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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
6
The Daily Record for May 5 1949 reports high 91 and low 70 from 1 p m with barometer 29.60. It notes a warmest U S reading of 94 in Sioux City Iowa and a coldest 30 in Spokane Washington. Sunrise 4 50 and sunset 7 04.
Transfer records show Vernon Vane Hudson conveying about 40 acres in Decatur township to Frank Whalen. The description notes the land size as forty acres more or less and references section 10.
The estate of Frank R. who died March 12 is probated under a May 29 1944 will. The widow receives life use, with the remainder divided at her death or remarriage among six children Vera Bartelt Reva Clark Jetta Kiel Charlotte Huffman Clarence Drake and Alberta Ross. Letters of administration have been issued.
The fragment lists ages and names including Heitham 88 and Beaver 85 from Turtle Township Rock County, plus Mrs Herman Laatsch 53 and Kathryn Roberts Church Beloit, Marcus W Elmer 54 Madison area.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple individuals and addresses linked to St. Clare Hospital, Brodhead, and Beloit area, including Roy Stephens, Dora Melbye, Maud Campbell, Allan O Dette, Barbara Schuetze, Bernard Plebucker, Minnie Ausmus, and several dismissed persons. Context unclear.
Benefit payments to unemployed persons in Wisconsin totalled $2,750,000 for the month, slightly less than the prior period. The Industrial Commission paid $1,150,000 to unemployed veterans, with the balance to unemployed civilians.
County farmers gathered at the stock pavilion for an insect control meeting where spraying was praised as the best weed destruction method. Speakers included Shyeen E. Jeglum county agent and Fred Williams weed commissioner. Lester Van Loon led sessions that drew 250 attendees, with Monroe agricultural students present under Robert Davenport.
Brodhead Auto Firm moves into a new site on East Exchange street in a cement block building used by Smith Tobacco Co during the war. The old metal building becomes a body shop while the new quarters house display and service. Floyd DeVoe, owner since 1925 with a wartime gap, hires two mechanics Oscar Roen and Gilbert Dahnke under veterans training.
Orangeville Times Special notes Snazzer 4-H club held its third meeting of the year at Shir ley Crummer's home. Two new members were received. Delores Kneller Joyce Kneller Jean Messinger and Beverly Miller spoke. Demonstrations by Crummer Judith Folgate and Darlene Mays. The group sang songs during the social hour and Crummer served refreshments.
Ambassadors near Martinsburg report three youths robed trains on the night of March 9 stealing about $1000 from 1000 passengers. They were captured the next day in Washington and awarded twenty year terms.
Blanchardville Times reports a community event where one hundred ten men participated in singing and the Aid Society provided service.
Personal notes list Harry Keister of Wiota in town on business. Mrs. Lena Held of New Glarus hosts adv. Mrs. Carl Ruch’s visit, while Mrs. Henry Pick and Mrs. Alber Speich spend the day in Madison. Tours include Miss Mamie Tillema at Green Lake camp and multiple trips to Chicago Des Moines and Biloxi for family and social reasons.
Eliminations in the 4-H safety contests will be held at Beaver County High School and at Green Junior and senior divisions at each center. Club members under 14 on Jan 1 1949 will enter the junior contest. Contestants will speak into a microphone in a room adjoining the judging site for four to five minute talks on safety measures. The 4-H safety committee in charge includes Mrs Jacob Hoesly Albany Mrs Lee Reasa Brodhead and Mrs Clarence Itten Monticello.
Funeral notices list Daniel A De Nure with family members including Will Ches Larson ter Stixrood Mabel Larson Hanson Berg Rugh Halvorsen Thoreson Sam son Thoreson and others Browntown Gotham Monroe in a community notice detailing attendees and kin.
A twin engined air force C 47 transport from McClelland field Sacramento crashed during takeoff at Hill air force base near Ogden Utah early today. It burned and killed at least two persons.
Wisconsin conservation commission approved purchases totaling 1,766.3 acres for 67 113, including 75 acres for park and forest lands and 56 acres for conservation areas. Additions to public hunting grounds total 497 acres. Areas include Flambeau river forest Devils Lake park Kettle Moraine Forest Beach forest Crex Meadows Tiffany Augusta and Frenchs creek hunting grounds Totogatic and Yellowstone sections. The panel also plans timber sale on 2700 acres in Vilas county for 30000 and authorizes fish refuges at Pauto lake Mink river Door county and Rosenow creek. A memorial for Louis Radke Horicon pioneer was approved in Horicon marsh.
The 1949 spring issue of the Cornell Law Quarterly is dedicated to Herbert D. Laube a Brodhead High School graduate class of 1898 and former law school instructor. The issue features a full page portrait and a leading chapter from a jurisprudence book by Laube who visited Brodhead last summer with relatives. Laurie noted as superintendent when Pfisterer graduated.
Blanchardville announces the high school graduates with Herman Hermanson as valedictorian and Dorothy Strommen as salutatorian both earning above 2.5 GPA. Also named are Jerry Cowley Arden Watrud and Marilyn Unterholner with GPAs at least 2.5.
An Albany woman confronted a car salesman on a city street believing he planned to steal her friend's car. She and another woman shouted and struck at him until bystanders intervened and the matter was settled.
Washington. President Truman's top economic adviser Dr Edwin G Nourse forecast today a further easing of the cost of living. Nourse, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said the nation is in a period of healthy disinflation with a slight, not important, upturn in 1948 discussed by council members.
In Girardville Pennsylvania rescuers in three man teams work to build an air duct to four miners trapped deep in a burning anthracite mine. No word has come from the men since the blaze was found just before Tuesday midnight.
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