Road to Progress: City Approves Highway 69 Relocation
City aldermen approve a right of way for the Highway 69 relocation after months of negotiations with 23 landowners. The move aims to relieve truck traffic and congestion in Monroe, with plans to fund the city’s share and possibly avoid a referendum that could delay the project.
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Robert E. Tschudy
Hilton Kirchner
Wesley L. Dodge
Tschudy
Evan C. Chambers
Olin E. Flisram
Chambers
7Th Ave
Monroe
Dan
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Road to Progress Way
Taxpayers see elected representatives act in unity to advance Highway 69 as a practical city obligation. Aldermen acknowledge demanding duties and diverging views but prioritize the community’s economic handling of the project for future generations.
Kiwanis Officials to Attend 42nd Atlantic City Convention
Arthur C. Benkett, vice president of the Monroe Kiwanis Club, and Herbert M. Aimsworth, past governor of the Wisconsin Upper Michigan District, will attend the 42nd annual Kiwanis convention in Atlantic City. Mrs. Charles Gardner sold the police car ambulance to Calvin Wickline, the new police chief in Brodhead.
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Goldwater
Eisenhower
Joe McCarthy
Arthur C. Benkett
Monroe
Brown Swiss Canton Show Awards and Local Business Sale
On June 8 1947 at the fairgrounds Abie of Meadow Green owned by Margie Schmid Monroe wins the junior and grand champion Brown Swiss ribbons. The canton show judges 42 head of cattle. The Old Fashioned Ice Cream Store is purchased by Goetz Theater Co from Sherman Hodgson.
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Fairgrounds
Margie Schmid
Monroe
Goetz Theater Co
Sherman Hodgson
Budget set for Green County soil conservation program 1937
Thirty years ago on June 8 1937 Green County approved an $11 000 budget to cover the administration of the soil conservation program for 1937. Sam Jones resigns from the city police to take a similar post in Delaware after a dispute with the local chief of police.
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Green County
Sam Jones
Delavan
Firemen Tourney Attended. Clergy Moves and Holy Land Trip
49 Years Ago Today June 8, 1927 Bert Savings and Perry Al bright attend firemen's tournament at Baraboo. Rev. N. E. McLaughlin accepts call from Wausau Universalist Church. He will leave Oct 1 after a trip to Palestine and the Holy Land.
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Bert Savings
Perry Albright
Baraboo
N. E. McLaughlin
Wausau
First draft call hints at 53 allotted for Green County
Fifty years ago on June 8 1917 Green County prepared its first draft call listing about 53 likely registrants In local government news Will E Trukenbrod was appointed to the Police and Fire Commission replacing N B Treat who declined service The racing result notes Coleen owned by Arlie Frost won the free for all pace at Bowling Green Ohio.
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Green County
Will E. Trukenbrod
Police and Fire Commission
N. B. Treat
Coleen
Arlie Frost
Bowling Green
Ruf Purchases Soda Fountain for Confectionery
Sixty years ago on June 8 1907 Paul A Ruf bought a new soda fountain for his confectionery The same date Rev J C Kauffman of Grace Lutheran Church accepts a call to Zion Evangelical Church at Mt Carmel Illinois
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Paul A. Ruf
Grace Lutheran Church
Zion Evangelical Church
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Fitzgerald and Henderson to Appear in Madison
Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and bandleader Skitch Henderson will perform June 24 at the University of Wisconsin in a Gershwin tribute. The concert closes a week long Festival of Music at Camp Randall Stadium with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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Madison
Ella Fitzgerald
Skitch Henderson
University of Wisconsin
George Gershwin
Lost Act Sparks Debate on Logic and Absence
A brief note explores how a missing act or performance becomes a logical puzzle. The piece considers audience expectations and the search for meaning when a sought event disappears from the schedule.
Monroe Students Receive Degrees at La Crosse State
Two Monroe students, Holly Christine Hoesly and Karen Marip Jacobs, earned bachelor of science degrees from the College of Health, Recreation and Physical Education during La Crosse State University’s 58th commencement held June 3. Dr. George H. Brown delivered the address. President Samuel G. Gates conferred the degrees.
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Monroe
la Cross State University
Memorial Stadium
George H. Brown
Radio Corporation of America
Samuel G. Gates
Holly Christine Hoesly
Karen Marip Jacobs
College of Health, Recreation and Physical Education
Miss Hoesly
Hervey Hoesly
Tenth St
House Council
Woodworth Jr. High School
Fond du Lac
Miss Jacobs
Local Families Attend Reunions and Visits Across Wisconsin
Blanchardville residents Mrs Earl Barber and Mr and Mrs Barton Alves visited in Hollandale with Carrie Jorenby and joined the Wamstad family reunion at McKellar Memorial Park. Wamstad Sr and Brady visited Withee and relatives here for the Vamstad gathering. Cassidy and Cheryl attended Madison Vocational School graduation for David. T J Watson joined the Stelter golden anniversary in Madison. Albert Johns, Gratiot, undergoes Madison General Hospital surgery, with family visiting. Erickson and Hustad family members traveled to Brooklyn and Madison for visits.
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Harvey
N.D
Homer J. Cook
Jean
Bowden
Carrie Jorenby
Hollandale
Wamstad
McKellar Memorial Park
Wamstad Sr
Withee
Brady
Vamstad
H. J. Erickson
Ted Grunett
Brooklyn
Arthur H. Hustad
A. G. Bloland
Mooreb
L. L. Olds
Joseph
Dairy Month Radio Pudding Recipe From Green County Farm Bureau
Dairy Month recipe for June furnished by the Green County Farm Bureau Women. Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks and pineapple, plus nut meats. Layer with graham cracker crumbs, top and bottom. Pour pineapple juice, chill 12 hours, serve with whipped cream. Mrs. Emily Isely Monticello.
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Green County Farm Bureau
Emily Isely
Monticello
Monroe Girl Scout Day Camp Sets Two Sessions Start June 19
Kiwanis Youth Cabin near Monroe hosts the Monroe Neighborhood Girls Scout Day Camp starting Monday June 19 with two sessions. Brownies and Junior Scouts join Cadette Troop participants under directors Mrs Lester Johnson and Mrs Al Zuhlke with assistants. If rain, campers retreat to Monroe National Guard Armory. 1165 girls already registered. first session full at 109 attendees. second session 56 signed.
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Monroe
Kiwanis
Lester Johnson
al Zuhlke
Edward Zupane
John Caradine
Joan Wise
Beloit
Badger Council of Girl Scouts, Inc
St. John’s
Charles Carrier
George R. Barry
Alvin Kubly
George House
Judy Bahr
H. Lewis 45 Taken by Death
Former Brooklyn area resident Sheldon H. Lewis aged 45 died Tuesday after illness at work in Chicago Heights Illinois where he was employed as a chemist. Survived by wife Barbara two children Allan and Julie at home his mother in Tucson Arizona a sister Mrs John Barry Denver Colorado and a brother Dane County Traffic Sgt Amza R Lewis Madison.
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Chicago Heights
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Julie
Tuscon
Ariz
John Barry
Denver
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Amza R. Lewis
Madison
Adventurous photographer sails 15000 miles to West Africa
Francis Brenton, 40, a Chicago photographer, begins a five month voyage on a 26 foot catamaran. He crosses the Great Lakes to Montreal, along the St Lawrence River, then into the North Atlantic toward West Africa.
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Chicago
Francis Brenton
Lake Michigan
West Africa
Brenton
Great Lakes
Montreal
St. Lawrence River
North Atlantic
Wisconsin Farm Milk Check Hits Record $745 Million
The Wisconsin dairy farm milk check totaled 745 million dollars in 1966, up 15 percent from 1965 and the highest on record. Production reached 18.2 billion pounds, down 3 percent from 1965, with 96 percent sold as fluid milk and 4 percent used at home or for calf feed. The average price was 4.24 dollars per hundredweight, a record.
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Madison
Wisconsin Dairy Farm
State Department of Agriculture
Mrs Wilmer Pautz to Receive German MA at Colorado
Mrs. Wilmer Pautz of Eau Claire will earn a Master of Arts in German at the University of Colorado Boulder on June 9. A 1944 Brodhead graduate, 1949 Milton College summa cum laude alumna, she studied at a Munich Goethe Institute in 1963 and wrote a definitive thesis on the Salzburg music and drama festival.
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Wilmer
Barbara) Pautz
Eau Claire
Brodhead High School
Boulder
University of Colorado
Milton College
Goethe Institute
Munich
Germany
Salzburg
Wisconsin State University
Pautz
Edward W. Garwig
Route 3
Brodhead
Schmitz
Spelling Bee Contender Drops Out in Fifth Round
Mary Clark, 14, of Ripon Wisconsin exits the National Spelling Bee in the fifth round after failing on the word defi lade to arrange fortifications.
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Washington
Mary Clark
Ripon
Wis
Bussen Speaks at Monroe Rotary on Cheese Days plans
Robert Bussen, co chair man for Monroe Cheese Days, spoke at the Monroe Rotary Club meeting at the Idle Hour Mansion. The program followed a noon luncheon chaired by Amos Johnson. Guests Mrs Werner Bernet and Ernest Ammon sang with accordion. T. S. Anker of Zurich briefed the group. Further plans covered the June 27 Ladies Night at the Mansion with new officers to take over.
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Robert Bussen
Monroe
Monroe Rotary Club
Idle Hour Mansion
Amos Johnson
Werner
Martha) Bernet
Ernest Ammon
T. S. Anker
Zurich
Switzerland
Henry E Schlittler Rites Conducted in Missouri
Funeral services for Henry E. Schlittler 75 of Ozark Missouri formerly of Monroe were held Monday June 5 at Adams Chapel Ozark. Burial followed at Weaver Cemetery near Ozark. Pallbearer Roger Brugger attended from Monroe with Edwin Schlittler and Mr and Mrs Roger Brugger and Mr and Mrs David Indergand from the area.
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Henry E. Schlittler
Ozark
Monroe
Adams Chapel
Weaver Cemetery
Roger Brugger
Edwin Schlittler
Monticello
David Indergand
Casualties Rise as Fighting Slows in Vietnam
U S casualties in Vietnam rose last week despite a slowdown in heavy fighting along the demilitarized zone and in the central highlands. Toll totals for South Vietnamese and enemy forces were higher than the prior week.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
New Mexico Produces Varied Mineral and Agricultural Goods
The state reports production of graphite and potash alongside guano peanuts petrified wood and other items like meer schaum. This reflects broad mining and farming activity across New Mexico.
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New Mexico
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