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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
6
Partly cloudy with freezing temperatures in the north and fair with frost in the south tonight. Generally fair and not as cold Friday. Since yesterday 2 p m high 51 low 31. Year ago today high 77 low 53. Precipitation since yesterday 2 p m 1 39. Barometer 2 am 29 30 2 pm 29 50. Warmest place in the U S yesterday.
Otto Lanz transfers parcels 1 and 2 in Gorham ad to Thomas Keegan Jots. M mm Voegeli conveys land section 13 Adams two to Herman. Trustees of Browntown Methodist Church transfer lots 8 9 10 in Rhoades ad Browntown to Eric Halverson.
Estates probated issued to Monroe in Mary Combs estate with appraisers H T Summeris and C W Lengacher. Heirs include Florence Hurley of Tracy Minnesota and Ellen Peterson of Liberty Missouri. two sisters and three children of a deceased sister Hattie Moran. Various liquor and justice cases heard by Judge Lamboley and others. marriage licenses for Ozora Thorp and Jelyn Pinnow. Demises noted: Joseph Farnsworth and others. hospital and surgical notices followed by dismissals and a note on deaf-readable patterns in speech.
Monticello prepares a Memorial Day program featuring Legion and American veterans, the school band, and a parade from the Naval memorial at Main Street Bridge to the church. Rev. W. J. Abe conducts services, with student selections and remarks by Rev. A. R. Achtemeier and Erwin Kissling Jr. in charge of firing squad. Graves decorated at Railroad Cemetery after songs and benediction.
Funeral services for Miss Josephine Stude 56 a former Darlington resident who died Monday at Mineral Point were held at 9 30 this morning in St Marys Catholic church with Rev A J Mueller officiating Burial followed in the church cemetery She longtime worked at Reimers store and the Style shop Surviving are her mother Mrs Florence Micka Darlington four sisters and two brothers
Community snippets from Twin Grove recount visits and moves. Families such as Miller Chambers and Matzke are noted with kin and neighbors visiting Monroe and nearby farms. Several members travel to Madison and California while clubs meet and RN.A. lodge activities are mentioned.
A crowded social roundup finds Miss Helen Gerber and many others visiting relatives, shopping in Monroe, or spending weekends in Madison Door county and Door. Residents arrive from Beloit Rodney and Albany while local families host guests in Monticello Argyle and New Glarus. Memorial weekend plans include visits to Medford Rib Lake and local colleges with trips by the Stueckys and the Meichtrys.
Miss Ruth Geigel University of Wisconsin spends the summer vacation at her parents home Mr and Mrs Earl Geigel Her sister Miss Mardell a fellow student has returned to Madison for summer papers Members of the Farm Bureau women panel on citizenship program at the Wisconsin Farm and Home week opening of Mineral Point Historical Museum Friday with tea 3 to 5 pm and a musical program Miss Jean S Zuercher to receive BS in nursing at Marquette University commencement next Tuesday Baccalaureate services to be held at Gesu church Rev Francis Mehigan will preach Also R J Cook and sons Frank Klarer spend Memorial Weekend fishing at Jim Falls Minor collision damage at 18th Avenue and 10th Street Leona Gruenewald Mac Hafer and Dorothy Ingold leaving for three weeks trip to the West and California Mrs Ray A Young to return by air from Denver to Chicago
A cablegram from Korea sent birthday greetings to Chief of Police Jerome H. Schwaiger and his wife from their son William near Seoul. Robert Schwaiger marked his eighth birthday while serving with the army. A second cablegram informed of the death of Miss Barbara Zuercher, 91, in Emmen, Switzerland, sister of the late Ernest Zuercher. Marie Zuercher of New York City, a niece visiting Monroe, plans to sail May 31 on the Mauretania to reside with her aunt in Switzerland.
Wendell Stribley, Freeport Boy Scout executive of the U S Grant council, spoke at the Monroe Kiwanis weekly luncheon in the Monroe hotel during National Boys week. Rev Newell Mendenhall attended as a guest.
Kathleen and Anthony Lee Jones celebrated birthdays with 20 friends Tuesday afternoon. The event featured games and refreshments as gifts were exchanged. Attendees included Nancy Wyss Luan Miller Shirely Broge Bonnie Broge Mary Ellen Jaeggs Patsy Behling Nancy Bridge Bette Vanderbilt Dorothy Baumgartner Harland Felt Frederick Felt Dick Schwartzl ow Lowell Ludwig Nathan Jones Richard Yaun Victor Baumgartner Lee Acker Joyce Ruef and Gloria Ruef. Betty Bizer and Robert Frey could not attend.
Amigats or Columbus aerogates and their wives returned from the state K C convention in Wausau. At the two day meeting delegates were elected to attend the supreme K C convention in Boston in August. Attending from Monroe were Mr and Mrs William Kane, Mr and Mrs Harold J Lamboley, Mr and Mrs Leo H Share, Mr and Mrs W H Hogan, William Reider Jr and M J Hyland.
Mrs C D Curtis hosts Monticello visitors with Betty Ann Babler Beverly Zurbachen and other relatives spending Sunday with Babler and Remmers families. Henry Babler and friends visit New Glarus. Beth Ann Becker and Lee Kubly seen in Monroe and New Glarus gatherings. The note continues with Frank Loveland Gretchen Erickson and Edna attendees.
A string of Sunday visits and short trips ties Edgerton Blanchardville Monroe and Monticello together. Schuler family and Mrs Zim merman hosted Stuckers while Fannie Loveland and Lucille Loveland joined relatives in Blanchardville Argyle and Monroe. H L Karlen and family traveled to Sheridan Indiana for Memorial week with Richard Dugdale and family. Arnold Wiedmer and Marie Blum connected with Meier and Berling families in a day of greetings and a picnic supper.
P Benkert and Mrs Edna Leiser with daughters Carolyn Jane and Ruth Ann visit Monroe. Mrs Anna Roth and Mr Charles T Niles with Mr and Mrs R H Schoonover also referenced. Miss Carol Jordan of Madison visited her mother Mrs Vola Jordan Sunday.
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