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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1949
Page
8
The forecast notes considerable cloudiness with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Warmer tonight then cooler northwest and extreme west central portions Wednesday with unsettled conditions.
A year ago today the highest temperature reached 67 and the lowest 41. The barometer read 26.90 inches at 1 am and 29.55 inches at 1 pm. Phoenix recorded the warmest U S temperature at 94 while Bismarck logged the coldest at 36. Sunrise was at 44:53 and sunset at 7:02.
Laura J. Holmes conveys the property lot it 3 bik 14 Tallmans add in the city of Monroe to Clark D. Miller. The transfer records include the parcel described and the transfer of ownership in Monroe.
County Court Judge Harold J. Lamboley of the New Glarus vicinity and Clifford Wells of route 2 were charged with issuing worthless checks and reckless driving respectively. Lamboley was sentenced to 45 days in the county jail under the Huber law and ordered to restitution and costs. Wells faced fines totaling 40 dollars plus costs for reckless driving and 10 dollars plus costs for failure to obey a traffic officer.
L A Koenig and Harold Wampfler of South Wayne faced charges for operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license. They were assessed $7 in fines and $5 in costs under this case.
Ralph R. Price, 53, Winslow and S. Lininger, 77, Platte Valley compete in a local event with notable ages and regional ties noted. exact outcomes and details truncated in available text.
Mr and Mrs Paul H Leck of 2215 South Street welcomed a son born on May 2.
Surgical list includes Hanson Argyde Floyd Tews Orfordville Mrs Petra Johnson Argyle Tonsillectomy Carolyn Mile stone Blanchardville Mary Frances Forman Beloit Eugene Bartelt route 3 Monroe Medical Percy Sedgwick Shullshore Mrs Roy Trotter Argyle Wilbert McClosky Chardville Mrs John Stauffer Monticello Dismissals include Maurice Borgerding William Foulker Richard Kemprood Mrs Wayne Stamm and daughter Mrs Arthur Olson and son Mrs Harold Schulz and daughter Walter Hopper Mrs Glenys Jelle
A dust storm in Racine County yesterday swept topsoil and damaged crops. Huge dust clouds up to 300 feet high reduced visibility and caused significant agricultural losses in the southwestern part of the county.
A brief note states no Wisconsin votes were cast on a school aid measure based on $10 per school child. Senators Vandenberg and Ferguson, Michigan republicans, voted against the measure.
Film stars Tyrone Power and Orson Welles with Linda Christian are safe in flood ravaged Morocco at Toufliat. At least eight people died in the disaster.
Glee Thomm traveled to Madison for business activities. The visit focused on professional engagements and meetings with local contacts.
A weed control program will explain spray methods for corn fields during the growing season at the fairground stock pavilion Wednesday afternoon and evening. Sessions at 2 P M and 8 P M will serve township officials dealers and farmers with speakers including Henry Lunz George Briggs Myron Jeglum Fred Williams and Rodney Kittelsen. Lester Van Loon will chair.
Theodore Altmann, 13, suffered loosened teeth when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Joseph Jones of 1916 14th Avenue at the Highway 11 and 25th Avenue intersection yesterday at 12 02 PM. The Altmann boy, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore L Altmann of 3005 13th Street, was riding east on 13th Street when the car turned left from 25th Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Jacob Tschudy of 1822 8th Street left this morning on an automobile trip to Denver. They will visit Misses Laura and Gertrude Ritter and then go to Cheyenne to see Ben Tschudy, her brother. They expect to be away about two weeks.
Dr. John A. Schindler will be guest speaker Thursday afternoon at the achievement day program of the Walworth county home makers in Elkhorn. He will discuss How to be Happy-Though Human.
Henry Kramer of Route 2 Monroe suffered a fracture to his right ankle when a manure spreader tongue fell from a trailer and struck his foot at the Frank Jones farm near Albany where he was delivering the spreader last evening.
Misses Margaret and Nell Burgi returned yesterday from Rochester Minnesota where they spent the past week with their brother Fred in Minneapolis. Mr Burgi shows slight improvement but remains in critical condition at the Mayo Clinic where he has been a patient the past month. The Burgi sisters will return to Rochester in a few days.
The Monroe high school boys quartet performs tonight at 7 in Brooklyn Community Hall before the Brooklyn Athletic and father and son annual banquet. Members are Allan Prisk Fred Huber Jack Andereck and Rudolf Maurer.
The Kiwanis club board of directors will meet tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the Monroe hotel to discuss club affairs and upcoming events.
A Lamboley coal truck rolled into a sedan owned by Forest Riese at 536 18th Avenue today at 10 11 a m causing slight damage. The unattended truck was parked across the street at Swig Gum service station and was in charge of La Verne Boeck at 1122 16th Avenue.
Mrs Grace Anderson leads adult square dance classes starting Thursday at 730 PM in the Lincoln gym Registration for the Monroetian department sponsored program will be held at the start of the evening.
Mrs. Herman Schmitz traveled to Madison for the day while Mrs. Martha Wolgast, Juda, shopped in Monroe. Doris Johnson and her sons from Brodhead visited with Mr and Mrs Albert Elet. Robert Luke returned to Lake Delavan after visiting Earl Vickers and family. Alfred Rundle of Woodford visited the Robert Rundle home in Monticello Saturday. Maurice Winger of Argyle visited John Roethlisberger in Browntown. Glen Hoff and Tilman J Hoff returned from a weekend in Belleville Ohio and Lansing Michigan. The Monroe Woman's Club spring social is set for May 11 at St Johns church with reservations via phone. Orrin Fried of Madison was a business caller and supper guest at 826 12th Street. Mrs Frank Maurer will visit Milwaukee to see her son-in-law and daughter William Preston. Mrs Russell D Taylor returned to Kansas City after a two week visit with her Wick relatives, Agnes Wick. Mrs Arthur Houser and Eleanor hunted for a Janesville residence for work. Weekend guests of Kathryn Van Matre were her daughters Betty Durgin and Alice Butts of Chicago, and father Thomas Schindler of Blanchardville. Myra Rice of Oxford spent yesterday in Monroe en route home from Rockford.
The county agricultural office displays a sign offering a reward for the capture of a wild beast missing since Monday. Miss Mamie Tillema, county home agent, plans to set a wire cage trap for the rat used in 4-H nutrition experiments. Three cages with two rats each are shown in local businesses during National Homemakers Week.
Funeral services for Herman Feenie were held yesterday at 1 15 p m in Postville and at 2 30 p m in Monticello Evangelical United Brethren Church. Rev A R Felts of Freeport and Rev A Brown of Monticello officiated with burial in Highland cemetery. Pallbearers at Postville were Orville Bleiler Julius Elmer Herman J Elmer Harold Elmer Delbert Elmer and Edward Evangelical United. at Monticello pallbearers were Thomas Brusveen Emil Escher Harry Van Hauten John Van Hauten Paul Veenje and D L Zentner.
Monroe chairman Ernest Wenger reports the City Boy Scout Drive totals reached 597 dollars yesterday. The annual drive began last Wednesday and runs through tomorrow with a goal between 1700 and 2000 dollars. Last year the city raised 1425 and the county 2251.76.
Services for Ralph R. Price age 53 were held in Winslow with rites at the Cardascio funeral home and at the Methodist church. Burial followed at Silent Hill cemetery. Price, born October 21, 1895 near Lena, died Saturday night in a Freeport hospital. He married Ruth Croft in 1917, Emma Kish in 1928, and leaves a widow, two sons Milford and Roland, two daughters, seven relatives, and five grandchildren.
The American consulate in Hong Kong warns Americans to leave interior South China as conditions worsen after the Yangtze crossing. Missionaries are told they may not be able to continue work under the new regime.
Cpl Arnold Hakala charged with murder in the death of his English war bride and mother of two. Her body was found Saturday night beside an automobile on a road in the Fort Benning reservation.
Miss Marjorie Staley and Roger Krueger chosen to reign at Belleville high school prom on May 20. Staley is daughter of Mrs. Carrie Staley and Krueger is son of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Krueger.
Westminster Abbey originated as the church of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 7th century, reflecting its early medieval monastic roots and sacred function in English church history.
Washington and Adams ships joined a yard wrecking effort at the Fred Voge farm on route 4 yesterday. Four tractors removed the roof while work occurred on the lawn. Participants included Mmes. Herman J. Klassy George Vogel and Emil Sutter with John Grossen recording the wrecking. The structure will feature glass trick windows and a milk house. Bruni Miller Co. served as contractor.
Green Lake church officials urge President Truman to schedule a visit, hoping the visit would boost church activities and community outreach in the area. Local leaders express readiness to host and coordinate events around his appearance.
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