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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
1
The House Judiciary Committee approved a strict ban on mail order sales of rifles and shotguns, shortly after President Johnson signed a similar pistol and revolver ban. The bill also bars sales to non residents and those under 18, with a vote likely next week.
The village dairy queen will be crowned Friday night June 21 in downtown Albany with voting closing at 5 p.m. A community band directed by Jackie Bongiorno will perform before Miss Kathy Dunphy crowns the outgoing queen. Alaville 4-H members host an ice cream social with contestants Ian Baertschi Janet Marmurn Peggy Stefanik Nancy Beyers Penny Swanson Beth Blumer Marla Blumer Susan Aeschliman Diana Palmer and Debbie Martin.
Donna Swiggum, head lifeguard at Monroe Recreation Park, announces changes due to large enrollments. Beginners will have two four week sessions. original list starts June 24 and July 19, waiting list starts July 22 and ends August 16. All other classes keep eight week schedule. total swimmers 856. Family nights stay Wednesdays 6 30 to 8 30. adults and kids with parents admitted free. York 4 Hers promote Dairy Day with buy four ice cream bars and get one free on June 29.
Plans finalized for Green County June Daily Month closing events in Albany with a Queen’s Banquet on June 27 and a Channel 3 appearance on June 28. Finalists from 10 communities compete for county honors. Domonic Bongiorno will MC. Dr. Harold Calbert and Harold Clemens to speak. Dairy Day on June 29 features a cattle show, judging by UW aides, and a big parade ending at ACPARD grounds.
Three area road crashes left several injured as Monroe police reported. Richard Iverson of New Glarus was hospitalized after a 2:11 p.m. collision at 12th Ave and 16th St with Henry Leuzinger of Monroe. Iverson suffered a concussion and bruises but was recovering. Others included Kurt Graenicker, 19, Browntown, with facial cuts from a ditch crash at 3:05 a.m.. James Notter, 19, Monroe, with facial and chest injuries when his car hit a fence near Monroe. Mary Thorson, Route 1 South Wayne, whose car rolled over after hitting a dirt bank north of Browntown. and Kenneth Erickson, 17, New Glarus, whose pickup skidded off Duerst Road west of New Glarus.
The verse depicts a pair of wrens in a lilac tree with a man bringing food while the female tends their nest, celebrating home life and parental care in a concise couplet.
Monroe unit of the National Guard at Camp McCoy was chosen to provide the firing squad and body bearers for a Vietnam veteran's funeral in Melrose. Sgt Richard R Mogolis led the squad with six members, as the unit reports on bivouac life, rain, and annual camp routines.
The Green County Historical Society elected John Kundert Joseph Urban and Mrs. William Wartenweiler as directors at its annual meeting in the Universalist Church Museum. Hold-overs include Orville R Evans Miss Anna O Blum Robert Bussen and Olin Flisram. A future board meeting will elect officers.
Funeral services for Homer W. Eells 71 a Winslow native who died Wednesday at his Nora Illinois home will be held Saturday June 22 at 2 p.m. at Bartelt Funeral Home Warren Rev Robert Larson Warren Presbyterian Church will officiate Burial will be in Rock Lily Cemetery Winslow Friends may call today at the funeral home.
More than 50 members of the Southwestern Field Archery League gathered for a Queens banquet at the Casino in Monticello to pick six finalists for the Dairy Day shoot. The 150 shooters expected at the Dairy Day event will crown the league queen who will also be a finalist in the State Archery Field Contest at Black River Falls August 18 and 19.
George Hartman announces an informational meeting on the Nickels for Profit program. The Green County Swine Producers and extension office host the session at 8 30 p m Tuesday June 25 at the Agricultural Building Monroe. Rex Whitmore will discuss with slides and answer questions. Refreshments to follow.
Fifty-eight students at Monroe High School are named to the High Honor Roll for the second semester of 1967-68, including 22 seniors, 13 juniors, 10 sophomores and 13 freshmen. The regular Honor Roll also lists numerous students across all classes with detailed lines for each grade level.
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