Brodhead Centennial Ball Draws 1000 Guests at High School
About 1000 guests attended the Brodhead Centennial Ball in the high school gym hosted by the Sisters of the Swish. Highlights included queen and little princess candidates, a grand march led by Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur Leatherman, performances by Tinker's Hot Shots and a quartet. Prizes honored the oldest and furthest travelers, best waltzers, and garb variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Brodhead High School
Isabel Kaderli
Deniece Schlittler
Donna Weidman
Cora Conway
Mary Walden
Marjorie Deppeler
Marjorie Ziltener
Carolyn Pinnow
Sisters of the Swish
Times
Wilbur Leatherman
Tinker’s Hot Shots
Gilbert Swartz
Joe Keller
Paul Haraldson
J. K.hanson
F. H. David
Oren Burt
Sacramento
Calif
Selmer Olson
Leatherman
Ben Thostenson
Dean Peterson
Antique Exhibition Proves Successful Chamber Kiwanis Show Ends
The Kiwanis sponsored three day antique show at Turner hall ended with 1200 attendees. Visitors from Chicago Minneapolis Elgin Racine and Kenosha praised it as the finest outside Milwaukee and Chicago. Rev Ridnour called it the largest and most successful Kiwanis project locally with 20 dealers showcasing antiques.
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Wien m
Turner Hall
Chicago
Minneapolis
Elgin
Racine
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Ridnour
Kiwanis Chub
Weather Delays H-Bomb Drop Aboard USS Mt McKinley
Dr. William E. Ogle, acting scientific test director for Joint Task Force 7, said the H-bomb test aboard the USS Mt. McKinley at Bikini Atoll may occur Thursday Bikini time, or possibly be postponed to May 15. The original tentative date was Wednesday.
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Uss
MT. Mckinley
Bikini Atoll
William E. Ogle
Joint Task Force 7
Bikini
U.S
Scott Case Mystery Deepens as Husband Missing
In Los Angeles a Bel Air matron’s disappearance widens as her husband L Ewing Scott vanishes. He was seen Tuesday dining with close friend Marianne Beaman, who says his last words were to call the next morning. A maroon 1948 car carrying him was later found with a bullet hole in the windshield. Police estimate the car was abandoned about five days before discovery.
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Scott
Los Angeles
Bel-Air
L. Ewing Scott
Marianne Beaman
Santa Monica
Albert Stoldt Services Held
Services for Albert H. Stoldt 76 a leader in cheese circles were held at St John s Evangelical and Reformed Church where his body lay in state. The funeral officiant was Rev Paul C Kehle. Pallbearers named from Monroe included John Coryell Charles Stubbe and others with burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Shriner Neushwnder Funeral Home directed the service with Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association directors as honorary pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Stoldt
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Paul C. Kehle
Robert G. Buehler
Winnie Kuebli
George F. Stauffacher
Route 3
John Coryell
Browntown
Charles Stubbe
Fred Galli
Brooks Dunwiddie
Jacob Wiltfang
Roy Burmeister
Monroe
Greenwood Cemetery
Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Fire at Grant's Maple Grove Inn Under Investigation
Local firemen investigated two early morning incidents without trucks. At Grant's Maple Grove Inn a submerged heating element in a kettle of grease overheated, burning part of a wall until proprietors extinguished it. An 5:08 a m call from Victor Carson reported house smoke. officials found a motor in the blower of the stoker and did not sound an alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Maple Grove Inn
Louis F. Blanc
Victor Carson
7Th Street
Josef J. Benkert
Frederick F. Lanz
Maryland Opens Week's Balloting
Maryland voters head to the polls in a presidential preference primary with Eisenhower and Kefauver aiming to defeat uninstructed delegations. Five other states hold primaries. major races include a five candidate Democratic Senate contest in Maryland and gubernatorial fights in Ohio Indiana West Virginia and New Mexico. Governor Lausche runs for Senate in Ohio while Bricker stands unopposed in Ohio GOP. Democratic Harriman urges Democrats to press the case against Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maryland
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
New Mexico
Florida
Eisenhower
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tyuings
Hetter
Millard E. Tydings
George P. Mahoney
Tydings
John Marshall Butler
Washington
Butler
Newcombers
Frank Lausche
Senate
George H. Bender
Ausche
Bricker
John W. Bricker
Kefauver
Govvernor
Averell Harriman
New York
Milwaukee
Stock Market Mixed as Late Day Trends Slip
Major divisions moved irregularly with the general price trend lower in late afternoon trading. Declines included Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Ford with a 60 cent dividend, American Telephone, and Kennecott Copper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Ford
American Telephone
Kennecott Copper
State Toll Rises To 258 1956 Toll Ahead Of 1955
The Wisconsin 1956 highway south toll reached 258 today, running well ahead of last year’s 238 deaths. Read of multiple fatal crashes including Dianna Jiskra of Sheldon, and other accidents across the state with victims from Madison Green Bay Oshkosh and Fond du Lac, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Dianna Jiskra
Fred Jiskra
Sheldon
Rusk County
Ladysmith
Peter Sybers
Verna F. Luedtke
Oshkosh
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Pewaukee
Luedtke
Donald Hussin
Green Bay
Blanche Rice
Madison
Oregon
Fitchburg
Duane Higgins
Neenah
Edward Myszka
Edgar
Malcolm Dendt
Colby
Fond du Lac
Ter Nigbor
Schofield
Chester Serge
Wautoma
Melvin Moat
East Troy
Burlington
Highway 11
Mrs Rice 57 killed in Dane County traffic crash
Mrs. Blanche Middleton Rice aged 91 born Argyle died in a two car head on crash south of Oregon Wisconsin. Her husband 67 suffered serious injuries with possible fractured ribs broken nose chest injuries and shock. Other injured driver William H. Grahm 55 Beloit sustained a broken right leg. Mrs Rice is survived by her husband a sister and a grandchild. Services pending at Erickson funeral home Argyle.
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Benjamin H. Rice
Madison
Argyle
Dane County
Rice
Blanche Middleton
Erickson
Oregon
William H. Grahm
Beloit
Grahm
Rice Auto
Walter Heath
Atkinson
Howard Marquis Middleton
Ar _gyle
Carrie Mabel Erickson
Sniper Ends Church Death Man Pleads Guilty Admission
Todarchi Sawa a jobless porter sought for questioning in a fatal shooting at St. Dumitru Romanian Orthodox church admitted involvement after hours. A rifle and ammunition were found in his room opposite the church. Warden Vasili Cucui a was killed and several worshippers wounded as shots struck a crowd of 400. The motive remains unclear and the priest had been jailed by Communists in Bucharest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Todarchi Sawa
Porter
St. Dumitru's
Tony Dudorache
Tony Sava
Costachi Mihalachi
Vasili Cucuia
Cucia
Teana
Carol of
Romania
Florian Galdau
Bucharest
Sava
Father Galdau
Monroe to Get First Dried Buttermilk Plant
Robichaux and Kosek begin setup of a $30,000 Monroe Dried Milk Products Co plant at the west edge of Monroe behind Bay’s Sanitary Dairy. The unit will process buttermilk into powder for edible goods and animal feeds, with nationwide distribution planned. The dryer will operate by one man, using outside storage and a boiler building 14 by 50 feet, and will not dry whey due to cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Monroe
Monroe Dried Milk Products Co
Roy Robichaux
Joe L. Kosek
Bay
Sanitary Dairy
Robichaux and
Kosek
South School
United States
Robichaux
Swiss Rovers Visit New Glarus Before Global Return
Three Swiss rovers, Heli Trolliet 29, Roger Cherpil lod 25, and Robert Bauvaud 27, toured Monroe and New Glarus then left for Milwaukee. They sang with New Glarus Maennerchor, displayed paintings and photos, travel the world by busking and artwork, earning funds to buy a 1949 car. From Green County they plan Detroit then westward to San Francisco, Japan, China, Philippines, Russia, back to Switzerland in three years, praising local cheese.
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Monroe
New Glarus
Milwaukee
Glarus Maennerchor
Heli Trolliet
Roger Cherpillod
Robert Bauvaud
Lausanne
Europe
Africa
Central America
New York
Texas
California
Detroit
Canada
San Francisco
Japan
China
Philippines
Russia
Switzerland
Green County
Three Persons Injured in County Crash Near Brodhead
Three people were injured in a near head on collision on County Highway B northeast of Brodhead. All were taken by ambulance to St. Clare hospital. Driver Elmer A. H. Schultz, 41, Brodhead, suffered an ear injury and was released yesterday. Driver Mrs. Shirley Roberts Crooke, 62, Albany, had a fractured foot and chest injuries. Passenger Miss Tesla Griffin, 64, Albany, had facial lacerations and possible rib fractures. The crash occurred about six miles northeast of Brodhead, near the Rock County Green County line. The Schultz car was demolished and the Crooke car had heavy front end damage and a sprung body. Mrs. Gerald Earleywine reported the mishap.
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Brodhead
St. Clare
Elmer A. H. Schultz
Route 1
Shirley Roberts Crooke
Albany
Tesla Griffin
Crooke
Rock County
Green County
Navy Helicopter Crash Kills Four in Bahamas
The Sixth Naval District reports a Navy helicopter from the USS Maury crashed at Sweetings Cay in the Grand Bahama Islands. Four aboard died. identities withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Bahamas
Charleston
S. C
Sixth Naval District
Navy
Sweetings Cay
Grand Bahama Islands
Maury
Young GOP snubs Wiley candidacy in state convention
Wisconsin Young Republicans meeting in Milwaukee urged the state GOP to ignore Wiley when endorsing candidates at the May convention. Mark Catlin Jr. drew light applause in Appleton while William Proxmire and Lt. Gov. Warren Knowles were more warmly received at separate events. Wiley did not attend.
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Associated Press
Len
Wiley
Wisconsin
Young Republicans
Mark Catlin Jr
Union Musicians
Appleton
Wisconsin Federation of Young Republicans
Milwaukee
GOP
Catlin
Mark Catlin
Musicians’ Association
Wisconsin Musicians Association
William Proxmire
New York
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower
Knowles
Young Republicas
Warren Knowles
University of Wisconsin
Adlai Stevenson
McCarthy
Harold Stassen
Young
Stassen
London
Russia
UGOP
Wisconsin American Legion
Labor Youth League
U.S. Attorney General's Office
Briice Named Commander in Chief of Allied Forces in Southern Europe
Washington announced Vice Admiral Robert P Briice would lead Allied forces in Southern Europe succeeding Admiral William M Fechteler who retires after serving as chief of naval operations.
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Allied Forces
Washington
White House
Adm
Robert P. Bricce
Europe
William M. Fechteler
Fechteler
Naval Operations
Portage Area Train Crash Near Milwaukee Injures Many
A 16 car Milwaukee Road passenger train carrying 900 Portage area students and teachers collided with a gravel truck at a rural crossing eight miles west of Milwaukee. The diesel train toppled cars into a field tearing 2,000 feet of track. 50 injured, two critical, no confirmed fatalities. Ambulances rushed to the scene as rescuers worked amid dazed pupils.
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Waukesha
Miwaukee Road
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Daplainville
Oscar Mayer
Portage
R. W. Doman
Brookfield
George Ives
Marketing Group Elects Chairman and Secretary
Deppeler heads the new marketing committee under the county extension program with Myron Jeglum as adviser. Other members include John Haldeman Paul Baumgartner and Palmer Welch from regional dairy groups. The panel recommends dairy manufacturing exposure for students and notes new spring committee formations for 15 farm and home improvement problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoyert Veyperch
Washington Township
Frank Schesser
York Township
John Haldeman
Jefferson Township
Green County
Paul Baumgartner
Sylvester Township
Pure Milk Association
Monroe
Palmer Welch
New Glaris
Myron Jeglum
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Joyce Hoesig
Marcia Sue Moore
Jean Popanz
Mary Popanz
Sheryl Clark
Anna Lea Peterson
Beverly Robinson
Diane Riemer
Kathryn Deppeler
Sandra Erickson
Beradine Schlittler
Linda Williams
Becky Pfisterer
Albert Stoldt
Mrs. Rice
Braves
AKAN
Miss Lamb
Wisconsin Jaycees
Elizabeth
Betty) Lamb
Robichaux, Kosek Project
Young Gop
Portage Area
Milwaukee Road
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