Traditional Easter Rites Gather for Sunday in Monroe
Monroe churches announce sunrise services and multiple Easter worships as communities observe Holy Week events after Palm Sunday tornado damage. Services at Immanuel, St. Andrew's, New Apostolic, St. John's United, First Methodist, and St. Victor's include dawn rites, Holy Communion, choirs, and sermons with themes of renewal and praise.
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Libby von AR
Monroe
Grace Lutheran Church
Cindy Kleckler
Caroline Myers
James C. Plymire
Stanly H. Atkins
Milwaukee
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
New Apostolic Church
Immanuel Church
Melvin J. Roehrdanz
Cinda Stuessy
Joseph
Calvin P. Fischer
Donald G. Storck
Robert Ruse
James Weis
First Methodist Church
Herb Ainsworth
Robert Keith
St. Victor’s Church
Mennonite Disaster Service Aids Monroe After Palm Sunday Tornado
About two score Mennonite volunteers from Parnell Ka lona Wellman and Sterling Illinois assist Monroe clearing debris after the Palm Sunday tornado. They coordinate with Red Cross and state groups and only respond to invited requests using a ready bus chain saw and boat.
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Palm Sunday
Ora J. Hershberger
Parnell
Farmer
Parnell-Wellman-Kalona
Iowa City
Sterling, Tl
MDS— Mennonite Disaster Service
Nebraska
Kalona
Indiana
Mennonite Service Organization
Iowa
Nine area girls enter Alice-In-Dairyland contest
Entry deadline passed as nine candidates from the area were listed for the Alice-In-Dairyland pageant. New entrant is Van Matre of Monroe, a 1962 Darlington graduate and Stout State University junior majoring in Home Economics. Finalists hail from Darlington, Brodhead, Mt. Horeb, Monroe, and Belmond. Finals set for Sun Prairie on June 24-26.
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Jan van Matre
John K. van Matre
15Th St
Monroe
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Darlington
Lafayette County
Farm Bureau
Stout State University
Geraldine Patzkill
Route 1
Bergine Riemer
Route
Brodhead
Vicky Sime
Mt. Horeb
Penny Eustice
Belmont
Beverly Schmid
Judo
Shirley Ann Brunkow
Nancy Curry
Vonda Lee
Monroe Mayor Thanks Helpers After Tornado Cleanup
The Mayor and City Council of Monroe thank organizations and individuals for aid during cleanup after the tornado. Much work remains and residents not needed in the disaster area are urged to stay away to ease traffic and permit repairs. Police and Civil Defense Auxiliaries request cooperation during the Easter weekend traffic surge.
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Monroe
Red Cross mobilizes aid as tornado relief centers open
Red Cross disaster centers in Madison Watertown Monroe and Crystal Lake begin registering families for long term aid after a tornado. By week’s end about 30 families had registered with emergency food and supplies planned for a three day civil defense cleanup. Rickey says Monroe will be the largest operation while surveys continue and aid focuses on restoration even as some families begin self help.
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Red Cross
Ellis Rickey
Madison
Watertown
Monroe
Crystal Lake
Illinois
Rickey
Jefferson County
Mars
Williams Bay
Mportant
Congress
Milwaukee
Susie Edgerton
Atlanta
Family Service
Green County
American National Red Cross
Monroe Area
Madison Red Cross Center
Huston Family Led Disaster Aid In Monroe Tornado
On Sunday afternoon a tornado ripped through Monroe and Green County. Eddie Huston, head of a tree-trimmer crew for United Telephone Co., and his wife Gerrie organized the Red Cross First Aid Station and Canteen. Eddie arrived within ten minutes of impact and helped set up at the old Dairy Queen spot, remaining on scene through Sunday and beyond.
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RED Cross
Enoch E
Eddie) Huston
Huston
United Telephone Co
Times
21St St
Dairy Queen
Eddie
American Red Cross
Green County
Geraldine
Gerrie
Hustons
Illinois
Wisconsin
Monroe
Vere Fralick
Grandpa Vere
Monroe's Tragedy Palm Sunday 1965
The Monroe Evening Times announces a special 1965 publication Monroe's Tragedy Palm Sunday containing news and photos from April 12 to 14. Copies cost 2 cents each plus 10 cents mailing if requested, offering full coverage of Monroe's worst disaster for friends and relatives in other communities.
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Monroe
Monroe Evenine Times Today
Palm Sunday
The
Times
Easter Weekend Litter Cleanup Prompted by Tornado Destruction
Green County mobilizes law enforcement and Civil Defense Auxiliary Police to manage traffic and oversee a mass litter cleanup as hundreds of students and youth groups assist in disaster areas. Capt Coplien awaits traffic survey before calling out guardsmen if needed. Governor Knowles has authorized guard deployment for flood duties along the Mississippi River as he surveys rising levels at La Crosse.
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Dwight C. Coplien
National Guard Co. B
Coplien
Civil Defense
Green County
Civil Defense Auxiliary
Charles Marvin
Beloit
Walter R. Ekum
W. E. Deininger
FFA
Capt. Coplien
National Guard
Warren Knowles
Mississippi River
Knowles
la Crosse
Firemen Answer Two More Calls
Monroe firemen answered two calls yesterday afternoon. A rubbish fire at Chesebro's Trailer Court threatened fuel tanks and a trailer house. Later at Wisconsin Power and Light Co pole yard debris was burning as winds rose near the 7th Ave and 19th St area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Chesebro
South Pole
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Josef J. Benkert
Pole
7Th Ave
19Th St
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Union Good
Immanuel
First Methodist
Sears
Hershberger
Russell Kinsinger
Lester D. Yoder
Leslie R. Hochstetter
Elwin Yoder
Lester Yoder
Oren E. Yoder
Leonard Slagle
Larion Troger
Keith Yoder
Carl Bender
Ira Huber
Jack Erb
Monroe City
Civil Defense Report
West End
Carl Ault
Aults
Ault
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