Barbara Brown Crowned Alice In Dairyland 1955
Miss Barbara Brown of Independence won Wisconsin's 1955 Alice in Dairyland crown at Wausau after judging by E. L. Butz. Twelve contestants competed with Miss Kathryn Chambers of Juda delivering Green County’s entry. The event featured speeches, parades, and a tour of Rib Mountain with Butz praising dairy price and promotional efforts.
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Barbara Brown
Independence
Wisconsin
Miss Brown
E. L. Brown
Mary Ellen McCabe
Alice
Monroe
Wausau
Kathryn Chambers
Wausau Club
Marathon Park
Earl L. Butz
Donald N. McDowell
State Department of Agriculture
Miss Chambers
William Chambers
Green County
Brodhead
Butz
Department of Agriculture
United States
Good Will
Highway Route Change Okayed
Rock County Board approves a 1 200 000 construction and relocation project for Highway 11 in Footville and Orfordville areas. Supervisor William Canary says the relocated highway may pass through or near Hanover and could touch Orfordville village limits. Final route decision rests with supervisors. project slated to start in 1957.
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Janesville
Rock County
Footville
Orfordville
William Canary
Hanover
Footsville
Dairy Day Gala Prepares for Brodhead Pageant
Final plans for Dairy Day in Brodhead include a county dairy queen banquet at Decatur Lake Country Club with eight contestants and three judges. The queen will be crowned before the parade, as prizes, interviews, and activities unfold across the town.
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Brodhead
C. S. Pierce
Decatur Lake Country Club
Pierce
Lynne Bartelt
Browntown
Monroe
Doris Olsen
Brooklyn
Enid Zimmerli
Judith Klemm
Sgt Lehnherr To Be Honored In Monroe Encampment Review
Sgt Harold E Lehnherr a veteran sergeant from Monroe will be among five men marching in honor posts as the 128th Infantry Regiment reviews before Co K Monroe returns home from a two week encampment at Camp McCoy The payroll convoy incident yesterday tested security but was controlled and the payroll moved to a safe sedan The two week training ends with payday and final unit tactical work as artillery and infantry complete firing and camouflage of tents around the bivouac.
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Harold E. Lehnherr
Monroe
128Th Infantry
Co. K
Camp McCoy
August L. Rongers
Viroqua
Robert C. van Hoersten
Madison
Charles N. Okonek
Spooner
Thomas A. Herbert
Beaver Dam
National Guard
Nazarene Church to Build Monroe Facility
Rev. Albert R. Pemble announced a new Church of the Nazarene building in Monroe. The 30 by 50 foot one story structure with a basement will serve as church and residence on land bought from Harold I. Moe, between 11th and 12th avenues on 22nd street. Current church quarters are at 1325 19th street with trustees Rev. Pemble Earl Schwend and Elmer Parnell.
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Church of the Nazarene
Monroe
Albert R. Pemble
Pemble
22Nd Street
11Th and
12Th Avenues
Harold I. Moe
19Th Street
Rev
Earl Schwend
Elmer Parnell
Blockade Ends as Lawmakers Weigh Surtax and Machine Gun Bill
Madison reports say Democratic lawmakers may unblock to allow the Republican led Assembly to push a 20 percent state income surtax. A midnight session saw Democrats thwart a GOP move while negotiating conditions tied to the controversial machine gun bill and local strike histories in Kohler village.
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Madison
Assembly Democrats
Assembly
GOP
Surtax
Senate
Ohler Village
Kohler Village
CIO United Auto Workers
Kohler Co
Kohler
Fireworks to Light Park Monroe July Fourth Display
Fireworks start at 8 30 p m July 4 at Recreation Park with the biggest display in the city’s history. The Monroe Chamber of Commerce retail committee purchased several hundred dollars in pyrotechnics for the hourlong show. A softball game pitting Monroe all stars versus Stadium Bar of Madison is set for 7 p m, followed by a square dance on the tennis courts with Fritz Wittner calling and music from records. The dance runs 9 30 to 11 p m, then a softball lineup from the Municipal Softball League eight teams will be announced by Robert Hendrickson with players named Charles Dwyer Roger Isely Gail Brecklin John Witzenried Dick BoerK John Burnet Russ Neuenschwander Bob Prien Keith Christenson Ed Witte Herb Bell Clyde Davis and Bernard Figi.
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Browntown
Judith Blumer
Albany
Marlene Holdrich
Monticello
Pat Kundert
Juda
Lynn Luchsinger
New Glarus
Country Club
Marshall D. Markham
Daily Day
Pierce
Bernice Wiebel
Wilson Martin
Brodhead Forensic Star
Herb Jacobs
Madison
Evelyn Scherwitz
Lafayette County
Don Jensen
State Department of Agriculture
Brodhead
Zimmerli
Janice Christensen
Denice Schlittler
FFA
South Side Park
Brown Swiss Breeders Association
4-H
Monroe City
Smith
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Recreation Park
Johnson
Fritz Wittner
Robert Hendrickson
Monroe Softball Commission
Municipal Softball League
Charles Dwyer
Roger Isely
Gail Brecklin
John Winzenried
Dick Boerk
John Burnet
Ceneer
Russ Neuenschwander
Bob Prien
Keith Christensen
Ed Witte
Herb Bell
Clyde Davis
Bernard Figi
Mansfield Says Reds Hold Cards in Geneva Talks
Sen. Mansfield says Moscow controls the outcome of next month’s discussions with the West on Germany. He warns administration policy overemphasizes West Germany’s ties and predicts Soviet offers to Adenauer and trade concessions. Knowland urges tying talks to freeing Americans held by China before addressing Far East tensions at Geneva.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Soviet Union
Germany
West Germany
Western Europe
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia Sudetenland
V. M. Molotov
San Francisco
United States
Europe
Africa
Geneva
Molotov
Senate
Knowland
California
Far East
China
U. N
Pacific
Winslow Mother Stricken by Polio
Mrs Mona Cressman of Winslow, mother of two small children, is a polio patient in Freeport the first reported in the 1955 season. She entered Deaconess hospital Freeport June 18 with spinal polio. Her children are aged one and three.
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Mona Cressman
Winslow
Freeport
Cressman
Carl Stubbe
Deaconess Hospital
Labor Party Elects Bevan To Shadow Cabinet
Aneurin Bevan, a left-wing Labourite, wins a seat in the party's new shadow cabinet. The move follows his 14 month departure from the old group in protest of Clement Attlee's foreign policy. Harold Wilson is named Bevan's chief lieutenant and joins the shadow cabinet.
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Labor Party
Bevan
London
Aneurin Bevan
Clement Attlee
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Attlee
John Minnig Dies at 66 in Washington Township
John Minnig 66 died at 7 05 am today in St Clare hospital Washington Township after admission June 16 as a medical patient Born in Diemtigen Canton Bern Switzerland June 6 1889 he came to the United States in 1910 and married Eliza Teuscher January 4 1917 He and his wife farmed near Monticello and later moved to a farm in 1938 Surviving are three daughters a son six grandchildren and several siblings Services are set for Monday at 2 pm at the Shriner Neushhwan der funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery
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John Minnig
Washington Township
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Minnig
Diemtigen
Canton Bern
Switzerland
David
Susan Katherine Waeffler Minnig
Eliza Teuscher
P. A. Schuh
Frederick R. Strahm
Sylvester Township
Ernest Hiltbrand
Frederick M. Voegels
Walter
Karl
Verona
Gottfried
Utica
N. Y
Fred Switzerland
Robert
Holland Patent
Minnig
Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church
Monticello
Shriner-Neushhwander
A. R. Achtemeier
Zwingli Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Cheddars unchanged on Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Cheddar values at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange were steady with minimal activity. A single car of pasteurized longhorns offered at 34 cents drew little interest as trading tone remained flat and subdued.
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Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Peron Reshapes Cabinet After Strong Stance to Stay
President Juan Peron, insisting he remains in office for the nation, reviews a new Cabinet lineup after a wide reshuffle. He blames Marine and Naval officers for the revolt and cites opposition groups and certain clerical factions as instigators while signaling a military-leaning future.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Montevideo
Uruguay
Angel Borlenghi
Borlenghi
Democratic Union
Peron
Jail Meeting To Be Tuesday
Remodeling of the county jail will be discussed at a meeting of the jail and courthouse committee of the County Board Tuesday at 1 15 p m in the Courthouse. Ray E Kundert county clerk said letters announcing the meeting have been sent to six committee members Clarence W Loveland board chairman Ruholph P Regez and Wesley L Dodge. Leo M Ties committee chairman said Regez and Dodge were invited as members of the citizen's committee which was successful recently in preventing the letting of contracts on a 300000 jail. He said the committee wished to hear more about the 40000 remodeling plan advanced by the group at recent sessions.
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County Board
Ray E. Kundert
Clarence W. Loveland
Rudolph P. Regez
Wesley L. Dodge
Leo M. Ties
Regez
Dodge
Dulles Defends NATO at U N On Berlin Cold War
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles addresses the U N on its tenth anniversary, denouncing Soviet Molotov seven point plan and urging an end to force and subversion. He defends NATO and lists five problems for the Geneva summit, including German unification and disarmament.
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Dulles
NATO
Molotov
San Francisco
John Foster Dulles
Russia
U. N
V. M. Molotov
Eisenhower
Geneva
Germany
China
Korea
Indochina
Formosa
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R-Marshfield
America
Rep
Laird
Elks Club
Marathon
E. C. Hamilton
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Evening Times
Alden J. Hawthorne
Air
Juan Ignacio Martin
Franklin Lucero
Orlando Santos
Industry
Alfredo Renner
Sgt. Lehnherr
Pvt
Roger Martin
Church of Nazarene
Sidon
Portland
England
Paul Rogan
Ladysmith
W. Howard Smith
Monroe Country Ub
Ronald D. Johnson
U.N
Max Harrelson
Agressor
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Japan
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