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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1957
Page
8
Daily Record reports scattered thundershowers possibly severe this afternoon and tonight, clearing and cooling by tomorrow. Forecast: Saturday mostly fair and cool with low 48 53 and high 65 70. Record highs and lows noted for the period and location specifics provided.
Viola Lauper transfers 193.49 acres to Victor C. Rood in Cadiz and Jordan townships. Gerald Edgar transfers lis 1 and 3 in Brodhead city to Lee C. Buchanan. C M Berg transfers land in Monroe Township to Henry L. Schmid. Ray R Heinzelman transfers 3.35 acres to Arthur D. Blum in Monroe city, outlets 99 and 102.
L A Koenig of Sterling Illinois cited for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants with $100 fine and costs and one year suspension of driving privileges in Wisconsin. John Haveland of Rock Falls cited for disorderly conduct with $7 fine and costs. Monroe police report.
Emmet Duane McKenna 19 of 1213 12th Avenue and Jane Marie Hendrickson 15 of 918 17th Avenue obtained licenses to wed. The notice lists their ages and addresses as filed.
Andrew J. Whitford, 71, Beloit. James McDonald, 86, Gratiot. Mrs. Earl Pugh, 29, Freeport. Noah Rinehart, 84, Davenport, Ia. Memorials and obituaries follow regional customs.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Keen Juda announce a daughter born May 29. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Schlap bach Albany announce a daughter born May 29. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gertsch Gratiot announce twin daughters born May 31. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Davi Monticello announce a son born May 31. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Benkert Orangeville announce a son born May 31.
The St Clare Hospital released sections listing tonsillectomy patients Karen Nancy and Mary Bliss from Durand and Ann Anderson from Brodhead. Other entries include accidents Walter Bruce of Brooklyn and Robert Heron of Evansville and medical cases for Frank Hare and several others with listed addresses. Dismissals cover a long roster including Otto Hein Herbert Holmstrom Ronald Gruenberg and many spouses.
Mr and Mrs Guy Weckerly left Tuesday for North Dakota to attend a cousin's wife funeral and visit relatives for three weeks. Otto Schneider, longtime Courthouse custodian, will replace Weckerly during his absence, per a prior agreement.
No meeting Saturday for Grace Lutheran Church Children's Choir directed by Mrs. Walter R. Brandli.
The ninth annual Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. on the IOOF hall's third floor. A lunch will be served after the public meeting.
Pecatonica Bowhunters hold their annual open shoot Sunday with registration starting at 7 a.m. Trophies will be awarded in each division. The archery range lies 5 miles west of Blanchardville near Yellowstone Lake.
Washington reports the federal civilian payroll reached 2,395,764 in April, up 2,777 from March. Sen. Byrd of Virginia chairs the Senate House committee on reducing nonessential federal expenditures and released the figures.
Dr. Robert P. Moser of Chicago will become principal starting July 1 for the joint union high school district serving Hales Corners Greenfield and Franklin in southwest Milwaukee County.
A yellow Persian cat is missing. Finder should contact Margaret Sullivan at phone 934-W to claim a reward.
Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Cook of Fort Lauderdale Florida are the parents of a son born Tuesday. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Cook of Browntown and Mr. and Mrs. James Green of Bradenton. The couple has three other children Kathleen Debra and Sherry.
Terry Stephenson son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Stephenson underwent five and a half hours of heart surgery Tuesday morning at Wisconsin General hospital Madison. He will be five in July and is recovering from the operation.
Mr and Mrs William P Moser Route 1 Monticello announce the adoption of a 7 month old son Michael William Grandparents Ralph J Kundert Monroe maternal and Fred W Moser Monticello paternal will Norder Monroe is great grandmother
Beginning Sunday, camel rides will be offered each Sunday morning in the summer at Vilas Park Madison from 10 to noon. The event is sponsored by the Zor Shrine Temple and will include several clowns from the Zor Clown group. It is expected to draw visitors.
A handful of Monroe Shrine members who belong to the clown group are scheduled to participate in the upcoming weekly program.
Special evangelism services are held nightly at 7 45 at the Church of the Nazarene through June 9. Rev Dwight Steininger of Terre Haute Indiana leads the events. He illustrates hymns in chalk and shows final pictures with colored lights for attendees.
Gordon Wendlandt, grandson of Mr and Mrs John Babler Sr, was valedictorian of the Yates City graduating class. Attending commencement were Mr and Mrs Myron Babler and family, Mr Morris, and Mr and Mrs John Babler Sr.
The Memorial Day period in Wisconsin saw three highway deaths. Miss Joyce Schuler, 24, of Franklin Milwaukee County, died when her car dropped into a repaired roadway ditch after following a car into the closed area. Geraldine Glinicke, 21, also injured, was with her but survived with cuts. Clarence E. Schwartz, 18, of Racine, died when his car left Highway 11. Mrs. Eleanor Chapman, 37, of Chippewa Falls, died in a two car crash south of the city limits.
Police reported two minor accidents in city limits. At 7:25 p.m. Wednesday George Hoover of 2827 13th street and Oliver Yeager of Freeport collided at the intersection of 11th street and 13th avenue causing minor damage. At 11:54 p.m. yesterday Norman L. Poff of 1801 6th street and Jack A. Ammon of 2618 7th street were in a minor collision in the 1000 block of 16th street with the Ammon vehicle backing from a parking stall.
Goetz theater officials announce a summer program of children’s matinees each Saturday afternoon. Cartoons and National Parent-Teacher Association films will be shown regardless of the nightly feature. Matinees start at 1 p.m. with late arrivals by 3:30 p.m. still catching the second run.
Traffic deaths reached 92 by midnight Thursday with 120 expected, plus 37 drownings and 33 other fatalities, totaling 162. By 11 a.m. EST Friday the tally rose to 101 traffic deaths 44 drownings and 35 other fatalities for 180 total deaths as Memorial Day extended. National Safety Council President Ned H Dearborn welcomed the lower toll.
The Monroe Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles observes its 10th charter anniversary this weekend at Turner hall with a 2:30 p m program. A 14 member initiation, Madison degree team ritual, and state and grand aerie speakers are on the agenda along with a public dance 9 p m to 1 a m and a club lunch from 5 to 6 p m. Charter members and past presidents will be honored.
Memorial Day observance at a cemetery was overshadowed as two Navy Panther jets collided during an aerial tribute. A nearby couple in northeast Minneapolis heard a strange noise and saw a plane crash into their street, as facilities reported a deadly impact.
A helicopter drop of pies during a Veterans of Foreign Wars ceremony witnessed a collision of two planes. Cmdr Newell Olson, 38, liaison officer at Wold-Chamberlain Naval Air Station, died when one plane rammed Mrs. Herman Trost’s home and burst into flames. Six nearby residents were injured while the other plane’s pilot parachuted to safety as fuel ignited a wide fireball.
Seventh grade pupils from New Glarus School toured The Monroe Evening Times plant on Wednesday afternoon with teacher Mrs Verla Babler and Mrs Melvin Streiff. Students included Paul Heimann Leo Anderegg Judy Klassy Judy Blumer Eugene Buesser Nathan Duerst Charles Ingwell Karen Kundert Jerelyn Gerry Ronald Kuenzi Dwight Hoesly Stephen Streiff Frieda Ruef Robert Feller Gerald Voegeli Mary Wieser Barbara Marty Jane Meyer Lois Paulson Alan Campbell Phillip Pfund Craig Stuessy. The group also enjoyed a class picnic at Recreation Park before the tour, tied to their English project printing their own newspaper.
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