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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1967
Page
2
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Editorial pays tribute to Leo H. Share a Monroe Evening Times pressman of 45 years who collapsed at the company Christmas party. Retired two years, he was honored by colleagues and family for a life of service to church and print, beloved for his gentle nature and skill on the old Goss Comet press.
On this date Washington began winters at Valley Forge in 1777. Other notes include 1675 Narragansett defeat in Rhode Island, 1776 Paine quote, 1812 Fort Niagara change, 1941 Penang withdrawal and Hitler takeover, 1946 Ho Chi Minh attacks, 1957 Soviet industrial rise claim, 1962 US rejects moratorium, 1967 Jack Ruby denial statement.
Ten years ago on December 19, 1957 Karen Wagner received a safe driving award from the Kiwanis Club. Mrs. Glen Thompson outlined her duties as curriculum coordinator for Monroe public schools during the South School PTA meeting. John W. Larson returned to his Naval Air Station at Alameda, California.
Santa Claus and traditional Christmas music will headline a Children's party on the Court house lawn under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. Fred J. Bolender named chairman of the Green County Normal School board replacing B. H. Roderick who resigned.
On December 19 1937 three students at St Victor’s School are quarantined for scarlet fever. William F Schmerse sustains a cut on his ankle while trimming limbs.
An Albany man fell on a board with nails cutting his lips as a midnight furnace blast at the Style Shop sent smoke through the store. Firefighters responded and residents reported the loud explosion and ensuing smoke filling the shop.
Fifty years ago the issue notes Maurice C Pierce formerly of Brodhead is appointed United States consul at Malmo Sweden. London reports 1918 will be decisive in the European War with the United States taking the place of Russia on battle fronts.
Two career men received key sales roles at Moore Business Forms Central Division. Victor G. Firth becomes sales development manager while Jack A. Becklean is named dealer manager. Announcement came from Chester H. Nauk am at Park Ridge headquarters. Firth's career spans Toronto, Niagara Falls, and product standards. Becklean began as a Kansas City salesman in 1951 and advanced through company ranks.
Rock County spokesmen organized a campaign to back their county as a new home for the Wisconsin State Fair. Exposition officials noted inquiries from Beloit, Janesville and other communities since a study was proposed of moving the fair from West Allis. The Rock County Board was urged to submit a formal bid next Thursday.
Donald Piskach, a 31 year old from Cleveland, may be the world’s largest Santa Claus. He stands 7 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 350 pounds, and wears a size 22 boot. A mother sewn suit from eight yards of red flannel for holiday appearances, though children often react with awe.
The mother of Susan Brady says no date or venue has been chosen for the marriage to Robert Cohen, an Oct. 18 Madison antiwar protest leader. Cohen, fined for disorderly conduct, plans to wed Brady, daughter of Manitowoc attorney Charles P. Brady, while Brady has withdrawn from UW amid shared disgust for the school. Cohen, a former UW student and teaching assistant, was expelled after a disciplinary hearing related to the protest.
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