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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1948
Page
6
Clear and cool tonight with frost in the central and north lowlands. Tomorrow shows increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Last week’s high 69 and low trace. current barometer 29.49 at 1 a.m. and 29.68 at 1 p.m. Warmest U S location yesterday was Yuma Arizona at 104 degrees. weather notes include an unclear cold reading.
Transfer notices show Sophia Rutsch selling part of Lot 10 and 11 in Sullivan's addition Browntown to Fred G. Zweifell. Verna Gaarder transfers Lots 1 2 3 and 4 block 20 Attica village to Sever Duane Gaarder in Brooklyn township.
Obituary notices list Calvin Martin age 86 of Janesville. Also appears scattered entries for Mr and Mrs Oliver Earley of Devand and U denguer, and Mr and Mrs Ralph Hare route 4 Monroe with a son born May 17. Dr and Mrs John H Usher of 1308 20th Avenue report a new daughter Bay 1.
A fragmented list from St. Clare Hospital details surgeries and dismissals. It includes names such as Dorothy Galaxon Browntown Mrs Simon Meyer 1112 Ith avenue Frederick Thacher New Glarus Maryon ree man New Glarus Medical William R Schuetze age 2 1503 6th street Wilfred Heindel South Wayn Mrs George Dorr Beloit Mrs Hilda Ballard Blanchardville Clarence Pomrance Beloit Nam Willey Beloit and several others. Local addresses and titles appear with minimal context.
A disjointed diary style snippet recounts a 14 year old in Switzer land riding an elevator and a dinner scene where a can of sauerkraut smells odd. Grandmother notes opening a scorched can reveals only water, prompting a puzzled exchange with the grandson.
The United Brethren conference moved to oppose universal military training as regimentation and rejected using public school facilities for sports events. The session adjourned after adopting two resolutions, naming Lyle E. Ofsted of Grand Rapids as ordained for the Italian mission at Kenosha. SCOUT LEADER DIES Funeral services 예정 tomorrow for James E. West, retired Boy Scouts chief executive, who died Saturday night on the eve of his 72nd birthday.
Dr. Douglas F. Parry, assist ant professor of education at the University of Wisconsin, will discuss new teaching methods and home school cooperation at the general PTA gathering in the high school auditorium Wednesday evening. The talk covers report cards, eradeless schools, human relations, education’s value, and family life education. Refreshments will follow with hospitality chairmen overseeing tea. Allan F. Barnard will conduct the junior band of 56 pieces, and Miss Genevieve Arensdorf will announce preschool roundup plans.
A. Fred Trachsel, longtime organist at Evan gelical United Brethren church, honored yesterday for 50 years of service with a cash gift and certificate. He played sections during the service and has rarely been absent, aside from short vacations or illness. Retired after more than 30 years as an organ and piano instructor in the community.
The earliest Green County school began as a subscription school in section 32 near Cadiz with Ralph Hildebrand as the first teacher. A hillside log building served as the school while other parts functioned as a root cellar and smokehouse. The second school arose in 1838 at New Mexico, now the south part of Monroe.
Washington reports three atomic weapons with improved design tested at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific proved successful in all respects. The Atomic Energy Commission conveyed to President Truman that results indicate substantial progress and that its present stage of weapon testing is concluded. Lilienthal called the tests a milestone in atomic development. Lake Success reports the UN atomic energy commission voted 2 to 0 to end its two year effort to agree on world atomic control.
A flurry of social mentions lists residents and travelers from Monticello Orangeville Monroe Freeport Belville Verona Madison and Darlington visiting relatives and attending events. Several weekend visits and trips are noted along with Moose Women meeting plans and a union Presbyterian supper. The piece closes with a remark that the common cold causes far more lost workdays than any other disease.
A city bus was forced onto the curb to avoid an oncoming Illinois car, breaking a telephone pole in the 600 block of 17th Avenue before 6 am. The operator Werner Marti reported the other vehicle was on the wrong side. No passengers were aboard.
May 16 in Jerusalem Arab shells struck the heart of the city as Jewish forces rapidly overran British positions and pushed toward Arab territory. The UN truce commission and Red Cross attempted to arrange a ceasefire while King Abdullah’s approval hampered Arab talks. Dr Chaim Weizmann was elected president of Israel and Israel applied for UN membership.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip enjoy a late night outing in Paris dancing in a cabaret. The royal pair took a rare break from official duties during their France visit.
Mrs. Robert Ludwig of Brodhead underwent amputation of the first joint of her left index finger at St. Clare hospital after an injury Friday while operating a fertilizing machine. Juda Class Day events will be held at Union Free High School at 8 p.m. with awards to be granted. Norman Gruenewald of Monroe has exclusive use of the Gruenewald herd name for his Holstein Friesian cattle, per the Holstein Friesian Association of America. nearly 1,000 prefix names were reserved in 1947. Mrs. Carrie Riggle, Beloit, former Monroe resident, is seriously ill at her home, formerly Carrie Dexter. Alfred Meier, 48, of Monroe, requires a second operation for a kidney injury. he will re-enter St. Clare hospital soon. Road settings were announced for Green County highway projects. Mrs. Albert Booher and grandchildren plan a three-week western trip starting June 10. Virginia Elmer won first place in class A clarinet solo at the Evansville music festival. A weed demonstration will spray yellow rocket with sinox at the Glenn Lewis farm in Jordan township. Helen Anderegg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anderegg, graduates from Rockford Memorial hospital school of nursing and will work at Hines Veterans Hospital. Rev. and Mrs. Joseph P. Bishop announce the birth of a son in Albany, N Y.
Mrs. LeRoy R. Phillips and Mrs. Harry R. Grinnell returned Friday from Chicago where they spent last week distributing Fritos and Red Dot Potato Chips samples from a booth. Miss Phyllis Ludwig, employed at the Fritos plant, was expected back today after the show closed.
Henry Rinehardt and his son Harlon assist Mer lin Burkhalter in building a three room cabin boat house and landing at Lake Wissota property. They have been there since early last week and expect to stay through this week. A son was born Friday to Mr and Mrs Arthur Hillberg of 1836 W Newport Chicago. Mrs Hillberg is Arlene Johnson from Monroe.
Duane Penniston of South Wayne was injured when his car left the road and crashed into a ditch a half mile east of Browntown near the Abplanalp farm at 1 45 this morning. He received cuts to the head and was knocked unconscious. The vehicle was badly damaged.
The national maritime union NMU reports that 12 of 14 Great Lakes oil tankers have struck seeking new contracts. Seventeen tankers operate on the lakes, while the AFL sea men international union negotiates for crews of three. Want ads are noted as productive.
Guam warns of a typhoon with 80 knot winds at its center. Lana moves northwest at seven miles per hour, about 375 miles southwest of Guam, and 650 miles east of Samar as Manila reports the season’s first typhoon headed for the Philippines.
Attica once eyed as state capital due to scenery and river power. By 1845 a saw mill grist mill and later a whisky still and general store defined the town. Rail absence limited growth, Indians and settlers left a vivid frontier memory along Sugar River and Mt Horeb springs.
The New Glarus high school band won first in division C for marching and concert at the Evansville music festival, with the girls chorus taking first division in class B. Under Miss Rose Marie Rolph, the groups earned eight first division scores and numerous seconds in solos and ensembles.
A Czech officer reports wholesale desertions from the Czechoslovak air force based on Communist leanings, with only about five percent of officers deemed loyal. Deserters are said to flee by land into Germany as airfield thefts grow harder.
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