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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1949
Page
6
Cloudy with rain in the north and east tonight and Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday in the west tonight. Low temperatures 45 to 55 60 eastward. Highs Tuesday 65 to 70. Winds from south to southwest diminishing tonight. Record highs and lows listed. Temperatures and barometer readings provided. sunrise and sunset times noted.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley finds Pitkanen of route 2 Ogema guilty of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and orders $60 fine plus costs.
Rev. J L Haack age 81 of Webster died. Mrs. Eley age 81 and Mrs. Mathilda Klaas age 70 also mentioned, with further details truncated.
Mr and Mrs Phillip Counsel Reathstreet welcome a daughter while Mr and Mrs Ernest Nelson of Orfordville announce a son born on October 9.
A mixed roster lists names under Surgical and Medical categories with addresses in Monroe Brodhead Burlington Argyle Be liet and surrounding towns. Dismissals include multiple patients and family members such as Ar mato Hartwig Prestbroten Smith Langrehr Johnson Becker Webster and others.
Rev. Haack, who served in Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois, died after a long career ending with retirement and a climactic honor in June. He is survived by his son Arno, a brother Theodore, a sister Martha Musch, and extended relatives. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in St. John's Church.
The article notes Mercator coined the word atlas for a collection of maps and cites a former belief that the term reflected a royal or regal burden of supporting the world on the shoulders.
Mathilda Klaas 70 of Elroy Illinois died Sunday at 7 am in St. Clare hospital from pneumonia. Born Oct 20 1878 in Elroy as Mathilda Vehmeier she was the daughter of Henry and Sophia Vehmeier. Survived by three sons Herbert Emert and Harold at home one half brother Charles Vehmeier Lena Sr one sister Mrs Fred Rampenthal Lena and one half sister Mrs Edwin Klaas Freeport. Preceded in death by her parents and husband Paul Klaas. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm in Leamon funeral home Lena with Rev F C Schmidt officiating burial Salem cemetery near Elroy.
A soprano aria Our Star and Yours will close the program. Featured performers include Mrs. Robert E. Tschudy Herbert M. Ainsworth Richard Kelley Ben Blaser Jack Maurer and many others. An extensive list covers dancers choruses a choral director several ac companists and an orchestra with regional contributors.
Eight people including six sea scouts were rescued by the coast guard from a foundered power boat on Lake Michigan. The cutter Mackinaw made the rescue after the cruiser Margaret, believed sunk, foundered on a rock ledge off Cross Village Michigan in two feet of water. The Margaret was en route to Saugatuck Michigan to be turned over to owner E S Carr.
Senator Arthur Vandenberg shows excellent condition after lung surgery at University Hospital. Doctors announced the operation was performed last Monday and there is no need for daily bulletins.
Numerous residents and visitors are listed with recent travels and stays including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ryan in Wisconsin Dells, Mrs. Leo V. Koehler in Milwaukee for floral school, and Ann Dearth Jane Bender and Rose Walters in Madison. Weekend visits span Monroe Beloit and Madison with university and church events noted. a hunting notice appears from The Times office.
Paul W Neubauer former St Ambrose guard led 41 team members on a chartered bus through Monroe after defeating St Norbert 31 to 28. The group stopped for dinner at Pauls restaurant and merchants reported the Saturday shopping crowd as the largest of the year.
The first library on wheels has begun operations in Prague’s suburbs. A large bus carries catalogued books in side racks and offers seating for about twelve readers to browse.
A 15 year old Neopit boy who struck Sheriff Hugo Baker with a pipe and fled Shawano county jail Thursday was recaptured by Menominee Indian area officers and returned to custody.
Samuel Ridgeway age 84 died Saturday at 8 p.m. in a Freeport hospital from old age complications. He lived with daughter Mrs. Ben Koester near Orangeville and was born October 14, 1864 in Damascus Pennsylvania. He married Mary Bruver in Effingham Illinois and is survived by two daughters, one son, 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Burial in Loy cemetery after services in the Loy church at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Mrs E N Churchill was elected president of the Past Presidents club at the Eugene hotel on Saturday afternoon. Mrs May Hood as vice president and Mrs Eva Galusha re elected secretary treasurer. Awards went to Mrs Levy and Mrs Mathers with Mrs Myers taking the special prize.
Stewart F Kingston Willard R Schuetze Wesley L Dodge and Kenneth W Stuart were co hosts at a Saturday luncheon bridge party. Nine tables of bridge were played with honors going to Mines. Players included George C Schaler Poughkeepsie NY Alvin H Babler E C Hamilton William Amstutz Willard Waeffler Evansville Frank Brown Oconomowoc and Robert H Richardson. Tables decorated with fall flowers.
Mrs. F N Miller hosts Juda with Mr and Mrs Wallace Burr Janesville and Mrs Ethel Burr Friendship Thursday visits by Claude Walton’s guests. Elmer Matzke returns from a two week auto trip through western states. Waldron Brown and son Randolph visit L S Brown family. Charles Balbach of Janesville visits Morris and Mrs Grenzow. Sutherland Cumberland visits Ernest Salzwedel. Henry Frey Owen visits William Albright. Vivian Johnson Chicago spends two weeks with her mother Ira Johnson. L A Beierle and Donald Beierle Milwaukee weekend guests of Wayne Vanderbilt. Rudolph Jenny moves with family to McHenry Illinois.
Fire forces more than a hundred guests from the Garfield hotel in Chicago at dawn. A stubborn blaze lofted a 100 foot flame column, gutting the three story brick building in minutes.
Will W Young brother of Mrs E C Copeland and uncle of Harry Young is reported improved after a critical pneumonia illness at St Baribas hospital New York. Family visitors found him able to recognize them and in good spirits.
Mr and Mrs Walter Stauffacher of route 4 have returned home after visiting northern Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa They attended the National Dairy Congress in Waterloo Iowa during their trip.
Janesville woman and former Monroe resident Mrs. E S Gibbon is convalescing at her daughter Mrs Robert McKinney's Evansville home. She is sister to Mrs Roy M Grant of 1726 Lake Drive and has been seriously ill.
A new plastic roof is being installed over the Ludlow hotel porch and many windows are being clad with aluminum. Roof repairs at the rear are also in progress.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Albright of Juda announce the birth of their son Randy Lee.
A new roof is being installed on the Frank A. Shriner building on the east side of the square housing the IGA store and the Charlotte Magee beauty shop.
Will E. Elmer of 2536 13th Street reeled in a 34 pound, 41 inch catfish from the Pecatonica River on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Dan Regan now reside at 1623 10th street in the furnished apartment of Albert D Geigels. The Regans have closed their Woodruff resort and plan to spend the winter in California. Regan has been based in Monroe the past year.
Albany Special reports Effie and Ella Hein have returned home from Crandon where they were treated for injuries from an automobile accident on September 11.
George M. Young with 35 years of experience becomes chef at Banjo Pete's highway restaurant on highway 69 south of Monroe. He arrives with Mrs. Young from northern Wisconsin and has worked coastal California Florida and northern regions.
Casper Maurer a South Wayne farmer returned Saturday night by trans ocean plane from Switzerland where he had been visiting for seven weeks. It was his first visit to his homeland in eleven years. Mrs Maurer visited Switzerland last year.
E H Gibson former Janesville coach now with the University of Wisconsin alumni foundation will offer the commentary. The event includes game pictures shown tonight at 8 in the high school auditorium as a public program.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strauss returned to Monroe Saturday from a monthlong automobile trip to the west coast. They visited a son and daughter in Portland for a week and traveled home through California.
They traveled the southern route by making the western journey along the northern highway. The concise travel note records the route choice and road used during the trip.
Livestock markets show salable hogs about 13 000 with stays steady for top loads at 18 50 and 230-270 pounds. Cattle and calves totals around 12 000 and 500 respectively with slaughter cattle steady to a cent higher and stockers strong. Poultry butter eggs and grains also move with mixed signals as corn rallies on Iowa wind storm reports and grains ease overall in Chicago trading.
Wall Street opened lower with scattered strength in rails. Major declines hit U S Steel General Motors Studebaker Schenley Industries Westinghouse and U S Gypsum while Goodyear Lockheed Distillers Seagrams and Dome Mines showed occasional gains. Bond trading was quiet with mixed prices.
Federal efforts to remove slot machines from Menominee lands falter as U S Attorney Cronin cites few complaints and tribal council attitudes. Records show 17 machines taxed. nine seized on Lac du Flambeau reservation under the assimilative crimes act authorizing federal enforcement of state laws in federal areas.
More than 100 quarts of canned fruits and vegetables were donated during harvest home services at the Washington Reformed church nine miles northwest of Monroe near Carter Hill. Rev. A. H. Schmenscer of Milwaukee hospital will receive the gifts and speak next Sunday. Rev. Arnold Geske of Dane led the afternoon talks.
At the AFL convention in St Paul a settlement ends a years long jurisdictional dispute between the AFL Carpenters and AFL Laborers unions. The accord enshrines a no strike pledge on concrete form handling and splits form removal duties. Carpenters will remove forms after concrete sets while Laborers move, oil and haul lumber to reuse sites and tear down worn forms.
Miss Priscilla J. Blumer hosted the Green County Historical Society museum open house at Idle Hour farm carriage house yesterday afternoon. Visitors from Rockford and Madison registered while viewing 19th century exhibits in the pale brick building. Thirty guests inspected the displays.
Charles A. Nelson, city manager of Stambaugh for 25 years, died of a heart attack Saturday night after a fall left him hospitalized since Sept. 18. A native of Sweden, he came to Stambaugh in 1884.
Arnold Larson pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the death of Dr. James McLoone and was bound over to county court for a preliminary hearing set by Judge Roy V. Ahlstrom for 2 p.m. October 31. Larson, a former LaCrosse resident, waived extradition and was returned from Minneapolis. He denies firing the fatal shots outside LaCrosse on November 14, 1947, when Dr. McLoone was found with three bullets in the head near the highway. Dist. Atty. John Coleman obtained the murder warrant.
Health Minister Aneurin Bevan told a Byker on Tyne political meeting that a general election will be held in a very short time on a date he did not propose. The remark marks the first clear indication from a cabinet minister that Britons may go to the polls soon.
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