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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1969
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription rates with AP rights and carrier and mail options. Rates include 45 cents per week by carrier in Monroe and 16.00 per year by mail in Wisconsin and nearby Illinois counties. Office hours are 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 12 noon Saturday.
A writer recalls taking a nine year old to see auto races at Rockford Speedway. The piece blends family outing charm with road news about Highway 81 improvements linking Monroe, Wisconsin to interstates and bypass plans. The boy imagines racing but New dreams shift to working in pits.
A writer appeals to Juda area residents to oppose CESA measures in Monroe and petition the school board. He warns against losing local control, cites bus rides and competing schooling as grievances, urges unity among Christians, and calls for organized community resistance.
Rep Gerald T Flynn reports embargo and penalty payments halted the flow of Finnish cheese into the United States. Hot humid weather drew a record 1 033 swimmers to the local pool. Monroe FFA members win state honors at Wisconsin convention including Clarence Asmus Ronald Rufener Nathan Bloom Larry Rackow and Nathan Hartwig.
Twenty years ago today June 10 1949 the hitchhiker killed near Durand is named Carl Duugherty 38 an itinerant worker from Ohio employed on the Harold Bear farm. Personal property and real estate values in Monroe are forecast to rise about 1 million from 1948 to 12 037 000 while Preston T Tucker and seven associates face federal indictments for promoting an unmarketed rear engine car.
Governor Heil announced a two pound cheese gift for every Heil company employee in Milwaukee, drawing thunderous applause at Turner Hall. Ralph E. Ammon crowned Miss Marion Etter cheese sales queen with runners up Ruby Zwygart Lillian Angliker Marvel Yost Bette Wenger Kathleen Benkert.
On June 10 1929 members of Glen Zilmer Post American Legion completed a campaign to fund a hospital ambulance. Three final gifts brought the total to 2650 dollars as the drive concluded. Monroe high schools golf trio Yost Gnagi and Wagner placed third in the state meet at Lake Geneva among 19 teams. George S Doyle Shullsburg bought the Tschudy and Company grocery store. June 10 1919 graduating exercises for the
James R. Gordee of Monroe owner of Ainsworth Insurance Agency was chosen by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Agents for a scholarship to Oberlin College. The Employees Mutual Casualty of Iowa funds the award and Gordee will attend three weeks of classes from July 21 to August 8.
A reader asks the Monroe Friends to supply how many calls their board members receive, expressing gratitude and urging timely help. Mrs Merlin Klopfenstein thanks the group humbly.
Green County Extension Office released leaders among 4-H and FFA members in recent dairy and livestock judging. Top senior dairy placers include Debra Indergand and Gordon Ludwig, Monroe FFA, with others from Oak Corners and Hilltop. Senior livestock judges feature Ludwig, Hartwig, Rush, and Welz from Monroe FFA. Junior placers include Susan Tschanz, Rena Rufi, Tammie Digman, and Rick Reuter. Also noted are judges Roy Hefty and Larry Leopold. Army Pvt. Dwayne D. Hefty, 20, earned expert with the M 14 rifle at Fort Campbell May 17 after basic training.
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