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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1963
Page
6
Daily Record notes statewide in Wisconsin mostly cloudy and warmer tonight with scattered thundershowers possible in the south and east. Friday remains cloudy with showers in the southeast and cooler readings inland. highs range from the 60s to 70s. Monroe area mostly cloudy and warmer tonight with scattered showers late tonight and Friday. low 54 to 60, high 58 to 76.
A daughter Maud E. Wenger is named executrix of the estate of her mother Susan Wenger who died September 18. Appraisers are G. E. Zuercher and Walter J. Wenger. The will dated November 18 1953 names heirs Ralph H. Wenger Maud Wenger and Nell Stuart and four granddaughters, daughters of a deceased son W. E. Wenger.
Obituary notices list Mrs Katherine Blackney 84 Monroe Mrs Edward Butts 66 Evansville Mrs Leo O Neil 84 Cuba City Mrs Nelson Hollingshead 60 Cuba City Mrs John Kearney 74 Warren Til James Louis Doubler 84 Warren Mrs Will Johnson 89 Platte Ivan D Halverson 31 Avoca all reported with locations and ages.
Mr and Mrs Schulthes of Brodhead announce a daughter on Oct 10. Mr and Mrs Disch of Monticello announce a daughter on Oct 9. Arlie Kundert of 2000 17th street announce a daughter on Oct 9. Mr and Mrs James Bryant of Mr Horeb announce a son on Oct 9. Mr and Mrs James Balch of Beloit announce a son on Oct 9.
A hospital report lists patients including Jesse Bahler Ar gyle and Jeanette Hefty at St. Clare Hospital. It also names Belle Tonsillectomy patients Donald Pehl Gratiot Steven Wand Shulls burg and John Hegge Orfora Medical Uno Miller Nic Zentner New Glar us Albert Grauthier Little Chute Ernest Snyder Route 1 Mrs Floyd Bicker Freeport and others. Dismissals include Kenneth Bill Grayling Kevin Elmer Or ville Hawthorn and several listed Mrs names and Colleen Kuble Mrs Betty Boone Mrs Henry Marty.
Ralph H. Stocker, 61, Route 4, Freeport, died yesterday at Rockford Memorial Hospital from injuries from a collision in Rockford. It was his second crash in six days. He was a passenger in a car driven by John Stahl of Freeport, which collided with a car driven by Mrs. Carol M. Austin of Rockford. Stahl and Mrs. Austin are in fair condition at Rockford hospital.
Two part collie dogs, a mother and a male puppy, wandered to the Werner Pulver farm on Route 1 in Browntown Cadiz Township. Deputies are asked to locate the owner or place the dogs in new homes.
Secretary Freeman announced that foreign suppliers will limit shipments of colby cheese frozen cream and junex to the United States. Top exporters include New Zealand Australia and Ireland and the move is expected to cut colby cheese imports about ten percent from the prior year amid dairy industry protests over market impact and taxpayer costs.
In Johnson Creek a feed mill owned by the Johnson Creek Co operative Exchange sustained fire damage after the formal opening of a new addition. The loss was estimated at 16000 dollars and limited to the old building. Neighbors called in the 6 15 p m alarm when flames broke out in a pile of corn cobs.
Gerald Kubly son of Mr and Mrs Lee Kubly Route 2 won the Freshman Class Talent Contest at Whitewater State College. He secured a $50 scholarship toward his second semester and is a 1963 Monroe High School graduate.
Funerals were held for Gottfried Abegglen 60 of 1903 8th Avenue at St John s United Church of Christ. Rev Paul H Olm officiated with a song service by Mrs Minnie Kuebli and Mrs Werner Bernet. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery with pallbearers named from Brodhead Juda and Monticello.
Local social notes report visits by Mr and Mrs John Bohren and Mrs Rose Schilt to Johannesburg Michigan and Fond du Lac calls on Mr and Mrs Charles Nicholas and Jerry Rummage and bake sales announced at Immanuel church on October 12 and Universalist church on October 11 No Hunting signs offered by The Times office Sam Lewis Madison spent a day in Monroe for business Ben Miller and family returned to Juda after visiting Ossoda Michigan Reverend Melvin Nickel Juda visited Appleton Clarence Barker Orangeville visited Batavia Illinois.
Jesse Bahler of Route 1 Argyle was admitted to St. Clare hospital with severe scalp lacerations and a mild concussion after a tractor and loader fell on him at the W. W. Langdoe farm near Argyle. His condition is reported as good.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Bridge of Madison announce the birth of a daughter Tuesday at Madison General hospital. The mother, Lou Lindsay formerly, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lindsay of Cuba City. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bridge of Juda.
Senior class members traveled to Eagle River for the Trees for Tomorrow Camp. They left on Sunday and returned home last night after the outdoor program focusing on environmental education.
New York stock market closed mixed after a mid day dip as activity remained fairly brisk. Volume neared 4.5 million shares, below Wednesday’s 5.52 million, with Chrysler edging higher after an early loss while Ford rose slightly and GM fell. Rails metals and chemicals showed mixed results while oils, savings and loans and airlines slipped.
DETROIT The Ford Motor Co directors declare a regular 45 cent dividend payable December 2 to stockholders of record November 1. The amount matches recent quarters after Ford stock split in May 1962.
Mrs Edna Burgy 74 of Chicago dies in Chicago and will be buried Monday at Greenwood cemetery Monroe Graveside rites follow a service at Thomas J Cooney funeral home Chicago The body will arrive by train from Freeport Saturday Local arrangements are by Stuessy funeral home Burgy a Monroe native was married to Herman who died young He was brother of the late Mrs Em ery A Odell and the late Mrs J J Tschudy both of Monroe
Alfred J. Fisher longtime chief engineer of Fisher Body Co died at Henry Ford Hospital after a long illness. He helped found the firm in 1908 with brothers Fred J and Charles P, later a division of General Motors, retiring in 1945. He was the fifth of seven Fisher brothers to pass away. survivors include William A. and Edward F. Fisher.
USAC champion A J Foyt is suspended for misconduct after allegedly slugging driver Johnny White while White was strapped in his car following a heat at Williams Grove Pennsylvania. Henry Banks, USAC competition director, cited conduct detrimental to racing based on Tommy Nicholson’s report.
Midland Co operative wins permit to construct a fertilizer mixing plant near Evansville stockyards on the east side. City Council also votes to remove parking meters along E Main street from Railroad to Allen Creek and on Maple avenue between Main and Church streets.
A mobile X ray unit begins a six day run at the Monroe Community Center examining residents of Monroe Wards Three and Four and Jordan Township. The schedule includes Monroe general patients Friday. Monroe business employees Monday. Clarno and Cadiz Township Tuesday. Monroe Wards Five and Six and Sylvester Township Wednesday. and Seventh and Eighth Wards plus Jefferson Township Thursday.
Deane L. Adams aged 56 of Madison, co-owner of the Simon House restaurant, died of a heart attack in a Chicago hotel on a business trip. A Cedar Rapids native, he once worked with Witwer Grocery in Dubuque, later organized an ice cream firm in Madison in 1948, and founded the Simon House which burned in 1955 and was rebuilt with larger accommodations.
Earl Maurer 69 and his wife Ada 60 of Burlington Wisconsin were in a car crash on U S Highway 66 near Eureka Missouri. The car left the highway and rolled down a hill embankment. Ada was seriously injured.
Gov. Reynolds issues a proclamation urging Wisconsin citizens to participate in National Child Accident Prevention Week in October 2026 to raise awareness and promote child safety practices statewide.
In Saigon Viet Nam the bodies of 12 Americans killed in two U S Marine helicopter crashes were recovered. The loss marks the heaviest American death toll in a single operation since the Vietnam buildup began in 1961. The crew included four Marine officers five enlisted men a Navy doctor and two Navy corpsmen. An unconfirmed report said the helicopters collided in flight during a search for a Vietnamese air force plane that had crashed earlier Tuesday southwest of Da Nang. The missing include an American officer and a Vietnamese officer aboard the downed plane.
Aristotle Onassis took Mrs. John F. Kennedy on a 40 hour voyage through the Ionian Sea to Leukas near Scorpios. The Christina battled winds rain and rough seas before anchoring as Onassis had purchased the island six months earlier.
Palmer Strickler of New Glarus, a market and packing plant operator, will spotlight Green County cheese on Roundys Channel 27 Football Forecasts tomorrow at 10 30. He will display wheels of Swiss and other foreign type cheeses during the program.
Large Green County Republicans, at least 60 strong, will attend the Second GOP Districts Welcome Green County program at Ft. Atkinson Municipal Building. Merlin Meythaler will speak as county officers are introduced. transportation is available from Monroe hotel by 5 p.m.
Monroe’s varsity travels to Jefferson for a Friday night game kickoff at 7 45 p m Jefferson sits 1 2 in league play while Monroe is 2 2 in conference action Freshman squads met at Recreation Park earlier today at 4 p m
In Blackpool Harold Macmillan told the Conservative conference he cannot lead the party at the next general election after a prostate operation in London. He cited inability to bear the physical burden and his deputy Richard Austen Butler, aged 60, was favored to succeed him while surgeons operated.
The oldest public building in Nebraska is the courthouse in Nebraska City, recognized as the state’s earliest surviving government structure. The landmark continues to serve as a symbol of early civic administration and local history.
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