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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1969
Page
2
The text records the Monroe Wisconsin post office filing and AP affiliation details for Emery A Odell, noting circulation and association memberships. It lists subscription rates by mail for towns with carrier service and statewide rates, requiring advance payment to meet postal rules, and provides office hours and phone contact.
A newspaper feature columns Hal Boyle in a sardonic tribute aimed at the angling community. It acknowledges readers may disagree while urging caution before a wife reads the column and reacts.
The Service Record features a provocative essay arguing fishing is not a sport and serves as mass entertainment for many Americans. It derides anglers as liars who exploit a dull mind in fish, while contrasting a litany of named locals and a Vietnam returnee profile with community notices and personnel updates.
Sixteen farm laborers died and 32 were injured when a crudely made bus crashed into a tree and exploded near Phoenix Arizona. In Monroe Daily Vacation Bible School enrollment reached 374 with Rev Jesse R Dom as dean. Raymond R Kubly Jr named president of Monroe High School Alumni Association with Richard Schmiedlin as vice president Alden J Hawthorn as treasurer and Mrs Richard Mauer as secretary.
Twenty years ago on June 7 1949 Green county hosted dairy day with over 85 calf entries. A state survey proposed expanding schools with a new East unit adding three classrooms a South unit with a multipurpose room and a seven room block between the high school and Lincoln building. A 60 by 48 foot bar on the Jesse Beach farm in Clarno township burned down this morning.
On June 7 1939 President Roosevelt welcomed King George II to the capital as military honors sounded. The state senate concurred with a bill requiring apprenticeships and licenses for limburger cheesemakers under the department of agriculture and markets supervision.
Forty years have passed since June 7 1929 when Paul Wagner Kenneth Yost and Peter Gnagin represented Monroe high school at the state tournament in Lake Geneva Milwaukee Association of Commerce operated a goodwill train stopping in Monroe at noon The 13 car special with two engines carried 140 Milwaukeeans on the home stretch after a cheese delivery from North Side Cheese to Wisconsin Cheese Producers federation priced at 2 dollars 32 cents per hundred pounds 3 5 test
Fifty years ago June 7 1919 Henry S Stauffacher hospitalized after injuries from a grindstone accident. Milwaukee hosts Wisconsin’s largest review with khaki clad heroes of Les Terribles and the immortal 32nd division. Government discovers plot to arm IWW inmates in Leavenworth prison. Rev A A Krug to deliver baccalaureate address to high school seniors.
The Green County Automobile association will place suitable sign boards at all crossings on main traveled highways. George Kundert bought the half interest of Mr Wertz in the Star theater. Lincoln's birthday to be a legal holiday in Wisconsin. Mrs D W Christman opened parlors above Home Bakery offering face and scalp massage and hair goods. Fitzgibbons Bros plan a two story building on the east block corner of the burned site. Mrs Minnie Mc Cracken Goddard and Mrs Treats were guests at a tea for Mrs Goddard, soon moving to Portland. Henry Hoesly and others visited Switzerland.
Three county officials attended their group conventions at Lake Delton this week. Frank Wyss county treasurer Mrs Helen Bratzke register of deeds and Mrs Helen Myers clerk of circuit court were present. Accompanying them was Miss Frances Leuenberger deputy county clerk.
Marvin B. Barsness 59 of Black Earth was found dead Friday at a state trout pond near Cross Plains. Autopsy and evidence indicate a heart attack likely occurred Thursday night while he slept in his car. no inquest. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Endres Construction Co. and is survived by three sons, two daughters, four brothers, two sisters, and five grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Vermont Lutheran Church with services and calling details provided.
Robert J. Weiss, son of Mr and Mrs John Weiss of rural Browntown, received a B S in the school of Letters and Science at Wisconsin State University Stevens Point during June 1 commencement. He pursued geography with a minor in resource management and belongs to Gamma Theta Upsilon and campus Geography Association. He played intramurals and was active in Off Campus Student Association.
On this date in history Major events include the 1942 Battle of Midway victory, Daniel Boone’s Kentucky exploration, and treaties in 1962 and 1933. The page also lists birthdates, public notices, and a long roster of names with addresses for upcoming events and schedules.
The Monroe Council 1471 AC UNIT will hold a meeting on June 9 at 8 p.m. in the V.F.W. Hall. Incoming officers must attend and Bernard Wiegel will discuss officer duties. An installation of officers is planned for June 16.
Kermit E Haynes aged 58 died Friday June 6 in a Madison hospital after a long illness. He was a Milton farmer and service station operator, employed recently at Norwood Mills in Janesville. Survived by widow Ethel Field, two sons Dennis Lake Mills and Donald in Canada, two daughters Mrs Dale McGarvie Janesville and Sandra at home, plus two brothers Lester Janesville and Earl Ft Atkinson, a sister Mrs Dorothy Kuryle Milwaukee, and six grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday June 9 at Wolfgram Funeral Home Janesville with calling hours Sunday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m.
Mr and Mrs Virgil R Wenger Jr former Beloit residents will spend eight weeks in River Falls Wisconsin with their three children Derek Karen and Michelle. Wenger a science teacher at Roosevelt Junior High Beloit received an NSF grant to study chemistry at Wisconsin State Teachers College River Falls and also earned a Beloit Corporation summer school scholarship. His parents are Mr and Mrs Virgil Wenger Sr and Mr and Mrs Glenn C Langston of Monroe.
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