Social Events and Silver Wedding Anniversary Report
A long list records attendees at a social gathering in Daleyville and Argyle areas including Rev I A Lairk Mrs Agnes Green and many others. A Silver Wedding Anniversary dinner honored Harold S Chapman and wife at the Eugene Hotel Monroe with family and friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. A. Lairk
Agnes Green
K. V. Peterson
Alvina Olson
Albert Kittleson
Horeb
Marit Rundhaug
Amanda Rundhaug
Ellen Goli
Christine Goli
Albert Daly
Alvin Iverson
Daleyville
Thor Grundahl
Henry Bueh
Melvin Retrum
Klippe
Olga K
South Wayne
Harold S. Chapman
Eugene Hotel
Monroe
Mmes
H. S. Chapman
W. A. ‘Chapman
Merlyn Chapman
Duane
Jay Chapman
Avery Stites
Eliza
Kenneth Mahlkuch
Patsy
A. H. Mahlkuch
Dubuque
R. N. Andrews
Ward
Pupils to Present Piano Recital at St. John's Sunday
Arline Berkeley directs a piano recital at 3 PM Sunday in St. John's Evangelical Church. A list of many young performers from Albany and nearby areas, with senior pupils Carol Schindler and Mary Ann Huber playing MacDowell and Godard pieces. Former pupils Albert Geigel and F J Roub join as duo-pians to recall Monroe high school days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gumor
Wrome
Arline Berkeley
St. John's Evangelical Church
Marilyn Bongiorno
Albany
Joyce Babler
Sally
Sue Wenger
Linda
David Pfisterer
Robert Anderegg
Robert Olson
Gertrude Messmer
Patricia Lamboley
Joan Knaack
Maureen Bruni
Walter Schroeder
Jane Ruf
Susan Blumer
Billie Ann Wenger
Nancy Pilz
Carol Thompson
Monroe
Lifelong Magnolia Resident Walter Bishop Dies at 52
Walter Bishop, 52, longtime Magnolia resident, died at 11:30 yesterday at his Magnolia farm home after years of ill health. Born April 2, 1895 on the same farm, he once ran a Magnolia filling station for three years and retired from that business last year. He married Aug. 20, 1937, to Mrs. Luci Sutherland of Rockton, IL. Surviving are his wife, his mother Mrs. Henrietta Bishop, and a sister Mrs. Minnie Albright, all of Magnolia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Pecal
Magnolia
Walter Bishop
Magnolia Corners
Luci Sutherland
Rockton
Dubuque
Henrietta Bishop
Minnie Albright
Retired meat packing veteran ends 45-year stint at Armour
J D Carroll of Chicago, a former bookkeeper and accounting executive, retires May 1 after nearly 45 years in Armour and Co. with pensions from Armour. He and wife plan a Brodhead summer at their Sugar River cottage from May to November and intend camp improvements. His career spanned Chicago stockyards and multiple Armour plants, including a two-year Brodhead posting 1920 22, and only nine days absent over the entire period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Carroll
Chicago
Decatur Parks
Armour and Co
Mrs. Carroll
Sugar River
Carroll
Morris and Co
Kansas City
East St. Louis
Omaha
St. Joseph
Oklahoma City
Denver
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Brodhead
Morris
Chicago Livestock Market Mixed as Hogs and Cattle Move
Hog sales top at 25.00 with 4 000 hogs sold and totals near 7 000 as weights under 260 pounds rise 25 50 cents. heavier hogs uneven but steady. Cattle and calves sold firm with beef grades 21.00 25.75 and vealers at 26.00 while sows steady to 25 cents higher. Butter and produce prices varied. New York stock market mixed with notable gains for Standard Oil and J C Penney amid mixed volume and policy concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nnnety
Monroe Men Appointed Special Deputies by Sheriff Dane County
Dane County Sheriff Ed ward A. Fischer appointed twenty of fifty four men as special deputies since taking office in January. The appointments, described as friendship based, grant limited law enforcement power to locals not professionally connected to policing. Named appointees include Louis Hirsig of Wolff Kubly Hirsig hardware and T R Hefty, president of the First National Bank, both former Monroe residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speut
Edward A. Fischer
Dane County
Madison
Louis Hirsig
Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig
T. R. Hefty
First National Bank
Monroe
Librarians Meet in Beloit on Library Service Topics
Miss Florence Wartenweiler county superintendent spoke yesterday at the Rock River Valley district meeting of librarians at Beloit library. Mrs Nellie W Kohli city librarian attended. Mrs Johnson discussed stimulating juvenile reading through regular class visits and introducing better juvenile books. Afternoon session covered Library Service in the Rural Area by Miss Wartenweiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow Memorial Lbrary
Florence Wartenweiler
Rock River Valley
Beloit
Nellie W. Kohli
Johnson
Wartenweiler
Monticello Social Notes From Sunday Sport Show Visits
Monticello residents and families visited Madison for a sport show and spent Sunday with relatives in Westfield Browntown New Glarus and Madison. The list includes Mr and Mrs J W Barlow Wallace Barlow Buz Zweifel Henry V Babler Bernice Babler Milton Babler Rhoda Murriel Jake Krieg and family Edward Zimmerman Donald Voegeli and Abraham Kubly among others with notes of visits and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Barlow
Wallace P. Barlow
Buz
Madison
J. P. Zweifel
Thomas Hamilton
Westfield
Henry V. Babler
Bernice Babler
E. V. Bechtolt
Browntown
Milton Babler
Rhoda and
Murriel
New Glarus
Dick Freitag
Jake Krieg
Edward Zimmerman
Janesvill
Robert Zimmerman
J. J. Voegeli
Donald Voegeli
Abraham Kubly
Pleasant Township
Weekend visits and travels weave through Monroe area
A flurry of weekend and extended trips stitches together community ties from Monroe to Madison. Residents including Mr and Mrs Matt H Wittenwyler, Mrs H Hoesly, Lilian Hefty’s illness, and several families in Monroe and New Glarus highlighted social calls and visits. Collectively they report trips to Los Angeles, sport shows in Madison, and cabin stays at Arn cottage, with numerous relatives visiting kin in Monroe and Villa Park.
Community Guests and Visits Across Madison Area
Mr and Mrs E A Bently spent Sunday at the Arn cottage Lake Okee for a day of fishing. Mr and Mrs Fred Beer Sr Monroe visited Mr and Mrs Clifford Riese. Mr and Mrs Robert Zimmerman daughter Dorene and Mrs Carl Rufer spent Saturday in Madison. Ted Butler OD Curtis and Bob Wagner called on Mrs Louise Butler Monroe Sunday. Mr and Mrs Henry V Babler and John C Babler son Roger went to Madison for a sport show. Mr and Mrs Henry Stuessy Sr New Glarus Vic Freitag were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Edwin Stuessy Madison. Henry Schuler Sr Dayton visited Mr and Mrs Fred A Blum Sunday. Mr and Mrs Henry C Elmer and Mr and Mrs Adam Duerst were Sunday callers in Monroe. Mr and Mrs Herman Feenie were Monday callers in New Glarus. Rev and Mrs W J Abe left Tuesday for Lamira to visit relatives waukee Wednesday conference. Mr and Mrs John Wittenwyler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom Walter Hoesly
Matt H. Wittenwyler
C. M. Stauffer
Monroe
H. Hoesly
New Glarus
H. A. Becker
Monticello
R. H. Schoonover
Los Angeles
Hoesly
Lillian Hefty
Schoonover
William Babler
Willis Babler
Judith
Carol
Rosemary
Barbara Karlen
Dorene Zimmerman
Platteville
Richard Rice
U.W
Madison
Dorene
Robert Zimmerman
Clarence Freitag
Clarence Wittner
Villa’ Park
Inl
E. W. Marty
Bernice Babler
Belleville
W. S. Hoesly
Adolph Arn
Arn
Okee Lakes
Clarence Wittenwyler
Arthur Escher
Janice
Joan Schneider
Arn Cottage
Robert Bueh
Ralph Kubly
Edward Zweifel
Phillip
J. P
Hazel Kundert
Kenny
Bertha Keller
James Hancock
Edward A. Kundert
Riese
Allan
William Heinzel
Pimcee Rer
E. A. Bently
Lake Okee
Fred Beer Sr
Clifford Riese
Carl Rufer
Ted Butler
O. D. Curtis
Bob Wagner
Louise Butler
Henry C. Elmer
Adam Duerst
Herman Feenie
W. J. Abe
Lamira
Relawaukee
John Wittenwyler
Sunday Visitors and Dinner Hosts Across Town
Sunday visitors included Herman Son and Matt B. Wittenwyler at the home of Mr and Mrs John Wittenwyler in Brooklyn. Mr and Mrs Fred C Karlen hosted a Sunday dinner for Mr and Mrs Henry Wechter and their son Karl of Cross Plains. Palmer Albright and daughter Glenda from Washington Township attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Matt B. Wittenwyler
John Wittenwyler
Brooklyn
Fred C. Karlen
Henry Wechter
Karl
Cross Plains
Palmer Albright
Glenda
Washington ‘Township
Brodhead Brides and College Students Weekend Gossip
Clayton Ros, student at Marquette College, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs Clayton Ross. Dwight Fisher of Detroit is in town on business. Dona Shaw and Ann Olmstead of Milwaukee visited family here. Carrie Staley and daughter Marjory of Belleville spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs Ernest Gritamaker. Dana Robinson, Mary Joyce Anderson, Beverly Brager, Whitewater State Teachers College students, returned home for the weekend. James Allen of Milton College spent the weekend with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Ros
Marquette College
Clayton Ross
Dwight Fisher
Detroit
Dona Shaw
Ann Olmstead
Milwaukee
Carrie Staley
Marjory
Belleville
Ernest Gritamaker
Mmes
Dana Robinson
Mary Joyce Anderson
Beverly Brager
Whitewater State Teachers College
James Allen
Milton College
Weekend social notes from Decatur area residents
Mr and Mrs James Allen attended with Jack Pierce and Philip Rindy Wisconsin students and Pauline Haroldson Platteville State Teachers College student spent the weekend at home. Mr and Mrs Frank Grover LaCrosse were guests of Mrs Florence Darby. Auxiliary of the Decatur Lake Country club held a luncheon at the Country club. Mrs F M Ties hosted assisted by Mrs Mae Gardner. Mr and Mrs Robert Trumpy Monroe were here Friday evening to attend the Junior prom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ents
James Allen
Jack Pierce
Philip Rindy
University of Wisconsin
Pauline Haroldson
Platteville State Teachers College
Frank Grover
LaCrosse
Florence Darby
Decatur Lake Country Club
Country Club
F. M. Ties
Mae Gardner
Robert Trumpy Monroe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Commercial Club
Times
Grand Central Hotel
John Streiff
Albert Moritz
Will
Jacob Krieg
J. M. Harden
George Grenzow
Frederick Voegels
Blanchardville
Raymond Haugen Mer
Norma Jean
Norma Johnson
Karen Olson
Lois Ula
Dianne Grass
Peggy Gempler
Patty
Sandy Skaife
Mary Jean Wahl
Shirley
Leah
Karen
Garnet Kalden
Barbara
Marilyn
Sharon Larson
James Ula
Fred Gempler
Garfield Kalden
James Lageson
Irwin Olson
G. Ugg
Turner Hall
Fred Roth
T. J. Hinds
Casper Heimann
John Tschanz
Lena Augsburger
Andrew Klassy
John Wyss
Fred Grimm
John Kubly
Robert Benkett
George Field
Lee Stauffacher
Walter Wyss
Sam Teuscher
J. L. Babler
St. John’s
Ludlow
Cookie Purcell Grocery
USDA
Wall Street
New York
Standard Oil
Texas Co
Lion Oil
Schenley
American Telephone
Columbia Gas
J. C. Penney
U.S. Rubber
Pennsylvania Railroad
N. Y. Central
Glenn Martin
Rexall Drug
General Motors
Chrysler
U.S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
Douglas Aircraft
Western Union “A
Consolidated Edison
Anaconda
General Electric
Owens-Illinois
Rock Valley Librarians Meeting
C. D. Curtis
Culligan
Culligan Soft Water Service
11Th Avenue
Monarch
Welch's
Peck
Tomato
Lippincott
WYMAN
K Undertelme ’ Food Shop
Instruments Accessories
Goetzaneater
Monroe, Wis
Ralph and
Lois
Donald L. Collins
Henriquez Refrigeration Co
Roub
Chee
Curtiss Candy
Babo
Ise
Maxwell House
Golden Hill
IGA
Brach's Contessa Chocolates
Green County
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