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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1964
Page
8
Partly cloudy south and mostly cloudy north with light snow flurries in the extreme north tonight. Colder conditions across the state with increasing cloudiness Sunday and light snow in the extreme north by late day. Highs 28 to 42, lows 10 to 25, with regional variations between northwest and southeast sectors.
Since yesterday at 1 p.m. the high reached 38 and the low 31. A year ago today the high was 25 and the low 11. Precipitation since yesterday at 1 p.m. measured 0.04 inches. Barometer read 29.95 at 1 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunrise was 7:28 and sunset 4:19.
Obituaries report Francis Hoy 53 of Freeport Frank B Green 90 of Evansville and Adolph Winkelman 71 of Verona Route 2. The notices provide ages and last known locations.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Rudhti Brodhead welcome a son on December 11. Mr and Mrs Charles Erick of Brodhead announce a son on December 11. Mr and Mrs Arthur Schneider 509 16th Ave welcome a daughter on December 12. Mr and Mrs Lester Moen of Blanchardville announce a son on December 12.
The St. Clare Hospital Medical section lists James W. Klinger of German Valley K and Cornelius Dougherty of Blanchardville along with John Wenger Beloit Mrs John Filardo Mineral Point LeRoy Buol 531 21st Ave Mrs Chester A Johnson Argyle and Mrs Leonard Faralli Beloit Surgical names Mrs Harold G Fritsch Caledonia Ill and Ruby Perham Monroe. Dismissals include Dennis Gutzmer John Koehn Lester William Miller A Claiborne Gotfried Erb Chris Zuercher Robert Weckerly Clarence Heidenreich Mrs Phillip Vinje and son Mrs Eugene Nelson and son Mrs Albert Louderback and daughter Mrs Merele W McLaughlin Mrs Oscar Samson Mrs Guy Grace Mrs Lawrence Hanson Mrs Eugene Sargent Mrs Harold Gransee Mrs Art Christen Mrs Wayne Albertson Mrs Chris Ruch and Mrs Louise Ringgenberg.
Francis Hoy 53 of Freeport died Thursday. Services were held at Holy Cross Catholic Church Stockton Ill this morning. He was a farmer laborer and former Warren area resident. Surviving: son Michael in the Armed Forces, four sisters Mrs Francis Jogerst Rockford Ill Mrs Josephine Millershone Stockton Ill Mrs Lawrence Dower Stockton Ill Mrs Walter Stadel Kent Ill and two brothers Leo Rockford and Alfred Stockton.
The Junior Leaders will meet at the Ag Building on Monday December 14 at 7 p.m. for caroling and hold a Christmas party there afterward.
Personal mentions from Blanchardville and Madison, with Legion functions, family visits, and travel plans. Advertisements feature handmade gifts, Christmas decor, fur items at Mi Lady's, and a soil workshop in Delavan with local seed companies and suppliers.
Monroe residents led by Mrs Hom er Burington and Robert Cashman joined three American Legion Auxiliary members for a Christmas shop at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Madison on December 8. They visited patients Albert Zimmerman Albany Thomas Cunningham and Homer Burring ton.
Funeral services were held at 2 p m in Immanuel EUB church for Mrs Claude Layton 36 of Rockford who died Tuesday Rev Robert Edlen and Rev Melvin Roehrdanz officiated with Mrs John Ivey as organist Pallbearers included Jake Willner William Petit Howard Jordan Beloit Robert Beeck Albany Eugene Ross Monroe and Andrew Gullikson Burial took place at Greenwood Cemetery
Pasadena report notes Mariner 4 passes safely through the thickest of three meteor streams en route to Mars to capture television pictures.
Kathy Moan 20 a former Platteville Wis State University beauty queen was shot and killed Tuesday and buried Friday in Belvidere. John A Treglown 19 confessed to the murder and is jailed on a murder charge. The service drew about 100 attendees as Handel’s Messiah closed the ceremony.
John Offenberg, 43, shot his wife Mary 41 and four children Patricia 10 Wayne 8 John 5 Susan 3 then killed himself in their two story Auburn home. Police said he also shot the family dog and set a fire before surrendering to officers.
Brodhead tenor Roger Gimur will portray Melchior in Isaiah's Prophecy during Whitewater State University Concert Choirs Christmas program Sunday at 8 p.m. in the university auditorium. Dr. Raymond E. Light leads the choir of 87 with Bach preludes and a candlelit grand processional. William Siebers conducts the university orchestra in the Creston finale.
Police logged two minor crashes within thirteen minutes yesterday morning in Monroe. At 8 30 a m Helen W Miller 1107 14th Ave and Melvin L Gable 911 17th St collided at 16th Ave and 12th St. At 8 43 a m Lester M Johnson 1729 Lake Drive and Casper Rebly Route 4 collided in the 1700 block of 12th St.
The St. Victor's school Christmas program features all 365 pupils and will be held at 7 30 p m next Friday in the school gym. Mrs. J Walter Donovan directs the program with Mrs John Callahan in charge of dancing. Sister M Avita directs the music phase done in the round. Sell rent buy hire Dial 325 5101.
Red Cross Bloodmobile reports 133 pledges with a goal of many more donors. Health adults aged 18 to 59 are invited to donate at the junior high school gym for the ill and injured. Ten gallon awards are available at the area office for eight-time donors.
Volkert and Flisram are profiled for their five year Monroe stay and community involvement. Volkert, a Marine Corps veteran, serves in Knights of Columbus Jaycees and the Green County Ag Chest and was treasurer on a corn picking contest committee. Flisram, Green County Highway Department bookkeeper, leads in Royal Arch Masons and holds roles in county and state historical societies. Dial 325 5101 for an Adtaker today.
A 55 year old attorney confronted his estranged wife in their former home and said I have just killed your lawyer before firing on the wife and fatally shooting himself. Kenneth L Sigl 37 counsel for Irene Yates 57 who filed for divorce two weeks earlier survived. Frank E Yates 55 died. The sheriff noted a list of names found in Yates pocket.
The sheriff said Yates “hated the guts” of the three men involved, describing the sentiment as intense and revealing. The remark underscores tensions in the case and hints at the motive or emotional state surrounding the trio.
The federal government will direct its war on poverty from a seven story new office building in Midtown at an annual rental of 8 225 000 dollars.
Jane Meyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred E Meyer of 513 6th avenue New Glarus is the 1964 65 president of the Women s Athletic Association at Carroll College. She is a junior at the college.
A son named Mark Alan was born to Atty. and Mrs. R Jerome Pfister of Denver Colorado on November 28. This is their second son. The couple’s older child is Jay Curtis, age 3. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Herman Simonson of Wiota and Mr and Mrs Jacob Pfister of Argyle.
Theodore C. Weiss of 1009 23rd street is named the area Mason shoe dealer by the Mason Shoe Manufacturing Co of Chippewa Falls. He will serve shoe customers in the region.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Johnson of Route 3 welcome their daughter Ann Marie born Tuesday December 8 at St. Clare Hospital. She has two brothers Alan and Mark and two sisters Susan and Tammy. Maternal grandmother is Mrs Ozora Thorp of Monroe and paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Morgan Johnson of Browntown. Paternal great grandmother is Mrs Lena Lauper. Mrs Johnson is formerly Patricia Thorp.
A car driven by Conrad A. Widmer of Evansville struck and killed a Black Angus steer on County Trunk C about 1% miles north of Attica. The steer, owned by Frank Tourdot of Brooklyn, was reported to the sheriff's deputy at 9:32 p.m. last night.
A group honored Mrs. Albert Bump east of Albany on her birthday and brought lunch. The party included Mrs. F L Atkinson, Mrs. Gladys Smith, Mrs. Addie Ayres of the village and Mrs. Belva Trow north of Albany.
Shirlene Donna Hartwig is the four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey M Hartwig adopted in Argyle California family ties link to Harold Rad ing and Donald Erick.
Shirlene, daughter of Madison, has two brothers Walter aged 6 and Jonathan aged 4 percent. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Hartwig and Mr and Mrs Edward O Erickson of Monroe. Great-grandmothers are Mrs Henry Hartwig and Mrs Rosina Rufer, also of Monroe.
The Golden Age annual Christmas party and potluck will be held Tuesday at noon. Members should bring a 50 cent gift for exchange. Men should bring gifts for men and women for women.
The State Conservation Department reports near final figures showing Wisconsin hunters killed about 93,300 deer in 1964. Compared with 105,000 in 1959 the use of a variable quota system and local regulations, plus good weather, aided the big total. Registration cards remaining total 1,000 with regional counts provided.
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