Wisconsin Park Barbecue Jamboree Set for Belmont
Belmont hosts the Wisconsin Park Barbecue Jamboree on Saturday June 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with bratwurst ham and other treats by the Belmont Lions Club, tours of Knebel’s Meat Plant a cookery contest and District I Pork Producer’s Queen contest.
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Wisconsin Park
Belmont
Belmont Lions Club
Wisconsin Pork Producer’s
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Knebel
Richland Center Sky Diving Club
A. R. Kurtz
Youth Center Urged in Monroe
John Ulrich spent the summer in Monroe to organize a citywide youth center under the Methodist Churches. Speaking to the Monroe Rotary Club he warned of a generation gap and urged multi group cooperation including the city sheriff and schools. He proposed a center offering recreational facilities open to all youth and invited suggestions day or night. The talk followed by Rotary officers’ retirement and note Rev Gerrit E Mouw’s return. Teen Dance at Twining Park postponed to July 16 due to weather with another event planned for August 6.
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John Ulrich
Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Ulrich
Harold Crume
First United Methodist Church
Ed McArdle
F. S. Santiago
Gerrit E. Mouw
Twining Park
Park and Recreation Department
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Argyle Youth Wins National Student Recognition Award
A 22 year old Argyle Wisconsin farm youth James E Salesman freshly graduated from University of Wisconsin Platteville has won the first national Student Recognition contest sponsored by the Dairy Shrine Club Announcement was made at the American Dairy Science meetings by Joe P Eves club president He will receive the award at the Dairy Shrine Club banquet during the World Dairy Expo in Madison Wisconsin this fall He operates the 880 acre family dairy farm milking 60 Registered Holsteins and raising calves His 1968 DHIR average on 57 lactations exceeded 17000 lbs milk and 630 lbs butterfat He owns 25 head of Registered Holsteins and has a long list of honors including Wisconsin State Fair overall showman champion 1966 National Star Dairy Farmer 1967 Chicago International Livestock Show Holstein judging team member 1968 Progressive Breeders award and other honors He plans to continue dairy farming with his father and brother.
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Argyle, Wisconsin Farm
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Dairy Shrine Club
James E. Salesman
American Dairy Science
Joe P. Eves
Salesman
Madison
Wisconsin
Salesman Farm
James
Chicago
Dairy Winners Named in June Dairy Month Contest
Winners-at-large Mrs. Leon C. Gempeler of Monticello and Mrs. Oscar Olson of Browntown earned top honors in the June Dairy Month Dairy Salad Recipe Contest. Four weekly winners previously announced. final judging June 27 at First National Bank Community Room.
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Leon C. Gempeler
Route 1
Monticello
Oscar Olson
Browntown
Gempeler
Olson
the Times
First National Bank
Three Directors Elected by Green County Historical Society
The Green County Historical Society held its annual meeting electing three new directors to the seven member board. Newly elected are Robert Bussen Mrs Orville Evans and Mrs John Irvin joining John Kundert president Mrs William Wartenweiler and Joe Urban vice president plus city appointee Harold Snively.
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Green County Historical Society
Robert Bussen
Orville Evans
John Irvin
Anna Blum
John Kundert
William Wartenweiler
Joe Urban
Harold Snively
Monroe
Wisconsin Dairy Day Archery Crown Event at Monticello
Archery unit names a Wisconsin Field Queen during the Dairy Day Shoot at Marshall Bluff Range Monticello. Queens from Beloit Darlington Janesville Brooklyn Madison Monticello and Pardeeville compete with a noon Sunday crowning. Karen Ulrich the 1968 state queen will crown the new queen at p m Sunday. Barbara Getman hosts the shoot with registration starting Saturday noon and Sunday morning breakfast served six to nine. One in ten registrants receives a free cheese package and Kristine Buehl passes out cheese samples.
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Wisconsin
Marshall Bluff
Monticello
Beloit
Darlington
Janesville
Brooklyn
Madison
Pardeeville
Karen Ulrich
Barbara Getman
Marshall Bluff Queen
Kristine Buehl
Archers
Clothes Closet Set To Open Monday In Monroe
The Clothes Closet, run by the Woman's Club of Monroe, will operate Monday afternoon, June 30, from 1 30 to 3 30 to assist needy families with clothing. Co chairs Mrs Ed ward Einbeck and Mrs Roger Voelkli announced the summer distribution includes bathing suits for children, donations from church groups and rummage sales, with unused items given to Goodwill Industries. The last summer open date will precede a fall reopening for school needs. Tornado watch issued for parts of Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin. Record dairy output in 1968 noted in Madison. The closet will accept donations and provide help for summer and fall clothing needs.
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Woman’s Club of
Monroe
Edward Einbeck
Roger Voelkli
Mmes
Walter Reger
Kurt Schwager
Voelkli
Einbeck
Goodwill Industries
Eleven Green County Dairy Queens Visit Madison to Serve Legislators
Eleven Green County Dairy Queens travel to the Wisconsin state legislature to serve strawberries and ice cream to lawmakers from 4 to 6 30. Ralph Cooper of the agriculture department requested the Queens presence for a county promotion program. Two queens cannot attend Miss Christene Buehl of Monticello and Christine Kernen of New Glarus miss the event Wanda Strieff of New Glarus will replace Kernen Mrs Ernest Wegmueller Dairy Queen chairman and Bob Brown drive the party
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Green County
Ralph Cooper
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Christene Buehl
Monticello
Christine Kernen
New Glarus
Wanda Strieff
New Glarus Queen
Miss Kernen
Ernest Wegmueller
Bob Brown
Queens
Madison
Wegmueller
Green County Dairy Queen
Drowning on Farm Job Believed Accidental
John Deim, 49, of rural Whitewater, drowned Tuesday after falling into a liquid fertilizer tank while working on a farm east of Janesville. The incident was reported from Janesville. Local authorities investigated the area for safety factors.
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Janesville
John Deim
Melodrama in Monroe Set for July 12 13 at Junior High
Monroe summer theater group presents Pure As the Driven Snow on July 12 and 13 in the Monroe Junior High School Auditorium. Rehearsals began June 10 under Kent Duit. tickets from cast or Schuetze's. Cast includes Purity Dean, Mortimer Frothingham, and Letty Barber among others.
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Monroe Area
Monroe
Mortimer Frothingham
Mortimer
Kent Duit
Schuetze’s
Purity Dean
Cathy Bustle
Jonathan Logan
Tom Nondahl
Zamnah Logan
Gail Gibbons
Leander Longfellow
Steve Nybroton
Chris Barth
Jed Lunn
Jeff Kohl
E. Z. Pickens
Tom Hunt
Imogene Pickens
Kathy Norton
Mrs. Hewlitt
Sue Burgi
Alston Hewlitt
Mary Etter
Folk Singing Sets Second Park Service North of Monroe
The Kubly Park Chapel service on Sunday June 29 at 745 pm is hosted by the Argus 4-H Club for all faiths. Father Henry Kalscheuer will give a short talk, David Brennan reads scripture, and St Victor's Folk Group leads singing. Attendees bring blankets or chairs and a dairy lunch will follow. If rain, move to Green County Agricultural Building Monroe.
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Kubly Park Chapel
St. Victor’s
Gretchen Gable
Cindy Klassy
Mary Gable
Steve Jacobson
Rocio Jaramillo
John Bustle
Pilar Jaramillo
Mike Klarer
Times
Jim Beer
Kubly Park
Monroe
Argus 4-H Club
Henry Kalscheuer
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
David Brennan
Mary
Rocio
Kay Brennan
Kevin Winkler
Argus Club
Maribeth Miller
Jane Segner
Green County Agricultural Building
State Dairy Promotion Contest Winds Up in September
The 14th annual 4-H dairy promotion contest for southern Wisconsin clubs, started in 1956, will end in September. Judges at Dane County fairgrounds will award a traveling grand championship trophy on September 29 at a Madison banquet.
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Wisconsin
Arthur J. Gafke
Rt. 4
Ft. Atkinson
Pure Milk
ADA of Wisconsin
Dane County Fairgrounds
Madison
Pure Milk Association
River Flood Prevention Topic for Darlington Meeting
A Wisconsin Resource Development representative will meet Darlington City Council on Tuesday July 8 to discuss preventing Pecatonica River floods during spring thaws. The council approved selling a parcel between Grimme Stockyards and the Pecatonica River to Curtis Mottley for 100. The city attorney will draft the deed and finalize the sale.
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Darlington
The
Wisconsin Resource Development
Pecatonica
Grimme Stockyards
Pecatonica River
Curtis Mottley
Mottley
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Gordon Roseleip
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Joseph Tregoning
Argyle
Massena
N.Y
St. Lawrence Seaway
James Salesman
Tom Atherton
Michigan State University
Arthur W. Nesbitt
Shrine
Nasco _ Industries, _Inc
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Nesbitt
Universalist Church
Museum
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Minnesota
Alma
Chetek
St. Croix Falls
AP News
Lima
Peru
Juan Velasco
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Harold Froehlich
R-Appleton
Assembly
Legislative Council
Walter Hollander
R-Rosendale
Leland McParland
Dcudahy
Washington
Nixon
House
Duesseldorf
Germany
Rhine
North Rhine- Westphalia
Bingen
St. Goarshausen
Rhineland’ Palatinate
Amsterdam
Otto F. Otepka
State Department
Subversive Activities Control Board
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Extension Service
America Dairy Association of Wisconsin
Gafke
4-H
Adams
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Dane
Dodge
Fond du Lac
Grant
Green
Green Lake
Jefferson
Lafayette
Marquette
Ozaukee
Richland
Sauk
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