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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1953
Page
1
Memorial Day events will mark the 40th birthday of Monroe’s Soldier and Sailors Monument on the public square and the Woman’s Relief Corps monument at Greenwood cemetery. A 1913 gift by Capt. B. M. Frees, memorial ceremony details, and funding histories are recounted along with plans for tomorrow’s observances including a 7 am decorating procession, a Monroe High School band concert, and church services amid favorable weather.
Tomorrow’s parade will assemble at the Armory on 18th avenue under parade marshal T. J. Burgy Jr. It will march to 12th street, east to 20th avenue, south to 16th street, east to 23rd avenue, then south to the cemetery gate near the monument where the national anthem will be played. The monument was presented to the O. F. Pinney GAR post by Capt. N. B. Treat on behalf of Capt. Frees, who lived in Monroe from 1836 to 1863 and served in Co. H, 38th Infantry. Frees’s letter expressed hope for a Civil War memorial in the court house square to honor Green County’s veterans. The Woman's Relief Corps monument at Greenwood cemetery was unveiled in the morning. erected by Mrs. Jane Lysaght in memory of unknown Civil War dead and presented to the WRC. Mrs. Henry Ludlow gave the acceptance address.
Mrs Bertha Brennum 86 of South Wayne died 9 25 p m yesterday at Stoughton hospital after a fall. She lived in a Stoughton nursing home two years, born March 31 1867 in Wayne Township to Christ and Helena Olson. Survived by sister Mrs Lever Anderson Woodford and brothers Simon Olson Orfordville Joseph Olson Wiota Township. husband preceded in death with parents and five brothers. Services Monday 1 30 p m Hanson funeral home South Wayne and 2 p m at West Lutheran church officiated by Rev J A Nestingen. burial in church cemetery.
The Times will observe Memorial Day and omit an edition tomorrow. Publication resumes with Monday's edition, with normal schedules and notices returning then.
Kenosha and Racine face a surge of juvenile gangs linked to burglaries robberies and vandalism. Police crackdown expands curfew enforcement as youths from Kenosha and Racine form groups named Avon Dukes Duchesses Spades and others. Five youths sit in jail for auto theft burglary and strong-arm acts.
Clarence E Ervil Day 66 of 1808 16th avenue Monroe native Argyle spent life in the Monroe barber business with his brother since 1917. He died at 10 15 this morning of a coronary occlusion after becoming ill at Day Brothers barber shop. Survived by wife son LeRoy Duluth brothers Walter Monroe Harvey Brodhead Jesse Spokane two grandsons, Brad and Douglas. Funeral 1 30 Monday Shri ner Neushwander funeral home Rev Paul Kehle St John’s officiating Greenwood cemetery burial. Friends may call Sunday at the funeral home.
Thomas E Peppers 69 of Brodhead died at St Clare hospital after a short illness He was born May 26 1884 in Stephenson County a son of Warren and Lavina Zimmerman Peppers He married Marie Pengra Feb 8 1911 in Monroe They lived on a Sylvester Township farm before moving to Brodhead He leaves his widow a son Ross Peppers a brother Walter Milwaukee and four sisters Mrs Mary Moody South Dakota Mrs Sara Ronald Chicago Mrs Joseph Fromholtz and one sister who preceded him in death Services will be held at the New Comer funeral home at 2 pm Sunday with Rev Robert Boettcher of the Brodhead Emmanuel church officiating Burial will be in Brodhead Greenwood cemetery
A man hanging by a rope startled bystanders near the square while a steeple jack repaired the Court House metal steeple early this morning.
Communists reject a major Allied truce concession presented in secret Panmunjom talks. Nam Il states they will not accept the new plan or the old one. The proposal would place the fate of 34,000 North Koreans and 141,500 Chinese prisoners under a five‑nation neutral repatriation commission.
Evanston Illinois and Connecticut earned the National Safety Council 1952 grand award for traffic safety. Evanston reported zero traffic deaths in 1952, while the suburb of Chicago has about 75 000 residents. Connecticut previously led with multiple top state honors in earlier years.
In Washington the White House sought to dampen any party split as President Eisenhower and Senator Taft maintain differing views on Korea and Far East policy. Taft, hospitalized in Cincinnati with hip pain, remains publicly silent on withdrawing from peace negotiations. Taft Jr. says his father’s remarks were personal views not a rejection of administration policy. Taft plans return to Washington Sunday while a separate H.E.W. notice reveals about 1,200 dismissals due to budget cuts.
New York court decides Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are to die in Sing Sing on June 15. Judge Kaufman presides amid extensive defense delays as U.S. Attorney Lumbard urges immediate execution while motions continue to his potential next Monday ruling.
Woodruff High School students collected over a million pennies for the Lakeland Memorial hospital fund. The drive grew to about 12 thousand dollars, nearly 200 thousand pennies beyond the goal, with display in Arbor Vitae gym and a two day civic celebration to honor the participants.
The Wisconsin Senate adjourned after a short, unruly session with only 14 of 33 members present at roll call and 19 answering the opening, as lawmakers argued over a transfer of legislative scholarships at the University of Wisconsin. Lt. Gov. George Smith, presiding, ordered adjournment until 10 a.m. Tuesday.
A four engine transport plane established a new nonstop record from Los Angeles to Paris covering 5,700 miles in 20 hours 28 minutes at an average speed of 278 miles per hour breaking the previous record for commercial flights.
General Nathan F. Twining told the Senate armed forces committee that a proposed 5 billion budget cut would delay the construction of 214 wing units essential to national security. He spoke as President Eisenhower said reducing the Air Force’s objectives to 120 wings would not jeopardize defense. The hearing also cleared the nominations for the new defense leadership.
Confederate flags will fly over Rock Island Arsenal Memorial Day along with Union and other war dead in National Cemetery on Arsenal Island. The massed banners are now an annual custom, said arsenal adjutant Waldo W. Goatech. The flags are loaned from the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Allied forces pulled back from Outposts Vegas and Elko after a 24 hour battle as Chinese forces drove along the invasion road toward Seoul. US Sabre jets claimed several MiG kills while artillery pounded the front. Turkish commander Brig. Gen. Sirri Acar said 1000 Chinese troops were killed or wounded in fighting near Bloody Ridge and the Hook.
At Altoona near Eau Claire two teens died and five were injured when their auto crashed into a concrete bridge abutment on a town road east of Eau Claire after graduation exercises. The dead are Ernest Bett 18 and LaMoyne Anderson 16. Injured: Arthur Fenner 16 Harlan Anderson 17 Wayne Maresh 17 Norman Gilbert 15 Lois Dickson 18. Authorities said two cars of teenagers were on a dirt road. dust obscured Bett’s vision, causing a head-on collision.
Evening observance keeps local shops open late as merchants announce closing at 10. The note mentions an ongoing Day event and adjusted hours, urging customers to plan accordingly.
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