Firemen juggle duties at 30th annual school in Green County
A record crowd attends the 30th annual School in Green County as more than 2,000 visitors and guests from quart of Wisconsin and Illinois fill motels and taverns. Fire Chief Josef Benkert escorts four from Potosi as rooms are scarce. The weekend features classes and public demonstrations led by Monroe firemen at the VFW Club dance and party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Fine
Green County
Wisconsin
Ilinois Firemen’s Association
Josef Benkert
Sai
W. E
Doc) Deininger
Potosi
VFW Club
Monroe
Association
Green County Fairgrounds
Fred
Fritz) Lanz
Joseph
Monroe firemen showcase new truck and experiments
The Monroe fire department displayed their new $29,000 truck during a school visit. A gas and oil firefighting demo in a pit showed chemicals outperforming water. A Chicago firm distributed X33 water repellent, later found highly inflammable and dangerous.
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F. C. Richter
Batavia
Ill
Monroe
Chicago
The Stillness Hurts by Clair R Munns
Daily Doggerel notes the playgrounds and parks deserted with no laughter as children return to school today reflecting quiet and emptiness. The verse laments loss of carefree days and hints that nothing can replace them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair R. Munns
Juda Area School District Split Study Seeks Sept 15 Deadline
A special committee proposed by the Joint Agency 15 and 17 School Committee will study possible district changes in Juda. The plan would divide the Juda area between Monroe and Brodhead districts, bisecting Section 34 and attaching about 20 percent to Monroe and 80 percent to Brodhead. A Sept. 15 deadline was set for recommendations following an Aug. 18 Brodhead event.
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Juda Area School Board
Juda
Monroe
Brodhead
Jefferson
Sylvester
Juta
Juda Area
Glen T. Thompson
Cesa Agency 15
Joint Agency
Corn Picking Contest Entries Due September Fifteenth
Wisconsin officials remind entries for the Mechanical Corn Picking Contest are due Thursday September 15 in Juda. The deadline also covers display space applications with a committee meeting scheduled at the Agriculture Building. Green County hosts the event October 4 at Idle Hour Farm with a 40 acre field and up to 30 contestants.
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Wisconsin Mechanical
Roland | Keen
Juda
Agricul
Ture
Green County
John Gillitzer
Prairie du Chien
Stauffacher Farm
Twining Park
Cedar Rapids
Reserve Callup Bill Revived in House Armed Services
The House Armed Services Committee approved 32 to 1 a bill to authorize calling up about 190000 Reserve and National Guard members if desired. The president has not requested this power and no indication exists of use. The measure would let the president order active duty for non drilling Reservists in the pool and grant temporary authority through July 1, 1968 to activate drilling unit Reservists awaiting training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
National Guard
L. Mendel Rivers
Auto blaze at Palmer Albright Trailer Court
Firefighters responded to a trailer court south of Monroe on Highway 69 just after 7 30 this morning. Assistant Chief Paul T Mueller said a car owned by James Uptegran rolled back from a parked position near a trailer, struck another trailer and started a fire. The car was destroyed and the trailer sustained exterior damage.
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Monroe
Highway 69
Palmer Albright
Paul T. Mueller
James Uptegran
Barneveld
Weekend mishaps stretch into Monroe and Brodhead roads
A Shetland pony owned by James Flanagan of Monroe was euthanized after being struck by a westbound car on Highway 81 two miles west of Monroe. The driver Minnie Rothelbuehier of Monroe reported damage to the right front headlight. Earlier, Bruce C. Allen of Marengo crashed on County Trunk 6 five miles southwest of Brodhead, damaging his car and striking a telephone pole. he reported no injuries. Another incident near Turn to No 4 involved Robert P. Sonderegger of Monroe, with damage to the undercarriage and right rear of his vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Flanagan
Monroe
Minnie Rothelbuehier
Green County Sheriff's Deputies
Two Die in Green County Headon Crash
Two motorists died in a two car collision on County Trunk C three and a half miles east of Monticello at 8 35 p m Saturday Deputy Coroner T J Burgy said Marvin Marty 30 Route 1 Monticello and Ralph Voegels 37 Route 1 Albany died instantly from neck fractures Marty was en route to Blanchardville to visit his fianc e Linda Willborn Voegels born June 6 1929 in Adams Township Green County and living on the George Lange farm near Albany left a large family including wife three sons and three daughters He and his wife Inez Nyberg Voegels had farmed Monticello Albany areas A funeral for Voegels set at 2 pm Wednesday at Zwingli United Church of Christ Monticello with burial at Highland Cemetery Friends may call at Voegels Funeral Home Marty a Monticello High School graduate who served in the Army and worked in Monroe the past five years is survived by his parents and brothers and sisters Funeral services for Voegels and Marty are noted in the report with their burial and visitation details.
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Monticello
Marvin J. Marty
Ralph E. Voegels
Albany
T.J. Burgy
Marty
Blanchardville
Linda Willborn
Green County
Mr. Voegels
Adams Township
George Lange
Brooklyn Township
Herman and
Marie Grossen Voegels
Prairie View School
Zwinglin Church
Inez Nyberg
Monticello - Albany
Eugene
Roy
Gerald
Gloria
Karen
Sharon
Herman Voegels
LaVern
Betty) Wahl
Donald
Barbara) Ostby
Monroe
Helen
Voegeli
Zwingli United Church of Christ, Monticello
Paidar Interests
Germany
Ft. Dix
N. J
Hate Underneath Wauwatosa Seen as Racial Tension Grows
In Milwaukee area turmoil, Wauwatosa faces suspected racial strife after nights of demonstrations along Wisconsin Avenue. Residents watch from porches as National Guard units assemble near Hawthorne Junior High, while crowds protest peacefully with popcorn and chairs on the lawns.
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Dion Henderson
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
Wis
National Guard
Hawthorne Junior High
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Emmett Cox
Western Actua Bureau
Who
Tre
Isabelle Matzke
Juda Union High School
Norman Gruenewald
Juda Elementary
Karline Petersen
Pleasant Grove
Clyde Davis
Poplar Grove
Myrtle Thorp
Ralph EF. Voegels
Marvin Marty
West Allison
Wisconsin Avenue
Central City
Midwest
Red Cross
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