First Place Winners To Get Five Dollars In Jaycee Essay Contest
Winners of the annual Jaycees contest for What Christmas Means To Me have been announced. Adult winner is Mrs Leon C Gempeler. Grade winners include Renee Burmeister Kathy Benkert Jeanne Pederson Kim Smith Lana Heinzelman. Judging was Dec 23 by Rod Kammer Gene Lumm and Jack Fernan. First place awards include five dollar checks and certificates of merit mailed to recipients.
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Jaycee
Randy Marty
Rod Kammer
Kammer
Gene Lumm
Jack Fernan
Renee Burmeister
Luan Burgmeister
15Th Ave
Lincoln School
Lester Pederson
Ste
South School
Edward Becker
Kim Smith
William F. Smith
Lincoln’ School
Robert Bahler
Lana Heinzel~ Man
Raymond R.heinzelman
23Rd Ave
Ernest Spring
Leon C. Gempeler
Route 2
Monticello
Jaycees
Marty
Moon Men Bound For Home on Earth
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders return from a historic moon mission. They contour a precise reentry path aimed at the Pacific Friday with plans for a brief splashdown and recovery as ground teams monitor trajectory and atmosphere.
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Earth
Air Force
Borman
James A.lovell
William A.anders
Carr
Interstellar Times
Anders
Lovell
Onassis Christmas in Greece on Scorpios island
Jacqueline Onassis and her children celebrated Christmas on Scorpios, staying on Aristotle Onassis’s Ionian island. She visited Nidri by boat with Caroline and Christina, receiving Christmas wishes from a villager as an Orthodox Mass was held.
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Scorpios Island
Greece
Jacqueline Onassis
Ionian
Aristotle Onassis
Holiday Lighting Winners Named by Monroe Jaycees
The Monroe Jaycees named five outstanding residences and one business for Christmas decor. Winners receive a $5 award. judges cited lighting, theme, placement, colors, and religious elements. Recipients include Orville Flaherty, Glenn Swiggum, August Burgi, Duane Flannery, Keith Holcomb, and Ken's Agri Service.
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Tne Monroe Jaycees
Jaycee Committee
Orville Flaherty
7Th St
Glenn Swiggum
23Rd Ave
August Burgi
9Th Ave
Duane Flannery
13Th
Keith Holcomb
20Th Ave
Ken’s Agri Service
13Th Ave
Monroe Chickeries
Michael Brown
Jaycee
Babies Born on Christmas Eve and Day at St Clare Hospital
Nine newborns were reported from St. Clare Hospital with three on December 25 and four on December 24. Notable births include a boy to Arthur and Mrs Sullivan of 1402 11th Street on December 24 at 5:51 PM, a girl to Joseph Klassy of Belleville on December 24 at 7:07 AM, and several other infant arrivals to local families across Lena New Glarus Orfordville Belleville and 701 11th Ave.
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Christ
Jesus
Bethlehem
Joseph
Mary
St. Clare Hospital
Arthur Sullivan
Edwin Cox
Joseph Klassy
Belleville
Gerald Weldon
11Th Ave
Wisconsin News Tops 1968 Poll GOP Victory Leads
The Associated Press ranks statewide stories for 1968 with Gov. Knowles victory over Bronson LaFollette as the top Wisconsin news item. The list includes Oshkosh protests, McCarthy primary win, Milwaukee Vietnam record burnings, Knowles divorce, Nelson reelection, highway deaths, UW Madison murder, and Ed Gein trial. The piece notes Knowles’ 54 percent win, July and May events, and multiple political and social headlines shaping the year.
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Milwaukee
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Associated Press
Knowles
Atty. Gen. Bronson C. LaFollette
GOP
Roger E. Guiles
Guiles
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Johnson
Dorothy Knowles
Mexico
Francis J. Trecker
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Jerris Leonard
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Gein
Five Hurt In Lena Train Derailment Aftermath
Lena Ill special reports thirty five cars of an Illinois Central freight train derailed in the Lena business district on Tuesday afternoon December 24 injuring five persons four seriously. Wreckage cleared by Christmas Day. five injured locals tied to Lena and area. freight yard and lumber company yard destroyed. workers salvage scattered cargoes of meat and miscellaneous goods.
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Lena
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
Avery Broege
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Elvin Posey
Freeport Memorial
Stuart Daws
Dwight Schubert
Fred A. Smith Lumber Co
Pioneer salesman Thomas J. McPhillips dies at 93 in Monroe
Thomas J. McPhillips, a World War I veteran and pioneer traveling salesman born September 30, 1875 in Monroe, died Christmas Eve night at Wagner Nursing Home. He spent decades in fur trade and clothing sales traveling from St. Paul to Philadelphia, after a 1940 Mardi Gras trip he survived a 21 day train wreck in Chicago with severe injuries and later returned to Monroe for retirement.
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Thomas J. McPhillips
Wagner
Monroe
Thomas Martha Moreland McPhillips
Wells and Edelman
Courthouse Square
Old Opera House
Hudson Bay Fur Co
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Ohio
St. Louis
Omaha
McPhillips
New Orleans
Hot Springs
Ark
Memphis
Danville
New York
Tom
Balsam Lake
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Motor Vehicle Division
Athens
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
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Richard Busch
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Blanchardville
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