Youth accordion concert draws crowd at Turner Hall
An audience of about suw filled Turner hall yesterday afternoon for a concert of accordion music and songs and yodels. Rudy Burkhalter presented a stageful of young people in an hour and a half program. Accordionists from Madison and Monroe areas appeared with the two bands featured and Miss Betty Kneubuehl of New Glarus received plaudits for her Swiss songs and yodels which have gained her national acclaim. Miss Yvonne Metz directed the Monroe band. Also highlighted was an accordion group from Beaver Dam, singer Olga Mary Keller, Juneau's Swiss singers Marlene and Sunny Balmer, and Margaret Sauer Specialist on the solo-vox.
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Suw
Turner Hall
Rudy Burkhalter
Madison
Monroe
Betty Kneubuehl
New Glarus
Yvonne Metz
Beaver Dam
Olga Mary Keller
Juneau
Marlene
Sunny Balmer
Margaret Sauer
Beloit College Man To Talk at Church
Beloit College professor Andrew H Whiteford will speak at St John s Brotherhood meeting tomorrow at 8 pm in church parlors. A 45 minute color film on Popayan Colombia will be shown. Students began a survey of Monroe and Popayan. Music by a senior high quartet. Serving committee includes Werner W Blum Harold A Rhimer James S Bray Louis F Blane.
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Andrew H. Whiteford
Beloit College
St. John’s Brotherhood
Immanuel Brotherhood
Popayan
Colombia
South America
Prof Whiteford
Monroe
Alan Prisk
Roy Roth
Frank Carmichael
Ben Blaser
Group at St. Victor's Receives First Communion
Twenty six confirmands at St. Victor's Roman Catholic Church received their first Holy Communion yesterday morning. Rev E C McCollow conducted the sacrament with flower girls Jill Hall Karen Buholzer Diana Hoessig and Carline Timms. Names listed include Patricia Baumle Chester Dillon Maureen Dillon Judith Halverson James Jeremiason Jerold Jeremiason Nancy Kaderly Julian Kiechle Rosita Kiechle Stephen Koenig Otto Mayer Josephine Moest Emmett Quinn Thomas Stine Errol Waligorski Arlene Ambrose Carol Hutton Judith Gibbons Judith Marlory Judith Smith Shirley Hefty David Stauffacher Paul LaBuch Darwin Menehan William Timms Philip Crawford.
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St. Victor’s Roman Cathlic Church
E. C. McCollow
Jill Hall
Karen Buholzer
Diana Hoessig
Carline Timms
Patricia Baumle
Chester
Maureen Dillon
Judith Halverson
James
Jerold Jeremiason
Nancy Kaderly
Julian
Rosita Kiechle
Stephen Koenig
Otto Mayer
Josephine Moest
Emmett Quinn
Thomas Stine
Errol Waligorski
Arlene Ambrose
Carol Hutton
Judith Gibbons
Judith Marlory
Judith Smith
Shirley Hefty
David Stauffacher
Paula’LaBuch
Darwin Menehan
William Timms
Philip Crawford
Boots and Saddle Club Plans State Trail Ride
The Green County Boots and Saddle club will sponsor a state trail ride Sunday July 2 near Monroe at the Merle Sweet farm four and a half miles northwest. Sweet and Ralph Schild direct the ride starting 9:30 a m A horse show follows in the afternoon. President William Stockdale announced a ride May 21 at his farm four and a half miles northeast of Durand starting 9:30 a m The club met Thursday at the Lester Townsend home near Magnolia with luncheon. The next meeting will be at the Conrad Bosshart home near Brodhead.
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Green County Boots and Saddle Club
Merle
Lester Townsend
Magnolia
Conrad Bosshart
Brodhead
Argyle Church To Be District Session Scene
The Rockford district women's missionary federation will meet at the Argyle Lutheran church tomorrow. The first session will be followed by the main program and local leaders will preside.
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Argyle
Rockford
Wesleyan Service Guild Meeting and Guest Speakers
The event at First Methodist church begins at 10 30 a m with dinner served by local church women. Guest speakers include Mrs Norman Anderson of Minneapolis editor of the Childs Friend and Miss Viola Kan from Lin Yang Henan China. Mrs George Hostad of Racine district president will conduct. Miss Kan arrived in 1948 and is finishing a Wisconsin graduate program with a pharmacy master's in June. The Wesleyan Service Guild will meet tomorrow at 8 pm at Mrs Thomas Goetz sr 2410 11th Ave for a grab bag party.
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Norman Anderson
Minneapolis
Viola Kan
Linyang
Henan
China
George Hostad
Racine
Kan
United States
University of Wisconsin
Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
Thomas Goetz Sr
11Th Avenue
Beloit Man Elected State Jaycee Leader
Tom Chekouras of Beloit was named president of the Wisconsin Junior Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting. Beloit treasurer P. P. Paurack and Milwaukee secretary Byron Crosse were also elected. National directors include John von Gunechten of Wausau and Vincent Mike-Jones of Milwaukee. District vice presidents named include C. J. Stevens Water town Gerry Mintz Milwaukee Robert G. Marotz Shawano Ralph Gooding Madison and Robert Deal La Crosse.
Fish and fowl perish in Iowa storm aftermath
Des Moines reports an Iowa hurricane last week killed three people and caused extensive property damage. In Red Oak the East Nishnabotna river washed fish onto the bank as fishermen collected them by the handful. Storm Lake saw mudhens killed after the gale struck during takeoff, slamming them into trees along the shore.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Towa
Red Oak
Nishnabotna
Storm Lake
Two U S privates sentenced in Japanese killing
In Sapporo Japan two U S army privates Beale W H Custer of Baltimore and Ralph D Ervin 19 of Wolf Island Missouri were each sentenced to 20 years in prison for the February killing of a Japanese national. The article also notes a calendar error claim about the Gregorian calendar being off by one day in 4900 A D due to a 26 second yearly drift.
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Sapporo
Japan
U. S. Army
Pvt
Beale W. H. Custer
Baltimore
Ralph D. Ervin
Wolf Island
Divers Find Ship With Gold Hoard From Armada Legend
Royal Navy divers say they have located a 16th century Spanish galleon believed to carry a vast gold hoard. TheDuque Florencia is linked to the 1588 Armada loss with reports of 30 million in ducats. Lt Comdr Reay Parkinson notified the admiralty, and the Duke of Argyll may decide on future digs.
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Britain
Comdr
Reay Parkinson
Duke of Argyll
Charles I
Ex Pense
Agnes Smedley Dies at 56 China Writer Known for Reports
Agnes Smedley, a Missouri-born writer famed for China reporting, died in a nursing home. Once accused in a U S army report of being a Soviet spy, the charge was withdrawn. She spent 23 years abroad, 12 in China, in foreign correspondence.
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Allerey Aeuipeneneye
Agnes Smedley
China
Power Firm Submits Bond and Stock Proposal
Wisconsin Power and Light Co. filed a registration statement with the SEC for $8,000,000 in bonds and 320,231 shares of common stock. Underwriters are Smith, Barney and Co. New York, and Robert Baird and Co. Milwaukee. Effective date around May 26. stock subscription period to close about June 12. The utility plans 60,000 kilowatts of generating capacity at Edgewater station in Sheboygan and ongoing major construction work.
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Fasconsin Power Ana .Ight Co
Smith, Barney and Co
New York
Robert Baird and Co
Milwaukee
Edgewater
Sherboygan
Catholic Veterans Elect Paul Marcou as Department Commander
Catholic War Veterans elected Paul Marcou of La Crosse department commander at their Wisconsin meeting in Madison. Other officers named Don ald F. Runnoe of Marinette as candidate for commander, first vice commander Ray Wundrock of Milwaukee, second vice commander Frank Ott of Milwaukee, with Al H. Stoegbauer of Appleton re-elected treasurer.
Escape with cable from London prison farm roof
Three convicts used an electric cable to swing Tarzan like from the London prison farm main building and apparently escaped. In Istanbul a bridge collapse in northern Anatolia sent a bus plunging into a ravine. 25 were killed and 24 injured among 49 aboard.
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London
Istanbul
Anatolia
Market Report: Livestock and Commodities in Chicago
USDA markets note salable hogs at 8,000 head with gains up to 1.00, cattle and calves slow with steers 29.00 under last week, cows steady, bulls firm, top hogs near 19.75 for 200-230 lb. Produce lines show steady poultry and butter with eggs steady. soybeans surge to new two-year highs before profit-taking trimmed gains.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
Board of Trade
Market Summary Shows Mixed, Moderately Active Trading
The report notes gains in wheat, corn, and oats were fractional. Wall Street opened lower with uneven movement and little buying or selling. Volume totaled about 1.7 million shares, a monthly low. Radio television issues lagged with slight declines. Steels and rails held near previous closes as the board remained slow and narrow.
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Wall Street
New York
Darlington Hotel Operator Joseph Meyler Dies in Milwaukee
Joseph Meyler former operator of the Meyler hotel in Darlington died Wednesday in Milwaukee and his last rites were held Saturday at Holy Rosary church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard Doyle officiated with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by widow Margaret four sons Joseph John James Mas all of Milwaukee and daughters Mrs. Thomas Grady Muskegon Michigan Janet and Nola Meyler Milwaukee.
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Warungton
Joseph Meyler
Darlington
Milwaukee
Holy Rosary Church
Berneard Doyle
Meyler
Willow Springs
Margaret
Joseph
John
James Mas
Milwauke
Thomas Grady
Muskegon, Mich
Janet
Nola’ Meyler
4H Girls Meet on Home Furnishings Project
Four score and four 4-H girls from Green County enroll in the home furnishings project and will meet Saturday at the courthouse. University specialist Miss Gertrude Huffman will discuss curtains and draperies, color selection, and room design. The group will tour the R. J. Douglas home near Juda to view a recently remodeled farm residence.
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Green County
Court House
Gertrude Huffman
R. J. Douglas
Juda
Miss Hallie Jane Roberts 49 Dies After Long Illness
Hallie Jane Roberts of Brooklyn Township, 49, died Friday at home after a long illness. Funeral services were held yesterday at Brooklyn Community Church conducted by Rev. W. C. Snow. Burial followed in Brooklyn Cemetery. Born in Brooklyn Township she was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Roberts and a Brooklyn High School graduate who worked in Madison and Chicago. Surviving are her parents and five sisters: Mrs. Russell Washburn of Houston, Mrs. Sheldon Chandler of Brooklyn, Mrs. Arnold Liska of Milwaukee, Mrs. Ray Olson of Madison, and another sister.
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Arouniyn
Hallie Jane Roberts
Brooklyn Township
Brooklyn Community Church
W. C. Snow
Brooklyn Cemetery
William Roberts
Brooklyn High School
Madison
Chicago
Russell Washburn
Houston
Tex
Sheldon Chandler
Brooklyn
Arnold Liska
Milwaukee
Ray Olson
Defense position grows tougher for navy in Southeast Asia
Sydney Admiral A W Radford, commander of the U S Pacific fleet, told reporters the growth of communism in Southeast Asia has made the defense position more difficult from a naval point of view. The report includes mentions of Frank Koepp from Evansville and three brothers Ray Lloyd and Mark in Madison.
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Frank Koepp
Evansville
Ray
Union Township
Lloyd
Brooklyn
Mark
Madison
Sydney
A.W. Radford
Southeast Asia
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