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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1958
Page
3
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Ritschard 77 who died at St. Clare hospital will be held 3 15 PM Monday at St John s United Church of Christ. Rev Paul H Olm will officiate with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She suffered strokes in April and had been in ill health. survivors include her husband three sisters and a twin brother.
Miss Sonja Johnson will enroll this fall at Prospect a Secretarial school in Milwaukee. Specialist 3rd Class and Mrs. Robert Hageman are visiting his mother during a 30 day Army leave. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bliss spent winter in Mt. Dora Florida. Mrs. Harry Barkow and Mrs. Frank Scheule visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartwig in Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Casper Jaggy returned from Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stuessey wintered in Mesa Arizona. Mrs. Edna Norton from Madison is with her ill daughter Mrs. Ansel Strommen. Barbara Steele of Stoughton is visiting grandmother Mrs. Alice Steele.
Mrs. Arlie Mitchell reports visiting and hosting several relatives this weekend. Mr and Mrs Richard Lane of Monroe spent Sunday with Tom Peterson family. Hospital calls and family visits occur across Monroe Rockford Madison and Eau Claire. A circuit Men s Brotherhood Convention was attended at Castle Rock.
Classified want ads provide a quick path to purchase or liquidation. Readers scan listings for items, services, and opportunities, then contact sellers directly. Local shops and individuals post prices and terms, creating a dynamic marketplace in print.
Six members of Girl Scout Troop 228 completed the hospital aide program at St. Clare hospital and will receive bars soon. Bonnie Kubly Joey Klassy Beverly Koehn Sally Ruf Deanne Bowman and Judith Smith logged 30 plus hours assisting in pediatrics physical therapy general supply and more under Sisters M Digna and M Agatha. The seniors worked daily during spring break rotating through departments and aiding nurses. many plan to pursue nursing. Troop 228 is Kiwanis sponsored with Mrs W Howard Smith and Mrs LaVerne Koehn as leaders.
Brownie Intermediate and Senior Girl Scouts in the Monroe neighborhood sold 5 580 boxes during the cookie project. Total sales across the council reached 48 468 boxes generating about 7 770 dollars for the Badger Council camp fund.
The 137th Scout unit in the U S Grant Council organized at Gratiot as Scout Troop 121. Sponsored by Holy Name Society of the local Catholic church, Marvin Anderson is scout master with Robert Anderson and Merl Thomasson as assistants. Clarence B Leary serves as institutional representative. La Verne Griffiths chairs the troop committee with Alvin Vosberg Ernest Lisser and Clarence Zuberbluhler. Fifteen charter members. meetings held Thursdays at 7 p m at the Gratiot school for area boys aged 11 to 17.
Six books were donated to Ludlow library in memory of the late Mrs. Doris Guess. Neighbors provided three titles, and organizations the Monroe Woman's Club Ameri can Legion Auxiliary and the Lida Ludlow Reading Club each gave one. Titles include Antiques by Anna Kilborn Cole and A Joy of Gardening by Victoria M. Sackwile-West.
Daily classified listings highlight notable bargains across categories. Readers find deals on appliances furniture vehicles and services with varying prices and availability across sections.
Donald Christen has had his leave canceled and will depart Monday to England and Germany aboard the USS Alcoa. He will be away five or six weeks.
Address and service details for John Hazel t ine son of Mr and Mrs Earl Hazeltine Sr Juda. Enlisted in the Navy and assigned to U S Naval Training Center San Diego Calif with service number 5 266 562 in Company 242.
Pvt Endre Herreid son of Mr and Mrs Ole Herreid is on a 30 day leave visiting his grandmother in Norway.
Pvt. Gerald O. Duerst, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Duerst, is hospitalized at Trippler hospital in Hawaii after a truck accident. He is stationed on the island of Oahu.
Hospitalman 2nd class Paul Baumgartner is stationed at a hospital on the Island of Oahu Hawaii. He is a nephew of Mr and Mrs Sam Mani.
Special Times note Corporal Albert M. Bilgri, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bilgri, serves as an automatic rifleman in Company A of the 187th Infantry. The unit took part in squad training tests with the 11th Airborne Division near Hohenfels, Germany, arriving in Europe in July 1957.
Robert Webber, stationed in Texas, will report for further duty at Larson Field in Washington after his leave here. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clift Webber.
Melvin Griffiths 50 a World War II veteran died yesterday at his brother Rays home in Gratiot He will be buried in Mifflin Methodist cemetery with services at Ayers funeral home Rev Thomas Jerrell officiating He is survived by six brothers La Verne Ray Lester Delbert Dale and Charlton and two sisters Mrs Harry Law and Ruby Griffiths all in various states and towns including Gratiot Seattle Council Bluffs Freeport and Benton Harbor Shullsburg He was born in Mifflin and lived most of his life in Warren and Gratiot areas Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mrs. William Steindorf hosts Albany gathering with Ruth Evansville Archie Francis guests. Mr. and Mrs. John Klossner visit Mrs. Anna Duerst in New Glarus. Hettie Broughton to return mid May from Florida. William Krueger and Minnie Anderson visit Grace Cordes in Brodhead. Olive Hilliard reports Frank Reynolds ill in Des Moines. Ronald Pagel family moves to tenant house on Emil Johnson farm.
Of the 270 air transports operated by Brazilian airlines, all but nine were designed and built by the U.S. aircraft industry.
Fifteen members and one guest Mrs Emma Lahr met for the last meeting at the Casino dining room in Monticello for a dinner. The birthday song was sung for Mrs John C Miller.
The Valley View Club April meeting with Mrs. Fred Friedrichs elected officers including Mrs. Daniel Bechtolt as vice president, Mrs. Christ Tschanz as secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. Vernon Friedrichs as health and safety reporter. Plans were made for a trip and family picnic with the first fall meeting to be hosted by Mrs. George Stauffacher.
Mrs Ida Voegels was elected president of the Wallace Homemakers Club with Mrs Fred Moser as vice president, Mrs James Pane as secretary, and Mrs Hobart Freitag as treasurer. The group entertained their husbands at the Casino in Monticello last night and planned a family picnic later.
A Town and Country Homemakers club social will be at Mrs. Otto Schildt’s home on Wednesday. Plans include a May trip to the pottery works in Dundee, N with Mrs Gladys Andrews leading arrangements.
The club elected officers including President Mrs William Wuetrich and Vice President Mrs Orlean Wahl. Also chosen were Secretary Treasurer Mrs Vashni Marchant Historian Mrs Betty Hoffman 4-H chairman Mrs Pauline Reed safety chairman and Mrs Harry Schindler sunshine. The April meeting was at Mrs Bernard Ommodt in Freeport with Mrs Andrews presenting the 4-H report and Mrs Wuetrich the spring council.
Dan Courtney of Whitewater State College Players has a role in one of two medieval farces presented May 12-14 as the season finale. He acts in The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, with a 25 member cast staged arena style in the college gymnasium under Dr. Jack Vrieze.
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