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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1965
Page
2
The notice outlines carrier and mail subscription rates for Monroe and surrounding Wisconsin areas. It lists 35 cents per week by carrier and yearly mail rates of 10 and 13 dollars, with a contact telephone and office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
A pointed holiday editorial lists modest wishes for 1966 including calmer weather fewer storms federal aid new industry to ease labor peace in Viet Nam and just a touch of seasonal whimsy. The piece notes broader hopes for national prosperity and progress.
A Monroe minister and The Monroe Evening Times urge readers to invite lonely seniors to celebrate the holidays. The piece praises the Monroe Christmas Stocking fund run by devoted volunteers, funded by United Fund support, clothing and treats, and asks readers to give by sharing time and companionship this Christmas.
Don F. Taylor of the Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce urges Wisconsin drivers to use headlights in daylight during Christmas and New Year holidays. He cites Indiana University research showing cars may be unseen by oncoming traffic, especially dark-colored vehicles, and promotes the motto Light Up and Live to emphasize daylight headlight safety.
A colorful children story by Magdalene Douglas follows four mice Michael Mandy Mabel and Baby Marty watching Santa arrive on Christmas Eve. Father and Mother Mouse share the magic of a tree filled with lights popcorn and cookies as Santa gifts a kettle a doll and gloves before delivering one sleepy mouse to Santa’s fur-lined pocket and leaving the mice with a memory of wonder.
The library added nearly 200 on fiction books including The Encyclopedia of World Travel and World Book Encyclopedia. The Junior High Christmas program featured a band concert and play directed by Jack Close. Mrs. Harvey's homeroom sold the most tickets and Tom Schilt won for individual sales. The basketball team went 2-2 with losses to Freeport and Stoughton and wins over New Glarus and Mt. Horeb. The chorus, about 100 strong, performed with eighth grade music and a brass sextet.
Lincoln School pupil Sheryll Goldsworthy earns an honor certificate from Cuti Publishing for The Monkey Who Monkeyed. Her fable, written as a second grade project, will appear in January in Jack and Jill Magazine.
On Christmas Eve 1955 a 40 degree below zero cold snap greeted readers. Two polio patients will spend Christmas with their families, while 8,000 residents flee a California town as floodwaters recede.
A 111-year-old youth loses his two middle fingers in a shotgun accident. Robert E. Schultz of Payette has begun duties as chief operator of the Monroe-Green County police radio and desk man. FDR sends a Christmas message of hope.
Dec 24 1925 features a Wisconsin tree lighting at the White House and a Monticello man fined 75 dollars plus costs for illegal punchboard operation.
Fifty years ago today on December 24 1915 the second annual Charity Ball drew crowds and the Sunshine Girls of the Universalist Church reported a clear profit of 57 dollars to aid small children.
In Tucson Arizona Mayor Lew Davis confronted a fruit vendor parked on a residential lot. When questioned about permission the vendor said yes. Davis revealed he owned the lot and the stand was moved.
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