Frost Speed Boss Arlie Frost’s Harness Racing Career
Arlie Frost a long time Green County speed superintendent from 1920 to 1946 died October 27 1947 in Monroe at St. Clare hospital Born October 30 1867 he began racing at 14 and last drove Jimmy Me in 1942. He trained and drove across the United States with noted horses including Peter McKinney and Knight of Strathmore He recalled weight ballast and a yard boy helper in weigh ins Never married he also co owned several horses and cherished Young Hal Judy Ann as a favored filly
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Arlie Frost
Green County Fair
Jimmy Me
Frost
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Luchsinger
F. B. Luchsinger
Phoenix
Ariz
California
Sonny M
Guy Crippen
Peter McKinney
Lexington
Calumet Delco
Knight of
Strathmore
Arlie
Wisconsin
Young Hal
Alexander
Lucind
Post Frost
Booneville, Mo
United States
Speed’s
Mr. Black
Judy Ann
Louis R. Wolleson
Willard
Arlie Frost Honored at County Fair and Memorial Race
The 1942 county fair featured Arlie Frost with a ceremonial plaque praising his sportsmanship and racing heart. Frost returned to Monroe for the 1947 fair after stints in California, and his death soon after marked the end of an era in harness racing. The 1950 Wisconsin State Fair honored him with a memorial purse as friends drove sulkies in tribute, with Clyde Spencer winning a race in 2:09.2 behind Highlawn Margaret.
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R. Schuetze
Ben Zigler
Arlie
California
Monroe
Captain Cash
Crippen
Guy Crippen
Arlie Frost
Aurora Downs
Louis
Springfield
Ward Frost
Booneville
United States
Wisconsin
Clyde Spencer
Highlawn Margaret
Baby Premium Began in 1871 at County Fair
At the July 1871 fair meeting a new premium for the best looking baby was adopted for the first time. The official record later dropped the listing. First prize was eight dollars and a silver caster. second and third earned silver mugs and five and three dollars respectively.
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Green County
Browntown by Mrs L Crago Mrs Shay Arrive for Illness
Mr and Mrs Arthur Shay of Yuma Colorado have come to Browntown due to the illness of Julia Silvius at St Clare hospital. Mrs Silvius fell while visiting her daughter Mrs Elmer Divan at her home.
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Arthur Shay
Yuma
Colo
Julia Silvius
St. Clare Hospital
Silvius
Elmer Divan
Singer at 1930 Show Liked Monroe Located Plant Here
Singer William L. Rollins, president of Oaktron Industries, helped spark Monroe’s 50 staff plant after recalling a 1930 show with Roy Smith’s Highlander band. The firm, formed with Frank Wesley of Tingley Park, leased the Pleasure Bend center, integrating radio and electronic production. Rollins and Wesley coordinated operations though separate entities.
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William L. Rollins
Monroe
Oaktron Industries, Inc
Rollins
Frank Wesley
Tingley Park, Til
Wesley
Pleasure Bend Recreation Center
Oaktron Electric Co
Tingley Park
Roy Smith
Scotch Highlander Band
Miami
Fla
Barnes and Carruthers Agency
Gypsy Ballet
Astor Hotel Sold to Webb and Knapp Group
The Astor Hotel in Times Square is leased to Webb and Knapp with partners Jack D. Weiler and Benjamin H. Swig, denying plans to replace the landmark with an office building. Also, Mrs. Thomas Schindler, after 12 years, becomes Green County Fair’s first female clerk of the course.
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Astor Hotel
New York
Hotel Astor
Webb and Knapp
Jack D. Weiler
Benjamin H. Swig
San Francisco
William Zeckendorf
Thomas Schindler
Green County
Farmers See Slight Price Decline in Month Ending July 15
Prices received by farmers fell four tenths of one percent for the month ending July 15 led by declines in beef cattle hogs and deciduous fruits. Gains in commercial vegetables milk wheat and eggs offset the drop and kept the parity index at 88 while the overall price index slipped to 47 from a year ago.
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Agriculture Department
Oldest Social Security Registrant Dies at 96
Miles Meidan of Appleton dies on his 96th birthday after joining Social Security in 1950. He reportedly became eligible at age 93 after completing the required six quarters of participation.
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Appleton
Miles Meidan
Meidan
Pageant of Progress marks Green County Fair jubilee
The four night Pageant of Progress during Green County Fair’s diamond jubilee celebrates Swiss cheese making origins in New Glarus. Monroe residents and local bands, horses, and farm life unfold with scouts, a queen, and 1920s pageantry. The first cheese making kettle, bought by Carl Marty Jr., links to Adams Township through old Tom Cary factory roots, underscoring regional industry history.
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Monroe
New Glarus
Jack Geller
John B. Rogers Producing Co
Fostoria
Neva Gnagi
Marion Stuart
Helen Steffen
Hollis Wilkinson
Marian Hauser
Lillian Glauser
Eliza Glauser
Hulda Schuetz
Edna Goecks
Frida Baumgartner
Merle Durgin
Elaine Montgomery
Violet
Fritz Iva Pickett
May ‘Lutz
Fern Deininger
Soseman
Augsburger
Fair Board
Carl Marty Jr
Fred Strauss
Blumer Bros
Darlington
Arpin
Marty
Jacob Marty
Tom Cary
Adams Township
Cheese Making Then and Now Shown in Historic Scene
A display contrasts old and new dairy methods, featuring a heavy copper kettle used for cheese making beside steam factory operations, illustrating the transition from open fire techniques to modern industrial processes in the story.
Ministers Protest Sunday Fair in 1939
In 1939 county ministers from the Green County Ministerial Union protested the Sunday fair, urging Christians and friends to withhold patronage on Sunday August 13 in obedience to God. The protest followed earlier opposition dating to the 1931 start when evangelist Billy Sunda brought the event to the amphitheater.
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Billy Sunda
Green County Ministerial Union
Gatekeeper George Dixon Retires After 14 Years at Fair
When the 1942 fair ended, George Dixon of Brodhead had manned the same gate for fourteen years, marking a long service period as the event concluded.
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George Dixon
Brodhead
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Frost Speed
CORD
Kelley Klothes
Max Lillie
Frank Mackey
Lillie
Galesburg
Ill
RCA Victor
Browntown
Mrs. ©. L. Crago
Singer
Life Insurance
Ainsworth
Business Mart
Clark
Orville Bear
Tops
Chocolate Shop
Borden
Luxite
Jiyle Shop
Zenith
Trumpy's Dairy
27Th Avenue
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