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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1950
Page
5
Hogs and cattle prices mixed with steady to higher hogs and steady cattle futures. Grain gains led by a 10 cent July beans surge amid strong corn deliveries and a 170000 bushel country booking. GM stock at a 21 year high sparked broad gains with Rubber names advancing alongside.
Investors moved to higher ground with gains for U S Rubber and allied issues while stronger prices were reported for Youngstown Sheet Chrysler Sears Roebuck Emerson Radio Dow Chemical Du Pont Eastman Kodak and United States Gypsum as trading remained active and prices firmed.
Betty Jacobiec a 26 year old waitress at a tipping free restaurant in Chicago has been named the citys best waitress of 1950 in a contest sponsored by a restaurant publication. She will receive a gold medal and 300 dollars. tips collected for charity.
Green County Medical Society members examined forty-nine preschool children at Monroe Clinic offices last evening. Physicals covered tonsils to speech, with checks on posture, heart, lungs, and nutrition. Confidential reports will be sent to parents after completion.
William O. Hall a 69 year old Portland Oregon insurance broker died here of a heart attack during a motor trip to Alexandria Virginia He was a native of Sylvan Wisconsin and had been traveling from Lisbon Ohio to the capital region.
Rev John E MacMartin pastor Universalist church will speak at the Monroe Kiwanis weekly luncheon at Monroe Country Club on “It Am An American Day.” Also brief notices announce the birth of Robert Wayne to Wayne and Betty Janaseck of Forreston Illinois yesterday at St Francis hospital Freeport with Betty Bieger Monroe as mother.
An extra practice session is scheduled for tonight at 8 at Recreation Park, in addition to the regular workouts on Thursday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The notice also mentions Mrs. Nathan Twining at Walter Reed.
A person injured in a fall was treated at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. She was flown from Anchorage, Alaska, by Gen. Twining who returned immediately to his defense command.
Guests at the Willard R Schuetze home, 1503 6th street, include Mrs. Schuetze's mother Mrs. W A Roddick of Hartford and sister Mrs Adrian Silenzi with her husband of Havana Cuba. The Silenzis plan to depart Monday.
Edmund R Anderson algebra and physics teacher at Monroe High School was chosen as one of 50 science teachers from eight states to receive a General Electric fellowship. He will attend a six week summer course at Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland from June 26 to August 4. The scholarship covers travel tuition and room and board. Mrs Anderson and their three children will stay at their home at 2316 Tith Street.
The YHC Homemakers club led by Mrs. Mary Pinnow Brodhead toured Chicago on a conducted visit to the Merchandise Mart.Twenty nine members joined the group for the excursion to the world’s largest commercial building.
Frank Stranahan and D. B. Anderson faced tough play as Stranahan shot a sub par 34 to seize a two hole lead, then defeated Anderson 5 and 4 to advance in the British amateur golf championship at St Andrews. Sharp Pinehurst era noted by Dick Chapman’s easy win in his warning match.
Willie Turnesa of Elmsford New York edged A G Helm of Great Britain 2 up in the nine hole match play. Turnesa led at the 16th with a par 4 after Helm missed a six foot putt and sealed victory at the 17th when Helm bungled a four footer. The article also notes political notes about district attorneys Murphy and Garity and Thomas E Pairchild seeking the democratic senatorial nomination.
Vernon W. Thomson, mayor of Richland Center and longtime assemblyman since 1939, became the third candidate to enter the Republican primary for state attorney general on Tuesday.
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