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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1950
Page
6
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with little temp change. Lows 47 to 60, highs around 75 to 80, warmer inland. Record highs 76 and 55 observed today, barometer around 29.50 inches. Warmest US yesterday was Yuma Arizona 118, coldest International Falls Minnesota 40. Sunrise 5 25, sunset 6 34.
Ben Larson Wigdahl transfers to D H Partridge stake in St 2 Block 12 original plat village of Albany.
Judge Harold J. Lamboley items two cases from Monti and Monroe. Ervin W. Hill of route 1 Monti cited for driving without a license with a $5 fine and costs. Alfred Kolden of Monroe cited for driving without a license with a $5 fine and costs.
Justice L A Koenig finds Rolland Beach route 1 guilty on a driving charge with $35 and costs. Robert R Swinderman of Dover Ohio pleads guilty to speeding with $20 and costs.
Betty Joyce Duerst Engen of New Glarus and Clinton Maynard Engen wed. Helen Anderegg of Monroe and Harold Arthur Furman of Beloit listed in marriage license notices.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Albert Schulz 61 of route 1 Monticello and Mrs. Wilhelmina Thacker 71 of Brodhead with ages and residences.
Mr and Mrs Paul Ganshert on route 5 welcomed a daughter born September 2.
A hospital notice lists patients from St. Clare Hospital Medical and Surgical departments with names and addresses including Mrs John Etter from Janesville Mr Frank Drews Wins low and others. The accident patient is Mrs Henry Woelchi and several individuals are noted in the dismissals including Henry Teich Mrs Wilber Zimmerman and Joseph Greenwood.
Twenty two couples filed for marriage licenses in August, announced county clerk Wilma I Lengacher. The report notes the monthly tally and records the total applications for the period.
Lt. and Mrs. D. J. Garrett with Timmy and Susan depart after a month visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Redman in Escanaba. They will visit brother Warren H. Redman before heading to Floyd Bennett Field New York. Garrett, a coast guard pilot, was reassigned from Hawaii to Bennett Field.
Exterior of the Green County House at 1301 15th Avenue is being repainted. Painting work covers the building’s outer surfaces and may affect surrounding areas during the project.
Dr M W Stuessy of Brod head leaves Tuesday night for St Paul to attend the American Country Life association conference on Sept 6. He will speak the next day at the 4 H health camp at Green Lake Wisconsin.
Sylvan Kneubuehl and family attended the school of banking commencement exercises of Herman J. Kneubuehl at the Memorial Union theater in Madison Friday evening. H. L. Fenton, assistant cashier of the Commercial and Savings bank, also graduated from the two week course at the University of Wisconsin.
A wage dispute at Creamery Package Co. in Fort Atkinson led 170 workers to strike after AFL union members voted 144 to 11 against a company offer of five cents an hour. The union seeks 19 cents more per hour plus other contract changes.
Emil H. Maske 71 of 811 7th avenue died yesterday after a five year illness. Funeral 1:30 Monday at Shriner Neuschwander with Rev Ralph Kofoed officiating. Burial in East Clarno cemetery. He was born September 11 1879 in Posen Germany and lived in Monroe after farming in Clarno township. He leaves a widow a daughter Leah and eight grandchildren plus numerous stepchildren and siblings. He was a Methodist and a Monroe Townsend club member.
The article itemizes teachers and principals by subject and grade in several Lincoln schools. It lists personnel such as Miss LaVon Jones U. S. history Mrs Theo Hartman art Miss Ann Marty kindergarten and Mrs Edna Mackey second and third, among others.
Ervin M. Bruner democratic candidate for the assembly in Dane county attacked the University of Wisconsin college of agriculture bulletin as a whitewash on price fixing by the Plymouth exchange for American cheese. He charged the bulletin was financed partly by a Swift and Co research grant and published August 1949. Bruner criticized Dean R. K. Froker for 1943-44 brick cheese antitrust testimony and later bulletin publication describing the exchange's operations.
A severe snowstorm shut the famed St Bernard pass in the Alps. More than 18 inches of snow fell yesterday, leaving motorists stranded on mountain roads and delaying traffic across the route.
Washington legislators blocked a proposal aimed at ending tax exemptions for the president, vice president, speaker of the house, and members of congress. The vote maintains existing exemptions for top federal leaders amid ongoing budget discussions.
Personal mentions list Mrs. Jack Fausne from Milwaukee and Mrs. R. C. Osterday of Ottumwa. Several others travel from Albany Chicago Du buque Racine and Fond du Lac. Local events include weddings fairs and a cheese industry booklet release.
Mrs T C Johnson of Durand and Miss Edna Evans from Brodhead visited Monroe today. Jacob Wittner of Belleville and Miss Janice Berger of South Wayne called in Monroe. Mrs Perry Olson of Beloit and Mrs Edward Gavigan of Argyle were in Monroe. Mrs Clarence Itten and Naomi from Monticello stopped by. Mrs Lillian Melland from South Wayne called on business. Mr and Mrs Herbert Friberg of Beloit were in Monroe on business. Ruth Brannan of Los Angeles arrived to visit her parents in Gratiot for two weeks. Mmes Frank Bloom Glen Roderick and Verna Kubly returned Aug 31 after attending the Associated Farm Bureau Women’s short course at Manitowoc.
Visitors from across the county and state tour the Monroe Dairy Co. and North Side Swiss Cheese Co op open house. The dairy shows a 2500 pound churn in operation and seven Swiss cheese wheels emerge from kettles at the cheese factory. The dairy features three pasteurizers a steam plant and a can washer room. Four thousand pounds of butter are prepared daily and stored for wrapping in the cold room. The cheese plant is a cement block building with a 24 by 74 making room and capacity for fourteen kettles.
Pohang Korea Amer ica's 45 ton Patton tank enters combat on the northeast front as the best U S answer to the Russian T 34 used by North Korea.
The Nunatagamiut Eskimos once widespread in Alaska are believed to have been part Atha bascan Indian, suggesting ancestral connections between these Arctic communities.
Mrs. Hedwig Frances Anna Ruenger Schulz of Monticello died at St. Clare hospital at 5 30 am after a lingering illness. Born in Noerenberg Germany on April 10 1889 she married Albert Schulz Feb 12 1912 and moved to America. She leaves a husband a son and four daughters plus siblings and 11 grandchildren. Funeral from Voegels Monticello to Zwingli church with burial in the church cemetery Tuesday at 2 pm.
Two circuit court cases have been filed. Ralph Hudson sues Casper Elmer for assault and battery seeking 10000 and 5000 punitive damages plus costs for an incident on March 18, 1950 in Rutland township. Ada B Day executor et al sue Donald Brown for 16379.49 and 10000 in damages from a 1948 traffic crash near Brodhead.
The marriage of Minnie W. Shipe of Chicago to Albert Wieland of Orangeville is set for 4 PM at the Orangeville church. Groomsman Charles Scheidegger of Smithfield Utah attends with his sister Delores and plans a three week visit. The couple will reside at the Orangeville cheese factory with Albert's father Fred. Charles and Delores Scheidegger, children of Mr and Mrs Arthur Scheidegger of Smithfield, are staying with their aunt Mrs Clifton Ault in Monroe.
The Belgian Congo stands as the leading source of diamonds worldwide, dominating global output with its prolific mining activity and vast reserves.
Green County historical society extends the Civil War and cheese making tools exhibit at Idle Hour Farm Carriage House Museum for two more weeks. A pioneer cheesemaking equipment display will open September 9 at Cheese Day and run through the month, with items shown also at the Wisconsin Hydro Electric Co. office. The society asks for loaned pioneer equipment for use in Cheese Day and Idle Hour exhibits, part of monthly displays to attract public interest.
Highway police logged three accidents in eight hours. Mrs Alfred Hendrickson of Darlington suffered a bruised arm as a passenger in her husband’s car after a 3:30 p m intersection collision with Roy J Blumer of Albany near the Junction house four miles NW of Monroe on Highway 81.
Congress passed a measure requiring physicians dentists and other medical specialists under 51 to register for the draft with 21 months service if drafted. Reservists may avoid or delay draft, while volunteering earns a $100 monthly bonus but not if drafted.
Social news from New Glarus covers visits by Mrs. Arthur A. Doyle and Mrs. Leon Urben, out-of-town relatives, and local callers. Funeral services were held for Anthony Larbacher and list of Pallbearers. three local youths to compete in Monroe Cheese Day amateur finals. extended family travel and visits in Milwaukee, Madison, Verona, and Chicago.
In Waterbury Connecticut a 50 year old woman Elizabeth Galligan was found living in a back room of her brother Bernard Galligan's home after neighbors believed she had died 12 years ago. Police say she may have been a prisoner for up to 25 years and were alerted by a tip from perplexed neighbors. A five man police squad conducted the discovery.
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