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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1965
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists its post office entry date March 2 1879, publication cadence daily except Sunday, and founding date October 13 1898. It notes Emery A Odell 1871 1953 and AP Inland Press Association affiliations with circulation rates and office hours.
A 1965 reflection on the Viet Nam conflict and the young serviceman who fights and dies. Hal Boyle of the Associated Press examines the human side of the war effort to know the boy in uniform better.
The piece presents the U S armed forces in Vietnam as a collective “Man of the Year” for 1965. It highlights 175 000 soldiers facing a harsh climate, learning jungle warfare, adapting to heat and rain, and sustaining morale despite protest. It portrays determination to return home a winner and views the war as a major factor in national life.
Five Monroe students joined 2,033 UW Madison participants in a campus all campus blood drive. Red Cross collected pints for 87 hospitals in 37 southern Wisconsin counties and nationwide armed forces. The Madison event set a new state record and maintained the university blood drive title.
Today marks the start of the first driver license examinations administered by state examiners outside Milwaukee and Madison. Green County must begin jail remodeling or construct a new facility by June 28, 1956. Bridge figure Ely Culbertson, 64, died during a nap before dinner.
A 25 year retrospective notes a preliminary audit shows Britain will run out of cash in early autumn. The item also mentions reelection of officers of the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Producers association and reports that Sgt Harry Strock of the Illinois State Highway Police resigned.
A bold attack is reported as a daring attempt to assassinate Gen Francisco Villa in Mexico. Other items note a 4 below morning temperature and a local insolvency case with a small dividend to pay creditors.
Mrs. John L. Hockett 81 resident since 1918 died Friday December 24 in a Stoughton hospital. Born Ida Northam in Galva Illinois she moved to Iowa at eight. She married in Evansville in 1901 and lived in Barron County before moving here. Surviving husband a daughter Ardith Anderson in France two sons Lauren and Wilmer Evanston Illinois two sisters Milwaukee and Portland two brothers Evansville and Everson and several grandchildren.
Funeral services for Stanley Reese 65 lifelong area resident who died Sunday in a Stoughton hospital will be at 3 30 p m tomorrow in the Methodist Church Friends may call at Allen Funeral Home tonight He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America Surviving are his wife Juanita four daughters Mrs John Meyer Madison Mrs William Jones Darren Miss Patsy at home and Mrs Clifford Larson Janesville two sons John Janesville and William Evansville a brother Merlin Sr Evansville and 11 grandchildren
Alan Keener of Juda is among 113 University of Wisconsin students who broadcast weekly from dormitory basement studios on the Madison campus. The shows reach 4,100 students in the Lakeshore Halls area and can be heard on ordinary radios only when near UW residence halls.
Gilbert E. Czaynecki Madi son named Civil Defense field director for the area under a state reorganization into six operational regions. Bruce Bishop state director announced the shift effective January 1 with Area A covering Green Lafayette Vernon Crawford Grant Richland Sauk Columbia Iowa Dane and Rock counties.
Benton special report states Frank Robbin 76, retired miner, died yesterday at his home. Survived by widow Anna, two daughters Mrs. Vic Oberfall and Mrs. Robert Sidesenton, son Dale, two sisters Hattie Robbin and Mrs. Effie Northcraft, and six grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Primitive Methodist Church. Friends may call at Milner-O’Flaherty Funeral Home.
Highland special notices report Albert Pierick 90 of Highland died yesterday in a Neenah hospital. Funeral at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St Phillip's Catholic Church Highland with a Rosary service tonight at 8. Survives include daughter Mrs LaVerne Imhoff Menasha brother Henry rural Highland and sister Sister Priemus Edgewood College Madison.
Monroe Anti tuberculosis committee thanks Times staff for coverage of the Christmas Seal Campaign run from November 16 to December 25. By Christmas $2,200.60 was raised, with books open to April 1 for additional contributions to fund TB discovery and treatment in the area.
Leslie J. Merriam 72 native of Darlington and former Dane County agricultural agent died on arrival at a Janesville hospital after two months illness. He taught school and served as county agent in Walworth and Dane counties before moving to St Paul and later Janesville area. Survived by widow Marion Chambers three sons Dale sister and brother and twelve grandchildren. Services set for Thursday at Overton Funeral Home with calling hours Wednesday.
The Hawaii volcano on the island of Hawaii remains active with ongoing rumbling and fumes as eruption subsides. Scientists monitor lava activity and volcanic gas emissions while alert levels ease gradually.
The sudden eruption that began on Christmas Eve appears to be subsiding, signaling a reduction in activity and a potential return to calmer conditions. Authorities note the decline follows a peak observed over the holiday period.
The National Safety Council calls 720 freeway deaths during the 1964 Christmas weekend a national disaster. The three day period broke the 706 record set nine years earlier, with 609 for 1955 and 578 for 1964. AP compared nonholiday weekend totals at 420 deaths from Dec 9 to Dec 12.
More than 50,000 Cubans are expected at Havana Palace of the Revolution Friday night to celebrate New Year and Fidel Castro's 1959 victory. Havana radio says 12 orchestras will play for dancing, eighty stands will sell dinners and beverages or noisemakers, and fireworks are planned.
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