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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1949
Page
3
The text notes the baptism of a child named William Wilde in Milan and mentions Mr. and Mrs. Jee Mayer as aunt and uncle from South Wayne attending the ceremony at Goomers.
Officers will be elected at the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter meeting tomorrow evening in the home of Mrs May Lachemger at Idle Hour Farm. The program will feature winter birds and songs illustrating a lecture by Jamas ft Weir Gallad on ageing.
At a May meeting in the Green Wall Worary the Zeta society discussed plans for the next session on May 16. Miss Helen Krassy reported on the Founders Day dinner at Madison.
Milford Monticello and Argyle residents Maurice Vinger and Judy and Carol Vinger are mentioned in this fragment. No further context or events are provided in the readable text.
Relatives and friends gathered for the wedging rites of Miss ann and daughter Mrs tengeean in Monticello.
Ira Holcomb, Mr and Mrs E W Karteene, Dor othy and Tommy, Mr and Mrs John Stauffer, Mr and Mrs Waillace P Barlow and son, Mr and Mrs Robert Wagner are listed in a social or community notices column.
Knights Templar held installation ceremonies naming E. B. Lux as member and appointing mer sword bearer A. S. Peter son sentinel Gifford Salem warder. Lunch followed with Commander Nat Gon in attendance.
The .22 pistol linked to the death of 16 year old Pat Birmingham was recovered from the Milwaukee river mud. Milton Babich, 19, admits dumping the body and weapon in February to cover a pregnancy scare involving his sister Kathleen. He faces a first degree murder charge with a preliminary hearing set for tomorrow.
A new 4 H club will be organized Friday evening at the Argue School northwest of Monroe. Fred Deppler Jr. is the temporary leader with Missie Tillema county home agent and Lester Van Loon county agriculture agent assisting the group of youths aged 10 to 20.
The park board at city hall last night discussed this summer's offerings including youth center activities and the city softball program. Lifeguard employment at the swimming pool was also addressed.
Washington reports the National Cancer Institute announced a grant of 12 258 dollars to the McCardle memorial laboratory at the University of Wisconsin for cancer research.
A polio patient, Mrs. Shirley Palmer, was kept alive for over ten hours by her husband Bob Palmer after the electric lung pump failed. He manually operated the device aboard a cross country train route from Cheyenne toward Omaha, improvising a pump handle from a beer-can opener until a replacement unit arrived in Omaha.
A 4 H food leaders meeting will be held Saturday at the Green County Norman school beginning at 9 a m. The theme is cook and eat and Miss Mamie Tillema county home agent notes many items on the year’s requisite list for 4 H clubs.
Brooklyn special report says Robert Elsner son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Elsner chosen by the Brooklyn school faculty to represent the American Legion post at Badger Boys State at Ripon in June. Elsner is a junior and class president.
Arlene Broughton heads Albany high school class of 1949 with Miss Marlen Reinitz as salutatorian. Honor students include Daryl Rhyner and Miss June Sisson. Seniors plan a two day Chicago trip May 20 21 with baccalaureate May 22 at the Baptist church and class night May 25 graduation May 26. Commencement speaker Prof. M H Willing of the University of Wisconsin.
Delbert Wyss is reported to have spent a good night at Beloit hospital after a Saturday automobile crash in Rock County. His injuries are being assessed today while his parents and Fred Grimm visit. Passenger Francis Amans also hospitalized with less serious injuries.
Monroe chamber of commerce retail committee met at the Monroe hotel last evening. Ralph Kundert, who recently sold his grocery business, resigned as a committee member. Present were Archie Schneider, Robert Richardson, Robert Tracy, Chester Becker, Ross Martin, Richard Bahr Jr., with Dwight Crandall, president, attending as chamber representative.
Hart school pupils and teacher Mrs. Neva Peckham take science trips in Decatur township returning with tadpoles and frogs. The school enjoys nice playground equipment. In Spring Grove township Mothers club met with 11 mothers plus guests including Mrs. Ferne Bridge Atwood teacher Mamie Tillema county home agent Ruth Chase county nurse and Florence Wartenweiler county superintendent of schools.
The Lafayette County Home Demonstration Council will hold its spring meeting at 1 30 p m Wednesday in the county board room at the courthouse. Officers will be elected and plans set for the coming club year.
David Soren, 65, died when his truck was struck by a Milwaukee road passenger train at a county trunk HH crossing three miles west of Kenosha. The collision occurred last night causing the fatality and traffic disruption.
Washington reports a surge in auto installment buying amid spring weather and price cuts. March contracted auto purchases rose by $117 million to a total of $2.313 billion, as part of broader credit easing and Reserve Board reviews. Installment credit overall reached $15.379 billion, with $8.447 billion from installment credit.
Waukesha -45 Circuit Judge Edward Gehl adjourned the sentencing of Hugo Goedtke, 52, of Waukesha, to May 16 after a court session yesterday. The defendant has been found.
The jury finds Goedtke guilty of assault regardless of human life in the shooting of 26 year old Charles Gans at the home of the defendant's former wife. The defense sought adjournment to gain more time for briefs and motion papers.
United States Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas appeared for photographers on the embassy steps with a pale smile and a large white bandage over his left eye, injury sustained when a trout fly snagged it a month earlier during a fishing trip near Southampton.
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