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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1962

Page

2

Newspaper Rights Notice

The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news published in this newspaper and to AP news dispatches for republication.

Associated Press

Your March of Dimes New Horizons This Year

Editorial urges support for the 1962 New March of Dimes highlighting progress against polio and expanding to birth defects and arthritis. It cites statistics on birth defects affecting about 700 infants daily, arthritis affecting millions, and stresses early detection and ongoing research funded by donations. The piece endorses the slogan Your Dimes Will Do It Again.

National Foundation Green County United States

Interesting items from The Evening Times files

A retro roundup notes 1952 events Congress reconvenes for an election year session. A Green County patrol targets a rural tavern holdup and Senator Bridges wins Republican floor leadership. Civil Defense posts prepare for a mock air attack as AP names the Yankees team of the year.

Congress Sheriff's Department Green County Brooklyn Bridges New Hampshire New York Yankees Baseball Club Associated Press

Woodford organizes 24 piece band and county society elects leaders

Fifty years ago Andrew Lewis was elected president of the Green County Agricultural Society and F D Jeffrey named vice president. The village of Woodford formed a 24 member band with E L Divan of Browntown as director. The Illinois Central depot at Orangeville was destroyed by fire with loss of records tickets cash and three sacks of Chicago mail. H A Smith of Monroe Electric announced the meter rental charge of one dollar per year would be dropped amid patron complaints.

Andrew Lewis Green County Agricultural Society F. D. Jeffrey Woodford E. L. Divan Browntown Illinois Central Orangeville Chicago Mail H. A. Smith Monroe Electric Co

Fragmentary wartime gift appeal in clipped prose

A fragment from a wartime audience address urges measuring gifts by past benefits and by awareness of new goals in the fight against crippling disease. The text hints at philanthropy tied to public health during conflict, but the larger context remains unclear.

Mrs William Sue 72 dies lifelong Belmont resident

Mrs William Sue 72 a lifelong Belmont area resident died Saturday in Cuba City hospital Services were held this afternoon in Platteville She was born Nora Martins attended Livingston and Pleasant View schools She and her husband farmed south of Belmont until 1946 retiring then moving to Belmont Surviving are the husband one son Norman one sister Mrs D H Engelke and four grandchildren

Belmont William Sue Cuba City Platteville Nora Martens Livingston Pleasant View Norman D. H. Engelke

Andrew Jevne Rites Held for Local Resident

Services for Andrew Jevne 84 long time Blue Mounds area resident were held this afternoon at Gesme funeral home. He died Friday at the Dane County Home Verona where he had lived the past 15 years. There are no immediate survivors.

MT. Horeb Andrew Jevne Blue Mounds Area Gesme Jevne Dane County Verona

Urge school board to adopt daily vigorous activity plan

Community notice calls for a physical development program in schools. It urges parents to check if their child’s school provides at least 15 minutes of vigorous activity daily, tests students’ abilities, tracks progress, and questions inadequacies.

Last Rites Held For Mrs Crase In Mineral Point

Mrs Earl Crase 59 of rural Mineral Point died Saturday morning after a brief illness. Services were held this afternoon. Surviving: husband Earl Crase. sons Robert Blue River James at home Paul Kendall Township. daughter Mrs Leo Bockhop Belmont. four sisters. four brothers. six grandchildren.

Mineral Point Earl Crase Robert Blue River James Paul Kendall Township Leo Bockhop Belmont Lenice Tobey Loganville Cecilia Kramer Platteville Mary Bloom Livingston Sarah Strickland Darlington John Reddy Brenon Middleton Roy Stephan Rewey

Lost Act Found in a Logical Turn of Events

A quirky note reflects on how a missing stage act resurfaces through unintended logic. The observer muses on chance, memory, and the idea that absence can reveal hidden structure in a performance.

Schindler Honored for Project Alert Effort

Vice Admiral Walter G. Schindler, retired and based in Sarasota, receives national recognition for Project Alert a nationwide educational program he helped launch in 1959 while commanding the Eighth Naval District in Lubbock Texas. The effort grew from a Feb 17 1959 meeting and a call to “an alert to Communism” as part of Americanism.

Walter G. Schindler New Glarus Sarasota Fla American Legion Adm. Schindlen Navy League Freedom Foundation Adm. Schindler Eighth Naval District Lubbock Tex U.S

Death Record for Kathryn Lewis in New York

Kathryn Lewis fifty daughter and secretary to John L Lewis former UMWU president died at Wickersham hospital Sunday of natural causes.

New York Kathryn Lewis John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Union Wickersham Hospital

Ellie A. Yost 89 Former FCC Examiner Dies

Ellie A. Yost 89 former examiner for the Federal Radio Commission the forerunner of the FCC died Sunday. He was brother of the late Fielding Yost University of Michigan athlete and coach.

Washington Ellie A. Yost Federal Radio Commission Federal Communications Commission Fielding Yost University of Michigan

Palm Beach Leader Edward Cosgrove Dies at 73

Edward Bradley Cosgrove 73, chairman of Green Giant Co., longtime University of Minnesota regent, died Saturday in Palm Beach. Also note a separate health note stating burning charcoal yields nearly twice the heat of the same volume of wood.

Palm Beach, Fla Edward Bradley Cosgrove Green Giant Co Food Packers University of Minnesota

Wisconsin Joins 22 States With Twofold Tax System

Wisconsin joins 22 states in adopting both sales and income taxes as of February 1. The state imposes a 3 percent sales tax on selected items and a 1 percent higher income tax withholding than in 1961. Vehicle, fuel, liquor and cigarette taxes vary by state with Wisconsin at top rates for liquor and cigarette taxes.

Madison Wisconsin Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance Alabama Texas Missouri

Beloved Beloit resident Angie Marti dies at 76

Mrs Angie Sarah Marti 76 Beloit born Sept 7 1885 Argyle native died Saturday in a Janesville hospital. She lived in Beloit 45 years and will be laid to rest at Eastlawn Cemetery after services at Rosman Uehling Kinzer Mortuary Beloit. She was a West Side Presbyterian church member Rebekah Lodge and Woman's Relief Corps. Survived by son Russell Ableman sisters Mida Kipelinger Myrta Schliem Anna Bi ers and three California based stepchildren plus two grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Angie Sarah Marti Beloit Argyle Janesville Rosman - Uehling - Kinzer Eastlawn Marti William Sisson Jacob Marti West Side Presbyterian Church Rebekah Lodge Woman’s Relief Corps Russell Ableman Mida Kipelinger Madison Myrta Schliem Anna Biers Milwaukee Leo Martin William Alfred Marti California

Paul Scallon 58 Dies in Darlington Hospital

Paul E. Scallon, 58, longtime Ohio native who lived in Chicago 35 years, then Darlington four months, died yesterday at Darlington hospital after a brief illness. He resided on Route 2. Survived by wife Ruth Rosleip and three brothers and three sisters in Ohio. Body to Somerset, Ohio for services and burial.

Darlington Paul E. Scallon Darlington Hospital Route 2 Ohio Chicago Ruth Rosleip Somerset, O

John Ryall 91 Brodhead Dies After Brief Illness

John L. Ryall, 91, of Brodhead died at 8 15 Sunday morning in St. Clare hospital after a brief illness. He was born February 22, 1870 in Louisville Kentucky and lived in Council Bluffs Iowa Lady Smith Wisconsin and Oshkosh before moving to Brodhead in 1938. He married Augusta Behrens on February 22 1922 in DeLand Florida. He was a member of St Peter s Lutheran Church Brodhead and the Ladysmith Masonic Lodge. Surviving are his wife three sons Ernest Kenosha John Livingston Montana and Richard Elgin Illinois one brother Ernest Council Bluffs two sisters Mrs Dora Fullenweider Crawfordsville Indiana and Mrs Nell Bartley Gary Indiana seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m tomorrow at Newcomer funeral home with Rev H J Schaar of St Peter s Lutheran Church officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Brodhead. Friends may call at Newcomer tonight.

John L. Ryall Brodhead St. Clare Hospital Mr. Ryall Richard Houston Caroline Loomis Ryall Louisville Council Bluffs Ladysmith Oshkosh Augusta Behrens DeLand Fla Newcomer Funeral Home H. J. Schaar St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Greenwood Cemetery

Community Committee Elects Ott Secretary

Don Ott elected recording secretary of the Community Betterment Committee to replace Gerald Disch who becomes chairman succeeding Waldo Freitag. Red Cross representatives seek committee help to secure pledges for the Bloodmobile drive in New Glarus next month.

New Glarus Don Ott Community Betterment Committee Gerald Disch Disch Waldo Freitag Red Cross

More County Men Enter Skill Trades

David W. Mendel of the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin reports improved skilled trades training in Green County in 1961. Six new indentures were approved across four trades, up from four indentures in three trades the prior year, and three apprentices completed in three trades. Recipients listed include Joe Rast in carpentry, Leland H. Hoeft in electrician construction, and Homer Partridge in plumbing.

David W. Mendel Industrial Commission of Wisconsin Green County Joe Rast Leland H. Hoeft Homer Partridge

Negro Population Growth Outpaces Nation, Census Reports

The Census Bureau notes the Negro population rose 46.7 percent in the last 20 years, outpacing the 35.7 percent rise in total U.S. population. In 1960, Negroes numbered 18,871,831 or 10.5 percent of the population, up from 9.7 percent in 1940, with a birth rate higher than the national average.

Washington Census Bureau Yars

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