City Alderman Tables Alley Parking Decision
Monroe City Council in regular session tabled a no parking plan for the alley south of Ready Mix between 11th and 12th Aves. Aldermen and officials will review the situation. Clark Implement Co. and Kubly Transfer voiced concern about fueling and loading needs. Council also set aside 300 for Civilian Defense and National Guard aid during Cheese Day, and approved various ordinances, bids, and licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dina Speich
Monroe
11Th
12Th Ave
National Guard
Civil Defense Auxiliary
Walter Ekum
Board of Public Works
George Clark
The
Clark Implement Co
Matt Ernser
Kubly Transfer
Roger Voelkli
Monroe Ready Mix
Ernser
Voelkli
Clark
Clark Implement Warehouse
12Th Avenue
12 Ave
Police Department
Finance and Taxation Committee
Eleanor Frederick
Robert Rosa
Rosa Florist
Havey Electric Co
Madison
25Th St
20Th Ave
Twining Park
6Th Street
17Th Avenue
Studer’s
Audrey M. Pederson
Bernard F. Dooley
Andrew J. Sharer
R. H. Richardson
Lloyd E. Retzlaff
South Wayne
Hardline
Gempler
Spring Square
James W. Mauermann
City Forester
Wilhelm Tell Festival lights New Glarus with parade
The 30th anniversary Wilhelm Tell production in New Glarus features a September 2 parade at 10 a.m. and shows on September 2 3 4 with performances in English and German. Gov Knowles and Swiss dignitaries are expected to attend as Swiss music and Alpine concerts accompany the festival.
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Schiller
New Glarus
Wisconsin
Warren Knowles
Switzerland
Johann Schiller
New Glarus High School
New Glarus Village
Wilhelm Tell
Hapsburgs
Tell
Canton
Uri
Hermiann Gessler
Tel
Edwin Barlow
Canton Glarus
Travelogue Ticket Teams Named by Monroe Rotary
The Monroe Rotary Club chose ticket sale contest chairmen Rich ard Maze of the First National Bank and Ronald Tschudy of the Commercial and Savings Bank for the Travelogue series. The contest begins at noon next Tuesday at Idle Hour Mansion amid a quiet meeting led by Ed McArdle. Visiting Rotarians included Don McFarland Elmer Hanson of Janesville and William Wagner of Milwaukee.
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Monroe
Canada
Don McFarland
Elmer Hanson
Janesville Club
William Wagner
Milwaukee Club
Life of Riley Green Frog Skeptic in Garden Pool
Daily Doggerel by Clair R Munns features a whimsical verse about a green frog in a garden pool perched on a rock and blinking at a human observer. The frog ponders the folly of working humans as the narrator imagines the creature’s thoughts.
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Clair R. Munns
Riley
Senior Citizens Have Their Day At Wisconsin State Fair
Milwaukee seniors enjoyed free admission on Tuesday as the Wisconsin State Fair reached its halfway point. Attendance for the day was 72,357, lagging behind last year’s fifth day, while the five day total stood at 476,649 versus 485,406 in 1966.
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Milwaukee
Sebastian Schiess of New Glarus Dies at 63
Sebastian T. Teddy Schiess, 63, of Route 1 New Glarus died at 4 10 this morning in St Clare Hospital after admission Monday Surviving are three brothers Rudy Henry both of New Glarus and Walter of Kenosha and a sister Miss Louise New Glarus Zentner Funeral Home New Glarus is in charge of arrangements.
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Sebastian T
Teddy) Schiess
Route 1
New Glarus
St. Clare Hospital
Rudy
Henry
Walter
Kenosha
Louise
Zentner Funeral Home
Mrs Mitchell 60 Dies in Florida Home
Mrs Elmo Mitchell a native of Hollandale and former Zelda Robinson of Hollandale died Monday in her Winter Park Florida home after a long illness. She previously lived in Dodgeville. Funeral services will be Friday in Winter Park.
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Elmo Mitchell
M Hollandale
Winter Park
Fla
Mitchell
Zelda Robinson
Hollandale
Dodgeville
Monroes Schools Readied to Open on August 31
Flooding in Fairbanks, Alaska, left three dead and about 10,000 people evacuated from the downtown area. Helicopters, river boats, and military personnel moved evacuees while fire threats and nine foot floodwaters stretched city services. Authorities estimate damages at 150 to 200 million dollars as planes, ferries, and Red Cross teams delivered supplies and set up purification.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Walter J. Hickel
H. A
Boucher
Chena
Red Cross
Alaska National Guard
Hickel
Warren Fair Queen Crowned in Jo Daviess County Pageant
Janelle Glanville, 16, of Stockton Illinois, was named Jo Daviess County Fair Queen after a beauty pageant at the Warren amphitheater. She is a Stockton High School student and plans to study occupational therapy. Her court includes runners up Lana Pearson Warren Carol Glasker Hanover Colleen Gernhart Pearl City and Mary Ann Holmes Lena, with Holmes also named Miss Congeniality.
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Jo Daviess County Fair
Janelle Glanville
Stockton
Linda Buske
Miss Glanville
Kenneth Glanville
Stockton High School
Lana Pearson
Ben Pearsons
Warren
Carol Glasker
Hanover
Clarence Glaskers
Colleen Gernhart
Robert G .Garnhart
Pearl City
Mary Ann Holmes
Wayne Holmes
Lena
Relatives sought by New Jersey woman for Juda area kin
Mrs. Bruce A Regenthal of Roselle Park New Jersey seeks relatives in or near Juda. She cites Aunt Edna as the last of her paternal line and recalls a grandmother Magdaline Kehrli Neu who sent a spinning wheel at her birth. Grandmother reportedly had a niece Auschenbach in Juda and a dairy farm journey via New York.
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Marcella Magdaline Neu Regenthal
Roselle Park
N.J
Edna
Juda
North Dakota
Kehrle
Auschenbach
Auschenbacher
New York
Hannah
Edward Kaderly
New Jersey
Kaderly
Magdaline Kehrli Neu
Bruce A. Regenthal
Beachwood Ave
Massacre of Canadian Family Spurs Mounted Police Search
Royal Canadian Mounted Police widened road blocks and unleashed bloodhounds in Saskatchewan farm country to catch the killer of nine members of the Peterson family near Shell Lake. A 4-year-old girl survived. five children and the parents were found shot with a .22 caliber weapon. The farmhouse was not ransacked and authorities noted no apparent motive.
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Shell Lake
Sask
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
James Peterson
Peterson
Evelyn
Earl Callan
Lange
Lambert
Enrollment Grows as Monroe Schools Prepare 1967 Term
Monroe school students begin the 1967 68 term with Aug 31 half day reports and Feb 1 full day classes. Kindergarten follows sections, buses run, and 9th graders meet in the gym. Lunch prices stay 25 to 30 cents by grade. New Northside School transfer likely. 30 new teachers start Aug 28 with a noon luncheon at Swiss Colony Inn.
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Monroe
Supt
Derwin J. Huenink
Huenink
Northside
Swiss Colony Inn
Commercial and Savings Bank
Blue Cross
Washington National
Supt. Huenink
Walter Babula
Lee Olsen
Doris Messmer
Russell S. Way
Madison
Wisconsin
Mr. Way
Department of Public Instruction
Plant Destroyed in Fire at Bauer Built Tire Co
A blaze at the Bauer Built Tire Co plant in Durand destroyed the facility during the night. Firefighters from Durand and three nearby communities battled the smoky flames.
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Durand
Bauer-Built Tire Co
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Fairgrounds
Illinois
Times
Glarus
Park Board
Rotary Unit
Sebastian Schiess
Mrs. Mitchell
Florida
Thomas
Janelle
Linda
Miss Buske
Helen
Mounted Police
W. J. Lange
Petersons
Phyllis
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