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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1963
Page
2
The Monroe school board announces the new wing at the senior high school and a planned junior high wing, highlighting the project as a model of value. It praises architects contractors administrators and voters for achieving economical yet adequate construction and long term usefulness.
The piece argues Warren Knowles, former lieutenant governor, stands as a rare GOP figure free to run for governor or the Senate in 1964. It notes past endorsement reversals and urges readers to express support or concerns to county chairs, to influence his final decision.
A compiled list shows worship times Sunday schools and midweek meetings for churches in Monroe Monticello New Glarus Brodhead Brooklyn Juda Oakley Clarno Stover Orangeville Afolkey and Fairfield. Included are service times mission circles choirs and special events led by ministers such as Rev. Melvin J Roehrdanz Rev. Dwight Bési nett Rev. Burton Holling Rev. Paul Gibson Rev. Frank R Hinebaugh Rev. Hubert L Prunty and Rev. Lynn Longenbaugh.
Ten years ago on August 23 1953 American soldiers returned home from Korea with San Francisco hosting the first shipload of repatriated POWs. In South Beloit two men were arrested over a daylight safec ar robbery at Monroe clinic that failed when the heavy 500 pound box overwhelmed the getaway car. A late heart attack claimed the life of Calasbenan RQ Tardan Tawsimnechin Se SS ON Ew FRE vw Wwe Neuere awry si sitps. Five decades earlier in 1938 the free early pageant Freedom on the March electrified Ipswich Massachusetts as pioneer reenactments moved across the nation. Mrs Louisa Spring died at Monticello aged 72 and Edwin Goecks is among Monroe Country Club caddies in the final round.
A Madison house painter, tracked by footprints and tire marks dated August 23, 1923, admits with a friend to the killing of a Saun County hermit as they sought a rumored hoard of money. Soft coal miners refuse to back President Coolidge on fuel reserves amid potential anthracite strikes. Frank Summoril, 58, Juda native, dies at his Los Angeles home.
Authorities and the Courthouse janitor S. Aug. 23 1913 N Darling hunt hoodlums who have been littering the park area with broken beer bottles Monroe becomes eligible for state highway aid under an attorney general ruling Increased production at the Borden milk condensing plant adds a night crew in the can labeling department Fighter Bull Young dies from a neck fracture after a blow by Jesse Willard
Planning notes list choir practices and worship times across multiple towns. Browntown Peace St Paul New Glarus Orangeville Wayne Township mention Rev Schowalter Linus Wierwill and A R Felts with Sunday school at various times. Weekday rehearsals include Adult Choir Tuesday and Children’s Choir Wednesday.
The Monroe Assembly of God posts a Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. and an evangelistic service at 8 p.m. on Sundays. Weekday gatherings include Christ Ambassadors at 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Bible study with prayer at 8 p.m. Thursdays led by Rev. Gilman Han.
Church of the Nazarene announces Wednesday schedule with Junior Teen Adult Fellowships at 7 p.m. and Evening Evangelistic Service at 8 p.m. A Noon Prayer session is also listed.
Fragmentary notice lists an 8 p.m. prayer gathering led by Rev. Wesley Burns with unclear location or date.
Monroe First and Browntown hold communion services led by Rev. Harold A. Allison. Woodford and Argyle feature worship or Sunday school times under Rev. Pegram and Rev. Dale E. Shotts. Lamont Blanchardville Orangeville Cedarville list service times and Sunday schools. Building committee and official trustee meetings occur Monday and Tuesday under Rev. Gerarden and Rev. Shotts.
In Monroe Union the Sunday services include Sunday school at 9 a.m. family worship at 9 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. led by Rev. Gerritt E. with the service continuing as scheduled.
Monroe Baptist announces Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 a.m. Rev. Grant G. Rice leads. Juda church holds prayer fellowship at 9 a.m, Sunday school 9:30, worship 10:30 a.m with Rev. John M. Leggett. Board of Trustees meets Monday at 8 p.m.
Monroe parish Saint Andrew's posts Sunday Mass at 11 a.m. Weekdays Mass is 7 30 a.m. Revered Albert Meere serves as pastor in the church.
Dr. Wilson B. Thiede of the University of Wisconsin School of Education will become associate dean effective September 1, announced by Dean Lindley J. Stiles.
The Monroe congregation of the First Unitari an Universalist reports no Sunday school or worship this week. Reverend Jesse R. Dom leads the temporary pause in services.
The Monroe church offers Sunday school at 9 30 a m and service at 10 45 a m Readings and testimonies of healing are held Wednesday at 7 45 p m The Reading Room is open Wednesday and Saturday from 2 to 4 p m
Public talk at 3 p.m. and Watch Tower study 4 15 p m Tuesday. Bible study 8 p m Thursday. Theocratic Ministry School 7 30 p m and service meeting 8 30 p m. Richard Kneifel is congregational overseer.
Sunday school 11 a m and worship at 4 p m. Evening service 8 p m on Wednesday. Rev R H Scharnweber leads the parish in Monroe.
The Treasury will move next week to a monthly offering of one year bills instead of quarterly. The change aims to align monetary policy with Fed credit management and corporate finance, curb gold and dollar outflows, and stimulate domestic growth through steadier short term rates and easier long term credit. The shift follows recent Fed tightening and a discount rate rise to 3.5 percent.
The readable fragment hints at rowing being a bit more expensive or harder to obtain, though details are sparse and context is missing.
Arthur Wurm 88 a Monroe area native died yesterday at his Shullsburg home after a long illness. Services will be at 2 p m at the home with IOOF rites at 8 tonight. Surviving are his wife Bertha a son Lowell Shullsburg a daughter Mrs Francis O Neill Darlington a sister Mrs Vera Leiger Missouri a brother Wilbur Shullsburg four grandsons and two great granddaughters. He was the son of William H and Annie Sampson Wurm.
Theodore Kindro, 80, a retired Nora barber, died yesterday in Lahey nursing home where he lived two years. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Bartell funeral home with burial in Elmwood cemetery. Friends may attend at Cattatint funeral home.
Maj. Gen. Charles D. W. Canaham, 62, who accepted the surrender of 244000 German prisoners in one day during World War II, died Wednesday from a lung ailment. He directed the Army Council of Review in Washington 1955 to 1958 and served as commanding general of the 11th Army Corps from 1958 until his 1961 retirement.
Edward J. Wotawa who founded the University of Louisville School of Music and served as a longtime first violinist with the Louisville Symphony Orchestra died on Wednesday in San Diego, California. He was 74. The musician shaped local classical music and education for decades.
Walter Van Norsdall, 20, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Peterson of Verona, died Tuesday in Las Vegas Nevada after moving from Arizona. She was formerly Judith Hamilton daughter of LaVerne and Genevieve Hamilton and member of St James Lutheran Verona. Surviving husband son Danny her parents Richard and others live in Las Vegas with extended Hamilton and Peterson families in Verona and Phoenix.
This AP digest notes events on August 23 across history including 1930 labor law in Massachusetts Bay Colony granting one shilling daily to laborers, 1775 King George III declares open rebellion in America, 1853 New York banks clearing house formed, 1914 Japan enters World War I hostilities, and 1935 a Moscow trial with 16 defendants sentenced to death for plotting to kill a leader.
The listing shows security bid and ask ranges compiled for multiple companies including Monroe Aqua Chem Badger Northland Bowman Products Browning Arms Bank of America Chicago Musical Clark Oil Dean Foods Howard W Sams. The document notes percentages and prices tied to the time of compilation.
Local church notices list worship times Sunday schools and services for multiple Lutheran and United Church of Christ congregations in Monroe and surrounding towns. Details include specific pastors Rev. James C. Plymire Rev. R F Bittorf Rev. Hans C Jersild Rev. M A Sorenson and Rev. Emil C Martinson with service times and weekday meetings.
The fragment references Stalin and Soviet leaders, MacArthur informing Japan of the 1945 unconditional surrender ceremony, and significant bombardment by Chinese Communist guns on mainland targets near nationalist offshore islands five years prior.
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