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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1961

Page

2

Editorial Athletic Field Weighed As Long Range Plan

The Monroe High School athletic field proposal outlines a two stage, long range plan with an estimated maximum cost of 90 900. A 25 000 budget item is set for 1961 62 to fund preliminary development including a football field and track. The plan includes basic field work lighting a track and future additions like tennis courts bleachers and a scoreboard.

Monroe High School Board of Education Donald Johnson Madison Johnson Fred R. Simpson Walter Babula T. R. Holyoke Babula

Dividends Pegged High as VA Insurance Pays Large Special Return

The Veterans Administration plans an 80 percent special dividend on participating life policies, on top of regular 1961 dividends totaling about $258.5 million to roughly 5.06 million veterans. The first checks go out late this month, with payments finishing around August 1.

Washington Veterans Administration U.S USGLI National Service Life Insurance Congress Olin E. Teague D-Tex House Veterans Committee Nsli Trust Fund NSLI

Conference proposal to end Korean War and armistice

United Nations bulletin reports Russia’s Jacob A Malik urged a conference between warring sides to negotiate a cease-fire and an armistice with withdrawal from the 38th Parallel. Separately a referendum will decide consolidating Pioneer and New Glarus school districts. Boy Scout Troop 101 to receive its 30 year charter at Kiwanis cabin. Lincoln Tallman homestead opens as Lincoln Tallman museum in Janesville.

Russia Jacob A. Malik United Nations Pioneer Glarus Boy Scout Troop U.S. Grant Council Kiwanis William Morrison Tallman Abraham Lincoln Wisconsin Lincoln-Tallman Janesville

Field turf project plan advances with early site works

The proposal calls for immediate site work including grade, sprinkler system installation, and top dressing and seeding. Officials outlined phased progress to prepare the area for turf installation and subsequent development.

Javits Assails Castro Deal Tactics

New York Senator Jacob K. Javits accused Fidel Castro of a hardline stance on the prisoners tractor deal and said further talks are pointless. He called Castro a stony hearted dictator and noted his role in a New York committee to raise funds for the project.

New York Jacob K. Javits

New Glarus Notes on Local Visits and Changes

Mrs. Phillip H. Marty visits her parents in Oklahoma. G F Klassy returns from Lake Louise vacation in the Canadian Rockies. Mrs. David Telfer of Green Bay attends UW Madison summer school and stays with her mother Mrs. Rose Bahler. Eugene Slotten and family visit from York Pennsylvania. Sanford Gilbertson and family move to a farm near Blanchardville. Richard Gilbertson relocates locally. Mrs. Fred Streiff takes over Swiss Motel and restaurant from Rolland Ellison. Walter and Dean Streiff host a family gathering. Orville Colney and spouse dine at New pes Motel for their wedding anniversary.

Phillip H. Marty Oklahoma G. F. Klassy Canadian Rockies Lake Louise David Telfer Green Bay U.W. Madison Rose Bahler Eugene Slotten Randy Tommy York, Pa Mt. Horeb Sanford Gilbertson Blanchardville Richard Gilbertson Fred Streiff Rolland Ellison Walter Dean Streiff Orville Colney Newpes

Fragmentary Local Place Note from Virginia

Fragmentary OCR text mentions Westerns or capital of Virginia with unclear context and a reference to a half mile width. Details are unreadable. no clear event, date, or named entities emerge to summarize.

Virginia

Great Friends in Area Browns Recall Life In Capital of Brazil

Missionaries Rev. Lawrence Brown Mrs. Brown and Ellis shared slides and insights on Brasilia Brazil's new capital begun in 1956 They described early shacks and rapid modernization The family noted Portuguese language humor and Christian outreach in Brazil and plans to spend the summer in the East

Lawrence Brown Ellis Brown Brasilia Brazil Rev Monroe Bethel Monticello Grace New Glarus Pisgah Juscelino Kubitschek Rio Palace of Dawn White House Eisenhower Rev. Brown Ike United States EUB Monroe Stella Brown Baraboo Virgil Brown Boscobel India Kentucky

Birthday Greetings and a Quiet Garden Tale

The page lists birthday greetings for many children with names and addresses, then shifts to a prose meditation by Dion Henderson about a little boy in a garden who thinks of death, reflects on life, and restores hope when he hears a catbird in the plum tree. The tone blends local notices with a lyrical vignette of spring and resilience.

Dion Henderson

New Members and Birth Dates Highlight Local Listings

New Members Curtis Sam Nafzger Route 1 South Wayne Nov 27 1960. Lisa Marie and Lonana Mae Wyttenbach Blanchard ville Aug 14 1960. Jeanne Maureen Boll Route 1 Juda Oct 12 1959. Julie Marie Boll Route 1 Juda May 7 1958. Amazing bargains in The Times classified check them daily.

Curtis Sam Nafzger South Wayne Lisa Marie and Lonana Mae Wyttenbach Blanchardville Jeanne Maureen Boll Juda Julie Marie Boll

Mormon Church names fourth leader to First Presidency

In Salt Lake City Utah Church President David O McKay named Hugh B Brown aged 77 a counselor in the First Presidency breaking a 128 year old tradition Brown was a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles and is now part of the church's top administrative body.

Salt Lake City Utah Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Mormon First Presidency David O. McKay Hugh B. Brown Council of Twelve Apostles

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