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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1950
Page
6
Mostly fair tonight with Tuesday clouds and scattered showers likely in the extreme west. Temperatures steady around 38 to 45 north and 46 to 52 south tonight, highs near 68 to 75 Tuesday. Last week highs 87, low 43. barometer 29.50 at 1 am and 29.45 at 1 pm. Warmest yesterday Yuma 105, Denver coldest 34. Sunrise 4:27, sunset 7:28.
Justice L A Koenig finds Andrew Bertelrud of Blandsville guilty of operating an unregistered vehicle with a $15 fine and court costs. Notices list deaths: Robert M Belknap 66 of Orangeville Mrs Elmer Goodmiller 72 of Stockton Ill Max Levitan 76 of Chicago Mrs John Debeny 80 of Sioux Falls SD.
Mr and Mrs Dean Gmur of New Glarus welcome a son born May 28. Mr and Mrs John J McDonald of Darlington announce a daughter born May 27. Mr and Mrs Arnold Rufener of 2415 8th Avenue welcome a daughter born May 28.
St Clare Hospital lists tonsillectomy patients including Alton F Stuck ey Philip Benkert Bruce Miller and others from Brodhead Juda Monticello and Janesville. Surgical and medical cases include Werner Gerber Alvin W Haeberlin and Paul V Alexander with several residents named. dismissals feature James Urbon ya Arnold Plewke and numerous others.
Memorial day services start at 10 a m at Mt Vernon cemetery or Community hall if weather turns. Rev Peter Retzlaff will deliver the main address with Audrey Siedel soloist and a men's quartet. Music by Elmer Matzke William Smith Irvin Matzke and Melvin Siedschlag. Program arranged by W S Newman Mrs Robert Newman and Mrs Merrill Waelti. Next year committee named William Siedschlag Mrs Louis Lehnherr and Mrs Jacob Gruenewald.
Richard Schimmel, 20, Milwaukee, rescued a 17-year-old Jefferson Junction youth from drowning in the Rock River. Authorities said Joseph Rupperdt waded into a river hole while trying to recover a boat that drifted away.
A sequence of fatal incidents reports several deaths and injuries across Wisconsin. Three youths from Oconto County die in a highway collision near Sobieski, Baraboo resident suffers eye loss and possible skull fracture, Beaver Dam man drowns after boat motor fails, a 15 year old drowns at Elcho Lake, Emil Hansen dies in Beloit area house fire, a Milwaukee six month old is fatally injured in a hit and run, and Irwin Elmer dies from a Janesville crash injuries.
Milwaukee Sunday paper features Carl Marty Jr. with a menagerie of nature’s babies including Ouch the porcupine Rag Mop the red fox Emmy a three day old fawn Patti Ann a baby wolf and Rusty his cocker spaniel Wardens in the Three Lakes area often turn deserted wildlife over to him noting he has raised more than 25 deer foxes and wolves in a few years at the resort Mrs Walter Trickel of Browntown reels a four and a half pound catfish at Indian Ford aided by cheering fishermen with laughter as her biggest challenge
Services were held for Mrs. Edwin L. Bear who died Friday at home with Rev. Howard L. Orians officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood cemetery with pallbearers including Martin Kuby Charles Krueger Herman L. Schindler Gottfried Zuercher Henry Kundert and John Nyman. Also noted were services for Mrs. Arthur F. Stauffacher of Renwick Iowa who died Friday in Rochester Minnesota. Rev. Orians again officiated at Immanuel church with Rev. Sundermann assisting. Pallbearers were nephews Raymond Haaske Eldon Guehring August Gutzmer Clarence Schultz Fred Brunkow and Walter Brunkow. Special music by Maud E. Wenger.
Personal mentions list numerous visitors and travelers visiting relatives and locals across Wisconsin and Illinois. Names include Eversons Trickels Campbells Zimmerli Nicks and Shooks with origins in Brodhead Albany Milwaukee Chicago Green Bay Janesville and Madison, noting weekend visits travels to Cuba City Indianapolis Niagara Falls and Vermont. Rev Lawrence J. Kieffer ordination adds church event context.
Allie Holtsnopple and Theo dore Stauffacher shared a northern fishing trip. Miss Blanche Neyhardt of Madison visited Miss Evelyn Drake. Dan Mahar, studying mechanics in Chicago, weekended here. Various locals hosted guests from Shelbyville to Racine and Kenosha. Improvement reported for Frank Mantor after serious illness. Weekend visitors included G W Taylor and Mildred Ericson from Chicago.
A Saturday night fire at Rock County Hospital and farm swept through a large barn and damaged two smaller buildings. Janesville and Milton Junction fire crews fought the blaze for three hours, destroying two horses, two trucks, and tools and feed. Superintendent A G Stein corn estimated the damage at 25000 dollars. The cause is not definite but believed to be wiring defects from a lightning strike a few days earlier.
Poppy Day sales in Monroe totaled $893.43 and will fund rehabilitation and child welfare work. Mrs Mark D Grinnell, chairman, reported the summary though not all units have reported. New workers listed include Mrs Dan Rust, Mrs Robert Kramer, Mary Jo Henning, Alan Bauman, John Hurlbut, Frank W Heinzelman, Herman Burkhard and Mrs E A Janke.
M/Sgt and Mrs Luther Lewis and their son departed this morning for Pennsylvania to visit his mother Mrs Frank A Buehler. Lewis will report to Denver after serving in the Azores with his wife and son. Also visiting yesterday were the Buehlers the Lewises Carl Maurer and Dennis Goecks at Indian Ford. Nearly 32,000,000 people visited U S national parks in 1949.
One hundred electric companies endorsed a new long range policy uniting government and private industry for developing the nation’s water power resources. They support Hood reclamation and conservation projects as economically sound while criticizing public programs that duplicate facilities and tax avoidance by publicly owned facilities. The statement clarifies private industry’s stance and aims to assure adequate power for a growing economy.
The state board of personnel set June 2 as the deadline for filing briefs in the Marcus Bell dispute. Marcus, head of the motor vehicle department enforcement division, discharged Bell March 27 for neglect of duty and lack of cooperation. Bell appealed to the board after a two day hearing concluded Saturday.
Rosenberry, 82, former chief justice of the Wisconsin supreme court, will join LaFollette Singkin and Doyle as of counsel. He resigned from the supreme court in January after serving since 1916 and twenty years as chief justice.
Arlen O. Hubert and Robert Foley of Monroe were fined $50 and costs each in Freeport court for petty larceny. Stephen son county sheriff's department reported both in jail at 2 p m today awaiting release arrangements. The pair were caught Saturday evening at McConnell stealing fender skirts from an automobile.
Seven members of the Clarno Classy Clubbers will demonstrate foods at the Robert E Patterson farm during a club meeting at the Conrad J Blanc home on route 3 Friday June 8. Wayne Segner and Marian Hawthorne chosen to represent at Lake Geneva. Special talks by Burt eigh Bartlett Roger Blane and Roger Patterson. Parents night set for June 21 at Roosevelt school.
President Truman heard first hand updates on cold war developments from Secretary of State Acheson and U N Secretary General Trygve Lie. White House conferences lasted 65 minutes after a 70 minute State Department talk. All participants marked the discussions confidential and Lie stated he had not delivered a message from Stalin to Truman.
A meek gear grinder from Los Angeles, 28, armed with a cocked automatic, terrorized 25 passengers on a California flight yesterday. The attack ended with an emergency landing near Fresno and deputies removing him to a psychiatric ward after he smashed two windows with a fire extinguisher. Pilot Nuccitelli fled to the cockpit and radioed for police as Co pilot Leito assisted.
A mysterious explosion at the Ritz tavern in Joliet killed contractor Jerry I. Dodds, 42, and bystander Joseph Riva, 64. Dodds was struck by debris as a structure was hurled 30 to 50 feet into the air. Witness Dan King, 24, nearby, described the violent blast and debris shower.
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