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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
4
Wisconsin outreach invites young women ages 11 to 21 to join the Make it Yourself with Wool contest. Wool garments are highlighted as versatile fashions as Alice in Dairyland tours to promote the program. Entries due October 22, 1968 with district events and a state final in Whitewater December 6-7, 1968.
A reader asks Abby to explain the term bitchin as used by youths. Abby confirms the word means groovy or cool to kids but warns against using it to describe one's mother. The page includes letters on noise complaints, loving unwanted children, and general advice, ending with want ads and contact details.
Three Wisconsin and one Illinois couple advanced to the finals of a leadership contest for the Pure Milk Association. Judges will visit farms before the winner and runner up are announced at the September 21 meeting. The top couples will serve as National Young Cooperator delegates at the National Milk Producers Federation convention in St. Louis on December 14.
Real estate transfers listed include Harold Pederson to D A Crandall and Eileen Martini with Kent Duit in Monroe, plus several Brodhead and Albany area deeds. Juvenile court actions cited note beer and intoxicants violations, driving privileges suspensions or revocations, non-registration fines, and speeding incidents across Monroe and surrounding towns.
A satirical note questions if the style of political orations mirrors a farmyard chant and jeers at repetitive meeting coverage. The piece critiques media repetition while praising the onion’s bite and laments dull nutrition in public discourse.
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