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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1955
Page
2
Green County eyes a countywide publicity unit to promote Swiss cheese and dairy through a coordinated year long program. A public committee would include urban and rural leaders and service groups to drive campaigns, Cheese Days momentum, and a stronger regional story amid rising competition.
Commentary argues Khrushchev and Bulganin push a planned demagogy to stir anti colonial resistance in Goa and pressure Britain, while Berlin and the Middle East moves signal a continuing cold war. The piece contends Moscow seeks world domination and co existence remains elusive.
A 1945 Monroe Masonic Lodge celebration marks its 95th anniversary on December 7 with an officers elected including Fred A. Schillinger master Zennor A. Gorder senior warden Edwin W. Schuetze junior warden R E Erickson treasurer Charles B. Bolender secretary and Harvey H. Holland trustee Also noted are wartime war crime trials and local fire and obituary notices from nearby towns.
Beanie abandons a Dumdiddy gift on the road and declares hatred for Christmas. A fat man interrogates his selfishness, offers a ride home, then Beanie trips and loses consciousness. The Dumdiddy helper promises to guard him as Santa confesses his true identity and duty.
At Fort Polk Louisiana Exercise Sagebrush, the nations largest postwar war games, ended after seven million acres of western Louisiana hosted U S Army and Air Force maneuvers. Thirty two deaths occurred mainly from vehicle and tank accidents as 140000 servicemen participated and the invasion by aggressor forces was repelled. The Army and Air Force began moving 110000 soldiers and 30000 airmen back to their regular bases.
Reports from Gettysburg indicate President Eisenhower is taking a noticeably more active part in government. He conducts limited daily conferences with official advisers, returns to his farm by noon, and remains focused on shaping key policy and budget items for 1956.
Farmer Pap Thomas flung back a burning gopher bomb that exploded a hay pile, burning 12 tons of hay but saving the house and barn. The gopher reportedly still lingers near the hole despite authorities.
A Christmas party at Grant's Maple Grove Inn in Monroe will be held tonight by the Spring Grove YHC Homemakers Club with husbands as guests.
Green County Farm Bureau and Green County Service Co. hold their annual meeting December 15 starting 10:30 a.m. at Turner Hall with an invocation by Rev. Bernard Bartel, business reports, director elections, lunch, by laws, and a keynote by William Kasakailas. Rollie Sponberg provides entertainment. Officers and directors up for reappointment include Roderick, Roth, Arn, and Sippel and others. Patrick Kron wins Wisconsin Voice of Democracy finals in Milwaukee.
The report details several passings including William Erwin Lee of Moscow Idaho a longtime Interstate Commerce Commission member and former chairman who died Monday Charles E Scoggins 67 a Saturday Evening Post contributor known for Pampa Joe born in Mazatlan Mexico died yesterday J Frederick Woessner Sr 55 comptroller of the Great Lakes Carbon Corp born in Pittsburgh died yesterday Rt Rev H W Hall 65 Scottish Episcopal bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney died yesterday George Thomas Smith 89 retired VP of Associated Gas and Electric Co born in 1850s listed with long tenure before retirement.
Temperature plunges in Asahikawa Japan causing every bottle of beer and sake to freeze and burst. The sudden frost leaves a town facing empty shelves and shortages. Local stores scramble to restock as residents cope with the cold.
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