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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1961
Page
2
An editorial recalls Green County and Monroe veterans marching in tomorrow’s Memorial Day parade. It honors soldiers from Mexican War to Korea, notes a Civil War centennial, highlights Swiss volunteers, and urges reverent participation in Greenwood and nearby tributes.
A clumsy raccoon disrupted electricity in three Westchester communities when it tried to leap from one live line to another, causing a short power outage reported by Consolidated Edison. The animal’s jump led to a temporary outage as crews isolated the fault and restored service.
News notes from Monroe include spring street oiling causing dust complaints, death of Christian Wenger age 87, Memorial Day cemetery services with Boy Scouts, a serious fall from the Brodhead water tower, and a 1911 baseball win over Janesville with pitcher Rube Piddington. It also mentions James J. Hill starting a railroad, a Burlington wreck near Indianola, and local obituaries and church leadership changes.
Incoming Air Force chief General Curtis E. LeMay, a veteran bomber pilot and advocate of a mixed bomber missile force, may press for continued B70 funding despite Kennedy administration calls to scale back the project. LeMay could face resistance from Defense Secretary McNamara, who has resisted B70 expansion.
The Board of Education approved a six week summer reading program at the grade school in New Glarus. Classes begin around June 19 with a regular staff member directing the sessions and standard methods adapted for the program. About 40 children have signed up.
Services for John H. Miller 84 former Belmont area resident who died Saturday in an Argyle nursing home were held at Willey funeral home Platteville at 2 30 p m Burial was in Belmont cemetery Miller born in Marinette lived near Belmont 15 years before entering Argyle nursing home two and a half years ago.
Marshall Field Jr. will become editor of the Chicago Daily News on Thursday, succeeding Basil L. Walters. He will remain publisher of the Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times, while Walters starts a newspaper consulting firm and remains linked to Field Enterprises as a consultant.
The narrative recounts the Stones River fight where Union forces held key positions on the Nashville turnpike. Generals Bragg and Rosencrans failed decisive moves, Col. William Hazen directed Northern artillery, and the battle ended with Bragg retreat to Murfreesboro. About 13,000 of 45,000 Union troops were killed wounded or captured, including many from this county.
The Confederates suffered about 10 000 losses while Green County artillerymen stood out. The area gained a new hero, Capt. Pinney, who died at Murfreesboro on February 17, 1863.
Darlington special report says Mrs. Ellen M. Pattinson of Darlington died yesterday at her daughter’s home after a short illness. Formerly Ellen Cary she was born in Fayette Township and married to Thomas Pattinson in 1908. he died in 1942. Surviving are two daughters Vic tor Hendrickson and Kermit Osterday both of Darlington, a brother Roy, a sister Bessie Van Voorhis of California, four grandchildren and a great grandchild.
South Korea's new military government decreed tea rooms may serve only tea. A ban on selling coffee in tea rooms was ordered to enforce the restriction.
Dr John Z Bowers refused to comment on reports he resigned as head of the University of Wisconsin Medical School though a faculty member says the dean submitted his resignation The university president Dr Conrad Elvehjem may review the personnel matter with the Board of Regents as a three man committee led by Dr Curreri governs the department.
Nina Khrushchev will accompany Soviet Premier to Vienna next week as Jacqueline Kennedy plans to join President Kennedy for talks with Khrushchev. The Soviet official confirmed the plan.
Graduation events run Sunday through Friday at Wisconsin State College and Institute of Technology Platteville with a baccalaureate on Sunday at 2 30 p m featuring Dr Joseph Stittler of Chicago Divinity School and the Pioneer choir. Commencement Friday at 10 a m on the West Campus Green features Dr Conrad Elvehjem of the University of Wisconsin. Alumni banquet occurs Thursday June 8 at 6 30 p m in the Commons student center.
Maria Fris a 29 year old prima ballerina of the Hamburg State Opera died after a 59 foot fall from an overhanging gallery onto the stage during Romeo and Juliet rehearsals. Police said she had been low in spirits due to a chronic leg ailment.
Bert Brennan 57 an international vice president of the Teamsters Union and a member of president James Hoffa died Sunday of cancer. Brennan and his wife ran the Standard Bred Breeding Farm at Manchester Michigan and he served six years as a director of the U S Trotting Association.
J Van Cleft Cooper, 79, a musician and longtime crossword puzzle designer for the Associated Press, died Saturday in Mount Vernon. An organist, he performed in Broadway theaters during the silent film era and was born in Damascus, Pennsylvania.
Charles O. Molz, 60, longtime news editor for the Detroit News from 1925 to 1952 and the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1952 to 1958, died Sunday. Born in Pana, Illinois, he retired in 1958 due to ill health.
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