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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1950
Page
2
The piece lauds Green County Cheese Day as a unique community effort highlighting local dairying history and the region's prominence in Swiss cheese production. It notes 75 percent of the domestic Swiss cheese comes from the area and urges ongoing promotion and hospitality to broaden acceptance nationally.
State Department of Motor Vehicles warns that most highway accidents come from failing to yield at intersections. In 1949 six thousand eight hundred fifty one such crashes occurred, with forty six fatalities and one thousand seven hundred fourteen injuries. The guide urges drivers to exercise caution and avoid taking advantage of right of way especially when others may not stop.
Washington reports that five national air guard groups totaling 3,009 to 7,500 men and about 350 planes will be called to active duty. The Air Force announced the first callup for the near future and will not identify the specific units. Unit members will have 30 days to report once activated, comprising four fighter bomber groups and one tactical reconnaissance group with F 47 Thunderbolts F 51 Mustangs and F 84 jets.
The 1940 Monroe Country Club championship saw Chester Becker defeat defending champ John H. Figi Jr. 4 and 3 on September 9. Also noted are marriages in Syracuse and Monroe, a 2,000-attendee Browntown festival, and high school enrollment at 375 as part of a compiled local chronology.
A nostalgic piece recalls a town barber shop era dominated by ten chairs and personal shaving mugs. It notes how the rise of safety razors, changing grooming habits, and social clubs transformed the shop into a loser of communal gossip, with women and modern services altering the scene.
Juda and Mrs N Miller and others traveled to Minnesota over the weekend. Local families hosted relatives visiting from Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois. The Baptist annual church picnic and open air service are set for Sunday at 11 in Lincoln Park Monroe.
Actress Tallulah Bankhead reached a settlement with Procter and Gamble over a radio shampoo jingle using her name. The $1,000,600 suit was settled for $5,000, announced by the company.
Farmers in eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and northern Idaho dump over 6.1 million bushels of wheat on the ground due to lack of storage and shipping. The harvest is estimated at 107 million bushels across the three-state area, with 32 million carried over from 1949. The wheat piles dot the inland empire, with salvage possible if wet weather holds.
A boy named Lenny resists returning to school on the first day as his dog Chipper trails behind. The pair wander to an open field where they play and laugh, finally tiring under a fence post and deciding not to return.
Residents and visitors are listed: Linda Fruendal visits Chicago after three months with grandparents Mr and Mrs William Keller. Several families from Sun Prairie Center Line Mich Monroe and South Wayne visit others in the area. relocations include Verl Small moving to Darlington to run a service station and restaurant. Betty and Marjorie Waller begin nurse training and business college respectively in Freeport.
John A. Jensen, Orangeville school district principal, received a cable from Charles Robe in Luxemburg stating planes were grounded due to war conditions. Robe expected to return September 8 after spending the summer on an educational tour in Europe.
A notice announces new members including Shirley Jean Schneider of route 1 Evansville with an update dated April 11 1950.
The Department of Defense lists Killed in Action Pfc. Walter A. Fonder of Green Bay and Pfc. Gerald H. Saxton of Marinette. Other Wisconsinites are wounded, missing in action, or injured in the Korean theater, including Lt. Donald E. Barnard and several privates and sergeants with ties to Sparta Fond du Lac Chippewa Falls and Osseo.
All boys and girls up to 12 are invited to join the Monroe Evening Times Boys and Girls Club. Mail this coupon to the Evening Times Club Monroe Wisconsin with name address date of birth and age at last birthday.
A boy named Lenny imagines a bright future with wealth and travel then returns home to face a mother’s reminder that schooling comes first. He is told his dog Chipper must be tied to keep peace, ending with a note on an unhappy day for dogs and boys.
Mrs J H Beightol hosts Twin Grove visitors including Mr and Mrs John Kraupa from Two Rivers and Mrs Ferne Mears and daughter from Water town. The group returns home Sunday evening after a few days together. Ted Elder of Beloit visits J H Beightol. Other local families host or visit including Chambers and Emrick households and a dedication event.
A basement incident at Union church in Oakley was reported Friday night. Mrs. J. H. Emrick attended the WCTU meeting at Mon roe Friday evening. J. M. Boyer visited with neighbors in Orangeville. Monroe and Juda school buses appear in Twin Grove each morning. Jefferson Center defeated Dakota in a Labor day baseball game. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Emrick drove to Dakota Monday. William Chambers and family spent Monday with Floyd Chambers.
New Glarus hosts Mrs Arthur A Doyle and guests including Mr and Mrs Walter Truttman of Green Bay Over Labor Day weekend John Zweifel from Evanston visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Nick Zweifel Several families travelled between Madison Milwaukee La Salle Elmhurst and Stockton Illinois to visit relatives and attend gatherings including Mrs Darrel Durst and son John Mrs Fred J Marty and Mrs Andrew Hoesly in Milwaukee and Chicago area relatives Michael and Rolland Tschudy spent time with family in Stockton and Kim and Lisa Jenson visited Kim Jenson in Kim.
In fiscal year 1949 two of every five applications for Farmers Home Administration loans were by veterans. This shows strong veteran participation in farm loan programs during the period.
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