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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1968
Page
2
A garbled notice from Monroe Evening Times indicates the newspaper will shutter all local coverage and AP briefs in Winnebago County and surrounding areas. Subscriptions must be prepaid to comply with postal regulations, with office contact details partially legible.
A tribute to Jack Erb, longtime public relations figure and street commissioner of Monroe, detailing four decades of public service, dedication to neighbors, and leadership during Palm Sunday recovery. Evansville plant expansion news follows, noting Varco-Prod ep plan to add 30,000 square feet and a railroad spur to support increased production. Bear Creek youth dies from accidental head wound. Farm ledger letter analyzes 1967 farm wages and labor burdens.
A message from a dedicated NFO member argues farmers deserve price supports and fair wages after long hours. He critiques income tax and social security deductions and calls for collective bargaining and transparency through a published balance sheet by farmers.
To the Editor, the writer condemns shooting and burying livestock to raise prices, calling it shocking and disgraceful amid global famine and asking how such acts will be answered on Judgment Day.
Orfordville plans a summer enrichment program guiding about 300 elementary pupils under Elementary Supervisory Principal Robert McCartney. Parkview High and Orfordville Junior High drop summer programs due to weak turnout. New 1968-69 high school teachers include Constance Sundberg, Mrs Dennis Singstock, and Dennis Singstock. Board approves student project to build an 8 by 12 foot concession stand for Purdey Park costing 200 to 250 dollars.
High school students earned superior Class A ratings and will compete at the state contest in Whitewater on Saturday May 4. The roster includes Arn Keen Stein Gibson Burandt Mauerman Zimmerli Miller Partridge Stei Keen Hoff Speth Marcus Youngblood and others in solos duets quartets and brass ensembles. Two junior high students also achieved Class A ratings Reed and Kurt Reed. Owl sizes noted: elf owl six inches, great gray owl thirty inches with wingspread 54 to 60 inches.
Glancing backward marks 10 years ago today with forecasts of a 74 degree high for the city and names Nathan Rinehart as 1958 FFA star farmer. Also noted are Marvin Liedschlag elected Juda EUB Church president and a city weather outlook.
The item notes 41 stars on the St Johns Church service flag and mentions cartoonist Art Young from Monroe facing a New York trial over draft law criticism. It also references a 60 years ago 1908 note about B E McCormick becoming Water Town High principal for 1100 salary and H C Greenwald experimenting with a cheese stirring device in Juda.
An 86-year-old Benton woman Mrs. George Laird escaped a Monday morning fire that destroyed her farm home. She woke to smoke at about 3:30 a.m. barefoot and in night clothes, walked a half mile to a neighbor, then to New Diggings where the Shullsburg fire department fought the blaze. Firemen blamed defective wiring. Mrs. Laird lost everything and is staying with a niece.
Orangeville Times Special reports the Village Board approved paying 2793.20 toward improving 10 lots in Richland Meadows subdivision under the village ordinance. Two bids were received. Cox Excavation of Lena, Illinois, bid 13000 and was accepted. The village share covers curbstops corporation cocks fire hydrants valves and routing the water line under the highway.
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