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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1964
Page
2
In Wisconsin and nearby regions subscription rates are listed by carrier Rall with a Wisconsin land reference. The notice specifies office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and provides the telephone number 225-5101 for inquiries.
Editorial reflects on how Independence Day celebrations faded since the 1930s but revived recently through local civic groups. It notes fewer grand speeches and more focus on patriotism, with events like church bells and the Liberty Bell anniversary. The piece highlights Civil Rights advances and the Midwest Turnfest at Twining Park as new, inclusive observances in Monroe.
Forty years ago July events included Rosa Downtown Flower Shop opening July 3 1954 and Milwaukee Braves pennant hopes. ten pages note age and local incidents. 25 years ago log rolling and a Monroe citizen death. church schedules list multiple congregations and events across Monroe Argyle and surrounding towns.
Evangelical United Brethren churches in Monroe Monticello and New Glarus list Sunday services at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:35 a.m. Youth circles meet at Twining Park. weekly meetings include Circle Five at 6:30 and others in the evening. Rev Melvin J Roehrdanz and Rev Burton L Holling named. additional services and midweek gatherings noted.
Brodhead residents will hear bells ring noon to 1 p.m. as part of Bells for Freedom. The Chamber urges flag displays and attendance at the Putnam Park fireworks display at 9 p.m.
Rev. Melvin H. Nickel reflects on a Fourth of July memory in the Black Hills. He cites Gutzon Borglum and the four faces at Mount Rushmore as symbols urging the United States to lead with sincerity, faith, and commitment to Jesus Christ’s teachings to foster global peace.
Washington reports the U S dairy herd continued to shrink but at a slower pace in 1964 with a 3 percent year to year decline to 18 073 000 cows at year start. Despite a 20 percent drop since 1945 milk production is set to reach a record near 126 billion pounds, driven by herd efficiency and culling while beef prices and farm restructuring influence herd composition.
Capt George Clancy, veteran of 100000 miles at sea and 40,000 trips to Liberty Island, has never entered the monument he ferries visitors to. He cherishes a metal piece from the statue’s base, and notes how many tourists from abroad weep or kneel upon viewing the torch. The Fourth of July marks Liberty’s 80th anniversary as Circle Line’s Miss Circle Line makes inaugural harbor run.
New members Teresa Ann Hosely of Route 1 and Douglas Wang of Route 2 Argy le join the regional list. Separately, demographic data show only 60 percent of the nation’s Negro population resides in the South, compared with 92 percent in 1860.
Gov. John W. Reynolds announced reappointments of Dr. Michael Richdorf of Sheboygan to the Dental Examiners Board and Louis Leoni of Hurley to the Wisconsin Retirement Fund board of trustees. Thousands rely on Classified Acts in solving daily problems.
A fragmentary note from Soe sa to someone on the occasion of a birthday, sent via mail. The readable text indicates a personal message within an Evening Times context, but details and names are incomplete.
General Maxwell D Taylor spoke at his retirement ceremony outlining his plan to support the South Viet Nam effort as he becomes U S ambassador there. Defense Secretary McNamara praised him as a key architect of U S defense policy, noting his many decorations from Normandy to Berlin.
Gerald Jenkins of Lake Geneva named winner of a statewide Dairy Herd Improvement Association slogan contest. Her entry Milk Cows That Pay Go DHIA was chosen from over 40 entries. Her husband is a dairy farmer in the Lake Geneva area and vice president of Walworth county DHIA. The winning slogan will aid a drive to test half a million cows by 1965. Clarence Olson, UW dairy specialist, notes Wisconsin has about 450,000 cows on DHIA tests.
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