Dear Abby advice column excerpts from 1969
A collection of Dear Abby letters and responses feature family tensions with an elderly father, spousal expectations, and social norms. Topics include caregiving guilt, elder independence, marital intimacy, and a humorous Eskimo hospitality anecdote from a National Guard band member. Opinions reflect midcentury attitudes and guidance for readers.
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Abby
National Guard
Gamble
St. Lawrence Island
Russell Kidd
Argyle Busy Bees Win Seventh in Hoard’s Dairyman Contest
Argyle 4 H Busy Bees Dairy team placed seventh in the Hoard’s Dairyman cow judging contest held by mail. Under Lee Craft the local team included Laurel Bruehlman Loren Bruehlman LeAnn Craft and Cary Craft. They competed with 1 226 4 H clubs from 46 states Canada and Nigeria, a strong showing for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argyle
Argyle Busy Bees Dairy
Hoard
Dairyman
Lee Craft
Laurel
Loren Bruehlman
LeAnn
Cary Craft
Today in History highlights and notable events
The history column lists key events on June 3 across years from 1621 to recent times. Highlights include the Dutch West India Company charter for New Netherlands, Jefferson Davis birth in 1808, the Normandy liner speed record in 1935, and World War II evacuations in 1940 plus other events. The piece ends with a Times Want Ad promotion.
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Associated Press
France
England
Dutch West India Company
New Netherlands
New York
Jefferson Davis
Todd County
Atlantic
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
John XXIII
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Seoul
Cootie Pup Tent Visits Madison Veterans Hospital
Members of the Monroe Cootie pup tent visited Madison Veterans Hospital on May 21 carrying small gifts for patients as part of the Keep Em Smiling in Beds of White program. The gesture, funded by annual fundraisers, honors veterans with few visitors and nearby ties, while noting Air Force Academy’s 1959 commissioning of 205 second lieutenants.
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Robert Augsburger
Monroe
Madison VA Hospital
Theron M. Jenny
Richland Center
Ray G. Hanneman
Dane
Wis
William Roth
Robert Sonderegger
Fred Felder
Walter Marty
Nathan Stuessy
Clifford Wells
Milton Steiner
Monroe Vfw
Veterans Hospital
William Siedschlag
Alden Elmer
Madison Veterans Hospital
Madison
US Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Three Students Receive Degrees at LaCrosse State
Kay Carter Juda and Beth Counselman and R Janet Richardson were among 448 candidates honored at LaCrosse State University's 60th annual spring commencement held May 31 in Memorial Stadium. Degrees were conferred by President Gates with 422 seniors earning bachelor degrees and 26 pursuing master degrees.
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Kay Carter
Juda
Beth Counselman
R. Janet Richardson
Monroe
LaCrosse State University
Memorial Stadium
George R. Gilkey
Department of History
LaCrosse Normal School
Samuel G. Gates
Miss Carter
Russell Carter
Stout State University
Menomonie
Miss Counselman
Philip Counselman
24Th Ave
College of Letters and
Science
Newman Club
American Society of Medical Technologists
Richardson
Robert Richardson
21St Ave
College of Education
Gamma Sigma Sigma Service Sorority
Student National Education Association
Model Planes Slated To Perform At Airport Sunday
The Freeport Model Airplane Club will hold a flying demonstration at Monroe Airport at 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 8. Demonstrations of Radio Control and U Control planes, gliders and rockets will be shown for free. Rain date is June 15.
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Freeport Model Airplane Club
Monroe
Wis
Freeport
Savanah, Lanark
Rockford, Ill
Ill
Clinton
Iowa
Savanah
Belvidere
YMCA
Don Boss
Bob Husingen
Bill Levine
Jim Hawke
Horses Shine At Milwaukee Arabian Show Winners Circle
In the Milwaukee show horses sired by Stone Arc Garana claim top spots. Princess Rana owned by Albert Hausner tops half arabian grand championship while Stone Arc Gadina wins purebred Arabian yearling filly, and Stone Arc Aalan places second in three-year-old stallion class. Four Winds Fashion places second in mare class. Wisconsin show heads to Madison Fairgrounds with entrants nationwide. RE-ELECTION SEEN MADISON Republican state chairman Ody Fish expected to win a third term with GOP backing. For rent ads offer Quick tenants via phone.
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Stone Arc Garana
Princess Rana
Albert Hausner
Elkorn
Wis
Stone Arc Gadina
Lucille Wuetrich
Barbara Alston
Monroe
Stone Arc Aalan
Stone Arc Stable
Polly Ebersole
Peoria
Ill
Four Winds Fashion
Doral Erickson
Argyle
Fairgrounds
Madison Arena
United States
Madison
Ody Fish
Pewaukee
GOP
Fish
Warren P. Knowles
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Deon Axlby
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Mamma
Papa
Agnes
Manchester
Yankee Stadium
Tiger
Kitten
Oak Park
Los Angeles
Cal
Busy Bees
Madison Hospital
Chicago
Council On Foods and Nutrition of the
American Medical Association
Association
Shriner
Neuschwander
Earl Hager
19Th Ave
Herbert Booth
Monroe, Wis
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