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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1946
Page
6
Cloudy and cool with occasional rain tonight and Sunday. Since yesterday 2 p.m. high 74 and low 64. Year ago today high 88 low 70. Barometer 29.73 at 2 a.m. and 29.75 at 2 p.m. Warmest U S yesterday Yuma Arizona 108, coldest Bismarck North Dakota 43. Almanac date September 3 1946 sunrise 5 30 sunset 6 26.
Probate notices list a parcel of land in Monroe township transferred from Adolph Brunner to Wyss Chese Co. The filing records the estate action and the property details within the Monroe township locale.
Wilbert F. Bloom of Jordan and Marian E. Rowe of Darlington are identified in an official notice regarding local electoral or civic matters.
Mr and Mrs E B Lux of 1621 8th Street welcomed a son at St. Clare Hospital on September 7.
The fragment lists individuals under Surgical Medical and Chemicals categories with addresses in Beloit Albany and mentions spouses and family members. Scattered names include Kathryn Gilmore Mrs Edwin Haberman 1016 25th avenue Mrs Edwin Strehlow Juda Mrs Henry Trumpy 1610 16th avenue Mrs Kenneth Sherman 502 20th avenue James Graves Albany Muriel Amenda along with several named spouses and children in various household roles.
Mr and Mrs John J Burkhard Sr observed their 57th wedding anniversary with a family gathering at their Englewood New Jersey home. Nine children include Anna Davis John J William Herman Theodore Ernest and Helen Monroe Mrs Kennedy Longsdorf and Mrs Harry Brown Rockford. Mrs Brown and Mrs Lonesorf could not attend. Mr Burkhard remains fond of fishing at age 90 and his wife, 76, still does her own house work.
Miss Emogene Ruegsegeer of South Wayne informs The Times she did not intend to mislead and offers a formal apology after admitting the falsified information was provided.
The Alpha Zeta chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha will hold its regular semi monthly meeting Monday evening in the club room. Ava Fritz serves as general program chairman while Helen Klassy is social chairman.
The safety division of the Wisconsin State motor vehicle department issued a folder titled The First Lesson to remind parents of safety education responsibilities. Over 130,000 copies are distributed to schools via local law enforcement and administrators for kindergarten through third grade children to take home.
Increases of up to 15 cents per pound hit select bacons lamb loin chops and other meats while AA and A grade beef rose 8 to 10 cents per pound for prime steaks and roasts. Lower grades ham burger sausage ham veal and many shelf items were unchanged. Porter cited anti cipated hide price actions and noted govt rubber and flaxseed ceiling moves amid ongoing stabilization efforts.
The Plymouth market shows cheddar at 43 percent cents and daisies at 45 cents as potential price ceilings loom. Despite recent carload sales, expectations rise that Washington may reimpose controls. 1946 cheese output exceeds 1945, and industry notes stress continued restraint as winter production lowers supplies.
Jo Ann Hunt, 19, died when the car she rode in hit a truck on a curve one mile east of Janesville. The crash marked Rock County's 16th traffic fatality of the year, compared with three for the same period in 1945.
Personal mentions list residents and visitors across towns such as Juda Madison Browntown Albany Beloit and Janesville. Names include Christ Waelti Ed Good Marion Newman J. C. Murray Selma Grenzow Julia Ott and many others with weekend visits travel and family events noted. Easter Star and Pythian gatherings announced with times and potluck details.
Miss Eunice Rupp and Kenneth Streiff are visiting or staying in Monroe and Madison respectively. Several residents travel or visit relatives in Beloit, Juda, Orangeville, Lake Okee, New Glarus, South Wayne, Savanna, and Monticello, with trips to Niagara Falls and Washington, D C noted.
Arthur and Victor Stauffacher manage a 200 acre dairy farm since 1918. Their herd shows rising production from two year olds and 305 day tests, with a grandson of Governor Carnation poised as a junior yearling sire. The family highlights dedication to testing as a key to herd improvement.
Notice to owners abutting city streets in Monroe Wisconsin to place sidewalks in good repair within 30 days of September 7 1946. If not repaired the Board of Public Works will fix the sidewalk and charge the cost to the abutting property, per G. S. Soseman City Clerk.
Greece reimposed strict emergency measures to curb violence as strained Greek Yugoslav relations worry officials. Stylianos Gonatas cited Yugoslav hints at Macedonia as evidence the turmoil is not purely domestic, while Athens considers protesting Tito over a Greek plane shot down in Yugoslavia. Delegations met briefly, with Yugoslav insistence that the Greek pilot lost his bearings. At Paris peace talks Russia and Yugoslavia pressed Greece to cede western Thrace. Moisha Pijade urged settling Macedonian liberty. Macedonia has long divided Greece and Yugoslavia due to border violence and mutual accusations of incursions.
Pfc. Duane Kohl son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kohl of this city is now stationed in Korea.
Dr W B Gnagi spoke on Sub total and Total Gastric Resections at Oshkosh addressing the Winnebago County Medical Society. Dr John A Schindler spoke on Secondary Anemia during the Thursday night session.
Dwayne Block arrived on terminal leave awaiting discharge after two years service overseas, most recently in Okinawa. He was met by wife and two children Kathleen and Neil, plus Nathan Sweet. His mother Mrs Lena Block, Paynesville Minnesota, formerly lived here.
Mr and Mrs Paul A Kehle moved from Montgomery where he worked for the Alabama state department to Plymouth to enter Mission House college This week Rev Kehle accompanied them and will return this evening The Albert Boss home at 2500 17th Avenue has been placarded for whooping cough marking the eighth home to receive such notice since August 1 says Dr L A Moore city health officer
Miss Olga Voelkli with Miss Wilma Pfeiffer and Mr and Mrs George Voelkli depart this weekend for a vacation tour through the Ozarks.
Mr and Mrs Max L Untersee of Bonham Texas announce the birth of a son Charles Henry born September 2 Former Monroe resident Mr Untersee.
Mrs Chester Korthof and her twin daughters Janet Lee and Gayl Dee depart after a month with her parents Mr and Mrs W D Stauffacher. They will visit cousins Mr and Mrs Arthur Kroshell in Chicago before returning to Fresno California.
A record notes that there are forty seven bridges spanning the Chicago river. The figure reflects the city’s extensive waterways network and the engineering effort to connect its districts.
The 1946 potato harvest sets a record with 445.026 million bushels produced, driven by favorable July weather and insect control. California surpasses Idaho for second in state production while Maine remains first. Chicago remains the world’s largest potato market. Government price supports set a floor at 90 percent of parity, with surplus potatoes allocated to institutions, overseas aid, distillers, or storage.
Louis E. Starr of Portland Oregon was elected commander in chief by acclamation at the Veterans of Foreign Wars 47th national encampment after a six day session. He succeeds Joseph M. Stack who returns to civil service as Alleghany County detective chief. Ray H. Brannaman of Denver and Lyall T. Beggs of Madison were named senior vice commander and junior vice commander respectively.
Edward McAloon of Bronx New York an attorney and former navy lieutenant is named judge advocate general. Rev Ger ald M Gougherty of Chicago is named chaplain after serving 39 months with the 45th infantry division.
Paris reports Italian premier Alcide de Gasperi and Austrian foreign minister Karl Gruber announced an agreement resolving disputes over South Tyrol. A peace conference commission deferred action on a court of human rights, with Samuel Reiber urging the U N to consider the plan. Romanian commission approved four treaty draft articles requiring registration of pre war bilateral treaties involving the Balkans.
Arthur Church aged 43 Trempealeau board of education president died at his home yesterday an hour after a bee sting. His wife recalled a severe reaction to a prior sting three years ago. Church kept several beehives on his farm.
Frederick Kobs, 29, was killed yesterday at a tavern where he worked when a revolver he was examining discharged. Jefferson County Coroner C. W. Schulz cited witnesses saying he was handling the weapon when it fired.
Wisconsin officials said Fred R. Zimmerman secretary of state has shown improvement after a heat exhaustion spell since August 16. A separate item notes the invention of shoe soles made from soybeans.
William Heirens, 17, who eight months earlier abducted and killed Suzanne Degnan, started his confinement in the Illinois state penitentiary for at least 61 years. He was moved from Cook County Jail after sentencing to three consecutive life terms and one year to life on related charges. Heirens was fingerprinted, photographed, and had his hair cut by a prison barber.
The postal department will begin September 10 accepting postcards and unregistered relief packages for Honshu Kyushu Shikoku and Hokkaido. An air mail rate between the United States and Canada will be five cents per ounce starting October 1.
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