Anniversary travelers and Swiss tours featured in local notes
Around the Block highlights Helen er and Mrs. R K Berger of Argyle celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary with a trip to Long Grove Illinois. The piece notes other travelers including Mrs. Robert Hoesly of New Glarus and Ava Mays of Orangeville retiring after 31 years teaching. Also profiled are Carl Tolpo and Lilly Tolpo, artist couple with works at regional sites. Weather summary reports scattered rains boosting corn fields between Monticello and Monroe and near Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Berger
Argyle
Long Grove
Ill
Ervin Johnsons
Darlington
Robert Hoesly
New Glarus
Switzerland
Hoesly
Olga Leiser
Monroe
Robert Erickson
11Th Ave
Edelweiss Stars
Europe
Hawaii
Ericksons
South Wayne
Erickson
Florine’s
Farm and Fleet
Italy
Austria
Monticello
New Glarus Woods State Park
Albany
Cub Fun Fair Planned by Winneshiek District Scouts
The Cub Fun Fair, now in Winneshiek District formerly Valley District, will be at Twining Park Monroe this Saturday. Chairman Dewey Dwyer says Cubs set up from 9 a.m. to noon and hold a show from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Attendees may bring a sack lunch. games and prizes will follow. area packs are urged to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek District
Boy Scouts
Valley District
Twining Park
Monroe
Shell
Dewey Dwyer
Obituary of Miss June Kravek 41 Orfordville
Miss June Kravek 41 of Orfordville died Saturday at home after a brief illness. She worked at the Madison Opportunity Center and previously at Freeman Shoe Beloit and Admiral Corp Harvard. Surviving are her father Steiner Kravek a brother Stanley and sister Mrs Bruce Bartholemew. Services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Rosman Uehling Kinzer Funeral Home Beloit. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
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June Kravek
Orfordville
Madison Opportunity Center
Steiner Kravek
Stanley
Afton
Bruce Bartholomew
Dayton
Wyo
Rosman- Uehling-Kinzer
Beloit
Prominent educator Harry L. Scott dies at 58
Harry L. Scott of LaValle dies after a short illness. A former president of the Southern Wisconsin Education Association, he coached and taught at Chetek Verona and Hillsboro earning championships. Survived by wife Iona Gardner and three sons, services set 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Advent Christian Church LaValle. Friends may call Hammer Funeral Home Reedsburg after 3 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Scott
LaValle
Southern Wisconsin Education Association
Chetek
Verona
Hillsboro
Belmont
Baraboo High
Carroll College
University of Iowa
Iona Gardner
Robert
McFarland
Richard
Racine
Craig
Advent Christian Church
Hammer Funeral Home
Reedsburg
Services today for Thomas Long in Durand Illinois
Funeral services were held for 37 year old Thomas F. Long who died from injuries in a Rock County traffic crash. He died after a brief hospital stay at Mercy Hospital Janesville. Burial followed at St. Marys Cemetery Durand. He was employed as a salesman for Lions Oil and Heating Co. at Janesville for six years. He was born May 7 1934 in Rockford. He survived by his widow five daughters and a son and his mother Mrs Mable Long of Orangeville.
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Durand
Ill
Thomas F. Long
Rock County
Mercy Hospital
Janesville
McCorkle
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
James Murphy
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Long
Lions Oil and Heating Co
Rockford
Henry
Mable Long
Joyce Nyman
Knights of Columbus
Debra
Catherine
Karen
Denise
Patricia
Charles
Mabel Long
Orangeville
Dies at 63. lifelong farmer Rudolph Erzinger
Rudolph H. Erzinger 63 of Rt 1 died of an apparent heart attack Saturday afternoon while working at the John Flannery Jr farm on Rt 2 in Argyle. Born Feb 11, 1908 in Belleville he was married to Alice Wendlandt in 1934. Survived by widow and son Otto at home. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Newcomer Funeral Home Monroe with Rev. Larry Pinnow officiating. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral home after 7 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph H. Erzinger
Rt. 1
John Flannery Jr
Rt. 2
Argyle
Belleville
Herman
Emma Tanner Erzinger
Brodhead
Alice Wendlandt
Monroe
Lena
Ill
Cadiz Township
Alice
Otto
Newcomer Funeral Home
Larry Pinnow
Grace Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Blanchardville selects James Reed as summer music instructor
James Reed will lead the Blanchardville summer music program starting June 28. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Platteville State University in 1969 and taught a year at Fennimore before returning to Platteville for MACCORMACK DIES CHICAGO (AP) Franklyn MacCormack, 69, veteran radio personality and prime announcer in the era of big dance bands, died Saturday. MacCormack hosted WGN All Night Showcase for 12 years. The text also notes a plane crash in Green Lake where Donald Emig, 41, of Trout Run, Pa., died while dusting a central Wisconsin oat field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchardville
James Reed
Reed
Platteville State University
Fennimore
Platteville
Maccormack
Chicago
Franklyn MacCormack
WGN
Green Lake
Wis
Federal Aviation Administration
Donald Emig
Trout Run
Emig
Wisconsin
Donald Bazely
Cyclists Raise Funds for Green County Handicapped Programs
Sixty cyclists raised 3327.92 dollars in the Green County Bike Ride for the Handicapped on May 22. Proceeds will be shared equally by the Wisconsin Youth Association of Retarded Children Green County Youth Association for Retarded Children and the New Concepts foundation. Riders logged 1966 miles, with praise for sponsors and for Charles Dearth Pontiac Buick Inc for the maintenance truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Lynn Andrews
Wisconsin Youth Association of Retarded Children
Green County Youth Association For Retarded Children
New Concepts Foundation
Wisconsin
Story Time Returns At Blanchardville Library
For the sixth consecutive year a summer story time is held at the Blanchardville Public Library. It runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. for six weeks. Kindergarten teacher Mrs Thomas Saether leads the program and invites all children to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchardville
Thomas Saether
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Ava Mays
Green County Teachers College
Carl Tolpo
Daviess County
Illinois
Lilly
Lake County
Stockton
Barrington
John
Frieda) Klossner
Diemtigen
Olga Colden
12Th St
Klossner
Frieda Schmoker
Cub Fun Fair
As “Hardware Stores
Sug
Thomas Long
Neenah, Wis
Waupaca
Develle Olson
Ogdensburg
la RY
Rudolph Erzinger
Platteville Graduate School
Wsu-Platteville
Spurgeon’s
Monroe’s Square
Spurgeon
Das
Cosrenes
Jurae
Spurgeon's
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