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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1964
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates for Monroe and surrounding areas, with annual mail rates for Wisconsin and Stephenson County, Illinois, and outside areas. It states subscriptions must be prepaid to meet postal regulations and provides office hours and a contact telephone number.
Our paper launches a school column The Black board created by students and teachers to share activities ideas and insights from kindergarten to Green County Teachers College Readers will submit copy by Monday or Tuesday for publication each Wednesday The column aims to expand school coverage while preserving photos features and sports reporting
Forest H. Riese and Phillip N. Vander velden of Monroe qualify for the Two Gallon pins after donating 16 pints total. A ceremony is planned to officially award the pins. Recruiters and workers praised for boosting donor participation as the unit returns in March.
On this date the 1773 Boston Tea Party saw 342 chests of tea dumped into Boston Harbor signaling colonial resistance to British taxes. Other notes include 1689 Bill of Rights passage, 1809 Napoleon's divorce, and 1944 Ardennes offensive start.
A 1954 note warns France that approving West Germany rearmament would nullify the 1944 Franco Soviet mutual assistance pact. The item sits amid a roundup of past anniversaries and local notes from Monroe, including a Pauly Cheese Co. expansion on the Illinois Central tracks.
A reflection on increasingly positive views toward the county blood program and the fading of lingering fears about giving.
Capt J C Metcalf of Dorset England will be guest speaker at Postville Bible Church meetings nightly at 7 30 through Saturday with a 2 30 Sunday service. He edits The Overcomer and has authored 23 works. He has preached in Africa India Japan and Canada and travels from Winnipeg for the Postville engagements. He holds the wartime honorary title Canta from the King of England. Public invited to all gatherings.
Nicholas Zentner, 64, died yesterday morning at St. Clare hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Swiss United Church of Christ with Rev. Linus Wierwill officiating and Dennis Streiff as soloist. Burial is in the church cemetery. Pallbearers are nephews John Zentner, Belleville. David Zentner, Duluth. Carlton Zentner, New Glarus. Donald Pauli, Basco. Sheldon Hoesly, New Glarus. Lloyd Duerst, Rockford. Friends may call at the Zentner Funeral Home and at the church after 12:30 p.m. tomorrow.
Alfred Waelti 80 a retired Monroe and Belleville area farmer died Monday in a Stoughton hospital after a long illness Services will be held at 2 p m tomorrow in the First United Church of Christ in Belleville where he was a member Friends may call at the Becker Funeral Home in Belleville Mr Waelti was born in Primrose Township Dane County He and Kathryn Speich were married Jan 26 1911 in Monroe by the late Rev P A Schuh of St John s United Church of Christ They observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1961 with open house at the Brooklyn Community Church Surviving are his wife three sons Alvin Brooklyn Burnette Belleville and Glenn Route 1 Stoughton a daughter Mrs Walter Kathryn Fuchs Argyle three brothers Christ Monroe Jacob Blanchardville and Albert Brooklyn a sister Mrs Ben Disch Evansville 21 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren
Postal Clerk Seaman David B. Foesch USN son of Mrs Carl Foesch Monroe is serving aboard the destroyer escort USS Hooper operating in the Far East with the Seventh Fleet.
The National Safety Council warns that mistletoe and poinsettia can be deadly if used beyond decoration or for kissing. A mistletoe berry tea has killed adults and a single poinsettia leaf can be fatal to a child. Dr. John K. Kingsbury of Cornell University led the research for Family Safety.
Kiwanis Club program chairman Robert H. Rieder announces a Christmas program at the Swiss Wheel featuring a brass quartet with Fred Moritz Jon Moritz George Raymer and Dick Schwarze. Leslie Shallberg will accompany singing on piano. Members should bring station wagons for the Dec 23 10 am stocking box delivery at Dearth Motors. The Kiwanis 50th anniversary is set for Jan 20.
David Terry departed Madison Saturday evening for New York and Sunday for Catania Sicily via Rome. He will be stationed there until August 1966. Terry traveled with his wife and son Michael who plan to join him next summer when housing on the base becomes available. Mrs. Terry will remain in Madison, moving to the upstairs apartment of the Freitag home.
Local readers rely on classified ads to find affordable services products and job leads. The column highlights practical needs from housing to repairs and errands advertised by neighbors and local businesses.
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