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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1963
Page
8
Wisconsin Fair reports a warming trend for Thursday with lows 38 to 45 and highs 75 to 80. Monroe zone notes similar temps and forecasts, with a high of 75 to 80 and a low of 38 to 45. Yesterday’s high 72, low 53. year ago high 67, low 52. Sunrise 6 05, sunset 5 30.
James A. McDonald transfers 80 acres more or less in sections 19 and 30 Adams Township to Ole A. Berg. Benjamin H. Brunkow transfers lot 6 block 2 in Rose Park Subdivision Monroe to Joseph H. Will.
County Court Judge Roger L Elmer presided over the case of Kenneth Roehl 19 of Brodhead who was brought back to court for judicial review after absconding from probation. The sentence was postponed and Roehl was ordered confined at Central State Hospital.
Anna Aslakson of Route 1 Blanchardville died August 29 with will dated May 7 1963. Children share and share alike with Helen A Phillips deceased leaving one third to her three offspring. Heirs listed Andrew Aslakson Mrs Selma Spaanem Marilyn Linda and Janet Phillips. Appraisers Oscar Paulson and Waldo Freitag. Administratrix Freda L White of Anna Leiser Monroe died August 19 1962. Heirs are Godfred V Monroe and Dr Alfred E Houston. Appraisers Henry A Burgy and Robert E Zuercher.
Charles Franklin Bennehoff Jr aged 19 and Linda Kay Van Houten aged 16, both of Orangeville, filed for marriage licenses. Application noted in Freeport records.
The notices report deaths including Mrs. Albert Symanek aged 58 of 1817 14th Avenue and Mrs. Edna Weirich Burgy aged 74 of Chicago along with Thomas H. Alderson 72 of Warren Mrs. Ernest Parr 64 of Rockton Bernard S. Roling 70 of Ben-A Manley 55 of Warren Myrtle J. Edwards 80 of Shannon Illinois infant John A. Rowe son of Delbert Rowe Dyersville Iowa and W Walter Dunlavey Sr. 6 Knoxville Tennessee.
Mr and Mrs Roy Halverson of Browntown announce a son born October 8. Mr and Mrs Wayne Benstead of South Wayne announce a daughter born October 8.
A compiled notice lists patients connected to St. Clare Hospital including Mrs. George Gos da Brodhead Kevin Elmer Orangeville Grayling El mer Orangeville and medical staff names such as Melanie Mayer Monticello Mrs Sylvia Mayes Beloit Mrs Harrison Nagell Roscoe Ill Mrs Stanley Burtness Orfordville Phillip Collins New Glarus Orville Hawthorn Route 1 Mrs Luella Lacey South Wayne Mrs Edward Cooke Elgin Mrs Larry Gransee Brooklyn David Dean Wells Janesville and Emil Entress Janesville Surgical names Frances Moritz Route 3 Mrs Edna Lindsay 911 21st Street Mrs Richard Harris Route 4 Burton Knudtson Janesville Walter Hauri Monticello and Mrs Joseph Bissman Rockford Dismissals include Harold Knotts Myron Helmeid Jacob Hefty Miguel Reyes Vernon Meland Al Millsap Charles De Nuro Martin Glass Lewis Arms Frank Kietzman JoAnn Trumpy Mrs Percy Whitehead Mrs Arthur Koester Mrs Herbert Lungstrom Debra Morgan Mrs Freeman Boeck Mrs Leland Skattum Mrs Gertrude Patten Mrs Seeb Robert and Mrs Donal Shager and daughter.
W Walter Dunlavey Sr 65, a former Monroe resident and Argyle native, died in Knoxville Tennessee of an apparent heart attack. Services set for Friday at Stuessy funeral home with burial in Puddledock cemetery near Argyle. He was born July 29 1898 in Argyle and survived by his wife eight children and many relatives. He worked for the Illinois Central railroad before retiring to Knoxville where he remarried.
Funeral services for Mrs Raymond D DeMars, formerly Celeste Haren, were conducted at 9 a m at Stuessy funeral home and 9 30 a m at St Victor's Church with Rev E C McCollow officiating. Burial followed at Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers included Arthur Gebhard Walter J Stumpf Edmund Shook Donald Clark Frank Meneen and Malcolm Muenich. Rosary was recited at the funeral home.
Richard Weaver 62 of Edgerton former Monroe grocer died recently. Funeral services were held at 1 30 PM at Shriner Neushwan der funeral home officiated by Rev Gerald Krause. Burial followed at Eastlawn cemetery Beloit with pallbearers Lefingwell Myers Algrin Fields Wolford Lanz and others.
Monroe high school teacher Fred Simpson will participate in the fifth annual Institute for High School Teachers of Social Studies at the University of Wisconsin on Friday and Saturday October 18 and 19. The event is sponsored by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Local notices show visits to Miss Margaret Altman at 102 10th Street by Dr and Mrs Harry R Dittmar and Miss Roberta Altman. Dittmars depart Thursday for Madison Fond du Lac and Chicago. Public auctions and rummage sales announced at Immanuel and Universalist churches. Airman Gene E Martin on 20 day furlough visiting foster parents before returning to Nellis AFB. Kenneth R Schutz of Monroe pledged to Tau Kappa Epsilon at LSU Baton Rouge amid rush week.
Judge Roger L. Elmer spoke at the Monroe Rotary meeting at Marco's about Juvenile Court procedures. He described intake hearings and courtroom steps while outlining efforts to prioritize rehabilitation and public safety.
Mrs. Ernest Parr formerly Daisy Prindle of Maquoketa born August 1 1899. She died 5 20 p.m. yesterday in St. Clare hospital Beloit where she was admitted Sept 23 as a surgical patient. Survivors include husband daughter Ellen Thompson three grandchildren three great grandchildren mother Mrs Frank Prindle sister Mrs Ruby Garner brothers Harry and Earl. Services Friday 1 30 p.m. at Rossman Uehling Kinzer chapel Beloit burial Rockton cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Duane J Bollig Route 1 Belleville announce the birth of daughter Brenda Lucille on October 6 at St Mary's hospital Madison. She has a brother Randy John four and sister Julie Ann three. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Fahey Jr Belleville and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Bollig Belleville.
Fred W. Hartwig of 2214 6th Street drove after 6 p.m. yesterday and struck a cow that had escaped from a pasture. The animal, owned by Donald E. Juenemann of Route 3 Monroe, jumped into the road. no injuries to Hartwig or the cow were reported.
Mrs. George Gosda a 67 year old Brod resident is in satisfactory condition at St. Clare hospital after sustaining a fractured left arm in a fall. She was admitted early today for treatment.
Word was received of the death in Chicago this morning of Mrs Edna Weirich Burgy 74 daughter of Frank C and Kate M Dixon Weirich The family home was at 14th Street and 15th Avenue There are no immediate survivors A sister Miss Bessie Weirich 70 and brother in law George Wescott 77 died in a Chicago apartment fire Dec 13 1962 Mrs Burgy was hospitalized after the fire but visited Monroe this past summer Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery
Mrs Edwards Shannon dies early today in Johnson nursing home Shannon Illinois. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson born in Cadiz Town band Fred and sister of Mrs Elcie Rawls in Texas. Services set for 3 p.m. at Walker mortuary Freeport with viewing after 2 p.m. Thursday. Burial in Chapel Hill cemetery Freeport.
Guineth Gonstead daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Gonstead 801 14th Avenue elected vice president of the Student Board of Governors at Prospect Hall Secretarial School Fort Lauderdale Florida.
Douglas Ebweter and Raymond Warne pleaded guilty in Rock County Court at Janesville to burglaries in Rock County and the Monroe Country Club break-in on Sept. 18. They received concurrent sentences not to exceed five years in Green Bay reformatory. Dist. Atty. Viney provided information for the case and the two admitted the Monroe break-in to Assistant Police Chief Coplien.
A 43 car caravan with police escort will transport over 200 Monroe public school sixth graders to Madison tomorrow to tour the State Capitol and the State Historical Society as part of the Lions Club annual program. Students gather at their schools and travel in blocks joining at Lincoln school. Dane County officials will take over at the county line.
The State Board of Health mobile X-ray unit resumes service at Monroe Ward Three and Four and Jordan Township. It will be at Monroe Community Center for six days from tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m., serving employees in the area.
John Mulhall of Monroe was elected president of the Green County Barbershop Chorus at a Community Center meeting. Officers named include Herman Heinzelman as membership vice president Norman Rasmussen as program vice president Ralph Peterson as secretary Curtis Chase as treasurer Walter Speich as delegate at large. Andrew Ericksen retires as president and joins the board of directors. all take office January 1.
Mrs George Pulkrabek was named president of the Parents Club of the DeMolay Chapter succeeding Mrs W E Deininger Mrs Ralph S Peterson was named secretary treasurer to replace Mrs Howard Counsel man The group meets once a year and plans projects for the chapter members.
Mrs Susan Gapen 80 died Monday. Funeral services set for 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Cramer funeral home with Rev Hobart Prunty officiating. Burial in Orangeville cemetery. Son Donald Gapen and his wife arrived from Florida after death of a sister-in-law Mrs Robert Gapen.
Brodhead youth aged 19 appeared in County Court on a probation violation charge. Judge Roger L. Elmer postponed sentence and sent him to a state institution. He had been arrested in 1962 for contributing to a minor’s delinquency, pleaded guilty with probation then went missing around August 7, triggering a sheriff's search.
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