Belleville Picnic Weekend Showcases Games Music and Food
The Belleville Community picnic arrives Saturday and Sunday August 16 and 17 at the Belleville Community Park. Highlights include softball and tug of war, a teen dance on the tennis court, Moundview rides and concessions, an outdoor chicken barbecue, a Belleville High School Band concert, a Belleville vs Wiota baseball game, aerial water fights with regional teams, and live music by Frontiersmen at the beer stand. The Old Timers softball match and Tug of War feature teams from Washington, Blanchardville, Argyle, Ashton, Mt. Vernon, and local rivals.
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Belleville
Paul Jelle
Ken Anderson
Dale Ward
Randy Welsh
J. P. Adams
Belleville High School
Wiota
Oregon
New Glarus
Verona
Brooklyn
Monticello
The
Frontiersmen
Washington Huskies
Blanchardville Sod Busters
Argyle Bull Dogs
Ashton Tigers
Mt. Vernon
Lennon Sisters TV show target of killer at marina
AP reports William H. Lennon, 54, shot at Marina Del Rey golf range as he instructor, amid family fame aims for four singing daughters’ ABC TV debut. Witnesses describe a rifle-wielding man fleeing in a blue white car after a fatal third shot. Police lack motive or identity.
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Los Angeles
William H. Lennon
Marina del Rey
Lennon
Moon Men Briefs
AP dispatches describe Apollo 11 astronauts visiting New York Chicago and Los Angeles with city ceremonies ticker tape parades and a state dinner. Officials anticipate massive crowds and extensive security as the nation marks the moon landing with civic pride.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Chicago
Britain
ABC
CBS
NBC
Kennedy Airport
Broadway
City Hall
United Nations
O’hare
Los Angeles
East River
Coast Guard
Wall Street
Fairgrounds Here Market Hog Show Slated for Sept 13
The Green County Fairgrounds will host the Market Hog Show and Carcass Evaluation Contest on September 13 with entries via John Mahikuch Sr Juda or Clinton Zettle Jr Route 2 Brodhead. Exhibitors must own hogs 60 days, weigh on arrival, and sell on grade and yield with Oscar Mayer buying.
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Green County Fairgrounds
John Mahikuch
Juda
Clinton Zettle, Jr
Route 2
Brodhead
Green County Ag
Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer Company
County Fair Ends at Green County Fairgrounds
The Green County Fair administration will close Friday after completing the 115th fair book work. Junior Fair and open class entries remain to be picked up, with found items including keys a sweater a billiard cue and a watch. Nixon asks Congress to begin sharing income tax revenues with states on a set annual amount with no strings.
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Green County
Green County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Amos Johnson
New
Pleasant View Nursing Home
Johnson
Ray Kundert
Pleasant View
Green County Fairgrounds
San Clemente, Calif
Nixon
Congress
Blood Drive and Argyle Slow Pitch Tourney Highlight Juda week
The Badger Red Cross Bloodmobile stops at United Methodist Church in Juda on Tuesday August 26 for a 50 pint quota from 2 30 to 5 30 p m. First time donors welcome ages 18 to 60 in good health. Argyle hosts a fourteenth pre Labor Day Slow Pitch Tourney August 16 17 with 24 teams and prize money totaling 215 20 for fifth and sixth places.
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Badger Red Cross Bloodmobile
Juda
Argyle
Monroe
Mineral Point
Darlington
Lamont
Jonesdale
Monticello
Glen Gruenberg
St Joseph’s Gratiot Plans Centennial Celebration
The 100th anniversary of St Joseph’s Catholic Church Gratiot (1869 1969) will be observed Sunday August 17 with a 12 noon Mass led by Bishop Cletus O Donnell Madison and sermon by Father Edmund Salzmann Fennimore. A banquet follows at 1 p.m. toastmaster Father Ganshert.
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Madison
C.S. Pierce
Orville R. Evans
Joshua J. Hoesly
Joe Viney
Ray Kundert
Three Lakes
Wis
Paul Ritschard
Wilbur Deininger
Civil Defense
Wisconsin Rapids
Sylvester Town Hall
Green County Highway Committee
Department of Transportation
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Gratiot
Edmund Salzmann
Fennimore
Cletus O'Donnell
Raymond Haas
Frank Stessen
Holy Name Seminary
Dan Ganshert
St. Francis
Milwaukee
Anthony Young
Barbado
Lawrence Kieffer
Monroe
St. Joseph’s Church
Ed Banfield
Los Angeles
Jerome O’leary
Columbia College
N.Y
Dennis Ganshert
Sun Prairie
Robert Gille
Middleton
John Satterlee
Father Ganshert
Celebration Set For Argyle Firemen Festival Aug 16 17
Argyle hosts the 1969 Legion Firemen Celebration at Legion Community Park on Saturday and Sunday August 16 and 17. Events include a 24 team slow pitch tournament, water fights, tug of war contests for men and women, chicken fry Sunday, multiple concession stands, free dancing, and no admission to the grounds. Firemen teams from Monroe South Wayne Wiota Blanchardville Woodford and Monticello compete for the championship trophy.
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Argyle
Legion Firemen
Legion
Monroe
South Wayne
Wiota
Blanchardville
Woodford
Monticello
Shelter House
Wisconsin
Blanchardville Sod Busters
Ashton Tigers
Washington Huskies
Ashton Tigerettes
Music Mothers
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Lake Geneva
American Motors Corp
U.S
William V. Luneburg
AMC
Roy D. Chapin Jr
Washington
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Senate
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Saigon
By Dina Speich
Spring Creek
Beckman’s Lake
Browntown
Moon Men Briefs
Lindsay
Illinois
FFA
Green County Extension Service
Green County Swine Breeders
Green County Agricultural Chest
Green County Pork Producers
Scott Bauer
Kenneth Bauer
Times
Jim Beer
United Methodist Church
Paul Matzke
Brecklin’s Electric
Phillips 66
Junction House
Steiner Insurance
Swiggums
Tom's Silo
Midway Lanes
Roy's
Dicksons’ Grocery
Green County House of
Kroger’s
Coplien
Garfoot Trucking
Roy
Monroe Machine and Welding
Tom’s Silo
Phillips
Green County House
Monroe Machine & Welding
Swiggum’s
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St. Joseph’s
Bishop O'Donnell
St. Joseph's Church
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