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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1956
Page
6
May 14 1956 forecast calls for fair and cool tonight with frost in the north. Tuesday should be fair and warmer with lows 32 to 38 north and 38 to 48 south, highs 65 to 72. Record highs and lows noted since Saturday, barometer readings given, and sunrise and sunset times listed.
Deaths include Mrs. Sam Byrnes 73 Darling ton Mrs. Chester Noble 38 Gratiot Mrs. Arthur Tilley Sr 75 Brook lyn George E Bob Cousin 61 Be lit Births Mr and Mrs Gerald Walter Brodhead son May 13 Mr and Mrs Glen Pinnow Orangeville daughter May 13 Mr and Mrs Robert Freeman 1105 25th avenue son May 13 Mr and Mrs Frederick Brandt Argyle son May 14
A compiled roster from St. Clare Hospital shows residents and surgical cases. Named individuals include Harlow Robb Blanchardville Benedict Zimmerman Louis Schuetze Robert Simonson Moline Lawrence Stuessy Brodhead Mrs Patrick Galway Argyle Mrs Elroy Zimmerman 909 11th Avenue Fred Greub 1763 16th Street Mrs Otto Dawson Freeport Daniel Van Houten Orangeville Audrey Pabeorney Elzie Laube Brad Dismissals list includes Mrs David Stautfacher and son Mrs Donald Pinnow and daughter Mrs Ray Figi and son Mrs Harold Johnson Mrs Robert Kubly Mrs Elzie Laube Shelia Kelsey May Kitchen Mrs Walter Stubbe Mrs Mildred Mathison Martin Auestad Benedict Zimmerman Dean Mec Nett Vernon Verpagel Alvin Henze Mrs Gurnie Condon Mrs Donald Dicks Mrs Evertt Emberson Mrs Norman Everson Donna Blum Lynetta Felder Mrs Homer Schwerin Mrs William Slocum Mrs Lester Bacon Mrs Ole Nelson Clarence Thornton Lawrence Blum Douglas Regenold George Anderson John Rogers George Reed Gerald Van Wagenen Luther Hill Melvin Fuchs Kevin Smith.
Vacation Church School planned for the week of June 4 will be open to pupils from kindergarten through junior high. The kindergarten session runs 9 15 a m to 1 15 p m daily while other classes meet 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m with a lunch break. Managers and staff appointed include Frank Fritsch, Henry Kundert, Rev James L Neighbours publicity chairman Rev Glen H Ridnour recruiting teachers and Rev Bernard Bartel dean.
Mr and Mrs William E Schmitz 2317 13th street named James Edward for their son born Saturday in St Clare hospital The mother is Maxine Gustafson daughter of Doris Gustafson Beloit Paternal grandmother is Mrs Owen Schmitz Darling ton They have two other sons William and Michael.
Services for Norman J. Kennedy 27 Seattle former Monroe man killed in Nebraska auto crash last Thursday will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Stuessy funeral home. Burial in Mt. Vernon cemetery Juda. Kennedy served two Army enlistments earning Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. He leaves his wife Marcella an infant daughter Marian Ann and three sons from a former marriage. He died from skull fracture after a car driven by Ronald Woods rolled over five times in North Platte hospital.
News of the birth of a son, Denley Willard, to Mr. and Mrs. Willard B. Bond of Annapolis Maryland, with Margot Priest as mother and Margot Priest's family noted. Grand Rapids roots cited for maternal great grandmother Maxine Booth. Charles A Booth of Monroe is a great-uncle.
Walter Wood Mrs Frank Wood and Roy Shaffer visit from Albany. Residents moving city addresses and family gatherings shown with multiple names and places including Winslow Madison Verona Green Bay and West Point graduation noted. Local weekend visitors from Evansville Janesville Brodhead and Rockford appear with dinners and calls detailed.
Transportation from hotels to Monroe Country Club ferried attendees to a Saturday night smorgasbord with later dance music by Freddie Elmer and his Swiss Boys. A noon victory luncheon at Turner Hall awarded trophies to 115 club and local committee members.
Raymond J. Benkert reported his car at 2813 13th Street was hit by an unknown vehicle around 1:25 a.m. Sunday. The left rear fender and bumper were damaged in the parking lot incident.
Mrs. Sam Byrnes 73 of Darlington died Friday night at home after a long illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs. William Trummer Madison and Mrs. Francis Parkill Darlington, three sons John Darlington Frank Mineral Point Michael Apple River, a brother John Bradley Mineral Point, a sister Mrs. Frank Timmons Kingsley Iowa, and 12 grandchildren. Services held at Holy Rosary Catholic church. Burial in Immaculate Conception cemetery Trusman. Steil funeral home in charge.
Donald Keith Greenwood 18 of Hollandale, a high school junior, died in a Saturday one car crash. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. tomorrow at Lacther funeral home with Rev. Clarence Benson presiding. Burial in Lancaster cemetery. Pallbearers: Mickey Burns Jim Wier Norman Jones Mike Lunda John Thorn Roger Holmes. Survived by father Willard Greenwood and mother Mrs Bernard Johnston. He lived with aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs John Meudt.
Monroe Fire Department was called at 7 36 a m to the Green County Fairgrounds where a pickup owned by Ernest Studer caught fire. The blaze partially damaged the vehicle.
City bids invited by Clerk Freda Bray for curb and gutter installation and related work. Sealed bids due 8 30 a.m. May 28 with specs on file in city hall. Includes about 5000 feet of curb and gutter, 850 feet of curb, 250 feet of curb and gutter, and 200 feet of gutter only. The Leyden jar reference notes historic condenser usage.
Mrs. Arthur Tilley Sr., 75, a former Pleasant Springs Township native, died Saturday in a Stoughton hospital after a long illness. She and husband farmed in Brooklyn Township before moving to Brooklyn village about ten years ago. Survivors include her husband two daughters Mable Conover Forest Park Ill and Mrs Oliver Larson Stoughton two sons William and Arthur Jr Brooklyn two sisters Emma Honey Madison and Mrs Louis Huseboe Madison a brother Thomas Honey Washington DC grandkids and great grandchildren Services were held at 2 pm today at Brooklyn Lutheran Church burial in Mt Hope Cemetery Brooklyn.
Mrs Chester Noble 38 Gratiot died Saturday in a Darlington hospital after a short illness. Survivors include her husband four sons Ernest Raymond Larry and Terry at home her parents Mr and Mrs Albert Seffrood Gratiot two brothers Arthur Browntown and Louis Shullsburg and a sister Mrs Bernice Gille Services will be held tomorrow at 2 pm in West Viota Lutheran church Friends may call at the Noble residence until 1 pm tomorrow.
Weather oddities quickened straw hat season with the first shopper appearing Saturday on the Square. Unseasonal warmth brought street cleaners out, early fly pests, and noticeable bursting of tree leaves as spring progress continued.
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