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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1949
Page
10
Mostly cloudy and mild with showers tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 45 to 55. High Thursday 65 to 70. Since yesterday 1 p.m. high 70, low 56. Precipitation 0.04 since Tuesday. Barometer 29.70 at 1 a.m. and 29.60 at 1 p.m. Warmest U S city Brownsville Texas 88 degrees, coldest Helena Montana 16. Sunrise 6:17, sunset 5:13.
Casper A. Hefty transfers E percent of S 2 3 of outlet 144 in the assessor's plat area of New Glarus village to Henry T. Freitag. Ferne Bouton conveys one half interest in 160 acres sec 21 and 38 Spring Grove township to Archie Klass.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley issues letters of administration to Orville Berg for the Ole Berg estate in Adams township. Ralph McGuire and Lawrence H. Arnes named appraisers. Heirs include Alma Tollackson Tilda Ember Mable Orville Palmer Berg and Orpha Fischer, all of Adams township.
Mr and Mrs Charles Dorsey Blanchardville welcome a son born Oct 19. Dr and Mrs George Barry of 2920 14th Street announce the birth of a son on Oct 19.
St Clare Hospital lists patients under surgical and medical care including Mrs Fred Salzwe del at 2014 16th avenue Claire Wolfe Beloit William Eugene Mulligan 1116 18th avenue accident patient Paul Wenger 1117 16th avenue and medical patients Mrs Florence Huff man 1805 10th street Mrs William Stanley Beloit Mrs Gott fried Kanzig Browntown. Dismissals include Mrs Glen U Ren Thurl Carpenter Mrs Mary Crave Mrs Clarence Elmer and son Dale Taft Ervin Hill Mrs Dale Spoerry and son Mrs Ole Broten and daughter Mrs Melvin Foss Darlene Gobeli and Emile Maurer.
Kroger Co officials praised a strong turnout for the opening of their new store here yesterday. Mayor Frank A. Buehler cut the ceremonial tape as Kenneth Johnson of Madison noted customers flooded in and appeared pleased to have a store of this type nearby. The store, formerly on the north side of the square, now sits beside the new Woolworth store and is managed by John Kleier.
Rep. Thomas E. Martin of Iowa urged hog raisers to discuss their problems openly and keep Congress informed. He said Iowa, the leading hog producer, should be better organized and the agriculture committees need more first hand information on the hog situation.
Steers rose to $38.00 per hundredweight for two loads weighing 1,175 pounds at Chicago market. The gain over yesterday's peak was $1.00, with October 1948 seeing a $41.50 high as a previous record. Today marks the highest October price at this market aside from that earlier peak.
After more than nine months the bill raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour won final Senate approval and goes to President Truman. It could raise pay for about 1.5 million workers though coverage may shrink due to language changes.
Investigators consider charges against Glen Lancaster Jr. 16 of Darlington after a head-on collision with Emil Buehler 52 of Argyle on highway 81 near Junction House west of Monroe. Buehler remained hospitalized in fair condition as police await his status. Three teens in Lancaster’s car were treated and released.
Two Monroe officials will serve as section chairmen in the Wisconsin League of Municipalities opening today at Madison. Mayor Frank A. Buehler presides over the mayors section while City Engineer Zenno A. Gorder chairs the engineers and public works directors section. Council President George J. Meythaler, with 25 years on the council, presided last evening in Mayor Buehler’s absence. Aldermen Meythaler and Herman L. Schindler planned to attend today and tomorrow’s Madison meetings.
Mr and Mrs Nathan L Goetz traveled to Miami for a vacation visit. Mr and Mrs Claude Mathems and Emil Asmus came from Albany yesterday. Willard Zimmerli arrived from Chicago to vacation with his father in Albany. his brother Donald heads to St Louis soon. Mrs Fred T Odell and Mrs Mollie B Tollefson return from Milwaukee with Mrs O J Zajichek and son Reindel also visiting Albany.
The Public Service Commission held a conference with United Telephone Co. executives and Monroe exchange managers to confirm wage schedule increases as of Sept 30 retroactive to Aug 1. United Telephone had said extra revenue from July 25 rate increases was needed to cover wage payments. The PSC set a hearing to confirm United Telephone's implementation under the rate grant terms.
Miss Ida M Everson died yesterday at St Clare hospital. Services set for 1 30 p m Friday at Erickson funeral home Argyle and 2 p m at Yellowstone Lutheran church with Rev M A Sorenson officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Born May 21 1883 in Argyle township she farmed with her brother then lived with sister Mrs Melvin Thompson. Survived by sister Mrs Clara Johnson and several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by brothers Oliver Bennett Edward and sisters Olfred Matilda Marie Bertha.
Clarence Yaun 37 a World War II Navy veteran was found dead yesterday morning in his car. Services will be at 1 15 p m tomorrow at the Zentner Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Monroe.
Services for Mrs Samuel Ejcch elkraut who died visiting relatives in Kansas will be held at 2 p m Friday in the Swiss Evangelical and Reform church. Rev W J Stuckey will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery with Eastern Star rites.
Mrs Keith Williams is at Mayo Clinic in Rochester under observation as reported by the Times Special.
Brown town resident Mrs Ferdinand Mayer celebrated her 89th birthday at St Clare hospital on Sunday. Friends neighbors sent cards and flowers from family, as she has been hospitalized since last February.
Rev. L B Hastings and Frank Carmichael returned from Orlando to make their home here. Hastings resumes charge of St Andrew's Episcopal Church after a year in Florida. Carmichael enters Monroe high school as a junior and they stay at the Ludlow hotel until housing is ready.
Sgt Eugene Niffenegger spends a two week furlough with his parents at 2116 11th street after arriving from Camp Sill Oklahoma. He will be stationed in Austria after his leave and his brother Edward traveled to Monroe to fetch him. Miss Mary Miller Red Cross representative from St Louis is in Monroe for three days teaching Mrs J Leo Norton and Miss Genevieve Arensdorf on infant and mother care procedures in the next Green County unit.
Mr and Mrs Albert Hemphill announce that M Sgt Lawrence Stratton his wife Lois and daughter Bonnie sailed Friday from a U S harbor to Europe. They expect to be overseas for at least two years. Lois Hemphill is Mrs Stratton before marriage.
A birth notice reports a child named Barry born at 14th Street in 2020 with parents identified in the family notice.
A baby boy was born today at St. Clare Hospital to a couple with one daughter already. The families celebrate the new arrival and name details were not provided.
Eight persons were injured in a gas leak triggered explosion at a frame building housing the Jackson telephone office in Washington county Wisconsin. Authorities say workmen installing a stove caused the shut-off valve to shear and gas to fill the building while operators were away.
Jefferson court resumed sessions after a one day strike called by court bailiff Mrs. Albert Kroening who refused duty without pay raise. State law required a bailiff present, so the court halted until the pay rose from $2 to $7 daily and juror pay was extended to her.
Harold L. Hiltgen of Thiensville a former prisoner of war in a German camp will speak at the Monroe Kiwanis luncheon at the Monroe hotel tomorrow He will display improvised escape items he and others planned using in the escape effort.
The witch hazel is a shrub not a hazel tree. The term witch comes from wych and refers to its leaves resembling wych elm leaves.
Fifty members enrolled at Monroe high school night school which met for the first time last evening. Classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 9 pm with enrollment still open Thursday. Courses include typing bookkeeping arts and crafts citizenship and manual arts. A 2 dollar registration Fee is charged but redeemable after 18 weeks if 80 percent attendance is met.
Mr and Mrs Lyle Sinnett have moved into a new solar house on the south part of the village. Bandmaster John Page and family moved into the Mrs Louise Elmer place vacated by the Sinnetts.
Bruni-Miller Co. plans a 60 by 100 foot retail and warehouse building at 1902 12th Street this week. John H. Bruni directs removal of the old store west of Solomon Auto Parts Co and the new structure will rise after the site is cleared. The rear lot will host warehousing and a cabinet shop, with plate glass frontage for millwork and builder supplies.
A historical note explains that Seattle derives its name from a Native American chief who formed an early friendship with the area's first settlers, shaping the city’s identity.
Port Washington officials enforce a new state law requiring school attendance. Justice Nic Roden fined Herbert Kassens of Graf ton and Oliver Beimborn of Saukville two dollars five cents? The judge ordered Kassens to enroll his 14 year old son and Beimborn to enroll his 15 year old daughter by the coming Monday.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Lyngans have purchased the new ranch type home of Mr and Mrs O L Kiel in the south part of town. The house is nearly completed.
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