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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1961
Page
7
The Monroe region forecasts fair and cool conditions this afternoon and tonight with scattered frost possible. Tuesday will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs 73 to 78 and light variable winds shifting from northeast to southeast.
Forfeitures recorded in Monroe include Delmar E. Newton of Freeport cited for speeding with a $10 fine. Ernest Riesen Jr. of Route 2 Monroe also fined $10 for speeding. Eileen M. Fuchs of Chesebro trailer court charged with inattentive driving and fined $10 by Monroe police.
Justice L A Koenig and others in Evergreen Park Lena Leaf River and rural Brooklyn face fines for night-time speeding ranging from 15 to 20 dollars. Robert J. Beckwith has 20 dollars plus costs for speeding and a separate intersection passing violation. Richard Eichstadt, 17, Route 1 Monticello, has license suspended and vehicle control issues, case kept open until July 10.
Judge Marshall Peterson notes no action taken against Richard A. Albright, 17, on tentative driving charge. Case remains open.
The notice lists individuals with ages and hometowns: William E. Hough 25 Browntown, John H. Miller 84 Argyle, Victor H. Webinger 37 South Wayne, and Mrs. Ellen Pattinson Darling ton.
Birth notices list new sons for Ernest Thosten of Brodhead and Richard Thomp of Warren Illinois on May 27. Delbert Meier and Gaylord Swen announcements share May 28 and May 29 births at 1503 16th Street and 524 16th Avenue respectively with a Swen daughter.
A long list of hospital cases from St. Clare Hospital includes names and towns for accident surgery tonsillectomy and medical procedures. The record also notes dismissals such as Larry Grossen Bernard Smith Herbert Hoopes and others from various communities.
Victor H Wehinger 37 of South Wayne died from a chest gunshot wound while fox hunting on Robert Anderson farm north of town. Coroner called it accidental as his gun snagged and discharged in a willow thicket. He was survived by his widow Patsy, daughter, parents, a brother, three sisters, and inlaws. Funeral set for Wednesday at Stuessy Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
William Hough of Browntown died at 12:30 this afternoon at St. Clare hospital after a brief illness. He was admitted Saturday as a medical patient. Arrangements are pending at Hanson funeral home in South Wayne. no survivors or illness details released at presstime.
U S Army Capt Edwin McKnight 31 and wife Catherine of Cynwyd planned to buy a house in Atlantic City N J as soon as their child was born Sunday Mrs McKnight gave birth to a seven pound boy At the hospital McKnight found a burglar had forced a vent window and stolen $7500 in government bonds saved for a down payment on the new house
William B. Wilson, accused slayer of three persons, was arraigned on a first degree murder charge in Municipal Court today after waiving extradition to Wisconsin from Duluth. Judge Claude Cooper bound him over to Superior Court for trial and ordered no bond. John H. Chisholm said the former convict would receive psychiatric examinations to gauge fitness for trial.
Lancaster reports Mary Louis of Richland Center Route 2 and Kathleen Ann Weber of Lancaster were named regional finalists in the Alice in Dairyland competition. Louis, a sophomore at La Crosse State College, and Weber, a freshman at Alverno College in Milwaukee, advance to finals in Marshfield June 22 to 24 representing the six county district.
The Green County Teachers College senior class spent Friday and Saturday in Chicago. Dodgeville residents Mr and Mrs Ross H Richardson visited relatives in Monroe yesterday. Janesville couple Mr and Mrs Merrill Pepper with sons Rex Jerry and Goffrey were guests of Mr and Mrs Bruce M Blum. Michigan City Indiana visitors Mr and Mrs Harry Beck and Mr and Mrs William Beck with three sons spent the weekend with relatives in Brodhead. Janesville pair Mr and Mrs Leland Long with Mr and Mrs Jerry Meythaler and son Jonathan of Brookfield and Miss Virginia Krauss of Chicago visited the Krauss family in Monroe. Lt Col and Mrs Anthony Ceresi and children returned to Chicago after visiting Mrs E C Hamilton. Col Ceresi, a World War II and Korea combat infantry officer, retires from the Army tomorrow after serving as Fifth Army plans officer for reserve unit training schedules including the National Guard.
Dr. Pound chairs UW Pathology. Walter A. Babula presents class. diplomas by D J Huenink. Rod ney O Kittelsen hands diplomas. Kirby Weeden hosts class welcome. Barnard conducts orchestra. senior girls sing The Halls of Ivy. Rev Anderson offers invocation and benediction. Motto is Out of the World of Questions, Into a Questioning World. class flower American Beauty rose. colors powder blue and white.
Mrs. Bert Schliem aged 83 of South Wayne was admitted to St. Clare hospital at 11 15 a m Saturday after fracturing her left hip in a fall when she missed a step leaving a store in South Wayne.
Thirteen Rebekah lodge members attended the district meeting in Galena. Attendees included Mmes James Reeser Ray Eder Albert Hemphill Fred Solberger Earl Schultz Orville Barker Louis Rabe Merl Zimmerman Irene Moyer Miss Mary Reeser Mrs Flossie Young Mrs Myrtle Price and Mrs Pearl Lowler.
Barbara Hanson 3, of Blanchardville, is under treatment at St. Clare hospital for a fractured leg and possible internal injuries. She was admitted at 3 50 p m yesterday as a surgical accident patient. Circumstances of the accident were not available today.
Mr and Mrs William McFadden depart to visit their daughter Mrs Donald Karlen in Fairbanks Alaska Karlen serves in the Army stationed there.
Explorer Scouts and leader Richard Wainwright spent the weekend camping at Castle Rock. Attending scouts include Kim Tschudy Mitch Disch Charles Phillipson John Bethke Duane Duerst David LaPorte Craig Stuessy Kent Anderson James Willoughby Roger Roy McFadden Gary Elmer Willis Disch Steve Welsh Robert Embertson Robert Freitag Allan Schroeder Robert Felder.
In Culver City California actor Jeff Chandler aged 42 remains in critical condition after new internal bleeding required a second emergency operation in nine days. Medical staff report ongoing treatment and monitoring as his condition is stabilized briefly between procedures.
Civil War buttons and related items were showcased at the Button Society state convention in the local Methodist church. It was the second of four gatherings with Madison hosting the April 1 opening and Elkhorn slated for June 24. Dealers from Roscoe Illinois and Wauwatosa attended. The church women provided a noon dinner for about 40 attendees.
The Wisconsin Telephone Co said it will guard its 29 microwave stations across the state after inspecting towers following Utah relay station bombings. Dane County Sheriff Franz Haas reported guards posted at two stations in Dane County Madison.
Monticello report states Richard Eichstadt aged 17 Route 1 Monticello admitted dozing as his car struck Norman Berkert's parked station wagon. Village marshal Donald Hoppe charged him with failing to control his vehicle. Case held open before Justice M E Lynn until July 10.
Miss Danielle Bouvier, 19, a distant relative of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, was killed in a car accident near Villefranche Sur Saone while traveling to Paris to see the President’s wife.
In Park Ridge Illinois ten year old George McCormick died today from a brain injury suffered when hit by a baseball during practice. He was injured Wednesday and was hospitalized until his condition worsened Sunday.
Senator Everett Dirksen says Republicans will refrain from direct attacks on President Kennedy until they judge the time ripe. He warns Kennedy could blunder into war with the Soviet Union but notes the public supports giving the president a chance to show what he can do. He adds Republicans will assess foreign policy before acting.
Funeral services for Nettie Devlin 86 died Thursday at her daughter’s home Route 1 Monticello were at 2 p m at Cardascio funeral home Winslow Rev Burton Holling of Bethel EUB Monroe officiated and burial followed in Rock Lily cemetery Mrs Metcalf and Mrs Bartelt sang Nearer My God to Thee and In the Garden with organist Mrs Cardascio. Pallbearers were Thomas Smith Byron Smith Jack Marty James Marty Ralph Strohm and Harold Elis.
Washington reports the initial volunteers selected for overseas service will start training next month, a Peace Corps spokesman said. The move marks the start of the agency’s new overseas program and volunteers will prepare for international assignments.
A 29 inch walleye weighing eight pounds was displayed at Martin's shop window. It was landed from the Pecatonica last night by Russel H. Shultz using a fly rod and crawlers. Shultz declines to reveal the exact fishing spot.
President Kennedy, age 44, marks his birthday at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port while studying for talks with Charles de Gaulle and Nikita Khrushchev. Attending events include a Boston dinner plan to raise funds, with the First Lady and Robert Kennedy family nearby.
The Defense Department announced a successful test of the Nike Zeus anti missile radar system. Army officials said the radar on Ascension Island tracked an Atlas missile fired from Cape Canaveral Florida last Saturday, in a test against a fast intercontinental ballistic missile.
In Jerusalem an American witness testified Eichmann alone kept records of Jewish exterminations. Dr. Gustave Gilbert, a U S Army psychiatrist at Nürnberg, produced Eichmann files and memos from Goering Hoess and Himmler confirming Eichmann’s control over death toll figures and transport orders for Auschwitz and other camps.
Fourteen men and fourteen women, mostly young and single, took Peace Corps examinations in Milwaukee as the federal program began screening applicants for work in underdeveloped countries.
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