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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1961
Page
6
Daily Record weather summary notes sunny and warm this afternoon with a few showers possible in the northwest and north tonight. Sunday brings mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and possible thundershowers, cooler in most areas. Extreme north cooler Sunday, turning cooler south late Sunday or Sunday night. Tonight low 40s, Sunday highs from 40s in the north to 70s in the south. Sunrise 5:28, sunset 8:26.
Obituaries for Fred J. Thom 82 Milwaukee Albert King 73 Beloit Delbert Lawrence 71 Rewey and Miss Katherine Davies 52 Middletown New York listed with ages and hometowns.
Birth notices report the delivery of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Atkin in Albany on May 28. Mr. and Mrs. Lindolf Amacher of Route 4 welcome a son on May 26. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Pagel of Albany announce a son born May 25.
Dismissals include Manford Roode James Draves Ronnie Hexom Ronald Olson and several women and families. Medical entries list Mrs Richard Zanzinger Footville Maude A Gardner Brodhead Shirley Panshee Davis William Hough Browntown Bruce Walter Beloit. Procedures cover tonsillectomy Daniel Schmerse Route 3 and surgical Dewey Anderson Monticello. Also named are Mrs Roy Reinmann Route 1 and Mrs Leatta Busjahn 2308 14th Avenue.
The U S Senate confirmed the nomination of Don S Wenger USAF medical specialist from Monroe for brigadier general. He is assigned to Air Force headquarters Washington as chief professional consultant to the Air Force surgeon general, after serving as deputy commander and surgery chief at Lackland AF Base Hospital Texas. He is the son of Effie Wenger former county welfare director.
Laurie Knechtges six, granddaughter of Arthur Beinema, underwent open heart surgery yesterday at Wisconsin General Hospital Madison. The six hour procedure closed a hole in the heart present since birth. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Knechtges 1304 Baskerville Madison. Her mother Helen Bennema a nurse at the hospital. Laurie is the second of four Knechtges daughters Debbie Kathryn Linda.
Delbert Lawrence 71 retired restaurant operator died Thursday in a Madison hospital after a long illness. Services planned for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Karrmann funeral home in Platteville. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs John Knebel Rewey and Mrs Raymond Timmerman Benton a sister Mrs Bertha Palmer Port Angeles Washington a half brother James Brandon Madison three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
A former Platteville high school teacher Miss Davies died yesterday in a Middletown New York hospital after a long illness. Services will be held tomorrow in Middletown with burial planned in Waukesha next Saturday. A sister Mrs Clarence Knutson of Madison survives.
Fred J. Thom 82 of Milwaukee and former Monroe resident died Saturday May 20 in St. Francis hospital Milwaukee Services were held Wednesday at Roseberry funeral home Friendship Thom born May 7 1879 in Monroe eldest son of Fred and Mathilda Thom moved to Friendship in 1894 married May Gunning November 26 1900 later moved to Milwaukee to work as a carpenter Surviving are three children Willard John and Jessie May Christensen all Milwaukee six grandchildren and sister Mrs Thomas B Schindler Monroe He was preceded in death by his wife July 31 1959 two brothers Frank and Charles and sister Mrs Marie Dunn
The article lists names of Fifth Battery veterans from Green County who died in the Civil War with death places and years, and notes memorial observances for Pvt. Willan R. Hawkins. It also recounts Capt. Benjamin Frees presenting the Monroe monument at Courthouse Park and Col. James Bintliff’s units in the Petersburg assault leading to promotions and Lee’s surrender.
The Platteville Rotary Club receives its charter at a June 17 special meeting in Platteville sponsored by the Rotary Club of Monroe. Rev Gerritt Mouw of Monroe is the district representative. The club has 20 charter members with Dillon J Baker as president and Darwin F Olson as secretary. Weekly meetings are 6 10 p m Tuesdays at the State College Commons.
The annual Blackhawk Picnic will be held Saturday and Sunday July 8 and 9, half a mile east of Woodford on County Trunk Y. Amusements include Peter Paul rides, a Sunday morning softball game, a Saturday night talent show, and professional acts Sunday afternoon and night.
Local residents share visits and travels including Mrs Mildred Rust in Monroe and Brodhead visitor Mrs Myrtle Fetterhoff. Families from Rockford Delavan and Chicago visit Monroe and Juda area. Jet plane installer S Sergeant Andrew Malone inspects Twining Park aircraft. Families attend funerals, vacations report flood sights across four states, and high school graduation at Orangeville features Karen Losey.
The Board of Public Works meeting scheduled for Monday at 5 p.m. is postponed to Wednesday at 5 p.m. due to Memorial Day.
Smith Masonic Lodge No. 31 will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Masonic temple.
A granite shaft honoring World War I and II dead will be dedicated with public services at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Benton park. Guest speaker Scott Cairy of Platteville will attend.
Kenneth R. Oimoen and Simone C. Booth escaped injuries after their vehicles collided at the intersection. Police report notes both cars sustained considerable damage.
John Crotty is identified as a member of the South Wayne 1961 graduating class after his name was left out of yesterday’s commencement article.
Mrs Leatta Busjahn of 2308 14th Avenue suffered a broken right wrist in a fall at her home and is in satisfactory condition at St. Clare hospital. She was admitted at 4 20 p m yesterday and will be dismissed tomorrow.
Mrs Roy Reinmann of Route 1 was dismissed from St Clare hospital this morning after admission at 3 40 p m yesterday following injuries from a fall while under observation.
Friedrich Nietzsche described a nation as a group of men who speak one language and read the same newspapers, framing national identity through shared language and media consumption.
In 350 test centers across the nation some 7,000 candidates started the first Peace Corps written examination. Civil service examiners conducted the test from 8:30 a.m. to about 3 p.m. The assessment covers English, mechanical skills, health sciences, U.S. history, institutions and farming.
Lions Club of Monroe participates in Wisconsin Lions Candy Week to raise funds for the visually handicapped camp at Lions Lake Rosholt. Boy Scouts Troop 114 will assist. cannisters and candy rolls to be distributed Friday and Saturday for donations. Banks and gathering places host the drives next week. Over a thousand bulbs sold by Lions. more than 70 members canvassed Monday night and sold nearly all bulbs.
Mrs Jean McCarthy widow of the late Senator Joseph McCarthy confirmed reports that she will marry G Joseph Minnetti Civil Aeronautics Board member. Minnetti a 53 year old Brooklyn lawyer and Democrat is connected to political circles and had visited in 1953 with McCarthy during a Chamber of Commerce dinner.
London report says Patricia McCarthy died Friday night after a 13 hour operation to separate her from her Siamese twin sister Mary. The infant girls were joined at the head.
The document lists David Barry Foesch with an address at Treasure Island San Francisco California. It shows S.A.N.F. 5 853-543 E.T.A. school C. 46 Box 105 for correspondence.
Dave Garroway 48 resigns from NBC Today after 23 years with NBC he plans to depart Oct 31 when his contract ends or sooner if possible. He cites the desire to become a better man and best father following his wife Pamela's death last April from a sleeping pills overdose.
Vernelle Klein, 31, was hospitalized with facial cuts after his truck rolled over five miles northwest of Platteville. Officials said a steering failure caused him to miss a bridge and plunge down an embankment, trapping him in the cab for four hours before a passerby found him.
A Moscow radio commentator denounced Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson for his Southeast Asia trip saying it has done nothing to promote world peace and accusing him of failing to influence the region’s crisis.
Six Iowa residents pleaded innocent to conspiracy to defraud in a case over two allegedly forged wills affecting estates totaling 540000. Arraigned in Chicago before Chief Justice Richard B. Austin, they face a June 2 preliminary hearing. bonds range from 5000 to 10000 dollars as public defenders are to be appointed.
Bonnie Peak, 10, found dynamite in her father's car on Friday. It was wired to explode when the lights were turned on. Arthur Peak, 43, a city refuse worker, had driven the car about an hour before the girl detected the device. He moved the girl to safety and police disconnected the dynamite.
Viet Cong terrorists killed another district chief in a pattern of attacks against government officials in rural areas as the government battles insurgent violence in Saigon and surrounding provinces.
A Valencia peasant court has met nearly every Thursday since the 10th century to allocate irrigation water and settle all disputes over water distribution.
Rev Frank Van Fleet of Pas coag Rhode Island has been named pastor of the Primitive Methodist churches in Linden and Mifflin in eastern Iowa County. Rev Elvin S Murphy, pastor for four years, will deliver his farewell sermon tomorrow. Van Fleet will preach in the pulpits the following Sunday.
The United States charged at the Laos conference that Pathet Lao rebels committed at least 30 breaches of the cease-fire between May 13 and Friday. The statement said some violations were isolated but many showed a pattern of premeditation, raising concerns about the peace talks.
Beloit police found James B. Hankins 40, assistant vice president at Beloit State Bank, dead from a bullet wound near the city limits. A pistol lay nearby and Hankins had a note to his wife on his person. Hankins had been reported missing by his wife after being ill for several days.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla An advanced Atlas missile designed for heavier payload and greater range scored its second straight success on a 5,000 mile test flight Friday night The E rocket built in inertial guidance and with more powerful engines than the D Atlas aims to deliver a nuclear warhead up to 10 000 miles away The Air Force reports solving early test problems in the new design
Ex convict William Wipson, 41, gave up meekly in Cloquet Minnesota after a resident spotted him. He faces three killings including the May 16 bludgeon slayings in Springfield and the Superior murder of Benjamin Hucovski. Authorities weigh which state will take custody.
MANITOWOC Wisconsin A dog bites a man sending him to hospital. Lloyd Allen of the Izaak Walton League asked a farmer to open land to hunters. A dog bit Allen on the leg and fled. the teeth breaks reveal the culprit was an artificial leg.
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