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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1964
Page
2
The readable portion shows contact details and notice header. It references Associated Press rights and subscription information. Subtle data include a Wisconsin location and office hours. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or dates.
The editorial argues that Sen. Goldwater faces a hostile press and uneven support as he campaigns for the GOP nomination. It presents a candid AP synthesis of his positions on civil rights, government spending, federal aid to schools, health care for the aged, farmers, government roles, housing, labor, TVA, and social security, noting shifts and ongoing debate over his stance and proposals.
A compilation recalling events from ten, twenty, and fifty years ago on Wisconsin roads, hospitals, and towns. National Guardsmen injured in a June 1954 crash near Juda, a Milwaukee boating tragedy, a Darlington home explosion fatality, and a grand champion Brown Swiss cow honor in 1939 are noted alongside hospital dedications in Monroe and old storms in 1924.
The passage discusses support for a stronger pension dollar and opposition to welfare programs with calls for private charity, plus selective tax reform. It notes a candidate’s stance on limiting graduated income tax and hints at a broader tax overhaul.
Nabiscos crushed to form base and top for a two layer torte. Cream butter with sugar then fold in eggs and stiffly beaten whites. Layer Nabisco crumbs with this filling, add chopped nuts and strawberries, cover with whipped cream, then chill before serving. Mrs. Max Reinhart Browntown Route 1.
Albany special report says Mrs Henry Schesser and Marsha will fly from Detroit to Australia to join Mr Schesser who has been there for weeks after a General Motors transfer. They will stay about six months. The Schessers are former Albany residents and Mrs Schesser is Virginia Stephenson, sister of Mrs J R Schesser of Albany. J R and Henry Schesser are brothers.
Washington reports a Defense Department August draft call of 3,300 men the smallest in over three years. A Pentagon spokesman cites higher enlistments and re-enlistments in the Army as the reason. Without this factor the draft call might have ranged 7,500 to 8,000. July’s quota stood at 8,000.
Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ urged President Johnson to call a national conference of state local governmental civic and religious leaders to implement civil rights act principles. Delegates urged diligent active effort and open affiliation, backed peaceful protest support, affirmed free churches in a free society and separation of church and state as a basis for implementation. Officers elected include Mrs. Aaron Klug moderator Rev Melvin Frank vice moderator Rev Theodore Crusius secretary and Norman Schowalter treasurer.
Monticello pool offers lessons on Tuesday and Thursday or Wednesday and Friday with sessions at 9 a.m. 9 45 a.m. 10 30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Beginners at noon and floaters at 12 plan. Junior and senior lifesaving Saturdays at 10 and 11. Team practice 5 to 5 45 p.m. TueFri. Hours 1 30 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Adult lessons 7 to 9 p.m. on Fridays. Closed Mondays and Sunday nights.
The Monticello senior band will hold its first summer rehearsal Tuesday June 23 at 8 p.m. in the band room. The band will march in the Daily Day parade at Judd on Saturday June 27 at 1 30 p.m. Ten week lessons for grade school band students begin Tuesday June 23 with scheduling on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Call 325 5101 for an advertiser.
Robert Hoppes, 72, a retired teacher and Pennsylvania Dutch advocate from Heller Town, leads a crusade to preserve the dialect in speech and print. He argues that current views are shaped by tourist-driven caricatures, citing examples of mock Dutch English used as cultural garb rather than true speech.
Tammy Jean McClaren of Route 3 Brodhead joined the community on July 11, 1963, and Cindy Sue Best of Route 2 Brooklyn joined on June 16, 1963, indicating new member registrations in the area. The notices list current routes and hometowns as part of the public records.
East coast mail bound for Wisconsin now goes directly to Milwaukee instead of Chicago due to overload at the Chicago center. Regional postoffice director Donald Swanson said about two freight cars daily carry roughly 80 000 second and third class pieces for Wisconsin residents since June 1. Previously the mail went to Chicago first for distribution before forwarding.
A fragmentary notice invites boys and girls up to 12 years to join the Evening Times Club by filling out a mailed coupon. The text includes street/RFD details and asks for date of birth and age last birthday. The piece concludes with a note on Pennsylvania Dutch origins and migration, attributed to Russell Landstrom of the Associated Press.
Franklin Pickett and Dave Pederson of Marty Ripp Chevrolet in Monroe were among Milwaukee Zone Chevrolet salesmen honored at an Oconomowoc banquet for superior 1968 sales. They were installed as members of Chevrolet's Legion of Leaders Honor Club.
Carla Williams former Monroe resident and longtime public service leader has been appointed chief of the FDA consumer consultant branch in Washington. She will direct 25 home economists across 18 districts and recently traveled to Oslo for a three day International Organization of Consumer Unions meeting attended by 27 nations.
Larry W. Ferguson son of Mr and Mrs Earl Ferguson earned a bachelor of science in agricultural mechanization at the University of Illinois. He now works for the Agricultural Engineering Department at the same university.
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