Monroe Scouts Report From Valley Forge Jamboree
Monroe Boy Scouts attending the national jamboree in Valley Forge share postcard notes saying they are having a wonderful time. The event features a candlelight ceremony with nearly 50 000 flames and multi faith services, with Eisenhower hosting and Truman presenting the silver beaver honor.
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Monroe
Valley Forge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Scoutdam
Schuylkill River
Dave Burt
Lowell Stuessy
John
Richard Brunner
Donald Dwyer
David Ruehlman
Gerald Stauffacher
Thomas Wuetrich
Thomas Hartwig
Robert Trachsel
Keith Wilson
Raphael J. Daly
Monroe and South Wayne Riders Win at Green County Show
Nathan Hare of Monroe Cecil Edward and Mrs. Ralph A Schilt of South Wayne won first place in pony pleasure and palomino classes at the Green County Boots and Saddle club horse show held at the Merlin Erb farm north of Monroe. The event drew 106 riders for the morning trail ride and more than 200 spectators and competitors from Monroe Durand Pecatonica Brodhead South Wayne Chicago and Orfordville. Other pleasure horse class placings included Roy Dietz of Chicago second and Joyce Hare of Monroe third.
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Nathan Hare
Monroe
Cecil Edward
Ralph A. Schilt
South Wayne
Green County Boots and Saddle Club
Merlin Erb Farm
Hare
Edward
Mrs. Schilt
Durand
Pecatonica
Brodhead
Chicago
Orfordville
Roy Dietz
Joyce Hare
Clarence Schultz Jr
Route 5
Linda Lou Schmidt
Robert French
Miss Dorothy Collentine Announces July Wedding Plans
Miss Dorothy Jean Collentine and Bruce Joseph Butler announce their engagement and forthcoming July marriage in New York City. Parents Prof. Arthur Owen Collentine and Mrs. Collentine, former Monroe residents now in Madison, shared the news. Collentine is an assistant professor in the UW dairy husbandry department.
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Dorothy Jean Collentine
Bruce Josselyn Butler
New York City
Arthur Owen Collentine
Monroe
Madison
Collentine
Have Cabin Picnic at Youth Cabin Grounds
The annual picnic dinner and outing of St. John's Brotherhood and young adult fellowship drew about 100 adults and children to the Youth cabin grounds northwest of the city yesterday afternoon.
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St. John’s Brotherhood and Young Adult Fellowship
Aid Society Meeting Set With Mines
Jordan Lutheran aid society will meet Thursday at 2 p m with Mines. Janna Golackson Keith Jackson Walter Meier Morgan Johnson and Miss Gladys Golackson on the serving committee.
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Jordan Lutheran Aid Society
Janna Golackson
Keith Jackson
Walter Meier
Morgan Johnson
Gladys Golackson
Golfers Throng Club For Foursome Events
A capacity turnout at Monroe Country Club featured a foursomes round with Mr. and Mrs. Victor I. Carson taking first place with a net 77. Teams tied for second on 78 included Miss Frances Moritz and Chester Becker, Mrs. Nathan L. Goetz and Edwin Rufenacht, and Mrs. Rufenacht and Nathan Goetz. A flag tournament starts tomorrow, followed by mixed foursomes and a July Fourth fireworks display at Recreation Park for best viewing from the club grounds.
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Monroe Country Club
Victor I. Carson
Frances Moritz
Chester Becker
Nathan L. Goetz
Edwin Rufenacht
Rufenacht
Nathan Goetz
Recreation Park
Class of 45 Gathers For First Party Here
About 60 attended the first reunion of Monroe high school's class of 45 at the American Legion home grounds. They enjoyed a picnic dinner, rounds of softball and cards. Congratulations went to George L. Wells and family on the birth of a daughter at St. Clare hospital. Lloyd Carter of Milwaukee traveled the greatest distance. A second reunion was set for 1955.
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Monroe High School
American Legion
George L. Wells
10Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Wells
Lloyd Carter
Milwaukee
Euchartist Service and Requiem Notice
The Euchartist service will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow on Independence Day at St Andrews Episcopal Church 2019 10th Street announced Rev L B Hastings vicar The requiem service will be held at 7 a.m. Wednesday for Arthur E Schmidt friend of the vicar.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
10Th Street
L. B. Hastings
Arthur E. Schmidt
Freighter and Dredge Collide in New York Harbor
In the New York harbor narrows a 2000 ton sand dredge Landcraft and the 6600 ton collier Melrose collided before dawn. The dredge sank in ten minutes, throwing 34 crew into the water as rescuers pulled them to safety. Several men swam an hour or more. rapid rescue averted loss of life. The Melrose sustained a hole in her bow.
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New York
New York Harbor Narrows
Melrose
Severe purge ordered at Prague party leadership
The Czech communist central committee announced in Rude Pravo a purge of party members from September 1 to December 15 with probation for all, and new party cards to be issued on New Year's Day, as Bulgaria Romania and Hungary had similar purifications recently.
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Prague
Rude Pravo
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Panama Canal Guarded by U S Army Units in Canal Zone
Vital installations along the Panama canal and in the Canal Zone are under guard by U S army units on alert since Thursday due to Korean fighting.
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Panama Canal
Balboa
Canal Zone
Menzies Sets Korean Session Return Date
Canberra Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies announced that both houses will reassemble on July 6 after recess to discuss the Korean situation.
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Canberra
Robert G. Menzies
July Employment To Break Record
Washington experts predict July employment will set a new record as June’s 61,482,000 civilian jobs, reported by the census bureau, nears the 1948 high. The June total, up 1,751,000 from May and 4,535,000 from January, excludes 1,311,000 armed forces personnel, who would raise total payroll workers to 62,793,000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Holstein Bull Sold as Wisconsin Pastures Greet Change
Se GaN FARM SCENE Waefler and Bendicks of Juda sold the registered Holstein-Fresian bull Spring Boy Mercedes De Kol to Lawrence Dunphy of Albany. The Wisconsin association issued 37 179 registration and transfer certificates to breeders during 1949. Wornout Wisconsin pastures will produce little feed after July 1 says agronomist F W Burcalow. He advises lime application and pasture restoration, with late August bluegrass kill suggesting winter rye for early spring pasture and spring sowing of legumes. Fall seeding should target the last two weeks in August.
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Waefler and Bendicks
Juda
Mercedes de Kol
Laurence Dunphy
Albany
Wisconsin
F. W. Burcalow
University of Wisconsin
Green County
Burealow
Milwaukeean Nabbed For Setting Fire to Cars
Milwaukee man Robert H. Gamm, 24, admitted starting blazes in a dozen cars and two trucks over two weeks. He was held on arson suspicion after filling station attendant Arthur Schroeder spotted him near a burning truck and later restraining him at a used car lot until police arrived.
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Milwaukee
Robert H. Gamm
Arthur Schroeder
Gamm
Schroeder
Doctors Return From Vacations At Clinic
Dr. George R. Barry returns to the Monroe Clinic after a two week vacation spent with family near Birchwood at Lake Chetac. Young Donald stayed with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. James D. MacLennan in Chicago. Dr. Ben H. Brunkow also returns to his clinic after a San Francisco trip attending an American Medical Association meeting.
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George R. Barry
Monroe Clinic
Lake Chetac
Birchwood
Donald
James D. MacLennan
Chicago
Ben H. Brunkow
San Francisco
American Medical Association
Second body found in Mendota tragedy identified
The body of Earl Williams aged 32 who disappeared with a companion during a May 24 Lake Mendota storm was recovered today. The companion Henry Mary aged 51 was found June 18.
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Madison
Earl Williams
Lake Mendota
Henry Mary
Bushman the gorilla paralyzed after stroke at Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago reports Bushman the 550 pound gorilla, aged 22, is partly paralyzed in right arm and leg after a stroke caused by a blood clot. R Marlin Perkins, Lincoln Park Zoo director, says the famed animal spends most days lying in his cage and remains weak after a heart ailment. Bushman's age is likened to 70 human years.
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Chicago
Bushman
R. Marlin Perkins
Lincoln Park Zoo
Perkins
Frank B. Schillinger Dies Madison Printer
Frank B. Schillinger 55 longtime composing room foreman for Madison Newspapers Inc died yesterday. A veteran of 31 years in newspapers he worked in Milwaukee Rhinelander and Wausau and served 27 years with the Madison Capital Times. Funeral services set for Wednesday.
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Madison
Frank B. Schillinger
Madison Newspapers, Inc
Milwaukee
Rhinelander
Wausau
Madison Capital Times
Oscar Mayer unveils pension plan for 4500 workers
Madison firm and the AFL United Meat Cutters announce a pension program for 4500 employees. The plan provides $100 monthly pensions for workers over 65 with 30 years of service and retirement benefits for disabled workers and those under 65 with 30 years of service.
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Madison
Oscar Mayer and Co
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Hollandale Club Buys Lot for Outdoor Amphitheater
Hollandale Community club buys land next to Curtiss Community Park from John Meadt to build an outdoor amphitheater for band concerts. They will host a three day carnival July 7 9 to fund the project.
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Hollandale
Hollandale Community Club
Curtiss
John Meadt
Russia Set Up Korean Problem
Dewitt MacKenzie argues that Truman's authorization of U S ground troops and air missions in Korea follows from Soviet backed North Korea's forces seizing Seoul and pressuring the south. He frames the crisis as a Soviet strategy to dominate Asia, blaming a failed wartime accord and Moscow's puppet regime, with the cuckoo in the nest metaphor.
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New York
Truman
Seoul
U.S. Air Force
Korea
Korean
North Korea
All
Asia
Russia
America
United Nations
Moscow
Social visits span several towns in Monticello region
The article lists numerous visits and calls among residents from Shawnee Oklahoma Monroe Janesville Madison Appleton Corvallis Dayton New Glarus Indianapolis and Woodstock. Figures include Mr and Mrs Zweitel Elmer Blum Babler Brusveen Gempe ler and others visiting relatives and hosting relatives over multiple days.
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Joe Zweitel
Louisa. Zweitel
George Theodore
Shawnee
Okla
J. P. Elmer
Monroe
Baltz Hoesly
Ronney Estervig
Yolanda
Richards
Rolanda
Ronda
Albert Marty
Kate
Rose Stauffer
Ruth Taylor
Janesville
James Dillman
Minneapolis
Fred Stauffer
Corvallis
Ore
Anna Gempeler
Footville
Fred G. Blum
Madison
F. K. Hefty
Blumers
Blumers and Mrs. Hefty Were Callers In Monroe. Mrs. Marvin Babler
Appleton
Sam Grenzow
Herman Babler
Marvin Babler
Henry Babler Sr
Rinehart Theiler
Babier
Thomas Brusveen
Hans Brusveen
York
Fred A. Blum
Ed Blum
Dayton
Fred Roethlisberger
Dwight Elmer
New Glarus
Melvin Lynn Jr
R. K. Dugdale
Lebanon
Ind
H. L. Karlen
Dugdale
George Stein
Henry D. Freitag
Brodhead
Bablers
Monroemann
Elmer Goldsmith
Indianapolis
Emil Schiesser
South Wayne
George Blum
Woodstock
Kunde Announces Run for Congress in Sixth District
Oshkosh Kenneth Kun de former state Amvet commander announced his candidacy Saturday for the Democratic nomination in the sixth district. Republican incumbent Rep. Frank B. Keefe will not seek re election leaving the race open.
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Oshkosh
Kenneth Kunde
Amvet
Frank B. Keefe
Boom Days Seen For Great Lakes
The Great Lakes regional advisory board predicts a summer boom with a 16.6 percent rise in railroad car loadings in Q3 1950 from a year earlier, totaling about 733 thousand cars. Autos and trucks rise 48.1 percent to 44,584 carloads, parts up 18.1 percent to 106,843, signaling strong industrial activity in the district.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
Thief Steals Heavy Concrete Lions From Park
In Vallejo California a thief seized two 500 pound concrete lions set on 1000 pound bases at John L. Sullivan's park entrance. One lion and its base were reported missing, and authorities investigated as a possible theft with the other lion left intact.
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Vallejo
Calif
John L. Sullivan
Tot Drowns in Can in Woodbine Incident
A two year old named Milton Jenkins Jr. fell into a ten gallon paint can with about six inches of water and drowned yesterday in Woodbine. His father and grandfather searched the area after the child was missing for a while.
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Tot
Woodbine
Milton Jenkins Jr
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