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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1963
Page
2
The editorial notes 1963 failed to fix agriculture's economic woes and warns Green County must create local farm and off farm opportunities to keep rural youth from migrating. It urges community action to prevent broad economic decline and the loss of future prospects.
The article surveys East West tensions as 1964 nears, noting Cyprus unrest and Castro in Cuba. Secretary Rusk foresees a year of probing for peace amid ongoing issues including China, Berlin, Viet Nam, and Cuba. A sober mood among leaders aims to avoid crises like the 1962 missile scare.
Ten years ago on December 30 1953 W Harris Rote 42 of Orangeville farming southwest of town was killed when a tree he was sawing fell on him. The incident prompted brief local notices including others resignations and fire news in the Monore area.
West German Chancellor Erhard meets in Texas with U.S. leaders to discuss cooperation toward reducing Europe’s tensions and promoting world peace. Both leaders acknowledge remaining work to strengthen freedom and broaden peaceful influence, hoping mutual recognition may deter Communist provocations and hasten peace in 1963.
Mrs. Martin Paulson 79 died Saturday in a Beloit nursing home after a long illness. Services set for 1 30 p m tomorrow at Evangelical Lutheran church Mt Horeb with burial details and calling hours at Gesme funeral home. She taught at Platteville Normal school, married in 1908, and lived on farms near Daleyville before retiring to Mt Horeb in 1948. Survived by daughter and five sons in several states plus three sisters a brother and 17 grandchildren.
On this day in 1853 the United States and Mexico signed the Gadsden Purchase treaty granting a 10 million dollar land strip now part of New Mexico and Arizona. The item honors James Gadsden, who brokered the agreement.
Funeral services for Wilbert Wakefield 60 will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow in Footville Church of Christ where he was a member. Burial will be in Milton Lawns near Janesville. He died Saturday after a long illness in his home. He was born in Vernon County in 1903 and farmed most of his life. He married Florence Smith in 1924 at Viroqua. Surviving: wife Florence. sons Jesse Footville and Wilbert Jr Janesville. daughters Mrs Wayne Moffitt Beloit and Mrs Dale Mielke Arlington. parents Mr and Mrs Hiram Wakefield Janesville. brothers Carroll Milton Junction and Gale Milton. sisters Mrs Frances Lockington Mindora, Mrs Leland DeGarmo Janesville, Mrs Nelton Ryman Janesville. 10 grandchildren.
Mrs. Carrie Leitch 90 former Mt. Horeb resident died in a Sauk City hospital. She lived with her niece in Prairie du Sac for the last decade. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Mt. Horeb Methodist Church with calling after 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gesme funeral home. Survived by nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Marti 91 of Argyle were held at Erickson Funeral Home and St. Joseph’s Church in Argyle with burial in Calvary Cemetery. She was born in Germany and wed Fritz Marti in 1893, arriving in America that year. survived by two daughters, a son, six grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Her husband died in 1940 and another son, Walter A. Marti, died in 1947 in a workplace accident.
Wallace T. Penniston former Lafayette County highway commissioner and multiple county official dies in a Madison hospital after a long illness. Services set for 1 30 p m tomorrow at Sharer funeral home with survivors including daughter Mrs Robert Oeschslin Madison son Kenneth sister Mrs Edith White and brother Webb of Darlington and five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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