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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1969
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery across Wisconsin and nearby Illinois counties. It notes office hours, contact telephone, and subscriber notice procedures for missed deliveries and delivery failures.
Editorial outlines steps to protect children left with babysitters as mothers join the workforce. It advises clear rules for the proxy caregiver, safe storage of cleaners and medicines, teaching bath and stove safety, removing unused freezer doors, and labeling with emergency contacts plus a first aid sheet.
Jeremy Lee Hendrickson and Traci Ann Larson were born the week of December 5 to families in Monroe Juda and Argyle. Daniel Lee Potter was also born December 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Potter Browntown. Grandparents and great grandparents are listed for each family.
Mrs Earl Barber hosts in Blanchardville as Mrs Michael Kurian and two daughters from Marquette Mich spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Dennis Takalo. Mrs George Rude visits the Gunderson home. Mrs Lynn Dobrowits of Chicago, a Platteville State Univ student, spends weekend with Becky Lageson and Mary Ann Syse in Blanchardville. Dial 325-5101 for Adtaker.
Glancing Backward reports a December 11 1959 storm sweeping Europe with shattered ships and 109 fatalities. Eisenhower, in New Delhi on a world peace tour, warns India that weakness invites aggression and pledges U.S. aid to friends. Amos Johnson named Green County hospital superintendent succeeding Francis.
Dec 11 1949 a cold front from Minnesota swept Wisconsin breaking dense fog and forcing winds to lash the public square Christmas decorations while a violent blast killed five at an antique shop in Birmingham Michigan as a fire inspector searched for a gas leak.
A 13 year old Bertha Jenny of Monroe township and 19 year old Nathan Brown of Clarno are named Green County Holstein Breeders Association outstanding workers with Holsteins. A Friendly Indian club forms at Lincoln school led by J J Tschudy with LeRoy Rennick assisting. The League of Nations adopts a 13 nation resolution condemning Russia for invading Finland and demands expulsion.
Dec 11 1929 reports Warden Edward S Jennings and 12 guards held by 20 or more long term convicts at Auburn State Prison until a State trooper picket rescues them. The scene includes rain and slipping sidewalks as chaos unfolds. Leon O Schmidt plans January trip to Palestine and Holy Lands.
A lengthy society roundup lists numerous visits and travel connections with families in Madison Portage Dodgeville La Crosse Blanchardville Darlington and Madison. Guests include the Mahoney Zimmerman Gunderson McGowan and Kammerude families with multiple trips and Sunday returns reflected. The note closes with a Rockford visit by Mrs Moon and Mrs Hanson and a copyright credit to Newsniper Enterprise Assn.
Neg Cochran and Cy Skaars attended an Advent tea at Our Savior Lutheran Church then were supper guests at the Franklyn Lindgren home. Mrs Lindgren is a daughter of Mrs Moen. A Guilford High School Christmas concert followed, featuring Mrs Moen’s granddaughter in the choir. Mrs Hanson also visited her son Sheldon Hanson and his family.
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