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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1949
Page
4
The finance committee will meet Saturday for final recommendations for the proposed budget to be presented to the county board of supervisors at the November session. Indications are that the budget will be much higher than in other years. The November session should run five or six days.
The excerpt catalogs individuals grouped by moving year marks from first through tenth and beyond, listing numerous names such as ert Conway Ruth Conway Elaine Fleming Beverly Hintzman Homer Weidman Kay Carter Dolores Feidt Harlan Feldt and many others across successive year categories running from first year to ten years and beyond. It reads like a local roster or genealogical roll, with many family names repeated across decades.
Aberdeen Angus steer earns grand championship at Madison Junior Livestock exposition. Sheep auctions in Green County with Freder Luchsinger. 1 500 Hereford calves and 8 000 western lambs arrive for Evansville meat production drive. Movements led by James Lacey to boost Wisconsin sheep industry. Damaged barns rebuilt after Oct. 11 fire near Monticello. Haberman’s Dollie registers 365 day test production. Open Range warnings on county highways noted as livestock roam roads.
Edith Welshone West former Brodhead resident died October 11 in a Lemon North Dakota hospital. Her mother Sarah Smith was the daughter of a pioneer Scotch settler in Spring Valley township Rock county. Several cousins in the Brodhead vicinity are listed as relatives.
William Kloosterman 88 of Hollandale died Sunday in a Dodgeville hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the farm home near Hollandale with Rev. Morey Warwick officiating. Burial will be in County Line cemetery near Hollandaie. He was father of Morris Kloster man.
The court house clock has been fixed. The bar that released the tap was stuck and the striking was out of order. A pin had dropped out of the large hand on the west face of the clock, causing that portion to show incorrect time.
Hog sales steady to strong with 190-280 lb butchers at 17.90 to 18.00 and top 18.15. 170-190 lb butchers 17.75 to 17.90. sows 425 lb 16.50 to 17.50, 550-600 lb 15.25 to 16.25. Cattle and calves: 7,000 salable cattle, calves 500. top steer 40.00 per 16 head. most fed steers 28.00 to 36.25, heifers 26.50 to 31.00, cows 12.00 to 17.00, bulls 18.50 to 20.00. Butter 55.25, eggs steady to few cents lower, poultry steady to firm with f.o.b. hens 24.5 to 26.5, fryers 28 to 32.
Demand for stocks expanded a bit after a shaky start in today’s market. Gains of fractions to around a point were distributed, with some issues opening lower moving into the plus column. Leading issues included Bethlehem Steel and Chrysler while Douglas Aircraft and American Telephone lagged.
Edward Rubendall of Freeport aged 74 and president of the Freeport Construction Co dies in Deaconess hospital Freeport. Funeral services were held today in Freeport. His firm built the Woolworth Kroger project in Monroe and traces its origins to Rubendall and Lattig Construction Co formed in 1904. He was born July 31 1875 in Freeport and married Renetta Lattig in 1907. Surviving are his wife two sons Edward I Rubendall Paul Rubendall two daughters Mary Jane Ruhle and Ethel Lolling and six grandchildren.
The record books note the Dempsey Carpenter bout on July 2, 1921, as the first heavyweight championship match to be broadcast. The historic radio transmission marked a milestone in sports media coverage.
Rev. E. A. Toepel and family depart for Ridgeville nine miles south of Tomah where he will take the pastorate of St. John's Lutheran church. He leaves after five and a half years of building Mt. Olive Lutheran from 1 family to 15 families and 112 members. Next Sunday services at 8 pm will feature Rev. Mentor Kujath. Rev. R. F. Bittorf has accepted a call and will move here with installation planned for Nov. 6. Ragweed pollen grains are tiny. 2,500 make an inch.
Judge Harry S. Fox set four circuit court cases for trial with two jury and two court trials. A 36 member jury will hear the Elsie Bergenske vs Clara Herman American Indemnity Co. auto damage suit at 10 am Monday. Harold Richards vs Pickards-Mather Co et al interpleaded defendants is set for 10 am Nov 2. Naturalization days are Nov 8. Marry F. Guenther et al vs W B Gnagi et al for services money judgment also Nov 8. Lester Rahorn vs John G Babler et al foreclosure lien is scheduled for Nov 7.
A short tip notes that a little moist soap on the screw end eases driving into tough wood. The line ends with a prompt to save using a Want Ad.
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