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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1968
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription details under an act of Congress dated March 2 1879. It notes carrier and mail rates across Wisconsin Stephenson Jo Davies Winnebago counties in Illinois with annual payments in advance and office hours listed.
A reflective piece from a recovering writer notes hospitals as happy places where care, humor, and small gestures lift spirits. It lists visits and gifts from friends, clergy, neighbors, and colleagues, including jokes, cards, flowers, and supportive calls, highlighting positive patient experience.
Miss Mary Ann Morris, 29, polio victim from Lanark, died Saturday after more than two decades in an iron lung. Paralyzed since 1946, she finished Lanark High School in 1957 as co valedictorian with a special hookup enabling schooling. Survived by parents Robert L. and Mary Morris and sister Susan Shetter. Funeral services held at Frank Funeral Home with burial in Lanark Cemetery.
Funeral services were held for John Legler 76 a former Monroe resident who ran the Pleasant Ridge store in rural Dodgeville for 20 years. Burial was in East Side Cemetery Dodgeville with nephews from Monroe and surrounding areas as pallbearers. Also noted are obituaries for Mrs Truman Long 80 and George W Hoffman 85 with services in Monticello and South Wayne respectively and burial in Highland and Hoffman Cemeteries.
A reflective piece about ordinary joys and small defeats from illness to losing fear. It notes goodwill from the fire department and shared human afflictions with Peru’s Indians, plus personal moments like declining an invitation and learning to wear pajamas. It also honors newspaper staff and finds renewal in faith and recovery.
Donald LaVerne Shadle 53 of Rockford died April 6 after a lengthy illness. He worked 24 years as a line inspector for Mechanics Universal Joint Co. in Rockford and was born in Stockton on April 16 1914. He is survived by his widow Florence Bracious two daughters Mrs William Chilcote and Mrs William Pyles a son Dennis his parents three brothers and four sisters. Services set for 2 p m Tuesday at the First Church of the Open Bible in Rockford with visitation tonight at Sundberg Funeral Home.
Sylvester, grandson of Mrs. S. A. Sylvester of Mt. Horeb, sustained serious leg injuries in Vietnam on March 26. He is hospitalized in Japan and will return to the United States to recuperate. Mrs. Sylvester is the widow of a former Mt. Horeb Bank president.
Myrtle Hessenius 64 of Freeport dies after a brief illness at Freeport Memorial Hospital. She worked as a saleslady for F. A. Reed Co. for years. Survived by two sons Dr Richard Hessenius and Dr Robert, a daughter, sister Mrs Louella Pope, eight grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday April 9 at Burke Tubbs Funeral Home Freeport. Burial Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. William Tschudy observed four adult deer near Greenwood cemetery yesterday. The Edward Einbeck family moved from 2003 6th St to 13024 17th Ave. SN Rodney Becker is on leave.
Monroe Kiwanis Club will sponsor the 1948 Middle West Palomino Horse Show to be held June 20. Club president Herbert Ainsworth announces. Monroe High School will be represented by three speakers at the district high school forensic contest at Whitewater State Teachers College.
The Monticello resident Harold C Youngreen received honorary Phi Beta Kappa membership. The piece notes 1937 purchasing power with average individual spending of $555 and family expenditure of $2,392, while national buying income reached $71.5 billion, a historic fourth-high record.
Four decades ago on April 8 1928 Monroe endured unseasonable Easter weather with temperatures near 30 and snow. Elmer Trickel remains confined by diphtheria as the town braced for spring conditions and storms.
Fifty years ago on April 8 1918 the Third Liberty Loan Drive began with C S Dodge as general chairman P F Neverman of Monroe chairing the County Council of Defense and speaking at a patriotic Albany rally drawing local support and involvement.
Orfordville Special reports a referendum on a 1.4 million bond for additions to three area schools set for May 1. Polls open 7 am to 8 pm at three sites with Parkview High School Newark Elementary Footville Elementary. Tax rate projected around 45 cents per 100 initial, 35 cents per 100 over 20 years.
Peter Nevel 61 a rural Brooklyn Albany farmer died Saturday in a Madison hospital after a brief illness. He lived on Highway 92 and was a lifelong Brooklyn Township resident and St James Church member in Dayton. Surviving are three brothers Raymond Edward and William and five sisters. Funeral services set for Tuesday at St James Church Dayton. The Rosary will be recited tonight. Funeral home is B L Booth Oregon.
New Glarus Village Board held a meeting on the 118th anniversary of the Swiss Colonists first town meeting in 1850. The agenda included naming staff for the summer recreation program, raising election board personnel salaries from 10 to 15 dollars, and forming a committee to promote Swiss architecture in future building and remodeling. Committee members include Orso Duerst Palmer Duerst Jerome Leichelkraut Kenneth Blum Wayne Duerst Henry Opferman Karl Hofmann Roy Habeck and Robert Schneider. Lifeguard and swim ac-
Anna E Thieding 65 rural Loganville sister of John Kahl Horeb died Sunday in Reedsburg Hospital after a long illness. Services set for 2 p m Wednesday April 10 at Zion Lutheran Stone Church Westfield Township. Calling after 2 p m tomorrow at Gant Funeral Home Reedsburg. Survived by a son a daughter two brothers a sister and seven grandchildren.
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