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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1956

Page

8

Frost Warning North Region With Frost Expected Tonight

Weather bulletin notes freezing temperatures across the north with frost possible tonight and cooler conditions. Wednesday shows partly cloudy skies with low 30s to mid 30s and highs mainly 50s to 60s across east and west zones. Historical data tabulates yesterday's high 70 and low 49 with barometer readings around 29.57 and 29.49 in early and late hours.

U.S Presidio Tex Bryce Canyon Utah

Executors Named in Two Probate Matters In April Deaths

Estates probated list executors Allen Isely named as son and executor for Helen Keefer who died April 10 with husband and children as heirs. Letters testamentary issued to William Korn and Louise Wells as executors for Anna Korn who died April 15 with children as heirs. First National Bank of Monroe named as executor for Carrie Knight who died April 6. Three friends listed as heirs.

Allen Isely Helen Keefer William Korn Louise Wells Anna Korn First National Bank of Monroe Carrie Knight

Justice Cases Justice L A Koenig 1 Janet Kuebli Pleads Innocent

Janet Kuebli of Monroe pleaded innocent to careless driving and a trial was set for May 23 in a case processed by the sheriff's department. Clyde W Chambers 78 of 703 19th Avenue died. Mrs Avery Stites 79 of South Wayne and Wallace W Smith 70 of Lena also noted in nearby notices. Two Juda residents Mr and Mrs Harold Johnson and Mr and Mrs Roger Dunwiddie welcomed a daughter on May 15 while Mr and Mrs Jack McKinney of Brodhead celebrated a son on May 15.

Justice L. A Clyde W. Chambers 19Th Avenue Avery Stites South Wayne Wallace W. Smith Lena Robert O. Whipple Harold Johnson Roger Dunwiddie Juda Jack McKinney Brodhead

St Clare Hospital Medical Dismissals List Names

St Clare Hospital Medical lists patients Waldo Disch Mt Hor eb Mrs Ernest Beutel Route Otto Brubakken Beloit Max Ott Woodstock and Mrs Virgil A Krueger Route 2 Harold Pinnow Brod head Floyd Timm Route 1 and Mrs Fannie Hoesly New Glarus Dismissals Harlow Robb Mrs Herbert Nelson and son Tillie Griffin Mrs Jake Tschabold Mrs Cecil Haure Mrs Jack L Mart y Mrs Edward Hintzman Mrs Blanche Treloar Harold Gray Emil Schwitz David Menzies and Mrs Donald Hawkins and daughter

Waldo Disch Mt. Horeb Ernest Beutel Otto Brubakken Beloit Max Ott Woodstock Virgil A. Krueger Harold Pinnow Brodhead Floyd Timm Fannie Hoesly New Glarus Harlow Robb Herbert Nelson Tillie Griffin Jake Tschabold Cecil Haure Jack L

Attachment Orders Issued at Meeting

Waders of attachment were issued at a joint meeting last night in Darlington by Green and Lafayette County School Committees for two properties from Pleasant Valley District No 2 to Mills Joint District No 4. Petitions had been filed and a hearing held for transfer of 80 acres belonging to Joe Signer and 80 acres belonging to Walter Meier, all in Jordan Township, as is the Pleasant Valley school district. Action of the two county committees was necessary due to Mills district being in Jordan Township Green County and Wiota Township Lafayette County.

Darlington Green Lafayette County Pleasant Valley District No Mills Joint Joe Signer Walter Meier Jordan Township Pleasant Valley Mills Green County Wiota Township

State Club Week Delegates Chosen

Sixteen delegates were discussed for State Club Week to be held at the University of Wisconsin in June. Three of the 16 delegates are already named with three more qualifying under rules. Additional selections will follow.

Witiy Ludlow Memorial Library International Farm Youth Exchange University of Wisconsin Clarence Schultz Clarno Margaret Stracka Marjory Deppeler Spring Grove Patricia Paulson York Judy Babler Mr. Pleasant David Hermanson Music and Drama Committee Mary Wilsie Waupun Philippines

Wallace Smith Sr dies at 70 in Lena convalescent home

Wallace Woodman Smith Sr., 70, national figure in steel engineering, died yesterday at a Lena convalescent home. An WWI War Production Board member for steel, he served with the American Institute of Steel Construction and retired as an Inland Steel Co. assistant vice president. Born July 31, 1885, in Helena, Montana, he married Mary Lowrie in 1912. she died in 1950. Survivors include a daughter, two sons, and four grandchildren. The body will be sent to Eustis for burial.

Mena Wallace Woodman Smith Sr Lena R. E. Penson Freeport Wallace W Chicago Robert L Sioux City Eustis

Funeral services for Norman J Kennedy in Monroe area

Norman J Kennedy 27 Seattle Wash formerly of Monroe was killed in a Nebraska auto crash Thursday. Funeral services were held at 2 p m at Stuessy funeral home with Rev. Glen H Ridnour officiating. Burial at Mount Vernon Juda with military rites. Pallbearers were Forrest H Riese Lloyd F Marty Ernest Marty William Preston Glen A Swiggum Paul Lochner. Samuel Pickett J Wesley Engles flag bearers Emil Boesch flag folder Rev James L Neighbours chaplain. Walter Schild directed firing squad. Average 25 percent of family spends income for food.

Norman J. Kennedy Stuessy Seattle Wash Monroe Nebraska Glen H. Ridnour First Methodist Church Mt. Vernon Cemetery Juda Forrest H. Riese Lloyd F. Marty Ernest Marty William Preston Glen A. Swiggum Paul Lochner Samuel Pickett J. Wesley I Engles Emil Boesch James L. Neighbours Walter Schild

Seek His Guidance for Healthier Living

The text urges using a physician’s help early in illness rather than delaying until treatment is harder. It emphasizes relying on professional medical advice over self treatments to promote better health outcomes.

Regular meeting and social notices from local church and families

Personal Mention lists a Moose club meeting on Wednesday May 16 at eight o clock with a potluck. It notes visits to a Wave pun high school style show in Waupun and travels of Mr and Mrs Ray Crane to attend. The piece also records Sunday visits with the J J Tschudy family and moving of the Tschudys to 1523 Madison street. Other guests include many relatives from Milwaukee Shullsburg Monroe Janesville and Des Plaines. Church events include a Lutheran convention in St Louis and Wisconsin EUB sessions in Milwaukee with delegates from Immanuel church and local pastors attending through Saturday noon.

Moose Potluck Ray Crane Wood Ford Waupun Wavepun High School Jennette Crane Feather Emma Ruehle Carrie J. J. Tschudy Madison Tschudys New Glorius Theodore A. Broders Youngstown Dora Lissmann Waler C. Zeller Des Plaines William Deubel Rockford Clarence C. Warfel Grace Lutheran Church Hlinds Synod United Lutheran Church In America St. Mark's Church St. Louis Messrs Mmes Paul Beckler Freeport Bernard Albright Monroe Bernard Bartel Paul J. Gibson Immanuel Bethel Evangelical United Brethren Churches Milwaukee Wisconsin Conference of Eub Church First Eub Milo Miller Immanuel Church

Travis, Rice Named To State Commission

Madison Wisconsin Lt Gov Warren Knowles announced appointments to fill vacancies on Wisconsin's commission on interstate cooperation. Sen Robert Travis of Platteville and Assemblyman Ora Rice of Delavan are the Republicans named to succeed Arthur Padrutt and Nicholas Lesselyoung respectively.

Madison Robert Travis Platteville Ora R. Rice Delevan Wisconsin Commission On Interstate Cooperation Warren P. Knowles Travis Arthur Padrutt Rice Nicholas Lesselyoung

Eden Victory Narrow, Cyprus Debate Shapes Commons

Prime Minister Eden's Conservatives win strong margins in Commons. Frogman mystery yields 87 vote spread, Cyprus issue 78. Eden refuses further details on Lionel Crabb disappearance, citing national and international interests amid Soviet visit.

London Epes nigoSisenka Britain Cyprus House of Commons Eden Lionel Buster) Crabb Portsmouth Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev The House

Press plant repairs delay Monroe Evening Times edition

The investigation continued this afternoon after damage was found in the press section. Goss parts were in stock in Chicago, Roy True flew to Midway and back, installation began, and officials hoped the paper would not be seriously delayed.

Carter Machine Works Goss Press Firm Chicago Goss Roy True Midway Airport True Monroe Evening Times

Rhodesian Industries Chief seeks American couples for colony

Hubert Ponter, president of the Federation of Rhodesian Industries, aims to recruit 3 000 to 4 000 young American couples to settle in the Central African Federation. He launches a campus tour to recruit emigrants for the new country.

New York Hubert Ponter Federation of Rhodesian Industries Central African Federation

Names and Birth Notices From St. Clare and Local Families

Craig James Freeman born to Mr and Mrs Robert Freeman at St Clare hospital. Grandparents Mr and Mrs J A Freeman Milwaukee and Mrs Asa Freeman Milwaukee. Ruth Ann Rusch born in Greenville to Mr and Mrs Richard D Rusch. Sgt Rusch at Donaldson Air Force Base. Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Harry A Rusch Wilmette. Great grandparents Russell Trumpy Monroe Otto Rusch Merrill and Mrs Henry Bauman Merrill. Top Poultry Raisers noted in 99 day Illinois test: Sylvia Schneeberger Monticello Harold H Miller Juda Ben Bauman Monroe. Rev Martin Hillemann, 85, seriously ill at son’s home. father of Rev R C Hillemann.

Craig James Robert Freeman 25Th Avenue St. Clare Hospital Freeman Ethel Jorgensen Andrew Jorgenson Milwaukee J.A. Freeman Asa Freeman Scott John Richard D. Rusch Greenville S. C Ruth Ann Sgt. Rusch Donaldson Air Force Base Harry A. Rusch Wilmette Ill Messrs Mmes Russell Trumpy Monroe Otto Rusch Merrill Henry Bau|an Sylvia C. Schneeberger Monticello Harold H. Miller Juda Ben Bauman Illinois Brodhead Martin Hillemann R. C. Hillemann St. . Peter's Lutheran Church

Little Chute Ordered To Operate Fox Bridge

Judge Kenneth P Grubb ordered Little Chute to continue maintenance of the Fox River canal drawbridge after a traffic snarling dispute over responsibility. The Army Corps of Engineers had secured a temporary injunction last July. both the village and Outagamie County deny opening and closing duties. Also noted, John Gilbert Graham, 24, was sentenced to die in August for the Longmont airliner bombing that killed 44 people.

Denver John Gilbert Graham Longmont Colo

Cold Rain Halts Wisconsin Field Work And Crops

Wisconsin farmers faced delays as cold rain slowed field work across the state and U. S. and state departments noted postponed corn and truck crop plantings. Early canning peas risk rotting while pastures stay moist but slow to grow. Waite forecasts cooler weather midweek, with modest precipitation and slight price firmness in farm markets due to lighter marketings.

Madison Wisconsin U. S Paul A. Waite Waite

Mrs Stites 79 Dies At South Wayne Home

Mrs Avery Stites 79 lifelong South Wayne resident died at 12 30 p m in her home. Survivors include her husband two daughters Mrs Oliver Fulton and Miss Elizabeth Chapman. She was preceded in death by her first husband William Chapman. Services set for 2 p m Thursday at Hanson funeral home Rev Robert Verle officiating burial at West Viota cemetery.

South Wayne Avery Stites Oliver Fulton Missouri Elizabeth Chapman Dubuque William Chapman Hanson Funeral Home South ‘Wayne Robert Verle West Viota

Monroe Man Injured When Truck Overturns

A Monroe man, AVIA LOUIS Deaneneeener from 918 16th Avenue, was cut on the knee yesterday afternoon when the county highway dump truck he drove rolled over at the Rees gravel pit. Deputies said he swerved to avoid cattle owned by Frank Leopold of Route 2 Juda. The dump box and left front fender were damaged.

AVIA

Mrs Wenger Speaks to Advisory Committee

Mrs Wenger spoke to the Citizens Advisory Committee, the Public Welfare Board, and county officials at a Courthouse meeting. She explained budgeting the needs of public assistance cases, showed charts, and provided committee members with copies of Wisconsin Statutes sections on programs run by the Public Welfare Agency.

Ois BMC Wengers Citizens Advisory Committee Public Welfare Board Public Welfare Agency

Convict's Writ Gains Freedom in Illinois

James P. Duty, 68, with a prison record across six states and three countries, won his freedom on a writ of habeas corpus he drafted himself. Circuit Judge Grover W. Watson ordered release from Menard prison after Upholding Duty’s self written writ. Duty had been jailed for parole violation, with prior escapes and sentences for burglary and larceny in Virginia and charges across Brazil, London, and Paris.

Clinton Ill Duty Menard Ben Illinois Virginia Waynesville Richmond Brazil London Paris

Fed plans early 1957 study on consumer installment credit

Washington report says the Federal Reserve Board aims to finish a survey of consumer installment credit early in 1957. The study could show whether standby credit controls are necessary.

Washington Federal Reserve Board

Legion Building To Be Bank Site In Orangeville

The American Legion post in Orangeville votes to sell its Legion hall, the former bank building, to the proposed Orangeville Community Bank. Final action hinges on the bank charter. The building will remain a meeting site for Legion use in the basement, while a new community activities center is planned. John Buford of Stockton may be hired as cashier. steering committee includes Zweifel, Ballesteros, Brinkmeier, Dinges, DeMar, Frautschy, Limacher, Priewe, Switzer, and Zipsie.

Orangeville The American Legion Past of Légion Prangeville Community Bank Legion Orangeville Community Bank John Buford Stockton Inl Buford Harris Trust and Savings Bank Chicago Woodbine Harry Zweifel Jaime Ballesteros Weldon Brinkmeier Ransom Dinges Eric DeMar Ralph Frautschy Frank Limacher Orland Priewe Stephen Switzer Louis Zipsie

Lund to Speak on Green County Teachers College

Otto W. Lund, president of the Green County Teachers College, will address the Monroe Kiwanis Club Thursday at 12 15 p m on the college's various phases. The meeting will be at the Swiss Wheel restaurant.

Lund Otto W. Lund Green County Teachers College Monroe Kiwanis Club Swiss Wheel

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