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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1967
Page
8
Mostly sunny today with a slight warming trend as highs reach the 30s. Clearing overnight with lows in the 20s. Sunday brings clouds and warmer temperatures with a chance of rain, likely mixed with sleet or snow late Sunday into Sunday night, starting in the south and moving north.
Mr and Mrs Danny Klopfenstein of Brodhead report a daughter born December 15. Mr and Mrs Wayne Stroessner of 2139 15th Ave report a son born December 15.
The notice lists patients and staff connected with St. Clare Hospital Medical including Joseph Keegan Henderson Nevada and Mrs Fern Bonnet Stockton along with a large roster of dismissals featuring Harold Felio Clarence Johnson Herman A Dinse Jacob Aeschli man David Gunderson Michael Ruegsegger and others.
Local social items note the Women’s Relief Corps annual Christmas party at Americ an Legion Hall with a 50 cent gift exchange and retiring officers in charge. Family gatherings from Bensenville to Polo, a Henry Wagner clan party, and a Norman Scheider birthday dinner are listed along with a Florida University visit by Evelyn Price. Milwaukee Post Office records a historic 10,260,000 pieces handled in a day.
The Green County Conservation League announces changes to the 1968 tree and shrub program to use four year stock for better survival. Cooperators may obtain 100 pine or 100 total pine mix, 100 cedar, 50 walnut, 50 maple, and 50 ash. No shrub limit. County tree planter available for mixed orders of 500. Planting charge starts at 5 dollars for the first 1,000 and 3 dollars per 1,000 for orders over 1,000.
Keith Stocker rolled a 313 including 113 and 200 games to top boys Intramutual bowling in Turner Hall. Coach Marty Deignan noted Ron Smith with 306 and games of 163 and 143. Fred Ott followed with 155 and 145 for 30 point total. Team standings show Headpins 9-6 1318, Cheesemakers 2-13 1168, Great Ones 12-3 1246, Born Losers 14-1 1433, Spares 10-5 1385, Beavers 4-11 1224, Spartans 1-14 1079.
Joe Larson of Seattle Washington a mechanic for Northwest Airlines spends the weekend in Monroe with his mother Mrs Ingeborg Larson and brother Douglas who met him in Madison last night Larson came from St Paul Minnesota where he is attending a two and a half week airplane mechanics school to be finished next Tuesday and then return to Seattle
Mary Ann Koch of Route 3 Monroe drove into a concrete wall in the 500 block of 17th Ave Friday afternoon. Police report no injuries. A11 year old Diane Elmer from New Glarus is a patient at St. Clare Hospital admitted Friday. A medium sized male dog found near 5th St and 18th Ave is in the pound.
Announcement states Mr and Mrs Ray Goodmiller of 1221 Stoughton Ave Tomah Wisconsin welcomed a daughter Emily Ann at Tomah Memorial Hospital on Thursday December 14 1967. Maternal grandmother Mrs Margaret Bisbach of Platteville and paternal grandmother Mrs Alan Goodmiller of Monroe are noted.
Mary Alice Hart urges senior 4H members not to miss Winter Camp at Upham Woods in January 1921. Teens from Sauk and Columbia Counties join 25 youth per county as applications are taken, with Junior Leader Association helping defray costs. Woodworking leader Nathan Burgy notes tools needed for beginners, including a crosscut handsaw a coping saw claw hammer a block plane a ruler and square and basic lumber.
The Monroe Evening Times announces that the 'Pigwidgen' Christmas tale will resume Monday with Chapter 15. The piece highlights community service through 4H and Scout leaders, enrollment deadlines, and DHIA dairy testing programs.
Monroe Junior High teams split in Freeport games. Eighth Grade lost 44 to 24 while Seventh Grade won 24 to 14. Next home doubleheader set for Thursday December 21 at 4 15 p m against Sterling Illinois with a wrestling meet to follow in the cafeteria. Coaches are Chuck Ekena for Eighth Grade Gil bert Jelinek for Seventh Grade and William Hubbard for wrestling.
Services for Lawrence E. Durward aged 64 of Apple River Il die in Casa Grande Arizona on December 14 will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday December 17 at Bartell Funeral Home Warren Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery Warren Friends may call at the funeral home
Washington veteran Sam Huff, five time All NFL, announced he will retire after the Redskins meet the New Orleans Saints. The 33 year old Hall of Fame linebacker sobbed in a dressing room press conference after 15 minutes as teammates watched. Huff starred previously with the New York Giants and was famed for bone cracking defense and a Time magazine cover story.
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