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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1966
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times carries a notice granting exclusive rights to publish local news and Associated Press dispatches. This declaration reserves republication rights to the AP and the newspaper for the content printed in this edition.
The Moore Company, a major global form maker, chooses Monroe for a new plant as part of its 30 Central Division sites. The $2 million investment and local payroll boost, alongside the Advance Transformer Co. and community support, signal an era of growth and potential for returning local talent.
Gov Warren P Knowles designated Sunday as Law Day USA to mark the 175th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the 190th year of U S independence. A second proclamation urged Goodwill Week observance starting Sunday and support for the handicapped through Goodwill Industries programs.
Civil Defense Auxiliary police completed a first aid refresher course over six months. Some members took the regular course while others completed the advanced. The unit will assist with the Memorial Day parade and direct traffic.
Members of the Badger Lapidary and Geological Society Inc learned about nickel mining along Lake Huron’s northern Ontario shore at a Tuesday Memorial Library meeting. Pete Schumacher of American Zinc and Lead Co. described deep mining methods and valuable metal yields. The club announced a May 22 field trip to the Shullsburg area led by president Vashni Marchant.
Earl L. Peterson 67 of Spring Green died Thursday. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Monday at Lone Rock First Lutheran Church. Visitation after 2 p m tomorrow at Richardson Funeral Home Spring Green. Survived by widow Alma three sons Robert Ronald William daughter Gene Lewis nine grandchildren two great grandchildren two brothers two sisters.
Mrs Anna Balch age 93 of Lancaster died yesterday in a Madison hospital. Services set for 1 pm tomorrow at Harris Wepking Funeral Home Lafhcaster. Surviving are five daughters Mrs Clarence Joyner Madison, Mrs Ishmael Elliott Blue Mounds, Mrs John Slaght Lancaster, Mrs Otto Martin Prairie du Chien, Mrs Earl Griffith Redwing Minn, a son Alvin Potosi, 28 grandchildren, 80 great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren.
A brief classified notice invites readers to rent a room by placing or checking listings in The Monroe Evening Times. Details about rates or exact location are not provided in the fragment.
A Green County Homemakers note honors Miss Marvel Klecker and the Monday Fun Night for reviving the group’s energy. The letter praises diligent work and the blend of humor and dignity, thanking the organizers and expressing pride in the local homemaker community.
Albany special report says infant son of Mr and Mrs John Patchen died at birth in a Stoughton hospital. Graveside services were held at Hillcrest Cemetery. Allen Funeral Home of Evansville was in charge. Surviving are the parents grandparents and great grandparents.
A playful column ponders the irony of searching for a missing act in a play or performance and discovering that the act itself reveals unexpected logic.
Madison advocates push bills to repeal Wisconsin colored margarine ban. Assemblyman Molinaro backs a compromise repeal of the 15 cent tax plus a 5 cent tax on colored margarine packs to fund dairy promotion. The bills move through Joint Finance and Agriculture committees led by Sen. Leverich who originally enacted the ban decades ago.
Glancing Backward recalls a Milwaukee driver earning the best time trophy in a sports car rally sponsored by the Monroe Jaycees. Houston police arrest three men and recover $95,000 in cash in a burglary case valued at $300,000.
Twenty years ago on April 30 1946 eight men were reported missing and eighty injured when two blasts rocked the destroyer escort U S Solar which sank in lower New York Bay. The government intensified actions against the black market to improve the domestic food situation and halt famine relief diversion overseas.
On April 30 1936 two bandits armed with a gun attacked Holcomb National Bank firing at the cashier cage and a suspected check forger fled after the failed holdup.
Four decades ago a car taken in Madison was recovered at the old Catholic Cemetery west of Monroe. A gathering of 349 visiting Masons from Green County met at Monticello lodge. The Borden price declined four percent. Masked men fired at a Mt. Horeb car in that village.
Fifty years ago on April 30 1916 the graduating class at MHS will wear uniforms including gowns white middy blouses and white skirts for girls and white trousers with blue coats for boys. Adam Schmidt former county treasurer and Swiss pioneer dies at Canton South Dakota.
Sixty years ago on April 30 1906 a certificate of pure breed was issued for the Belgian stallion Faro De Sartaford owned by M Crooke of Albany The note also mentions a school district re numbering and the condemnation of old walks needing replacement The Railroad Rates Commission in Madison hears complaints from local cheese shippers
A birthday party honored Miss Mary Helen Arnsmeier on her sixteenth anniversary at the Charles Trotter home. Guests included Mr and Mrs Raymond Arnsmeier and Lois, Mr and Mrs Ivan Arnsmeier, and the Trotter family.
The page lists daily names with addresses and ages for a club event across May, followed by a long children story about Boo Bunny the brave rabbit scaring cows birds and other animals in a farm forest setting, ending with a hay baler taking hay in a moving train like scene.
History notes mark 1778 1789 1798 and other events on this date. George Washington becomes the first president in 1789 while Congress creates the Navy in 1798 and the Louisiana Purchase occurs in 1803 for 15 million dollars.
Mrs. Robert Holcomb Sr. visited Thursday with sister Mrs. Sylvia Curtis a surgical patient at St. Clare Hospital Monroe. Marie Sammond Milwaukee and Gail Fisher Champaign NL stay this week at the Nic Freitag Estate farm. Barbara Marty Belleville joined Ira and Mrs. Holcomb for supper.
A reader notice invites all boys and girls up to 12 to join the Monroe Evening Times Boys and Girls Club with a mailed coupon. A short fiction passage follows about Boo Bunny fleeing a tractor and baler, learning kindness after seeing a farmer’s wary but nonthreatening stance.
Joseph J. Kaiser 73 of Kiefer died yesterday in a Hazel Green hospital after a long illness. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Calling hours begin after 7 p.m. tonight and Sunday at Haudonshield Funeral Home. Rosaries will be recited this evening and tomorrow. Surviving wife Mary, three daughters, one son Elmer J., three brothers, a sister, 24 grandchildren and six great grandchildren..
Washington The House approved and sent to the Senate a bill aimed at reducing thefts of dogs and cats for sale to research laboratories and to ensure humane treatment of animals used in research.
Virgil Waelti of Beloit has been appointed to the Turner School District Board of Education to fill an vacancy caused by Clarence E. Benck resignation. Waelti, 39, will serve until the July annual meeting when elections will choose the remaining two years of the term.
David L. Lehigh 25, an Army sergeant, had been in Viet Nam since early April. The Selective Service board informed him by letter that he is reclassified and will not have to enter the armed forces. Lehigh's wife and three children live in Urbana.
The silent film leading man Eugene O'Brien died Friday at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles aged 85. He starred opposite Norma Talmadge and Ethel Barrymore and appeared in Brown of Harvard The Thief Faithless Lover and Secrets.
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