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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1971
Page
6
Wisconsin bets on fair skies with a warm up this weekend. Highs near the upper seventies to mid eighties, lows around the fifties to sixties. Mostly sunny today, fair not quite as cool tonight, with possible showers Tuesday.
Richard M Olson Barry L Dinges and others from Orangeville were charged with speeding and forfeited 20 dollars. Mrs Gayle B Ryan of North Platte Neb Mrs Arthur Rabe 83 rural McConnell Til George W Jordan 84 Janesville also listed in the Monroe Police report.
A hospital record lists accident victim Lyle Fryer age 43 of Browntown and Kurtis R. Dorothy Pabian at 622 19th Ave with Pauline Mason in Surgical and Mrs Lavern Kested in Dixon among dismissed patients including Duane Babler Milton Baumgartner and many others.
Markets report steady to higher prices across cattle calves hogs and lambs in Milwaukee with steers 26.50 to 33.50 heifers 25.00 to 32.00 Holstein steers 27.50 to 29.00 and dairy cows 21.00 to 22.50 Calves mostly 38.00 to 54.00 hogs 13.00 to 20.25 lambs 16.00 to 27.00 and receipts forecast at 1 200 cattle 1 000 calves 400 hogs 100 sheep Dam project in La Farge Wisconsin moves forward after court declines injunction and ground breaking planned for the Kickapoo River dam
Local notices report several hospital updates and family visits. Lyle Fryer 43 of Browntown injures finger in a farm accident and may be hospitalized for days. Gratiot youngster Randal Gille in critical condition after a tractor crash. Mike Gerber undergoes major surgery at Mercy Hospital and will start fifth grade at South School. Community veterans group to meet with a picnic lunch at VFW Hall, followed by meetings. Eight year old Kurtis Shippy hospitalized after an accident.
Miss Maude DeBelleville of Santa Cruz and Mrs. William Noia of Felton visited three weeks in the homes of nieces and relatives in Orangeville Monroe Winslow and other area friends. They were driven to O'Hare Airport Chicago for a jet flight to San Francisco with Mrs. Rote and Richard Rote and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bartelt joining them.
Orangeville hosts an ice cream social at the Athletic Field starting at 5 p.m. A Lena versus Orangeville PeeWee Leagues ballgame is on the slate, and the Orangeville All Stars will also play.
Mr and Mrs Glenn Stensby Rt 2 Horeb announce the birth of daughter Shanna Lynn on Tuesday Aug 3 at St Clare Hospital. Her mother is the former Sandra Pitts. Grandparents Marvin Stensby and B G Pitts and others are listed as great and extended family.
Sunday in Janesville featured Mr. and Mrs. E C Soper at the Art and Hobby Show at Tallman House lawn and the YWCA antique show, plus visits to the Halder and Solberger households. Weds and weekend calls included Mrs. Ohlsen Ridley Jezwinski and Woelffer households and trips to Monroe and Port Clinton.
Green County sheriff reports two crashes Friday near Monroe. Odis L. Lawson, 36, Omaha, Neb., caused a trailer to buckle and block the road at 1:08 p.m.. no injuries or damage. Franklin G Curran, 19, 2147 15th Ave., struck gravel and mailboxes, heavy damage to his car at 6:40 p.m. 3.4 miles southeast of Monroe. No injuries.
George W. Jordan 84 of Janesville died Wednesday. Funeral 10:30 a.m. today at Mt Zion United Methodist Church Janesville with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Overton Funeral Home in charge. Born December 13, 1886 he moved from Dayton in 1929 and worked at GMAD until 1955. Survived by his wife Janet three sons Melvin Eldrede and Stanley all of Janesville three daughters Mrs Rubena McCartin Mrs Aleta Montange and Mrs Alvina Hollibush a brother Clarence R Long Beach Calif a sister Mrs Ethel Lerew Crestboard S.D. 17 grandchildren six great-grandchildren.
Mrs Rabe 88 died Wednesday night at her rural McConnell home in Stephenson County Illinois. Funeral held at 1 30 p m in McConnell United Methodist Church with burial in Silent Hill Cemetery. Born March 4 1888 she was a daughter of Andrew and Elvina Bechtold Bechtold married Arthur Rabe April 8 1908. Survived by husband two sons Clarence Black McConnell and Clifford Black Orangeville five grandchildren two great grandchildren a brother preceded her in death.
Mrs. Gayle B. Ryan died after a heart condition in Nebraska. She previously lived in Monroe as daughter of C L and Nellie Stuntz Chambers. She married Gale B. Ryan, a Union Pacific railroad conductor, in Denver in 1939. Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Stair traveled to North Platte after learning of her death.
Services for Mrs. Harold A. (Helen) Furman Jr. RN 44 Beloit who died Friday morning at Beloit Memorial Hospital will be held at 1 30 p m Monday at Rosman Uehling Kinzer Cranson Road Chapel Beloit. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery Visitation 7 to 9 p m Sunday at the chapel. Survivors include husband two sons Alan and John a daughter Leanne and her parents four sisters and two brothers. Memorials to Calvary Church and Beloit Memorial Hospital.
Public intervener Paul J. Gossens asked the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to investigate mercury air pollution for public protection. He urged open hearings and state standards, noting Wyandotte Chemicals Co. promised to meet discharge limits after Wisconsin River closures, but stating serious questions remain about air pollution from the Fort Edwards plant.
Dennis G. Meighan’s car crashed into Richard L. Swiggum’s parked vehicle at 11 28 p m while being chased by Monroe Police. both cars damaged, no injuries. Edna Janke and Gregory Holcomb collided at 4 59 p m causing minor damage to Janke’s car. A hit and run damaged Meighan’s parked car at Holiday Station. Eldon J Reifstock hit Brett Williams on 13th Ave at 8 45 a m. Williams sustained abrasions.
American Legion Post Barneveld hosts a luau at Birch Lake starting 6 tonight. Three 200 pound pigs began roasting at 4 a m and will continue throughout the day at the lake location half a mile north of here on T road.
Urangeville Times Special reports Firemen's Auxiliary will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the home of Mrs Ray Eder due to remodeling of the firehouse.
Madge Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold of Avalon, was crowned Rock County Farm Bureau queen at the annual picnic in Rock County. Contestants included Carol Earleywine and Denise Burandt. Prizes were cheese. Stanley Peterson gave an illustrated talk on the British Isles. Other notes mention Swiss trip plans of the Faesslers, Armfields grilling honors, Fiechter and Fuss visits, Wilhelm Tell pageant rehearsals, a travel- trailer sign about pollution, a coal-laden tractor-trailer report through Monroe, and the Monroe Garden Club display at the Chamber of Commerce window.
AP News In Brief reports the U S will drop almost one thirteenth of its international monetary reserves in a merry go round financial arrangement involving four other countries. Fulbright demands Pentagon aid plans using the three point three billion dollar request as leverage. Nixon rests on Maine island amid Muskie race talk. Pan Am says a 747 was under weight by twenty five tons not overweight as Kennedy claimed. Twelve Black Panthers were acquitted in a case over a shootout at a New Orleans public housing project.
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