Area Girls Take Boscobel Honors
Three area contestants win at the Boscobel sub regional to become regional finalists in the Alice in Dairyland contest. Shirley Leopold of Monroe Kathryn Chambers of Juda and Caryl Teasdale of Darlington join Janet Scheckel of Prairie du Chien among four winners out of nine at Boscobel. The winners advance to the Portage sub regional and Dane and Columbia counties finalists in Madison.
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Alice In Dairyland
Darlington
Monroe
Alice
Portage
Boscobel
Shirley Leopold
Route 3
Kathryn Chambers
Route 1
Juda
Caryl Teasdale
Boscobel Chamber of Commerce
Janet Scheckel
Prairie du Chien
Beatrice Ruch
Donna Colleen Seffrood
Jane Ten Eyck
Brodhead
Gai
Cairns
Fennimore
Judith Héin
Cuba City
Green County
Dane
Columbia
Madison
Richland
Sauk
Iowa
Wausau
Mary Ellen McCabe
Marlene Lemberger
Mary Ann Hole
Middleton
Joan Christopherson
Wisconsin Dells
Jo Ann Whitson
Mt. Horeb
Sandra Bell
Roberta Caldwell
Beverly Cox
Columbus
Mary Cunningham
Marilyn Hopkins
Brooklyn
Jane Kohlman
Lodi
Frances Hamele
Agnes Hess
Caroline Stowers
Wanda Thomas
Bonnie Stephan
Jeanette Kennedy
Morrisonville
Karen Takle
Ruth Wallendal
Agnes Manat
Baraboo
Plan A Bearing To Be Tomorrow In Green County
Plan B testing and calf vaccination follow a public hearing at the Courthouse at 10 a m to certify Green County for Plan A brucellosis free status. J B Scherer says 2100 cattle owners signed petitions, indemnity payments of 50 to 100 dollars available, and Bangs reactors to be condemned as tests proceed. Myron E Jeglum notes 18 percent of local herds infected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Scherer
Green County
A. A. Erdman
State Department of Agriculture
Scherer
Myron E. Jeglum
Jeglum
Penney Records Lease With Baltzer Johnson
A 15 year lease from J C Penney Co of New York to Paul E Baltzer Milton and Lester Johnson covers 60 by 183 feet south of the Ludlow hotel facing 16th avenue. The term runs July 1 1956 to June 30 1971 with contingencies for a parallel tract to the north and possible two new store buildings on sites fronting 16th avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Co
New York
Paul E. Baltzer
Milton
Lester Johnson
Ludlow Hotel
16Th Avenue
Register of Deeds Office
Baltzer
Johnson Pontiac
Dairy Day Set With Parades And Queen Contest
Brodhead hosts Dairy Day events June 25 with cattle shows at 10 a.m. and a 12:30 p.m. parade led by the high school band and eight dairy queen contestants. The queen is crowned at 1 p.m. with judging results due by 3:30 p.m. Volunteers run demonstrations and refreshments. county wide dairy queen voting ties to dairy product purchases.
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Brodhead
Monroe
New Glarus
Brodhead High School
Marshall D. Markham
Dairy Day
Myrtle Webb
Brodyead High School
Markham
Enid Zimmerli
Brodhead Dairy Queen
Leftist Strikes Tie Up Two Singapore Plants
Leftist led strikes halt operations at about 2100 workers across two plants in Singapore including a Firestone Rubber Co unit. Labor action calls for pay raises and improved working conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Firestone Rubber Co
Monroes One Way Traffic Plan Delayed To June Meeting
Monroe City Council delayed action on extending the one way traffic system after a police and safety committee meeting chaired by Alderman Floyd Matzke. The ordinance proposes converting 16th avenue to southbound from 8th to 10th streets and 17th avenue to northbound from 10th to 8th streets with two alternate plans under study. The panel may report by June 21 and any change would trigger a new public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Police and Safety Committee
Floyd Matzke
Matzke
16Th Avenue
8Th
10Th Streets
17Th Avenue
10Th
6Th Street
8Th Street
16Th
17Th Avenues
Lakeshire-Marty
Crandall Oil Co
18Th Street
Monroe Ready-Mix Co
Recreation Park
25Th Avenue
14Th Street
23Rd Street
18Th Avenue
Walter R. Ekum
G. Fred Galli
28Th Avenue
William Grueb
81Th Street
14Th
15Th Avenues
Will Jones to attend Green County Picture Press Conference
Writer Will Jones of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune will be guest at the Green County Picture Press Conference on June 17. Jones sparked a Wisconsin versus Ohio cheese contest five years earlier with remarks about Wisconsin Swiss cheese and will tour Green County to see Swiss production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Ohio
Washington
Green County
Will Jones
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
E. C. Hamilton
Evening Times
Jones
Tuscarawas County
Capitol
Congress
Stock Prices Edge Higher Despite Mixed Demand
In New York buying demand shifted to aircraft stocks lifting the market modestly. The Dow and broader averages inched up by about one to three points as investors rotated into aviation shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Landjaeger Production With Swiss Touch Shown At Picture Project
Green County Picture Press Conference on June 18 will feature Swiss landjaeger made by Heinz Zaeger. Duane Helland will demo equipment from Juda to Monticello cheese factory to teach how the snack is crafted. Citizens and performers including Norwegian and Swiss costumes and musicians contribute to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Duane Helland
Juda
Town Hall
Monticello
Heinz Zaeger
Landjaeger
Victor Rossing
Viola Rossing
Argyle
Martin Auestad
Puddledock
Joe Kuhne
Betty Kneubuehl
Burkhalter
Betty
Ernest Ammon
Heinz Zueger
Adolph Ruef
Duane Schwartz
Andrew Musser
St. Bernard
G. E. Zuercher
Sugar River
Ed Bregenzer
Jack Ammacher
New Glarus
Wildcat Auto Strikes Prompt UAW to Halt Local Walkouts
CIO United Auto Workers leaders ordered a stop to unauthorized strikes at General Motors plants nationwide to avoid sabotaging negotiations. The action followed GM and Ford walkouts that idled about 58 000 workers, with GM listing 38 894 idle at 12 plants and Ford 13 250 idle in four plants. Ford’s Rouge plant and Mercury in Wayne faced reduced output as tensions rose after the new Ford contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
John W. Livingston
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Atlanta
Farmingham
Mass
Rouge
Dearborn
Mercury
Wayne
Swiss Cheese Market Shows Weak Demand in State Listings
Madison Wisconsin dairy notes steady American cheese with fair to good demand and ample offerings. Domestic Swiss cheese shows weak demand with lower prices and ample offerings. state brand ranges 38 12 to 41, grade B 34 to 38, grade C 32 to 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Eisenhower backs Adenauer Western ties in Moscow invite
President Eisenhower said he has the utmost faith in Chancellor Adenauer to stand by the Western world in dealings with the Soviet Union. He noted Moscow invited Adenauer to visit and said the decision rests with West Germany. He also urged a firm path on a military manpower reserve and discussed the Big Four summit timing. He cautioned against diminishing Yugoslavia aid despite Soviet moves.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Gemany
Adenauer
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Germany
Kremlin
Europe
West Germany
House
Senate
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
United States
Belgrade
City Cancer Drive To Start Saturday
Monroe officials announce a 1955 Cancer drive beginning Saturday at 10 a.m. with house to house solicitation led by F Royce ZumBrunnen. A Jaycette group will canvass downtown firms and a VFW Auxiliary committee will handle letters to residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Royce ZumBrunnen
Monroe
ZumBrunnen
Lloyd F. Holmes
Jaycette
Lucille Hefty
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
T. J. Burgy Jr
Matt Sollivan
Don Lovelace
Ivan Ned Walker
Edward J. Doyle
Frances M. Leuenberger
Hefty
Jail Group Plans Courthouse Visit Friday
County officials will inspect the Courthouse Friday afternoon. The jail and courthouse committee will review an inspector’s recommendations and may set a date to begin remodeling plans for the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray E. Kundert
Kundert
Leo M. Ties
Kohler vetoes bill creating Lafayette Warren area school district
Wisconsin Governor Kohler vetoed a measure to establish an interstate school district in southern Lafayette County and an Illinois district near Warren. He cited possible constitutional issues and said the matter could be addressed within existing Wisconsin laws. He also vetoed a bill granting the Board of Regents authority to set parking rules and fines on state college grounds, deeming it an invalid delegation of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Kohler
Lafayette
Illinois
Warren
Wisconsin
Education and Public Welfare Committee
Board of Regents of State Colleges
Hotel Gunman Remains at Large
Ft. Atkinson police say no definite leads in the search for the gunman who shot hotel clerk Don King at the Blackhawk hotel. King, badly wounded, defended himself and is in serious condition after the early morning attack. The weekend included a second hotel robbery at the Jefferson House, with a stolen watch later found at the Ft. Atkinson hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Atkinson
Don King
Blackhawk
King
Jefferson House
Jefferson
Kohler Signs Brucellosis Plan Enacts Statewide Program
Governor Kohler signed a bill to make Wisconsin the first major cattle state to adopt a statewide Brucellosis-free program. The law becomes effective across the state when 54 counties submit petitions, with Taylor County reaching the threshold on June 3 and five more counties completing petitions since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Kohler
State Department of Agriculture
Taylor County
Chippewa, Carron, Crawford, Green
Oneida
Monroe Board Eyes New School Post At Budget Meeting
The Monroe Board of Education plans to fill the long discussed school business administrator post at the budget meeting Tuesday June 28. The role would oversee buildings and non instructional operations as the district faces East South and North school renovations and a potential senior high project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Board of Education
North School
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Schmitz
Miss Teasdale
Howard Teasdale
Lincoln
Lafayette County
Darlington High School
FHA
Stout Institute
Menomonie
Alpha Psi Omega
National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity
The
Home Economics Club
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
Stout
Stout Symphonic Singers
Miss Leopold
William Leopold
Agricultural Extension Office
Blane
Valley View
Monroe High School
Jordan 4-H Club
Hiawatha Club
County Rural Youth Group
Miss Chambers
William Chambers
Juda High School
Layton Art School
Linden Circle Theater
Milwaukee
McNeany’s
Beloit
County Dairy Queen
Juda Jolly Juniors
Junior Leaders Organization
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Penney Records
Baltzer,Johnson
Carol Stauffacher
Catherine Blum
Mary Ann Frautschy
Dorothy Wald
Joan Schuetz
Nancy Burgy
Barbara Kesler
Kathleen Schutt
Miss Zimmerli
Janice Christensen
Judith Lee
Marie Hoff
Jane Wendler
Nancy Pryce
Judith Kundert
Janice Nordeng
Ruth Legler
Lynn Luchsinger
Dorothy Duerst
Miss Luchsinger
Miss Duerst
Deanna Showers
Betsy Yaeger
Margaret Meythaler
Christine Bell
Ruth Ann Roth
Anita Ehinger
Betty Burgdorff
Julia Lee
Lorene Eichelkraut
Ruth Ann Hicks
Monette Rindy
Janet Hoesly
Mildred Zurchurken
Marlene Stuessy
Lois Bell
Mary Lou Colney
Patsy Paulson
Lorraine Fahrney
Linda Zentner
Jeanette Urben
Patricia Palmer
Ardis Davern
Ann Luchs
Marie Schlappi
Cadiz
John Koehner
William Joe Wa
Everett Ravn
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Green County Safety Council
Green County Police Association
Stewart F. Kingston
Eugene E. Eckstam
Safety Council
City Cancer Drive
Lafayette-Warren Area
Gunman
Board Studies
New School Post
Joseph Weiler
Weiler and Strang
High School
Weiler
Strang
Edna Mackey
Supt
E. O. Evans
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