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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1966
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists office hours from 8 30 a m to 5 p m and a 35 cent weekly rate for city subscribers plus 14 per year for mail delivery. Editor Emery A Odell (1871 1953) appears in the issue alongside mimeographed postoffice statements.
Editorial notes plans for a permanent tourist information center near Beloit on Interstate 90 with state funds and local beautification aid. It urges Green County communities to expand attractions to lure travelers off the main highways, citing Monroe heritage projects and local recreation efforts.
Politically wary House members begin an effort to address the marathon airlines strike today but any government move to restore flights remains several days away.
Herman A. Stuessy earned two second prizes in the State Bank of Freeport parade honoring 75 years of continuous banking. He entered a 1932 Packard Sport Coupe and a 1930 Model A Ford, with Packard noted as a rare survivor of its model.
Deputies described an evening two car crash at 6 15 p m on Highway 1181 near the city dump involving Robert J Affolter 17 Juda and Leone Richardson Brodhead. No injuries were reported as both cars traveling east sustained rear right and left front damage respectively.
A satellite designed to study radiation belts entered a polar orbit between 220 and 2776 miles above Earth. It was launched Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, aboard a Scout rocket.
Calvin Fe Kraemfr KAEMFR County 4 H Club Agent writes a brief thank you note to many local people recognized for their help, praising community efforts and collaborative support. The piece highlights appreciation from a county 4 H program context.
Don Freidig, Dale Freidig, and Tom Liebert of the Jolly Mixer 4H club provided fine instrumental music at the 4H Horse Show Friday evening. Herb Huffman Bud Sedgewick and Bill Leopold judged 4H and FFA dairy exhibits daily for neatness and tidiness, keeping dairy barns clean and orderly without pay.
Bob Birkholz of South Wayne served as MC at the 4-H Horse Show with a lively commentary that kept the grandstand engaged. Junior fair superintendents left combine work to attend entry, judging, and checkout days, while Mrs. Henry Babler and the House Plant Department waited Sunday evening for every plant’s return.
The message recognizes businessmen and donors who funded trophies for championship classes, 4-H leaders and members who built booths and guided peers, and Junior Leaders who staffed Floral Hall, kept shelves tidy, swept floors, and ensured exhibits were ready.
Doug Hare Ted Burgy Al Henning and fair board members prepared premium books arranged grandstand attractions maintained grounds and buildings and handled about a thousand other details for the fair.
Report on a Kiwanis Club visit to four 4H Community Beautification projects last week. Appreciation expressed for Kiwanis judges and Bauman Ace Hardware sponsoring an award tour to Milwaukee.
Kiwanis groups split 21 sites across Green County to honor 4-H clubs with beautification projects. Royce Schultz credits all clubs for fine work and thanks Larry Lindgren and The Monroe Evening Times for supportive Extension coverage and enthusiastic local newspapermen.
Patricia Ann Hanson 14 of South Beloit drowned while swimming at the Sugar and Pecatonica rivers near Shirland Illinois. Deputies and five volunteer fire departments searched three hours for her body, with skin divers aiding. Terry Jenkins 17 nearly drowned while trying to save her and was rescued. Patricia's sister Linda Hanson and Donna Miller 13 Beloit were present. Extras include a driver who contacted help and funeral arrangements by Skindings rude Levi Funeral Home Whitewater.
A brief classifieds note invites renters to place ads in The Monroe Evening Times to advertise spare rooms. Details on rates or contact methods are not provided in the fragment.
Karl Wehinger aged 60 of Wiota Township drowns while swimming in Yellowstone Lake. Final summer band concert set for Lincoln Park with guest conductor Albert Neush and soloists Joyce Ludwig Virgil Wenger and Fay R Doyle. A son Anthony James born to Mr and Mrs Phillip J Tee han.
Aug 5 1946 marks the eighty ninth annual Wisconsin Conference of the United Brethren Church in Monroe. A county fair sets an attendance record of 33 779 over four days. Art Shaw wins three races in Sunday events as capacity crowds witness a dominant performance in 7 of 11 heats. Incumbent Harry Keegan announces bid for Assemblyman. Death reported for 46 year old Harry Albright in Monroe.
Obituaries note F F Matzke of Juda, aged 81. Victor F Wells wins a prize in a kite contest by a national farm magazine. Chadwick Illinois hosts Cheese Day with 1500 pounds of cheese and 10 000 buns for the event. Six year old Laverne Ostrander breaks leg after a fall near a break in the text is implied.
40 years ago today John Pfund a former farmer and cheesemaker aged 79 died at his home on West Avenue. Fred R. Zimmerman Secretary of State spoke to a group of around 500 after a band concert on the west side of the square. McLaughlin's heavyweights beat Creasy's Patients 19 to 12 in a kitten ball game on Market Square after a Kiwanis Club luncheon.
Fifty years ago on August 5 1916 the Monroe Post Office in the ICCF Hall is to feature the cities first revolving door. A Globe Arizona couple learns they are brother and sister after nine years of marriage. New York City faces a serious street car strike as an Uncle Tom's Cabin show continues.
Sixty years ago today on August 5 1906 St John s Young People s Society announces its annual picnic at Decatur Park Members must notify Otto Walter at Wettengel s Grocery to attend Miss Laurene Gardner returns home for the summer and will take a few voice pupils for lessons Heavy showers wash out tracks on Milwaukee Road near Juta delaying the afternoon passenger train.
Mrs Earl J Gibbs 78 an artist and writer died after a weeks illness in a Madison hospital. She painted church murals in Evansville Orfordville and Albany and designed Evansville service honor roll. She left a record of poems Wisconsin scenes and memories. She was married to Earl Gibbs since 1914 and observed their golden anniversary in 1904. Funeral at Methodist Church with Eastern Star rites and burial Maple Hill Cemetery.
A dense TV schedule lists 1940s era programs and guests. Highlights include The Addams Family, The Flintstones, The Sopranos era? No. The entry notes shows and films with multiple time slots and reruns, featuring performers like Bert Lahr and Luci Johnson wedding coverage.
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