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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1952
Page
8
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with scattered showers likely in the southwest and extreme south. Warmer tonight, cooler southwest tomorrow. Lows 48 to 54, highs 62 to 70. Record figures include a 67 high and 48 low. Tucson tops US warmth at 95, Bismarck 41 coldest. sunrise 4 32, sunset 7 21.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley presided as the case of Roger Strong of Freeport concluded with a $25 forfeiture for disorderly conduct including breaking a car window. Of this sum $8 covers window replacement, $4.03 in court costs, and $0.95 sheriff's fee.
Justice L A Koeniz Roger Haman Walter Williams and Donald Albright all of Juda pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and were fined five dollars plus costs. August Mann age 57 of Orangeville pleaded guilty to failure to yield right of way and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
Miss Clara Olson 74 of Argyle and Mrs Arnold Schober 71 of 310 N First Rockford. Garret Van Hemert 60 Rockford. William C Fowler 79 of 7141 Normal Blvd Chicago listed in the death notices.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dovre Blanchardville welcome a son Mrs. Glenn Schwend Juda greet a daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Walters route 1 Monticello celebrate a son all born May 20.
St Clare Hospital Medical mentions patients including Mrs John Becher Beloit Patrick Lahock Darlington Elmer Berger Gratiot Mrs John Bercet South Wayne Linda Lou Johnson Winslow Carl A Carlson Chicago Robert Hawley Argyle Mrs Zola Lat in Argyle Louis Frindell Chicago Frank Shippy Monroe Homer Cogswell Rockford and Mrs George Lindium Madison Tonsillectomy patients Sally Dickson Argyle Linda Voegels New Glarus Karen Berge New Glarus and John Mark Roth 1816 17th avenue Surgical patients Mrs William Metcalf 1115 14th avenue LaVona Brecklin 1803 8th street Mrs Frank Greve Beloit Mrs James Thorton Beloit and Mrs Clifford Zee Browntown Dismissals Dana Garland Mrs Larry Vincent Archie Bobb David Legler Mrs Edward Becker Mrs James Granger Mrs Angelo Cernoia David Sulzer Patricia and Janice Siedschlag.
Announcement of settlement and dismissal in Dane County Circuit Court on November 5 1951 regarding a tax service fee claim. Plaintiff T Carroll Sizer sought 14559 for Goetz Theaters Co. defendants included Chester J Mabel Nathan L and Robert Goetz. Amount settled was substantially less. Sizer represented by Spohn Ross Stevens and Lamb Madison. Goetzes by Torphy Torphy and Peterson Kittel sen and Brand Monroe.
Madison Wisconsin cheese markets show Wisconsin American cheese steady to firm with ample supplies and good demand, while domestic Swiss cheese edges to barely steady or weak with lower prices. Selling prices and state assembly point ranges are listed for various grades and styles.
Garret Van Hemert, 60, of Rockford, died at 3:43 a.m. today at St. Clare hospital where he had been a medical patient since May. The body is at Shriner Neushwander funeral home, with burial expected in Kentucky.
Monticello school board opened bids for a modernization project adding a gym stage shop five classrooms and updated heating for the older and new sections. About 20 contractors attended with the board expressing satisfaction. A May 5 bond referendum passed 313 to 17 authorizing the work.
Police arrested two persons on speeding charges this morning. Robert J. Kuebli 21 formerly of South Wayne now living at 1114 16th avenue was charged with driving 45 mph on Highway 11. George H. Trumpy 30 route 1 was charged with speeding 45 mph on Highway 69 at the city edge.
Green County Superintendent of Schools Mrs C Irene Quinn will award diplomas to 73 graduates. Rev Orians gives the benediction. Ninth grade orientation leads by Franklin Luebchow with Lincoln Junior High as host. Speakers include Shirley Geigel and Roger Schmidt.
Jane M. Stauffacher 17 receives a 300 scholarship to Ripon College with plans to study teaching of mathematics history and secondary education. She is an honor roll student at Ripon High School and active in band orchestra yearbook business management and Tri-Hi-Y.
Personal mentions list residents and visitors from Madison Darlington Albany Dixon Til Tenafly N J Monticello Chicago and Rockford. Social items note bake sale May 24, Moose and Women of the Moose meetings and upcoming chiropractic meeting at Lake Delton with plans for Correct Posture week.
Three men pleaded not guilty in Federal Court to bribery charges linked to a U S Department of Agriculture transaction. Defendants are E Mervyn Rowlands former Cambria state senator Jule Marachowsky Portage and Guy Cravens Milaca a former Department employee. Judge Patrick T Stone granted a delay for special motions and kept each man on 2500 bond.
Playwright Lillian Hellman testifies she is not a Communist party member and has not been for two years. She declines to discuss affiliations prior to that period before the House Un American Activities Committee.
A 39 year old actor John Garfield was found dead from a heart ailment in Iris Whitney’s Gramercy Park apartment. Dr Thomas Gonzales, medical examiner, summarized his career from stage boxing roles in Colden Boy to gangster parts and Broadway productions.
Lee William Bratley 71 of Beloit, born in Monroe, died Sunday in Beloit. He owned Spickerman and Bratley Plumbing and Heating Co. since 1910 after moving from Monroe 51 years ago. Survived by wife, two daughters Erwin Scott Beloit and Wallace Brown Walworth, three grandchildren, two sisters M Howe Milwaukee and Jack Kearns Beloit, and brother Atlee H. Bratley Beloit newspaperman.
The Senate confirmed Judge James P. McGranery for attorney general as Wisconsin Republican senators Wiley and McCarthy were not recorded as voting.
Mrs. Lydia R. West arrived here yesterday from Los Angeles and will stay for an undetermined period. She is currently a houseguest of her niece, Mrs. J Leo Norton.
Mrs Ruth Holsinger shows better condition after two weeks in St Clare Hospital with lobar pneumonia. She became ill at her home about a week before admission to the hospital.
The report from Wisconsin General Hospital indicates Mrs Edwin Blum of 725 25th Avenue remains in serious condition after Friday surgery to remove a brain tumor. Doctors say she is responding as well as can be expected.
Mrs J F Matzke Sr returns to her Brodhead home after a week with her son Russell Matzke. She is improving satisfactorily following surgery and treatment at St Clare Hospital.
Mrs George Lindiium and her son Madi entered St Clare hospital today for medical treatment and observation. She is the sister of Mrs Louis B Stauffacher.
The purchasing committee will visit court houses in several counties tomorrow to inspect furnishings and space use. They will report findings at the August board session. Members include Henry Aebly Jordan township Sam Ludwig Sylvester township Roy Crago Browntown and county clerk Wilma Lengacher with an office furnishings salesman.
May corn and oats eased while May wheat and soybeans showed strength as trading concluded on the Board of Trade. The report notes price movement in Chicago markets with emphasis on May contracts.
A crowd gathered before the Wainwright drug store as Grant's Transfer Co moved a two ton safe from the shop. The move marks a modernization including new shelving and display counters with a preinstalled safe. The old lockup dates to 1929 era ownership by Ford Hopkins Co and may trace to Dr. N A Loofbouron. Clarence Wainwright and wife have owned since November 1948 after managing since May 1943 arriving from Beaver Dam.
About 60,000 oil workers failed to ratify or reach back to work agreements, keeping large portions of the industry shut. Scattered settlements emerged among smaller locals as CIO official C A Knight reported roughly one third of 90,000 refinery and pipeline workers walked out.
The report notes that on April 30 workers returned to their posts and that the observer predicted nearly all strikers would be back by week’s end, signaling a quick settlement or cooldown in the labor dispute.
Three Juda youths were fined five dollars and costs each on disorderly conduct charges in justice court. A fourth youth faced a warrant for the same offense after a disturbance Sunday in Juda. Walter Williams and Roger Haman were fined after pleading guilty. Ambrose Waelti was ordered to appear in justice court tomorrow. Green County sheriff's department investigated the complaint and served the warrants.
Dr. Vernon A. Fox the psychologist at Southern Michigan Prison announced his resignation as assistant deputy warden after a protest over a speech he delivered to mutineers. He said he mailed his resignation to Commissioner Ernest C. Brooks and believed justice was on his side.
A robin tends her three nestlings near Mon roe Airport as planes come and go while keeping spectators away. The Commercial and Savings Bank struggled to fund operations after a vault time clock failed until 11 15, with First National Bank lending cash to cover the delay.
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