32nd Division Members Start Return to Base
The 32nd Division heads back to Fort Lewis after a Christmas leave with families and friends. Company B's 39 members from Mendota Illinois traveled by charter bus and will undergo three weeks of intensive training with limited recreation before spring. Captain Coplien noted strong demand for The Monroe Evening Times and a successful Christmas Salute tape and booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Lewis
Co. B
West
Washington
Mendota
Ill
Dwight C. Coplien
Stanton P. Steari
Coplien
Monroe
Bank
Company B
Evelyn Brunkow Rites Conducted
Services for Evelyn Brunkow 34 of Monroe were held at Stuessy Funeral Home with Rev. Karl F. Koch officiating. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included relatives from Monroe. She died from pneumonia at St. Clare hospital after a life marked by church and 4-H activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Marie Brunkow
St. Clare Hospital
Stuessy Funeral Home
Karl F. Koch
Immanuel Eub Church
Greenwood Cemetery
LaVerne J. Schmerse
Ralph Kraus
Jesus
Benjamin H
Fred
Ernest Brunkow
Arthur Tschudy
Junior Hanson
Monroe
Walter Brunkow
Juda
Mises Brunkow
Shickley
Neb
William and
Della Nickel Brunkow
Clarno Township
Monroe High School
Warren
Virgil
Viola) Bowman
Shirley
Etta Nickel
Pendleton, Ore
Gustave Brunkow
Henry W. Nickel
Derby Gifts Await Winner in Stork Derby Contest
The 15th annual Stork Derby keeps gifts on hold as potential Miss or Master 1962 candidates are scarce at St. Clare hospital. Newborns arrive from Green County families. one 8-pound son named Randy Alvin joins the Ruef family in New Glarus, and other births occur at Monticello and Blanchardville as Helen Jane Stampfli ends her Miss 1961 reign amid a busy New Year weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Green County
Joseph Buerkle Jr
Durand
Willy Ruef
New Glarus
Randy Alvin
William Ruef
Dean Maddrell
Lula Maddrell
Hospital
Ronald Larson
Monticello
Theiler Couple Buys Swiss Wheel Partnership Interest
Mr and Mrs Richard E Theiler Route 1 Juda have bought a half interest in the Swiss Wheel restaurant effective yesterday Alden J Hawthorne Monroe retains 30 percent and continues to operate the business Hawthorne bought the Swiss Wheel from Peter Manos July 1 1959 after selling the Waffle Shop to Clifford Reasa Theiler has helped his father Edwin Theiler with the farm operation His wife Kathryn Mohns is the former daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert O Mohns Route 1 Juda Mrs Theiler is a Monroe high school graduate and her husband attended local schools
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Theiler
Route 1
Juda
Alden J. Hawthorne
Monroe
Hawthorne
Peter Manos
Clifford Reasa
Theiler
Edwin Theiler
Mrs Grace Albert 74 Dies at Brodhead
Mrs Grace Mabel Albert 74 died at 5 10 a m today in her Brodhead home She was born Grace Coplin in Spring Grove Township June 21 1887 daughter of Ab and Ellen Coplin She lived in Sovring Grove 20 years and was a State Line Lutheran church member Surviving Shirl Fred Rex John and Ruby Albert four sons and a daughter six grandchildren Preceded in death by a sister two brothers and a son Arrangements are pending at Everson funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Grace Mabel Albert
Albert
Grace Mabel Coplin
Spring Grove Township
Ellen Barnhouse Coplin
Sovring Grove
State Line Lutheran Church
Shirl
Fred
Rex
John
Ruby Albert
Everson Funeral Home
Prison Riot Quieted After Montreal Uproar
About 400 inmates returned to their cells after a four hour riot at Bordeaux Jail in Montreal. The inmates fought police and roamed two flooded unheated cell wings overnight before being herded back. Authorities anticipated further trouble but calm was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Bordeaux
Ben F. Fairless Dies Steel Chief at 71 in Pennsylvania
Benjamin F. Fairless aged 71 died at his home in Ligonier Pennsylvania after a six week hospital stay for pleurisy He headed the American Iron and Steel Institute and was retiring board chairman of U S Steel His life traced from news boy and janitor to steel empire builder He was born May 3 1880 in Pigeon Run Ohio and later adopted by the Fairless family after early hardship
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligonier
Benjamin F. Fairless
Allegheny Mountains
Fairless
American Iron and Steel Institute
U.S. Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Hazel Hatfield
West Virginia
Henry D. Hatfield
Jane Blanche Truby
David D. Williams
Pigeon Run
Ohio
Canton
Jacob Fairless
Justus
West Samoa Declares Independence in Pacific Ceremony
West Samoa became the first independent Polynesian nation after ceremonies in Apia marked the end of New Zealand administration of Samoa, a status held since before World War I under German colonial rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
New Zealand
Western Samoa
Apia
South Pacific
New March of Dimes Chairs Named in Green County
Community chairmen for the New March of Dimes were announced by Richard Newcomer, county campaign chairman. The drive runs January under the Green County chapter of the National Foundation with events in Monroe, New Glarus, Brodhead and Albany. A bowling sweeper fundraiser starts the effort, with 75 percent of entry fees aiding the March of Dimes and prizes for top bowlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
Richard Newcomer
Green County
National Foundation
Charles Clark
William Schneeberger
Albany
Herbert Anderegg
Juda
Orpha Schlittler
Monticello
Mattie Stauffacher
Browntown
Kenneth Ross
New Glarus
B. E. Wachman
Brooklyn
Donald Kenney
Brodhead
Newcomer
Monroe
Wally Feldt
Woody
Toll Bridge
Wisconsin Traffic Toll Up To 12 For New Year Weekend
Eight people died Monday raising Wisconsin highway deaths during the New Year holiday to 12, with victims ranging from Ber lin teen to Milwaukee seniors. The toll compares with 9 on Jan 1, 1961 and 896 deaths in 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Wayne Schroeder
Berlin
Carl Shimnick
Prairie du Lac
Joseph Troka
Mary Milo
Joseph Mallek
Junction City
Stevens Point
Soo Line
Highway 26
Watertown
Zelda Brandt
Beaver Dam
Roy Fielden
Jefferson
John Uttech
Alice Uttech
Kenosha
Douglas W. Russell
Milwaukee County
Blais B. Paschall
Ithaca
N.Y
Somerset
St. Croix County
Paul Buyer
Milwaukee
County General Hospital
Emma
Barn Dairy Building Burned on Hohl Farm. $30,000 Loss
A large dairy barn and a long metal building on Francis Hohl’s farm were destroyed by fire Monday. The blaze forced the evacuation of nearly 100 cattle saved by Hohl, though two calves and a bull perished. Milking machines were also lost as flames consumed the structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Francis Hohl
Hohl
Gem City Dairy
Congressman Riley Dies at 66 in Myrtle Beach
Rep. John J. Riley of South Carolina’s 2nd District died at his beach cottage in Myrtle Beach from a heart attack early today. He was 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Beach
S.C
John J. Riley
D-Sc
South Carolina
Beach
Wisconsin Faces Border Tax Challenge on Out of State Purchases
Wisconsin Tax Commissioner John Gronouski warned that collecting sales taxes on items bought by residents in neighboring states will be difficult. Wisconsin lacks authority to collect sales taxes but requires a three percent use tax. Minnesota has no sales tax. Residents buying in Minnesota must file a use tax form, with autos already taxed via licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
John Gronouski
Wisconsin
Gronouski
Minnesota
Wisconsin Tax Department
Argyle Woman Hurt in Mishap
Mrs. Burnell C. McGuire, 32, of Argyle, suffered a brain concussion when she fell from her car after a passing sideswipe on Highway 81 north of Monroe. She is in satisfactory condition at St. Clare hospital and expected to be released tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnell C. McGuire
Route 1
Argyle
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
McGuire
Edwin J. Haldiman
Route 4
Haldiman
Motor Vehicle Department
Daniel H. Eley
21St Street
Alvin R. Strahm
Route 2
Danny F. Torkelson
13Th Street
Torkelson
Strahm
Eley
11Th Street
23Rd Avenue
John M. O’donnell
25Th Avenue
Nina D. Schwalbe
Janesville
4th Division Units May Get Overseas Job
About 4,000 additional U.S. soldiers in two infantry battle groups will be flown to Germany in mid January, along with Air Force planes and crews. The two battle groups are drawn from the 4th Infantry Division based at Ft. Lewis Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Germany
Air Force
4Th Infantry Division
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Chimney Fire Halts Spread at Local Residence
Firemen extinguished a chimney blaze at the Fred F. Burkhalter residence 1811 15th avenue. Volunteers arrived promptly and prevented the fire from spreading, leaving smoke damage but no further damage to the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred F. Burkhalter
15Th Avenue
Kennedy Leads Defense Outlook Talks At Palm Beach
President Kennedy convened a preliminary survey with Vice President Johnson and top defense officials at the First Family vacation home. The discussions with McNamara Gilpatric and Taylor covered the operational and strategic outlook for 1962 and potentially reservist activations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Johnson
Defense
Defense McNamara
Gilpatric
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pierre Salinger
Mrs. Olson 70 Beloit Dies at Home of Sister
Perry Olson 70, Beloit resident Mrs. Louise A Knudson Olson dies at sister Maria Johnsons home in Brodhead born March 26 1891 to Thomas and Annie Knudson married November 16 1920 in Rockford survived by husband sister and brother with nieces and nephews prior death of two brothers and three sisters services Thursday at West Luther Valley church with Rev Ramon Runkle officiating burial at West Luther Valley cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Perry Olson
Maria Johnson
Louise A. Knudson Olson
Thomas
Annie Everson Knudson
Rockford
Beloit
Vine Street
Savior’s Lutheran Church
Marie Johnson
John Knudson
West Luther Valley Church
Ramon Runkle
Brodhead Bethlehem
Stock Prices Turn Mixed As 1962 Trading Opens
New York shares opened 1962 trading with a mixed pattern after an early rise. Volume was about 3.2 million shares, lower than Friday’s 5.37 million, as key stocks slipped around two points while several gains stayed small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Troop Movements Ned Across East Germany
The U S Army announced another movement of combat troops across East Germany along the highway linking West Berlin and West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.S
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Thompson Sees Gromyko Plans Another Berlin Session
U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held a 22 hour dialogue in Moscow on Berlin. Thompson plans another meeting, aiming to establish a foundation for potential foreign ministers talks with Britain and France, and West Germany in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Foreign Ministry
Thompson
Gromyko
Radio Moscow
Tass
U.S. State Department
Washington
Kempton Jenkins
William Marean rites set for Juda resident
Services for William Harrison Marean 78 of Juda will be held at 1 30 p m tomorrow in Juda EUB church. He died Sunday at St Clare hospital after hospital admission Friday. Surviving are wife Lydia a son Victor five grandchildren and two great grandchildren plus three daughters and a sister. Burial at Union Hill cemetery follows a Newcomer funeral home viewing in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harrison Marean
Juda
Juda Eub Church
Marean
Buckeye Township
Stephenson County
Jacob
Mary Bolender Marean
Orangeville
Floyd Gearhart
Dakota
Newcomer Funeral Home
Monroe
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Evelyn Brunkow
Roger L. Elmer
Arthur L. Luebke
Elmer
Green County Bar Association
L. A. Koenig
Joseph L. Stencel
Paul W. Ritschard
Doris Wagner
Rudolph P. Reger
Bruce M. Blum
M. W. Meienburg
Jacob Bruni
Arthure Riemer
R. Finley Barry
Association
William J. Schmitz
Times
Ben F. Fairless
Ohioan
U.S. Steel Head
West Samoa Islands
Kegler
Dimes
4Th Division
Salinger
Olson
William Marean
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