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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1967
Page
4
The Pigwidgen challenges Claus to a drinking contest with two huge chocolate milk urns. Claus, aided by Tweedleknees, avoids the test by hiding seven hot water bottles under the Pigwidgen’s shirt. When the bottles explode, the Pigwidgen’s urn remains full and Claus claims victory, leaking a future tease: Tomorrow: The Race.
Mrs. Paul J. Aultman 87 formerly managed the Monticello United Telephone Co. exchange for 29 years. Born Anna Hosly in New Glarus January 16 1881 she died December 16 in St. Francis Hospital Cincinnati after a fall and months in a nursing center. She was a member of Eastern Star and White Shrine. Survivors include her husband Rev. Paul Edward Aultman and two sisters. Funeral services were to be held December 19 at St Luke's United Church of Christ Cincinnati with burial at Spring Grove Mausoleum.
Ronald Johnson of Darlington has been chosen as Lafayette County Civil Defense director and will start full time on January 2 with a yearly salary of 4800 dollars. He succeeds Norbert DeMuth who resigned November 22. Johnson is a father of five and works for Darlington Motor Sales.
Mrs Kenneth Schneider a Evansville nurses aide described Central Colony Madison at the Green County Association for Retarded Children gathering. She detailed services from chapel programs to the five room Apartment Project, rehab center, school work, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and volunteer student involvement. The colony houses 104 beds, runs Hospital Improvement and Family Care projects, and supports Boy Scout and Girl Scout groups.
Wisconsin counties will receive 1.5 million dollars as an offset to higher state charges for county mental hospital care. The windfall is paid quarterly, ending an 18 to 20 month wait, under a bill supported by Assemblyman Joe Tregoning. The measure caps county costs at 1.5 million for the biennium and links future State aid to patient placement in county hospitals. A separate note mentions a Christmas check and a Mental Retardation film shown at Monticello High School with contact for use.
Roger Sundy announces adult education classes in cooperation with Black Hawk Community Schools and district 3 Fennimore. Courses include sewing, farm management, welding, woodworking, driver education, typing, public speaking, modern math for parents, sketching and drawing, and women's recreation. A $1.50 registration fee applies. minimum 10 participants required per course.
On this date several historical events are noted including the 13th Amendment adoption in 1865 abolishing slavery and George Washington's burial in 1799. The roundup covers events from 1787 New Jersey's ratification to 1967 commemorations and notable political milestones.
A dense schedule lists programs for tonight and tomorrow including Gunsmoke Monkees and Cowboy in Africa at 6 30. It also features talks with Arnold Toynbee Uncle Solo and I lva, plus films The Silent Crisis Down among the Sheltering Palms and Force of Evil. Gift certificates offered for last minute shoppers.
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