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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1947

Page

3

Monroe Common Council Proceedings May 6 1947 Report

The Monroe council examines reports on county radio system plans and assigns duties. Other business includes petitions for a sanitary sewer, zoning changes, street sign ordinances, pension fund inclusion, and numerous claims and licenses for 1947. The meeting approves private sewer system intake, parking meters, operator licenses, milk sales license, and adjourns.

Police and Safety Committee J. B. Norton 6Th Street 22Nd Avenue John A. Becker Davis- Becker Board of Public Works Ed. Walter Planning Commission Judiciary Committee R B. Trumpy Ter George Koepp 7Th Avenue Mid-West Equipment Co Mid-Continent Petroleum Co Master Blue Print Co Wenger & Burgy Chas. J Niles American City Magazine Mutual Insur- Co Insurance Man Coal & Ice Co A. Becker Co Hall Wisconsin Supin Power & Light Light Monroe Beckman Crandall Oil Co Solomon Auto Parts Co Solomon Coal & Iron Co Green Co Lumber & Fuel &Co Marty Chevrolet Co Green County Bauman Hardware Co Lanz Hardware Co Roy Schultz Milwaukee Lead Works Lanz Insurance Agency Trukenbrod Wisconsin Blue Print Co Alderman Fritz City of Bruce M. Blum North Court City of Mon Roe George J. Meythaler Herman L. Schindler Fred A. Fritz E. J. Norton Alderman Meythaler Common Council B. J. Norton Schindler Alois A. Bolter J Street Masey G. Olson Monroe Hotel Olga H. Share 17Th Avenue William F. Beckman Alderman Schindler George Landon Macks Wm. F. Beckman Geo. J. Meythaler Francis Amans

Mrs. Jacob Dietmeier of Orangeville Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. Jacob P. Dietmeier 73 of Orangeville died at home at 1 45 am after a two year illness. She was born Minnie Eldora Walters on May 16 1874 near McConnell and married Jacob P J Dietmeier March 25 1891 in Orangeville. Surviving are her husband four sons Melvin Floyd Ra Clifford four daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services planned for Monday at 1 30 pm at the Orangeville home and 2 pm at the Evangelical United Brethren church with Rev Fred Richleff officiating. Burial in Orangeville cemetery prior to calling hours after 2 pm Sunday.

Orangevie — Caires Jacob P. Dietmeier Orangeville Minnie Eldora Walters McConnell Jeremiah Elizabeth Walters Jacob P.J. Dietmeier Melvin E Floyd Clifford Waukesha John Heitz Freeport Lloyd Emmons Rock Falls Ill Floyd F. Sowards M. W Moore Emma Jordan Frank J. Walters Evangelical United Brethren Fred Richleff

Brodhead News Briefs Include Birth and Social Calls

Ward reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Hahn of Cleveland, nephew of William Hahn of Brodhead. Mrs. Jerry Hook Jerri Roe of Evanston and Mrs. Allen Penney of Maringo visited their mother Emma Muller. Mrs. S J Stefinski and daughter Ann from Fond du Lac spent the week with her parents R J Douglas. Mrs. Wheeler Searles and Mrs. Charles Atkinson hosted a women’s gathering for Mrs. Marybelle Saunders. Miss Ann Pinnow hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Mary Ten Eyck.

Wheeler Searles Charles Atkinson Marybelle Saunders Ann Pinnow Mary Ten Eyck

Local club notices and personal travel updates

Mrs Amanda Gilbert will present the Poppy program and entertainment is run by Mrs Gladys Olson with Mrs Millicent Witchell as refresh ments chair. Members to bring gifts for the hospital at Tomah. L Newman attended the Wisconsin Funeral Directors and Embalmers convention in Milwaukee. Mrs Bertha Williams and Mr and Mrs Keith Williams plan a southern states trip to visit relatives. Minnie Collins presents her pupils in an annual recital at the Congregational church Sunday evening May 18. A program will appear next week. Rev and Mrs R W Sachtsen and others attended a W S C S sub district institute in Monroe. Mr and Mrs Lyman Sprecher and others were Sunday guests of Mrs Lara Stair and Miss Clara Holcomb. London Blackburne visited in Durand. Mrs Alice Burt of Washington DC is visiting her parents. Gordon Wall spent the weekend with his parents. Mr and Mrs Charles Koepp bought the home of Mrs Margaret Fisher.

Amanda Gilbert Gladys Olson Millicent Witchell Tomah L. Newman Milwaukee Wisconsin Bertha Williams Keith Williams Minnie Collins Congregational Church R. W. Sachtsen George Salladay Otto Poyanz Fred Henry Monroe a_sub-district institute Lyman Sprecher Edward Sprechter Madison Charles Koepp Margaret Fisher

Music Festival Results Tabulated at New Glarus

District festival results list schools and scores with firsts seconds thirds and many totals Albany Argyle South Wayne Verona Belleville Monroe Monticello Oregon Evansville New Glarus Oakwood and others reported. Also note nearly one third of American forests totaling 656 million acres lack organized fire protection.

New Glarus Albany Argyle Black Earth Brooklyn Gratiot Orfordville South Wayne Monroe Verona Belleville Brodhead Monticello Oregon Evansville Oakwood Oregon School

Livestock Market Report With Broad Price Movements

Receipts about 6,000 head locally and 15,000 head down across twelve markets show tight cow, bull, and steer supply. Prices firmed with steers mostly 25 to 50 higher in mixed grades, prime loads scarce. prices for heifers and yearlings rose 50 to 100. cows and bulls edged up while canners and cutters traded lower end.

Wall Street Trading Struggles Amid Apathy and Small Gains

New York trading paused at times with a moderate range and slim turnover. About 250000 shares changed hands in two hours as traders eyed favored stocks like Western Union A and GM while others such as Union Pacific Standard Oil NJ and Allied Chemical held firm or declined on limited activity.

Wall Street New York Jay Western Union A.” N.Y. Con- Northern Pacific Union Pay Standard Oil (Nj Allied Chemical General Motors American Sugar Refining Preferred Yee

Nation Sends Greetings to Founder of Mother's Day

West Chester, Pa. letters arrive from across the nation for Anna M. Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day. The 83 year old, blind and deaf, is bedridden at a private sanitarium and unable to greet visitors or read the many messages. She first conceived the holiday in 1907, and a 1914 presidential order made it national. Jarvis opposed commercial use of the day and later lived in partial seclusion after her sister Elsie’s death in 1934, moving to the Marshall Street sanitarium.

West Chester Anna M. Javis Marshall Street Miss Jarvis White House Blind Elsinore Marshall Sanitarium

Brooklyn Township Native Dies in Farm House Fire

William Lloyd Miles 49 suffocated by smoke in a farm home fire three miles east of Evansville Thursday afternoon. Evansville firefighters found him after assuming no one was home. artificial respiration failed. Funeral Sunday at 2 in Evansville Methodist Church, Rev. H. A. Graubner, Maple Hill Cemetery. Born Sept 26 1897 in Brooklyn township. married Hazel Carlson July 28 1920. Surviving: widow in Chicago and brother Leslie in Chicago.

Provingn William Lloyd Miles Evansile H. A. Graubner Maple Hill’ Cemetery Evansville Brooklyn Township Miles Hazel Carlson Wittenberg Rock County Chicago Leslie

Youth Letter Plan Bridges U S and Germany

A program linking American and German youth through letter exchanges grows from prewar practice. School class groups and individual students may participate via the Division of International Education Relations at the U S Office of Education in Washington.

Perlin Division of International Education Relations The American Ofee of Education Washington, DG

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Proceedings OF Common Council Committee On Herbert H. Goecks Alderman Norton Henry “Tschudy Uaniieee Secamnation Alderman Forcade Country Lane Lake Drive Lakeside Heights 25Th Avenue 16Th Street 14Th Avenue 12Th 13Th Streets County Tschudy Ogy Wisconsin Municipal Retirement Fund Iity Lunder Board of Trustees Fritz Naas ‘Wueaien Ot Ter Goecks Meythaler Unani Mous J. Alderman Meythaler 3 ‘Board of Health Board of 7 Health Robert Bowen Trumpy 9Th Street Board of Health L. G. Forcade Henry Tschudy Alderman Goecks G. S. Soseman Jacob Dietmeier Donald L. Collins Thorp Finance Corp Hanson Funeral Home Harry Hanson Christ Klarer 15Th Street Nation U. S Germany J. E. Lovell Om St. Inone Motorola Burkhard Auto Electric Packard B. H. Lynch Sales Co
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