Monroe Evening Times masthead and policy notice
The Monroe Evening Times lists its establishment date 1898 and owner details EMERY A ODELL (1871-1953) along with AP affiliations. It provides subscription rates 5 cents weekly by carrier in Monroe and 10 dollars yearly by mail in Wisconsin and Stephenson County Illinois, 13 dollars elsewhere, and notes office hours 8 30 a m to 5 p m and phone 325 5101.
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Associated Press
AP News
City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Ill
Editorial calls for reliable auxiliary power after blackout
The piece urges the county to approve funding for emergency electrical power to ensure law enforcement and fire services can operate during disasters. It notes past failures in Monroe where sirens and radios were unusable without electricity and warns of potential chaos if power remains off. The City Hall and Police Station will get generators, while the jail needs funding, and the editorial argues for timely action to prevent three strikes and out.
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Monroe
Heinzelman
City Hall
Girl Scouts Attend Special Outdoor Day
Fourteen members of Monticello Girl Scout Troop 190 joined an outdoor day at New Glarus Woods State Park. They learned outdoor skills including cooking a one pot lunch trail signs compass reading and fire building. Accompanying leaders were Mrs. Donald Hurst Mrs. R A Woodruff and Mrs. Howard R Steinmann. Eight troop members will attend Day Camp at Monroe next week with Mrs. Donald Hurst leading.
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Monticello
New Glarus Woods
Donald Hurst
R. A. Woodruff
Howard R. Steinmann
Monroe
Sir Winston stamp goes on sale in Britain markets
A special issue memorial stamp for Sir Winston Churchill went on sale today in Britain. Dealers rushed for first day markings at Bladon and the neighboring village of Churchill. The stamp uses Karsh of Ottawa wartime portrait and the Post Office ordered 159 million stamps for the initial print run.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Bladon
Oxfordshire
Sir Winston
Churchill
Karsh
Ottawa
Woman sentenced for theft in Mundelein burglary case
Ruth Del Vecchio Seybold, 37, of Mundelein, Illinois, received 5 to 10 years in Dwight Woman's Reformatory after a circuit court jury found her guilty of possessing 129 pairs of trousers stolen in a July 1964 Mundelein Railroad Salvage burglary.
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Waukegan
Ill
Ruth. del Vecchio Seybold
Mundelein
Dwight Woman’s Reformatory
Seybold
Philip W. Yager
Circuit
Mrs. Ercestian Lutes Dies at 90 in Dodgeville
Mrs. Ercestian Lutes aged 90 died after a brief illness at a Dodgeville hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Ritter Funeral Home with callers welcome after 2 p.m. Saturday. She leaves two sons Earl of New Diggings and Gordon of Billings Montana, three daughters Vera Rundle Dodgeville Louis Bennett Warren and Corliss Ferrell Darlington, along with 37 grandchildren and many great and eight great great grandchildren.
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Mineral Point
Ercestian Lutes
Dodgeville
Ritter
Earl
New Diggings
Gordon
Billings
Mont
Vera Rundle
Louis Bennett
Warren
Corliss Ferrell Darlington
Warren Youngsters Given Swimming Lessons
Warren youngsters take swimming lessons at the Stockton pool in Warren Illinois. Lessons for children six years old and over run Tuesday and Thursday mornings for six weeks with bus transportation from Warren school at 9 30 and 10 30. Junior life saving classes are offered on Monday Wednesday and Friday with parents arranging transportation.
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Warren, Ill
Warren
Stockton
Troop 113 Plans Canyon Camp Stay in July
Monroe Boy Scout Troop 113 will attend U S Grant Council Canyon Camp for the week starting Sunday July 11. They will live in tents cook two meals daily with an adult leader present and return July 17. Troops 115 and 101 travel July 18 24. Visitors welcome. chicken barbecue on Wednesday.
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Canyon Camp
Monroe Lions Club
U.S. Grant Council
Bob Miller
Fritz Laeser
Ernest Laeser
Myron Rogers
Monroe
Scout Service Center
Freeport
Stockton
Dick Rhyner
Dewey D Monroe
George Fay
Chanaa
U.S. Grant
Sabai
Order of Arrows
Judo Business Men’s Club
Troop 114
Rites Tomorrow For 80-Year-Old Mineral Point Resident
Mrs. Frank Cenite Sr., 80, died after a long illness in Mineral Point. Born in Italy, she came to the town in 1921. Surviving are her husband, five sons Rocco Dominic Frank Jr Nickie and Bruno, two daughters Rosella and Theresa, a brother and sister in Italy, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at St Pauls Catholic Church with a Rosary service tonight at Gor gon Funeral Home.
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Mineral Point
Frank Cenite Sr
Italy
Rocco
Dominic
Frank Jr
Nickie
Bruno
Rosella
Theresa
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Gorgon Funeral Home
Rookie Patrolman Held After Station Robbery
Milwaukee police arrested two men including a 22 year old rookie patrolman after a service station attendant was beaten with a hammer and robbed of 118 dollars. The money was found in the glove compartment of the suspects lavender 1965 sports car.
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Milwaukee
Harold A. Breier
Breier
World Law Day Proclaimed by President Johnson
President Johnson proclaims September 12 as World Law Day and pledges the United States will faithfully honor its treaties and agreements.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Truman’s Brother J Vivian Dies in Missouri Home
J Vivian Truman, 72, brother of former president Harry S Truman, died at his Grandview Missouri home. A retired farmer, he was formerly district director of the Federal Housing Administration in Kansas City.
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Harry
Kansas City
J. Vivian Truman
Harry Ss. Truman
Grandview, Mo
Truman
Federal Housing Administration
Mrs Ellestad 93 Native of Green County Dies in Madison
Ollie Ellestad 93, born May 1 1872 near Blanchardville, died in a Madison nursing home after a long illness. Widow of John Ellestad, she survived by sisters Miss Tena Ula and Mrs. Oscar Schmidt. Services Friday at 11 a.m. Schroeder Funeral Home with burial at Ula Cemetery near Blanchardville.
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Ollie Ellestad
Green County
Blanchardville
Madison
John Ellestad
Ellestad
Ollie Ula
John C. and
Thora Skindingsrud Ula
Tena Ula
Oscar Schmidt
Arcadia
Schroeder
Frank K. Efird
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church
Ula
New Sentry IGA Market Opens Next Wednesday
Glancing Backwards notes the Sentry IGA market on Highway 1181 east announcing its opening for the coming Wednesday. Also reported are the death of William Timmons at 67 from a heart attack, and a twin birth at St Clare hospital to Mr and Mrs John Baertschi Footville. June employment hits record high with over 64 million Americans employed according to Commerce and Labor.
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Sentry Iga
Highway 1181
William Timmons
Commerce and Labor Departments
John Baertschi
Footville
St. Clare Hospital
Jean Keel Leads Miss Monroe Race Amid Cheese Day Plans
Twenty five years ago today on July 9 1940 Jean Keel led the field for Miss Monroe as Cheese Day plans moved forward with George Mauermann as parade chairman. Bruce M Blum chair of the zoning board of appeals warned contractors and citizens about the Monroe zoning ordinance.
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Jean Keel
Monroe
George Mauermann
Bruce M. Blum
City Zoning Board of Appeals
Rainfall tops average as city drenched on July 9 1925
Total rainfall for the year now above average with more than two inches soaking the city. Ackerman Emmenegger and Co plan to start manufacturing pasteurized Swiss brick American and pimento cheese in 5 pound loaves. District convention of Rebekah lodges held at New Glarus.
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Ackerman, Emmenegger and Co
Rebekah
New Glarus
Argyle Homecoming Planned In August 1915
Fifty years ago today July 9 1915 Argyle announced a Homecoming set for August 6. Orangeville may pay tuition to Monroe schools after Illinois state superintendent rules pupils may attend the school of choice and the district pays. A barn razing on Jos eph Legler farm Adams Township replaces one lost in wind June 17. Gladys F Fair completes dress making course at Mrs Emma Booth school and starts her own business. Sell rent buy hire. Dial 3255101.
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Argyle
Orangeville
Monroe
Illinois
Joseph Legler
Adams Township
Gladys F. Fair
Emma Booth
Around the Block With Helen and Town Happenings
Local notes cover church progress at Tomah Rev Thomas Jarrell origins and opening, visits by Fred Scotts, and a Scotch wit feature. Readers learn about Ellen Midthun on a five week Europe tour with back to Minneapolis teaching duties, plus staff at St Clare and Edgewood College activities. Also reported are a misdated dateline error, moves to California, a candlelight pre nuptial shower during a blackout, a summer camp counselor, a Wyoming vacation for Marie Waelchli, junk mail complaints, Chalet of the Golden Fleece tours, a wind damaged garage roof, a Monroe artist exhibiting at House on the Rock, and Elkhorn Rodeo Queen candidate news.
Memphis Woman Refuses Testimony After Escape Request
A Memphis woman who cried out for police to help her escape a man later refused to testify against him saying she is married to him. The brief item notes the unusual turn two weeks after the incident.
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Memphis
Tenn
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