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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
2
Chief Coplien Named Monroe Police Chief
The Monroe community welcomes Dwight C. Coplien as the new police chief. A longtime local, he rises from acting chief and former National Guard commander, with FBI training and a 26 year Monroe Police tenure. Chief Hefty retires after a storied era, ending a long devotion to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Dwight C. Coplien
National‘ Guard
Juda High School
Cope
Green County
FBI
Henry S. Hefty
Hefty
Moldenhauer Rites Set For Delavan Leader
Funeral services for G. Fred Moldenhauer of Delavan are planned Saturday at 1 p.m. at Juda EUB Church with visitation starting at 12:30 p.m. Burial follows at Mt Vernon Cemetery in Juda. A WWI veteran and former Albany businessman, Moldenhauer died yesterday at Lakeland Hospital, Elkhorn, aged 74. He enlisted in November 1917 in Cleveland, served as a sergeant, and was deployed to Washington, D.C., then France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Moldenhauer
Delavan
Juda Eub
Visitation of Friends
Better Funeral Home
Mt. Vernon
Juda
Moldenhauer
Albany
Lakeland Hospital
Elkhorn
Cleveland
Washington, D.C
France
Barth Returns Home After Back Brace Injury
Son of Mr and Mrs Raymond E Barth of 2518 12th St suffered a compressed fracture of a vertebra in a Monroe High School physical education class on Thursday December 15. He was dismissed from St Clare Hospital Tuesday and will convalesce at home wearing a back brace for six months. The high school freshman is expected to return to classes after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwe
Raymond E. Barth
12Th St
Monroe High School
St. Clare Hospital
Chris
Carney to Wed Barbara Isaac in New York Today
Comedian Art Carney, 48, and Barbara Isaac, 41, of Manhattan plan marriage today after taking out a license on Tuesday. It will be the second marriage for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carney
New York
Art Carney
Barbara Isaac
Manhattan
Mrs Foley 75 Dies in Shullsburg
Mrs Annie Foley aged 75 of Shullsburg died Tuesday in a Darlington hospital after a brief illness. She was the former Annie Harty born and raised there. Surviving are two sons James and Cecil, a sister Mrs Mike Coffee, 25 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St Matthew's Catholic Church. Rosary tonight at 8. callers may visit Flahrity Funeral Home. husband Robert died in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shullsburg
Opecay
Annie Foley
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Flahrity Funeral Home
Cecil
Mike Coffee
Darlington
Ten Years Ago Today Traffic Toll and Local News
Ten years ago today traffic toll stood at 14. A chimney blaze damaged the home of Mr and Mrs J T Etter Jr. The main banking quarters of First National Bank neared completion as marble work began. Hubert Rockow posted a 623 honor count. E N Fuhrmann, chairman of the New Glarus Salvation Army unit, announced a fund drive had begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Etter Jr
First National Bank
Hubert Rockow
E. N. Fuhrmann
Glarus Salvation Army
Holiday notes from across the nation in December 1946
Miss Grace Schoeder travels to Daytona Beach for the holidays. George Williams awaits passage to Shanghai in San Francisco. Robert Burkhard holds a master's license for merchant marine work. Alvin F. Rote offers cork insulation. Fred E. Brawand and family to move into the Treat residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Schoeder
Daytona Beach
George Williams
San Francisco
Shanghai
Robert Burkhard
Alvin F. Rote
Fred E. Brawand and
First Montgomery Ward farm equipment store opens in Monroe
Thirty years ago on December 22 1936 the nation’s first Montgomery Ward and Company farm equipment store opened in Monroe Tomorrow. A male wildcat weighing 35 pounds was shot by Edwin Dunlavy. E O Evans spoke to the Lion's Club about stamps and his stamp collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward and Company
United States
Monroe
Edwin Dunlavy
Evans
Lion's Club
Contagious Disease Placed Homes in Monroe Lot for Christmas
Forty years ago on December 22 1926 Monroe city health official Dr W B Monroe says thirty homes are placarded for contagious diseases. Adolf Angliker named president of Turner Hall Club for 1927 at annual meeting attended by 50 members, succeeding Henry Undert Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onroe
W. B. Monroe
Adolf Angliker
Turner Hall Club
Ford Broncho Like Car Traps Workman in Shop
Fifty years ago today December 22 1916 a Ford car in a local repair shop lurched forward like a broncho trapping Jud Thornton against a hot stove. The event, though exciting at the moment, proved amusing after it ended. The text notes Victrola records offered for sale with prices such as 75 cents per double faced record and payment plans of 6 a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Thornton
Louble
Dear Little Spurgeon Miller Seeks Choo Choo Cars
On December 22 1906 a note to Santa asks for a train of whistle cars a dancing horse and drum The piece also notes city mail routes split into three districts by Postmaster Etter to begin soon Esther Re vekah Lodge No 182 elected officers with Noble Grand Louisa Dueben dorfer last eveningrenewed leadership and community updates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Clause
al Doprie
Spurgeon Miller
Etter
Esther Re
Vekah Lodge No
Noble Grand
Louisa Duebendorfer
Mining Days and Drifters at Monroe Diggings
In Monroe County lore, miners recount the early lead digs at Sugar River and Galena. Deviese, a wealthy but ruined figure, recalls service as a scout and later mining ventures. Devil John Armstrong and Aunt Lucy loom large in tavern life while newcomers face hard luck and drifting west as California gold lures away labor. Historical notes describe Skinner and Rust claims, early smelting furnaces, and rugged mining gear from 1834 to 1836 as lead veins yield and the town’s fortunes rise and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Deviese
Galena
Hamilton's
Dougherty
Mother Welch
Tom
Mike
Jonathan
Tom Welch
Devil
John Armstrong
Lucy
Armstrong
Michael Welsh
Henry Jjones
New Mexico
Monroe
Rock River
Janesville
Aunt Lucy
California
Devil John
Uncle Daniel
Miss Bingham
Exeter
John B. Skinner
Thomas Neal
Skinner
Hiram Rust
Leonard ’Ross
New York State
Pratt Farm
William Brown
County Fair Ground
Rust
Secion
Mr. Rust
Joab Enos
From Mineral Point History of Lead Mining with Cribbing
From Mineral Point History by George Flecher describes solitary miners digging surface outcroppings and teams with little capital sinking shafts to fix wooden cribbing. They reach solid limestone after twenty to forty feet, then drift tunnels north and south to strike east west lead veins with pillars of live rock.
Mrs Wilde 49 Taken by Death
Mrs John Wilde 49 wife of Prof John Wilde of the University of Wisconsin died yesterday in a Madison hospital after a brief illness. Surviving are the husband her parents two children two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be at 2 p m tomorrow in the Anit airian Society Church Madison. Allen Funeral Home Evansville in charge of arrangements. There is no visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanoville
Specun
John Wilde
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Helen Ruth Ashman
Benjamin Ashman
Jonathan
Phoebe
Marian
Margaret Huff
Thomas
Stephen
Horeb
Anitraian Society Church
Allen Funeral Home
Evansville
H C Albright Stricken at 87 in Rockford
A native of rootyne native man H C Albright 87 Rockford died yesterday after a long illness at Swed ish American Hospital. He was a carpenter with Reich enbach Construction Co. born Oct 10 1879 and lived in Rockford 45 years. Survived by daughter Fern and two sisters Minnie Fry and Augusta Kreth. Services set 2 30 tomorrow at Burpee Wood Funeral Home Rockford with Grove Cemetery Footville burial. Dial 325-5101 for Adtaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rootyne
Herman C. Albright
Rockford
Reichenbach Construction Co
Lara Smith
Menominee
Fern Albright
Minnie’ Fry
Augusta Kreth
Savanna
Burpee-Wood Funeral Home
Grove
Cem Mery
Footville
Abby and Dear Abby Column and Probation Notice
A reader asks about wedding gown styling for a daughter. Abby responds advising against wigs and urges natural appearance. Another letter warns of stranger danger, with Abby guidance and appeal for a booklet. A Madison official, Ray R. Pytel, 43, was placed on probation after pleading to two counts of filing false expense accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Nancy
Weil
Madison
Ray R. Pytel
State Agriculture Department
Mrs. Ida Prochaska Dies After Illness in Dodgeville
Mrs Ida Prochaska of Muscoda mother of nine children died in a Dodgeville hospital after an apparent heart attack. She was who had farmed in Castle Rock area and lived in Muscoda for three years. Survived by five daughters Catherine Melvin Lipska Bomkamp Bollant Sister M Millissa and three sons Joseph Frank Lawrence, plus her mother five brothers and four sisters. Funeral at 10 a m tomorrow in St John s Catholic Church Muscoda with burial in Castle Rock. Godager Funeral Home in Muscoda. Rosary at 8 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Prochaska
Highland
Francis Bollant
Livingston
M. Millissa
Spa
Agana
Guam
Joseph
Madison
Frank
Oak Creek
Lawrence
Montfort
Katherine Roh
Muscoda
Larry
Joe Roh
Ed Dodgeville
Gotham
William
Tomah
Frank Holan
Agnes Prochaska
Avton
Ed Bomkamp
Wauzeka
Wilmer Goth
Cross Plains
St. John’s Catholic Church
Castle Rock
Godager
Also Mentioned on This Page
Emery A. Opell
Cains
Editorial
Coplien
Barth
Robert Tschudy
Wellington Boots
Walker
Ben
Mineral Point
George Flecher
Labuwi
Mrs. Wilde
H.C. Albright
Adtaker
O. K
M. C
Los Angeles
Cal
American Legion
Eugene
Cos
Ee Bae
Best Arts
Florine's
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