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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1945
Page
3
A narrative of a social event features a bride in an orange blossom tiara and full skirt with a long train. Pearls were a groom’s gift and a white bouquet accompanies the scene. Confusion appears in a stray phrase about training and Florida.
Miss Mary Elien, whose fiancé LeRoy Ca e, will marry June 2, was honored at a shower at the T. R. Holyoke home last evening. Co-hostesses were Miss Grace ee ee and Marguerite. The bride-to-be received many gifts and a luncheon was served.
The Mt Pleasant 4 H club held its May meeting at Babler school Monday evening with all members present and 10 guests. Rosemary Babler Waelchli were welcomed as members and Martie Gaccine introduced the series and program. William Bouehl was appointed chairman for the next meeting on June 18.
A fragmented notice describes the return of 65 heavy bombardment airmen to Major bases after serving in Europe. The initial group, composed of 10 crew members each, will receive leaves after a 30 day furlough period as they head back toward the Pacific theater.
Miss EF Leah Tomlinson Col Lorenzo Flannery and Clarence Voss from Monroe are listed in a Browntown report dated Monday with mentions of Darlington and a Sinee de Pee.
Protein deficiency leads some sows to cannibalize newborn piglets as a stress response. Experts note nutrition, housing, and management are key to reducing this behavior and protecting piglet survival.
U S reports that Japan uses free flying paper balloons armed with bombs to target the mainland. So far the assaults have caused no damage and are not a military threat, with warnings issued to avoid panic and to prevent spread of extra information about the balloons.
The senior class led by Mrs. Harriet Sheeler travels to Wisconsin Dells on Monday with students Paul AchteMeier Colleen Blum Louan Moritz Lucille Hirsbrunner Kathleen Pagel Fred Frehner Paul Schulz Carl Duerst Carl Wirth John Waelchli Willis Elmer Lawrence Karlen and Delbert Ritschard. Local residents visit relatives and attend events across Monroe Evansville Madison and Albany including calls by Gerda Beutel Judith Kingdon and others.
A report states the Red Sea spans about 1,200 miles and lies in near straight alignment. The assessment highlights its elongated shape and geographic orientation.
A roundup of community happenings includes visits to Naper ville and Clarno to help with moves, birthdays celebrated at the Albright home, and teacher appointments for primary, intermediate, and upper grades. Attendance records were praised, while a war bond drive meeting set ambitious pledges for individuals and corporations.
The 1943 fire loss tally across the United States totaled 380 million 235 thousand dollars, reflecting extensive property damage and costly blazes nationwide during the year.
In the UN era the fate of World War I mandates is debated. Five Allied powers hold title to former territories like Palestine and Palestine, Syria, Iraq, and colonial holdings, raising questions about whether mandates survive, transfer to trusteeship, or end with the old League.
The Life Insurance Institute reports Wisconsin residents received 10.42 million dollars in death benefit payments on 5,605 policies in the first quarter of 1945, up from 5.84 million on 5,014 policies a year earlier. Ordinary policies totaled 8.89 million on 2,349 policies, group life 842 thousand on 547 certificates, and industrial 688 thousand on 2,709 policies.
The United States Marine Corps requests all former members of class TV (b) and class V (b) of the reserve who lived in Wisconsin or upper Michigan and were discharged between March 1 and May 22, 1945 to contact the Marine Corps district headquarters in Milwaukee.
Pvt. Joseph B. Conners reports from Austria that his tank battalion has taken over a furnished mansion. He notes German prisoners and civilians, mentions Czech and Polish locals, and records that V E day held no special celebration for troops still on duty. He also sends torn French money and German stamps.
H. Dieckhoff, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dieckhoff, has arrived to spend a 30 day leave with his parents after two years of overseas service.
Dwyer Charles R. Dwyer re attends a four week course in airplane recognition at Camp Bradford Virginia before being sent overseas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Dwyer sr Monroe.
Mrs. John Robertson of Spring Grove received word this weekend that her grandson Cpl. Paul Hauser of the Fifth Marines on Okinawa was wounded in action.
A Monroe woman, Miss Alice Conners, who worked at the Lakeshire-Marty plant packing K ration cans, found her name and address inside a cheese mix can. Maj John E Sullivan, in Germany with the Fighting 69th, wrote from the Elbe river on April 20 1945 praising the personal touch from home.
Laeser-Frederick Laeser of Spring Grove with the Ninth Army in Germany has been promoted to private first class. He has been hospitalized.
Legler Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Matthew Legler arrive Tuesday from Baltimore to spend about two weeks with his mother Mrs Ann Legler and other relatives and friends. Colonel Legler wounded in action in Europe is feeling well and glad to be home.
Cpl. Paulus A Roth, stationed at Homeland Illinois where he served as an interpreter, has received an honorable discharge and is now at his home here.
Steffen has been transferred from Great Lakes Newfoundland to Shoemaker California. The move involves Steffen F 2/c Paul Rudolph and positions at the new base.
Willard Strand, recently released from a German prisoner of war camp, sent a letter to his mother Mrs. Lillian Strand of Hollandale this week. The camp captivity began on December 17.
Major Charles H. Tustison of Lone Rock Wisconsin and another officer were killed when their field artillery plane crashed during a routine training flight at Camp Hood. Tustison's wife resides in Gatesville Texas.
About 75 U S heavy bombers forced to land in Sweden during the war will be flown back to America soon, an American military attache here reported today. Mechanics are repairing them.
Blanchardville residents travel to Fort Meade Maryland to visit Pvt. Henry Gruenenfelder who had left for overseas duty. Nearby families attend illness and wedding preparations as Mrs. William Smith is hospitalized and Mrs. Janette Weittenhiller’s upcoming marriage is celebrated with a shower.
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