Niffenegger Elected Wisconsin Legion Vice Commander
Edward L. Niffenegger Jr. of Monroe won the highest vote total at Appleton in the Wisconsin American Legion state convention, elected one of four vice commanders for a one year term. He has long service in Monroe Zilmer Riley Post 84 and Green County Voiture 1121, with prior leadership roles and national committee appointments.
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Edward L. Niffenegger Jr
Monroe
American Legion
Department of Wisconsin
Appleton
Wis
Niffenegger
Zilmer-Riley
John J. Burkhard
Green County Council
Department Americanism Commission
National Counter Subversive Activities Committee
Robert Hendrickson
Warren Gerhart
Earl Webster
Olin Flisram
Russell West
William Eberhardt
John Marty
Mixed reaction to divorce ruling at Mexican site
Governor divorce action draws varied opinion as Mrs. Knowles secures a decree in Mexico. The brief covers reactions and surrounding context from the AP News summary.
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Knowles
AP News
Green County Fair Opens With Growing Momentum
The 114th Green County Fair nears opening at 1 p.m. Wednesday July 24 with tents rising. Gold Bond Shows from Dane County fairgrounds move in, grounds disinfected, and open class entries being processed for judging. Local livestock stalls and independent stands fill the site as exhibitors prepare for the show window of Southern Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Mickey Stark
Dane County
Daily Doggerel By Clair R. Munns
MISLEADING All around us signs that leave us awed and tense. The names of perfume seem sinful and suggest virtue doesn't make scents.
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Clair R. Munns
Homecoming Weekend Brings Mild Weather And Community Wins
Monticello hosts a sunny homecoming with 1 100 plus at a lakefront barbecue. The Ashton Tigers beat Washington Huskies in tug of war while Monroe Machine and Welding edged Mayer's Citgo 1 0 in slow pitch. Fire departments join water fights as Belleville and Argyle win rounds in canoe races and fireworks cap the night.
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Monticello
Weather Man
Lake Montesian
Ashton Tigers
Washington Huskies
Monroe Machine
Welding
Mayer
Citgo
Dick Feller
Norman
Hank
Ritschard
Belleville
New Glarus
Argyle
Green County
Tom Kubly
Roger Zurfluh
Willis Elmer
Dave Seeholzer
Dynamite Stash Found Near Monticello Lake
Lake Monticello area residents uncovered a 20 foot fuse with two sticks of dynamite taped together near the village monument. Police chief Donald Ferris leads the probe with county sheriff help. A motorboat sighting and past disturbances at a homecoming celebration are noted as part of the investigation.
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Lake Montisian
Monticello
Otis Hermanson
Artesian Spring
Hermanson
al Peterson
Hermansen
Monticello Village
Norman Benkert
Donald Ferris
Green County Sheriff's Department
Byrnes Seeks Tightened Dairy Import Quotas
Rep. John W. Byrnes urged the U S Tariff Commission to close loopholes in dairy import quotas as hearings opened on dairy import effects. He cited canned milk undercutting costs, Italian cheese cutting and grating to sidestep quotas, and rising chocolate milk crumb imports. Rep. Kastenmeier called for permanent quotas on condensed milk, evaporated milk and cream to protect price supports.
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Washington
U.S. Tariff Commission
John W. Byrnes
R - Wis
Byrnes
U.S
Robert W. Kastenmeier
Eagles Club supper nets 270 for Joyce Butt medical costs
A benefit dinner at the Eagles Club raised 270 dollars from 542 meals to aid four year old Joyce Marie Butt, injured when she fell into a lawn mower on May 28. Donations came from A J Sweet Co Madison Janesville Frosted Foods and others who bought shrimp or chicken dinners. Meanwhile Monroe hires Gil Oelke as new junior high principal moving from Stevens Point with family in August to start the Fall term.
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Eagles Club
Joyce Marie Butt
Joyce
Harold Butt
A. J. Sweet Co
Madison
Janesville
Monroe
Gil Oelke
Stevens Point
Oelkle
23Rd Ave
Emerson Jr
Steven’s Point
Whitewater State University
Superior College
Sentry Insurance Company
University of Michigan
Oelke
Kiwanis Club
Izaac Walton League For Conservation
United Fund
Marine Corps
Green County Fair Sidelights
Bob Tschudy rents a new tent at Green County Fairgrounds for Tschudy's Specialty Service and donates last year's worn tent to Watersheds Fun Day. He will display an electric gate from Watertown S D tied to a fence opener, a DeLaval milk er, and various household appliances. Burkhalter Travel Agency will offer travel line reps and plane models with brochures.
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Bob Tschudy
Fairgrounds
Tschudy
Bob
Tschudy’s
Green County
Watertown
S.D
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Legion
National Americanism Council of the American Legion
Dan Foley
ED Niffenegger
Memphis
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
London
England
Ray
Arthur Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Shelby County
Chicago
Saigon
National Police
Paul Francis Polena
Siagon
Houston
Tex
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Fred C. Everman
Alexandria
Everman
Denton A. Cooley
Evelyn G. Krikorian
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Gordon Bourne
New York
LIONS
Monroe Lions Club
Marco’s
Dorothy Knowles
Warren P. Knowles
Bronson C. la Follette
Mexico
Cincinnati
GOP
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
Carolyn Silvis
Mene Schlappi
Susan Durtschi
Karen Witt
Karen
Hene
Carolyn
Susan
Ruth Apps
Margaret Stracks
Mary Kaye Merwin
Times
Monticello’s Lake
Eagles
Green
Burkhalter Travel Agency
John Buehler
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