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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1968
Page
2
Subscription rates and office hours for Monroe Evening Times announced. Carrier in city 40 cents per week and mail rates vary by region with advance payment required. Office hours 8 30 a m to 5 p m Saturdays to noon and contact number 325 5101.
A Wis editor remarks on Rich Hinebaugh becoming an Air Force Academy cadet with support from Maj. Wells and lawmakers. He notes a tale about geese from Currituck Sound and discusses Dutch elm disease and European wasps as potential controls. Arbor Day is marked in Wisconsin since 1889 with renewed significance.
A collection of Dear Abby questions on wigs passports family finances and executor duties. Advice includes updating passport hair color and handling laundry costs with relatives. An Arbor Day notice discusses tree planting near Monroe terraces and city programs to restore shade trees after elm disease.
The Madison Chapter of the NAACP observes a silver anniversary with a Freedom Fund dinner on Thursday April 25 at First Methodist Church. Speakers include Prof Golightly from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Prof Bailey from River Falls State College. Monroe attendees include Mr and Mrs Ray Gordon and Dr and Mrs Frank C Stiles. Also in New Mexico Grant County reports Dennis Marriage was granted a divorce from Patricia Marriage on April 10.
Anna Drais formerly Anna Berg, 85, of Dodgeville died Wednesday April 24 in a local hospital after a brief illness. She was widow of Grover Drais a retired pharmacist who died in November 1965. Survived by son Clifford Wickham Madison and sister Mary Hessell Sparta. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday April 27 at Grace Lutheran Church. Friends may call at Lulloff Funeral Home.
Glancing Backward dated April 26 1958 reports Don and Jim opening Standard Service Station. Frost warning issued for Wisconsin. Karen Wagner named Badger girls State Delegates.
Strong winds battered the area leveling a barn on the J. W. Roderick farm near Juda. No injuries were reported and equipment stored inside the barn was damaged. Residents reported downed trees and scattered debris across local roads.
The plan lists daily meals for the upcoming week at Monroe Public Schools. Monday features Bologna with whipped potatoes and vegetables, cake, and bread. Tuesday offers Goulash and wax beans. Wednesday includes Pork and gravy with corn. Thursday serves Turkey a la king with biscuit. Friday presents fish sticks with tarter sauce and sides.
Orangeville Home Extension hosts its April meeting Monday April 29 at 7 30 p m in Mrs Albert Hemphill’s home with Mrs E M Reeser as assistant hostess. Roll call answers April Fool Joke. Major lesson Mental Tension in a World of Tension by Mrs Glenn Geiter and Mrs Evelyn Smoberstag. Minor lesson How to Handle Retired Husbands by Mrs E M Reeser.
On this date 1607 British colonists landed at Cape Henry to found a permanent settlement in America. Also noted are 1783 Tory evacuation to Nova Scotia, 1785 Audubon born in Haiti, 1865 Booth captured near Port Royal, 1925 Hindenburg elected, 1945 Bremen fell to British forces, and recent calls and attacks in Arctic, Cuba, and Vietnam policy debates.
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