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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1950
Page
8
Mostly cloudy with showers limited to far west this afternoon and east for early Saturday. Temperature little changed. Tonight lows 45 to 50 north and about 52 south. Saturday highs 63 north and 68 south. Sunrise 4 34 sunset 7
Arthur C. Nondahl transfers to Clarence H. Martin lot 65 railroad addition No 2 Monroe. J Edward Brecklin transfers to Clarence H. Martin lot 66 railroad addition No 2 Monroe. Albert L. Spears transfers to Helen Spears lot 122 railroad addition No 2 Monroe. Harry E. Williams transfers to T Roy Evenson lot 20 Gorham's addition Monroe. Dwayne Block transfers to Alan L. Goodmiller lot 8 block 2 Waelti Quinn addition Monroe. Fred Boss transfers to George Ellefson northwest quarter of southeast quarter section 36 Jordan Township.
Obituary notices list three deaths: Mrs Albert Wainwright 79 of Warren Mrs H M Crooke 59 of Milwaukee and Mrs John H Kundert 69 of New Glarus shown in a brief death notice.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley issues letters of testamentary to Fred G. Schultz and Gertrude Davis for the estate of William Schultz of Albany. The trust estate is subject to the widow’s life use. Edward Latham of Brodhead named administrator for Oscar R. Johnson, who died February 19. Brother Chris O. Johnson named administrator February 23 and died May 13. Heirs are Julia A. Burns of Janesville and Alma Johnson of Milwaukee.
Mr and Mrs Boyd B Balls of Janesville announce the birth of a son on May 19.
List of names connected to St. Clare Hospital including patients John Jacob Reger and Ora E Prisk and staff or associated persons in Beloit Monticello Brodhead Janesville Davis Gratiot Milwaukee Sterling Illinois with dismissals of Elsie Pinnow Arthur Emberson Henry Elmer and others.
Brodhead appoints Walker Searles as traffic officer to patrol by motorcycle on highway 11. Mayor C. S. Pierce says the program aims to curb speed and boost safety for pedestrians and motorists. Officers will be courteous but firm.
Albany Times Special reports Mrs H M Croake 59 of Milwaukee died last evening in a Milwaukee hospital after a stroke suffered Tuesday. Formerly Marie Barciiski she was married to H M Crooke, a former Albany resident, who survives along with a nephew. Services tomorrow at 2 pm at Sharer funeral home with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. friends may call tonight.
In Milwaukee and Madison a display of air force and navy radio gear entices public view. Col Marvin and Lt Col Hahlen outline on duty hours 1 to 5. Maj Tait and Voegeli present equipment while Walter Helgesen recruits. Captain Burgy praises Monroe community role in national security. A B 36 flight may pass over the region tomorrow.
Oats rose while soybeans fell in Chicago grain trade as cash oats delivery expectations and Argentine oats sales for Atlantic delivery triggered selling in oats futures. Wheat corn rye and lard posted only small changes, with receipts showing 18 wheat cars, 88 corn, 20 oats, 0 rye, 12 barley, and 27 soybeans.
Monroe high school hosts prom this evening in the gym with Oriental Gardens décor. King Charles Dixon and Queen Sally Burt to lead the grand arch between 9:30 and 10. Afterward, juniors and seniors attend a late party at The Elms, followed by a 3 am sneak preview of a technicolor movie at Goetz Theater.
Names of residents visiting Monroe and surrounding towns appear in a series of personal mentions. Harry McCulley, Archie Maske, Mrs. Max Paul, Miss Vena L. Gertsch, Mrs. Arthur Boeck, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Meinert, Mrs. Elmer Carlson, A. S. Douglas, Mrs. Julius Lehman, Arthur J. Theiler, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bump, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Cleveland, Arlo Klimeck, Fred Strauss, Emil Tschabold, and local families are noted for calls, visits, or short stays across Madison, Brodhead, Lena, Chicago, Albany, Beloit, Orfordville, New Glarus, Pecatonica, Cadett, Whitewater, and related towns. The entries reference daily social movement and county fishing trips.
Wisconsin 1950 census shows Green Bay up 6,208 from 1940 to 52,443. Fond du Lac rises 2,709 to 29,918. De Pere grows 24 percent to 7,932. Prairie du Chien gains 770 to 5,392. Rhinelander increases to 8,720 from 8,501. Additional figures show county gains and losses across Adams Friendship Jefferson Stark Crawford Pepin counties.
Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin will be the keynote speaker at the Republican state convention in Milwaukee on June 9 and 10. John Rouse, executive secretary of the state voluntary committee, announced the plan Thursday.
The Western association of railways condemned the AFL switchmen’s threat to strike against ten railroads as wholly unjustified. The walkout, set for 6 am, could delay service on midwestern and western lines, with 4,000 to 6,000 workers potentially affected. The dispute centers on a 40 hour work week for pay of 48 hours.
The article notes bus trouble delaying Monroe speaker Robert Burkhard from the University of Wisconsin who was traveling to Verona for a engagement. Last year the speaker was late, arriving after most attendees left, with car trouble reported.
John J. Regez of Illinois arrived from Phoenix to Monroe with his daughter Mrs. Crews and was received by ambulance at Bureau. He had been ill while visiting his son R. A. Regez and is now a patient at St. Clare hospital. His daughter Mrs. Russell W. Prien lives at 1925 8th Street. Africa features two snow capped equatorial peaks Kenya and Ruvenzori.
The Milky Way Dairy farm at New Glarus is pictured on Copper’s Farmer June cover. Mr Elmer and daughter Elaine pose with two work horses as the Elmers’ 75 Holstein cattle are tended. Delmar Asa and his wife live nearby and run the operation in partnership. Elaine, a high school sophomore, helps with horse work in winter.
Charles Moran a 15 year old Beloit high school student is held in Rockford Illinois on an assault with a deadly weapon charge after stabbing Mrs James Skala 22 a Beloit college senior as she walked to work near the Beloit Wisconsin Illinois line Moran said I snapped in my head while delivering newspapers with a two inch blade knife he claimed he did not recall taking from his pocket Mrs Skala who was stabbed on the South Beloit street line was reported in satisfactory condition at a local hospital Thursday night
Rain threatens Winnipeg as the Red river climbs to 30.3 feet with flood warnings. Authorities prepare evacuations for up to a third of the population while workers divert water by a 300-foot trench, and the army and RCAF stand by for possible further action.
Petitions circulate in Freeport taverns and restaurants seeking to move downtown store hours from Monday to Saturday. The Freeport chamber of commerce says the petitions have not been cleared through the chamber’s retail division.
Chief George W Armstrong of Green County Highway Police Karl Burkhalter patrolman and Sheriff W E Deininger attended sessions on administration procedure for Wisconsin county traffic enforcement officers in Madison Tuesday through yesterday at the Union Memorial building of the University of Wisconsin. Mrs Emma Saxton of Beloit grandmother of Mrs Fred Blumer Jr is a patient at St Clare Hospital awaiting eye surgery next week. Excavation began today on the basement of the new Frederick F Lanz home in North Court subdivision. The Lanzes of 714 24th Avenue are building a one story three bedroom brick veneer residence with double attached garage.
George Ni has returned to Lincoln Missouri after 18 months with Carter and Gruenewald Implement Co. Mrs. E C Copeland of 602 16th Avenue remains in serious condition at St Clare hospital with slight improvement reported by friends. North Carolina reportedly has 125 mountains over 5000 feet high.
U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson ends a 10 day round of conferences in London after strengthening Western unity against communism He drove approval of new military and economic measures by 12 North Atlantic pact ministers and proposed a permanent council to oversee progress He departed Washington May 7 for home with the plan gaining support from foreign ministers.
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