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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1948
Page
2
The Associated Press Inland Daily Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation are referenced as leading professional organizations in the newspaper field, indicating standards, monitoring, and industry collaboration.
The British cabinet is summoned to hear Prime Minister Chamberlain report on peace discussions with Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden. John Ulrich Elmer, 73, dies. Miss Stella Larmoe becomes Mrs Lloyd L. Hasse. Monroe Maids win district softball final 6-2 over Ninneman Icers. Fire destroys Davis general store in Browntown. Cheese day queen entries count 60 with Florence Miller leading at 3,820 votes. Mrs Henry Legler of New Glarus dies after operation. Guy W Tanner collapses when a gas heater consumes oxygen in a bathroom.
An editorial notes a new antitrust case against Swift Armour Cudahy and Wilson over alleged monopoly practices. It critiques the suit as political weaponry and recalls prior anti trust actions against other industries, warning that government actions may be politically motivated and selective.
Long range building plans for the city school system are encouraged to begin now. A comprehensive survey by July will show which projects are priorities, with new schools seen as a community issue amid funding difficulties and aging facilities.
J. E. Brecklin known as Ba joins the American Dairy Association as field man. He brings extensive dairying experience from southern Wisconsin and becomes one of the first cheese experts in ADA field work to boost activity for factory and farmer alike. Progress in promoting cheese and other dairy products signals a new coordinated effort by producers and dealers to secure larger markets.
Merlin West has been named president of the senior class of Juda high school. Other officers include Goldine Walton as vice president Wits Newcomer as secretary and Harley Roth as treasurer.
Purcell school in Washington township reopens with Arlene Shigley as teacher after floors sanded refinished sealed and waxed. Prairie View school in Adams township adds a new well and oil burner while Jordan Center and Dry Goods box schools install new oil burners and light landscaping. Richland and Watson schools receive wall updates and twirling group notes. A Johnson County judge officiates a simple civil marriage between a bride and groom who then travel to a Florida club near Deland.
Plans for the eighth annual school fair are under way with a centennial program scheduled for Friday evening September 24. A skit tracing New Glarus music history from the first band through the current high school group is directed by J. J. igi. Mrs Gilbert Duerst and Mrs Phillip Marty contribute songs and a quilting party theme for the event.
Francis Hitchcock Wedls, 23, a Windber Pennsylvania native turned brokerage clerk, eloped with 39 year old Francis Hitchcock in Folkston Georgia near a Gretna Green style ceremony. The couple honeymooned as a surprise choice to wed in the south Georgia locale.
Dividend checks totaling more than 7000 will be distributed to members of the National Farm Loan Association Mineral Point group operating in Green Grant Iowa and Lafayette counties. The payment equals four percent on the par value of shares held in connection with federal land bank loans. Over 3,000,000 in loans are serviced by the Mineral Point office and the volume is growing. Dividend payments should be ready for distribution during October.
Rear Admiral Albert G. Noble, chief of the bureau of ordnance, predicted the Navy will equip its warships with the first radio controlled high speed bombs within two years. Initial models will have short range of five to 10 miles, with later missiles reaching 100 to 200 miles.
Blanchardville area high school graduates enroll in colleges and universities. Lois Disrud and Jake Unterholzner return to UW as junior and senior. Martell Disrud transfers from Augsburg to UW. Norman Paulson begins as freshman. Nancy Schindler attends Milwaukee State Teachers College. Other students enroll at Platteville State Teachers College, Ripon College, Northland College, Luther College, and Augsburg College with varied class levels.
Audrey Kolden and Gloria Erickson are enrolled at Green County Normal School in Monroe Minnesota.
A five man coroner’s jury in Palmer Rapids Ontario found no one responsible for Violet Gogolin’s death after witnesses testified she walked into the Madawaska River during a nightlong family religious service on Aug 22. The girl aged 18 was said to have been impelled by the holy spirit and her father said it was pleasing to God that way.
Violet is presumed drowned after seven hours of prayer. Her sister Viola 23 described events and the family searched at daylight finding her body in the water. Police were called and the family returned home to finish chores. Miss Susan Gage resumes studies at Illinois Wesleyan. Geraldine Chapman and Jeanne Simmons return to the University of Wisconsin.
Misses Ruth Maurer and June Jennings study for bachelor’s degrees at Platteville State Teachers College. Maurer taught at New Glarus last year and Jennings at Beloit. Irene Deetz attends Stout Institute at Menomonie.
The great bustard stands as one of the largest flying birds with an approximate weight of 30 pounds.
The trumpeter swan is identified as the largest flying bird with an approximate weight of 35 pounds. This fact highlights the bird’s substantial size among avian species.
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