Weather Forecast for May 27 1959
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight. Thursday will see increasing clouds and cooler conditions with showers late Thursday or Thursday night. Lows around 45 to 54 degrees. Thursday highs in the 60s.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1959
Page
8
Weather Summary for A Presidio Texas and Nearby
The report notes yesterday afternoon high 85 and low 62 with trace rainfall since yesterday. The warmest spot was Presidio Texas at 98 while Lake View Oregon registered 32 as the coldest. Sunrise 5 36 and sunset 8 18. Barometer readings were 29.79 at 1 am and 29.95 at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. A. Presidio
Texas
Lake View
Ore
Real Estate Transfers Lewis Speers Estate to Oliver Warner
Transfer of property in Brodhead city blocks 2 4 6 and 8 in block 140 from the Lewis Speers estate to Oliver Warner. The record notes the city location and parcel designation as the transfer detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Speers
Oliver Warner
City of Brodhead
Estates Probate Appraisers Named for Burrington Estate
Henry A. Burgy and William C. Haren are appointed as appraisers in the Ray Burrington estate who died on January 26. The First National Bank serves as administrator. Heirs include four daughters and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Burgy
William C. Haren
Ray Burrington
First National Bank
County Court Judge Rules On Overload Offenses
Judge Marshall L. Peterson orders Rees Construction Co of Monroe fined 50 dollars plus costs for axle overloads, correcting yesterday’s report which stated 5 dollars and costs. Case involve T. O. Stauffacher of Monroe overloading license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall L. Peterson
T. O. Stauffacher
Monroe
Rees Construction Co
Speeding Fines Reported by Monroe Police
Walter Schild of Juda and Erven F Timmerman of Cuba City were cited for speeding by Monroe police, each fined $10. Police records list both as offenders in the latest traffic enforcement roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Schild
Juda
Monroe
Erven F. Timmerman
Cuba City
Justice Cases Justice L A Koenig LeVern Noggle
Sheriff’s department records report illegal use of license plates for L A Koenig and LeVern Noggle of Route 1 Monroe with fined $25 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Koenig LeVern Noggle
Route 1
Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Marriage Licenses For Birschbach And Adams
Donald R. Birschbach aged 22 and Carolee R. Adams aged 21, both of Monroe, obtained marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Robert Birschbach
Carolee Ruth Adams
Monroe
Obituary Notes for Three Local Residents
Mrs. Clovis V. Mantzke aged 57 of Freeport Mrs. Willard Leonard aged 58 of Oak Lawn Hl and Mrs. Stella Johnson aged 74 of Route 2 Beloit are listed in notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis V. Mantzke
Freeport
Willard Leonard
Oak Lawn
Stella Johnson
Route 2
Beloit
Local Birth Announcements From Five Families
A Browntown couple welcomed a daughter on May 26, followed by the Bear and Lisser households with sons or daughters born May 27. The Babler family of New Glarus also reported a May 27 birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Soddy
Browntown
Clifford Bear
Banchardville
Elmer Lisser
Brooklyn
Duane Babler
New Glarus
Mrs Leonard of Oak Lawn Dies After Lung Surgery
Mrs. Leonard of Oak Lawn Illinois died May 18 after lung tumor surgery at St. Charles hospital in Aurora Illinois. Services were held in Oak Lawn last Thursday. She is survived by her husband Rev Ralph A Leonard Oak Park Illinois, her son and two grandchildren Mark and Jodelle Leonard. A son preceded her in death. She was well known in the area and often visited here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Leonard
Oak Lawn
Ill
Ralph,a. Leonard
Oak Park
Odelle Monte
Monroe
Wayne Center School Closes for Summer Activities
Wayne Center School ends the term with a smorgasbord dinner for spouses in Freeport. Pupils toured Freeport industries. 5th to 8th graders will visit Chicago. Roy Peevyhouse will graduate at Darlington. A school picnic follows. Mrs. Buddy May teaches Brownstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Wayne
Wayne Center School
Mothers Club
Freeport
Chicago
Roy Peevyhouse
Omer Peevyhouse
Darlington
Red Cross Awards Tonight Certificates to 11 Assistants
Jerome Howe will present pins and certificates to 11 students at a Kiwanis Youth Cabin ceremony for completing an advanced Red Cross first aid course. The event marks the final advanced training for the fiscal year ending June 30, with Green County Chapter noting 212 people have completed junior, 10 hour standard, and advanced courses in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Jerome Howe
Richard A. Kundert
Green County
American Red Cross
Publisher of Times Convalesces at Home
Edmund C. Hamilton publisher of The Monroe Evening Times was discharged from St. Clare hospital this morning and will convalesce at his home. He had emergency surgery for kidney removal after falling ill Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund C. Hamilton
14Th Avenue
Monroe Evening Times
St. Clare Hospital
St Clare Hospital Medical Dismissals List
St Clare Hospital records list patients and staff across departments. Medical patients include Mrs Mary Blake of Beloit Cynthia McGuire at 917 Sth avenue Mrs Maude Trickel at 11116th avenue and Viola Rossing Argyle. Surgical entries name Edward Bregenzer 814 19th avenue Mrs Ronald Bear 1005 10th street and Mrs James Brasbazon Beloit. Dismissals include Burton Lynch Fred Badertscher Allan Marty and others plus Nim Seffreed Charles A Putnam Jane Block Michele McKenna and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Blake
Beloit
Cynthia McGuire
Sth
Maude Trickel
16Th Avenue
Viola Rossing
Argyle
Edward Bregénzer
19Th Avenue
Ronald Bear
10Th Street
James Brasbazon
Burton Lynch
Fred Badertscher
Allan Marty
Raymond J. Grode
Nim Seffreed
Charles A. Putnam
Harold Hawkins
Jane Block
Michele McKenna
Robert Burke
Louisa James
Gladys Haag
Fred Phillips
Harold Delhotel
Leslie Jones
Personal Travel Notes From Monroe Shoppers and Visitors
Mrs. Kittie VanMatre of Orangeville and her daughter Irene Schadewaldt of Freeport shopped in Monroe. Luz Becerra of Mexico City arrived to visit her sister Irma Tessneer in Monroe. Mrs. Leo V. Koehler returned from Florida visiting Ann Gruenwald in Fort Lauderdale Lakeland and Memphis. Verena Koenig plans to return from Switzerland with niece Any Jakob arriving from Toronto. Nellie Schneider will meet them at the airport. Grace M. Thorpe and Hazel Grode plan a California visit with flight from Chicago to San Francisco for three weeks and ten days respectively, visiting Willard Tschanz and family in Menlo Park and Hefty in Elsinore. Grode will visit an aunt in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittie VanMatre
Orangeville
Irene Schadewaldt
Freeport
Monroe
Luz Becerra
Mexico City
Marvin
Irma) Tessneer
Leo V. Koehler
Florida
Ann Gruenwald
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Lakeland
Memphis
Verena Koenig
Chicago
Switzerland
Any Jakob
Toronto
Canada
Nellie Schneider
Grace M. Thorpe
Hazel Grode
California
San Francisco
Thorpe
Grode
FBI Solves Mack Parker Lynching Case Report
The Tribune reports the FBI has identified alleged killers in the Mack Charles Parker lynching and handed names to Mississippi Governor James R. Coleman. About 10 men from Poplarville area communities are said involved. identities were not released. Parker, 23, a Black truck driver, was kidnapped April 25 before a rape trial and found murdered May 4 in a river near Poplarville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Tribune
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mack Charles Parker
James R. Coleman
Mississippi
the Tribune
Washington
Capitol Hill
Poplarville
Miss
Parker
Rambler Sales Climb To Surpass ’58 Mark
Detroit based American Motors Corp vice president Roy Abernethy reports Rambler retail sales in the second ten days of the month at 11 587 compared with 5 564 in the same period of 1958. He notes total Ramblers sold this model year reach 290 479 versus 88 103 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Roy Abernethy
American Motors Corp
Abernethy
Obituary notices Stella Johnson Beloit Beloved matriarch dies
Stella Johnson formerly Stella Kuntzelman died at 5 40 p m yesterday in St Clare hospital Beloit she was born October 18 1884 in Leaf River North Dakota daughter of Richard and Amanda Kercher Kuntzelman She married John Johnson in 1902 who died in 1956 Survivors include three daughters Mrs Vioa Sill Roscoe Mrs Velda Olson Brodhead Mrs Viola Tschabold Davis four sons Jesse Beloit Lawrence Long Beach Calif Clyde Brodhead Lloyd Albany 17 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren a sister Mrs Jane Helter Hampshire Jr and two brothers Lloyd Savanna and Paul Belvidere Services set for Friday at 11 am in Rosman UVehling Kinzer chapel Beloit with Rev Wendall Boyer officiating Mor tuary calls 7 9 tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Johnson
Route 2
Beloit
St. Clare Hospital
Johnson
Stella Kuntzelman
Leaf River
Richard and
Amanda Kercher Kuntzelman
John Johnson
Vioa Sill
Roscoe
Velda Olson
Brodhead
Viola Tschabold
Davis
Jesse
Lawrence
Long Beach
Calif
Clyde
Lloyd
Albany
Jane Helter
Hampshire,Jr
Savanna
Paul
Belvidere
Wendall Boyer
Khrushchev Eyes Soviet Rocket Bases in Balkans
Moscow reports Nikita Khrushchev during a visit to Albania said the Soviet Union is ready to establish rocket bases in Albania and Bulgaria to counter U S bases in Italy or Greece. He urged a Balkan nuclear weapons ban to make it a peaceful peninsula and warned Italy and Greece that U S bases on their soil will invite Soviet missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Albania
Bulgaria
United States
Italy
Greece
Balkan
U.S
Weekend Visitors Reach From Many States to Rice Lake
Monticello resident Mrs C D Curtis reports Wilbert Meier and family spent the weekend at Rice Lake with John Meier Jr and Mrs Meier Sr returning home after three weeks with his son. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Ivan Grunder in Monroe to see aunt Mrs Sarah Klassy at White Haven. Peter Sammond of the University of Minnesota stayed with his parents the Freitg estate home. Other relatives from Champaign Illinois Los Angeles and Madison were present. Clyde McPhee Riverside Alabama and his wife visited Freitag farm. their son Clyde is married to Barbara Freitag of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert Meier
Monroe
John Meier Sr
Louise Blum
Rice Lake
John Meier Jr
Meier Sr
Ivan Grunder
Sarah Klassy
White Haven Nursing Home
Peter Sammond
University of Minnesota
Frederic Sammond
Milwaukee
Nic Freitag
Gail Fisher
Champaign
Ill
Rufus Freitag
Los Angeles
Calif
Edwin Stuessy
T. R. Fety
Madison
E. Clyde McPhee
Riverside
Mr. Freitag
Freitag
McPhee
Clyde
Barbara
Condition improves for Emil Sutter after train collision
Emil Sutter of 609 Sunrise Court shows daily improvement after injuries from a tractor train crash near Albany. He has been at St. Clare hospital since May 11 and can be up part of the day with visitors welcome. Last night visitors included Leroy and Barbara Taylor, Charles Jorgensen Sr., Beloit couples, and Fred Vogel of rural Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Sutter
Sunrise Court
St. Clare Hospital
Albany
Mr. Sutter
Messrs
Mmes
Leroy Taylor
Charles Jorgensen Sr
Beloit
Fred Vogels
Monroe
Probe City Thefts Target Auto Parts
City police investigate auto part thefts from two parked cars reported yesterday. Lowell B. Streeter of 911 16th Avenue reported a blue fender skirt stolen, while Arthur R. Spoerry of 1301 15th Avenue reported a missing hub cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell B. Streeter
16Th Avenue
Arthur R. Spoerry
15Th Avenue
Car Hits Meter Bends Parking Meter on Square
Police report states Neil H. Pehl of Route 1 Woodford struck a parking meter in the southeast corner of the square with his car causing considerable front-end damage to the vehicle and bending the meter. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil H. Pehl
Route 1
Woodford
Second Deputy Premier Will Visit U.S. in June
Moscow reports that Frol R. Kozlov, the 51 year old first deputy premier, will lead a Soviet exhibition in New York in June as part of a U.S. tour following Anastas Mikoyan’s January visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Frol R. Kozlov
New York
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Kozlov
West
Mikoyan
Kremlin
Grenzow and relatives plan 10 day Nebraska trip
The article notes extended plans for a group of Grenzows and friends to travel to Nebraska for ten days. It mentions property moves with the Salzwedels selling their home to the Grenzows and relocating to Arizona after September 1. Several visits and job changes are listed among relatives and acquaintances in Wisconsin and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
George Grenzow
Ernest Salzwedel
Salzwedels
Arizona
Luan Becker
Brodhead
Harland Grenzow
Wesley Grenzow
Juda By Mabel E. Bauer
Mr and Mrs William Meinert and Mrs Esther Larson attended the WCTU rally at Platteville. The Gerald Soddy family has moved to Monroe. Mr and Mrs Emil Rufer have purchased Lizzie Lahr Estate house downtown. Mr and Mrs Delbert Berry are employed at Health Valley factory north of here. Mr and Mrs Fred Ehlert have returned from a vacation at Lake Montello. Mr and Mrs Paul Matzke and Brian are visiting his parents Arthur and Mrs Matzke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Meinert
Esther Larson
WCTU
Platteville
Gerald Soddy
Monroe
Emil Rufer
Lizzie Lahr
Delbert Berry
Health Valley
Here
Fred Ehlert
Lake Montello
Paul Matzke
Brian
Arthur Matzke
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Rambler
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Monticello
C. D. Curtis
Shirley Frey
Ohio Chemical and Surgical Supply Co
Charles Edenfield
Ralph Frey
Adrian Larson
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Bert Kloosterbaer
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Kookie
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