Monroe Wisconsin Post Office Notices Outline Postal Rules
Fragmentary text shows discussion of postal regulations and office hours at the Monroe Wisconsin post office. Names such as Stephenson and Davies appear as staff or officials. The piece references dates, possibly March and October origins, with generic notes on mail delivery and compliance.
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Wisco
Stephenson
Jo. Davies
Angi
Wisconsin
Inessis
Sntne
Spirit of Christmas Reflections from Monroe Community
A Monroe meditation on Christmas highlights the compassion shown during a family’s recent loss. Mrs. Richard Young died after a long illness, drawing support from friends, neighbors, and strangers. The message praises Marilyn Young’s quiet strength and the enduring gift of Christmas spirit.
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Monroe
Richard Young
Dick Young
Marilyn Young
Vinger Named Traffic Officer In Darlington
Donald Vinger 24 of Darlington was named Lafayette County traffic officer by the County Board of Supervisors. He succeeds Edward Thompson who resigned to become Darlington Chief of Police. Vinger will begin work January 2. Richard Douglas of Darlington named night radio operator at the sheriff's office.
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Darlington
Donald Vinger
Lafayette County
County Board of Supervisors
Edward Thompson
Vinger
Richard Douglas
Darlingtor
Sheriff's Office
Helped Pass Out Christmas Stocking Food Boxes
Monroe Woman's Club members and volunteers assisted in delivering Christmas Stocking food boxes yesterday. Names include Randy Marty Floyd Weeks Rod Kammerer Dave Peterson and packing helpers listed by the committee with co chairmen Phillip Hocker and Allie Holtshopple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Woman’s Club
Randy Marty
Floyd Weeks
Rod Kammerer
Dave Peterson
David Bennett
Melvin Will
Robert Ableman
Doran Zwygart
Finley Barry
Nathan Bear
Wilbur Deininger
Eugene Eckstam
Robert Faith
Roger Voelkli
David Burri
J. T. Et
Taxpayers complain as fire contract is canceled
The Wiota Township board canceled the Browntown Fire Contract causing contention over future fire protection costs. Residents note past savings and argue the new setup with South Wayne will raise expenses, since a new modern fire truck costing about 30000 dollars or more is anticipated and may be charged to property improvements rather than land.
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Wayne
Cadiz
Browntown Fire Department
Browntown
Wayne Town Board
South Wayne
Bixby
Wiota
The Day of All Days Christmas Reflection
The piece laments commercial pressure during Christmas and the loss of its true meaning. It contrasts the frantic public season with a private, peaceful inner observance, noting personal religious meanings and the occasional miraculous calm that restores the core significance of Christmas.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Media’s Role in Violence Questioned by Kubie
Dr. Lawrence S. Kubie told the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence that mass media do not cause violence but their portrayal of it accelerates criminal tendencies. He cited population pressure and real estate crowding as factors, and urged a shift in media use toward healthier content.
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Washington
Commission On Violence
Lawrence S. Kubie
National Commission On the
Kubie
Monroe Lions Club Christmas Party Draws 75
About 75 members of the Lions Club of Monroe attended the annual Christmas party Monday evening at Marco's Supper Club starting with a 6 30 dinner. The event featured gift exchanges a visit from Santa Claus and a social evening with group singing led by chairman Loyd Achterberg.
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Lions Club
Lions Club of
Monroe
Marco’s
Santa Claus
Christmas TV Lineup Highlights Evening Broadcasts
A dense TV guide listing presents Christmas programs across channels including Victor Borge on Bell Telephone Hour and The Nativity Story. It notes specials with Red Skelton, Jayne and Dirkson era references, operas, cartoons, and live Masses from St. Patrick's Cathedral, plus regulars like Doris Day and Hawaii Five-O alongside classical concerts and late-night Movies.
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Victor Borge
Bell Telephone Hour
Christ
Unite
Tates
Everett” M. Dirksen
Doddletown Pipers
Leslie Uggams
Bill Barr
Joe Jackson Jr
Pam
Channel 3
Salvation Army Service
New York City
John J. Macguire
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Psm
Christmas Eve Services Mark World Christian Communities
The article notes quiet observances across Christian communities on the eve of the Prince of Peace’s birth. It mentions Cub Scout Pack 315 receiving the Webelos honor from sponsor Knights of Pythias with Timothy Kubly and Duane Leopold, and Brodhead Methodist church planning its building centennial on January 4.
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Prince of Peace
Bethlehem
John Winkler
Knights of Pythias
Timothy Kubly
Duane Leopold
Webelos
Brodhead Methodist Church
Christmas Day Historical Screenings And Reflections At New Monroe
On Christmas Day a government motion picture record of America's wartime role will be screened at the New Monroe tonight and again tomorrow. Rev A L Cook Jr of First Methodist preaches on The Christmas peace that Christ would offer Germany urging Teutons to adopt truth justice righteousness and freedom plus a look back at past milestones including Soviet security talks and Johnson’s Christmas return to Washington after a world tour.
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America
New
Monroe
Rev
A. L. Cook
First Methodist Church
Germany
United States
House of Representatives
Johnson
Washington
Strange Christmas Eve in Bethlehem and MacArthur Amnesty
Twenty years ago on December 24 1938 Bethlehem faced a muted pilgrimage as war and weather dampened the season. General MacArthur issued a surprise amnesty freeing 15 top Japanese war crime suspects. Willis Nipple a 14 year old polio patient from Albany was placed in an iron lung at Wisconsin General Hospital.
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Bethlehem
MacArthur
Willis Nipple
Albany
Wisconsin General Hospital
Christmas Travelers Fill Roads Toward Home Towns
Thirty years ago on December 24 1938 a record crowd of travelers headed to their old home towns seeking family reunions and a white Christmas across many regions. Seven or nine airmen died in a twin motor bomber crash southeast of Uniontown Alabama during a national holiday period. Monroe Marty Swiss beat New Glarus Village 38 to 29 in a basketball game.
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Uniontown
Ala
New Glarus Village
40 Years Ago Today Deaths Mark Holiday News
Mrs Hannah Preston aged 74 dies of influenza pneumonia after her husband Willard B Preston passes away 15 days earlier. Sheriff elect Myron West leads in the Monroe Rifle and Sun club shoot. Mrs Edward Neuenschwander aged 60, former bakery and restaurant owner near the square, dies in Milwaukee. Weatherman predicts a green holiday with fair weather.
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Hannah Preston
Willard B. Preston
Myron West
Monroe Rifle and Sun Club
Edward Neuenschwander
Milwaukee
State Superintendent C P Cary reports on teaching drift
Six decades ago on December 24 1908 State Supt C P Cary sent a biannual report to the governor deploring teachers leaving the profession early and noting the average high school education is worth $8000 Albert Foland and the Italian Boys are slated for the Citizens Lecture series The Woman's club program features a duet by Cecil White and Louise Twining and a paper by Mrs Addie Huffman on Housekeeping as a Vocation
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C. P. Cary
Albert Foland
Cecil White
Louise Twining
Addie Huffman
Today in History December 24 1968 highlights
The day recalls events such as the 1814 Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 and notes other historic moments including Vasco da Gama's death in 1524, the 1690 surrender of Edinburgh Castle, and WWII events in 1942 1943 and 1949.
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Associated Press
United States
England
Ghent
Belgium
India
Vasco da Gama
Wainburgh Castle
Scotland
Oliver Cromwell
Ku Klux Klan
Pulaski
Tenn
North Africa
Jean Darlan
Algiers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Rudolph
Emil Vogel 85 Rites Held In Mt Horeb Church
Emil Vogel age 85 died Saturday morning at St. Clare Hospital. Rites were held Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church Mt. Horeb with Rev. Arnold Athey officiating and burial in Mt. Horeb Cemetery. Pallbearers were Willis Witt Harold Monum Art Monum Marvin Arneson Isaac Bjelde and Robert Burkhalter all from the Mt. Horeb area.
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Gel
Mi 1
St. Clare Hospital
Ilasm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Mt. Horeb
Arnold Athey
Willis Wittwere
Harold Monum
Art Monum
Marvin Arneson
Isaac Bjelde
Robert Burkhalter
Monroe
Mrs Eustice Stricken at 42 in Belmont
Mrs. Eustice 42, formerly June Speth, of Belmont and sister of James Speth Brodhead died Monday in a Madison hospital after a long illness. She leaves husband Robert and three sons, and is survived by her father Wilbur Speth and sister Mrs. Kilpatrick. Funeral at Belmont Methodist Church 1:30 p.m. Thursday with calling at Mergen Funeral Home in Platteville after 3 p.m. tomorrow. Legion Auxiliary services set for 4 p.m. Christmas Day.
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Robert Eustice
Belmont
James Speth
Brodhead
Madison Hospital
June Speth
Burgess Battery Plant
Platteville
Eustice
Belmont United Methodists Church
W.S.C.S
Belmont American Legion Auxiliary
David
Joe
Sam
Wilbur Speth
Robert Kilpatrick
James F
Mergen Funeral Home
Legion Auxiliary
Christmas Guests Gather Across Wisconsin
Mr and Mrs Dale Halverson of Brookfield and Heather plan to spend Christmas with Hazel Becker in Milwaukee area. Madison residents Dr and Mrs Edward Marty and families visit on Christmas day. Martha Jenny of Madison visits her sister Ella Kubly who will travel with Belva Bowes and relatives. Other guests include James Knoblauch of Random Lake and Kenneth Kundert family from Platteville. Brusveen and Lien will join Ralph Emerson’s Christmas Eve gathering.
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Dale Halverson
Chip
Heather
Brookfield
Hazel Becker
Edward Marty
Bonnie
Pamela
Jill
George Wright
Madeline
Georgia
Tom
Madison
Martha Jenny
Ella Kubly
Kubly
Belva Bowes
Bertha Keller
Hazel Kundert
James Knoblauch
Random Lake
Kenneth "Kundert
Platteville
Thomas Brusveen
Selmar Lien
Ralph Emerson
Veen
Hans Brusveen
Howard Brusveen
Blanchardville
Charles Hefty
Mark
John Hefty
James Hefty
Lake Geneva
Jacob Krieg
Julie
Merrikay
Indian River City
Fla
Alfred Lissner
Richard Wiehser
Brodhead
Terry Wichser
Ivan Wichser
A Time For All Men Christmas Reflections
A columnist reflects on Christmas as a universal holiday beyond commerce. The piece recalls St Francis of Assisi in Greccio, Handel’s Messiah, Dickens and the enduring spirit of Christmas beyond church boundaries. It emphasizes the Christ child’s message in diverse cultural expressions.
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Jesus
Bethlehem
St. Francis of Assisi
Greccia
Italy
George Frederick Handel
Messiah
Handel
Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge
Marley
Cratchit
Matthew
Luke
Isaiah
God
Who Owns Christmas Amid Modern Arts and Music
The piece argues Christmas belongs to all people not just clergy or creeds. It cites Handel and Dickens as artists, Britten's Ceremony of Carols and Menotti's Amahl as proof divine presence transcends traditional faith. It celebrates everyday wise men in varied walks, not limited to Nazareth or scholars.
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Handel
Dickens
Christ
Benjamin Britten
Gian Carlo Menotti
Amahl
Nazareth
Herod
Enterprise Assn
Holiday guests fill Blanchardville and nearby towns
Families and friends gather for Christmas as residents from Blanchardville New Glarus Madison Platteville and Brodhead host guests. Among those visiting are Mr and Mrs Bill Robb Lydia Voegeli Warren Ingram Hulda Hoesly and Carl Dodd on leave from Great Lakes. Festivities include trips to Fort Lauderdale and Florida visits with relatives in Chicago Lake Geneva and Indian River City Florida.
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Biancaaraville
Bill Robb
Blanchardville
Lydia Voegeli
Richard Voegeli
New Glarus
Warren Ingram
Nancy
Tom
Madison
Hulda Hoesly
A.g.hill
Marjorie
Carolyn
Gerry
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Carl Dodd
Great Lakes Navration
Robert Dodd
Robert Holcomb
Gary Holcomb
Lawrence Baertschi
Robert Holcomb, Jr
Dennis
Patricia
Ira Holcomb
Sylvia Curtis
Doris Wagner
Curt
Rosa Legler
Lawrence F.marty
Kenneth Johnson
Platteville
Selmar Lien
Ralph Emerson
C.m.stauffer
Ruth Leach
Chicago
Martha Rupp
Lakeland College
Frederick Rupp
Norton Strommen
East Lansing
Mich
Willis Barber
Thomas Brus
Eldon Rockey Taken by Death
Eldon Rockey 48 died Sunday December 22 from an apparent heart attack while hunting. Services were held Tuesday December 24 at Dakota Community Church with burial in Dakota Cemetery. Rockey was a self employed painter. Survived by widow Fairie a son Dale Durand a daughter Linda at home his mother Florence Rockey Dakota and a grandson.
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Varuia
Mlewpecay
Elon A. Rockey
Dakota Community
Dakota
Rockey
Fairie
Dale
Durand
Linda
Florence Rockey
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Monroe Evening Times
Wincon- Destoulice
Act ‘of Congress
Maren
Sunda
EMERY
Opeli
Ganius
Editorial
Loyd Achterberg
Charman
TV Guide
Flintstones
Lancer
A. Thiel
Soledad
NYPD
CBS News
Joey Bishop
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Leonard Bernstein
Vladimir Horowitz
Virginian
Medicine Bow
Peyton Place
Rita
Norman
Beverly Hillbillies
the Clampetts
Kraft Music Hall
Green Acres
Oliver
Hawaii Five-O
Mame
Ills Brothers
al Martino
Johnny Carson
Jack Jones
Jane Morgan
Sammy Cahn
Irwin C. Watson
News
Famous Playhouse
Have Gun
Will Trail
Emil Vogel
Belmont Methodist Church
Monticello
C. D. Curtis
Eldon Rockey
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