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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1966
Page
2
Fragmentary item cites Jo Davies and Winnebago County in Wisconsin with phrases about mailing, rates, and an office hours line. It mentions a telephone contact but provides no clear actions, dates, or outcomes. The readable elements are names Jo Davies Stephensor and Winnebago Counties and an 8:..5 p.m. time fragment.
Editorial humor imagines Ned Bumble, age 22, accepted into a company with staged pay cuts and shifting vacation time that extend to 65. The piece parodies retirement age debates, suggesting a paradox where workers gain perks early and face dwindling pay and duties as years pass, ending with a mock pledge of lifelong employment.
At 82 Ned dies peacefully at his desk in the office where he kept working despite aging. The tale notes he enjoyed a long life spent in steady labor and, in a whimsical closing detail, the board allowed him to sleep in the office with a cot and even kept him company on weekends.
A reader asks how to handle a 17 year old boy staying at a 14 year old girlfriend s home with no boundaries Discusses parental discipline and a mother s plea for guidance The column responds that the son needs a firm talk by his father and that parents must set rules not rely on the other family The exchange also covers gifts to a newlywed daughter and a disrupted marriage signal with a blunt closing about communication and relationships
Ten years ago city carpenters sought a charter for a union, a dog ordinance took effect, Capt and Mrs Roland Shamburek of Darmstadt Germany reported a son born, about two hundred attended a WPL picnic, a tree expert was to inspect Brodhead for elm disease, Nancy Dickson led Clarno Classy Clubbers, and James Huffman spoke on a dairy project.
Twenty years after a milestone on August 13 1926 rural schools announce the addition of 38 new teachers. New Glarus awaits Centennial crowds as Monroe weighs influence in Dixie politics. Dr James Lovell opens a Monroe veterinary practice. The body of Mussolini is reported in a trunk at Pavia Monastery. Mrs Leslie Albright develops new gladiola varieties.
A 1936 report notes two girls linked to shoplifting schemes in area stores. A separate item mentions four local youths, including Dick 1 3ooth and Bill Shriner, camping on the Sugar River at Albany, and Nathan Goetz, 12, injured requiring six stitches. A fire at Brodhead’s former Emminger livery stable is listed, and a Janesville cycle rider is killed.
Swiss cheese airmen seek tariff protection from Gov John J Blaine. Frank W Meythaler completes new radio display room. Candy Kid Richard Whittemore dies in the death chamber. Marvin Hartwig Times carrier boy finds stolen bike by means Times advertise went. M Geigel estate total near 37000.
Fifty years ago on August 13 1916 readers were invited to an ice cream social on the Grace Lutheran Church lawn. Announcements touted the return of the popular Uncle Tom's Cabin with Maude Fealy starring in Bond women amid community chatter. A rise in paper costs alarmed newspapers amid accusations of collusion among paper makers.
Millard Tschudy thanks the Monroe Times for detailed coverage of the second annual Heidi Folk Festival in New Glarus. He notes strong Green County promotion and community support, praising the paper for sympathetic, thorough reports of village activities and holidays.
Old soldiers from Monroe go to Minneapolis to attend encampment. Fred J Karlen has received an Indian motorcycle for trips between Monroe and Winslow. Sunday train to Madison popular. Puritan corsets Primrose Pansy and Venus closed out at reduced prices.
Gerald L. Reigle 18 son of Mr and Mrs Roy E Reigle 1008 Fourth St Brodhead Wis promoted to Army specialist fourth class July 26 in Germany with the 4th Armored Division near Ilsheim for pay purposes equivalent to corporal. Reigle a medical specialist in Headquarters Company 2d Battalion of the division list infantry entered active duty January 1962 and completed basic at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He was last stationed at Fort Gordon Georgia before arriving overseas in September 1963. Reigle attended Brodhead High School and lives in Orfordville Wisconsin.
Shuilsburg native Josephine Martin will teach English at Green County Teachers College. She previously taught English and Latin and coached forensics at Orfordville High School for 14 years. Her forensics teams have won four straight divisional league championships and seven annual league titles. Nothing's so logical as a Lost Act when something's lost.
The Soil Conservation column notes a strong corn crop but urges moisture to finish. It mentions oat yields, upcoming Moose Benefit Dance at Bluff View for 4 H land judging, and vandalism at Kubly Park. George Hartman returns from Massachusetts praising Ohio crops. Lee Miller on vacation in Wyoming. Kiwanis farm city evening Aug 25 at grounds with meat barbecue, guest speaker Nick Calabresa. The writer James Schwoegler signs off for a vacation in September.
Meythaler of the Bank of South Wayne and son of the Arthur Meythalers will attend the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin Madison for two weeks. This marks his third year at the school, which requires two weeks annually for three years to earn the certificate. Director is Herbert V. Prochnow, with about 1,300 bankers from 40 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Central America and Sweden enrolled.
Karl Dehmer 92 died Thursday evening. Visitation is this afternoon and evening at Sharer Funeral Home. Body to be taken to Paulson Funeral Home Osceola tomorrow with services at 2 p.m. Burial in Osceola. He was father of Wilbur K. Dehmer Albany businessman and longtime Osceola partner in grocery and harness and shoe shop. He would have turned 93 September 15.
One hundred four children in grades 1 through 7 are registered for the Argyle Public Library summer reading program. Each child earns one star for every ten books read. June saw 672 books checked out and July recorded 870 withdrawals. Connie Flint and Gail McDonald each held three stars by month end, while about 30 children had one star. The program closes Saturday, August 27, with many more stars expected.
Mt Horeb High School invites freshmen and parents to an orientation in the school gym at 8 p.m. next Tuesday. Faculty will be introduced and brief talks will cover programs in agriculture, home economics, foreign language, music and more.
Spring Grove residents visit hospitals and celebrate family milestones across Madison Brodhead Rockford Oregon Footville and Madison. Families such as the Nussbaums Clark Pinnow Zweifel and Zwei fel groups host birthdays and gatherings while others travel for trips to Niagara Falls Canada and to Austin Texas.
Several hundred migrant workers in central Wisconsin plan a five day march from Wautoma to Madison to protest pay and living conditions in harvest camps. The Appleton Post-Crescent reported today as thousands rely on classified ads to solve daily problems.
A one week old Aberdeen Angus calf recalls being sorted with 30 calves and 30 mothers for a summer pasture. The calf escapes barbed wire, walks miles toward Monticello, finds the barn yard, and is reunited with its mother who feeds it warm milk.
Triangle Industries Inc has filed articles of incorporation with register of deeds Mrs Helen F Bratzke. Anthony M Kuban 911 Hwy 11 West is named as initial registered agent and incorporator. The charter authorizes 2000 shares of common stock with no par value.
New members include Randy Joe Eberle Route 1 Juda dated February 27 1966 Timothy James Eberle Route 1 Juda dated March 3 1955 John Jeffrey Eberle Route 1 Juda dated August 1 Sharon Schmid Route 1 Monroe dated October 7 1963 and Richard Speich 2119 19th Ave dated March 31 1955.
A fragment from the Evening Times page mentions a club membership coupon and several garbled words. The readable items include “Evening Times Club Membership Coupon” and stray letters suggesting a notice or ad fragment without clear details.
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