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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1958
Page
6
Partly cloudy with scattered showers or thundershowers late today and tonight. Warmer tonight. Tuesday fair with little temp change. Low around 50, high in the 70s. Precipitation Saturday trace. Record barometer readings and temperatures listed for recent days with sunrise and sunset times included.
Earl Geigel transfers property to Genevieve Wilson, St 51, Gettings add in Monroe city. Title and deed details indicate a real estate transfer between named individuals within the locality.
Monroe police report two speeding fines issued to Virgil R. Pick of Monroe and Richard J. Bittner of Juda each fined $10. Both notices list speeding as the offense.
L A Koenig Maurice Jewel of Janesville fined 15 dollars and costs for trapping minnows illegally. William L Carter of Monroe fined costs for inadequate muffler. minors in traffic violations incur costs and license suspended 30 days. Kenneth Troxell and Harold Norder of Monroe face dis orderly conduct cases. Norder pays 60 dollars and costs. Marianne Mahle of Monroe fined costs and license suspended 30 days for speeding with minors. Karl W Schillinger of Monroe charged with inattentive driving. 10 dollars and costs. Martin Hutzel Justice Gerald E Simerson of Brodhead for operating with license suspended. 50 dollars and costs. three traffic school sessions ordered. Alvin Leonard Zhe of Avalon fined 20 dollars and costs for transporting malt beverages with a minor. 10 dollars refunded after three traffic school sessions.
Charles Theodore Stoll Jr and Rena Marie Thurston wed in Browntown and Argyle. Charles Edwin Lederman and Lela Marie Ludwig linked to Brodhead and Milwaukee area. William Dean Kenatsch and Elsa Lee Schindler from Mt. Pleasant and 532 22nd. Erwin Lee Zweifel and Kay Winnifred Itten both of New Glarus. Ronald Erling Bear and Loletta Joy Roderick of New Hampton and 1725 17th. Robert Dwight Rockow and Sonja Mae Reinmann from 1304 11th and Jordan Township. Donald George Uhl and Jean Elizabeth Babler of Deerfield and 1724 19th.
Henry W. Burmeister age 87 of Gratiot and Mrs. Gilbert T Hodges Jr are named in the notice. The brief item lists residences and ages, highlighting local residents connected to the event.
In New York City a note lists Louis Coomber of Freeport aged 74 and Mrs Otto S Blum of Miami Beach Florida among readers or notices, reflecting a published item with names and places.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Shelton Juda announce a daughter born May 24. Mr and Mrs Raymond Pinow Brodhead report a son born May 24. Mr and Mrs Keith Wolf Orangeville announce a son born May 25. Mr and Mrs Robert Lynch Durand share a son born May 25. Mr and Mrs Vernon Friedrichs Route 3 welcome a daughter born May 25. Mr and Mrs Marlyn Trumble announce a daughter born May 25. Mr and Mrs Robert Beck New Glarus report a son born May 25. Mr and Mrs Bruce Dwyer Beloit announce a daughter born May 26. Mr and Mrs Eugene Arn Evansville report a son born May 26.
An itemized notice from St. Clare Hospital lists accident cases at the Juda location and numerous patients across departments including tonsillectomy and surgical, with names and hometowns such as Orfordville Beloit Albany Lake Geneva Madison and Rockford. Dismissals include a long roster of patients and their relatives from multiple towns.
Kenneth Troxell aged 23 of Monroe Hotel and Harold Norder aged 52 of 1602 17th street were arraigned in Justice Court on disorderly conduct charges. Troxell pleaded not guilty with a June 3 hearing set and $25 bail posted. Norder was fined 60 dollars plus costs for disturbing a police officer.
American Legion and VFW members gave flag observance talks in city schools for Memorial Day. Speakers included Dr. J. R. Ganshert Bernard Gibbons Harold Snively Josef Benkert and Francis Kaster from local posts and a prior talk at St. Victor's parish school.
More than 400 people attended a recital by dance students of Mrs. Richard Retrum of Blanchardville hosted Saturday in Monroe high school auditorium. Sixty students performed in the program, the first Monroe presentation by Mrs. Retrum.
Personal mentions list residents visiting or stopping by Chadwick and nearby towns. Names include Anna Lang, Mr and Mrs Edward Johnson of Gratiot, Elmer Hayelen of Rockton, Richard Hazeltine of Janesville, Richard Schneeberger from Dakota, Howard Mattinson of Fort Atkinson, Charlene Mergen of Madison visiting aunt Barbara Germann, L. J. Schroeder and family, and Paul Richard with Donald Daley attending Milwaukee Braves game. Chicago trip for White Sox Red Sox game noted.
A 34 year old mother Ruby Wheeler was jailed in Marinette County after one of her five children died in a house fire early Saturday near Coleman. Coroner Edward O Hearn said Wheeler admitted leaving the children Friday night and traveling to Crivitz with a woman companion then meeting a man friend. The infant Ruby Darlene Wheeler 23 months old died when the two story frame house burned before dawn Saturday.
A forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight in Monroe County as a far western Wisconsin thunderstorm belt remains out of reach. Farmers hope for rain after weekend precipitation elsewhere. Monroe did not receive any rainfall.
M Palmer Welsh of the Pet Milk Company and a New Glarus resident, underwent major surgery today at St. Clare hospital and is reported in good condition.
The Associated Press reports eight fatalities from weekend highway crashes across Wisconsin. Victims include Rose Dewey of Two Rivers and William Janz of Milwaukee in separate two vehicle crashes, plus deaths near Shawano and Muskego.
Ford vice president for industrial relations John S. Bugas said the company has no plans for new offers to the United Auto Workers. Negotiations with the UAW remain deadlocked as the Big Three seek two year wage formula extensions. Ford GM and Chrysler workers risk a contract expiration leading to work without a contract unless an agreement is reached this week.
A breakfast event at St Victor parish school, sponsored by the Altar Society and Knight of Columbus Auxiliary, honored mothers with a tribute led by Mrs Jack Schlichting and Jo Ann. Prizes went to Miss Schlappi Browntown for closest birthday and Miss Barbara Ruef Madison for most distant birthday.
Tornadoes struck the Hudson area near Hudson and Plum City Wisconsin and near White Bear Lake and Stillwater Minnesota. Six people were injured four in a car overturned after the vehicle was picked up and rolled four blocks. Two farmhouses were demolished and power lines dropped. Names cited include Hyman Sigal of St Paul and Mrs Walter Gleason of Stillwater with others injured.
Donald A. Ferris 34 and Brooklyn police chief since May 1957 announced his candidacy for sheriff on the Democratic ticket. He is the third entrant, joining William P. J. Dietrich a Democrat and A. Charles Howe a Republican. Ferris, WWII veteran, has seven years in law enforcement and is father of six. former Monticello village marshal in 1955 and formerly deskman and deputy in the sheriff's department.
St Victor s parochial school closed for the year with a promotion banquet for eighth grade students and the distribution of report cards. The twelve eighth graders were honored at the banquet with parents and several lay teachers and clergy in attendance. Promotion certificates were presented to Valerie Usher Marilynn Brennan Sharon Reilly Franz Camenzid Karl Mueller Robert Pick Gerald Pickett Ronald Disch Oscar Kern John Robilette Kenneth Robichaux and Jerry Daley.
Arrangements for complete health examinations for all 4 H club members in the county have been made by the 4H health and safety committee for June. The general fee is $3, with members scheduling their own appointments. Doctors include P H Marty E V Hicks New Glarus M W Stuessy Brodhead and the Medical Center. The exam covers appearance nutrition posture height weight skin eyes nose throat mouth teeth glands lungs heart blood pressure hernia and urine analysis cost $2 extra at the Medical Center. The program began in 1952. Members of the committee coordinating this program are
The year’s arrangements include Mrs. Chester Pinnow and Mrs. Albert Deppeler of Argus, Frank Leopold of Oakley, Mrs. R. J. Douglas of Spring Grove, Brian Riemer a junior leader from Decatur, and Patricia Paulson a junior leader from York, with Juda 4-H also represented.
President Eisenhower flagged the Shippingport plant from Washington as electricity flowed from the first large scale fully commercial atomic power facility. The ceremony marked the plant’s dedication in the upper Ohio River Valley about 45 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
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