Monroe High School Band to get new uniforms this year
Band President JoAnn Elmer announces an assistant director choice. Over the next eight weeks, Monroe High School will receive new gray and maroon uniforms for the senior band, Director Barnard and the twirling squad, with plans to raise funds through public performances to cover the costs.
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Jack L. Wright
Or Ae Company
Columbus
Barnard
Monroe H. S
West Point
Riots in Palestine Amid London Talks Open
A British officer reports the Palestine railway cut in 50 places and oil flow disrupted at Haifa during outbreaks as Britain-Arab talks begin in London. Two people are dead as Jewish leaders refuse to join the conference, with Britain weighing inviting the Jewish agency under terms to grant statehood within a defined area.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
London
Britain
Atd
State Bar Argues For Integration In Wisconsin
Superior told Wisconsin Supreme Court that the state bar faces a deficit and that full integration requiring all lawyers to belong and pay dues is needed to fund bar activities. The association is praised as doing a good job for lawyers in the state.
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Madison
John
Superior
Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Bar Association
Jackson
Waukesha
R. D. Jones
Milwaukee
E. B. Shea
Quincy Hale
la Crosse
Robert B. L. Murphy
Browntown Visitors Highlight Sunday Calls
Sunday visitors at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Lee White included Henry Sipple Emma Belle Ella Van Horn William Nowaski and son Paul Sylvia Whitehead Betty Durgin Sharon Eugene Van Matre Jess Goodman Cora Leck and others from Freeport Monroe. Mrs. John Williams conducted business in Wine Wire. Andrew Anderson Henry shared Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nybroten and family. William Leighman and Jennie Welton of Monroe visited Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Mayer.
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Lee White
Henry Sipple
Emma Belle
Ella van Horn
William Nowaski
Paul
Sylvia Whitehead
Freeport
Betty Durgin
Sharon
Eugene van Matre
Jess Goodman
Cora Leck
Monroe
John Williams
Winewire
Andrew Anderson
Henry
Oscar Nybroten
William Leighman
Jennie Welton
Ferdinand Mayer
Johnson Lampman wedding ties Blanchardville and Blue Mounds
Miss Darleen Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Johnson Blanchardville wed Wayne Lampman son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Lampman Sr Blue Mounds in a Immaculate Conception parsonage Blanchardville ceremony. Ruth Johnson sister of the bride acted as maid of honor. The couple on a honeymoon to Houghton Michigan will reside in Blue Mounds after returning. Mrs Lampman is a Blanchardville high school alum and the groom a Mt Horeb high school alum who served with the air corps and studied at army school in Houghton Michigan.
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Johnson-Lampman
Darleen Johnson
Oscar Johnson
Blanchardville
Wayne Mpman
Wayne Lampman_ Sr
Blue Mounds
Immaculate Conception Parsonage
E. W. Schmitz
Ruth Johnson
Lampman
Houghton
Mich
Four Generations Honored At Portmann Schrader Dinner
Mr and Mrs Herman Portmann and W P Schrader hosted a dinner at noon for four generations. Guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Clark Sr, Mrs Louise Nalty, Forest and John Clark, Mr and Mrs Melvin Wilson and children Juda, Mr and Mrs Frank Leopold Monroe, Mrs Nolty, Mrs Clark, Mrs Melvin Wilson and Wallace.
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Herman Portmann
W. P. Schrader
Robert Clark
Louise Nalty
Forest
John Clark
Melvin Wilson
Juda
Frank Leopold
Monroe
Nolty
Clark
Wallace
Mrs Abraham Kubly Celebrates 84th Birthday at Family Gathering
Mrs Abraham Kubly marked her 84th birthday with a Sunday afternoon family gathering. She enjoys good health and lives alone doing her own housework. Attending were Henry Kubly, John Kubly, Monroe, Marian Swann of Attica, Matt H Wittenwyler, Walter Wittenwyler, Abraham Kubly, Ralph Kubly and their children Carol and Tommy.
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Monticello
Times
Abraham Kubly
Townsend Club Meeting Recap at Moose Hall
The Monroe Townsend club met at Moose hall with nine tables played. In 500 Mrs. Fannie Kubly won high and Tina Keegan was second. Pass honors went to William Neuenschwander with Emma Kundert second. Dominoes winner was Emma Beightol, Emma Fitsch finished second. Luncheon led by chairwoman Mrs. Clara Ruf.
Eastern Star Fall Meetings Open With Picnic and Initia tion
Eastern Star opened fall meetings last evening with a picnic supper followed by initiation. The charter was draped in memory of two deceased members, Mrs. J. C. Penn and Miss Elsie Smith. About 80 attended.
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The
Eastern Star
J. C. Penn
Elsie Smith
Weekend Visits And A Wedding In Monroe Area
Monticello and nearby towns share a weekend of family visits and a New York wedding. Wilbert Marty served as best man for Cecil Wirth in New York as relatives visited St. Clare hospital in Monroe for surgeries and family gatherings around E W Marty and Jacob Stauffer Sr. Rev A R Achtemeier attended Lancaster after weekend calls.
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Keith Julian
Villa Park
E. W. Marty
Henry F. Freitag
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Clifford Riese
Allen
Mary Ann
Wilbert Marty
New York
Cecil Wirth
Stanley Dixon
Bobby
Madison
Adolph Strahm
New Glarus
Lydia Voegels
Robert Wild
Walter Gempeler
Billy
Anna Gempeler
Footville
Jacob Stauffer
Roy Bissig
Gus Hefty
Edward A. Kundert
Hazel Kundertson
Kenny
A. R. Achtemeier
Lancaster
Installation of Rev John Gerber at Evangelical and Reformed church
Rev Achtemeier participated in the installation ceremony for Rev John Gerber the new minister of the Evangelical and Reformed church. Mrs Jacob Voegeli and her son Royal were recent callers in Madison.
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Achtemeier
John Gerber
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Jacob Voegeli
Royal
Madison
Livestock and grain markets steady amid varied Chicago trading
In Chicago, hogs and cattle were largely steady with good to choice offerings and active trade. Hog ceiling at 16.25, cattle and calves mostly steady. steers and yearlings up to 20.25, beef cows 11.00-15.00, western cows to 15.50. Grain futures rose late led by oats and January wheat to 1.97. Produce prices: live poultry firm with multiple subcategory rates. eggs and butter mostly unchanged.
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Chicago
USDA
Wall Street Slips as Markets Rally Then Dull Again
New York stocks swung widely in a volatile session described as jittery by brokers. Early losses deepened before bids nudged some recoveries, then selling pressure midday slowed activity and left fractional declines near the fourth hour. Dow Chemical, U S Steel, General Motors and others led retreats while Firestone and U S Rubber showed resistance. bonds and commodities also eased.
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Wall Street
New York
Commission
Dow Chemical
Hiram Walker
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
General Motors
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
American Telephone
Kennecott
du Pont
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
International Business Machines
Standard Oil
Texas Co
Firestone Tire
U. S. Rubber
Caterpillar Tractor
Union Carbide
Better Penicillin Method Developed
Wisconsin biochemistry researchers led by Kyoshi Higuchi and colleagues report a method using acid fertilizers to feed molds with preformed side chains. The approach shifts penicillin production from 70/30 Penicillin K to 77 percent K and improves Penicillin X yields toward nearly 100 percent with chosen acids.
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Chicago
American Chemical Society
University of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry
Kyoshi Higuchi
W. H. Peterson
F. G. Jarvis
M. J. Johnson
Wisconsin
Civil Air Corps Urges Wisconsin Airport Aid and Base Plan
The Wisconsin civil air corps seeks $695,000 state funding to match a federal grant for airport development and calls for staffing to speed pilot licensing in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is named the 1947 convention city. New board members include Arthur E. Miner, Early Hiley, and Don Gateley. officers elected are Gordon D. Leonard and Konkol.
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Madison
Wisconsin Civil Air Corps
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
The
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Maj
Richard Bong
U.S. Army Air Reserve
State Department of Public Instruction
Edward J. Kankel
Arthur E. Miner
Oconto Falls
Early Hiley
Ripon
Don Gateley
Wisconsin Rapids
Gordon D. Leonard
Konkol
Florence Mil
Board names officers and sets meeting date in Manitowoc
The group appointed Leonard as secretary-treasurer and named Konkol Charles Higgins of Milwaukee and Kurt Gaida of Shawano to the committee on constitutional revision. The board authorized Leonard to appoint four district governors and scheduled a meeting for October 6 in Manitowoc to finish pending business.
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Leonard
Konkol
Charles Higgins
Milwaukee
Kurt Gaida
Shawano
Manitowoc
Juda social notes from Mrs. F. N. Miller
Social items from Juda Wisconsin recount visits and events. Pearl Aspenwall of Rockford attended Ira Armstrong’s family. Raymond Strehlow went to Milwaukee for cousin Miss Marjorie Wisey s wedding. Several family gatherings, birthdays, church events, travel between Janesville Monroe and Beloit noted.
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Pearl Aspenwall
Rockford
Ira Armstrong
Raymond Strehlow
Milwaukee
Marjorie Whisey
Esther Newman
Janesville
John Ruef
Ruef
John Waelti
Inez Weaver
Walter Berger
Beloit
Henry Haberman
E. B. Lewis
Madison
C. O. Corey
Rochelle
N. J
Leland Boyer
Gertrude Newman
Stella Haman
Virgil Waelti
Freeport
Brown's
Business College
Glen Boyer
John Boyer
Monroe
Homer Retzlaff
Clarno
Ivan Boyer
Juda
Earl Fritz
Clarence Zuhike
Edgerton
Bank Robber Is Not Speedy Enough After Oklahoma City Theft
A youth ful ex serviceman, Low T Shields, 23 Holdenville Oklahoma, faced federal bank robbery charges after a daylight holdup at City National Bank in Oklahoma City. He was captured by two bank employees, a restaurant cook and an off duty policeman, minutes after the robbery. Shields reportedly forced Vice President Myron Horton to hand over large denomination bills.
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Oklahoma City
City National Bank
FBI
Low T. Shields
Holdenville
Okla
Myron W. Horton
Albert Devine
Ray Tucker
Cheeseboard in Old Denver Cornerstone Claims Stir
Denver residents claim a pound of limburger cheese is sealed in the redstone heart of Denver’s old city hall cornerstone. Mrs. Mathilda Smith says her grandfather helped write the dedication documents in 1881 and that coins a newspaper and the Police Gazette were also placed there.
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Denver
Redstone
Old City Hall
Six Kraft Plants Closed by Strikers
Kraft plants in Green Bay and surrounding area were shut down by union strikers. James Christopher, Kraft president, issued a statement amid the stoppage.
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Green Bay
James Christopher
Kraft
Foods Co. Wisconsin shuts six assembly plants amid strikes
Foods Co. of Wisconsin reported six assembly plants in Green Bay Algoma Kewaunee Clintonville Gillette and Marion were closed as workers failed to show or were called out. Plymouth Kraft plant paused after 75 from Green Bay detoured last week by dairy and creamery local 507 strike. A union company conference was planned in Chicago.
Longest elephant task recorded at eleven feet five and a half inches
The record describes the maximum documented length of an elephant task at 11 ft 5.5 in. The note emphasizes this as the authentic longest measurement on record.
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JoAnn Elmer
State Bar
Browntown
C. L. Crago
Monticellory
C. D. Curtis
U. S
J. E. Lovell, D. V. M
9Th St
First National Bank OF
Civil Air Corps Airport
Ler
Pewaukee
F. N. Miller
Dixie Shop
Wis
Pound of Limburger
Cornerstone
Winslow
C. S
W. Freese
Winslow Col. BE. Sprague
Auet
Pyes, Treat
Lanz-Johnson
Insurance Agency
Tion
Kundert’s
HN Wyeast
Rock City Lnr. & Supply Co
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