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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
2
An item from the Monroe Evening Times notes actions under federal law regarding the post office, mentioning Congress and a March date. The fragment indicates official postal business or designation but lacks complete details.
Publisher details include EMERY A. ODELL founder and terms for subscriptions. Rates list 35 cents weekly by carrier in Monroe, $12 yearly by mail within Wisconsin and certain Illinois counties, and $14 yearly by mail outside those areas. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with phone 325-5101.
City Council and public review Urban Renewal plans for the west side business district after a Palm Sunday 1965 tornado. Project finances rely on 25 percent local funding with 75 percent federal support, and include land acquisition, new streets, sewers, and staged parcel purchases for redevelopment. Local hesitation and era shifts loom as rules and targeted uses shape the plan.
City leaders host a detailed Urban Renewal briefing by Barton-Aschman and Associates and the Real Estate Research Corp. The public debate centers on change and growth as Monroe acknowledges it is no longer small. Officials maintain a firm grip on guiding the project forward.
Grace Richards 77 of Dodgeville dies of an apparent heart attack at her farm home. Sister of Clarence Slatten New Glarus Township and county board member. Services 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Lulloff Funeral Home Dodgeville. Born Town of Primrose Dane County. Husband Raymond died 1965. Survived by four daughters and one brother Rollie Des Moines Jr. and nine grandchildren.
Mrs Myri Ellis 78 of Brooklyn died Tuesday December 6 after a long illness in a Stoughton hospital. She was born Myri Bubb in Albany and married Verne G. Ellis in 1910. Survived by son Wayne Madison daughter Ellen Sheboygan two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 1 30 p m tomorrow at B L Booth Funeral Home Oregon burial Mt Hope Cemetery Brooklyn. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.
Mrs Tony Williams Brod head and Mrs William Ann were in Monroe Monday evening Mrs Walter Ladwig called on Mrs Minnie Ladwig at the Monroe Manor Nursing Home Mr and Mrs Earl Grenzow and family attended a family gathering at the home of her mother Mrs George Quincy Platteville Walter Ludwig and Gene Eberle Juda Leonard Bauman Fairfield and Earl Felds Monticello attended a 4H tractor school at Baraboo Friday Lost Act when something is lost
Rev. Donald F. Riechers, USAF chaplain, will speak at Grace Lutheran Church Monroe on Sunday at both services on the topic Awesome Advent. He concludes duty at Truax Field Madison and departs in January for Turkey.
Copper wire worth thousands of dollars has been stolen from New Haven Railroad communications lines in Rhode Island and Massachusetts over the past six weeks, rail officials said. The heists have raised alarms about security along critical rail infrastructure.
Clerk reports the county has spent 25 144 to date in planning phases for a new jail. John A Ammon is high bidder for Carson building. Alvin Sommers and Duane McKenna report a bald eagle with 10 foot wing spread on Ted Weiss farm. John Stewart poet laureate sends greetings. Skaife Bros store Blanchardville is remodeled.
Twenty years after 1946, Black Beauty returns to the screen while Blanchardville student Robert Sardeson plays Mr. Piper in a high school production titled Sing for your Supper. James Henry of Belleville, 23, works in a New York Air Freight office. The era laments that no one truly wins a war or a strike, yet farmers still make their own breaks through production.
Local items note the post office seeking sealed proposals as carrier Victor Heuer plans to end service January 15. Also referenced are 14 shopping days till Christmas and a man who sued Eddie Cantor dying in sleep. Community guards prepare to discuss vigil ante extension plans.
John Aeschlimann Carl Marty Sr and Fred Rubin returned from a deer hunt at Three Lakes with a Christmas tree. Weather: probably fair tonight. Del bert Cook to head Company K on retirement of Capt. Charles A Schindler Moy er building to be remodeled.
William A. Becker captures a three foot shark off Florida shore as reported in the 1916 item. Alfred Barth of Darlington earns title of king of wrestlers at a cheesemakers event. A cook stove coal clean and describes local everyday tasks amid the fragmentary notes.
Fragments note complaints about high prices blamed on car sharks. Albert Geigel traveled to Madison this morning for a brief visit. A phone contact and a price allowance of 48 dollars per company H man for clothing are also mentioned in the clipped items.
Sixty years ago today December 8 1906 Mayor Willis Ludlow would travel to Madison for the legislative opening to claim Green County’s seat in the assembly. Also noted W A Schuetze bought corner property opposite his livery stable for 3500 and a sale of 50 pieces of Fancy Persian ribbons offered at 22 cents a yard.
Eugene Beach, son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Beach, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the U S Air Force. He is on survival training in the state across the river from Wash Washington and will proceed to the Carolinas before duty in Thailand in April. He is married to Mary Ruth Stauffacher. they have three children Joseph 20 at Ft Benning David 7 and Jane 16. Jane was a week old when her father was recalled in 1950. he served in World War II and was released in 1945.
Mrs. Alvin C. Rabehl instructor at Monroe High School announces the German class for the Adult Night School will meet at 7 p m Tuesday evening December 13 as usual. Other classes were discontinued after last week’s sessions until after the holidays. The German class of 14 will take a two week vacation after next week’s session.
A. Brodhead native and retired Assemblyman Charles H. Sykes, 85, of Chetek, Wisconsin, died Monday in Town, Arizona after a long illness. He served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1945 to 1958 as a Barron County Republican and chaired the Printing and Enrolled Bills committees. He also served on the Rock County and Barron County boards and farmed before retiring in 1934. Surviving are a son and a daughter, a brother, nine grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
Chicago based Illinois Central Railroad plans a potential Chicago to Minneapolis St Paul corridor if two western rail lines merge. The prospect hinges on the merger creating a viable line and market demand.
Six cases or 1500 packs of cigarettes have been shipped to Vietnam by the Monroe lodge and members. Donations continue through December 20 with tax free matching by the Judge in the special purchase of cigarettes. The annual Children’s Christmas Party for Moose families is set for Sunday December 18 at 1:30 at the Goetz Theatre, followed by refreshments and a visit from Santa.
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