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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a Monroe Wisconsin item with mentioned names and a local event. Details are unclear but imply a town news brief or public notice about a person or incident in Monroe. Further readable text needed for a precise headline and summary.
Office hours are 8:30 am to 5 pm. Telephone number 325-5 appears in a damaged or fragmentary notice. The readable text hints at a bureaucratic or wartime rationing context but provides no clear event, date, or named entities beyond the office hours and contact number.
Editorial discusses a U S Chamber of Commerce survey proposing shifting several holidays to fixed Mondays to create three day weekends. Proponents argue benefits to tourism and reduced midweek disruption, while noting tradition would shift though not aiming for new laws.
Written opinions from Wisconsin citizens on uniform Monday holidays should be sent to the Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce at P O Box 1143 Madison Wisconsin 53701.
Evansville mourns Steve Qualle 81 who died at his home after relocating from Minnesota 14 years ago. Survived by widow Nellie Curtis married in 1912, two daughters Dee Losey Evansville and C E Daugherty Waterford, sister Mari Fairbault Minnesota, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Arrangements are pending at Roderick Ward Funeral Home.
Frank Young aged 77 died yesterday at Freeport Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A self employed carpenter, he is survived by his widow Flossie. Private services set for 1 30 p m tomorrow at Leamen Funeral Home Lena with burial at Silent Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
White Gift Association remembered 16 families in need with six large five medium and five small complete dinners. 27 sunshine boxes aided elderly and shut-ins. Wholesale firms supplied potatoes bread milk and more. On White Gift Sunday December 18 donors contributed at churches and White Gift HQ for packing and distribution. Dial 325-5101 for Adtakern.
A reader renews a short subscription to The Times, praising its coverage of Green County news. He recalls longtime local figures, shops, and families, and mentions ancestry tied to Southwestern Wisconsin after the Black Hawk War, naming relatives and letters to the editor.
The text traces family links to Wisconsin territory times. It notes Mrs Alexander Hamilton visiting Wisconsin to see her son and staying with the grandfather's family. the grandfather served as interpreter and surveyor, helping locate the original colony from Girus in Green County and assisting in selecting Madison as the state capital. Sydney C. Heindel, Box 43 Baldwin, Ga. 30511.
Today is Thursday December 29 1966 the 363rd day of the year Two days remain in the year Highlights include 1845 Texas joins the union 1808 birth of Andrew Johnson 1941 Manila etc 1944 Nazi pressure in the Belgian bulge 10 years ago Suez Canal salvage began Five years ago De Gaulle Algeria withdrawal One year ago U S aimed for peace talks Classified ads urge buyers sellers and readers to place notices
Ten years ago Rodney mice was elected president of the Green County Bar Association. The piece notes Green County’s sole Revolutionary War veteran grave at Shook’s Prairie Cemetery known as Fairview, eight miles west of Monticello in Adams Township, where Robert Bailey is buried. Elvis Presley stars in Love Me Tender.
Harry E. Williams reports the state department released the Armory for the YMCA annual holiday dance featuring Bob Hudson and his dance band from Mil. An editorial notes academic freedom gains meaning through restraints. The Saturday night Pinochle club dined at the Ludlow Hotel.
Thirty years ago on December 29 1936 Monroe reports two more dog deaths within a week due to poisoning one had previously died Miss Florence Schulze Monroe will sing at a joint Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star installation in Brodhead Miss Helen Grenawalt Milwaukee visits Mr and Mrs Raymond Engebretson
1926 item notes the Horseshoe Racking Club relocating to the basement of the Knight Harness Shop on South Jackson Street. Also reports Christmas booze deaths rising to 27 nationwide and Governor elect Fred Zimmerman vowing drastic steps to make Hurley a part of Wisconsin. Mary Garden suggests pajamas as street fashion for men.
Fifty years ago December 29, 1916, Jerry the woolly mascot of Company H travels toward Monroe. Fort Wilson Texas hosts local members recently under Capt. A. E. Mitchell with Hank Hanaway’s burro noted as the unit’s ward. The item mentions Fred Streiff selling his New Glarus blacksmith shop to Fred Haldiman and Dave Kundert Jr. as well as social knights and ladies entering a scene once dreamt.
Donald S. Wells of Brown Town has been selected for nine months of missile electronics schooling at Lowry AFB Colorado after completing basic training at Lackland AFB Texas on December 20. He arrived in Colorado December 23 and will be listed as AF 16963027 CMR-BS6143421 Student Squadron ATC Lowry AFB 80230. In Essanay's six act photoplay In the Palace of the King is referenced.
Warrants were issued for eight fellows involved in the Christmas dance fight at Woodford and six were brought into justice court yesterday. The crowded courtroom showed the fight’s recent memory with many observers bearing black eyes. A separate note reports a man in the west taking his life by eating limburger cheese, contrasting with the easier deaths some seek.
An 880 Americans and 1,820 relatives were being moved from Cuba to the United States via Mexico after long talks. The first 89 arrived in Merida on a Mexican DC6 and were to fly to New Orleans on a chartered American plane. Two more loads were due from Havana.
Monticello notices include Ted Loeffel seeking a 12 year old to train as a Monroe Evening Times carrier. Several Christmas weekend visits are listed among families in Madison Monroe Verona and Cross Plains with multiple relatives named. David Zweifel Milwaukee spent the weekend with his parents and left Sunday after a visit.
In Denver visitors and local families shared holiday gatherings. Mrs. Ida Voegels and Henry Grunder visited Ed Gmar’s New Glarus home. Christmas Sunday brought LaVonne Loveland from Madison, Merlyn Loveland and Bill, Robert Wittenwyler, and Arnold Elmer as guests of Henry and Ida Emmer. Wilbert Meier of Monres visited grandmother Elsa Voegeli, while Frederick Voegeli joined Paul Duerst for Christmas. Jacob Stauffer hosted Stauffer and Beck er families, Monroe, and John Stauffer with sons as Sunday guests.
Ray Carpenter cleans the vast glass sections of the underwater aquarium at Silver Springs. He must swim and be comfortable under water whereas fear of heights is not a worry. The piece promotes dependable cars and daily classified ads.
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