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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1947
Page
6
Daily Record notes yesterday's high 63 and low 47 with year ago comparison of 77 and 57. Barometer read 29.60 at 2 am and 29.68 at 2 pm. Fresno, California reported the warmest temperature in the U S at 101, while colder spots noted elsewhere.
L. E. Bothell transfers par lot 1 block 12 Tallin city Monroe to T. A and Ray L. Pavlak. Albert D. Geigel transfers land in section 5 Jefferson to John Unter see.
Justice L A Koenig presides in a case against Carl Ehrenacher and Carl A Schiess Jr for possessing a loaded gun in a vehicle with no breaking down or carrying case. The docket lists numerous defendants including W Beck Paul Cooley George Deininger Wilbur Deininger Ernest Dettwiler Gilbert Dettwiler Roger Dinwiddie Walter F Figi and others. The verdict imposes fine and costs.
Bert W. Ovitz aged 65, longtime South Wayne resident, died in Janesville. He leaves four daughters Mrs Clara McKnight Mrs Clyde Morris of Janesville Mrs Alden Johnson of Caines and Sin Seteee Ov 12 of Inglewood Calif two sons Otto B of Highmore S D and Ernest G of Jamestown Colo his mother Mrs Julia Ovitz of Kenosha two sisters Mrs J P Molling and Mrs Mollie Mills and 15 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church South Waynes Rev G E Kelsey officiating burial in Misslin cemetery Misslin. The body is at the Hanson funeral home South Wayne.
At a village board meeting members voted to make a village project of the softball games to be conducted this summer. Wilbur Dehmer was named health officer and committees were appointed for the term across Health Streets and sidewalks Parks and public buildings Water lights and fire apparatus Board of review Finance License Pensions with Ware Barton Dixon Smiley and Dehmer named to multiple posts.
Marriage licenses issued for Verena Jeanette Fritz of New Glarus and Bert W. Ovitz of Janesville. Regula Hefty of Valley Falls Kas hospital note. Mr and Mrs John McGinnis Warren welcome a son on May 23.
The fragment lists several individuals connected to medical procedures including Roy William Portmann and Roy Walter Schmid with address hints, followed by a tonsillectomy group headed by Charles Lund and Donna Lee Weidman. It ends with a dismissal roster of multiple women and men and a stray note on the word pecan derived from an Indian term.
A dense local roundup lists residents and visitors in Darlington and nearby towns. Names include Joseph Berger South Jayne. Mrs L W DeLoremeier in Milwaukee. Mrs Shirl Bower guest of Mrs Ralph Krueger Brodhead. Jaeke Saas Pidbdinssec Minneapolis. Miss Charlene Tobin Yvonne Metz Monroe in Freeport. Mrs Earl Hawthorne with son Duane and family Stavers. Kenneth and Ray Streiff Madison home on vacation. Mrs Werner Blum with Fannie Frieda Rose Benkett. Dorothy Ulsrud Belva Trotter Rockford in Argyle. Mrs Frances Donovan Rockford visiting sister Mrs Walter Rilley Darlington. Sylvester Severson Blanchardville in Austin Minnesota. Miss Viola Altman visiting Mr and Mrs Waldo Sere New Glarus. Mrs Grace Chapin Ella Kolb Warren at Elmer Hawthorne home. Mrs Peter Parisi Sandra Marilyn Madison visiting Burnett Painter and family Painter. repairs noted at Connors Plumbing and Heating. Mrs Edgar Prine returned to Argyle from Milwaukee. Mrs Burnett Painter and daughter Rosalie with Mr and Mrs Harry Burcalow Bruce. Me Rosa's orders. Mrs Carrie Eichstadt left for Waukesha. Mrs J C Becker back Whitewater after Monticello visit. Mrs Henry Hefty and Mr Mrs Jacob Hoesly New Glarus. note on 10c big fat scratch pads at The Times office. Misses Beverly Olga Leiser Monroe Wilbert Burri South Wayne. Dave Burri and wife in Chicago.
A Madison visit and regional social circuit are listed with multiple residents and guests. Mrs Louise Pinnow Juda and Mrs Nona Seribis Beloit are noted as visitors to Monroe and Platteville social circles. Families from Albany Green Juda Monroe Janesville and Evansville are mentioned with relatives visiting or returning home. University students from Madison return for summer recess.
Miss Dorothy Whitehead, to marry Heinz Beutel on June 1, was honored at a pre nuptial shower at the Share home with co hosts Misses Maxine Share Juanita Mulligan and Etha Discher. Three tables of 500 awarded to Miss Discher and Miss Arlene McGuire. A luncheon and gifts preceded by umbrella decor. Attendees included Anna Huber Florence Gerber Louise Vincent Annabelle Gerber Arlene McGuire DeLea Treloar and Lillian Schwarzenberger plus Mrs Ernest Lehmann Jr and Mrs Clarence Leaver Jr. Sorority News Evelyn Drake state president of Epsilon Sigma Alpha travels to Milwaukee for two chapter installations by Edith Dodd and Ina Inerson from Love and Cole. A dinner planned with Drake returning tomorrow. Thursday Night Club hosted by Mrs John ODonell with honors to Mrs F Earl Lamboley Mrs C J Schwingel and Mrs Roy Schiffman traveling award to Mrs George Stauffacher substitute guest Mrs C E Baumle served luncheon.
Mrs F Busjahn and daughter Marion travel from Orangeville for graduation exercises and a Music Sally and Sue Wenger group. High school students plan a Riverside Park picnic in Janesville while lower grades meet at village park and upper grades head to Lake Leota Evansville for outings. Judge Harold J Lamboley attends the Wisconsin juvenile court judges summer meeting in Green Bay June 5 6 with a legislation report. Miss Maybelle Barber graduates from Madison General Hospital School of Nursing. Midshipman Emery L Campbell completes preliminary flight instruction at Corpus Christi and will enter advanced flight training toward Navy wings. Bethel school closes with a fall return of Mrs Elizabeth Severson as teacher. Mr and Mrs Roy F Burmeister travel to Columbia Missouri for daughter Mary Burmeister’s graduation from Stephens College and a tour of the Ozark mountains.
Albany native Robert Lanz will graduate from the University of Wisconsin mechanical engineering school tomorrow. He and his wife Charlotte Dixon plan to move to California where he has accepted a job, possibly in Los Angeles or San Francisco. L. E. Bothell sold his interest in the Green County Frozen Food Locker to partners T. A. Hoesly and Ray L. Pavik. Mrs Maude Trickel returned from Marshalltown Iowa after an operation. Anna Wood, former Monroe resident, is hospitalized in Rockford with a broken hip from a fall. Minor car damage occurred when Edward Dwyer backed into Mrs. Alex Etter’s car at 16th street and 12th avenue. A sideswipe on highways 11 and 81 near Juda involved Mrs. T. P. Flanagan and Le Roy Mason. no injuries or major damage.
Grandview Missouri reports President Truman says his wife Mrs Sarina Truman remains very weak with no perceptible improvement. He and the president left their Kansas City hotel to be by her bedside returning to a new oscillating bed after a restful night as Brig General Wallace H. Graham notes no change.
Bradstreet index fell 5 cents to 5.95 on May 20 the lowest since October 8 1946 when it was 5.40 The index covers 31 widely used foods per pound It shows a 12.1 percent drop from a March 4 high while remaining 41.7 percent above the year ago level Advances during the past week are noted.
Funeral services were held at 1 30 this afternoon at Saether funeral home for Mrs Clara LeBaron 92 a former Blanchardville resident who died Tuesday at 6 p m at the home of her daughter Mrs Virgil Stevens in Berwyn Michigan Pallbearers named John Paulson Evansville Foster Thomas Madison Dr F W Baker Douglas Baker Verne Marshall and Carleton Chandler
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