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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
2
A local paper outlines audit bureau affiliations and union ties while detailing subscription and circulation payment rules. The notice mentions penalties for unpaid dues and specifies office hours and contact information.
Green County bids farewell to Marval Klecker Peterson a Home Economics agent who joined in 1965 and leaves after six months of marriage. Her leadership boosted Homemakers programs aided acceptance of mentally challenged people and inspired many colleagues. She and Edward will start a new life in Viroqua redecorating a large home and supporting his electrical business.
Warren Times Special reports the Warren Library Board held a Saturday meeting with new member Eric DeMar replacing William Eatman. Actions include hiring custodian Mrs. Douglas Olmstead, securing a lock box for valuables, and planning bi monthly meetings on the first Monday. The board will move the newspaper file and purchase a film record of the Warren paper for public private use.
Washington reports 1967 U.S. milk production at 119.583 billion pounds, down 1 percent from 1966 and well below the 1961-65 average. Officials cite unfavorable dairy returns and a long downturn in dairy farms and cows, with little expected rise this year.
On January 12 events include John Hancock’s birth in 1737, Samuel Gorton’s Warwick settlement in 1643, John Singer Sargent born in 1856, Taft seeking Panama Canal funds in 1911, Hattie Caraway elected in 1933, Churchill and de Gaulle meeting in 1944, and the Battle of the Bulge in 1945.
Police listed four area accidents and one county mishap in Green County. Vehicles driven by Cleve A Stair and Ed H Fund collided at Ninth St and 21st Ave in Monroe with heavy damage and one towed. A second crash on 12th St involved Harold L Leuzinger and Delbert F Soddy Jr in Browntown with minor damage. A milk delivery van from Ambler Inc collided with a train engine on 15th Ave crossing near the depot, causing the speedometer cable to be pulled from the train and moderate vehicle damage. A crash at 17th Ave involved Carol M Smith and John E Metzger while backing from stalls. A collision on Jordan Center Road north of Monroe involved Keith V Garfoot and Gaylord J Voegels. Roy Reuther, 58, an organizer of the United Auto Workers, died in Detroit apparently of a heart attack.
Dr William Hein of the Monroe Clinic, recently moved from Brodhead, spoke to the Badger Lapidary and Geological Society in the Arabat Ludlow Library on archaeology and the display of ice age artifacts. He urged amateurs to identify artifacts to illuminate early Indiana area history and invited locals to monthly meetings at 7 p.m. at the public library.
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