Monroe Evening Times Post Office Notice
Monroe Wisconsin newspaper lists second class mail status under act of Congress and AP exclusive rights to local news and dispatches. Subscription rates include Illinois counties Stephenson Jo Davies Winnebago at $14 per year. in-state and out-of-state options not shown. Office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. telephone 325-5101.
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Monroe, Wisconsin
Congress
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Editorial: The Veteran Is Not A Welfare Case
The Kellett study committee plans a Madison hearing at 8:30 am Saturday to oppose Gov reform proposals that merge Veterans Affairs with Social Services. The editorial argues veterans deserve separate status, notes potential tax costs, and urges preserving strong veteran services while considering better integration. It cites opposition from American Legion and VFW members and local leaders, urging caution before reducing veteran prestige.
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Kellett Study Committee
Madison
New County Conservation League
American Legion
VFW
State Capitol
Citizens Study Group
Kellett Commission
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Social Services
Commission
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Gil H. Stordock
Waupaca
Grand Army Home
King
Welfare
Veterans Affairs
State Chamber of Commerce
Kellett Committee
Conservation meeting in Richland Creek watershed focuses on more practices
Twenty five members of Richland Creek Watershed met at the Agricultural Building last night to hear Donald Siedschlag ASCS office manager and James Schwoegler SCS head. The speakers noted increased awareness of conservation in the county and urged further practices.
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Richland Creek
Don Siedschlag
Donald Siedschlag
ASCS
James Schwoegler
SCS
Glancing Backward News Briefs Include Presley Army Physical
The column notes Elvis Presley passes his Army physical while Marie McDonald is reported missing and found hysterical in a desert. Zelma Germann achieves a 503 mark as Dr. John Norton announces county March of Dimes chairmen and community leaders.
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Marie McDonald
Elvis Presley
Zelma Germann
John Norton
County March of Dimes
Bounties Paid for 49 Faxes in Green County
Payment of bounties for 49 faxes, about one month’s bill in Green County, was announced by Clerk Clarence W Lengach er. Congress remains deadlocked on Senator Theodore G Bilbo. Janet Schultz Claire Goodrich Heidi Pfaeffli co hosted a theater and dancing party Thursday evening. The Waffle Shop reopened after remodeling.
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Green County
Clarence W. Lengacher
Congress
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Janet Schultz
Claire Goodrich
Heidi Pfaeffli
City to test chloride with sand for ice melt
January 5 1937 report notes a city plan to use chloride mixed with sand to melt ice. Health program kicks off with over 400 area schoolchildren receiving tuberculin tests and vaccinations in the first center of county wide effort. George Schneider is re elected president of St John s Evangelical Church congregation.
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George Schneider
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Forty Years Ago Today January 5 era notes and social items
The column lists small-town items including Company K drill with 47 attendees, Rev P A Schuh baptized and married last year, Monroe Woman's Club art exhibit at the library, Mr and Mrs Thomas A Hoesly visiting son Clarence E Hoesly, and a WASB discussion on Wisconsin school boards.
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P. A. Schuh
Monroe Woman’s Club
Thomas A. Hoesly
Monroe
Clarence E. Hoesly
Wisconsin
WASB
New High School Building May Open For Spring Term
The item notes the new high school building could be ready for occupancy with the spring term beginning Monday in April. A cartoon features a teacher asking what you see in green fields and a boy answers advertising signs. Fred J. Karlen and William H. McGrath traveled to Freeport. Karlen bought another saddle horse. Rev Alfred Schuh traveled to Chicago.
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Fred J. Karlen
William H. McGrath
Freeport
Karlen
Alfred Schuh
Chica
Runaway Freight Car Blocked by Denver Police
A gondola freight car loaded with scrap iron sped through Denver at 40 mph Wednesday night as more than 25 police cars led a pursuit to block crossings. The car escaped at Louviers, then halted after switches rerouted it to a north Denver switching yard. Patrolman Al Crow praised the safe handling of the incident.
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Denver
Colo
Louviers
al Crow
Mrs. Buri 79 of Fennimore dies in Lancaster hospital
A Monroe native Lydia Kubly Buri 79 longtime Fennimore resident died yesterday in a Lancaster hospital after a long illness. She married William Buri in 1904 in Monroe. She was a former Lydia Kubly daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Kubly and member of the Fennimore Methodist Church and Eastern Star. Surviving her husband are a daughter Inez Lee and two sons William Jr and Robert. a brother J Peter Kubly. two sisters Ida Fox and Mrs Robert Francis. eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Friends may call after 4 pm at Volkmann Funeral Home with funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at the Fennimore Methodist Church.
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Lydia Kubly
Jacob
Elizabeth Hefty Kubly
Monroe
William Buri
Mathilda Eastman
Fennimore Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Inez Lee
Madison
William Jr
Seattle
Wash
Robert
Dubuque
J. Peter Kubly
Ida Fox
Waterloo
Robert Francis
Washington, D.C
Volkmann
Fennimore
Hefty Funeral to Be Friday in New Glarus
Funeral services for Joseph Hefty 87 die d Tuesday in St. Clare Hospital Monroe will be at 2 p m tomorrow at the Swiss United Church of Christ Rev Linus Wierwill officiates with burial in the church cemetery Grandsons Lenard Mellor Dean Hefty LaVerne Hefty Ronald Kittleson Larry Hefty and Clarence Kempfer will be pallbearers Visitation is at Zentner Funeral Home and at the church after noon tomorrow
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New Glarus
Joseph Hefty
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Swiss United Church of Christ
Linus Wierwill
Clayton Streiff
Alice Freitag
Lenard Mellor
West Salem
Dean Hefty
LaVerne Hefty
Ronald Kittleson
Mt. Horeb
Larry Hefty
Middleton
Clarence Kempfer
Zentner Funeral Home
Mrs Minor 77 Dies at Winnetka Belmont
Belmont special report says Mrs Charles Minor 77 native of Belmont died yesterday at her Winnetka New Jersey home. She was formerly Elsie Mates. Survived by son Charles Winnetka daughter Mrs Warren Ennlund Stoughton sister Mrs Earl McGuegan Daytona Beach Florida and brother Clay Kenosha. Funeral services will be at.
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Belmont
Charles Minor
Winnetka
Elsie Mates
Charles
Warren Ennlund
Stoughton
Earl McGuegan
Daytona Beach
Fla
Clay
Kenosha
Service and visitation details for Belmont Church funeral
The obituary notes a funeral service at 2 p.m. Saturday January 7 at Belmont Methodist Church with visitation after 6 p.m. tomorrow at Thomas Funeral Home in Platteville.
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Belmont Methodist Church
Roger Appell 37 Dies After Short Illness in Illinois
Roger T. Appell 37 of Rockford Illinois died January 2 at Hines Veterans Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for 9:30 a.m. at Delehanty Funeral Home Lowes Park and 10 a.m. at St. Bridget's Church with burial in St. Anne's Cemetery Warren. He was born July 27 1929 and married Sharon Nelson June 22 1957. Appell served in the Korean War, managed a local pony league team, and was president of the P I C A P Corp for a year and a half. He is survived by his wife two daughters his father five sisters and four brothers.
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Gratiot
Roger T. Appell
Rockford
Hines Veterans Hospital
Delehanty Funeral Home
Lowes Park
Ill
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Raymond P. Gordon
St. Anne’s Cemetery
Warren, Il
Mr. Appell
Leo J. Appell
Sharon Nelson
Warren
Appell
U. S. Navy
Gratiot High School
University of Wisconsin
Sharon
Kelly
Roland Wainwright
Eugene Dewey
Daniel Farrell
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Paul Budenz
Freeport
LaVerne Engebretson
Forreston, Ill
Robert
John
George
Jerry
Billings, Mont
William Meyer Taken by Death
William A. Meyer 81 died after a brief illness in a Dodgeville hospital. Survived by two sons Gilbert of Dodgeville and John of Moline Ill nine grandchildren. Funeral at 10 30 a m tomorrow in St Josephs Catholic Church with Rosary tonight at 8 30 and visitation at Lulloff Funeral Home.
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Dodgeville
William A. Meyer
Gilbert
John
Disch Plans To Work At Institute of Health
Mitch Disch Beloit College student will work at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda Maryland through April end. He will leave California Sunday for Bethesda. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Disch.
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NEW Glarus
Mitch Disch
Beloit College
Bethesda
National Institute of Health
Mitch
California
Gerald Disch
Richard Hillestad
Los Angeles
Calif
White Mitchell
Banning
Monticello Weekend Visitors Head Home After New Year
Mrs O D Curtis reports Monticello residents sending off guests after New Year weekend visits. Donald Uehling and family return to Cincinnati Ohio. Lois Isely returns to Chicago. Additional guests include Nathan Isely Melissa Glen Benkett Christine Jim Roth Debby Debby Karen Marta Norton Strommen and family travel back to Lansing Michigan.
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Donald Uehling
Cincinnati
Ohio
Alfred Isely
Lois Isely
Chicago
Juda
Don Isely
Debby
Karen
Marta
Norton Strommen
Lansing
Mich
Willis Babler
Babler
Verlyn Adamson
Sandra
Community Guests Share Weekend and Holiday Meals
Local families across Wisconsin hosted relatives and friends in weekend visits and holiday meals. Notable gatherings included the Bablers in Shullsburg with Schultz family in rural Albany, Lynn home hosts in Preston Monroe, and Voegeli and McGregor households in Monroe and Freeport. Regular visits continued as students and travelers moved between Madison Stevens Point and DeKalb Illinois.
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Madison
Robert Babler
Todd
Shullsburg
Sally
Michael
Stacy Schultz
Albany
M. E. Lynn
Preston
Monroe
Alfred Voegeli
Lynn Home
Royal Woelffer Jr
Lee McGregor
Freeport
Howard Voegels
Douglas Hoskins
Douglas
Stevens Point State College
Bernard Dooley
Clark Dooley
Joey
Fred Escher
Elva Dooley
James Dooley
Hazel Kundert
Bertha Keller
Ed Theiler
Beloit
Ronnie Shippey
Platteville
LaVonne Loveland
Jean Babler
Allen Babler
Herman Babler
William Borchard
Menasha
Jacob Stauffer
Ida Voegeli
Henry Grunder
Walter Voegels
Janesville
Arlie Trickel
Henry J. Elmer
Donna Karlen
DeKalb
Ill
C. W. Karlen
This Day in History January Fifth Through the Years
A digest of notable events on January 5 across history. Highlights include Benedict Arnold’s 1781 raid on Richmond Virginia, Capt. John Smith’s capture in 1608, the 1893 Great Northern spike, Coolidge’s 1933 death, Truman’s Fair Deal 1949, aid to India in 1952, Eisenhower’s 1950s address, Paris unrest in 1965, Bobby Baker indictment in 1966.
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Associated Press
Ing
Benedict Arnold
Richmond
John Smith
Great Northern
Cascade Mountains
Calvin Coolidge
Harry Truman
United States
India
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Middle East
Paris
Milwau kee Journal Names New Managing Editor
Joseph W. Shoquist appointed managing editor of The Milwaukee Journal succeeding Richard H. Leonard who becomes editor of the newspaper.
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Milwaukee
Joseph W. Shoquist
The
Milwaukee Journal
Richard H. Leonard
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Associated Press, Inland Daily Press Association
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Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League
Editorial
By Robert Tschudy
Ates
M. Johnson
Texas
Walt E. Drews
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Klingis
Lancaster
Minor
Thomas Funeral Home
Roger Appell
William Meyer
Carter
Disch
Institute of Health
Monticello
O. D. Curtis
John E. Kleier
Argyle, Wis
Senate
Bobby Baker
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