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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1969
Page
2
Published daily except Sunday and holidays at Monroe Wisconsin. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options for Wisconsin Stephenson Jo Davies Winnebago Counties in Illinois with advance payment required. Office hours and subscriber notices included.
Editorial notes the IRS rollout of the one page Form 1040 replacing 1040A with modular schedules. It highlights easier filing for about 63 million taxpayers, with 31 million using the base form and 32 million needing one additional attachment. The piece jokes about the Treasury’s “easy” system.
The piece cites Marc Savage of Executive Development Corp forecasting a future shortage of hundreds of thousands of top managers within five years. Two factors drive it: rapid industry growth and a 1975 shortage of men aged 35 to 45, plus trends toward early retirements and business disillusionment. Possible outcomes include lower executive ages and increased pursuit of merit over bias, with potential gains in equality of opportunity.
Over the past month Monroe Manor welcomed diverse groups including United Methodist Youth under Rev. John Ulrich and Grace Lutheran Folk who performed skits and carols for patients. The Monroe Jaycees visited with about 50 members, gifts included 24 lap quilts from Staver’s Community Church, and scrapbooks from Mrs. Merlyn Rufer. Girl scouts aided with mail and calls, Albany Lutheran League youths entertained with carols, and volunteers assisted patients with writing and reading mail.
Dean Zimmerman was reelected chief of the Monticello Volunteer Fire Department for a fifth term at the officers’ election. Jack Krieg becomes assistant chief, Ed Quade moves to secretary treasurer, succeeding Keith Field. In 1969 through this month the department logged 22 calls: eight in the village, twelve in rural areas, and two mutual aid.
A fragmented local column blends a light note on a Fender Bender impacting opinions with holiday dieting jokes and ASCS County Committee chatter. It mentions neighbors, a Department of Agriculture Safe Driving Award, a snow-clearing Green County crew, and a dairy lunch. It closes with Christmas shopping hustle and group gift exchanges at 50 cent prices.
The records list birthdays and addresses for many individuals as part of a children's club schedule, then note the Squalus submarine tragedy off Portsmouth New Hampshire in 1939. The vessel sank to 240 feet with 57 Navy men and two civilians aboard, and 33 lives were saved in the historic rescue operation.
Walter W. Williams dies in Houston as the nation honors the Civil War last survivor with half staff flags by executive order. The item recalls his comrades and Union soldiers in a broader remembrance.
The entry notes Netherlands planes clashing with an unidentified foreign air force over Utrecht in full view of residents. It also records a twin birth in Logan West Virginia to Mrs Bud Chafin and her husband, a minor, plus Morgenthau opposition to further consumer taxes and the certified plan to raise farm parity benefits.
The Monroe High School band and chorus presented a classical Christmas program directed by Jack Close and Joseph Rieraldo. The mixed chorus opened with Magnificat in D and Britten Carols, while the symphonic band performed Russian Christmas Music and Royal Fireworks Music, closing with Handel Hallelujah from Messiah.
December 20, 1969 marks day 354 with 11 days left in the year. On this date in 1813 Congress established a system of internal revenue. In 1790 Samuel Slater pioneered the first successful cotton mill in England.
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