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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1964
Page
2
The notice lists publication details for the Monroe Evening Times founded 1898 by Emery Odell. It notes post office designation, AP affiliation, and subscription rates for carrier and mail in various regions with payment in advance and office hours.
The piece argues that while home and business taxes rise, local services funding shrinks. It details a 30.88 per thousand rate with the city at 4.78, school district at 18.36, and county and state shares, urging prudent spending and recognition for officials. It notes much of the rise comes from a state sales tax credit and warns real relief remains distant.
Today in history highlights include James Monroe’s 1823 policy urging European non interference in the Western Hemisphere. Other events: Napoleon crowns emperor in 1804, first US savings bank opens in 1816, John Brown hanged in 1859, Union Pacific Railway broke ground in 1863, Chicago nuclear chain reaction demo in 1942, Eisenhower rejects Red China blockade a decade ago, Khrushchev Budapest address five years ago, Ecumenical Council Rome meetings wrap in the year ago period.
A quirky editorial notes the paradox of losing an act in a debate over logic. The piece argues that puzzles of absence reveal assumptions and challenge rational framing, prompting readers to reexamine how proofs and refusals shape discourse.
A retrospective roundup notes events tied to the date from 1954 to 1914. Senate censure threats against McCarthy, wrestling championship in Turner Hall, corn contest leaders, Finnish political shifts, school music prizes, Coolidge budget projections, tax rate records, and local civic updates including fire house work and society officers.
A reader praises Mr. Ray Barth for his polite, clear remarks and thanks him. The letter lauds The Times new Mailbag and Around the Block with Helen columns, notes Thanksgiving happiness, and expresses hope for Christmas editor reading and future letters.
A letter to the Monroe Evening Times urges residents to donate blood at the Red Cross Bloodmobile on Monday December 14 in Monroe. The writer shares personal relief from giving blood and recalls plans to donate again after a prior experience in October 1964.
Mrs. Hollis Schutt of Monroe thanks donors and the Red Cross Blood Bank after surviving a serious illness needing multiple blood transfusions. She urges others to donate, noting the danger when blood supplies run short and the inability to reuse her own blood after transfusion.
An anonymous 1960 Los Angeles Medical Society Bulletin poem mocks the welfare state. It portrays government as a shepherd and discusses laziness, deficit spending, and economic security. The piece ends with a satirical pledge of dwelling in a fool's paradise forever. Author listed: Mrs. Donald Springer Monroe.
William E Curtis 77 lifelong Cuba City resident died yesterday in Cuba City hospital after a heart attack. He was a retired farmer, member of Hazel Green Masonic lodge and First Methodist church, charter member of the church Men’s club. Surviving: wife Eleanor, three daughters, three sons, four brothers, two sisters, 17 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow at First Methodist church. Friends may call at Haydenshield funeral home. Masonic rites at 8 p.m.
The five cent Fine Arts commemorative stamp debuts here tomorrow. Based on a Stuart Davis lithograph, the red blue and black horizontal design was modified by John Ross for presses. Colors require running sheets through Giori presses twice, yielding two plate numbers on each pane of 50 stamps.
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