Monroe Evening Times History and Post Office Note
A historic note lists Monroe Evening Times details, including post office as second class matter, March publication, founder year 1898, and staff members. Subscription rates are given for city riders and mail in Wisconsin and parts of Illinois, with office hours and contact.
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Marc
Monroe, Eee Sin
Monroe
Wisconsin
Sphenson
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Editorial: School Electors Back Indoor Pool Plan
Monroe school electors approve a budget step for an indoor swimming pool at Monroe High School with $25,000 set aside. The piece argues compulsory freshman swimming and broad access to facilities to boost safety and physical education, noting support from the community and administrators.
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Monroe High School
Marty Deignan
Deignan
Monroe
Board of Education
Funding the Family Pool Project Promises New Era of Fun
The piece argues electors may revise their decision later but backs the pool project as a worthy venture. If funds save even a few youths from danger, the measure is framed as a crucial community bargain promising family fitness and joy.
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Pop
Mrs. Mattie Thurston of Argyle Dies at 80
Mrs. Mattie Thurston aged 80 longtime Argyle resident died at 5 a.m. Monday July 25 at Nybroten Nursing Home after an eight year stay heart condition named as cause. Born in Wisconsin Rapids September 23 1885 she married Richard A. Thurston in 1904 and moved to Argyle. Surviving are a son Maurice Beloit and siblings Wilbur and Lenore Fontaine. Funeral at Erickson Funeral Home July 27 with Rev. Randall J. Metz officiating burial Woodlawn Cemetery Argyle.
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Argyle
Mattie Thurston
Nybroten
Wisconsin Rapids
Mattie Fontaine
Adolph
Olive Dupre Fontaine
Richard A. Thurston
Thurston
Maurice
Beloit
Wilbur
Lenore Fontaine
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Ida Petters
Albert
Frank
Joe Fontaine
Erickson Funeral Home
Randall J. Metz
Yellowstone Lutheran Church
Woodlawn
Joseph Zib 74 Dies at Home in Magnolia Township
Joseph D. Zib aged 74 a Bohemian immigrant World War I veteran and former tailor died at his Magnolia Township Rock County home Sunday night He leaves wife Anna one son Joseph Jr and three daughters Mrs Thomas Richmond Miss Carolyn Zib and Mrs Raymond Dvorak eight grandchildren Funeral arrangements include transport to Noxek Funeral Home Berwyn Illinois and burial at Queen of Heaven Cemetery Hillside Illinois
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Anna
Joseph Jr
Chicago
Thomas Richmond
Magnolia Township
Carolyn Zib
Raymond Dvorak
Bellwood
Newcomer Funeral Home
Brodhead
Noxek Funeral Home
Berwyn
Ill
Queen of Heaven
Hillside
Frank Hoelker Stricken at 78
Frank Hoelker, 78, died yesterday in a Madison hospital. Arrangements are being made at Milner O Flahrity Funeral Home. Surviving are his wife four daughters Mrs Joe Topliss Leadmine Mrs Elmer Sutherland Rockford and Mrs Ruth Hein and Mrs George Jansen both of Cuba City and 17 grandchildren.
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Benton
Frank Hoelker
Madison
Milner - O’flahrity
Joe Topliss
Leadmine
Elmer Sutherland
Rockford
Ruth Hein
George Jansen
Cuba City
New Monroe County Stores Open Amid Ribbon Cutting
Glancing Backward notes on July 26 1956 J C Penny Co and Mc Lellans opening new Monroe County stores with managers Glenn Ude and Russell Heston. Clarence W Love lands cuts ribbon. City civil defense director Robert L Hahn seeks volunteers for ground observer sky watch on Highway 69. Earl Seffrood and wife welcome a son at St Clare Hospital.
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J. C. Penny Co
Glenn Ude
McLellans
Russell Heston
Monroe County
Clarence W. Loveland
Robert L. Hahn
City Civil Defense
Earl Seffrood
South Wayne
St. Clare Hospital
Milwaukee Road veteran Herbert Sickinger to retire after 47 years
Twenty years ago on July 26 1946 Herbert L Sickinger longtime Milwaukee Road employee announced plans to retire after 47 years of service. The Whirling Wheels roller rink owned by Samuel Pilz on Highway 11 West prepared to open Saturday night. Local plant began test production of Fritos and Sgt William Wartenweiler returned home from Army service and would resume work with Wisconsin Power and Light.
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Herbert L. Sickinger
Milwaukee Road
Samuel Pilz
Highway 11
William Wartenweiler
Wisconsin Power and Light
Muskrats Forage Corn Fields And Candidate Chapple Runs
Thirty years ago reports note muskrats foraging in corn fields driven by drought and food shortages, with animals carrying stalks to water. John B Chapple of Ashland declares candidacy for Governor on the Republican ticket amid regional hardship. Mr and Mrs John A Becker host a Dietz family picnic at their home.
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John B. Chapple
Ashland
John A. Becker
Dietz
Robert Lincoln Dies at 83, Famed Soldier and Official
Forty years ago today the article notes Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, died at 83 after serving as Army captain, secretary of war under Garfield, and minister to Britain under Harrison. A Star touring car was wrecked south of town with Merle Miller, Monroe, escaping injury. One thousand attend the opening of American Stores Co. on North Jackson Street, with Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Schroeder managing.
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Robert Lincoln
Abe
Garfield
Great Britain
Harrison
Merle Miller
Monroe
American Stores Co
Jackson St
Arnold Schroeder
Lecture by William Jennings Bryan in Freeport marked by Judge Becker
Fifty years ago on July 26 1916 Judge J M Becker attended a Bryan lecture in Freeport while Mr and Mrs C S Dodge attended a Retail Coal Dealers Association meeting in Madison Miss Marguerite Hood hosted eight young ladies at a slumber party in her home
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J. M. Becker
Freeport
William Jennings Bryan
C. S. Dodge
Madison
Marguerite Hood
Frank S. Carson Announces Candidacy for Register of Deeds
Frank S. Carson declares his bid for Register of Deeds in a July 26 1906 item. Among notes, Smoke the Sweeper five cent cigars advertised by Kneller’s on the west square, customers urged to seek the big red good-bye Monroe sign as stock clears.
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Frank S. Carson
Office of Register of Deeds
Knellers
Square
Monroe
Frank Cole 81 Taken by Death in Orangeville
Frank Cole 81 McConnell died at 4 p m yesterday at Freeport Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral plans await the arrival of his son Curt a junior high teacher from Minnesota. Surviving are his widow Emma and others. Cramer Funeral Home Orangeville is in charge. Dial 325 5101 for Adtaker.
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Orangeville
Frank Cole
McConnell
Freeport Memorial Hospital
Curt
Minnesota
Emma
Cramer Funeral Home
Sgt Walters Back from Viet After Service Reunion Planned
Mrs John Carter of Monticello reports her son S Sgt LeRoy H Walters has returned to Orlando Florida after Viet Nam service since last June He was at Bien Hoa and Pleiku He will be based at McCoy Air Base Pinecastle Fla Aug 7 reunion at the home of her daughter Mrs Robert Deal Shannon Ill Attending relatives include Cyril Walters Phoenix Ariz and many others from Wisconsin Illinois and Colorado with extended family and last name Walters Sarow Mitchell Wiesenberg Deal and more.
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John Carter
Monticello
LeRoy H. Walters
Orlando
Fla
Viet Nam
Bien Hoa
Pleiku
Florida
McCoy Air Base
Pinecastle
Robert Deal
Shannon
Cyril
Phoenix
Ariz
Carl Reinhold
Carl P. Jr
Robin Scott
Black River Falls
Donald E. Walters
Aurora
Colo
Deborah
Lucille
Don Jr
Perry Lee
Gerald Sarow
Jane
Kathy
Dawn
Danny
Whitewater
Wis
Darold Mitchell
Patty
Mike
Milton Junction
Kenneth Wiesenberg
Kim
Pamela
Keith
Kerry
Tamara
Monroe
Basil
Forreston
Ill
David
Larry
Barbara
Ralph E
Air Force
Lanark
Rolf
Marilyn
Peter
Susie Marta
Jimmy
Ronald
Kirk
Darlene
Steven
Christine
Rex
Frank Schaffer Taken by Death
Frank Schaffer 73 died yesterday in a Dodgeville hospital after a long illness. Funeral 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at St. Anthony Catholic Church Highland with graveside military rites by the American Legion. Rosary 8:30 tonight. He was a retired farmer and World War I veteran and a member of the Highland American Legion. Surviving are his widow Elizabeth a brother John Independence Ore and a sister Mrs Kate Lubke Mandan N D.
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Highland
Frank Schaffer
Dodgeville
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
American Legion
Tlllingele Funeral Home
Schaffer
Highland American Legion
Elizabeth
John
Independence
Ore
Kate Lubke
Mandan
N.D
John A. Fox 80 longtime Monroe area resident dies
John A. Fox, 80, former feed distributor and Janesville booster, died Sunday in a Detroit hospital after moving to live with a son. He served on the Rock County Board, ran a Palmy Park concession, led the Janesville UCT council in 1940, and belonged to the American Legion. He is survived by his son John Eugene and several siblings and grandchildren. Funeral at St. Williams Catholic Church, Janesville, with Rosary on Wednesday.
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Monroe
John A. Fox
Detroit, Mich
Janesville
Detroit
St. Williams Catholic Church
Whitecome Funeral Home
Fox
Rock County Board
Erick Graff
Sylvester
We Miss Doggerels From Winslow Readers Letter
A Winslow Illinois Route 2 correspondent encloses subscription price and notes missing daily news from the old home town. They describe moving to the Winslow Marketing Center Sales Barn and meeting many fine people. Mrs Vernon Workinger signs the letter.
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Winslow
Ill
Mrs Wallenhorst Taken by Death in Lancaster
Marie Wallenhorst 54 died after a long illness in a Lancaster hospital. Services were at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Tenney son. Survived by a son Francis of Burlington, four daughters, six brothers, two sisters, a father in Dubuque, and 25 grandchildren. She was a longtime Potosi area resident.
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Marie Wallenhorst
Shullsburg
Cuba City
Lancaster
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Tennyson
Potosi Area
Francis
Burlington
Sylvester Sedbrook
Potosi
Cyril Abing
Charles Mulrooney
Hope
Leroy Abres
Florence Halverson 76 dies. rites in Otter Creek Lutheran
Mrs. Florence G. Halverson 76 of rural Avoca died unexpectedly Sunday visiting her son Truman in Eau Claire. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. at Otter Creek Lutheran Church. Survived by three sons Elmore Free man Truman. four grandchildren. three great grandchildren. Husband Casper died 1962.
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Dodgeville
Florence G. Halverson
Avoca
Truman
Eau Claire
Otter Creek Lutheran Church
Highland Township
Iowa County
Casper Halverson
Robber Flees After Reading The Attendant A Note
Pittsburgh newspaper reports an odd holdup where Wallace Webb a 31 year old gas station attendant was asked to read a note. The note demanded money and the thief escaped with eighteen dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Wallace Webb
Car route to be handed to successor in Brodhead
Monroe Evening Times carrier Brodhead LaVerne Klitzman will give up his route and needs to train a 12 year old successor immediately. Interested boys should contact him to begin training.
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LaVerne Klitzman
Monroe Evening Times
Brodhead
Laverne
Luci Baines Johnson Fatigued After Busy Wedding Rush
Luci Baines Johnson appeared fatigued after three strenuous days as she and President Johnson left National City Christian Church. Press secretary Elizabeth Carpenter said Luci is not ill and needs sleep after a busy stretch including New York wedding prep and a 13 hour speaking trip through Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois with her father.
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Washington
Luci Baines Johnson
National City Christian Church
Luci
Elizabeth Carpenter
Seventeen Year Old June Clark Recovers from Siege
In Miami Florida June Clark aged seventeen remains in treatment after episodes of sneezing following mild electric shock therapy. Her mother LaVerne says the girl sneezes every five to ten minutes since resuming care after a six week break. June is slated for further mild electric shocks.
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Miami
Fla
June Clark
Laverne Clark
Kennedy party returns to New York amid Hawaii trip
Mrs John F Kennedy and her two children flew home to New York after a seven week Hawaii vacation. The family, traveling for 19 months across three continents, plan a quick greeting before departing again to Newport Rhode Island for the wedding of Janet Auchincloss, Mrs Kennedy's half sister.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Hawaii
Mrs. Kennedy
Newport
R.I
Janet Auchincloss
Irene King Recovers After Triple Valve Heart Replacement
Irene King, 26, recently discharged from St. Paul Hospital Dallas, describes the operation on July 6 that replaced three heart valves. Rheumatic heart disease left her patient oxygen starved, now she looks forward to walking and caring for husband Thomas and sons Tommy 9 Bobby 7 and Jimmy 6.
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Irene King
St. Paul Hospital
Dallas
Mrs. King
Freeman warns famine risk in 1980s hinges on developing nations
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman said on Meet the Press that preventing mass famine requires action by less developed nations in the next five years. He warned that without their increased efforts to feed themselves, there will not be enough food for the growing world population.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
United States
Freeman
NBC
Meet the Press
Two Car Collisions Reported By Monroe Police
Monroe police investigated two mishaps yesterday. At 9 20 a m strong of Freeport and Wagner of Lena collided at 19th Street and 16th Avenue when Wagner rear ended Strong after he stopped at a stop sign. At 4 15 p m an unidentified vehicle struck a parked car owned by Kristine R Fritz at the Spring Square lot.
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Monroe
David L. Strong
Freeport
Janice R. Wagner
Lena
19Th St
16Th Ave
Strong
Wagner
Kristine R. Fritz
13Th St
Spring Square
Feline Available For Adoption At City Incinerator
A cat is available for adoption at the City Incinerator and may be adopted by contacting City Police. No dogs are currently impounded, police reported.
Rent that room through Classified ads in The Monroe Evening Times
A brief notice invites renters to place or respond to room available ads in The Monroe Evening Times Classifieds. Listings highlight location, rent and contact method for prospective tenants seeking lodging.
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Monroe Evening Times
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Editorial
Joseph Zib
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Adtaker
Cordance
Ralph J. Kundert
Green County
Walters
Viet
Mrs. Vernon Workinger
Dallas, Tex
Paris, Tex
Fritz Cleaners
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Naturel Gas
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