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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1971
Page
3
Mrs Julian Johnson of Blanchardville wins the Lafayette County June Dairy Bar Bake-Off. Her recipe uses sour cream and butter and yields 40 to 144 bars with orange butter frosting.
Shawn William Swanson infant son of Mr and Mrs Fran Swanson 17th St was honored at a Saturday shower hosted by Mr and Mrs Boyd Elliott Monroe Elaine Elliott was hostess Attending were Jan Remus Dorothy Haney Fran Swanson Margaret Chesebro David Ward Bill Killian Buddy Stevenson Larry Frauchiger Ron Goecks and Boyd Elliott Shawn William the guest of honor attended the event.
Twenty six children attended the Vacation Bible School conducted by Monroe Bible Church from July 5 to July 9. Miss Mary Glass and Tom Glass of Muscada led the program with assistants and Mrs. John Winkler as chairman. The visiting teachers will resume college in the fall after summer work with Rural Bible Crusade.
Members of the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters plan a 1 p.m. Sunday picnic at Herman Stuessy’s Pon derosa near Zanders Lake Browntown. Attendees should bring own tableware sandwiches and a dish to share beverages and ice cream provided. A Monroe Christian Women’s Club luncheon is set for July 19 at 12:45 p.m. in the High School M-Room with speaker Mrs. Evelyn Peterson from Omaha. Reservations by phone and cancellations by July 16. A teenage girls invitation is extended. Nicolette Milnes-Walker, 28, on a solo Atlantic crossing, was spotted 1,500 miles from the U.S. aboard her yacht after leaving Dale Wales June 12 for Newport R.I. The psychologist says she cannot swim.
Miss Lynn Louise Loeffel and Anthony John Wyss married June 26 at St. Victor's Catholic Church Monroe. Rev Laurence Kieffer officiated the 2 PM service. Attendants included Luetta Loeffel, Leah and Beth Loeffel, Marcus Wahl, Pat and Michael Wyss, with reception at VFW Hall. The couple reside in Madison after honeymooning in Northern Wisconsin.
Miss Lynn Karis and Phillip Delton Davis exchanged marriage vows at St. Thomas Aquinas Church Freeport in an 11 am July 3 ceremony. Rev. Louis Pesit officiated. The couple will reside at 1238 S High Freeport after a Wisconsin wedding trip.
Lester M. Johnson presided at the Monday night installation naming Lloyd Liedschlag as president and a slate of new officers and directors. Holdovers remain, and retiring officers received engraved gavels and plaques. Water Dip stand at Green County Fair to raise funds may be discontinued due to equipment and volunteer declines.
Miss Mary Kay Elmer received a miscellaneous shower at the Marshall Bluff Bowhunters Clubhouse hosted by Mrs. John Zim merman Mrs. Robert Feller Jr. and Mrs. Dean Zimmerman. Guests including Mrs. Roy Bissig Monroe Frank Loveland Clarence Loveland Jacob Wittenwyler and many others attended and gifts were given. Refreshments were served. The couple plans to wed August 14 in Monticello.
Frederick Kohli of Monroe watched the funeral procession of the Russian cosmonauts from his Moscow hotel window. He wrote to his father that he could see most ceremonies and mentioned his North American Rockwell assignment in Reading Pennsylvania. Kohli planned to leave Warsaw for Czechoslovakia on July 9 and lamented missing his father’s July 6 birthday, his 82nd.
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