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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1956
Page
8
Fair to partly cloudy and cool tonight with scattered frost likely. Friday cloudier with light showers, mainly in north and east. low 28 38, high 50s to near 70. Death notice: Louis G. Schuetze, 81, of 902 18th Avenue.
Accident reports list Edward Johnson of 1423 1th Avenue and Virgil D Klassy of New Glarus. Tonsillectomy for Steven Schiller of 2120 12th Street. Medical mentions Mrs Melvin Stromset Beloit John Lee Evanston Ill Mrs Peter Klassy New Glarus Mae Collins Kenosha James Crozier Rockford Mrs Clara Danielson Verona Lolly Bittner Route 4 Michael Alan Eth 1523 17th Avenue and Henry Youngblood Sr Woodstock. Surgical notes include Mrs Martin Schroeder Platteville and Rudolph Lehnherr Blanchardville. Dismissals include Harold Pinnow Daniel Van Houten Joseph Johnson and several others with family mentions.
Funeral services for Clyde W. Chambers former pure bred Holstein cattle owner were held at Grace Lutheran Church at 2 p m with Rev C C Warfel officiating. The body lay in state at 10 30 a m at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home. Burial followed at Twin Grove Cemetery Jefferson Township with Knights of Pythias in attendance and KP services at the grave. Herbert M Ainsworth sang and Mrs Walter R Brandli played the organ. Pallbearers were Henry Trumpy Julian Kiechle Herman Dieckhoff Robert Alder Robert Benkert and Herbert Stauffacher all Knights of Pythias members.
Rev. Richard F. Hulburt in Shullsburg today. Basil Peterson and Robert Rennemham of the University of Wisconsin Alumni Foundation were here today. Dr and Mrs E D McQuillan New Glarus were in Chicago Monday for the funeral of Dr McQuillan's sister. Mmes Otto Beucher and Arthur Webster Postville Ia spent yesterday with their brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs E N Churchill. Gen eo Motors open house in Janesville drew attendees including Mr and Mrs Harvey Holland Wilbert J Meier Donald Bloom Stanley Howe and Gerald F Gelbach. Kenneth L Mayer Monroe water superintendent attends a radioactivity short course on municipal water supplies in Milwaukee. The course sponsored by the State Board of Health began today and ends tomorrow.
Milwaukee Road chairman Leo T. Crowley, Madison native, recalls a remark by Franklin D Roosevelt days before his death. He says Roosevelt advised limiting aid to Russia while carrying out commitments and avoiding giving Moscow an undue advantage, noting clashes with Stalin.
Lolly Bittner, daughter of Mr and Mrs William K Bittner Route 4, was admitted to St Clare hospital about 2 this morning after an asthmatic relapse. She was unconscious for nearly 10 minutes during a coughing attack and revived by her father with artificial respiration before transport by ambulance. She is in good condition today. The report also notes Edward Johnson 35 of 1423 17th avenue was discharged from St Clare hospital after treatment for burns suffered at work when a boiler backfired. He remains in satisfactory condition with no plant damage.
The Federal Trade Commission dismissed charges against Jess M. Ritchie of Pioneers Inc. over AD-X2 battery powder claiming to revive storage batteries. After eight years of hearings and tests, the FTC agreed with examiner Pack that evidence failed to prove false advertising.
Mr and Mrs James L Disch Milwaukee are parents of a nine pound girl born yesterday at St Luke s hospital They also have a daughter Deora Ann 4 Miss Martha Zimmerman employed at Charlotte Magee Beauty Shop has surgery on her wrist at Madison General Hospital The injury stems from a fracture five years ago when she fell from a tractor She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Adolph Zimmerman of Albany
County Judge Marshall Peterson, judge of the juvenile court, spoke this afternoon at the monthly conference of Juvenile Court judges and caseworkers from southern Wisconsin. Youth Council plans a car wash Saturday in the city parking lot southeast of the Post Office.
Virgil D. Klassy aged 35 of New Glarus underwent eye surgery this afternoon at St. Clare hospital. He was admitted at 11 55 a m and details of his accident were unavailable at press time.
The Monroe fire department considers retrieving Spotty the cat stuck in a neighbor's tree for two days. Eight year old Donna French alerted police this morning that the cat would not come down and the department may call on its practice tonight to bring the animal back to earth. The cat belongs to Diane French, age 2, and has been in front of the Orville Norder home.
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