Henry Freitag 88 DeKalb longtime Monticello Monroe businessman dies
Green County native Henry F Freitag 88 DeKalb IL died at DeKalb Public Hospital after a short illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Zwingli United Church of Christ Monticello with Rev J Allan Mittler. Burial Highland Cemetery. He was born May 8 1878 in New Glarus Township and married Euphemia Baebler Feb 28 1901. Survived by widow son Clarence W DeKalb daughter Violet Julian DeKalb and brother Jacob Freitag.
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Green County
Monticello and
Monroe
Henry F. Freitag
DeKalb
DeKalb Public Hospital
Zwingli
Freitag
Monticello
Jacob Freitag
Wagner
Tonroe
Emerys Take European Post in Geneva Switz
J R Emery and wife Ruth Rossing relocate from Argyle to Geneva after an offer to become director for Fibres Textiles DuPont covering European countries. They depart with three children and a cello, note Geneva French region, travel to London Paris and Rome for business, and plan Easter Italy Greece vacation.
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Wilma Penniston
Argyle
J. R. Emery
Ruth Rossing
Victor Rossing
Delaware
Emery
Fibres Textiles
DuPont
Geneva
Switzerland
Emerys
Oberland Gstaad
Italy
Greece
London
France
Rome
Wisconsin Cheese Prices Steady Across Varieties
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports no change in prices for Wisconsin cheddar and Swiss cheese this week in Madison. Demand ranges from slow to good with best interest in prepackaged natural and processed cheddar. National American cheese output for the week ending Feb 16 reached 24.1 million pounds, up 25 percent from the previous year.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Agricultural Marketing Service
Freitag to Speak at Schwoegler Farewell Banquet
Waldo Freitag of New Glarus will headline a 7 30 p m program at Monroe High School M Room honoring James Schwoegler former SCS head and area conservationist now stationed in LaCrosse with his family moving after the school year ends. The event is a county watersheds tribute thanking Schwoegler for years of service.
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James Schwoegler
SCS
County Watersheds
Monroe High School
JoJean Retrum
JoJean
Jean
Heart Fund
Alpha Zeta Sorority
Heart
Green County Barbershop Chorus
State Line Playboys
Lemon Sisters
Junior Girl Turners
Tijuana Bedbugs
Dick Campbell
Art Sullivan
Campbell
Monroe
Radke
Sign Up Period for Feed Grain Ends March 1 Extension Noted
The 1967 Feed Grain program sign up ends March 17 in Green County per ASCS Office Manager Donald Siedschlag. The earlier deadline of March 3 was extended to avoid conflicts with moving dates. He cited lagging participation and 1997 program attractiveness as possible factors. Farmers with bases over 25 acres may only set aside 20 percent to gain benefits, with one exception for those who do not plan to grow corn this year.
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Donald N. Siedschlag
ASCS
Green County
Siedschlag
Very Little Activity At Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange closed with no sales and no bids. Unfilled offers included 1 car equivalent Wisconsin C Swiss at 43 percent and 1 car equivalent Wisconsin D Swiss at 41 percent.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Three Inmates Escape From State Hospital
Albert DeSalvo known as the Boston Strangler escaped Bridgewater State Hospital with two fellow inmates, Fred Erickson and George Harrison, after altering a wall and using a shaft to exit. Police and guards scoured Bridgewater in heavy snow, while DeSalvo faced murder-related robbery charges in separate cases.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Albert DeSalvo
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Charles Gaughan
Gaughan
DeSalvo
Bos
Klarer reports wrong address car delivery at Monroe
Frank C Klarer of 1209 19th Street Monroe called the Police Department to report he was about to drive into his garage and found a late model car already parked there. An officer moved the patrol car and Chief Coplien explained a service station delivered the car to the wrong address.
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Frank C. Klarer
19Th St
Monroe
Dwight C. Coplien
Swiss Scientist Adam Oser Dies at 90 in Monaco
Adam Oser, a Swiss scientist and chemist, dies at age 90 in his Riviera home in Monte Carlo Monaco on Wednesday.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Adam Oser
Riviera
Longtime 4-H Leader Mrs. R. J. Douglas Dies at 74
Mrs. R J Douglas a Spring Grove Township farm woman died at St Clare Hospital aged 74. For over 30 years she led Green County 4 H and chaired Farm Bureau Women’s Committee. She served state and national committees, promoted rural youth programs, and was active in Bethlehem Lutheran Church and local civic groups. Her life spanned extensive extension work and public service.
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Spring Grove Township
R. J
Mabel) Douglas
St. Clare Hospital
Douglas
Green County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
State Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
National Women’s Committee
Farm Bureau
Wisconsin
World Organization
Copenhagen
Denmark
Toronto
Canada
Green County
University of Wisconsin
College of Agriculture
County Extension Service
Friendly Farmers
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Brodhead
Green County Fair
Ruth Circle
Hoover Commission
Joint Committee On
Green County Safety Council
Wisconsin Council of Safety
Wisconsin Public Health Council
Wisconsin Committee On Children and Youth
State J
United States
Farm Journal Magazine
Cardinal Editor Faces Student Protests Over Cardinal Print
Eileen Alt, 20, editor of the University of Wisconsin student paper The Cardinal, expects state legislators and fellow students to protest the paper after it prepared an editorial criticizing anti war demonstrations. The paper has also defended controversial coverage including a four letter word and a Masters talk report while proposing marijuana use legalization. Alt from Milwaukee says The Cardinal is a student run educa tion medium willing to question and not dull.
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Madison
Eileen Alt
University of Wisconsin
New York
The
Cardinal
William Masters
Alt
Masters
Miss Alt
Milwaukee
Mercury Drops to Minus Twenty After Snow
Snow and blowing drifts cripple area roads with several auto wrecks. Injuries include neck and chest trauma to Lowell Markwardt and back injuries to Ervin Hooper. all three victims taken to St. Clare Hospital. Two more wrecks reported near Monroe with additional injuries and cars struck by slippery conditions. Forecast predicts nine more snowfalls before spring. temperatures plunge to 25 below overnight.
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Mercury
Sheriff’s Deputies
Lowell E. Markwardt
Monroe
Ervin Hooper
George Davis
St. Clare Hospital
Highway Department
North Central Public Service
Fred Ties
He Who Hesitates The Money Is Spent
A reflective line compares hesitation to stagnation and urges risk taking to advance. The speaker questions the wisdom of an investment while asserting progress requires action and willingness to risk.
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Rich Hinebaugh
Steve
Greg Wuetrich
Jefferson
Greg
Hinebaugh
Ziltner
Henry Freitag
Stricken
Australia
Vicki
Charles Percy Twins
Fatima
Ambassador of
Arabia
John
Ruth
Buerre
Susie
Schwoegler
Boston Strangler
State Hospital
Frank Klarer
R. J. Douglas
Bers
Who
Markwardt
James R. Wenger
Michael H. Brown
Evansville
Brown
Francis D. Brennan
Freeport
Frederick L. Zweifel
Michael L. Kaster
Washington St
Clair R. Munns
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