Monroe High Class of 1926 Holds 45th Anniversary Social
The Monroe High School Class of 1926 gathered 38 members and 25 guests at Marco's Supper Club for a five year memory reunion with a social hour, garden flowers, and a family style banquet. Lawrence Courtney served as class president and MC, readings and letters from absentees were shared, and a memorial service honored deceased members with candles and roses. A five year reunion plan and fifty year golden anniversary were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Ella Ross Kubly
Vera Selek Haberman
Lawrence Courtney
Howard Brandt
Wesley Bowen
Evelyn Gorham
Gail Carr
Martha Hofer
Winifred Hofman
Russell Prien
Harold Schneider
Evelyn Taft
John Vogel
Cecelia Wickersham
Edwin Bruni
Janesville
Harold Burgi
Madison
Herbert Tschudy
Des Moines
Iowa
Golden Otterstein
Milwaukee
Bradford Drake
Chicago, Ill
Milton Feldt
Kenneth Goodman
Browntown
Archie Hadden
Marvin Heitz
Cedarburg
Wis
Ervin Isley
Minneapolis
Argyle
Ernest Schmoker
Manston
Walter Haberman
Footville
Herbert Spaeni
Barron
Chester Stauffacher
Robert Stauffacher
Freeport
Ill
Daryl Swan
Clearwater
Fla
Louis Gregerson
Green Lake
Foster Whitehead
Pauletta Burgi
Otto J. Truch
Chicago
Carrie Moore
George Murray
William Wartenweiler
Harold Leuenberger
Arlie Mitchell
Ella Boss Kubly
Vera
Mrs Stoldt Weds Selek in Orfordville
Mrs Mildred Stoldt 88 of Monroe and Herman Selek 90 of Footville wed Thursday afternoon June 16 in the Orfordville Methodist Church. Rev Lyle D Stephenson officiated with witnesses Mrs Rose Stewart and George Stewart of Orfordville. The couple resides in Footville where Selek has lived years. His first wife died in December 1964 and Stoldt was widowed February 15, 1957.
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Mildred Stoldt
Monroe
Herman Seleck
Footville
Orfordville
Lyle D. Stephenson
Brodhead
Rose Stewart
George Stewart
Selck
Honor Students Listed at Albany High School
The Albany High School honor roll for the final nine weeks includes HIGH HONORS: freshmen Mark Friedrich, Kristine Holtsapple, Cathy Rankins. soph Bernard Whitehead. junior Ray Wyss. seniors Janet Gressman, LaVon Jones, Nancy Jones. 10-POINT HONOR ROLL lists freshmen Beth Blumer, Peggy Gempeler, Mary Jo Heitzman, Diane Keegan, Susan Martin, Peggy Stefanik, Shari Wood, Terry Wyss, Sherri Weiss. sophomores Randy Blumer, Kathleen Dunphy, Jackie Gressman, Kenneth Schlapbach, Pauline Schlapbach, Kenneth Schneider, Mary Spencer. juniors Rhonda Blumer, Patti Hein, Heresa Olson. seniors Lee Artz, Pamela Baertschi, Jayne Blumer, Barbra Dallman, Jean Flaherty, Penny Whiteaker.
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Mark Friedrich
Kristine Holtsapple
Cathy Rankins
Bernard Whitehead
Ray Wyss
Janet Gressman
LaVon Jones
Nancy Jones
Beth Blumer
Peggy Gempeler
Mary Jo Heitzman
Diane Keegan
Susan Martin
Peggy Stefanik
Shari Wood
Terry Wyss
Sherri Weiss
Randy Blumer
Kathleen Dunphy
Jackie Gressman
Kenneth Schlapbach
Pauline Schlapbach
Kenneth Schneider
Mary Spencer
Rhonda Blumer
Patti Hein
Heresa Olson
Lee Artz
Pamela Baertschi
Jayne Blumer
Barbra Dallman
Jean Flaherty
Penny Whiteaker
Worker Is Killed by Wasps While Trimming Hedge
Miami urgent death report says 55 year old Will Parks died after being stung by wasps from a colony in a trellis while trimming a hedge. He collapsed five minutes after the attack. Police or local inquiry noted no other persons involved.
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Miami
Fla
Will Parks
History trip through Shullsburg and Villa Louis
A Green County Teacher's College class led by Frank Studnicka toured Shullsburg's Badger Mine and Museum, the Fever River area near Benton, Platteville University vicinity, Patch Grove along Highway 18, and Wayalusing State Park before visiting the Villa Louis in Prairie du Chien. The excursion highlighted local mining history, Military Ridge pioneer trails, and the 1843 Villa Louis built by Hercules Dousman.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Shullsburg
Fever River
Benton
Badger Mine
Galena River
Illinois
Fever
State University At
Platteville
Patch Grove
Fennimore
Military Ridge
Fort Howard
Green Bay
Fort Crawford
Prairie du Chien
Jan
Wayalusing State Park
Mississippi
Louis Joliet
Jacques Marquette
Wyalusing
Fred Lauper
Browntown
Teacher’s College
Lauper
Villa Louis
Hercules Dousman
Dousman
American Fur Company
Mackinac Island
Upper Michigan
Mr. Dousman
Fur Company
Detroit Marine Remembers Flag Over Viet Nam
Lance Cpl. Dennis Fritz describes a flag raised in Viet Nam as the most beautiful cloth he has seen. His Detroit parents Mr. and Mrs. John Fritz release a Flag Day letter in which he says he dislikes fighting but will stay to defend the flag and its rights, asking where here is.
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Detroit
Viet Nam
Lance Cpl
Dennis Fritz
John Fritz
Dennis
Lynda Johnson Reveals Spain Trip Timing Not Set
Lynda Bird Johnson, the president’s elder daughter, says she has begun Spanish lessons in preparation for a possible trip to Spain, a plan she has not yet dated. She spoke to reporters before attending a musical with her escort James Betar.
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Washington
Lynda Bird Johnson
Spain
Lynda
James Betar
Raquel Welch in Rome Plays Kiss Scene for Wagner
Raquel Welch and Robert Wagner shoot a prolonged kiss scene in Rome for Welch's third film. Wagner calls kissing a sex goddess like kissing a woman, while Welch says the moment is behind her and she can focus on dialogue.
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Rome
Raquel Welch
Robert Wagner
Wagner
Raquel
First Child for Astronaut Wife After Space Return
Mrs James A McDivitt and her newborn daughter are reported thriving in a Houston hospital. The baby is the first child conceived by an American astronaut's wife after her husband James A McDivitt returned from space. McDivitt was Gemini 4 command pilot, and Edward H White II conducted the space walk during the mission.
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Houston
Tex
James A. McDivitt
McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Johnny St Cyr Remembers Early Jazz Days in New Orleans
Dixie banjo player Johnny St Cyr recalls playing in dance halls weddings funerals riverboats and house parties in early century New Orleans. He toured with Kid Ory King Oliver Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong and stayed active until a few weeks before his death.
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Los Angeles
Johnny St. Cyr
New Orleans
St. Cyr
Kid Ory
King Oliver
Jelly Roll Morton
Louis Armstrong
Johnny St Cyr Jazz Pioneer Dies at 75
Last Friday of leukemia. Born in New Orleans he led his own string trio before joining Martin Gabriel and the Tuexdo Band. He played with Kid Ory and Louis Armstrong in the Brownskin Babies, then with King Oliver in Chicago during the 1920s, returning to New Orleans in 1930 to form Johnny St Cyr's Hot Five. In later years he toured aboard the Disneyland riverboat with The Young Men From New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Martin Gabriel
Tuexdo
St. Cyr
Kid Ory
Brownskin Babies
Louis Armstrong
Chicago
King Oliver
Johnny St. Cyr
Mary Feinstein Gives Birth to Daughter Alicia
Mrs Barry Feinstein known as Mary from Peter Paul and Mary gives birth to a girl named Alicia weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce at Danbury Hospital. The couple resides in nearby Redding.
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Danbury, Conn
Barry Feinstein
Mary
Peter, Paul and
Alicia
Danbury Hospital
Redding
Lynda Bird Johnson Faces Host Duties in Madrid Visit
Lynda Bird Johnson arrives in Madrid for a summer vacation with President Johnson’s daughter’s strong will puzzling both Spanish and U. S. officials. Ambassador Angier Biddle Duke and wife Robin lead official hosting duties with Susan Schein as a college friend. Duke brings prior State Department experience to the situation.
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Madrid
Spain
Lynda Bird Johnson
U. S
Angier Biddle Duke
Robin
Lynda Bird
Susan Schein
New York City
Duke
State Department
Pat Nugent Joins New Washington Education Firm
Pat Nugent 22 fiance of Luci Johnson has joined a Washington higher education consulting firm Leo S Tonkin Associates launched by former boss Leo Tonkin ex executive director of the District of Columbia Commissioners Advisory Council on higher education. They resigned effective June 4.
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Washington
Pat Nugent
Johnson
Luci
Leo S. Tonkin
Park Schedule Highlights Local Games Tonight and Tomorrow
Recreation Park evenings feature Swiggums against Pats Tap at 7 15, Hubers versus Heeren Coplien at 8 15, City Taxi against Power Light at 9 15. Tomorrow Phillips 66 versus Grace Lutheran, Monroe Machine Welding versus Curtiss at 8 15, Eagles 1 versus Milwaukee Cheese at 9 15, Lena versus First National Bank at 7 45, Treut Hardt versus Hughes at 9 15, and Bernets versus Gladiators at 7 45 with Bank of Juda versus FFA at 9 15.
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Swiggums
Pats
Hubers
Heeren-Coplien
City Taxi
Power-Light
Tomorrow
Phillips 66
Grace Lutheran
Monroe Machine - Welding
Curtiss
Eagles
Milwaukee Cheese
Recreation Park
Lena
First National Bank
Treuthardt
Hughes
Bernets
Gladiators
Bank of Juda
FFA
Mrs. Sharpe Taken by Death
Martha Sharpe 77 longtime Janesville resident died at Rock Haven Janesville after a heart attack. Born Martha Miller in Juda December 17 1888 she married Charles E Sharpe February 22 1910. Survived by son Robert Beloit daughter Mrs Carl Hauser Sterling Illinois brother Ernst Miller. Services Wednesday at Overton Funeral Home with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Martha Sharpe
Juda
Monroe
Rock Haven
Janesville
Martha Miller
Ferdinand and
Louise Hartwig Miller
Charles E. Sharpe
Juta
Sharpe
Moose
Overton Funeral Home
Carl Stromberg
Cargill
Oak Hill Cemetery
Adamson Receives Pilot License After Aviation Studies
Donald Dean Adamson son of Mr and Mrs Gus Adamson of Monticello has earned a commercial pilot license with instrument and multi engine ratings and a mechanic's license after graduating from the Institute of Aviation at the University of Illinois. He began flight officer training on June 6 with Northwest Orient Airlines in Minneapolis. He holds a BA from Central Bible College Springfield Missouri and served three years in the U S Army. He is married to Rebecca Ann Coyle of Columbus Ohio and they reside at 830 North Hazel Street Apt 305 St Paul Minnesota.
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Donald Dean Adamson
Gus Adamson
Monticello
Institute of Aviation
University of Illinois
Northwest Orient Airlines
Minneapolis
Minn
Adamson
Central Bible College
Springfield
United States Army
Rebecca Ann Coyle
Colubus
Ohio
Juda High School
Hazel St
Apt
St. Paul
Wisconsin Postal Clerks Push for Legal Union Recognition
SHEBOYGAN The Wisconsin Federation of Postal Clerks proposed Saturday that the organization be granted full recognition by law as a labor union.
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Sheboygan
Wisconsin Federation of Postal Clerks
Richland School Trip Highlights Local Tour and Potluck
Twenty Richland School students from Route 2 toured Freeport fire station and Strudo and Raleigh plants then ate lunch at Reed Park. Accompanying adults included teachers Mrs. Virgil Wenger Sr and Mrs. Robert Putnam plus Mrs. Lloyd Richardson and Mrs. John B. Ruff. The year closed with a family potluck on Sunday June 5.
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Richland
Freeport
Strudo
Raleigh
Reed Park
Virgil Wenger Sr
Robert Putnam
Lloyd Richardson
John B. Ruff
Hamilton Graduates From Command and General Staff College
Maj. Frank E. Hamilton 36 son of Mr and Mrs E C Hamilton Jr Monroe graduated June 10 from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. He studied ten months among 691 officers preparing for command and general staff duties in divisions and logistics. He came from West Point Mathematics Dept and holds a BS from West Point 1951 and an MS from Rensselaer 1962.
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Frank E. Hamilton
E. C. Hamilton Jr
18Th Ave
Monroe
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
U.S
Maj. Hamilton
Department of Mathematics
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
John H. Lehman High School
Canton
Ohio
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N.Y
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