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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1964
Page
8
Wisconsin forecast shows clouds with a chance of light snow or rain in the north and east central areas tonight. Friday turns colder in the north with possible light snow. highs range from the low to mid 40s south. Monroe zone remains mild with high about 37 to 43 and lows near 25 to 30. Also notes temperature extremes and sunrise sunset times.
County Court Judge Roger L Elmer Cleary of Hollandale fined 10 dollars for parking in a posted no parking zone. Monroe Police report Jerry Pederson of Monroe cited for speeding in a zoned area with 15 dollars and costs. Ronald F Boettcher of Oregon pleads not guilty to permitting an unauthorized person to operate a vehicle. trial set for Jan 16 at 1 30 p.m. Sheriff Department Allan R Larson Route 2 Winslow faces an illegal parking charge dismissed. previously pleaded not guilty on Nov 7 for disorderly conduct, changed to guilty with 35 dollars and costs. (Monroe Police)
Parking violation fined ten dollars in Monroe. Obituaries note deaths: Mrs. George C. Michael, 75 Browntown. Thomas W. Duerst, 75 New Glarus. Arthur E. Kramer, 81 Rock Grove. Willard Parmenter, 63 Ft. Atkinson route. Harry J. Butson, 80 Platteville route. William R. Curkeet Sr., 79 Madison. Mrs. Will Crow, Sioux City. Birth notices list newborns Jan 1–2. marriages and divorces noted with names. Accident and medical entries include several residents by names and towns. Dismissals list multiple individuals from a facility or program.
The Green County Council of the American Legion will host its second annual County Government Day at the Courthouse on March 5 at 8 30 a m. Harold D Schulz Monticello council commander said the day helps high school juniors from Monroe New Glarus Monticello Juda Brodhead and Albany understand county government. Legion posts in New Glarus Monticello Monroe Albany and Brodhead will cover noon lunches for students from their communities and the county council will pay for Juda students lunches. The Monroe post will oversee the noon luncheon.
Dean Peterson, longtime Brodhead grocery operator since 1950, purchases Albany Christopher’s grocery effective immediately. He will run the Albany store while continuing to operate his Brodhead location. The sale followed John Christopher accepting management of the University Club in Madison.
Funeral services were held for Thomas Michael Cashman 17 at St Victor’s Catholic Church with Rev E C McCollow presiding assisted by St Bede’s Academy priests. Burial followed at Calvary Cemetery after a Rosary at Newcomer Monroe. Pallbearers included local and school students from Monroe Joliet Cleveland Oaklawn Rockford Lake Villa and surrounding communities.
Personal mentions detail Mr and Mrs Bert Jones from Evansville visiting Monroe. James Mercer and Rolynn Mercer of Detroit Lakes arrived for time with area relatives. The Schwartz family and Stauffachers take a Florida holiday, with others returning from Pontiac and East Lansing. Dean North visits Monroe. mother Estelle North now in Sparta. Russell West and family accompany Pvt Rocky West to Chicago before his transfer to Fort Monmouth.
The notice lists newborns including Roger Henry Stietz born at 4 a m weighing seven pounds eight ounces with family in Beloit Darlington Gratiot and Dickeyville. It also records a traffic accident in Illinois at 2 25 a m with Larry Spangler and Robert King injured when a vehicle crashed into a utility pole. Grandparents and relatives named. multiple ages given.
A 24 year old James N Kampfer of 220 11th street lost control on icy Highway 1181 near Monroe after being blinded by oncoming lights. Harold Bratrud of Route 2 Argyle was a passenger. Police logged two other yesterday crashes on the same day.
Mrs. Belle Elliott and Mrs. Glenn G Heffront depart yesterday for a West Coast and Hawaii trip. Mrs. Robert Kay Bayrhof will join them next week for the Hawaii visit. Heffron retired December 31 as a longtime Triangle Cheese Co bookkeeper. Graves Ill Albany Times Special reports Mrs Lewis Graves, with her husband, is ill at their son Joe’s home in Brawley California after wintering in California.
Clifford H. Snively and Harold H. Snively announce a going and out of business sale as Snively Town and Country Furniture closes. The store opened in 1940 after earlier work in Freeport, moving to Highway 11 West in 1952. Clifford plans semi retirement. Harold will pursue photography and relocate locally.
Belated notice reports the death on December 15 of Mrs Will Crow formerly of Monroe now of Sioux City Iowa The Crows moved from Monroe in 1915 Mr Crow worked at the local post office and later in business in Sioux City He and two daughters survive the deceased
Applications for seven marriage licenses were filed at the county clerk during December. Three parental consents were signed. A total of 16 marriage license applications were filed in December 1962.
A series of hospital updates reports Mrs. Isa Bechtolt moving from a 10 day hospitalization to her daughter's home in Monroe, Floyd Maske treated for a hip injury at St. Clare Hospital, and Elisa Rufener with a fractured arm also at St. Clare. Additional items announce Rainbow installation, Frank Kubly undergoing leg treatment, Ruth Ann Thompson under observation, and Sam Guider under observation at St. Clare.
Six Republican senators unveil a comprehensive health care proposal for the aged to break the stalemate. The plan would use Social Security funds and general revenues plus private insurance, aiming for a broad reform next week when Congress reconvenes. The group includes Clifford P. Case, John Sherman Cooper, Jacob K. Javits, and Everett Dirksen.
Neth B. Keating of New York Thomas H. Kuchel of California and Margaret Chase Smith of Maine outline a plan to fund hospitalization nursing care and home care for citizens 65 and over through Social Security or general federal revenues if not Social Security covered. The proposal would let health insurance companies offer a non profit mass plan for low cost coverage of doctor bills and medical expenses, noting existing anti trust law limits.
Fire Chief Josef J. Benkert announced three new recruits joining the department for a one-year probationary period. The new members are Peter Riphahn, Robert Wartenweiler and George Cromwell.
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