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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1964
Page
8
Daily weather page reports mostly sunny and warmer conditions in Wisconsin with higher temperatures in eastern areas. Tonight will be fair with lows around 54 to 62, and Wednesday is expected to be sunny and warmer with highs from 85 to 92. Monroe zone notes partly cloudy conditions this afternoon and mostly sunny by Wednesday with similar temperatures and fair nights.
Reports show since yesterday 1 p.m. high 75 and low 56 degrees. Year ago today high 80 and low 60. Measured precipitation since yesterday 1 p.m. is .21 inch. Barometer 1 a.m. 29.89 and 1 p.m. 29.92. Warmest location Furnace Creek Calif 120, coldest Redmond Ore 44. Sunrise 5:26, sunset 8:45.
Alvin A. Ott transfers parcel in section 10 of New Glarus Township to Frederick T. Goecks. The record notes the transfer of property interests between the named individuals within the local real estate records.
County Court Judge Roger L. Elmer and Ralph F. Nafzger from Route 1 Juda for failure to yield at a stop sign forfeited a $25 bond. Sheriff’s Department lists Stanley R. Johnson of 1303 14th Street for disorderly conduct with no plea entered and a $100 bond adjourned to July 20 at 4 p.m. Monroe Police
The Monroe police report notes Jacob Lee Babler forfeited $25 for failure to perform duty after hitting an unattended vehicle. The incident lists the address 2311 13th Street and cites unattended vehicle damage.
Wesley Carlson and Myrna Adamson Hefty secured licenses in Glenview Illinois and Monticello. Chris Alston and Barbara Ruf enacht listed as residents of Route 3 and 1744 Country Lane.
Raymond L. McGinnis aged 72 from Warren Illinois Mabel C. True aged 81 from Galena Illinois and Hazel Howson aged 65 from Cuba City Illinois are listed with brief death notices.
Mr and Mrs Harland Prechel 703% 9th street announce a son born July 13. Mr and Mrs John Reese 2421 12th avenue announce a son born July 13. Mr and Mrs Richard W Goodrich Route 3 announce a daughter born July 14.
List of names linked to procedures and dismissals at St. Clare Hospital. Includes Barbara Baker Connie Orton Sherry Krahenbuhl Kathy Koehler and others for surgical items and tonsillectomy. Dismissals cover Casper Furrer Steven Truttman Robert Hartson Clifford Farr and multiple accompanying family members.
Eleven Monroe Boy Scouts and about 30 from other U S Grant Council areas depart Freeport for the National Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. The group includes dozens of named scouts and two Monroe doctors who will serve on the camp staff. They plan to stay overnight in Milan Ohio then reach the jamboree site after July 17.
Twin siblings Donna and David were born Saturday at St Clare hospital to Wilbur R Fields route 1 Juda. David weighed five pounds thirteen ounces and the sister five pounds three ounces. Each measured eighteen inches. The Fields have eight other children.
Tonight and tomorrow feature slowpitch games at Old Diamond and New Diamond with Moose versus Milwaukee Cheese at 7 p.m and Dor mans against EUB No I at 7 p.m. Other matches include Chalet Cheese vs EUB No II and Swiss Colony vs Martins at 8 and 9 p.m respectively. Regular softball and midget league games follow with multiple pairings and times.
Notes of residents and visitors in Monroe including Fred F. Muenger from Freeport and Mr and Mrs Earl McCulley from Albany. Detroit and Beloit names appear with yesterday visits. The Torch Is Passed available at The Times office. Carl Kolata spoke at the Rotary Club. Several local social events and church suppers listed. Pvt. Gary J Studer returns home after training. Miss Sarah V White from Washington and Miss Susan Etter from Medford visit relatives and plan travel.
Remodeling of Baumgartner's west side storefront began today and four brick fronts were painted. The Baumgartner facade will be Swiss-chalet style matching the Sherwin Williams front to the north. Four other buildings were painted white including Ruf's Mode O'Day Miller's Jewelry and Gamble's.
Silverview 4 H Club with Donna Durtschi presiding held a meeting at Fairview Community Building. Jane Reider led the flag salute, Tom Durtschi gave the club pledge, and roll call cited What I am Going to Take to the Fair. Demonstrations on horse preparation and foods review table setting were shown. Wilbert Christen Jr. family provided refreshments.
Rev. Peter D. Rasmussen and his wife have moved to the parsonage at 1824 9th Street after graduate study at Vanderbilt. He will lead Sunday services at 10:45 a.m. during July and be available for summer consultations. No services in August. regular worship resumes mid September. He comes from Mendota State Hospital where he served as minister.
Carl Kolata from the Water town radio station will address the Monroe Kiwanis Club at 12 15 p m Thursday in the Swiss Wheel He is also a candidate for Congress.
Roy C. Kubly of Route 3 is a patient at the Madison VA hospital. He is listed at Room 3004, 2500 Overlook Terrace.
Dawn Marie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klessinger born July 1 at St. Clare hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Alex Studer and John Klessinger. Great grandmothers are Mrs. Katharine Schultz and Mrs. Selma Ladner. The Klessingers also have a 13 month old son Troy Alan.
Luther Larson of Route 4 is undergoing treatment at University Hospitals Madison and will be hospitalized for about three and a half more weeks. He is staying in Room C 630 at the hospital.
Monroe police investigated a 5 p.m. collision in the 1700 block of 10th street between Louis C. Babler of 1323 12th avenue and Robert Benkert of 1209 10th street as Babler pulled from a parking stall.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blum attended the Madison General Hospital School of Nursing commencement at First Congregational Church in Madison. Their granddaughter Miss Judy Statz was among 35 graduating seniors, daughter of Ollie Statz and Kathleen Blum of Monroe.
The Goodwill Industries truck will visit Brodhead this Thursday and Monroe on Friday to collect repairable household goods and clothing for renovation by handicapped persons. Contact Mrs. June Petersen in Brodhead at 897-2766 or Mrs. Dorothy Volmary in Monroe at 325-3488 to arrange pickups.
Fire department answered at 10 a.m. to a tractor fire at the John Schwartz farm, the former Henry Krueger place. The blaze followed a gas explosion and caused considerable damage to the tractor.
Madison Wisconsin dairy report shows steady cheddar demand fair to good with short longhorn supplies affecting dealers. Prices listed include cheddars 34 to 38 percent, 40 pound blocks 35 to 38 percent, single daisies 38 to 40 percent, longhorns 37 to 38 and midgets 37 to 40. Funeral services held for Mrs M Earl Clark at Shriner Neushwan der funeral home with Rev Gerritt E Moun officiating.
The article notes that currency designs are crafted by a small staff of Bureau of Engraving and Printing artists.
Paul Zuber of New York says he will seek a federal court order in San Francisco to declare the Republican National Convention unconstitutional and replay the proceedings. He alleges systematic exclusion of Negroes from Southern delegations and optional exclusion in Northern states without pledge to support Goldwater, framing the convention as a quasi governmental body under the 14th Amendment equal protection.
Cambridge voters elect a mayor and three commissioners in the first election since tensions over integration. Mayoral candidates are Osprey C. Pritchett, 62, a plumbing contractor, and S. Charles Walls Jr., 49, a salesman for a paper company. Pritchett leads the Dorchester Business and Citizens Association which opposed a public accommodations amendment.
The Expert Tree Service of Monroe led by Bernard Kirschkow was the low bidder for removing diseased elm trees. The board recommended accepting bids at 1.75 per inch for trees over 18 inches and 1.50 per inch for those under 18, forwarding the proposal to the City Council for approval next Tuesday.
The Wisconsin Power and Light Co plans a new power line on the west side of Recreation Park to serve the park and nearby homes. Property owners are being consulted about removing some trees, notably old poplars. Twining Park tennis nets and fences are being re erected while Recreation Park courts are resurfaced. A primer coat on the north court should finish soon, then the lower court is resurfaced for about six years. A new asphalt like parking lot at Twining is complete. Lee Mitchell was re elected president of the board and Mrs. Franz Brand was named secretary. Fred R. Simpson attended as Fourth Ward alderman representative.
Simpson family returns from West Coast trip where Simpson attended the National Education Association meeting in Seattle. City Council operated in the absence of Jerry Coplien.
A tire fragment from a passing truck hit Wilfried Marks’s windshield on Highway 11 three miles west of Monroe. Robert Bast of Platteville drove a 2½ ton truck owned by Jenny Bros. when the incident was reported at 4:14 p.m. A separate crash saw Gary Yaun’s pickup roll into a ditch at County Trunk W and CC two miles south of Belleville at 3:11 p.m. Yaun and his passengers were uninjured.
President De Gaulle, appearing erect and fit, presided over the Bastille Day military review as thousands gathered along the Champs Elysees to salute the celebration in Paris.
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