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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1968
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times outlines subscription rates and office hours dated March 2 1879. EMERY A ODELL 1871 1953 notes Associated Press exclusive news rights. Carrier and mail rates are listed for Wisconsin Stephenson Jo Davies Winnebago counties and Illinois readers.
Editorial reflects on Monroe School M Book and printing progress, praises staff and students, notes return to school and fall changes, recalls Clyde Beatty circus visit and Milwaukee card with poetry, closes with a moral about building bridges for the next generation.
A 1968 Dear Abby column advises a fiancee in Viet Nam to tell his mother to skip a surprise Hawaii visit during his R and R to avoid a three-person situation. Also addresses concerns about a teen drug pipe, coping with a fiancé lost before marriage, and a family poem about five children.
Willard A. Penhallegon of Mineral Point died Friday after an apparent heart attack in a Dodgeville hospital. He farmed near Darlington for 10 years and served 30 years with the Iowa County Highway Department. Survived by widow Helen Peters, a son William of Rockford, two daughters in Dodgeville and Darlington, a brother, eight grandchildren. Services set for Labor Day at Lulloff Funeral Home Dodgeville. Friends may call after 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Mrs. John A. MacKenzie 61 of Freeport died Aug 30 while camping at Lowden Memorial State Park Oregon Il. Funeral Tuesday in Freeport Walker Mortuary with burial at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Survived by husband, three daughters and other relatives.
David H. Clement 81 of Bridgetown New Jersey died Friday in a New Jersey hospital. Graveside services set for 2 pm Sunday at Fayette Cemetery northeast of Darlington. He was WWI veteran and survived by Grace son Thomas Monmouth Tr., three daughters and several relatives.
Milton M Beecher 73 of Warren Illinois died Friday August 30 in Freeport Memorial Hospital. He was a World War I veteran and former Northwest Telephone employee with 40 years of service and a member of the American Legion Warren Masonic Lodge and former Warren firefighter. He was born June 14 1895 in Waldwick Iowa County and survived by his wife. Services were set for 2 p.m. Sunday September 1 at Bartell Funeral Home Warren with burial in Elimwood Cemetery.
A public hearing will discuss issuing a building and land use permit to the Green County Publicity Committee for two 12 by 6 signs on agricultural land in Spring Grove and Clarno Townships along highways 81 and 69. The hearing takes place September 11, 1968 at 8:00 PM in the Green County Court House Court Room. Kenneth H. Meyer, Zoning Administrator.
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