Monroe Evening Times masthead and details
The Monroe Evening Times lists publication history founded in 1898 with Emery A Odell (1871 1953) as a member of AP Inland Daily Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation. It notes subscription rates for Monroe area by carrier at 35c and advance payment. Office hours are 8 30 am to 5 pm and phone 325 5101. The AP holds republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Diversity of Talent Featured in Wisconsin Vocational News
The piece highlights Rodney Kammerer of Monticello, a Madison Vocational School graduate with an associate degree in accounting. Published in the Wisconsin State Journal, the photo and story note Kammerer’s scholarship speech at commencement among over 500 graduates, underscoring vocational education’s vital role in the future.
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Rodney Kammerer
Monticello
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
Kammerer
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Madison Vocational School
Excellene in all trades. Gardner quote on labor
The passage cites John W. Gardner praising humble work like plumbing as essential to civilization. It argues society undervalues manual labor, urges honoring diverse occupations, and stresses pursuing excellence across all trades for a balanced, high quality civilization.
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John W. Gardner
Baboon 007 Trains to Smoke at LSU Medical School
At Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans a baboon named 007 has been trained to smoke. Pathologist Dr. Jack P. Strong and caregivers taught him to puff a cigarette, aiming to study links between smoking and diseases like lung cancer and arterial hardening. The baboon now smokes about 16 cigarettes daily as researchers plan to expand the experiment to other baboons for comparison with non-smokers.
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New Orleans
007
Louisiana State University
James Bond
Jack P. Strong
LSU
Strong
James Leslie
Charles Watts
Watts
Dr. Strong
Whitewater Rites Held for Halvorson
Funeral services for Arthur J. Halvorson 76 a Monticello retiree were conducted in Whitewater with Rev James Oliver of the First English Lutheran Church officiating. Burial followed at Skopening Cemetery. He was born May 30 1889 in Whitewater married Sarah Marsh in 1923 and is survived by three daughters a son a brother a sister and ten grandchildren.
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Arthur J. Halvorson
Monticello
St. Clare Hospital
Skindingsrude
Levi Funeral Home
Whitewater
James Oliver
First
English Lutheran Church
Skopening Cemetery
Halvorson
Halver Halvorsons
Sarah Marsh
Ruth Binney
Iowa City
Dorothy Splittgarter
Germany
Jeanette Schleifer
Benton
Robert
Phoenix
Ariz
Theodore
Alice
Today in History highlights for June twenty first
On this date in 1945 Okinawa surrender after 81 days of fighting. Other notes include 1788 New Hampshire ratified the federal Constitution making it in effect. Also events from 1834 Cyrus McCormick patent, 1898 U.S. troops to Cuba, 1919 Scapa Flow fleet mayhem, 1944 Berlin air armada, and sports milestones from 1955 to 1960s.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
New Hamshire
Cyrus McCormick
U.S
Cuba
Scapa Flow
Berlin
Seoul
South Korea
Dwight Eisenhower
Hawaii
Jim Bunning
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Mets
Negro in Command Heads West 135th Street Precinct
Captain Eldridge Waith, 47, a 23 year veteran of the New York City police, has been appointed to command the West 135th Street precinct in Harlem, becoming the second Black officer to hold a precinct leadership role.
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Eldridge Waith
New York City
Waith
West 135Th Street
Harlem
Striving for Excellence in a Diverse Society
The quote emphasizes pursuing excellence while recognizing individual differences. It argues for a good society that respects diversity and handles differences wisely and humanely in service of collective improvement.
Military Men Across and Down Puzzle Clues List
A dense crossword style list of across and down clues including generals and nobles. Entries cover terms from legal charges to biblical and geographic hints with abbreviations and variant spellings. The page assembles a mixed set of military, political, and antiquated terms across two grids.
Editor's Note on Letters and Publication Practices
This notice states the paper may edit or discard letters for taste. Names will be omitted only on request when concerns involve ideas or opinions, but must be published when criticizing individuals or groups.
Law Is Modified to Allow Street Selling Near Square
Editor notes that the city Council changed an old rule forbidding melons on the four streets facing the courthouse. Farmers may now sell on streets off the square in the downtown area, but not directly on Market Square near Lincoln School as before. Roselie Hopkins comments on who benefits from the change.
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California
Roselie Hopkins
Market Square
Lincoln School
Green County Barbershop Spring Show a Huge Success
Community event earns praise as the Green County Barbershop group thanks supporters for a successful show. Organizers spotlight audience turnout, volunteers, and local sponsors who made the spring performance possible.
We Sing That They Shall Speak Show Recap
Ralph S. Peterson reports a successful annual show with a full house. The Green County Barbershop Chapter thanks subscribers and notes ongoing practice for next year while donating a healthy check to the Institute of Logopedics.
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Institute of Logopedics
Ralph S. Peterson
Green County
Rocky Mountain Park Will Be Bachman Home
Mr and Mrs David R Bachman plan to reside near Denver after living in Chicago where he taught at Oak Lawn School and she worked in Radiation Therapy at Presbyterian St Luke's. This summer he becomes a Rocky Mountain National Park ranger and in fall will teach in the Denver area. Mrs Bachman will work at Presbyterian Hospital in Denver. The piece notes an April silly season with April 1 telephone gags from Mr Lamb and Mrs Trout.
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David R. Bachman
Denver
Rites Tomorrow For Hesselbacher
Louis C. Hesselbacher 71 of Scales Mound Illinois died from an electrocution while operating a loader at the American Lead and Zinc Co flotation plant south of Shullsburg The Lafayette County sheriff says he touched a high voltage line and jumped to the ground while keeping a hand on the equipment The coroner ruled accidental electrocution He was a trucking business operator and former Guilford farmer Surviving wife two daughters two sons brothers and three grandchildren Services are 2 pm tomorrow at Scales Mound Presbyterian Church Burial in Citizens Cemetery Masonic rites tonight at 8 at Nash Schmadeke Galena funeral home
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Louis C. Hesselbacher
Scales Mound
Ill
American Lead and Zinc Co
Shullsburg
Lafayette County
Lafayette
D. F. Ruf
Hesselbacher
Guilford
Apple River
Presbyterian Church
Citizens Cemetery
Nash- Schmadeke
Galena
Mrs Brigham Last Rites Held
Emma Brigham 78 of Evansville died Saturday in a Stoughton nursing home. Services were held at Allen Funeral Home Evansville with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Born Emma Levzow June 4 1887 she married George W Brigham in 1910. he died in 1951. Survived by son Forrest Evansville daughters Mrs Clarence Keehn Route 1 Brooklyn and Mrs Robert Brady Tucson Arizona and 15 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren.
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Emma Brigham
Evansville
Magnolia Township
Rock County
Stoughton
Allen Funeral Home
Maple Hill
Emma Levzow
Christ and
Sophia Harnack Levzow
George W. Brigham
Brigham
Thee
Turtles May Live Longer Than Expected
A historical note suggests the small American box turtle could reach a lifespan of around 120 years, indicating remarkable longevity for a species previously thought shorter lived.
Holstein project winner and new dealer named in county notes
Glancing Backwards records 14 year old Wilson Bloom winning a nine week old Holstein heifer at the Green County Holstein Association annual meeting. Edgar L. Jacobs with 30 years in autos is appointed Studebaker dealer in Monroe. A 28 year old rural Rockford man is fatally injured when his arms are caught in a hay crushing machine.
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Wilson Bloom
Green County Holstein Association
Edgar L. Jacobs
Studebaker
Monroe
Rockford
Mcnticello dealer and sheriff candidate runs in Green County race
Ray Pat Schoonover, longtime Monticello auto dealer and deputy sheriff, seeks the Republican nomination for Green County sheriff. Cool morning as summer opens at 7 37 a m with 60 degrees in Monroe. Announcement lists Miss Monroe Miss Monticello and Miss Brodhead for the September Cheese Day parade.
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Ray
Pat’’ Schoonover
Monticello
Green County
Monroe
Brodhead
Local Firms Open in Town On Jefferson Street
Four decades ago, H A Blumer Electric and Oil-O-Matic Heating Co. opened at 113 N Jefferson. A Milwaukee Road excursion carried 160 passengers from Mineral Point to Milwaukee. A rural mail carriers picnic gathered at Albany. A major storm knocked out power across the southeast city after a broken primary wire felled during the outage.
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H. A. Blumer Electric and Oil-O-Matic Heating Co
Jefferson Street
Mineral Point
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Albany
Memorial Service and Monuments for J C Schneider and Others
Fifty years ago a Woodmen of the World memorial service was held at Greenwood Cemetery with monuments unveiled for J C Schneider William Tennlee and Herman Tennlee. Uniformed drill teams from Janesville Brodhead and Beloit participated then returned home by special train. A fire threat loomed in an alley behind William Zilmer jewelry store endangering several businesses. Henry Elmer, an original incorporator, sold his Badger Cheese Co. stake to Herman W Karlen and retired.
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Greenwood Cemetery
J. C. Schneider
William
Herman Tennlee
Janesville
Brodhead
Beloit
William Zilmer
A H Christianson Dies at Madison
Alvin H. Christianson 63 farmer and lifelong area resident died Saturday in a Madison hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church. Survived by wife Leona son Alvin Jr two daughters Mrs James Carley and Mrs Ronald Evans three brothers Clarence Daniel Lawrence three sisters Mrs Myrtle Cutler Mrs Thomas Anderson Mrs Emma Lersch and 11 grandchildren.
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Dodgeville
Alvin H. Christianson
Madison
Grace Lutheran Church
Lulloff
Leona
Alvin Jr
James Carley
Ronald Evans
Clarence
Avoca
Daniel
Craig Ott Remains Hospitalized After Emergency Surgery
Craig Ott nine, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Ott, remains in the intensive care unit at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids after an emergency appendectomy last week. He was ill returning from visit with grandparents Mr and Mrs Ray Beckman in Marion. Sister Becky Ott stays a week. Ott family from New Glarus.
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Craig Ott
Harold Ott
Marion
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Craig
Ray L. Beckman
Help Wanted Classified Ads Invite Skilled Workers
Local employers announce available positions across multiple trades seeking qualified applicants. Jobs include skilled laborers, clerical staff, and technicians with various experience levels. Details and contact methods are provided in the listings.
Buckaroo Sandwiches Dairy Month Recipe
Butter toast raisin bread then top with a deviled ham cheese mix and egg. Broil 2 to 3 minutes to finish. Makes six sandwiches. Maria Meyers Monticello authored this Dairy Month recipe.
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Maria Meyers Monticello
Pope Paul VI Visit Planned for United Nations
New York Times reports arrangements for Pope Paul VI to visit the United Nations in New York next fall. The note appears among other local items and a recipe for candy making.
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New York
Pope Paul VI
United Nations
New York Times
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A.H. Christianson
Dubuque Hospital
Walter H. Kubly
Lanz Agency
Marty-Ripp
18Th Avenue
Kroger
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Pillsbury
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U. S. Choice
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