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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
10
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with diminishing winds and a chance of snow flurries in the north. Lows 5 to 12 northwest to 10 to 18 southeast. Friday partly sunny and cold with highs near 20 to 30. Sunset at 4 22.
Ronald Robert Briggs aged 18 of Route 1 Albany and Donna Mae Spani aged 19 of 2019 10th Street are listed in a local directory entry pending further verification.
Mrs Ena Springer 86 of Mineral Point and Earl Davis 71 of Platteville plus Mrs George Thiele listed with Janesville as readable brief notices in regional obituary column.
MEDICAL admissions include Mrs. Richard Kamps Brodhead and others from multiple towns. surgical entries note Charles A. Miller and John Bohren among physicians. dismissals list multiple patients headed home, including Leon Foxen James Lallaman and Mrs. Effie Powers.
Martin G. Kilday 76 died Tuesday after a long illness. Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday in Everson Funeral Home Brodhead with Rev. Lyle Stephenson officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home.
The annual meeting of the So. Wis Farm Records Coop is set for Saturday December 7 1968 at 10 45 a m in Watertown Turner Hall Watertown with a family ham dinner at cost A panel on experiences in Venezuela and tax saving programs features Don Pugh and Robert Luening with a panel moderated by Maurice Hovland The group includes Vernon Struck Willys Gjermundson Les Huber and William Kitzrow The association formerly Southeastern Wisconsin Co operative Farm Management Association promotes record and tax services for farmers in 11 counties in Wisconsin.
Deputies filed a sheriff report of two accidents. Clifford J. Anderson of Mineral Point and Thomas E. Kelly of Juda collided in the Hilltop Inn parking lot, damaging Anderson’s left door. John B. Kramer of Orangeville struck a fallen tree at 11 48 p m on a town road two and a half miles west of Monroe.
The guide lists suitable toys for children eight and older including model sets, carpenter benches, bicycles, games, trains, sports gear, musical instruments, and outdoor equipment. It stresses choosing safe toys and hints at hiding them until Christmas. Also, a brief Associated Press note says the Israeli Jordanian front was quiet after large Israeli air strikes against Iraqi forces in Jordan.
Mr and Mrs Earl Geigel returned here after an extended visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Art Mitchell in No gales Arizona. prior to their return they were guests at a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Bernard Smith and family also in No gales. The Smiths and Mitchells were former residents of Argyle.
Three firms bid on kit chen equipment for the new Pleasant View Nursing Home with totals around 14 000 to 15 000 dollars. Architects Ames Torkelson and Associates will review bid specs and make recommendations in a few days to the hospital committees and trustees. Bids came from S J Casper Co Milwaukee Kessenich Co Madison and Messner Madison.
Chicago market shows hogs 7,000 with mixed gains across weights and sow prices. Cattle and bulls hold steady with cows 15.00-18.50 and bulls 21.50-23.50. Wisconsin egg market steady with major retail deliveries. cheddar cheese prices also reported with varied blocks and daisies.
Those who wish to register should send name address and age as of March 1, 1969 to Dewey Dwyer 818 14th Avenue Monroe or Allen J Reed Green County Ag Building Monroe. Registration forms will be available at Martin's Sport Shop Monroe.
Marian Kerr led with a 538 in the women’s Major after a 177 204 157 series. Warren Gerhart led the men with a 582 in the single league, with other scores and team standings listed across multiple divisions.
Prestige, a 2,700-pound, 3-year-old Holstein bull from Lakehurst Farms Inc and Agro Brothers Ltd, won the International Live Stock Exposition grand championship in Chicago. Cres cen t Beauty Talent took reserve honors. Nutmeg Farms won top Charolais. Armour & Co paid a record $27 a pound for the grand champion barrow, totaling $6,075.
Mrs. Roy Allen of Monroe reports her grandson Michael Allen was killed in action in Vietnam at age 20, 100 days after his birthday. He died September 24 after visiting Florida grandparents prior to deployment in December 1967. He was the eldest of four children.
Dr J A Roub a longtime Monroe veterinarian residing at 901 17th Ave is a patient at St Clare Hospital. He was admitted Wednesday afternoon for medical treatment.
Several persons were confirmed Sunday morning at the Juda Zion United Methodist Church by Rev. Melvin Nickel. Confirmed were Brian Maizke Loren Gemp ler Debra Beckman Darlene Indergand Lavonne Rambholz Julie Bagley Sharon Sweeney Kathy Buholzer Jane Matzke Mark Wirth Carla Salzwedel Greg Keen Cheryl Stuckey Tim Salzwedel Ruth Rockow and Roger Coplen.
The Commerce Clearing House in Chicago reports Wisconsin's per capita taxes at 354 dollars for 1967, up from 343 in 1966. Minnesota leads the Midwest with 357 dollars, New York tops the nation at 458, and Alabama is lowest at 192. Wisconsin ranks fifth in 1966 and is among 19 states taking in over 1 billion dollars in state and local taxes in 1967.
Delbert Grimm 32 Beloit native died Dec 2 in a Denver hospital. Funeral service Friday at 1 30 p.m. at St Andrew's Lutheran Church Rockton with Rev John A Davis officiating. Visitation tonight at Schoenfeld Funeral Home Beloit. Burial Greenwood Cemetery Monroe. He was employed at Beloit Corporation and a flight instructor at True Aviation Beloit. He survived by his wife and parents Mr. and Mrs Phillip Grimm Monroe. He was a member of Church Rockton.
The Monroe Evening Times and Martin's Sporting Goods sponsor the 1968 Times Deer Contest with categories for deer over 190 pounds or with a ten point rack. Hunters must report to Martin's Sporting Goods in Monroe. winners will be announced on Monday's sports page after a delay to allow registered hunters to appear. Deer taken in Wisconsin are eligible.
Funeral services for George W. Hoover 56 of 2827 13th Street will be Monday December 9 at 1 30 p.m. at Newcomer Funeral Home Monroe Rev Melvin Roehrdanz of Immanuel United Methodist Church will officiate Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery Military funeral honors will be provided by the Monroe VFW after 1 p.m. Sunday
Mrs Elizabeth Myhre Thiele aged 51 of Janesville died December 4 at her home 2107 Hawthorne Ave. Services set for December 6 at St Marys Catholic Church after a 10 a.m. Whitcomb Funeral Home service. Rosary at 8 p.m. in the funeral home. She was born October 2, 1917, daughter of Alfred and Laura Grennwalt Myhre. She married George Thiele June 27, 1936. Surviving are her husband four sons Gerald George Michael and Rodney all of Janesville a daughter Mrs Roger Tracy Janesville her mother Mrs Laura Brown Janesville two sisters Mrs Edwin Seeger Janesville and Mrs Charles Rusch Milton and seven grandchildren.
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