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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1964
Page
8
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers likely in eastern areas tonight. Warmer east tonight. Tuesday mostly fair and cooler. Lows 56 to 64, highs 78 to 83. Winds southeast 8 to 15 mph eastern portion tonight, shifting northwesterly in west. Monroe Zone: mostly cloudy tonight with showers or thunderstorms. Tuesday fair.
County incidents include judge Elmer and Johnson on stop sign and license suspensions for juveniles. Several fines forfeitures for speeding muffler and life saving device violations. Marriage license issued for Krueger and Eells. Obituaries list seven residents. Birth announcements for six families with a Beloit and Freeport connection.
A clipped hospital roster lists individuals connected to St. Clare Hospital including Helen Gallagher Green County Hospital Jost A Marty 2302 16th avenue Walter hmucker Hudson Walter Nelen Brodhead Ralph Nafz ger Route 1 Juda Wayne Wenger Blanchardville Surgical staff Richard R Hauser New Glarus Mrs James Thresher Rockford Mrs Hulda Hancock Monticello Mrs Margaret Chesebro Route 3 Mrs Orville Beeck 1065 5th avenue Mrs Leonard E Satters field Mt Morris Ill Mrs Lester Adolph Meinert Davis Ill Mrs Pauline Phillips 1715 11th street Mrs Harley R Heffron Rockford Medical staff Mrs Allan Swanton Route 3 Mrs Gertrude Rieder Dubuque August L Prodoehl Wisconsin Dells Mrs Emma Alm 1825 10th avenue Charles Richard Coole Albany Mrs Emma Nelson Argyle Mrs Eugene John Cawley Madison Adolph Kosak Sr Beloit Mari Emsley Harris Winnebago Ill Mrs Margaret Werndli Nev
Mrs. Stauffacher formerly of Monroe area died this morning after a long illness in a Brodhead nursing home. Born Rose Gempler in St Gallen Switzerland she came to America at 11. She married Otto Stauffacher Sr. in Monroe January 26 1911. Survived by two sons Glenn and Otto F. rural Orfordville a daughter Mrs Orville Ignew Azusa California a sister Mrs Anna Kessler Seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral service Thursday 2 p.m. in Footville Church of Christ with Cyrus Welch officiating burial Maple Grove Cemetery Orfordville. Friends may call Silverthorn Newcomer funeral home Orfordville Wednesday night.
The page lists numerous champions and placers across divisions. Winners include Marean Monroe in women’s event with 72.125, Nancy Krattiger Monroe in women’s track and field with 51.90, and Richard Wilde Monroe in Class A men’s with 75. Veterans and junior boys categories show names from Milwaukee Monroe and Cleveland. Dismissals span many individuals across towns including Freeport and Albany.
A string of visitors arrived in Monroe yesterday from Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin. Residents from DeKalb Dixon Beloit Madison Davenport Peoria Minneapolis and North Aurora joined locals for social calls and the ongoing rodeo at Pecatonica. A church ice cream social is planned July 8 and sheriff officials attend state conference at Devils Lake.
About 40 Scouts from Monroe and surrounding towns gathered at Kiwanis Youth Camp in Sabin for a pre trip weekend. They will depart Freeport July 14 and return July 25 joining 52,000 Scouts worldwide in Valley Forge Pennsylvania. Adult leaders include Harold Krupke Lena Bert Strohecker Pearl City and Earl Crane. Scout executive Stockton Gene Madison participated. Monroe travelers include Kurt E Adam Donald J Barry Michael G Connors Ronald E Eckstam Patrick T Fencil John C Ganshirt Charles G Irvin Robert W Janke Steve J Kessenich Michael Meythaler and Greg Humbel. Additional participants listed from Freeport Stockton Hanover Platteville Monticello Shannon and Galena.
Park schedule lists tonight events at Twining Park in Wisconsin. Liquid Feed faces White Haven at 7 p m, Chalet Cheese plays Milwaukee Cheese at 8 p m, Moose meets Firemen at 9 p m with midget league and practice rounds tomorrow including Giants and Twins at 2 15 p m slowpitch EUB No II plays Baumgartners 7 p m South South Wayne 7 45 p m Hughes 8 p m Legion Baseball Monroe against Orfordville at 8 p m Pony League White Sox vs Braves 1 15 p m and regular softball Zwickers vs Wayne 9 15 p m.
A 10 year old rural Albany girl and a 19 year old rural Juda youth were among those injured in weekend traffic accidents. Deputies investigated seven mishaps including a car hitting a pony, a motorcycle crash near Juda, and fences damaged at farms along Highways 11 81 and 39.
A female Collie puppy is available through the sheriff's department. The mother is a good cow dog and the puppy is training well.
Airman Cyril Leo Steffen of Appleton drowned at Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills about 30 miles southwest of Rapid City Sunday.
In Da Nang's Nam Dan camp area a five hour clash saw two American Special Forces men and an Australian adviser die defending a Central Highlands post against Viet Cong forces. Vietnamese nurses aided defenders while 57 Vietnamese troops were killed and 48 Viet Cong dead were counted. Earlier, Viet Cong overran Polei Krong training camp, leaving 45 Vietnamese dead and 25 wounded including two Americans.
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