Memorial weekend concert honors Rear Adm. Cummings at Old Methodist
A Memorial weekend program at the Old Methodist Church featured Joseph G. Urban presenting Portrait of a Patriot and an Artist as a tribute to Rear Adm. Charles Ward Cummings. Lillian Anderegg Cummings attended and commissioned Bruce Odland to compose American Sketches in his memory. The event included performances by Mary Alice Rieder and James Rensink with UW musicians, a wind ensemble from Monroe High, a women's chorale, and pieces by Bach, Stravinsky, Ravel, Schumann, Lizst, and Stanislavski, followed by a reception with local townspeople and sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Methodist Church
Charles Ward Cummings
Joseph G. Urban
Monroe Arts and ‘Activities Center
Lillian Anderegg Cummings
Green County
California
Bruce Odland
Janesville
Adm. Cummings
Odland
Colorado
Carl Sandburg
Robert
Mary Alice) Rieder
Monroe
James Rensink
University of Wisconsin
Mt. Horeb
Mary Joy Rieder
Monroe High School
Tom Schilt
Dolores Feldt
Rick Rieder
Bach
Halahan
Rieder
Peggy Tackett
Milton College
Stravinsky
Ravel
Margaret Charnon
Beloit
Miss Charnon
Schumann
Rensink
Franz Lizst
Stanislavski
Wesley Hall
Cummings
Tom Sauer
Katheryn Etter
Martha Etter
Russell
Isabelle) Matzke
Willard
June) Schuetze
John
Hedy) Anderegg Jr
N. Dorman and Co., Inc
Franz Brand
Michael Affolter
Ernest
Beverly) Gebhardt
Carol Irvin
Joseph Tregoning
Joshua
Shullsburg
Marcia Peterson
Ann Trickel
Becky Stokes
Vicky Zimmerman
Debbie Anderegg
Christy Denny
Arlene Zuhlke
Joe Teehan
Mary Pfister
John Santiago
Women’s Chorale
Kathy Benkett
Gina Eiserman
Joyce Kimble
Mary Keen
C.G
Jackie) Hennager
Lynn Milestone
Mrs
Frank
Peg) Stiles
Carrie Callahan
Michelle Bliss
Cindy Stiles
Lynn Ableman
Sandy Reese
Delores Feldt
Jane Milestone
Edith Milestone
Allison Shreve
Sharon Robertson
Gail Sanders
Kathy Reinking
Ann Ableman
Carolyn Falk
Carol Haefer
Pam Holmes
Obituaries from Illinois and Iowa towns in May dues
Obituaries list Howard E West of Winslow Illinois died May 30 after a long illness. Services at Cramer Funeral Home Orangeville Illinois with burial in Oakland Cemetery Freeport Illinois. Memorial fund to Trinity Lutheran Church established. Also Charles McDermott Lena NL died May 30 with wife Margaret and two daughters. services in Lena Illinois. Other notices include Mae Adele Haughton Pecatonica Illinois obituary with service at Knapp Funeral Home Pecatonica and a memorial for the First Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. West
Rt. 2
Winslow
Stockton
Eddie
Winnie Cook West
Oregon
Ill
Minnie Bauman
Minnie
Earl D. West Sr
Davis
Glenn
Blanche) Hille
Red Oak
Robert
Sandra) Burgett
Egan
Thomas
Geraldine) Roberts
Lindenwood
Oscar
Geneva) Lamm
Freeport
Charles
Beatrice) Namemacher
Arizona
Carson
Walter West
Minnesota
Donald
Evelyn) Mellen
Lois Parkenson
Dawson Vincent
Iowa City
Iowa
Muriel Plum
Cramer Funeral Home
Orangeville
Bruce Jones
Charles McDermott
Lena
Margaret
Michael Rain
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Ahn
Allentown
Dale Odefy
Lester Callahan
Dubuque
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph Cemetery
Placid
Leamen Funeral Home
Mae
Adele Haughton
Pecatonica
Riverside Manor
Rockford
Abraham Wanger
Earl M. Haughton
Richard
Phoenix
Ariz
William
Russell
Chester
James
Durand
Knapp
R.H. Hosto
First Congregational Church
Badger briefs show multiple regional incidents and votes
A farmer found a teen girl in a fumed truck with a dead young companion. carbon monoxide poisoned the interior. Jeffrey Zajdel died, Martha Morrow survived in Mukwonago. A Kenosha man, Jose Morales, died from May 13 gunshots at a Salem motel. one person was jailed. A Milwaukee boy, Daniel Lunz, 3, drowned in a backyard pool. Angela Davis urged bicentennial renewal for justice and equality in Appleton. Wisconsin veterinarians vow to press for a full override of Gov Lucey’s veto on UW Madison veterinary school legislation and a satellite facility at UW River Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukwonago
Waukesha
Jeffrey A. Zajdel
Martha Ann Morrow
Kenosha
Jose Morales
Salem
Madison
Uw-River Falls
Assembly
Senate
Stolen Cars Over Memorial Weekend In Monroe
Police report two autos stolen in Monroe during Memorial Day weekend with keys left in vehicles. At 9:35 p.m. Saturday Jon L. Wagner of 1527 14th Ave reported his 1968 Buick Skylark taken from the 1300 block of 15th Ave and found by an officer shortly after midnight in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suonroe Roice
Jon L. Wagner
14Th Ave
Monroe
15Th Ave
Wagner
Theft reported of 1975 Ford Grand Torino
At 12 38 a m Sunday John A Vogel reported his brownish green 1975 Ford Grand Torino stolen from a parked location on the south side of the square. The Wisconsin plate is U87 683 and the car remains missing as Price investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linmart Painiing Soand
Price
John A. Vogel
Rt. 3
Wisconsin
Rezoning Approvals for Elderly Housing Project in City
The council approved rezoning two blocks south of 17th Street from single residential to multiple housing for a 36 unit low rent elderly housing project. Abe Vuuren also approved hiring a police officer under Blackhawk Tech work study for part time summer help with Police Chief Calvin Wickline. school covers 8 percent of salary and the city 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phudheav
17Th St
Abe Vuuren
Blackhawk Tech
Calvin Wickline
Matilda Polhill dies at 89 in Freeport Illinois
Matilda Polhill 89 of Freeport formerly Stockton resident died Monday May 31 in Freeport Survivors include four daughters three sons and many grandchildren Two brothers and two sisters also listed Services set for June 3 at Herman Funeral Home Stockton Burial in Ladies Union Cemetery Memorial for Trinity United Methodist Church Freeport. Maryining 64 Rt 2 Brooklyn dies after brief illness found dead Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Andereck
16Th Ave
Juda
Edwin and
Nettie West Andereck
Helen K. Germann
St. John’s
Knights of Pythias Ivanhoe Lodge 41
Antique Wheelers Club of
Monroe
Helen
Edwin L
Hartford
Wis
John W
Plymouth
Nathan D. Marietta
Herbert
Harold
Memphis
Tenn
St. John’s United Church of Christ
W.C. Koehler
Paul Warder
Greenwood Cemetery
Newcomer Funeral Home
Oregon
Brooklyn-Oregon
Earl E. King
Platteville
Warren
Florence) Snyder
Rt. 1
Prairie Mound
Albert Guetzlaff
Matilda Polhill
Freeport
Ill
Stockton
Freeport Memorial Hospital
Edith Rosenstiel
Loyal Andrews
Dakota
Charles Cramer
New Hartford
N.Y
Paul Townsend
Colton
Calif
Edward
Robert
Berwyn
William Graves
John
Frank Graves
Charlotte Polhill
Mary Manmoser
Grea
Hermann Funeral Home
Ladies Union Cemetery
Funeral
Trinity United Methodist Church
Maryining
Rt. 2
Brooklyn
Vehicle collision and hit and run reports in Monroe area
Two-car crash at 21st Ave and 10th St at 2 42 pm involved Evan S Hull and Kathleen J Meinert with no injuries though Hulls car suffered heavy damage. A separate hit and run damaged a parked car owned by Effie M Dickson. suspect Lee D Ferry Jr was charged. A gray female cat was placed in the city pound. Authority notices and columns conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan S. Hull
7Th Ave
Kathleen J. Meinert
Curtis M. Dickson
Monroe
Effie M. Dickson
Lee D. Ferry Jr
Rt. 1
Leaf River
Ill
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Old Methodist
MONRO
Brodhead
The
Experimental Aircraft Assn
Dakota, Ill
Dakota Firemen
Women's Auxiliary
Uncle Sam
Juda Bank and Post
First National Bank
Bruno Zeni
Bob Kastenmeier
Otto Festge
Festge
American Legion Zilmer Riley Unit 84
Nilva Leahy
Green County Dept. of Social Services
Black Hawk
South Wayne Ball Park
Green County Park
Hiawatha
Leyenda Reading Club
Edwin Schuetze
Schuetze
O. J. Schwalbe
Monticello Board of Education
Citizens Advisory Committee
Thilla Houg
Thilla D. Houg
St. Anthony's Hospital
Argyle
Ole A
Anna Everson Houg
Central
St. Anthony’s Hospital
O. Garfield Beckstrand II
Trinity Lutheran Church
Argyle Lutheran Church
John Spangler
Trinity Church
Cherry Branch
Wiota
Mrs. Mayme Appell
Mayme Appell
Mayme
South Wayne
August
Augusta Schliem Mau
Grover Appell
Appell
Virgil
Grover Jr
Warren, al
Lucille) Sigalus
Apple River
Vernel’ Heins
Marian Dorneden
Bartell Funeral Home
Craig Wagner
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Elmwood Cemetery
James A. Aisenbrey
James A. Aisenorey
Kelly-Springfield Tire Co
Portage
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Dakota High School
Army Medical Corps
Arnold Aisenbrey
Gale
Mary) Fryer
Stephen
Henry Horstmeier
Rock City
Louis Aisenbrey
Menno
Afolkey Road
Cedarville
Afolkey United Methodist Church
Daughenbaugh
Mabel Haughton
Badger
Milwaukee
Daniel Lunz
John Lunz
Northwest Side
Appleton
Angela Davis
United States of America
Associated Press
Tom Mitchell
Legionnaire
John Webster
Brodhead Land
STOUT
Uw-Stout
Menomonie
Deanna Schuetz
Walter C. Schuetz
20Th Ave
Linda M. Walsh
James P. Walsh
8Th St
Daryl King
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