Voting Starts Early At Polls In Monroe
Voters lined up at the Community Center in City Hall as polls opened at 9 a.m. Voting runs to 8 p.m. Airman William Eberhardt Jr. cast the first vote in Ward 7 during a leave from Vietnam duties. First ward to eighth ward results listed. by 10:30 a.m. 498 ballots cast, with 4,579 eligible voters in the city. Incumbent Mayor Walter Ekum faces write‑in Victor Schiller. several aldermanic races with write‑ins. Green County supervisor race includes Ted Schmiedlin versus Rolland Karlen and Walter Baber with Leander Kirsch seeking incumbent Myron Stair’s seat. Officials expect the presidential preference primary, local election, and four statewide referenda to attract 1.3 million of Wisconsin’s 2.4 million eligible voters. past primaries saw 1.08 million in 1964 and 1.82 million in 1960.
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City Hall
William Eberhardt Jr
Vietnam
William Eberhardt Sr
al Henning
Wilfred Johnson
Wilbert Johnson
Ernest Deininger
Ervin Goecks
Nathalie Schultz
William Eberhardt, Jr
Joseph Kosek
Walter Ekum
Victor Schiller
Harold Snively
Francis Kautzky
Robert Tschudy
Walter Drews
Evan C. Chambers
August Burgi
Jerry Coplien
Eleanor B. Frederick
Green County Board of Supervisors
Ted D. Schmiedlin
Rolland E. Karlen
Third Ward
Walter J. Baber
Leander E. Kirsch
Myron Stair
Seventh Ward
Wisconsin
Common Dump Gains Approval In Albany Village Vote
The Village and Township approve a common dump ground plan near the current Village Dump on Highway 59 with over four acres to be purchased from Fred Ochsner. Trustees Luedy and Pryce are authorized to proceed with land purchase and dump usage schedules.
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Albany
Fred Ochsner
Ralph Luedy
Woodrow Pryce
E. O. Killingstad
Duane Dixon
T. R. Sharer
Arlin Hanson
Albany Children’s
Water Street
Appli- Ttirn
Martins Herald Spring Arrivals And Faraway Travels
Birdwatchers track the first Purple Martins with arrivals in Decatur and Spring Grove in April. The piece notes migrations to Brazil and back, visits by Monroe residents in Australia and Japan, and a Lily Show circuit in Wisconsin and Illinois. It also highlights European trips by Ott and Stauffacher families from New Glarus and their connections to Switzerland and NATO ports.
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Ned Roth
Decatur Township
Herbert Mohns
Spring Grove
Mohins Place
Brazil
Switzerland
Don Harvey Ott
Europe
Edelweiss
Pauline
Ott
U.S. Navy
NATO
Co Chairmen Named For Clean Up Work In Albany Area
Jerry Mansheim and George Flaherty were named co chairmen of the ACPARD river bank clean up planned for April 27 28 with a May 4 5 rain date. Al Kranig donated heavy equipment and village plans to ban tractor use.
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Albany
Jerry Mansheim
George Flaherty
Acpard
Stanton P. Stears
al Kranig
John Hiavachek
Randy Marty
Park River
Warren Nipple
Fire Department
Daniel Weber
Lions Club
Helen) Killingstad
Mrs Fritz Wenger Honored At Turner Exhibition
Mrs Fritz Wenger instructor for the Junior Girls and Tiny Tots at the Turn and Schwing Club received a special recognition at the Turn and Schwing Exhibition in Turner Hall before about 400 attendees. The honor, presented by Clarence Gissing of the Monroe Turners, marks the first time an instructor has been so honored. Wenger, mother of five, conducts weekly practice sessions. her husband Fritz is the men’s instructor and a Turners vice president. The Wenger children, aged 6 to 13, are also Turners.
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Fritz
Rosie) Wenger
Turner Hall
Switzerland
Wenger
Clarence Gissing
Monroe Turners
Turners
Monroe
Wenzer
Rev John Masters To Conduct Lenten Devotional Service
Rev John Masters of Peace United Church of Christ Browntown will conduct a noon time Lenten devotional at Grace Lutheran Church on Wednesday April 3. The 12 05 and 12 35 p m services run each Wednesday through Lent with Mrs Vernon Leopold as organist and a church luncheon offered by the women. Civil defense sirens will be tested tomorrow at noon with storm and attack warnings.
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John Masters
Peace United Church of Christ
Browntown
Grace Lutheran Church
Grace Church
Vernon Leopold
April Birthday Query Sparks Question About Experience
A playful exchange questions how long someone has been in the business, noting the April birthday motif and ending with a light birthday greeting to Slappy.
John Bruni Speaks at Homemaker Event
About 160 homemakers and guests attended the Green County Home makers International kickoff night at Judo High School Gymnasium. John G. Bruni of Monroe spoke on Vietnam experiences as an Army engineer captain, with slides detailing the country’s north central highlands and Delta south regions, war effects, and life under Viet Cong control. The program opened with Monticello High School Pep Band, and Mrs. Frank Schiesser presented a county Alaska and foreign countries package program.
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Green County Homemakers International
Judo High School
John G. Bruni
Monroe
Vietnam
Army
Monticello
Frank Schiesser
New Glarus
Alaska
Bruni
Highlands
Hime
Staver’s
Clarno
Johnson captions on bombing limits draw Soviet misgivings
The North Vietnamese army newspaper accuses President Johnson of trying to mislead public opinion with his order to limit bombing of North Vietnam. In Chicago an extra alarm fire in an industrial complex disrupted traffic. Johnson reshuffles diplomats on board his plane as Lodge and McGhee trade posts. Soviet notes report the death of physicist Lev D Landau after a long illness.
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Moscow
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Chicago
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Germany
George McGhee
Car Wash Proposal Sparks Nearby Opposition at Brodhead Council
Brodhead Council held a hearing on Archie Schneider's car wash plan for blocks 197 7 and 8 site changing parcels from residential to commercial. Residents opposed citing safety concerns for children while Schneider pledged to relocate if needed. The meeting also awarded Thostensen's Tree Service an elm removal contract after bids, with plans to remove about 200 trees this summer. A burn ban was enacted outdoor burning halted until further notice and city hall roof repairs plus sewer service discussion at Turn to No. 6 Back Page.
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Brodhead
Archie Schneider
Monroe
Walter Anderson
Merjin Moe
Lee Lewis
Vivian Coplien
Gerald Thompson
Schneider
Thostensen
Tree Service
Orfordville
Thostenson
Ray Timm
Ernest Calvin
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Helen
Leon
Schmidt
Australia
Pacific
Hawaii
Milwaukee
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Japan
Albert White Geigel
Albert
Albert D. Geigel
American School of Japan
Albert W
Taipei
Taiwan
Dora Pinnow
Philadelphia
Boston
Mass
Colonial Village
Rockford
Otts
Mrs. Ott
Lewiston
Maine
W. W. Stauffacher
Glarus
Elm
Austria
Italy
Stauffacher
Highway 69
Department of Natural Turn
Green County
Times
Fritz Wenger
John Marean
Juda
Willie Ruef
Bill Kummer
Hugo Ruef
Larry Uffelman
Ken von Arx
DeWayne Flannery
Marcia Wenger
Barbette Sulzer
Jean Sulzer
Kay Silvis
Ann Voegels
Larry
Ann) Voegeli
Christine Mueller
Christina Wenger
Kathryn Hasler
Vickie Stokes
Linda Zimmerman
Marie Albertson
Diana Albertson
Diane Kohl
Voegeli
Marcia Doherty
Debbie Boeck
Rose Wenger
Clair R. Munns
John Bruni
AP News
Lev. D. Landau
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