Board Requires Physical Exams For All Students
The Monroe Board of Education approved physical examinations before school entry and prior to starting ninth grade. The measure followed nurse Mrs. Katheryn S. Etter’s recommendation, with Dr. John Norton presiding in the absence of Rodney Kittelsen. The session also reviewed the school calendar, tuberculosis skin tests, and plans to have the city health officer assist as school health officer, plus updates on Northside Elementary steel delays and teacher/start dates for fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Board of Education
Katheryn S. Etter
John Norton
Rodney Kittelsen
Etter
Monroe
Northside
Jack Reif
John J. Flad
Huenink
Walter Babula
Norton
Wisconsin High School Forensics Association
Markheim
Severson Schlintz
Witte Barker Co
Lawrence Raymer
Okee School Board
North Central Accrediting Association
Chicago
Kay Hill
Hiawatha School
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
Mirthful verse questions what Christmas means to readers and to the poet. Festive imagery of mistletoe holly and gadgets on the tree set a seasonal tone for reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair R. Munns
Argentine Teacher Finds Friends in Monroe During Stay
Carlos Facello, 21, a Spanish teacher from Entre Rios Nagoya, Argentina, visits Monroe High School hosted by the Amity Institute. He notes U.S. life differs in small ways and plans to move to Rhinelander after Monroe. He discusses family ties, language goals, and potential marriage upon returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Campbell
Chicago
Argentina
Carlos Facello
Nagoya
Entre Rios
Monroe High School
Amity Institute of
Christmas Not Just Packages Religion Basis For Holiday
Editor note presents an entry from the What Christmas Means to Me contest. The piece frames Christmas as more than gifts and scenery, highlighting its religious meaning as the birth of Jesus, faith that endures, and the sense of shared heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tome
Gifts parachuted to Havasupai 125 members in Grand Canyon
Three tons of gifts were dropped by a volunteer pilot from a C47 into the Grand Canyon for the 125 Havasupai tribe members. Each box contained clothing housewares tools toys and food. Project Havacare began 22 years ago thanks to Mrs Sophie Burden of Wickenburg with donations from Wickenburg and Phoenix.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Havacare
Sophie Burden
Wickenburg
Phoenix
Edenfields to Visit Freys in Juda Georgia and Kansas
Sgt and Mrs Charles Edenfield and family who spent four years in Germany arrived Dec 16 and will stay about ten days with Mr and Mrs Ralph Frey in Juda Georgia before heading to Clovis New Mexico. They will visit the Robert Frey home in Wichita Kansas on the way to their new post.
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Juda
Charles Edenfield
Germany
States
Georgia
Vickie
Vallerie
Curtis
Ralph Frey
Clovis New Mexico
Robert Frey
Wichita
Kan
West Virginia bound Janet Molitor graduates from VISTA program
Janet Molitor 20, daughter of Mr and Mrs Zeno Molitor Monroe Illinois, is among 35 graduates of a VISTA Training Program at the University of New Mexico. She will serve one year with the West Virginia Department of Mental Health in Charleston. Molitor is a 1964 Mount St. Francis High School graduate and studied psychology in Rockford Illinois before attending Rock Valley College and Alverno College. VISTA offers one year assignments with no age limit, paid medical care and allowances.
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Janet Molitor
Zeno Molitor
11Th St
Monroe
VISTA
University of New Mexico
America
Rockford
Rock Valley College
Alverno College
Milwaukee
Office of Economic Opportunity
United States
Janet
Illinois
Michael
Patrick
Monroe Clinic
Milwaukee Motorist Dies In Janesville Crash
Robert H. Jorgenson, 36, of Milwaukee, died at the Janesville scene when his car left Interstate 90 northbound and struck a guard rail near Palmer drive. He suffered a skull fracture and facial crushing injuries. The Janesville mishap marked Wisconsin's 1077th highway death of the year, with prior year totals 997 and 1039 in 1964.
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Milwaukee
Janesville
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Robert H. Jorgenson
Palmer Drive
Rock County
Charles Gramke
Jorgenson
Crop values rise nationwide says Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department reported crop value this year at 22.766 billion dollars, about a percent higher than last year, signaling a strong farming season across measures of production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet court fines and sentences three-year labor camp term
A Soviet court sentenced Buel Ray Wortham Je to three years in a restricted labor camp and fined Crad Dock M. Gilmour Jr. 1,000 rubles. The incident occurred at Camp Leningrad in the U S S R with details reported by the agency.
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Leningrad
Us.s.r
Buel Ray Wortham
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Unanimous selection names Coplien Monroe police chief
Acting Chief Dwight Coplien was chosen as Monroe police chief effective January 1 1967 by a unanimous five member commission after 12 inquiries statewide. Coplien a Juda High School graduate joined the force in 1947 rising through patrol traffic and investigations before becoming assistant chief in 1958 and acting chief during Chief Heftys leave.
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Dwight C. Coplien Begin Dus
Monroe
Rodney Kittelsen
Fire and Police Commission
Kittelsen
State Bureau of Personnel
Coplien
Commission
Juda
Monroe Police Department
Henry S. Hefty
Hefty
Michigan
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Monroe School May Try Breakfast or Midday Snacks
The Monroe School system discusses offering breakfast or midmorning snacks for students. School nurse Mrs Katheryn Etter and business administrator William Stuckey note state interest and possible funding. Some board members worry parents may rely on the school for meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Board of Education
Katheryn Etter
William Stuckey
Agreement Possible With Mrs Kennedy
Mrs John F Kennedy and Look magazine near an agreement over her demand to exclude personal recollections from the Kennedy book. A high source says an announcement may come today. Efforts are underway to edit William Manchester's The Death of a President about the Kennedy assassination.
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Kennedy
New York
John F. Kennedy
Look Magazine
William Manchester
First Lady Marine Joins U S Woman Marine Corps in Milwaukee
Lonnie Andrews a 19 year old from Monroe becomes the area s first lady Marine after enlisting on Thanksgiving Day. She ships to Paris Island S C for nine weeks of boot camp then plans a leave in February before possibly heading to San Diego. She studied at Iowa Grant High and Brown Institute and has journalism interests. Her mother notes the rarity of women joining the Woman Marine Corps and mentions family moves from Cobb Wisconsin to Monroe last August.
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Lonnie Andrews
Monroe
Homer Andrews
14Th Ave
United States Woman Marine Corps
Milwaukee
Paris Island
S.C
San Diego
Calif
Andrews
Iowa - Grant High School
Dodgeville
Fennimore
Brown Institute
Marine Corps
Charlotte Young
Swiss Colony
Larry
Monroe High School
Cynthia
Monroe High
William
Women's Army Corps
Ike
City Council Sets Hearing on Rezoning and Mobile Home Fee
The council scheduled a January 17 public hearing to rezone southwest property from business to residential, includes six blocks up to 2615 8th Ave. and east of the heavy industrial zone. A $10 monthly mobile home fee was approved, replacing taxes, with notices to affected owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Elmer
2St St
Power High
Edward Niffenegger Jr
8Th Ave
Walter R. Ekum
Evan C. Chambers
Harold H. Snively
Stanland-Thostenson
Brodhead
Kenneth F. Sullivan
Madison
Havey Electric.c
Monroe Construction Co
Fred R. Simpson
Fourth Ward
Historical Society
Universalist
James Mauermann
Parks Department
Snowmobiles Remain Illegal on Highways in State
The Motor Vehicle Department warns snowmobile use on public roads is illegal due to safety and traffic concerns. Northern counties report serious problems from rallies and races drawing crowds. Violations can bring up to $200 fine or six months jail.
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Madisu.s
Prascunsutt
Motor Vehicle Department
Dan Schutz
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Vista School
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Dwight C. Coplien Monroe
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Lonnie
Senmatz
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