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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1963
Page
8
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with cooler nights and milder days. Highs near 65 to 70. Tonight lows in the 40s. The warmest U.S. reading was Yuma Arizona at 100, the coldest Lakeview Oregon at 33. Sunrise 6 03, sunset 5 34.
William P. Lunda forfeited $10 for inattentive driving. Roy H. Byers from Milton Junc tion forfeited $10 for stop sign violation. Ronald J. Goecks of Brodhead forfeited $10 for double parking.
The deaths section lists Mrs. Raymond N. DeMars 61 of 2121 11th street Gottfried Abegglen 60 of 1903 8th avenue Mrs. Susan Gapen 80 Monroe and others including J M Freitag 75 Monticello Emil F Ziltner 47 New Glarus Edward R Koch 87 Freeport Mrs Frank Ingram 64 Beloit Infant twin sons of Donald and Mrs. Shrader Polo St Richard Weaver 62 Edgerton Agnes Maloney 78 Mineral Point Mrs Carl Oimoen 58 Mt Horeb Mrs Lucius L Bowers 94 St Cloud Minn Mrs William Wartenweiler 65 Dupree SD Nellie Cline 82 St Petersburg Fla Theodore O Osmundson Portsmouth Va
Mr. and Mrs. Thurl Edwards Shullsbury welcome a daughter on Oct. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kenni e house 1307% 19th street report a son born Oct. and Mrs. John Nyman of 1502 20th street celebrate a son born Oct. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kipfer Ar gyle greet a daughter born Oct. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Goakey Albany report a son born Oct. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schmid Route 1 announce a daughter born Oct. 7. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Wire Ar gyle have a son born Oct. 7.
Debra Morgan of Brodhead leads a St Clare Hospital tonsillectomy list including Debra Ringhand of New Glarus and numerous patients and dismissals across Beloit Janesville Belleville Albany Rockford and other Wisconsin locales. The roster spans medical surgical and discharge entries with many names and addresses.
J M Freitag 75 of Monticello died Saturday in his room at the Grand Central hotel. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Zwingli United Church of Christ with Rev J Allan Mittler officiating. Burial in Highland cemetery with Masonic rites. He was treasurer of the old Voegeli school district, member of Monticello Union Masonic Lodge and New Glarus Chapter Royal Arch Masons. He was a retired farmer born Dec 2 1887 in New Glarus Township. He married Mary Zentner in 1909 and moved to Monticello in 1960. Surviving: three sons Marvin, Howard and Karl. two brothers J A and Henry H Freitag. three grandsons Richard Terry and Ricky. A son Elmer died in 1924. two sisters Euphemia Urben and Barbara Duerst preceded him.
The infant twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shrader of Polo Illinois died shortly after birth at St Clare Hospital. The parents were married November 28 1962 in Monroe. Survivors include both sets of grandparents and several great grandparents. Services are pending at Meyer Funeral Home.
Monroe police investigated three minor weekend crashes. At 9:32 a.m. Saturday Jacob P. Elmer of Monroe backed into Dwight L. Keen of Brodhead after a stop. At 11:38 a.m. Patricia A. Bloom of Monroe hit Trevor Jay Barmore of Monroe as he stopped for passengers on 1700 block of 11th street. At 1:34 p.m. Sunday William P. Lunda of Monroe struck a parked vehicle owned by Willis E. Mitchell on 1800 block of 15th Avenue.
Henry and Miss Katherine Wartenweiler of 1316 23rd avenue report the death Friday of their sister-in-law Mrs. William Wartenweiler 65 Dupree South Dakota. Services were held in Dupree. Survived by her husband married in June 1917 and a son Keith of Dupree plus a brother in law and sister in law.
Members of the Lida Ludlow Reading club resume fall meetings starting Thursday with a luncheon at Idle Hour Mansion at 12 noon.
Personal mentions report Frank Menehan Amos John son and Rev Gerritt E Moow attended the Institute of Rotary District 625 on Saturday at Lake Delton. Several local families hosted visitors from Madison Des Moines Monroe and Oshkosh with weekend gatherings and church sale notices also listed.
New York stocks closed mixed with most indexes near highs as volume eased to about 4.1 million shares from 5.13 million on Friday. Xerox slipped 7 after an 8 point early setback while Steels faded. Bethlehem, Jones and Laughlin gained slightly though U.S. Steel held flat and Republic edged down. J.I. Case advanced fractionally and American Crystal led sugar issues with more than a 2 percent rise.
In Darlington, burglars broke into Dick's Super Market and carried off about 400 dollars in coins before a night officer surprised them behind the store. Patrolman John Harwick gave chase but could not arrest them. The sack of money was later recovered near the scene, while the safe held a larger sum. The burglars used bars and a sledge hammer to break in and paused to drink milk and make sandwiches before fleeing.
Superior attorney Harry E. Larsen announced his candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1964 after being defeated last spring by Justice-elect Bruce Beilfuss. Justice Horace W. Wilke, appointed in 1962, has said he will run for a full 10 year term next year.
Classifieds in The Monroe Evening provide room rental listings and contact details, offering affordable housing options in the local area. Listings include room features, location hints, and price ranges for quick comparisons.
Mrs Susan Gapen 80 formerly ran Gateway Lodge Grand Marais Minnesota died at 8 30 this morning in a Green County hospital where she had resided four years Funeral arrangements are at Cramer funeral home Orangeville A son Donald Orangeville was at the Florida funeral today of his sister in law Mrs Robert D Gapen Col Robert Gapen Islamorada Florida and another son joins survivors The Gapens were married in 1902 in Orangeville He was a Monroe area mail carrier until 1922 then moved to Grand Marais The couple retired to Orangeville in 1958 Mr Gapen died December 29 1958
Kupersmith and Koch of Poland China breeders in Warren Illinois qualified four Certified Meat Type litters in the last month via the Poland China Record Association in Galesburg. Two pigs reached 30.14 inches carcass length with 1.28 inches backfat and 4.94 square inches of loin eye at 210 pounds and 141 days. Six pigs from three litters averaged 29.50 inches length 1.25 inches backfat 4.81 square inches loin eye at 204 pounds and 146 days. All sires traced to K and K Foremost Fame.
Washington census officials list New York as the leading state by population as of July 1 with a provisional gap of 118,000 over California though room for error exists. A spokesman notes California could lead by mid 1964 if trends continue and cites California at 17,590,000 and New York at 17,708,000.
A brief advertisement offers data processing and computer programming jobs with higher pay and secure status in a few weeks. It notes no interference with current employment and a low tuition payment plan and provides a phone number for Box 93 in the Evening Times.
Twenty five students enrolled in the German class held each Wednesday night. Kerwin Steffens teaches the course which will run for fifteen weeks.
Donald W. Fritz of Monroe begins a PhD in English at Stanford University where he holds a three year teaching assistantship. He earned BA and MA from Miami University and has four years of teaching in SMU's English department in Dallas. He will teach freshman composition at Stanford.
William Hoenisch of Belleville escaped injury when his car went off Highway 92 a mile south of Belleville at 5 05 p m Saturday. The sheriff's office reported no other injuries.
Directors of the Godfrey Company which operates the Sentry market here have declared a dividend of 15 cents per share payable Nov 1 to stockholders of record Oct 15.
Mr and Mrs Larry Libert of Madison announce the birth of their son Anthony John on September 25. They have three daughters named Carol Karen and Nancy. Grandparents are Mr Ralph Luchsinger and Mrs Mary Luchsinger with great grandmothers Mrs Ida Figg and Mrs. Mary Luchsinger.
Sister M Norene and Sister M Margaret Rose of St. Clare hospital attended a two day institute on operating room nursing. Mrs Edwin Birschbach also attended. The program, sponsored by the National Association of Operating Room Nurses, seeks to boost proficiency and ensure safe patient care during surgery.
Thomas Holyoke of St. Clare hospital completed a pharmacy institute in Louisville Kentucky from September 30 to last Saturday. The event was sponsored by the Catholic Hospital Association.
The Fischer quintuplets in Aberdeen are starting bottle feeding after tube feedings. Mary Ann oldest and smallest gained her first bottle Sunday while weighing 3 pounds 4 ounces. brother James Andrew weighs 4 pounds 13 ounces and is the heaviest.
Madison Wisconsin dairy market reports firmer cheddar prices with demand good and supplies adequate. Cheddars quoted 355 to 38, 40 pound blocks 364 to 39, single daisies 3855 to 39, longhorns 3858 to 3942, midgets 3734 to 4044, reflecting modest gains across varieties.
Five donors reached the gallon mark at the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on Thursday. Henry Opferman, Robert Detjen, Gilbert in Robert Roth and Bernie Ild are noted as reaching the milestone.
A 15 year old Amherst boy, James L. Johnson, was fatally wounded in a hunting incident near Stevens Point. Another youth, age 13, was with him when a second 15 year old was taken into juvenile custody. Johnson died at St. Mary's Hospital in Wausau after surgery. Authorities report conflicting accounts of shots fired during the encounter.
Mrs. Frank Ingram of Beloit died at 10 17 p m at St Clare hospital where she had been admitted as a surgical patient on September 22 The Hanson Funeral Home Beloit is handling arrangements.
Lexington Kentucky former governor and senator Happy Chandler at a hospital for a checkup at age 65 with likely release in a day or two.
Washington House appropriations committee slashed civil defense space and science funding. It rejected the full 195 million request for a nationwide fallout shelter program and approved 13.1 billion of 14.66 billion requested for 26 agencies. NASA was allotted 5.1 of 5.712 billion after prior cuts.
In a U S News and World Report interview Nixon alleges the civil rights crisis grew from Kennedy's symbolic gestures and promises, saying he did nothing but lip service. He cites a tremendous emotional development leading to demonstrations and notes he would have used troops if president.
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