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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
2
Bolender reports strong city finances with receipts from the parking meter fund nearly covering costs and wiping out a loan. Water department revenues exceeded expenditures by about 12 000 last year. Officials plan a new fee schedule to fund ongoing plant expansion and caution against overspending.
Commentary describes J. Eisler’s bid for liberty and extradition contention. The piece notes British reluctance to accept a political refugee defense and predicts a May 24 court date as the case unfolds.
Winslow special report lists church leaders elected for 1949 50 across centers and wards. Names include L M Coe Dr E Bogke Roy Crouse Wilson Ferguson John Freese Dwight Leverton Carl Miller Frank Rohde and others with roles such as recording secretary treasurer and president of WSCS. Also notes Chester Freese as Sunday school superintendent and Francis Stabenow as lay leader. In a second brief, Susan Scimerse wins first prize in the VFW essay contest My Part in Americas Future.
Des. Ben B. Blum, F. W. Conway and A. J. Wegner of Petoskey Michigan are guests at Dr. Blum's mother Mrs. Werner Blum home. They depart tomorrow to attend a medical meeting in Chicago.
The page surveys anniversaries and events from 1939 to 1899 including high school commencement with top scholars Margaret Schindler and Albert Geigel and salutation by Frank Holt, citizenship awards to Schindler and Willis Etter, global travel by Yankee Clipper, and oblique notes on local life such as tax lists, weddings, and property deals across Monroe and Green County.
Wayne township marks its 100th anniversary with a joint Centennial Independence Day celebration on July 4. Secretary Gretta Eastman of the Homecoming and Schoolmates Picnic association announced the event. Wayne was organized January 3, 1894, by the Lafayette county board of commissioners with Russell Baldwin as first chairman and officers A. G. Pinny William Hover W. K. Underhill S. Young and F. A. Underhill. The first town meeting occurred April 3, 1894, at Amos Eastman’s home in the building later serving as the first post office on Clarence Akins’ farm.
Virgil W. Smith, 26, sustained a compound fracture of the right leg after his horse collided with Roscoe Bonjour’s horse at the Bonjour farm near Apple River. Smith was thrown and treated by a Warren physician before being taken to a Freeport hospital. Bonjour also injured.
Petitions for reducing telephone rates and modernizing equipment, filed with the public service commission, are sponsored by the chamber of commerce. The filings include 561 signatures from subscribers to the local exchange.
The Green county 4-H club safety speaking contests will be held at 8 tonight at New Glarus high school and Green County Normal school. Forty four junior and senior speakers will participate, with 25 entries at Monroe and 19 at New Glarus.
Mrs Gordon Murphy of Rockford, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dawson Armstrong, is critically ill in Albany hospital.
The Swedish-American hospital in Rockford reports a patient who has been ill for three months and suffered a broken hip last Saturday. She is identified as the former Elizabeth Armstrong.
Rev. tine Douglas resigns as pastor of the Brodhead Evangelical United Brethren church to become minister of youth and director of Christian education at the First Presbyterian church of Spokane. He begins June 12 and will deliver a farewell sermon May 29 after serving the Brodhead and Peace churches this past year.
Eighth grade students from Monticello join county group on a trip to Poynette yesterday. Participants include Robert Zweifel Eddie Wirth Gordon Rosen Mildred Rundle Carol Babler Gertrude Miller Delores Blumer Shirley Root Marilyn Noesen Doris Kennedy Lillian Graber. Chaperones include Mrs and Mrs John Ponyicsanyi Carol Jack and Mrs Francis Sims and pupils from Babler Purcell Lovelands schools.
Four Monroe 4 H club members were honored by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America for club work in 1948. Betty, Mary and Donald Timm and Joseph M. McGuire received certificates of merit and were granted a junior membership with all privileges except voting.
Dr. F. J. Bongiorno and Bert Ketter were re elected president and secretary of the Albany Community Club at the Tuesday evening meeting in the village hall. Members named Harry Edwards softball commissioner and discussed street entertainment sponsorship.
Officials discussed a proposed sewerage project for the village and decided to sponsor a Wednesday evening event on the street. Uniforms for merchants were left to individual choice, with further information to be provided later.
Virginia Lee Frink of Orangeville has been selected to attend Girls State at MacMurray College in Jacksonville Illinois the week of June 21. She is a junior at Orangeville High School and the daughter of Mrs Clarence Black of McConnell.
The record notes a May 33 gathering at the home of Der lene Mays with attendees Juasin Boigate Jevee Koeller and Janie. The text is partially garbled but indicates a personal occasion hosted at a private residence.
Faculty at Ow renews several staff positions amid campus expansion talks. University leaders outline timetable for program reviews and facility upgrades as the board weighs next steps.
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