Homecoming dances energize Lincoln gym and Youth Center
About 360 high school students and alumni joined the Lincoln gym grand march honoring Queen Gwendolyn Shaffer and attendants Barbara Schulz and Marilyn Lanz after a Monroe victory at Recreation Park. Eddie Mueller’s Madison orchestra played while wagons wheel decor and pineapple punch set the mood. A Skit featured Ben Blaser as sportscaster and Don Fritz with Mary Ann Huber as spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Gym
Monroe
Recreation Park
Gwendolyn Shaffer
Barbara Schulz
Marilyn Lanz
MHS
Eddie Mueller
Madison Orchestra
Pineapple Punch
Ben Blaser
Don Fritz
Mary Ann Huber
Turkey dinner and Halloween party at Monroe Country Club
More than 100 reservations are set for tomorrow’s turkey dinner at Monroe Country Club followed by a Halloween party. The event closes the club season with dancing from nine to one to Hal Mack and his orchestra and a 12:30 lunch. The general committee includes Dr and Mrs C E Baumle as chairman and several other couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Country Club
Hal Mack
C. E. Baumle
Glen H. Kubly
Harvey L. Trumpy
J. T. Etter
G. W. Marlory
W. E. Wenger
Girls Flown Here For Homecoming
Miss Patricia Green and Miss Mary Janice Finucan visit Miss Green’s parents at 613 25th avenue for homecoming weekend. Both students at St Mary’s Notre Dame Holy Cross Indiana. Finucan’s parents from Merrill join as guests. They arrived yesterday from college by Gilbert Baltzer of Badger Flying field and will return by train tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Green
Mary Janice Finucan
Miss Green
James Green
25Th Avenue
St. Mary’s Notre Dame
Holy Cross
Ind
Miss Finucan
Finucan
Merrill
Green
Misses Green
Gilbert Baltzer
Badger Flying Field
Universalist Women View Fritz Alaska Film at Meeting
About 40 Universalist Aid Society members watched color films by Herman D. Fritz recounting the Fritz expedition along the Alaska-Canada Highway to Alaska and return by steamer. The November 11 meeting will feature Brownie troop 18 led by Mrs. Edward C. Einbeck and a hat review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Aid Society
Herman D. Fritz
Fritzes
Alcan Highway
Alaska
Alaskan Gulf
Seattle
Brownie Troop 18
Edward C. Einbeck
St John’s Union Plans Film on World Family of Nations
The St John’s Union will view a short film The People’s Charter on Tuesday evening at St. John’s Church parlors. Mrs. Edna Leiser leads the program with Miss Florence Viegt singing and a surprise committee including Miss Mamie Illlama and several named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Charter
World Family of Nations
Women’s Union
St. John’s Church
Edna Leiser
Florence Viegt
Mamie [Illema
Mmes
Clara Thompson
Robert Aeschliman
Robert G. Buehrer
Arthur F. Wagner
Clarence B. Baltzer
VFW Halloween Dance Plans Ready
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will sponsor a Halloween dance tomorrow evening in Turner hall as their annual fall event. It starts at 9 p m with music by Lawrence Duchow and his orchestra. J C Underwood and Edward Doyle co chairmen, assisted by Sam Pickett Royal Bacon and other volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Turner Hall
Lawrence Duchow
J. C. Underwood
Edward Doyle
Sam Pickett
Royal Bacon
Charlotte Hoesly to Wed Elden Brauer
Announcement of engagement between Charlotte Hoesly of Monroe daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles J Hoesly and Elden Brauer of Monroe son of Mrs Frank Rohde with a spring wedding planned Hoesly is a Kroger checker and Brauer works for Heuer Sales Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Hoesly
Monroe
Charles J. Hoesly
New Glarus
Elden Brauer
Frank Rohde
Winslow
Miss Hoesly
New Kroger
Mr. Brauer
Heuer Sales Co
League Plans Party A Halloween Event at Meythaler Hall
The young people's league of Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church in Brown town sponsors a Halloween party in Meythaler hall starting at 8 p m tonight. The event features games music a program and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s League of Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Browntown
Meythaler Hall
Miss Dorothy DeNure to Wed Richard Binns in West Wiota Church
Miss Dorothy DeNure and Richard Binns plan an 8 p.m. wedding at West Wiota Lutheran church with Rev. G M Gunderson officiating. The bride wears a white slipper satin gown. a reception for 500 follows in the church parlors. after a Florida trip the couple will live in Browntown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy DeNure
Richard Binns
West Wiota
South Wayne
Charles DeNure
Gratiot
Raymond Binns
Browntown
West Wiota Lutheran Church
G. M. Gunderson
Gordon Johnson
Dorothy Swanson
Karen Kay Milestone
Carolyne Milestone
Donald Milestone
Leland Hoeft
James Crotty
John Dietz
Virginia Wahler
Mervin Kent
Mary Ann Roosli
Eugene Roosli
South Wayne High School
Florida
Mrs. Douglas Names Brodhead Committees
Mrs. Robert Douglas, elected Garden club president, names a three member program committee. The meeting at past president Mrs. Fred Hahlen's home elected officers Elwyn Porterfield Jacob Rhyner and Truman Olin. The program committee includes Hahlen Roderick and Hartman focusing on holiday table and mat decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Robert Douglas
Garden Club
Fred Hahlen
Elwyn Porterfield
Jacob Rhyner
Truman Olin
Jay Roderick
Harry Hartman
Halloween Party for Cub Scout Den Four
Mrs. Robert C. Dunn and Harlan Prechel hosted Den Four of the Cub Scouts at a dinner and Halloween party at the Pilgrim Kitchen. Ghosts and jack o lanterns were displayed as decorations. Games were played and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Dunn
Harlan Prechel
Pilgrim Kitchen
Eastern Star Guests Attend Mt Horeb Friendship Night
Messrs and Mesdames Clay Edwards and Elwyn Porterfield and Mrs C T Pfisterer were guests of Summit chapter of the Eastern Star in Mt Horeb on Wednesday evening. Mrs Pfisterer served as chaplain at the Friendship night gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Horeboes
Brodhead
Mmes
Clay Edwards
Elwyn Porterfield
C. T. Pfisterer
Summit Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Mt. Horeb
WSCS Meeting Planned at Amy Tree Home
The WSCS will hold a meeting next Friday afternoon at Miss Amy Tree's home with Mrs. Clara Simmons and Miss Mabel Chambers as hostesses. Mrs. Vila Homb is listed as program organizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
South Wayne
Amy Tree
Clara Simmons
Mabel Chambers
Vila Homb
Farm Group Here Calls Fall Elections
The Agricultural Conservation association now Green county PMA committee, chaired by Fred H. Hahlen, announced fall election dates from Oct. 31 to Nov. 15 for 119 agricultural committees. Green county conventions decide the new PMA committeemen before Dec. 31. Eligible voters include farm owners operators tenants and sharecroppers participating in county PMA programs in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Conservation Association
Triple A
Green County
PMA
Fred H. Hahlen
State Production and Marketing Association
Green
Former Brodhead Girl Named Delavan School Queen
Lesetta TenEyck, 17, daughter of Mrs. Harry Long and the late Irvin TenEyck, reigned as homecoming queen at the Wisconsin school for the deaf in Delavan where she is a high school junior. She has attended classes at Delavan for 10 years and her parents and sister Luella have ties to Brodhead and the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Lesetta TenEyck
Harry Long
Beloit
Irvin TenEyck
Wisconsin School For the Deaf
Delavan
Lesetta
Ariadna Literary Society
SJS Club
Browntown School Principal Named 1949 Christmas Seal Chairman
Browntown Browntown State Graded school principal Rudolph Haskee has been appointed chairman of the 1949 Christmas seal sale to run from November 21 to Christmas. The drive supports the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis association and its 1950 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskee
Browntown
Rudolph Haskee
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Berlin Pledges Prisoner Return From USSR
East German President Wilhelm Pieck said the Soviet Union will return all German war prisoners by January 1 next year. The announcement comes as Berlin seeks postwar reconciliation with Allied powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REDS
Berlin
Wilhelm Pieck
East German
Soviet Union
Texas Tot Saved From Cistern Pipe
Three year old Bobby Gow was trapped 50 feet from his home in an 8 inch cistern pipe for about three hours. A 12 year old neighbor Johnny Schneider shouted the alarm and called the fire department. Firefighters and police freed Bobby at 5 42 p m with oxygen aid and saw only minor scratches. He remained at Brackenridge hospital under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Bobby Andrew Gow
Bobby
Brackenridge Hospital
Johnny Schneider
Johnny
James Gow
New Police Machine Demonstrated for Off Road Use
City and county officials and sheriff's department employees were given demonstration rides in a new police car built on a standard basis but with high acceleration and off road stability. Organized by Monroe Sales Co and the factory, the vehicle will enter police production this month for official use. The key feature is rapid speed from rest to nine miles per hour in seconds, with a new steering and spring suspension enabling off pavement travel and sudden high speed turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff’s Department
Monroe Sales Co
Jesuit Father Feeney Dismissed Over Salva tion Dispute
Rev Leon J Feeney S J, noted author lecturer and poet, was dismissed from the Jesuit order after a six month dispute. He announced the dismissal alleging disobedience. Earlier he was deprived of priestly functions on January 1 by Archbishop Richard J Cushing for supporting a teaching that there is no salvation outside the Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Leonard J. Feeney
S. J
Feeney
Richard J. Cushing
Boston
Boston College
Rail official dies on Illinois Central line
Glenn Eddie 66 assistant general passenger traffic manager of the Santa Fe collapsed on an Illinois Central suburban train homeward bound. Death was believed caused by a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Glenn Eddie
The
Santa Fe
Illinois Central
Movable Monticello Social Notes Sweep the Week
Monticello residents and relatives gather across Browntown and nearby towns for weekend visits and celebrations. Families such as Babler, Elmer, Wittenwyler, Hoesly, Stauffer and Kristers share dinners, church events, and travel from Milwaukee Madison Monroe and beyond. Lt. Karl Wirth departs Oceanside after hosting his mother, with others visiting in New Glarus Monroe Belleville and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Babler
Jill Ann
Marijane
Marshfield
Browntown
Babler
E. V. Bechtolt
Henry E. Babler
Bernice Babler
William Babler
Hugh Breister
David
Harold Schaffer
Delores
Fond du Lac
Phillip Marty
Allan
Oswald Altman
New Glarus
Matt Marty
Appleton
James Dooley
Albert Knobel
Herman G. Karlen
John Wittenwyler
Herman
Matt H. Wittenwyler
Herman Elmer
Monroe
Milwaukee
Jim Bowersax
Waupaca
Ray Kircher
LaCrosse
Fred Haldimann Jr
Erwin Spring
John Clark
Hale
Fannie Gempeler
Ida Grove
Ernest Gempeler
Robert Holcomb Sr
Charles Leonard
Jacob Legler
Robert Kingdon
James Hancock
Bertha.Keller
Hazel Kundert
Kenny
I. R. Kittleson
Marie Zimmerli
Stevens Point
William Pagel
Fred Hammerly
Pleasant
Russell Meyer
James
Sidney Boyum
Madison
Herman Klassy
Walter Schurk
Charles Brees
West Allis
Karl Disch
Brees
Edward Marty
Mr. Pleasant
Anton Hefty
W. S. Hoesly
Anton Hoesly
Daniel C. Stauffacher
Fred V. Stuessy
Delmar Kubly
Rox- Ann
Kris
Fred Schmid
Albany
Harold J. Blum
John G. Blum
Edmund Dooley
Ralph Cairns
Fennimore
J. P. Zweifel
Thomas Hagen
Thomas Hamilton
Westfield
Zweifel
Karl Wirth
U. S. Marine Corps
Oceanside
Calif
C. M. Stauffer
M. E. Lynn
Brooklyn
Eastern Star Wednes
Social notes from Portage and nearby communities
The report lists attendees at the fall meeting of the Women's Guild of Evangelical and Re formed churches in Portage, with many names including Rev Achte meier, Mrs A. Staedtler, and others. It also records visits and gatherings in Monroe New Glarus and Janesville, noting birthdays and funeral attendance as part of local social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Stauffer
A. R. Achtemeier
William V. Baebler
Emil G. Voegels
Willis
J. Marty
Anton Hefty
E. W. Marty
Fred A. Karlen
Louise Karlen
Women's Guild of Evangelical and Reformed Churches
Portage
Arthur Staedtler
Monroe
O. D. Curtis
Charles Leonard
New Glarus
John Pluss
John Ott
Henry E. Babler
Ed Guinther
Jean Marie
Martha Kay
Boliver
Werner Stauffacher
Rosemary
Bobby
Carol
Judith Babler
Laurence Blum
Doran
Emil Blum
Doris Jean Kennedy
Wisconsin Academy
Columbus
Howard Kennedy
Henry Gessler
Raymond Gessler
John Faber
Janesville
Frank Pierce
Ray
Russell W. Prien
James Pierce
Stillman Huntly
Mmes. I. B. Pierce
Augusta Pierce
Jake Schultz
John Wettach
Sam Pierce
Fred A. Blum
Ed Blum
John G. Blum
Walter Hauri
Leo Hauri
Tragic Gravel Truck Crash Claims Waukesha Child
A two year old girl Marjorie Marie Sorenson was killed instantly when a loaded gravel truck struck her as she darted across the road in front of her home. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Sorenson route 3 Waukesha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Marjorie Marie Sorenson
Eugene Sorenson
Zookeeper Sol A. Stephan Dies at 100 in Cincinnati
Funeral services set for Sol A. Stephan a longtime Cincinnati Zoo superintendent and general manager who arrived for a three day visit 74 years ago and remained 62 years died in his sleep at age 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zookeeper
Cincinnati
Sol A. Stephan
Cincinnati Zoo
Living Cost Index Shows Fall Boost
The September cost of living rose 0.5 percent the largest monthly increase in a year. Food and fuel led gains while clothing declined. The index stood at 169.6 on Sept 15 from 168.8 in mid-August and 174.5 last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Excise yielding drops in September receipts
Washington reports September receipts from retail excise taxes fell by 4.131 million dollars compared with September 1948. The decline is most pronounced in jewelry and fur levies as the Internal Revenue Bureau announces the figures today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Admiral McVay Dies at 81 Former Asiatic Fleet Commander
Adm. Charles B. McVay, 81, who once led the U S Asiatic fleet, died yesterday. His long career included flagship duty in World War II and leadership of naval forces in the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral McVay
Washington
Charles B. McVay
U. S. Asiatic Fleet
Krug Couple Take Over Management at Bowen Convalescent Home
The Bowen Convalescent Home in Orangeville Illinois announces that as of November 1 Mr and Mrs Lester A Krug join in management and operation of the home. They promise courteous competent care and invite inspections and interviews for prospective patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen Convalescent Home
Illinois
Orangeville
Lester A. Krug
Modern corn harvesting breakthrough described
An ad describing a cornbine that cuts the corn husks and shreds it in the field in one operation. It touts this as another step forward in the progress of modern farming.
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Fritz
St. John’s Union
VFW
Mrs. Douglas
Cub Scout den
Farm Group
Delavan School
Harvey
Stauffacher Chiropractor
White Block
Texas
Monticello
Oldsmobile
Johnson Pontiac
Henry Altman
Rosenthal Corn Husker Co
Wisconsin
Emery A. Odell
Evening Times
Leave
Orders of the Times
Green County Auto CO
11Th Street
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