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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1972
Page
10
Wisconsin weather outlook shows partly cloudy and warm conditions with thunderstorms likely in the northwest spreading southeast. Highs 83 to 93, cooler nights. A long list of names follows under locations and patient discharges.
Norma Heffron transfers It 7 block 4 Ludlows Addition Monroe to John B Brugger. Darius Eastman transfers It 34 East Side Terrace Subdivision Monroe to Carlyle N Firkins. Carlton E Zentner transfers 5.02 acres sec 13 York Township to David G Nichols. Amnwood Homes Inc transfers part 3 and 4 block 221 City of Brodhead to Philip J Fields.
Monroe Police report Hans W. Bernet of 1405 23rd Ave forfeited a $10 penalty for riding a bicycle at night without lights.
Marriage licenses issued for Harry G. McGuire and Jody M. Fritz. James Ingram Severson and Debra Ann Walden. Ronald J. Goecke and Gloria Beutel. Lavern Benson and Nancy Cline. Other entries note births, ages, and addresses from Monroe to Blanchardville with several individuals and families listed.
Monticello residents Phillip Lean 15 and Diane Deininger 16 are patients at St. Clare Hospital with surgical and medical conditions. Other patients include Robert Lowe 9 and Carl Scace 4, both admitted for surgery, Dorothy Brandt 92 in critical condition, Donald Clark 54 undergoing tests, and Merlyn Erb 41 recuperating at home after leg surgery.
A hospital accident report lists injured individuals including Heidi Trotter a14 and Ralph Williams among others from Beloit Brodhead Madison Mount Horeb Milwaukee and Burlington. The note mentions Bienema Olds Cadillac and new ideas for 1972 upgrades.
About 100 persons attended the Homestead Club annual picnic at the Kenneth and Nathan Hartwig farm Rt. 1 after a noon potluck. Dan Wyss of Rt. 1 received a gold medal dam trophy presented by Michael Mueller of Montfort Wis president of the club. Cattle judging crowned winners Frances McKenzie Hollandale in Juniors Randy Eberle Monroe second Marie Kaderly Juda third. In the men's division Phillip Baumgartner New Glarus won first Forrest Ludwig Monroe second Myron Jeglum Monroe judged. In charge of judging were Ralph Elmer New Glarus Roger Stauffacher Monroe and Phil Baumgartner New Glarus. A short business meeting led by Mueller reviewed the Elkhorn spring Homestead sale with Walter Haberman and Carl Wyss as co chairs. Attendance prizes went to Walter Haberman Janesville Robert Wepener Waupun Nelson McCammon Roger Stauffacher Monroe Richard Nyman Orfordville Linda Fryer Browntown and Mrs Ben Zimmerli Brodhead.
Heidi Trotter fourteen daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Trotter Juda was injured Sunday night at a Bluff View Girls Softball Team picnic while playing football. She was taken to St Clare Hospital for observation with X rays planned and was unconscious briefly. She may return home Tuesday and is a Juda High sophomore. The notice also invites Monroe High School Class of 1970 to attend Cpl Ronald Carpenter funeral Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church at 1:30.
The Monroe Police report details several crashes around Monroe involving William J. Butler Curtis R Zentner Gerhardt F Wellenkotter and others with minor to very heavy damages and no injuries reported. It also notes a hit and run incident and a parked car damage complaint while previewing an educational grant information session for Vietnam era veterans at Blackhawk Tech and the Monroe Chamber of Commerce on Aug 22 23 with guidance from career counselors and financial aid staff.
William J Hall Warren Illinois died Sunday August 20 in a hospital in Iowa after a long illness. He is survived by a brother James of Oak Creek. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday August 22 at Thompson Funeral Home Shullsburg with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 tonight.
Wet infield rains forced lecture style classes at the annual fire school. Aerial flag raises were canceled while the Monroe firemen managed opening ceremonies with the church and pyramid raises. Fire crews from Iowa Illinois Wisconsin and Indiana attended along with Joe Rapp of Forrest Hills Tenn and more apparatus and demonstrators than ever before. About 50 campers stayed on site Saturday night.
The Brodhead City Council awarded a $20 102 bid for black topping Satrang Subdivision to William J Kennedy and Son of Janesville. Work begins Sept 1. The council also approved 500 yards of gravel from Ryan Co. for other streets and authorized burying cable west of the business district near Universal Foods. Billboard discussion occurred and traffic ordinances must align with new state laws by Oct 1.
Fire Chief Joe Benkett described a busy day as Monroe firefighters attended a Fall Fire School at the Fairgrounds and answered two calls. A bus on the 25th Avenue loop had a heated front brake, generating an alarm that brought the crew to the fairgrounds. Firemen were ferried back to Brookfield by a second bus, narrowly avoiding delays at the main gate as Terry West was briefly knocked from a truck but sustained only bruises and recovery at St. Clare Hospital. A late-night fire damaged an air conditioner unit behind Bauman's Ace Ware, causing substantial damage to the unit.
Richard Bahr of Monroe, immediate past president of the Monroe Kiwanis Club, was elected Lt Governor of Division 2 West at the Michigan Kiwanis District convention in Milwaukee. He will serve on the District Board of Trustees for 1972 73 starting Oct 1. The Monroe club received the 1970 71 Multiple Service award for Achievement with Bahr accepting.
The Green County Sheriff's Department says four accidents occurred with one injury. Richard F. Layton of Skokie Illinois was hospitalized after his southbound Wis 69 car overturned on a hill crest near Monticello. A second crash on a town road near Monroe damaged fences and vehicles, with no serious injuries. A Juda street incident involved a parked car rolling and striking a tree and a residence, and a northeast of Monticello collision on a railroad bridge caused moderate damage with no injuries.
The confirmed death toll reaches 368 in South Korea as record rains flood Seoul and surrounding areas. Police report 66 people missing after the disaster.
The Park and Recreation Department sets new swimming hours at Recreation Park Pool. Weekdays 4 p m to 8 p m Saturdays 1 p m to 5 p m and 6 30 p m to 9 p m Sundays 1 p m to 6 30 p m through Sunday Sept 3. Attendance totals through Aug 19: 26 739 for swims and 4 325 for swim instruction.
LuAnn Seffrood 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Clynton Seffrood South Wayne was among 15 finalists in the Miss Wisconsin Teenager pageant at Park Motor Inn Madison. Desiree Davis 16 of Chippewa Falls won and will compete in Atlanta in the national contest. Seffrood to be a Black Hawk High School senior this fall. Attendance included family and friends from South Wayne Madison Gratiot and local towns.
Albany schedules show a noon luncheon for staff and board members with spouses, an in service for teachers on Wednesday and Thursday, school starting at 8 30, and Friday August 25 a full day. Buses run on last year’s timetable. Enrollment figures indicate higher sign ups than last year with 161 registered.
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