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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1948

Page

6

Daily Record Fair and frost south region forecast

The Daily Record notes tonight will be fair with scattered light frost in lowlands of the north portion. Tomorrow expects increasing cloudiness with little temperature change. Barometer readings at 1 am 29 and 1 pm 29.73. Phoenix, Ariz topped the nation at 101 degrees while Bismarck, N. D. was at 35. Sunrise is 4 26 and sunset 7 28.

Portion U. S Phoenix Ariz Bismarck N. D

Court Findings: Johnson Faces Traffic Fixture Report Penalty

County Court records show Ralph C Johnson of route 1 Woodford cited for failure to report after striking fixtures on or near a highway. Judge Harold J Lemabeley ordered $10 fine plus costs.

Ralph C. Johnson Woodford Harold J. Lemabeley

Justice Cases in New Glarus Court on DUI and Costs

In Monticello Justice Court Judge Howey presided over cases of znrent commer from New Glarus involving operating an automobile under the influence of intoxicating liquor and related costs. The driver’s license appears not to be granted for occupational use.

New Glarus Monticello How Iy

Marriages and deaths and births listed for the era

Marriage licenses show Violet Margaret Altman and Robert James Gilbert of Monroe township. Deaths noted: Fred A. Schillinger age 50 of 1317 22nd avenue and Mrs Kathryn Duerst Miller age 91 of Janesville. Dated births include a son to air and Mrs Herman Schnei der Orforaville and sons to Mr and Mrs Kenneth M Disch Argyle and Mr and Mrs Paul E Duerst New Glarus both May 28. Francis Kilkelly aged 42 Belit.

Violet Margaret Altman Monroe Robert James Gilbertson Monroe Township Fred A. Schillinger 22Nd Avenue Kathryn Duerst Miller Janesville Francis Kilkelly Belit Air Herman Schneider Orforaville Kenneth M. Disch Argyle Paul E. Duerst New Glarus

St Clare Hospital Surgical and Dismissals List

St Clare Hospital lists surgical patients George L Watkins Blanchardville and William L Pres ton with multiple companions. Tonsillectomy patients include Vera L Gilbert and Curt Allan Maurer in Madison and Juda residents Irene Menehan and Shirley Frey. Discharges include Susanna Stauftacher Charles E Kelly Ida Frey Glen Langston and others.

George L. Watkins Blanchardville Fred Kuebli 10Th Street Vera L. Gilbertson Beloit William L. Preston 16Th Avenue Mabel Liedschlag Curt Allan Maurer Madison Irene Menehan Juda Shirley Frey Gary Lee Baumgart 98Th Street J. W. Chapman South Wayne Susanna Stauftacher Charles E. Kelly Ida L. Frey Glen Langston Sonja Rae Marilyn Thoreson John G. Hart Robert, Richaard Mary Ann Olin

Sheboygan Press Suffers Power Shutdown and Repairs

The Sheboygan Press and its WHB radio station experienced a transformer failure late last night cutting power to the plant. The blackout halted teletypes and staff worked in near darkness until the circuit was restored at 9 57 a.m. The station then resumed normal operations while AP news copy was dispatched from Milwaukee by bus.

Eboygan Sheboygan Press WHB St Tion Associated AP News Sheboygan Milwaukee

Funerals for Alfred Barth Sr and Ira D Johnson Planned

Funeral services are set for Alfred Barth Sr. 78 of Maiengo with burial in Greenwood Cemetery after services at Cooper and Shrin er Neushwander funeral homes. He died at Maiengo, survived by his daughter Mrs. Frank Niffenegger and three sons Fred Alfred Ernest Emil, plus 17 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Ira D. Johnson, 71, who died of a heart attack while fishing in Newville, Wis, will lie in state at Everson funeral home Brodhead before Juda Baptist church rites at 1 p.m. Sunday. Burial is Moore Cemetery near Juda with soloist Arthur Tingley and Rev C Tingley officiating.

Alfred Barth Cooper Funeral Miengo Shriner-Neushwander Paul C. Kehle Greenwood Alfred John Fred Ernest Otto Paul Barth Mr. Barth Monroe Maiengo Frank Niffenegger Alfred Jr Maengo Emil Milwaukee Ira D. Johnson Juda Newville Wis Everson Funeral Home Brodhead Juda Baptist Church Arthur Tingley Rev C. Tingley Moore Cemetery Esther Newman Fred Brunkow Hugh Pengra Ben Cleveland Dell Jones Albany Clarence Morton Ernest Salzwedel Staley Williams

Monroe Alumni Elects 1949 Officers At Dance

Archie Myers Jr. named president of the Monroe High School Alumni Association for 1949 with John Maurer as vice president and Miss Marie Blum as secretary treasurer. Officers were chosen from a slate prepared by the nominating committee. The event featured a Arabian nights theme and music by Don Voge li and his orchestra.

Archie Myers Jr Monroe High School Alumni Association John Maurer Marie Blum Werner W. Blum Lena M.conrad Larry Vincent Don Voegeli

Norwegian Settlement and local dances highlight Jordan Center program

Mrs Crystal of Brus Veenen Monticello presented a dance program showing Norwegian settlements across Green county with districts near Albany Jordan York Brodhead and a shift toward manufacturing trade and professional culture. Jordan Center pupils and Watson school performers enacted in Norwegian Swiss and patriotic numbers with teachers Mrs Probst and Mrs Tol. The event closed with flag and banner unfurls and Wisconsin state songs performed by Juda graduates.

Crystal Brusveen Monticello Green County Albany Jordan York Townships Brodhead Jordan Center School F. R. Probst DeWayne Flannery Mina Manda Flannery Stars and Stripes Forever Watson ‘School Wisconsin Juda

Green County Homemakers Achieve Day display

Pictures show activities from the Green County Homemakers clubs Achivement day held Thursday in Turner hall now on display at the Wisconsin Power and Light Co office on the square. The paragraph lists numerous local residents attending centennial Madison events and various social visits, weddings, funerals, and church notices from Monroe and surrounding towns with multiple named individuals and places.

Green County Turner Hall Wisconsin Power and Light Co

Car Leaves Highway In Albany Crash

A car driven by 27 year old Leonora M Leeder Beloit was badly damaged when it left County Trunk E on the first turn south of Albany village limits at 11 last night. The driver was unhurt.

Clarence G. Peterson Centerle. Inc 17Th Street 13Th Avenue Clayte F. Coplien Leonora M Leeder Beloit Albany Village

Six Die in Roaring Apartment Building Fire

Fire swept a three story complex at 2014 South California Avenue, with seven trapped on upper floors and only one rescued. A separate Kendall Street blaze near 2110 Kendall damaged a three story building, with seven injured and damage pegged at 2500 dollars. A laborer from Cudahy, 49, Joze backi, was killed near Milwaukee as a road train struck him while gathering firewood.

South California Avenue Criminal Courts Anthony Mule Janey Kendall Street Milwaukee Stanley Jozebacki Cudahy North Western Road

Milwaukee Families Weekend Visits and Departures

Milwaukee residents Alice Baumgartner and relatives spend weekends with family, while Marine Cpl Milford Olson departs for Camp Lejeune after a 32 day leave with his mother in Argyle. Phc Lyle Swanton leaves for Seattle for nine day leave before heading to Japan. Mrs Ella Bender and Mrs Harry Smith with daughter Sharon return home after Daniel Bender’s graduation, hosting Catherine Hartz of Benton Harbor.

Aliss Alice Baumgartner Miwaukee Herman Baumgartner Elsie Rose Teuscher Milwaukee William Teuscher William Marine Cpl Milford Olson Lejune N. C Masie Ol Ison Argyle Lyle Swanton Seattle Wash Earl G. Swanton 23Rd Avenue Japan Ella Bender Harry Smith Sharon Ripon Daniel Bender W. C. Bender Bender Catherine Hartz B ‘Ton Harbor, Mich

University to Honor Four With Doctor of Laws Degrees

University of Wisconsin board approves 39 gifts totaling 168742 dollars the largest in years and grants honorary doctor of laws to Gen Omar Bradley Alice Evans Warren Weaver and Harold Falk at June 19 commencement also announces higher living quarter rates and faculty appointments plus studies funded by Carnegie Rockefeller and other foundations including law and life relations and lumber industry studies in Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Board of Regents University Omar Bradley Army Carnegie Foundation University of the Relationship of Law Rockefeller Foundation Wisconsin University Law School Incidi Fred Pabst Foundation Oconomowoc Nutrition Foundation, Inc New York Department of Biochemistry Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Nepco Foundation Port Edwards National Cheese Institute of Chicago American ‘Cancer’ Society, Inc General Bradley Alice Evans Chevy Chase Warren Weaver Rochester Foundation Harold S. Falk Milwaukee

Floods Endanger Pacific Northwest Landslide Rivers Unleashed

Flood waters sweep the Pacific Northwest with rivers rising across eastern Washington northern Oregon and northern Idaho. Governors plan emergencies as the Red Cross calls it a regional disaster. Deaths reach 15 with millions in damage. Rails and highways closed flood refugees rise from Columbia tributaries. Guardsmen mobilized from border to border while British Columbia mobilizes militia to aid Fraser river valley evacuees.

Dyne Fess Pacific Northwest Washington Mon C. Wallgren Idaho C. A. Robins Oregon Manana British Columbia Red Cross Columbia Ocean Kootenai River Fraser River Vancouver B. C Agassiz

Infant dies in house fire at Sheboygan Falls

Four month old Mary Lynn Wilterdink perished after a buggy and an adjacent chair ignited in the family home in Sheboygan Falls during a morning fire.

Sheboygan Mary Lynn Wilterdink Sheboygan Falls

Cheese Kettle and Cellar expands at Hillside Dairy

Hillside Cheese factory eight miles southwest of Mt Horeb in Dane county has undergone extensive enlarging and remodeling. John Gehrig is the cheese maker with officers Reuben Grinder president Herman Hefty secretary and Albert Boley salesman. Frank Kantro and Leo Koehler Monroe are cheese buyers. At present there are 182 patrons.

Helen Stears Hillside Mt. Horeb Dane County John Gehrig Reuben Grinder Herman Hefty Albert Boley Frank Kantro Leo Koehler Monroe

Czech Constitution Unsigned by Benes

Prague reports that Eduard Benes has not signed Czechoslovakia's new constitution and may not. Officials offer no clear intent as Benes, aged 64, may resign after the communist dominated single state election. The Ministry notes he has until June 9 to act. Steinhardt says Benes is relatively well for his age.

Prague Czecnos Eduard Benes Czechoslovakia Ministry of Information Benes U.S Laurence A. Steinhardt

MacArthur Plans Return to United States After Conventions

General MacArthur signaled plans for his first trip to the continental United States in 11 years, awaiting a formal invitation from the Senate Appropriations Committee to testify in Washington after the national conventions. He argued timing would appear politically motivated and stressed his political goals remain separate from his duties in Japan. Mrs Marvin West visits her parents in Orfordville for the weekend.

Tokyo MacArthur United States Senate Appropriations Committee Washington Japan Philadelphia

Mrs. Kathryn Duerst Miller Dies in Janesville

Kathryn Duerst Miller longtime Brodhead resident died at 6 30 am at her daughter Louise Harkey s home in Janesville after years of ill health She was born April 9 1852 in New Glarus married Jacob Miller in 1882 He died 1945 Survivors include two sons Jacob and John in Janesville five daughters Kathryn Arbogash Clara Miller Louise Harkey Margaret Milner and Bertham Sullivan nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren Services are Tuesday at 2 pm at the Brodhead Congregational church Rev J C Robinson will officiate Burial in Milton Lawn Cemetery. The body lies at Krueger funeral home Janesville until services.

Brodhead Kathryn Duerst Miller Louise Harkey Janesville Chicago Miller New Glarus Henry Barbara Duerst Jacob Miller Jacob John Kathryn Arbogash Milwaukee Clara Miller Loui Harkey Margaret Milner Maywood Bertham Sullvan Monticello Newcomer Funeral Home Krueger Funeral Home J. C. Robinson Brodhead Congregational Church Miton Lawn Cemetery

Nurse Anne Jennings Angel of the Seneca remembered for Red Cross service

Miss Jennings served as a Red Cross nurse in the Spanish American War landing troops at Santiago and improvising hospital care for wounded soldiers. After the war she worked in Washington, wrote for newspapers, and authored Lincoln the Great American and The Blue and The Gray. She remained active in Madison and Milwaukee civic matters.

Miss Jennings Washington The Treasury Milwaukee Chicago New York Australia Belgium France Italy England Scotland Ireland Alaska Hawaii Clara Barton Red Cross America Miss Barton Spain Cuba Santiago Mesger Lincoln Monroe Madison

Jane Jennings Chapter honors Browntown nurse veteran

Monroe pays tribute to Jane Jennings a Civil War nurse who died in 1917 after a long life of public service and charity. The Browntown chapter of Daughters of Union Veterans named a unit in her honor and installed a grave marker marking her as a contract nurse in the U S Army.

Monroe Miss Jennings Nettie Washington Janet Greenwood Emery A. Odell The Evening Times J Stanley Dietz Green County W.sonsin Department of Veterans Affairs Madison Dietz Odell Browntown Daughters of Union Veterans Jane Jennings Frank Flannery L. Crago Marlene Flannery Iva Tomlinson George Michaels Rose Mary Flannery Francis Kubly Argyle Retha Flannery Darlinston William May Jane Jennings U. S. Army

Monroe engineers propose upgrades to water system

The report outlines major improvements at No. 1 Well to feed the reservoir, adding a booster pump, and installing turbine pumps at wells 2 and 3. It also suggests removing an air compressor to install an electric generator on the diesel unit to free capacity for emergencies, with financing of a $203,000 emergency program to be arranged later.

Clayton N. Ward John A. Strand Madison Monroe Commission Monroe

Water commission weighs general obligation bonds for emergency system

Robert L. Rote, chairman, said the commission will study all phases of proposed water system improvements and consider location of a new deep well and elevated storage tank. It is decided to proceed though funds are unavailable, with financing plans key and emergency additions planned once studies finish.

Robert L. Rote Commission

Berlin four power talks end in bitter standstill

Soviet commander Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotikov refuses to sit beside American Col. Frank Howley at kommandatura meetings. A Soviet deputy will be placed between them as the four power body fails to reach decisions. British rep Maj. Gen. E. O. Herbert cautions the Soviet commandant. Anoth er session set for June.

Fla Berlin Alexander Kotikov Frank Howley Kommandatura Kotikov Allied Supervisory Council For

Pleasant Grove School Picnic Marks Close of Term

Pleasant Grove near Juda closed yesterday with a school grounds picnic. Seventh graders Shirley Kueng and Paul Nyman earned soil conservation awards. Twenty one pupils had no graders. Frances Moritz of Monroe returns as teacher next year. Children from Searles School near Albany and Mothers club members toured Monroe visiting Fritos plant and sheriff’s office. They inspected the radio system. Sherman Dearth operated it with Mrs. Flannery as his first teacher. Sheriff Evan Chambers supervised the jail tour and pupils toured the old dungeon. A Recreation park picnic lunch followed a fun afternoon and the Mothers club presented Mrs. Flannery a bedspread in appreciation of her work.

Pleasant Grove School Juda Shirley Kueng Paul Nyman Frances Moritz Mon Searles Highway 59 Albany Mothers Club Farrier Flannery Monroe Fritos Nolice Sherman Dearth Flannery Evan Chambers Recreation Park

World Peace Move Launched by Milwaukee Baptists

The northern Baptist convention representing 1 600 000 Baptists in 36 states began a world peace movement yesterday to save the world from destruction.

World Peace Move Milwaukee Northern Baptist Convention

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