of New Glarus suffered a broken leg yesterday afternoon while working with a tractor on his farm near New Glarus. He was taken to St. Clare hospital for treatment.
A 1946 automobile owned by Harry Williams was damaged last evening when parked in front of the Chalet theater. The left rear door received a dent from a collision or impact with another object or vehicle.
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