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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1950
Page
2
In a consolidation move, the Monroe Daily Journal is absorbed by the Monroe Evening Times. Emery A. Odell is listed as president of the parent company founded October 13, 1808. Office hours are posted as 9:30 a.m. to 5:90 p.m. with telephone access noted.
A 1940 timeline recalls King Leopold II surrender of the Belgian army to German forces on May 29 1940 and a Paris government line disowning him. Other items include Miss Julia Waelti dying after a short illness and local school honors for eighth graders from 81 schools with names such as Margaret Vogel Jean Schultz Helen Marty Gordon Wall Dorothy Day and Franz Brand Jr. Marriage plans for Miss Viola Hutmacher and Roy J Heeren for Memorial Day and milking machine repair mishap injures Robert Matzke Juda.
A historical editorial urges reflection on Memorial Day as more than a holiday. It honors those who served, including veterans in hospitals and civilians who carried injuries, and calls for genuine participation in ceremonies to honor Monroe and Green County veterans who gave themselves for the nation.
At a Milwaukee meeting J Frank Grimes of the Independent Grocers Alliance urged coordinated merchandising to cut farm surpluses. He argued promotions and advertising could reduce excesses without cutting production or enacting a new national farm policy. He urged a return to self-help over government bailouts.
Italy preserves American war dead five years after the Gothic line defeat, with recoveries of two or more per week. Most remains lie in Apennine forests or small farmland plots, some in unmarked foxholes. One US recovery team works amid minefields as Italian forces aid the search. Memorial Day observances near Nettuno Anzio and Florence honor graves, with Lt Gen Keyes and Italian minister Pacciardi attending. About 12,000 American soldiers are buried in Italy, with 7,228 at Nettuno Anzio and 4,386 near Florence. Families may still request home reburial through 1951 provisions, though transfers have slowed.
Mrs Elmer Goodmiller seventy two of Stockton Til died Saturday at her sister Miss Cora Carpenter’s home in Darlington. Services will be at the Carpenter residence Wednesday at 2 p m with Rev E J Jeffrey officiating. Burial will be Union Grove cemetery. The former Bessie Carpenter she was born in Darlington and married Elmer Goodmiller in 1904. She is survived by her husband and a brother Charles Carpenter of Darlington.
Sixteen hybrid corn plots have been planted at the Green County Farm on Argyle Road in cooperation with the county agricultural extension office and the college of agriculture. The test compares old established varieties such as 641AA W692 and W595 with new experimental varieties for first year field testing. Plots will be tracked through the season assessing seedling vigor growth maturity and yield.
Wisconsin's retail, wholesale, and service sectors expanded greatly from 1939 to 1948 per the U S Bureau of the Census preliminary figures. 1948 retail sales reached 3 231 200 000 and wholesale 2 747 000 000, with service trades at 152 900 000, hotel receipts 44 400 000, and amusement businesses 35 800 000, while employment rose across all trades.
Karlis and Tatjana Rungis, a Latvian family with three children, arrived from Europe after leaving Latvia May 17. Sponsored by Albany Baptist Church, they settled on the Neva Wessels place southwest of Albany. A community welcome and a pound shower were planned at the church. Karlis, 31, studied at Riga City, University of Latvia, and Erlangen, speaks Latvian German and some English. Tatjana, 33, adds Russian and French. The two older children Juris, 9, and Inese, 6, will attend school this fall, Eliza, 4, joins the family. They were processed at resettlement camp from April 15 to May 17 and will do farm work among neighbors.
Miss Hendrickson suffered minor cuts to the lower lip and chin in a 11:45 p m Saturday crash on Highway 11 near the Duncan factory. Emil Rufener of Rock City Ill reported being crowded from the road when meeting another car, causing his vehicle to leave the pavement and strike a bank. Rufener was uninjured and helped identify the scene to Green County highway police. Miss Hendrickson, a Blanardville resident, works at the Edge Harold Jeck office.
A New York publicity man has launched a paid campaign to urge President Eisenhower's draft for the presidency. The advert appears periodically in the public notices column of the New York Herald Tribune.
An advertisement promotes the Tonemaster device claiming it helps people hear and understand every word. It promises easy use without ear buttons or batteries and invites readers to write for full information from Tonemaster at 648 Sprague St., Madison, Wisconsin.
Thirteen head of registered Brown Swiss cattle from Green County are consigned to the second Wisconsin state sale at the Sauk county fairgrounds near Baraboo. A Friday banquet at Baraboo begins at 7 p.m. consignors include John Ingold estate Monroe and Meadow Green Farm Monroe. Names and birth dates of many animals are listed, reflecting a wide range of pedigrees and ages. A separate note mentions Chinese Lee Yim introducing commercial shrimp fishing in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War.
Voters at Belleville vote today on a special school referendum to decide if the school district should be bonded for 73000 dollars to add to the high school and remodel the grade building. Junior class girls act as baby sitters while mothers cast ballots at the high school.
Film Daily estimates U S motion picture theaters saw a weekly attendance decline of about 20 million last year.rade paper puts the average weekly 1949 attendance at 70 million, the lowest level since 1934.
Elmer Brooks Emily, a registered Holstein Friesen owned by H. O. Elmer of Monticello, completed a 365 day test yielding 676 pounds butterfat and 18 068 pounds milk in the herd improvement registry. She started at age five. Another registered Holstein, Elmer Brook Prin- cess Homestead, owned by J. Figs in Jordan township, posted 703 pounds butterfat and 20 813 pounds milk in 365 days, started at age five years two months. Burcalow UW agronomist advises rotating legume pastures into up to six plots, grazing down to three or four inches, and delaying entrance until alfalfa red clover reach ideal height. He notes perennial grasses should bloom at least once yearly to improve longevity.
Britain studies the Schuman project to pool West Europe's coal and steel industries. London has rejected an immediate French request to back the plan in principle and will study details before any formal approval.
Robert Max Belknap 68 died Saturday morning in a Freeport hospital after a long illness. Last rites were held at 2:30 today at the Orangeville Methodist Church with Rev. Fred Anderson officiating. Burial was in the Orangeville cemetery. Born August 11, 1883 in Stephenson County, he was the son of Farace and Amelia Belknap. He married Ella Fehr June 14, 1905. He worked for Kraft Foods in Freeport for years but lived in Orangeville. Surviving are his widow, a daughter Mrs. Steve Barber, a son Berwyn of San Francisco, and a brother Morris of Freeport.
A Connecticut federal jury of eight women and four men failed to reach a verdict in the contested 200000 dollar libel suit brought by Paul Draper and Larry Adler against Hester McCullough of Greenwich. The undecided jury ends weeks of court battle over alleged communist name calling.
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