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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1969
Page
2
Rates quoted at 18 dollars yearly by mail in Wisconsin and Stephenson Jo Davies Winnebago Counties Illinois 14 dollars Stephenson Winnebago Counties Illinois, in compliance with postal regulations. Office hours run 8 30 am to 5 pm Saturday until 12 noon. Telephone number 25 5101.
A Swiss themed visit to Madison brightened the governor’s office as Aition and 4H members joined Gov Warren Knowles in a playful sendoff before his weeklong trip to Switzerland. The event featured Rudy Burkhalter on accordion and Martha Bernet singing, with Swiss beanies and cuff links gifted. The gathering underscored Green County’s Cheese Days ties and Swiss heritage, and the governor’s goodwill mission plan.
On this date in history a series of notable events occurred including the French Revolution beginning in 1789, Maryland grants, Victoria becoming queen, West Virginia statehood, Alaska purchase treaty, Guam seizure in 1898, the hot line talks in 1963, North Korea arms claims, Cyprus UN peace keeping, a Broadway strike ending, and related notes from prior years.
A reader rejects Mother's Day commercialization and prefers everyday acts of care. Letters discuss adoption and perceived binding of relatives, and a separate note laments ex-spouse child support delays. The column offers brief guidance and invites readers to write for Abby's advice and a wedding booklet.
More than 150 paintings and crafts will be exhibited at Mt. Horeb High School from Sunday June 22 to Saturday June 28. Viewing hours are 2 to 5 PM Sunday and 1 to 4 PM plus 7 to 9 PM Monday through Friday. A UW staff led workshop on June 28 runs 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM with design and critique sessions. The event features amateur southern Wisconsin artists and nightly demonstrations. A reception and slide talk on Scandinavian crafts open the show.
Linda Frehner argues a strong credit rating secures essential purchases and future stability. She notes installment plans and charge accounts ease mid month needs, aids loans for housing and serious expenses, and underpins family purchases in a rising price economy.
A scrambled TV guide fragment lists programs and actors including Henry Fonda Doris Day and Coleen Gray. It mentions News Weather Sports and various film titles such as It Happened to Jane Reptilicus and Fast and Sexy with times scattered across channels and dates.
Reprinted dairy month dessert uses graham crust and strawberry mixture. Ingredients include fresh berries or thawed frozen berries, strawberry gelatin, marshmallows, milk and whipped cream. Prepare crust, chill, make gelatin with berry juice, melt marshmallows with milk, fold with whipped cream, swirl with berries, chill until set. Recipe submitted by Valerie DeVoe of Fairfielders 4-H Club.
TV guide fragment lists a dense slate of programs across channels with guests, movies, sports, and talk shows. It references Farm and Home, Queens guests, 6 News, various 6 o’clock programs, specials on John Davidson, Gomer Pyle, Name of the Game, Green Thumb, Wild West, and multiple movies including Kisses for My President and This Land Is Mine. It also notes Saturday and Sunday schedules with baseball, golf events, roller derby, and classic TV panel shows.
Rapidly spreading blaze consumed the main log building of the Swank Breezy Point Lodge in Brainerd Minnesota, claiming the lives of a man and his wife and injuring more than 20 guests. Dwight L Newcomer and his son Richard Milwaukee have bought land to build a new funeral home in Monroe. The Monroe High School Class of 1919 40 year reunion begins tonight at Monroe Country Club.
Twenty years ago on June 20 1949 Wisconsin miler Don Gehrmann posted the fastest outdoor mile of the year and captured his second straight NCAA title in Los Angeles with a 4 minutes 9.6 seconds run. An errant cow disrupted Monroe country club golf course as pseudo cowhands pursued it. Forms and equipment were ready for pouring the first new concrete on courthouse square.
On June 20 1939 the 85th annual West Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist church opened at Monroe Methodist church with Bishop Ralph S Cushman making his first official appearance as president. Governor Heil greeted about 2 000 graduates at the University of Wisconsin commencement.
The post office department orders discontinuation of rural delivery routes selling under fifty cents in stamps daily. Knight of Strathmore, George Bleiler's pacing colt, won a half mile in 1.04% at Albert Lea Minnesota, becoming the world’s champion 3-year-old for a half mile heat. Summer school for high and grade levels opens next Monday.
Seventy years ago today on June 20 1899 the Monona Lake Assembly announced a July 18 opening with socialistic questions to be discussed by Dr William Cunningham Cambridge England Rev Dr Strong and Miss Jane Addams popular lectures by Rev Thomas Dixon Jr Bishop C H Fowler Congressman Dolliver John Temple Graves and Rev Frank DeWitt Talmage. Max Scharer six year old son of Ferdinand Scharer Jordan Township fell to the bottom of a 25 foot mineral hole suffering cuts and bruises.
Approximately 71 students achieved perfect 4.0 GPAs and 1,279 earned first or second honors at Whitewater State University after the term ending May 31. Named perfects include Marcia Nipple, Daniel Wilson, and Robert Woodruff. First honors list features Marilyn Alm, Robert Buchholtz, Barbara Dahmen, Jeanne Gibbons, Dennis Laube, and others. second honors include Mary Burkhard, Mary Gahwiler, Terry Hayes, John Keegan, Walter Minder, Theresa Motz, Linda Ott, Charlotte Pfund, Kathleen Pickett, Elinor Schreier, Elden Taylor, Helen Tschanz, Jeffrey Wyss, and James Zach.
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