Emery Odell and Monroe newspaper notices in 1879 1898
The Monroe Evening Times notes postal registration and office details for Monroe Wisconsin, with Emery A. Odell (1871 1953) listed as a member of press associations. It includes AP exclusive rights statements and subscription rates for local carriers and mail. Office hours and contact number are provided.
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City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Eyesore Index shows Green County among Wisconsin's least beautified
The Wisconsin Natural Beauty Council and DNR observers rate 56 counties on eyesores like dumping grounds and dilapidated buildings. Green County scores 35, better than Florence and Lafayette but far from Walworth’s 3 and Brown and Rock counties at 5. The piece urges cleanup and notes a Vermont auto-crushing machine trial that Wisconsin may adopt to reduce scrap heaps.
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Green County
Wisconsin Natural Beauty Council
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Wisconsin
Walworth
Brown and
Rock Counties
Florence
Lafayette
Vermont
Illinois
Dinners Served Aid Monticello Legion Project
Approximately 800 dinners were served at the Amastutz-Marty American Legion Post Bar-B-Que in Monticello. Proceeds fund the new Legion Home being built by volunteers with help from the Auxiliary and Boy Scouts. the old building will be torn down, with completion anticipated by Fall as the basement nears.
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Monticello
Amastutz-Marty American Legion
American Legion
Legion Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Names and Births Highlight Local Families
Richly detailed notices report births at St. Clare Hospital including Richard Dean to Spa and Mrs Richard Kieler Albany Penny Jo to Lavern Bergum South Wayne Wendy Elizabeth to Mr and Mrs Ted Ogier Juda Vicki Lynn to Mr and Mrs Keith Komprood Gratiot Scott Andrew to Dr and Mrs Jack Reed Stevens Point and Mark Jonas to Mr and Mrs Robert Rieder Allenton plus Barbara Carroll Douglas Karlen and Douglas Buehl departing Green County for a Citizenship Short Course in Washington DC.
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St. Clare Hospital
Spa
Richard Kieler
Albany
Richard Dean
Penny JO
Lavern Bergum
South Wayne
Peggy
Larry
Gary
Perry
Barry
Vicki Lynn
Keith Kemprood
Route 1
Gratiot
Michael Keith
Dianne Renee
Komprood
Kathleen Hale
Merle Komprood
Harold Hale
Warren
Mary Komprood
Tillie Hale
Mark Jonas
Robert D. Rieder
Route 4
Monroe
Anna Rieder
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Washington, D.c
Monticello
Barabara Carroll
Douglas Karlen
Douglas Buehl
Green County
Miss Dunphy Wins Chapter Scholarship
Miss Colleen Dunphy daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Dunphy rural Albany has been named recipient of the Alpha Mu Chapter Scholarship Selection was made by members at the June meeting held at Shady Lane Marengo Ill Miss Dunphy a graduate of Albany High School will be a senior at Platteville State University this Fall She will receive the scholarship at the August meeting at The Harris House Brodhead Miss Dunphy is employed as a playground worker at Recreation Park in Monroe Chapter members attending the June meeting were Mrs Robert Strickler Mrs Edwin Klassy Mrs Alvin Hoesly Mrs Palmer Knobel Mrs Verla Babler New Glarus Mrs Robert Jacobson Mr Horeb and Miss Bernice Babler Okayed by Senate Washington AP a resolution that could allow the United States to recognize Communist China has been approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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New Glarus
Colleen Dunphy
Lawrence Dunphy
Albany
Alpha Mu
Shady Lane
Marengo
Ill
Dunphy
Albany High School
Platteville State University
Harris House
Brodhead
Recreation Park
Monroe
Robert Strickler
Edwin Klassy
Alvin Hoesly
Palmer Knobel
Verla Babler
Robert Jacobson
Horeb
Bernice Babler
Shamburek Elected Vice President of Aerospace Medical Association
Col. Roland H. Shamburek chief of the Aviation Branch Plans Supply and Operations Directorate Office of The Surgeon General has been elected vice-president of the Aerospace Medical Association at its 40th annual meeting in San Francisco. The Wisconsin born officer with a long career in aviation medicine holds multiple professional honors and serves with AMSUS and other medical groups. He and wife Gladys Gibbons reside in Annandale Virginia with three children.
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Roland H. Shamburek
Aerospace Medical Association
Shamburek
San Francisco
Adell
Wis
Col. Shamburek
University of Wisconsin
American Medical Association
American Public Health Association
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
AMSUS
John Shaw Billings
Salvation Army Truck Sets July Pickup Dates
The Salvation Army truck serves Monroe and Juda on the second and fourth Wednesdays. It will be in town July 9 and July 23. Wilma Heimann leads the pickups and accepts newspapers magazines books rags clothing furniture and appliances at the courthouse square until 1 p.m. or at the storage garage 1917 12th Street anytime. Home pickup can be arranged by calling 325 4215.
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Salvation Army
Monroe
Juda
Wilma Heimann
12Th Street
Times Children’s Club Calendar Highlights Names and Dates
A July schedule lists names and addresses for the Times Children’s Club events from July 6 to July 12. Participants include Beth Ann Friedrichs Rodney Peterson Patricia Leaver Sharon Swingen Duane Segner Kevin Schuetz Renee Anderson Jeffrey Disch LuAnn Neuen schwander John Anderson Julie Gerber Diane Gilbertson Dian Minder Richard Ruf Dana Avery Michael Jeglum Louise Benson Michael Haas Brian Kolb Todd Hanson Margaret Wilhelmson Dawn Hocking Thomas McClaren Tammy McClaren Dianne Beutel Tina Smith Tracy Hamilton Thomas Malkow Kathleen Ruf with various routes and towns across Illinois Wisconsin and Connecticut.
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Rodney Alan Peterson
Winslow
Jeffrey Paul Zweifel
Belleville
Patricia Ann Leaver
Sharon Marie Swingen
Mt. Horeb
Duane Edward Segner
Kevin John Schuetz
Penny To Whitehead
16Th Ave
Renee Elizabeth Anderson
Jeffrey Lee Disch
Monticello
LuAnn Clare Neuenschwander
John Ronald Anderson
Julie Rae Gerber
21St Ave
Diane Kay Gilbertson
Dian Lynn Minder
Brown
Brian Lee Kolb
Blanchardville
Todd James Hanson
Margaret Ann Wilhelmson
Argyle
Dawn Nadene Hocking
Covington St
Crawfordsville
Ind
Thomas Monte McClaren
Brodhead
Tammy Jean McClaren
Dianne Lynn Beutel
Tina Rae Smith
14Th Ave
Monroe
Tracy Patrick Hamilton
13Th St
Thomas Nelson Malkow
Kathleen Jean Ruf
17Th Ave
Funeral services for Mrs Armin Zingere held in Monticello
Funeral services for Mrs Freida Zingere 54 were conducted Wednesday at Zwingli United Church of Christ Monticello. Rev Milton G Petzold from Monroe officiated. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery with pallbearers Sylvan Disch Jr Robert Meier Walter Zeller Rudolph Meier Wilbert Meier and Huldrich Pulver. Madison hosts Wisconsin 4-H tractor driving title with 25 champions competing.
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Armin Zingere
Monticello
Armin
Freida
Zingere
Zwingli United Church of Christ, Monticello
Milton G. Petzold
St. John’s United Church of Christ, Monroe
Highland Cemetery
Sylvan Disch Jr
Robert Meier
Walter Zeller
Rudolph Meier
Orfordville
Wilbert Meier
Dickeyville
Huldrich Pulver
Verona
Apple Canyon Lake opens near Galena with sales boom
Visitors tour the new Apple Canyon Lake site near Galena Illinois on a growing lake under construction by Branigar Organization. The project plans 2200 lots, a three mile long spring fed lake reaching 40 feet depth, and a cluster design preserving 85 percent shoreline. Sales staff of 30 reports over 1 million dollars in May and buyers come from Chicago Rockford Quad Cities and nearby residents.
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Apple Canyon
Galena
Ill
Branigar
Wisconsin
Lake Redstone
Apple Canyon Lake
Illinois
Chicago
Rockford
Quad Cities
Branigar Organization
Swanson
Hell's Branch Creek
Freeport
Stockton
Schenk Ill With Typhoid in Vietnam Hospital
SP4 David L Schenk, RA 169 69310, Co. A 1503rd Inf, 173 ABN-BDE, APO San Francisco, is hospitalized at the 67th Evacuation Hospital in Dui Nhon, Vietnam, with typhoid fever. He has been ill since June 9 and received IV treatment through June 22, then two injections every eight hours.
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Albany
David Schenk
Dui Nhon
Vietnam
Jerry Briggs
Sp4
Schenk
Jetter
Donald Schenk
David
David L Schenk
Co. A
Apo
San Francisco Calif
Residents Warned Of Spraying Roof Coating Scam
Green County Sheriff Matt Solliran warns residents about three men misrepresenting aluminum roof spray coatings. The suspects, in a 1969 Chevy pickup, claim the spray insulates homes and cools interiors in summer.
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Green County
Matt Solliran
John Bergum Named Turner Hall Club Bar Manager
Named manager John Bergum, former head bartender at The Red Barn in Evansville, takes over from Ernest Ammon at Turner Hall Club Bar and Dance Hall. Sebastian Laeser Jr. remains bowling facilities manager. Bergum, Albany High School graduate, previously worked at General Motors in Janesville and at The Orchard Inn. He and wife Lee Kildow of Albany have three children and plan to move to Monroe. Born in Monroe, he attended schools there, Brooklyn, and Albany, graduating in 1957 and serving two years in the U S Navy.
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John Bergum
Red Barn
Evansville
Turner Hall
Ernest Ammon
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Bergum
Albany High School
General Motors
Janesville
Orchard Inn
Lee Kildow
Albany
David
Kelly
Debbie
Monroe
Brooklyn
U. S. Navy
Browntown Booster Fund Directors Named
The Browntown Village Board appointed Patrick Hampton Willis Schmoldt Raymond Montgomery Mrs Duane McKenna and Mrs Ralph Lueck to the Booster Fund Board. A civic drive committee was formed to end door to door solicitations and to obtain village board approval for any fundraising. The board approved an ordinance requiring village consent before house to house solicitations and letters about the booster fund were to be delivered Sept 8 to Sept 12.
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Browntown
Browntown Booster Fund
Patrick Hampton
Willis Schmoldt
Raymond Montgomery
Duane McKenna
Ralph Lueck
McKenna
Gerald Schmoldt
High beer prices persist as Milwaukee breweries idle
Milwaukee beer remains available but at black market prices. Richard F. Heiden, head of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Liquor Retailers Association, says wholesalers outside the county have offered Milwaukee draft beer at about twice its normal price. He cites a three week shutdown by 4,500 brewery workers affecting Milwaukee plants, with some breweries operating elsewhere.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Liquor Retailers Association
Esday
Richard F. Heiden
Flaherty Named to Dean's List at UW Oshkosh
William S. Flaherty of 1519 7th Street is among 256 undergraduate students at Wisconsin State University Oshkosh named to the Deans List for the 1968 69 second semester. To qualify a 3.75 two 4.0 GPA and at least 14 credits are needed.
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William S. Flaherty
Orville W. Flaherty
7Th Street
Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh
Business Administration
Nursing
Local Visitors Share Time in Wisconsin and Hawaii
Blanchardville residents Rev and Mrs Joe Robb and daughter from Anaconda Mont visited Thursday at the homes of Mrs Walter Robb and Walter E Gould. Mrs Clara Dougherty and guests from New Orleans and Freeport called on Rudy Schraepfer in Dodgeville Hospital. Albert Mellom in Madison Methodist Hospital visited by Mrs D L Rasmussen and Mrs Clara Dougherty. Lewis Walters and Columbus guests dined at Moon Dougherty home before departing June 30 for a two week Hawaii trip.
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Joe Robb
Anaconda
Mont
Norman Ribb
Louisville
Gary Haines
Freeport
Walter Robb
Walter E. Gould
Clara Dougherty
D.L. Rassmussen
New Orleans
Olga Moen
Rudy Schraepfer
Dodgeville General Hospital
Mac McConnell
Tragedy and sports notes from Monroe area July 4 events
Tragedy marred the July 4 holiday as 4 year old Kelvin Blaser was in critical condition after likely colliding with a car. Albany Gilbert T Hodges an 87 year old Monroe native and Wall Street Journal executive died in New York. Monroe Turn and Schwing club members took third in team work at Swiss Midwest events in Milwaukee.
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Monroe
Kelvin Blaser
Albany
Gilbert T. Hodges
New York
Hodges
Wall Street Journal
Milwaukee
July 4 Fireworks Tragedy Marks 4th of July Crowd
Twenty years ago today at the Green County fairgrounds a fireworks finale drew 7 000 to 10 000 people. The National Safety Council called the 676 accidental deaths a disgrace to a civilized country. Orland Ayen, 17, Belleville, suffered a fractured spine from a hay chute fall.
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National Safety Council
Green County Fairgrounds
Orland Ayen
Belleville
Monroe Observes Quiet Fourth At Staver Church Celebration
On July 5 1939 Monroe marked its quietest Independence Day with 3000 to 4000 attendees at the Staver church sponsored event led by Ira Wolf as president. The annual school meeting drew about 50 people and approved a 96000 dollar education appropriation without opposition.
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Monroe
Staver Church
Ira Wolf
Board of Education
40 Years Ago Today July 5 1929 and Events
A historical July 5 1929 snapshot lists the nations July 4 observance with 16 deaths and eight wagon loads of gypsies in Albany watched by Marshall Carver, a Brodhead cheese factory fire, a drowning of Adolph Gurtner, boxing champ Dempsey’s rise in 1919, R34’s near Bay of Fundy, and Liberty Loan medals in Monroe.
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Albany
Marshall T.M. Carver
Shanghai Cheese Factory
Brodhead
Adolph Robert Gurtner
Fred Gurtner
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Bay of Fund Atlantic Flight
U.S. Treasury Department
Monroe
Green Country
Spinal Paralysis Epidemic Reported in Wisconsin 1909
Sixty years ago July 5 1909 Wisconsin reports a new epidemic called spinal paralysis after travelers from Camp Douglas return to Monroe and Footville baseball game ends early due to umpire disputes. The area endures extreme heat at the reservation.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Co. H
Camp Douglas
Footville
Wright Re elected Monroe School Board President in 1899
July 5 1899 report notes Colin W Wright wins a second term as Monroe school board president. Alice Treat elected to fill vacancy from Mrs Henry Ludlow resignation. Alice B Copeland reelected. A three person committee including John Luchsinger C W Trnning and Frank Smock to review school board finances before annual meetings under recent law.
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Colin W. Wright
Monroe
Alice Treat
Henry Ludlow
Alice B. Copeland
John Luchsinger
C. W. Trnning
Frank Smock
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Monroe Evening Times
Congress
Emery A. Odell
Member
The
Wisconsin Daily Newspaper
Associated Press
Editorial
Legion Project
WSCS
Orangeville
Zion Wscs
Arjen Wessels
Wendy Elizabeth
Ted Ogier
Pleasant, Jr
Cory
Ogier
Yvonne Peterson
Leroy Peterson
Peterson
Miss Dunphy
Senate
Washington
United States
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Times Children’s Club
Beth Ann Friedrichs
Madison
New Apple Canyon Lake
Elmer Swanson Jr
Branigar Organization Inc
By D.M. Feldt
Big Red
Booster Fund
Flaherty
Mrs. Earl Barber
City Hall
Clay Street
F. M. Bray
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