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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1949
Page
8
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with an high of 74 and a low of 52. Temperature readings show yesterday's peak 91 in Phoenix and low 32 in Helena with barometer at 29.10 this morning rising to 29.40 by 1 p.m. Sunrise 6 03 and sunset 5 32.
Clifford C. Ellis and Ella B. Ellis transfer all of lot 7 and the south half of lot 6 plus a 6 foot east strip from the southwest corner of lot 8 to Einer L. Larsen and Vivian Larsen. The parcels lie in block 2 of the original plot of the village of Brooklyn.
County Court Judge Harold J Lamboley and others sentenced motorists in Oklahoma City. Robert Loydwick of McCormick Produce Co faced a bond forfeiture for operating without license. Marion Dale Leonard of Orfordville had no license and incurred $5 fine plus costs. Mrs Evel Hare Martin at 2560 17th Avenue had no insurance.
Phyllis Fay Ludwig of Sylvester township wed Carl Alexander Burgi of 1822 10th street. Charlene Mae Krueger of Albany married William Clarence Fiedler of Mt. Pleasant township.
Deaths Fred Liechti 52 Hazel Green. Mr and Mrs Floyd Malcock Bd son 7. Mr and Mrs William Baumgartner South Wayne daughter Oct 6.
Dismissals at St. Clare Hospital include Edward Grumb from Janesville and a list of patients including Russell Day Roy Weighner Mrs. William Ransay Mrs. Bernard Albright Helen Baehler Mrs. Virgil Tertin Bernard Lynch and their dependents. Medical notes mention Harry Winton Be ll.
Kenneth Reed of 703 21st street drove east on 8th street and struck an 11 inch deep trench in the 2600 block. A wheel broke away as the car damaged its front after rainfall and earth settlement following sewer line excavation. John Erb, city street superintendent, cited recent rains as a factor.
Rev E C McCollow announced a new schedule of services at St Victor s Catholic Church starting Sunday Masses will be at 7 9 and 11 a m.
Sen 29 a state law examiner was named as assistant attorney general today.
The Wisconsin conservation commission approves a November 1 to 12 trapping season for muskrat mink and otter with no bag or possession limits. Some areas start earlier for wet traps and certain counties have extended or different opening dates and regions open for dry sets. Multiple counties including Polk St Croix Wood Portage Adams and others close or adjust dates. otter trapping listed for many counties with varied season dates.
Louis H Kohli of 811 17th Avenue resumed packing for a world trip after reporting lost passport papers. A rural carrier found the items in a roadside box and returned them. Kohli departs for Chicago tomorrow, then Vancouver and Australia on Oct 20. Also a St Victor pupil was rewarded $1 for honesty after finding and returning a dollar he found.
Local society brief lists residents and visitors including Mrs A R Steele and family in Milwauk ee and Chicago, Thomas Elmer on vacation in Iowa and South Dakota, and Norma Waelti arriving for the weekend. It notes A R Steele traveling to Jamestown NY and a bake sale at Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren WSWS with Wisconsin Power and Light. Funeral for C M Ward in Madison attends by Zenno Gordor, and Mrs James Green with Mary Young visiting Patricia Green at St Mary's College South Bend.
Cars driven by Ingwal S. Swenson and John P. Derning, both of Brodhead, collided yesterday around 4 30 pm at an intersection south of Brodhead on the county line road. Mrs Sophie Paulson, a passenger in the Swenson car, suffered cuts below the knee but drivers and another passenger escaped injury. Mrs Paulson received treatment from a Brodhead physician.
The emergency polio drive in New Glarus collected 214.35 in voluntary contributions for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. Drive chairman E N Fuhrmann reported. Donation booths at the New Glarus bank and post office were staffed by volunteers Mmes Henry Glaeden Arthur J Theiler E N Fuhrmann and Margaret Mueller.
Andrew Hirsbrunner 90 died at St. Clare hospital on Wednesday. Services were held at 2 p m today at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev. P C Kehle officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood. Pallbearers included John Hirsbrunner Fred Hirsbrunner Ed Hirsbrunner Oswald Hirsbrunner Clarence Durstein and Adolf Rolli.
Sal able hogs 5 000 and cattle 1 000 salable, hogs finished higher late with spots 25 cents up. Top hog 18 50. 230 280 lb hogs 18 25 18 50. Cattle and calves weaker. loads of steers 1 000 1 325 lb 30 00 32 00. Grains fell on hedging. weather clear aiding harvest. live poultry steady. butter and eggs uneven with small price shifts.
A slow decline began in New York stocks with small losses across major groups. U. S. Steel, Youngstown Sheet, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Dow Chemical, and Nickel Plate fell while Willys-Overland, Commonwealth Edison, Philip Morris, Santa Fe, and Warner Bros rose. Some speculative rails showed limited bond buying.
Nashville reports life term convict Frank Grandstaff was sent back to Tennessee State Prison after six days of furlough in Texas to attend a 70 page cantata he composed. The incident ends a short period of freedom and resumes his incarceration.
Mrs. William F. Thurber county women's chairman and Miss Anna Blum will attend the state Republican meeting in Wausau tonight and tomorrow. Harvey Higley of Marinette will outline plans for the county wide GOP organizing program at the conference.
William F Hefty announces his law office has moved from the Reger and Johnson building on 17th avenue to the second floor of the Kroger store building on the north side of the square.
Mrs Lloyd W Carter formerly Frances Schroeder of Monroe has joined the Arion club, the renowned choral group, after an audition. The ensemble will perform three oratorios this season including The Messiah Cross of Fire and Mozart Requiem.
E. B. Lux remains under treatment at his home 1621 8th street for flash burns to his right hand suffered while attempting to relight a gas hot water heater.
Rev. Andrew Breines pastor of St. Rose Church Brodhead becomes director of the Madison diocese edition of the Catholic Herald Citizen He will spend each Friday in Madison and serves as chaplain of the local Knights of Columbus council.
Mrs. M. J. Knight of 1804 10th street returned from Leavenworth Kansas where she attended the Tuesday wedding of her nephew Eugene Cassidy of Freeport and Miss Lois Linke of Leavenworth.
Five members of the Green County Health committee met in the county courthouse to discuss the mobile tuberculosis X-ray unit coming to the county in January. Present were Dr. M. J. Stuessy, Brod head, C. W. Loveland, Mrs. J. T. Etter, Miss Ruth Chase and Miss Florence Wartenweiler.
Mr and Mrs Peter Gerber of 1016 22nd Avenue are excited by a phone call from their son Pvt Daniel Gerber in Japan It was 10 30 p m Monday in Monroe when the call came and the family shared news of his did you mean service in the Pacific theater
A 1:30 p m Tuesday call from Camp Young in Japan reached Pvt Gerber. The call home was presented as an award by the service club at his stationed base.
Nelson Mc Innay a Monroe blacksmith is slightly improved after a Tuesday evening car crash. He was taken to St. Clare hospital at about 10 30 p m for treatment.
Pfc. Robert C. Senn has returned to Cherry Point North Carolina after a three week furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Conrad Senn route 2 Monticello.
Trustees of the American Medical Association state the AMA and 16 state and county medical societies are being investigated by the U S justice department antitrust division. They protest police involvement in pressuring physicians over compulsory health insurance and note a February 10 break-in at the Chicago board room with board records searched.
James Gorden, 19, of West Allis is found innocent of negligent homicide after a May 20 crash in Vernon that killed 18 year old James Pfaffl, also of West Allis, a passenger in the other car.
Chiropractor ad for M. J. Gonstead offering X-Ray and Neurocalometer services. Includes phone 373 and residence 101 Monroe. Urges readers to seek chiropractic care for persistent illness and general health.
Roy E. Barmore aged 63 of Orangeville died Wednesday afternoon. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p m in Orangeville Methodist Church. He was born May 21 1886 to Frank and Ella Yarger Barmore and married Elma O Fahr June 4 1912 in Rockford. Survived by widow two sisters Myrt It Fry Cedarville Zella Barmore Orangeville and one brother Glen Orangeville. Preceded by parents a brother Verl and a sister Beulah. Services conducted by Rev Fred Anderson and Rev Robert Wilson.
Tokyo Rose, real name Iva d Aquino, faces a ten year prison term and a ten thousand dollar fine after Federal Judge Michael J Roche sentenced her. Her attorney plans an appeal and a bail request in the coming week.
Burial will be at the Orangeville cemetery. Friends may call at the Burlington funeral home in Orangeville until 11 a.m. tomorrow.
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