Santa Brings Cheer to Meighan Family in Monroe
The Meighan family in Monroe received holiday goodwill as Santa visited their home. Debra Lauri Susan each got dolls and 3 year old Jeffrey a bright truck among other toys. Wayne Meighan, injured in an auto accident and out of work, called it a wonderful Christmas and thanked those who brought cookies and cheer. The piece encourages readers to offer a friendly greeting to those in need this season.
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Wayne Meighan
Santa
Debra
Lauri
Susan
Jeffrey
Wanda
Wayne
Meighan
Uylock
Rodney Marty Couple Wins Lighting Contest
New Glarus Times Special reports Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Marty of 122 Second St won first prize in the Christmas home decorating contest sponsored by the New Glarus Post. They received a $10 check for a handmade Nativity display lit by a blue spotlight. Second place went to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Duerst for a large window display resembling a stained glass Nativity. Third went to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Monroe. honorable mention to several residents including Dennis Streiff and Abner Anderson for a starred shop display.
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NEW Glarus
Times
Rodney Marty
Second St
New Glarus Post
Martys
Wayne Duerst
Russell Monroe
Dennis Streiff
Wilbert Zweifel
Roger Buesser
Marshall Ingwell
E. V. Hicks
Arnold Wieser I
Arnold Wieser
Abner Anderson
West Germans produce 6.5 percent more in 1964
Bonn reports 1964 output at 103 billion dollars, 6.5 percent above 1963 after price changes. Average industrial wage rose to just over one dollar per hour, tripling since 1950. Unemployment falls below one percent.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Washington Crossed the Delaware on Christmas Eve 1776
Highlights from this date in history note George Washington and his troops crossing the Delaware before dawn, catching Hessian soldiers who were distracted by Christmas celebrations. The event left about a thousand Hessians captured and the enemy demoralized.
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Associated Press
George Washington
Delaware
Mason and Dixon
Pennsylvania - Maryland
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Schorhorst
Yugoslavia
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Cyprus
Christmas Day in the Nation and World Across Decades
Ten years ago Premier Mendes France urged the National Assembly to decide the western defense alliance future as winter storms hit Monroe bringing accidents and driving roads to treacherous ice and snow. Pope Pius XII received a blood transfusion after a restful night.
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Pierre Mendes-France
National Assembly
Western Defense Alliance
Monroe
Julien Dubuque
Pius XII
Mrs. Townsend Rites Tomorrow
Mrs. Leslie Townsend 79 longtime area resident dies after long illness in a Janesville hospital. Service at 2 p.m. Sunday at Magnolia Advent Christian Church. visitation at Silverthorn-Newcomer Funeral Home in Orfordville. Survived by daughter Mrs. Delbert Bequette of Janesville, son Vernon of Menominee, five grandchildren.
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Footville
Leslie Townsend
Janesville
Magnolia Advent Christian Church
Silverthorn-Newcomer Funeral Home
Orfordville
Townsend
Mabel Hollenbeck
New York
Magnolia Township
Albany
Green County Boots and Saddle Club
Magnolia Church
Eastern Star
Delbert Bequette
Vernon
Menominee
Mrs. Hustad Taken by Death
Alma Hustad 82 former Alma Lund died after a long illness in a Madison hospital. Survived by son Wilmer at home daughter Yvonne Verona brother John Lund Florida sisters Mrs Ralph Harkins Delray Beach Fla and Rose Lund Mt Horeb. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mt Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church. Friends may call Gesme funeral home after 4 p.m. Monday.
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MT. Horeb
Alma Hustad
Madison
Alma Lund
Blue Mounds Township
Alfred Hustad
Ralph Harkins
Delray Beach
Fla
Rose Lund
Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gesme Funeral Home
Boy Finds Mistletoe Can Provide a Profit
In Atlanta 10 year old Bobby McEver sold mistletoe he harvested from trees near his home. He used signs like Missin Your Kissin Mistletoe 25 cents and Kissin Licenses Sold Here and had friends ring doorbells. His earnings exceeded 40 dollars.
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Atlanta
Bobby McEver
Bobby
McEver
Mrs Binnewies Dies in Janesville
Laura Josephine Binnewies 84 widow of Dr. Binnewies eye ear nose throat specialist died in Janesville. She was born in Rock County, attended Milton Union High School Milton College and Northwestern music studies. Survived by daughter Mrs. Stephens. services held in Janesville.
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Milton College
Northwestern University
Cargill Methodist Church
the Eastern Star
Daughters of the American Revolution
Stephens
Louis Theis 60 Dies Rites Held in Waunakee
Louis Theis age 60 of Route 1 Waunakee died Thursday at his farm home. Rites were held this morning in Waunakee. Surviving are his wife Alice Wilcox two daughters Mrs Ivan Schroeder Dubuque and Mrs Henry J Ripp Jr Waunakee three sons LeRoy Eugene Roger all of Waunakee his mother Mrs Mary Theis Sauk City a sister four brothers and other relatives.
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Louis Theis
Route 1
Waunakee
William Holmes
Horeb
Alice Wilcox
Ivan Schroeder
Dubuque
Henry J. Ripp Jr
LeRoy
Eugene
Roger
Mary Theis
Sauk City
Frank Stephens Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Frank Stephens 61 Monroe native who died December 9 in Burbank California were held December 11. A requiem mass was celebrated at the San Fernando Mission chapel and burial was in the adjoining cemetery. Surviving are his widow three sisters Mrs Alice Myhron Bettendorf Iowa Mrs Mildred Merck Freeport and Mrs Verona West Monroe and her sister in law and brother J Carl Stephens Wenatchee Washington. Stephens moved to California in 1931 and built a demolition business in Glendale later entering the U S Army in World War II. He founded Burbank Equipment Rental Co Inc and held interests in rental firms in Covina Ventura Pomona Sacramento San Fernando and Panorama City. He married Josephine Sonderegger July 27 1953. He returned to Monroe in 1964 to attend his mother s funeral then went to Rochester Minnesota for Mayo Clinic treatment. He died after a heart attack at St Joseph s Hospital in Burbank. He was born February 25 1903 in Argyle and moved to Monroe in 1914. His survivors include his widow three sisters and brother J Carl Stephens.
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Frank Stephens
Monroe
Burbank
Calif
San Fernando Mission
Alice Myhron
Bettendorf
Mildred Merck
Freeport
Verona West
Monroe High School
J. Carl Stephens
Wenatchee, Wash
Llamas Impress South American Youth In Gentle Guardian Role
Mary Alice Young narrates a feature on llamas, noting spitting as a defense and their regal, woolly appearance. She describes their life in the Andes from birth, their role with Bolivian and Peruvian children, and their companionship from infancy to adulthood.
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South America
Andes
Ang
Bolivia
Peru
la Paz
Mon roe Evening Times Boys and Girls Club Coupon
A juvenile membership coupon invites boys and girls up to 12 to join the Monroe Evening Times Club in Monroe Wisconsin. The form asks for name and address and includes mailing instructions to the club. A second passage discusses the llama as a symbol in Bolivian and Peruvian culture with notes on stamps statues and art.
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Monroe Evening Times
Evening Times Club
Monroe
Wis
Luci Baines Johnson Welcomes Betz at LBJ Ranch
Luci Baines Johnson spends Christmas at the LBJ Ranch with her boyfriend Paul Betz a premedical student at Mount St. Marys College Emmitsburg Maryland Betz recently wore his fraternity pin signaling a relationship, while Luci is 17 years old.
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Johnson City
Tex
Luci Baines Johnson
LBJ Ranch
Paul Betz
Mount St. Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
Betz
Luci
New Members Added Patterson at 1211 13th Street
Marci Marie Patterson joined as a new member on September 27, 1964, at 1211 13th Street, reflecting the local enrollment update.
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Marci Marie Patterson
13Th St
Lost Act Reveals Hidden Logic In Absence
A terse note reflects on the idea that when something vanishes a lost act exposes underlying logic. The saying frames absence as revealing structure and purpose rather than mere loss.
Mrs. Locke Dies After Long Illness at 71
Mrs. Leonard Locke, 71, died Christmas Day in a Madison hospital after a long illness. She was a member of the Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church and will lie in state at Gesme Funeral Home after 2 p.m. tomorrow. Surviving are a son Thomas of St. Louis and four daughters plus a mother, a brother, two sisters, ten grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
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MT. Horeb
Leonard Locke
Madison
Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gesme
Locke
Marie Smith
Walter Wirth
Horeb
Robert Erickson
Ridgeway
Joseph Brager
Jackson
Mich
John Grinde
DeForest
Volney Smith
Blue Mounds
Kermit
Osee Smith
Mary Holly
Henry B Hellickson 78 Dies at Home
Henry B Hellickson 78 a retired Milwaukee Road express messenger died Thursday at his Route 1 home after a long illness Services were held this afternoon at Ritter Funeral Home He belonged to First Methodist Church Masonic lodge and Eastern Star Survived by two daughters Mrs Byron Jones and Mrs Paige Ballard two brothers Levi and Gustave a sister Mrs Sophie Webb and several grandchildren
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Mineral Point
Henry B. Hellickson
Ritter
Hellickson
Milwaukee Road
First Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
The
Eastern Star
Byron Jones
Paige Ballard
Rockford
Levi
Stoughton
Gustave
Edgerton
Sophie Webb
Nat King Cole Progress Report From Santa Monica Hospital
Singer Nat King Cole shows excellent progress at St. John's Hospital Santa Monica after undergoing cobalt treatments for a lung tumor since December 8. The public health update notes continued monitoring and ongoing care for his condition.
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Nat
Santa Monica
Calif
Nat King Cole
St. John’s Hospital
Earthquakes Happen Almost Anywhere Say Experts
The National Geographic Society notes that earthquakes and tremors can occur nearly anywhere on the globe due to complex plate movements and regional seismic activity.
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Earth
The
National Geographic Society
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Inland Daily Press Association
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Charles Ruehle
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Albert
Belgium
Illinois
State Sanitary Board
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Dairy and
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Hustad
Conoco
aVoei
Tso LU
Sa AG
Monroe Lumber & Fuel CO
Frank Stephens Rites
California
Times Children’s Club
Don Peter Hasler
Route 3
Rita Jean Voegeli
Monticello
Dennise Renee Moest
Orangeville
Timothy Scott Wells
Rock City
Michael Alan Disch
Daniel Lee Klemm
Browntown
Connie Diane Hudson
12Th St
Melody Beth Peterson
George Downing Garsson
Neb
Steven Donald Stick
McConnell
Duane Charles Jones
14Th Ave
Theodore Craig Fuller
Lowes Park
Debra Lynn Halverson
Alice Fay Friedrichs
Linda Lou Monaghan
26Th Ave
Nathan Eugene Paul Jr
Winslow
Kathryn Tschanz
Debra Jeanette Zee
Kurt David Maske
Joyce Marie Friedrichs
Debra Sue Blum
Belleville
Steven Grant Maaske
Route
Dennis David Heer
Randy Alan Malcock
Brodhead
Martin Louis Tengowski
Lyle Herbert Kraus
Laurinda Jean Haeft
Beloit
Mary Ann Kraus
Steven Donald Cecil
Sandra Lynn Wilde
20Th St
Mary Alice Young
R.F.D
Lima
Paseo de la Republica
Mother Nature
LBJ
Pala
WVVAG
Blumer Pharmacy
Riley
Walgreen Agency
KODAK
Mrs. Locke
Henry Hellickson
American Legion Hall
Gempeler’s
Legion Bar
Monroe Vocational Adult School
Charles Mowbray
Monroe Vocational School
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