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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1946
Page
6
Daily Record notes warm to night and Tuesday with continued high temperatures. Moderately strong southerly winds expected west Tuesday afternoon. Recent values show a high of 84 and a low of 61 since Saturday at 2 pm. year-ago figures were 63 and 45. Barometer at 2 am and 2 pm both 29.75. Sunrise at 5:39 and sunset at 6:10.
Transfer notices list C F Brennecke to Carl O Marty for land in Monroe township. Frank Brennan etux to Mt Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church parcel bik 10 Russell donation Monroe. John Elmer to Herbert W Meyers land in Cadiz township. Perviance Count to Samuel F Humbel to bik 2 Homesite add Monreve.
Obituary notices list Dr T L Durner aged 49 of 708 22nd Avenue and Mrs Gustave Burgess aged 75 of Darling ton. The brief notices name ages and residences.
The St. Clare Hospital birth notices list nine families welcoming new children. Kenneth Segner of South Wayne reports a daughter born on Sept. 16. Willis Kopp of Albany a son on Sept. 16. Erwin Klitzman of Brodhead a daughter on Sept. 14. Harland Dunphy of Albany a son on Sept. 15. Willis Weiss of Albany a daughter on Sept. 15. Chester Lewis of Albany a daughter on Sept. 15. Walter Neuenhewander of Orangeville a son on Sept. 15.
Medical: Mrs Julian Gilbert son Argyle Robert Barney Mon roe Hotel Mrs Louis Oostdik 1525 16th avenue Mrs Rose Beer 1208 22nd street Accident Henry Stelter Wood ford Robert and Barbara Rockey Monroe route 5 Surgical: Mrs Verna Gaarder Albany Lloyd Kubmeier Rock City Dismissals: Edwin Affeiter Gene Thorson Mia Freeman Boeck and son Gary Davis Herman Brecklin Argene Van Matre Mrs Edgar Pinnow and daughter Robert Brazel Delbert Boeck Lester Stillmark Thomas Chaney Mrs Frank Clark
Wisconsin savings and loan associations may advance 175 million dollars in home credit loans over the next two years. Harold Lee of the federal home loan bank system cites rising construction as the driver for large new loans, with 45 million (37 percent) of early 1946 lending handled by associations and an expected annual total near 80 million. John Ryder of Norm Advertising discusses newspaper ads as groundwork for broader advertising methods.
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Schwarzenberger were conducted at 8 AM in Stuessy funeral home and at 9 30 AM in St. Victor's Church. Rev E C McCollow officiated and interment followed at Calvary cemetery. Members of G U G G attended in a body with pallbearers J B Norton Arnold Rohrer Joseph Steiner Joseph Riedweg Frank Menehan and Joseph Huber.
Emil Blum, 72, was laid to rest Sunday in Highland cemetery after funeral services at Voegels funeral home. Rev. A. R. Achtemeier officiated. Pallbearers included Fred A. Blum John G. Blum Lora Pease Cecil Jordan and Carl Dick. Mr and Mrs A C Frautschy accompanied their son James to Madison for university enrollment.
Dorsey Segner unveils a new pen barn after University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture tests. Engineer Stanley Witzel designed the plan, contractor L Schaak built it, awaiting four milking stalls. Proponents claim lower construction costs and labor needs, improved cow comfort and sanitary milk, plus targeted feeding, with Segner active in Green County Breeders Association since 1942.
Madison reports delays in adding 67 positions authorized by a 1946 special session. A. W. Bayley said a state personnel survey, funded with 50 000, will start under the emergency board and no hires beyond the budget will occur until the survey is complete. The board handled routine items as payroll totals for 1 749 department workers for 1946 47 exceed the prior year by 48404.
Arnold M. Dorn, 17, of Madison died last night when the car he rode in overturned in Blooming Grove. Authorities report the driver survived with injuries and the crash remains under investigation.
Local social notes record numerous Monroe weekend visits and shoppers from Brodhead Argyle Juda Monticello and more. Names include Mrs A S Knudson Elsie Cotten Will Marty L Newman Miss Eva Robertson Mae Doherty Miss Dorothy Haur and many others. Weekend travel and family visits span Albany South Wayne Ridge towns and Madison with hospital and university connections.
Roy Rottler visits Chicago on business. Numerous families from Argyle Beloit Madison and Milwaukee spend weekends here or visit relatives. Notable attendees include the Vogel Meunich Kerr and Share households. style shows in Chicago. Cave of the Mounds trips. and a Norman Wallin Dixon IL archery gathering.
Mr and Mrs Paul E Baltzer Jr depart for Waukesha where he will enter Carroll College. Miss Priscilla Kohli and Miss Virginia Theiler go to Madison to begin studies at the University.
Miss Mary L. Walter of Juda and Miss Charlotte R. Stuessy of Monroe are enrolled at the University of Dubuque. Miss Walter pursues pre nursing, while Miss Stuessy studies dietics.
Mr and Mrs William Schmerse took their daughter Jackelyn to Freeport yesterday where she will begin nurse training at Freeport Deaconess hospital. Miss Schmerse is a 1945 Monroe High School graduate and has been employed at St. Clare hospital.
W G Timm of Monroe route 5 sold Crescent Segis Prince a purebred Holstein bull to Anthony Brus of Davenport Iowa.
The health status of Mrs. Oscar Erickson of 1905 Lith Street remains serious.
Swiss delegates from the Swiss American Alliance now in Milwaukee plan to form a Monroe local branch of a nationwide benevolent sick benefit society during their Thursday visit to the city.
Oneco township farmer Jacob Marty opened fire Friday on three large red foxes battling on his property. An additional fox escaped before Marty could shoot it.
All Monticello Red Cross officers were chosen for another year at a Friday village hall meeting. President Mrs J W Barlow vice president Mrs William V Baebler secretary Mrs Bessie Youngreen and treasurer Otto Bontly will continue in their posts.
A district meeting of state dairy inspectors will be held in Monroe on Thursday with a dinner and program at the Ludlow hotel. More than 50 inspectors are expected to attend.
Miss Charlotte A M Dixon of Albany and Robert H Lanz of Madison have applied for a marriage license in Madison. The couple is listed as the children of Mr and Mrs Herman F Lanz of Monroe.
Workmen finished repaving a stretch along the north side of The Times building. A new sidewalk was laid and the curb lies beside it.
Social event at the Wyss home on Monroe Route 4 celebrating Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wyss. Co hosts included Mmes Debert Wyss Albert Wyss Wattes Wyss Fred Grimm Monroe and Charles Jorgenson Beloit. Refreshments were served and a purse of money awarded to several attendees.
More than 200 gathered in Moose hall for a district meeting ending with a dinner served by local women's groups. A noon luncheon at the Monroe hotel preceded a Forward Legion class of 13. Entertainment came from Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority with cheese tastings and Chamber of Commerce literature on the Monroe cheese industry. The festivities closed with a dance.
Miss Ferne Ruth Ellis of Monroe and Erwin G. Gruber of Clarno married Sunday in the county courthouse chambers officiated by Judge Harold J. Lamboley.
Green County Red Cross production rooms reopen next Saturday in the post office basement after a summer vacation. Mrs Paul J Weirich, production chairman, announces 100 girls capes to be cut and made for relief in this country and overseas. Mrs George Fields leads sewing, Mrs Edna Luchsinger is bookkeeper, and Mrs Anna Whitcomb handles knitting though none on hand. Rooms open Saturdays 2 to 4 PM.
The Office of Price Administration confirms direct buying by large chains is legal and within price ceilings as meat shortages persist. National Tea Co American Stores Corp Safeway Kroger lead packs and own packing plants, buying animals and distributing through own outlets to outbid others and keep retail prices capped.
A. H. Klingbeil and Mrs. Mary Ross of Brodhead were elected presidents of the Green County Rural Carriers and Auxiliary at a pot luck supper in Juda Saturday evening. Other officers include Carl Broughton of Brodhead as vice president and E. L. Fries of Juda as secretary treasurer. Edna Klingbeil of Brodhead was named vice president of the auxiliary and Mrs. Maye Fries of Juda secretary treasurer. The group planned its annual Christmas party for December 7 at the Fries home in Juda.
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