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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1967
Page
10
Partly cloudy and continued cold across Pac Wisconsin. Lows tonight from zero to 15 below, Friday highs around 10 to 20 north and 20s in the south. Monroe Zone shows similar cold with lows zero to 7 below and Friday highs in the lower 20s. Light variable winds. Precipitation probability five percent tonight and twenty percent on Friday.
Mrs J Henry Rhyner aged 70 of Albany Frank Keehn 89 Route 1 Mrs Allie Dupree 41 South Beloit Il Mrs Verna Millard 70 Shullsburg William Parriott 35 Orangeville Russell Homan rural Dakota Ill LeRoy Homan rural Dakota Ill Mrs Ford Bertha A Wells 84 South Beloit Il Mr and Mrs Robert Lieberman Route 3 son Dec 23 Mr and Mrs Kenneth Malcock Route 1 Albany daughter Dec 28 Mr and Mrs Alvin Sacker Route 1 daughter Dec 27
An accident at St Clare Hospital lists numerous patients by name and hometown under Medical and Surgical categories, including Lee Rupnow 18 Route 1 South Wayne and others from Winslow Albany Orangeville Belleville Racine Verona and Beloit among many. Discharged patients include William LeRoy Bowman Jacob J Wild Wilhelm Beutel and Joseph Foockle.
Three Madison youths Jeffrey Kessenich14 Louis Ferrer12 and Rik Haven16 fell through ice at Warner Park on a Wednesday afternoon. A bystander Donald Stroud Jr14 spotted them with a telescope and alerted police who aided the boys taking them home for first aid. They were treated at Methodist Hospital for exposure.
Mrs Millard a Shullsburg widow and former Min eral Point Division depot agent wife Oscar died May 7 1950 at Shullsburg station master postings at Orfordville and Muscoda survived by son James of Chicago funeral set for Saturday at 2 PM at the Methodist Church in Shullsburgh with arrangements by Thompson Funeral Home pending further details
Surviving are six children Mrs B W Johnson Rockford Norman Wells Monroe Mrs Ada Coplien South Beloit Mrs Julian Marks Blanchardville Robert Wells Monterey California and Mrs Charles Smith Inglewood California a brother Harry Shain Shullsburg 19 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Three sisters and four brothers preceded her in death Burt Shain twin of Mrs Wells. Services 1 30 p m Saturday Dec 30 at St nessy Funeral Home Monroe Rev C James Weis First Methodist officiating Burial Mt Vernon Juda. Friends may call after 3 p m tomorrow.
Mrs. Allie Dupree of South Beloit died at St. Clare Hospital at 4 a.m. Thursday December 28 after a long illness. She was last admitted December 1. Rosman UVehling Kinzer Mortuary Beloit handles arrangements.
Miss Nellie M Durst 83 died Saturday December 23. Services were held at 1 30 PM Tuesday December 26 at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Clifford Werle Freeport as Christian Science reader and Delores Marti as organist. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers Ronald Albright Madison Chester Smith Mattoon Illinois Richard Prien Chicago John D Prien Monroe.
A long list of Christmas Day and Eve visitors gathered at multiple homes in Monroe, Janesville, Fort Atkinson, Madison, and surrounding areas. Attendees included Bratzke and Kummer families, Schuman and Haugen, Field and Chap man households, and extended relations from Edgerton to Mineral Point.
Funeral services for Ana Anna Telfair 76 of Beloit who died Dec 27 at St. Clare Hospital will be at 3 at Rosman Aheling Kinzer Central Chapel Beloit Rev David L Burton will officiate Burial in East Lawn Cemetery Beloit Friends may call 7 to 9 p m tomorrow She was born Feb 6 1891 in Milton Wis and married Jess M Telfair Nov 26 1913 in Chetek Surviving: two sons Byron Rockford and John Resco Ill two daughters Mrs Robert B Guetschow Beloit and Mrs Roger Anderson Sr Albuquerque N M a brother Irving Hamilton Tomah 12 grandchildren two great grandchildren.
Postmaster Myers outlines a new rate structure effective January 7. He says eight to sixteen ounce third class parcels gain special handling, unsealed greeting cards rise to six cents, and one pound flat rate parcels shift to eighty cents. Higher second class and bulk third class rates also take effect with guidance available at the local post office.
A change in partnerships in Krostue Implement Co. is planned for Wednesday January 3. Walter Fahrney and Ray Haddinger retire selling their shares to E O Killingstad and Garland Rankins. J R Schesser the third partner remains with the company. Killingstad is partsman. Rankins manager at Devon and Rayne Lumber Co. John Hlavachek may take over Rankins duties at the lumber yards.
Mrs. J. Henry Rhyner 70 of Albany died 3 20 p m Wednesday Dec 27 at Monroe Manor Nursing Home after a long illness She and her husband farmed west of Albany and later ran a retail dairy She was born Jan 19 1897 in Bern Switzerland and came to America at age three She leaves her husband twin daughters Adolph May Busjahn Beloit and Mabel Kuhlmeier Santa Ana Calif two brothers Otto Schenk West of Albany and Ernest Brodhead three grandchildren and four great grandchildren Services Sunday Dec 31 2 p m at Sharer Funeral Home Albany with Rev J Allan Mittler Zwingli Church officiating Burial Hillcrest Cemetery Albany
The passage reflects on historical Christmas cheer from Germany and emphasizes love as the true meaning of Christmas. It urges universal peace and recalls that Jesus Christ came to teach love and understanding among people.
A Christmas acrostic narrative by Chris Klassey explains the Nativity story. It links each letter from C to I to events and figures around Jesus birth in Bethlehem including Herod, Mary and Joseph, the inn, the stable, the Wise Men and the shepherds.
A collection of Christmas musings by Mary Jane Swiggum and Robert Crandall on joy and kindness. The page continues with obituaries and funeral notices including Russell Eugene Homan 54 and son LeRoy Eugene Homan 21, and other local memorials. A strike threat near New York and tax data from Wisconsin wrap the items.
Chicago hogs were 75 lower in spots as buyers steadied. Prices ranged from 17.25 to 19.00 for various weights with sow losses of 25 to 30. Cattle and calves lacked enough sales to test prices while sheep saw steady wool slaughter lambs and ewes with mixed grade offers. Butter cheddar cheese eggs and dairy products posted stable to slightly firmer quotes across markets in Madison and Milwaukee exchanges.
Flames swept through the Lakeshore Supper Club on Oconomowoc Lake causing about 200000 dollars in damage and sending a resident to the hospital. The fire started in second story living quarters with cause undetermined. Court action related to the incident bound over to Circuit Court for trial.
Juda High School hosts a teen dance in the gym on Friday December 29 from 8 to 11 p m. The Juda Panther Band sponsors with The Prodigal Sons providing music. Girls are asked to avoid sports wear slacks or shorts and a small admission will be charged.
The passage describes church plays nativity scenes and school Christmas plays as reminders of the season’s meaning. It recalls fitting a Christmas tree into a station wagon, hiding wrapped gifts, and assembling gifts with a parent, culminating in a Christmas Eve church service and the wish for ongoing reverence and goodwill.
About 380000 United Auto Workers members were expected to finish ratification voting on a new three year deal with General Motors. A union spokesman said the pact is approved by about five to one, with production workers at 83 percent in favor and skilled tradesmen at 79 percent. Balloting ends by midnight. The agreement mirrors Chrysler and Ford deals and is seen boosting labor costs by around six percent annually.
Frank Keehn aged 89 of Route 1 Albany died at 6 35 p m Wednesday December 27 after a brief illness He was a lifelong rural Albany resident and retired farmer born October 5 1878 in Exeter Township He is survived by two sons Harry and Ivan seven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren Funeral services will be at 130 p m Saturday December 30 at the Evansville Methodist Church Burial Maple Hill Cemetery Roderick Ward Funeral Home in Evansville will host calling Friday afternoon and evening and at the church after 1230 pm until time of service
Johnny Saxer of rural Monticello remains hospitalized at St. Clare in Monroe after a November 21 accident at the Chevrolet Plant in Janesville. Injuries include a fractured left knee and leg plus a puncture wound and abrasions. He may stay about a month before moving home in a body cast for recovery. Aaron Matthew Jordan born December 11 at St. Clare Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Emmerson Jordan with siblings Harlan Kurt and Philip.
Funeral services for Charles Eckburg 70 of Sheboygan and former Monroe resident are set for Saturday in Sheboygan. He died yesterday in Rochester Minnesota where he was a Mayo Clinic patient.
A Raleigh city dump found a bag containing 3200 dollars from three days of newsstand receipts at the bus terminal, tossed there by mistake. Mrs George Romney plans to campaign stops in Madison and LaCrosse on January 9 in support of her husband’s bid for the presidency.
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