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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1968
Page
1
A triple fatality occurs when a car leaves Highway 32 south of Sheboygan Falls and crashes into trees and stones. Three teenage boys die and a fourth person is injured. Names are withheld pending family notification. The wreckage was found after 7 a.m. and may have occurred earlier.
Albany village police chief Arlin Hanson reports 11 mixed breed dogs owned by Thelma Lewis were shot with a .22 caliber weapon while tied on her property. The dogs were buried on the Lewis property. Lewis has been hospitalized about five weeks and was not home at the time. The home was condemned by Albany officials and most dogs were strays Miss Lewis cared for before her hospitalization.
Monroe police logged seven weekend accidents with several more in the county. Notable incidents include Irene Hare’s car striking a parked vehicle owned by Roy Robichaux in the Kroger Lot with very minor damage and no injuries.
Mayor Walter K Exum announced the next City Council meeting on Tuesday December 17 will feature Douglas Christenson Wisconsin Supervisor of Assessments presenting information on city re valuation procedure. Taxpayers may attend and have questions answered as the Citizens Advisory Committee and Monroe Board of Realtors urged consideration of a revaluation.
Monroe firemen responded to a blaze in a room of a Clarno Township farm home at 1 16 a m Sunday. Fire Chief Josef Benkert said the fire was pretty well out by arrival, with only a quilt damaged in the incident.
Extension workers from eight counties will meet in Jefferson at the courthouse at 10 am on Wednesday. They will discuss improving use of the tele lecture system. All five of Green County's extension agents will participate, Jeglum said.
Christmas message invites giving blood as a Christmas gift. Nurture life by donating one pint. Blood drive hours run from 1 to 6 30 p.m. in Turner Hall.
At Turner Hall the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association elected two new directors Mervin Thompson and Elmon Ott to join the board of nine. Officers were reappointed James Ula as president and Wilbert Strahm as vice president. The meeting discussed factory closures, membership declines, and competition from imports, with plans for promotion and bylaw changes.
AP reports Casey Stengel, 78, says he is all right after a Glendale crash that injured him and another driver, Elsie Rickey, who sustained knee injuries but was not hospitalized. Stengel was treated at Glendale Memorial Hospital and released Saturday.
The Wells family thanks Monroe residents for blood donations to the Red Cross Bloodmobile. Grandma Wells underwent surgery at St. Clare Hospital and has received 18 pints of blood. The Barbershop Chorus and Dearth Motors urge December 17 donors, with Bloodmobile at Turner Hall from 4 30 to 6 30 p.m. Free rides offered. quota 144 points.
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