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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1968
Page
2
Odd fragments show a Monroe publication page mentioning a rublist and rate notices. Names appear to include Emery A Odell and a dated service note. The readable bits suggest postal or service rate details and classified briefs.
The Monroe Evening Times publishes Mrs. Saalsaa’s Christmas tale Same in the Country and then Safe in the Country for readers to enjoy with children. It notes her past works, upcoming writings, and encourages family reading after the holidays. Wisconsin cheese talk follows with Sen. Gordon Roseleip presenting 1967 import and export figures and factory counts.
In Argyle Wisconsin the Nelsons Martin family embraces rural living. George and Ellen celebrate healthier children amid sunshine and exploration as their kids roam fields near a sparse lake area. The scene follows daily routines, chores, and a safe outdoor plan with Captain Billy on TV as a backdrop.
The column lists major dates including Spain recognizing Mexico's independence in 1836, Iowa's statehood in 1846, Woodrow Wilson in Staunton in 1856, chewing gum patented in 1869, U. S. railroads seized in 1917, and Calcutta bombing in 1942, with past anniversaries and a reflective closing note.
A Letter to the Editor by Clarence Akins in The Monroe Evening Times contained two errors. A line was misprinted changing Bixby and supporters to misstate fire protection costs on the tax roll. Wayne Township, not Wiota Township, was the intended reference in the final paragraph.
Glancing Back notes a heavy Christmas weekend traffic toll reaching nearly 600 nationwide and 814 in the state. Frank P. Jones, 52, Monroe native and farmer from Rock City and the Dakota area, died from injuries after a Dec 22 car truck collision near Dakota. University of Wisconsin band, directed by Prof. Raymond F. Dvorak, will tour starting Jan 24 with Monroe on the itinerary.
Twenty years ago today, February 28, 1948, twelve men stranded on a frigid Greenland ice cap after a plane crash were rescued by the airforce. The same era saw projected cold war costs rising to about 21 billion dollars next year. Flag draped caskets of 2nd Lt. C. Gordon Steindorf, Albany. 1st Lt. Kenneth J. Goiz, Brooklyn. and Pfc. Wm. D. Barker, Cedarville, returned from Europe.
Thirty years ago on December 28 1938 the Wisconsin limburger cheese industry sent a compromise package size agreement to the New York state department of agriculture to meet a marking net weight requirement opposed by the industry. Humorous New Year resolutions written by Kiwanis members were read by Henry Kundert and Ray A. Young at the weekly meeting.
Forty years ago on December 28, 1928 the Green County Agricultural Society and Mechanics Institute elected officers with T A Hoesly as president Everett Kee as secretary and H G Leuenberger as treasurer Funeral services were set for Edward Lanz 63 a noted wagonmaker A new law partnership Dunwiddle and Thurber formed in Monroe Unseasonably mild weather marked the area between Christmas and New Year A large eagle was killed on the Flarery farm near Brodhead after stealing chickens
A 1918 reflection notes President Wilson in Europe calling for a league of nations. It contrasts the global influenza toll of the era with wartime plagues and cites his assertion that foundations for postwar cooperation have been laid.
The Monroe Business Institute reports enrollment above one hundred for the season the largest in this period. George Brown Win Slow travels to Chicago for rabies treatment after his bulldog bite. Telegram says Sicily earthquake and tidal wave deaths may total about 75 000. A comic panel shows a staged fall as Bubber counts out ten with Stooge. Turn to No 1 Page 7.
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