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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1968
Page
7
Briefs from a Chicago Tribune page include Abby's advice to a penny pinching spouse and readers’ queries on cleanliness gossip and a foreign exchange student. Also featured are Monticello area social notes with visits, plus a nostalgia column listing historical events from 1945 to one year ago.
On April 12 1861 Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor marking the start of the Civil War. The date also notes England’s Union Jack becoming the national flag in 1606 and the birth of statesman Henry Clay in 177.
An eclectic tab of tonight and tomorrow’s broadcasts including Wild West at 6:30, Tarzan, Off To See The Wizard, Spectrum Japanese Medicine, Observing Eye Chisel Tooth Tribe, Gomer Pyle, Star Trek, Operation Entertainment with Don Rickles, Insight Religious Perspectives, Friday Movie Joan of Arc, BBC profile Munich Fasching, Hollywood Squares, Will Sonnett, Chicago Festival, American Alcoholic study, Judd, NET Playhouse Defection, Combat, Voice in Our Lady of Fatima, King and Queens, Cattle Queen of Montana, Tomorrow Baseball Cubs vs Cardinals and Twins vs Yankees, Pro Bowlers Tour, Master Golf, World of Sports, Jackie Gleason, The Saint, Dating Game, Dairyland Jubilee, Newlywed Game, My Three Sons, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes, The Brass Bottle, Petticoat Junction, Miss Teen International, Branded, Mannix.
Orangeville and Milledgeville Yo-Ag milk judging teams earned high honors at urban a Saturday contest with 30 teams. Orangeville placed third with 171 points and Milledgeville fifth with 187, while Shelbyville repeated as state champions with 108 points. Jim Obert tied for fourth in individual judging. Shelbyville riders claimed top three spots and Steve Obert placed eighth in that category.
Mrs Hazel Berry 62 died Wednesday April 10 and funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday April 13 at Roach Mindermann Funeral Home. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church Mineral Point.
The notice records multiple property deeds in Monroe and surrounding townships, including transfers to Larry Salesman and Kerwin Steffen. It also lists traffic violations and fines in county courts and probate actions for Lucille Montgomery as executrix and Russell Carter as executor for Gertrude Boyer.
The column lists executors and appraisers for several estates including Earl L. Thompson who died April 5 with a will dated March 21 1968, and Thomas M. Dunphy who died Feb 24 with executor Lawrence F. Dunphy. It notes bequests to St. Patrick's Church Albany and family heirs, plus other estates of Fred M. Williams Frank A. Culles and Lee A. Reasa with heirs named. Also reported are speeding forfeiture for Wayne E. Schneider and marriage licenses for Elmer Schuett with Velma Anderson Susie Hockstetter with Andrew Gingerich and Sally Hammerly with Dean Ferguson and others.
Fourty four fifth grade students from Argyle Elementary School with teachers toured the Monroe Evening Times. Editor Larry Lindgren spoke on news sources and preparation and shop foreman Stanton Steurs explained composing room processes including offset printing.
Mrs Johanna Schilling 70 of rural Hazel Green died Wednesday April 10. Services were held this afternoon at Hayden shield Funeral Home East Dubuque Illinois. She was survived by four daughters Mrs George Berdis Joliet II Mrs LaVerne Hoffman Platteville Mrs Eugene Schultz East Dubuque Ill and Mrs Karl Rijdon Hazel Green two sons Floyd Farnum Platteville and Virgil Clark East Dubuque Ill plus 30 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
John J. Wiley aged 62 died Wednesday April 10 after a long illness at Hazel Green Hospital. He was a retired John Deere Co. employee and a member of the Kemperly-Duncan American Legion Post. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday April 13 at Haydenshield Funeral Home in Cuba City with calling hours prior.
Green County boards and court notices announce elected district supervisors from various towns in Green County Wisconsin. Includes probate hearings for Roger H. Babler and John Erb, with dates set for April 1968 and instructions for filing claims and appearances.
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