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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1965
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists editors and association memberships for Emery Odell and year dates from 1879 to 1953. It notes publication details, office hours, postal rates for Wisconsin and Illinois subscriptions, and advance payment requirements per postal rules.
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce vows stronger action against shoplifting during the holidays. FBI warnings and rising 1964 crime figures underscore a moral decline. retailers warn that theft harms all, and prompt, forceful prosecution aims to deter both amateurs and professionals.
An inquest into 24 year old James Farrey of Shullsburg who died from gunshot wounds will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Lafayette County Court house in Darlington. Sheriff Ed Thompson said Farrey was riding in the back seat of a car driven by his brother in law Walter Shirley 25 of New Diggings with two teenage girls in the front. Shirley reportedly reached for a .22 rifle and it discharged striking Farrey in the chest on Highway 11 east of Shullsburg Saturday night. Farrey was taken to Memorial Hospital in Darlington. He is survived by his widow Marjorie two children Russell and Katherine a brother Barnard in the Air Force in Japan and grandmothers Mrs James Farrey and Mrs Fred Hofer both of Shullsburg. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in St Matthew's Catholic Church Shullsburg Rev James Milna officiating burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the O'Flaherty Funeral Home in Shullsburg. The Rosary will be prayed at 8:30 tomorrow night.
Captain Sidney Sherwin, then 23 and topside on the Oklahoma, recalls the morning of December 7 1941. He describes spotting a low flying plane, the bowing ship, the scramble to battle stations and his escape to the Maryland. He lost 10 classmates and witnessed the Arizona’s sinking as oil slicks still mark Ford Island.
Funeral services were held in Santa Ana California for Irvin J. Lathrop 68 who taught school in Platteville for 39 years He was an industrial arts teacher at Platteville High School from 1923 until retirement in 1962 Surviving are his wife Marion a son Irvin two daughters and nine grandchildren
LaFollette Heights PTO will meet at 8 tonight in the all purpose room at the school. The Charles Gunlach and Alvin Haag families are in charge of the program. The Harland Erfurth, Arthur Eith, Waldo Disch and Fantus Cox families are on the serving committee.
The piece outlines how the Pentagon maintains instant contact with the secretary of defense and other leaders through hot lines, scrambling lines, radiophones in staff cars, and Air Force planes. It notes standby helicopters and temporary wire heads near the secretary during travel to ensure rapid message delivery in a crisis.
Glancing back ten years to December 7 1955 Edward Bregenzer and Roy Robichaux purchased the Lakeshire Marty Co cheese plant at Orangeville Police Chief H Schwaiger proposed speed limits match traffic flow County officials warned to serve papers ordering jail use discontinued unless construction begins within six months
Twenty five years ago on December 7 1940 Evan C Chambers was set to be under sheriff in Sheriff-elect Ray Schoonovers administration while Robert E Schultz a first class radio telephone operator from Payette would begin work at the police department on January 1 The note mentions an interest rate of six eighths per cent.
A report shows that a portion of Green County farms met the AAA requirements, with 2,467 farms referenced in the context of compliance.
December 7 1925 entries report another scarlet fever placard placed within 24 hours. County Clerk Mazie V Bowen lists an individual income tax of 8708.23 dollars. The county seeks TB testing to secure a share of funds for the area.
Fifty years ago on December 7 1915 President Wilson unveiled a preparedness program as the United States maintained a hard line against Germany. In Illinois a New Glarus man sues for 25000 wages claiming 34 years of work earned but unpaid before being dismissed for age, and a relative reunion follows years apart.
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