Monroe 4th of July dances and holiday events listed
Youth council hosts a July 4 weekend dance at Lincoln high school with 140 attendees and Norm Kingsley’s orchestra. Decorations include streamers and red fire cracker letters on the wall. The event is part of a series by the Monroe Youth Center with 15 student organizers led by Don Fritz. Additional holiday activities include golf flag tournaments at Monroe Country Club and the American Legion carnival with rain delay, plus planned family gatherings and picnics around Monroe.
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Monroe
Youth Council
Lincoln High School
Norm Kingsley
Madison
Don Fritz
Cathy Hartman
Wanda Gibbons
Nancy Pilz
Judie Strasser
Dorothy DaVitte
Glee Thomm
Phyllis Teehan
Barbara Frey
Doris Ann Tschudy
Dora Schindler
Joan Hammer
Phoebe Abraham
Jane Anderson
Monroe Youth Center
Lincoln Gymnasium
Monroe Country Club
Hal Mack
American Legion Club
Doris May Elmer Weds Casper Aebly at St John’s
Doris May Elmer of route 3 Monroe and Casper Aebly of route 3 Monroe were married Thursday at 2 p m in St John’s Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev Paul C Kehle officiating. The couple will reside on route 3 Monroe.
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Doris May Elmer
Casper Aebly
St. John’s Church
Route 3
Monroe
Conrad Elmer Jr
Monticello
Henry Aebly
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Paul C. Kehle
Ernest Kern
Birthday honors for husband at 2346 16th Avenue
Mrs William Lysser entertained relatives last evening honoring her husband on his birthday. Two tables of 500 were won by Mr and Mrs Cecil Jones of Orangeville. Gifts were given to Mr Lysser. refreshments included a birthday cake with lighted candles.
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William Lysser
16Th Avenue
Cecil Jones
Orangeville
Lysses
Guild Meeting At Mrs. Ed Butts Home
The Jordan Guild of the Evan gelical and Reformed church will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Ed Butts.
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Jordan Guild
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ed Butts
Disch Mayer Babler Reunion Set for Monroe Park
The 12th annual Disch Mayer and Babler reunion will be held Sunday July 10 at Recreation Park in Monroe. Mrs Frank De Voe is secretary treasurer and Mrs Fred Burkhalter is president.
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Disch, Mayer and Babler
Recreation Park
Monroe
Frank de- Voe
Fred Burkhalter
Lodge Holds Meeting with Co-Hosts at Beightol Home
The Royal Neighbor lodge met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Emma Beightol with Mrs. Ethel Chambers as co-hostess. The next regular meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Lena Lehman.
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LODGE
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Emma Beightol
Ethel Chambers
Lena Lehman
Juda 4H Cooking Class Hosts Picnic on Harvey Andrews Lawn
The Juda 4 H Cooking class held a picnic supper on the Harvey Andrews lawn Thursday evening. Special guest Mamie Tillema county agent Monroe attended as a guest of honor.
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Harvey Andrews
Mists
Mamie Tillema
Monroe
Gonzales and Parker win Wimbledon men’s doubles title
Richard Pancho Gonzales and Frank Parker of Los Angeles won the Wimbledon men's doubles crown after defeating Ted Schroeder of La Crescenta, California, and Lee Mulloy of Miami in straight sets 6-4 6-4 6-? in a final reported today.
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London
Richard
Pancho) Gonzales
Frank Parker
Los Angeles
Ted Schroeder
la Crescenta
Calif
Lee Mulloy
Miami
Museum Proposal Needs Explained
Dr. Clifford Lord of the State Historical Society answers questions on reviving the Luchsinger museum at Mrs. May Luchsinger's farm carriage house. He discusses gifts versus loans, storage, curator need, state aid limits, funding methods, and the postwar revival of county historical societies in Wisconsin.
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Clifford Lord
State Historical Society
May L. Luchsinger
The
Times
Lord
Luchsinger Museum
Wisconsin
Villa Louis
Prairie du Chien
Watertown
Green Bay
Mineral Point
Luchsinger
Green County Historical Society
Births Deaths Rise in Wisconsin in Early 1950s
Madison reports 33 191 births registered with the Wisconsin state board of health in the first five months, exceeding 1948 figures but below the 35 914 all time high two years earlier. Through May 31 marriages total 8 855, down from 10 132 in 1948. deaths reach 14 181, up 128 from 1948.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Mao says China joins anti reactionary front led by Soviet Union
Nanking Mao Tze tung declares red China definitely belongs to the anti reactionary front headed by Soviet Russia and says Beijing can obtain really friendly help only from Russia.
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Nanking
Mao Tze - Tung
China
Russia
Beloit Motorcycle Crash Injures Rider at Intersection
Clayton Stickler of South Beloit was critically injured yesterday when his new motorcycle collided with a car at an intersection as the speedometer showed only six miles per hour.
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Beloit
Clayton Stickler
South Beloit
Budget deficit soars as 1949 outturn tops forecasts
Washington reports a fiscal 1949 deficit of 1.811 billion dollars, triple the 600 million predicted. Spending rose to a peacetime high of 57.0 billion while revenue fell to 38.246 billion, widening the gap and dimming the outlook for 1950 with estimates of 3 to 5 billion.
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Washington
Truman
Rennebohm Signs Bills Creating Nurses Board
Gov Rennebohm signed measures establishing a state department of nurses with a board and education director now under the board of health. The department will appoint examiner committees for nurse registration. Other acts extend the welfare department reorganization date to Sept 1 and require labeling fur garments valued at $50 or more. He vetoed a senate bill allowing sale of hermetically sealed sandwiches without full health safeguards.
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Madison
Rennebohm
State Department of Nurses
Board of Health
Public Welfare Department
Senate
State Board of Health
Green County Ranks 20th in Savings Bond Sales
Green county placed 20th among Wisconsin counties in a May 16 to June 30 savings bond sales percentage. Green County achieved 132 529 dollars or 83.3 percent of its quota, above the state average of 80.5 percent. Florence County led at 139.9 percent while Barron County trailed at 39.2 percent. Rock County ranked 15th at 88.9 percent and Lafayette County stood 44th at 69 percent with sales totaling 116 716 dollars.
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Green County
Wisconsin
U. S
R. W. Prien
Rock County
Lafayette County
Florence County
Barron County
Pastor's Wife Dies In Lightning Mishap
Mrs Grace Manser aged 48 died after a bolt of lightning struck the house while she and Rev Arthur Manser slept. The minister at Pleasant Valley Pentecostal church was unharmed as the lightning traveled through wiring to their bed.
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Stanley
Grace Manser
Arthur Manser
Pleasant Valley Pentacostal
Airliner Crash Kills 18 Near Perth
Eighteen people died when an airliner crashed in flames eight miles from Perth as it flew toward Darwin to connect with a London bound plane.
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Perth
Australia
Darwin
Lightning Strikes Zion Lutheran Steeple in Wausau
The Zion Lutheran church in Wausau was struck by lightning for the third time this week. The steeple was damaged previously about 25 years ago and again on July 11.
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Wausau
Zion Lutheran
Argyle Woman Hurt In Auto Collision
Celia Hoban of Route 3 Argyle is in St. Clare hospital with facial lacerations and a possible hip fracture after a head on collision at 7 05 this morning at the junction of county trunk s and state highway 81 nine miles northwest of Monroe. Her son Edward F. Hoban drove the car and was uninjured. Two vacationists Mr and Mrs William E Bridges of Waukesha were treated for minor injuries and continued their Iowa trip.
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Celia Hoban
Argyle
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
William E. Bridges
Waukesha
Iowa
Five French Paratroopers Killed in Naval Base Blast
Five French paratroopers were killed and six others seriously injured when an explosion struck as they waited to board a naval dispatch boat at a naval air base in Lanvoec Poulnic.
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Lanvoec- Poulnic
Plans Full Fight Study in Spain for Edith Entin
New York 21 year old wife Edith Laurie Entin plans a month study trip to Spain to learn bullfighting. She departed yesterday by plane to Paris en route to Madrid to observe and study the art of bull fighting firsthand.
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New York
Spain
Edith Laurie- Entin
Paris
Chief of Police Jess Collar Dies at 58
Hortonville mourns Chief of Police Jess Collar age 58 who collapsed June 23 after sounding curfew bell and died Thursday. Funeral services set for Monday with burial plans to follow after hospitalization the interim period.
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Hortonville
Jess Collar
Monroe Musicians Win Clinic Chance
Five Monroe high school students Kathryn Krauss Mildred Krauss Margaret Angliker Ruth Feldt and John Virgil Stauffer earned spots to the Wisconsin Music Clinic at the University of Wisconsin July 5 to 24. Scholarships cover 36 of 202 attendees with top performers eligible for university scholarships. The all-state band performs July 17 and the festival finale is July 24 at 3 pm directed by Frederick C Ebbs.
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Monroe High School
Wisconsin Music Clinic
University of Wisconsin
Kathryn
Mildred Krauss
Margaret Angliker
Ruth Feldt
John Virgil Stauffacher
Kathryn Krauss
University Board of Regents
Memorial Union Terrace
University Stadium
Frederick C. Ebbs
Baldwin-Wallace College
Social notes from Monticello and surrounding towns
Monticello and nearby communities share a weekend of visits and calls. Residents listed include the Kammerode, Knobel, Myers, Meier, Gempeler, Schulz, Zweifel, and Elmer families among others visiting relatives in Blanchardville Monroe Madison New Glarus Footville and Monroe. The piece notes a 25th wedding anniversary at Freeport and a Schultz reunion at Lincoln Park Monroe.
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LaVerne Kammerode
Blanchardville
Donald Knobel
Russel Myers
Monroe
Meyers
Jacob J. Elmer
Bernice Schneider
Platteville State Teachers College
Thomas Saunders
Brodhead
Kenneth Holcomb
Cheryl
Bernard Biederman
Freeport
Willis Elmer
Clarence Elmer Jr
Madison
Ernest Gempeler
Louise
Donald
Marian Luchsinger
Will Stauffacher
Sam Grenzow
Willian Grenzow
East Troy
Albert Knobel
Emily Jordan
Lorena Holdrick
Marlene
John
Hazel Kundert
Kenny
Bertha Keller
E. A. Kundert
Fred Gempeler
Footville
Charles Rote
Isaac Schultz
Jake Schultz
John Daubert
Schultz
Lincoln Park
Ivan Wichser
Etta Babler
Vivian Ross
John Dooley
Rudy W. Amman Jr
Phillip Disch
Sibyl Jane Marshall
Whitewater
Anna Gempeler
Paul Newman
Richard
Linda
Katie
Rose Stauffer
Marie Stumpf
Elizabeth Ralph
John Meier Sr
John Meier Jr
Dennis
Wilbert Marty
Albert Marty
Thomas Hagen
Ann
Michael
Milwaukee
Road veteran killed in Michigan sand spreader accident
Crystal Falls Mich.George Hallada 56 a veteran of 20 years service with the Iron county road commission was killed yesterday when he slipped and fell under a sand spreader while working on a repair job on M 69.
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Crystal Falls
Mich
George Hallada
Iron County Road Commission
Antarctic Rain Rare Delivers Snow Instead
The report notes that rain is virtually absent south of the Antarctic Circle and that all precipitation is snow.
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Antarctic Circle
Mrs. Clara Carlson Jenson Dies at Lamont Farm home
Mrs. Clara Carlson Jenson 68 of Lamont township Lafayette county died at her farm home after a long illness. Survived by widower daughter Vivian Barnes two sisters and four brothers. funeral at 1 pm Sunday at the Jenson home and 1 30 pm at Yellowstone Lutheran Church with Rev. C. M. Sorenson officiating. Burial in church cemetery.
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Fred Jenson
Lamont Township
Lafayette County
John H. Bruni
Monroe
Clara Carlson
Blanchardville
Vivian Barnes
Edward Milestone
Fayette
Lester Flint
Wall airlift to Berlin hits two million tons
Berlin reports the allied airlift will reach two million tons by Sunday. The 2,000,000th ton will be delivered by crews from the U S Air Force and Navy, who have supplied the airlift since its start.
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Berlin
U. S. Air Force
Navy
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