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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1965
Page
8
Partly cloudy and warmer with a chance of showers or thundershowers in the northwest today. Tonight likely thundershowers in the west and central areas. Sunday brings partly cloudy, warm, humid conditions with possible afternoon or evening thundershowers. Highs 78 to 85, lows 58 to 64, sun rises 5 14, sets 8 51.
Death notices for L. J. Robertson 55 Platteville Mrs Adolph Meier 70 Route 1 Orfordville Dr Floyd Barr Menlo Park Calif William Broege Sr 76 Lena Kl Carl Hanson 83 Clinton Emmett L Shea 69 Rockford Joseph Smith 68 Darlington Miss Pearl Harris 79 Mineral Point Mrs Alma Bicker 83 Pearl City all reported with ages and locales.
Mr and Mrs David Hicks announce the birth of a son in Shulisburg on June 25.
The report lists patients undergoing medical care at St. Clare Hospital including James Michael Krieger Route 1 Monroe and Mrs G Roy Phelps Albany among others in medical, surgical, and dismissals. The dismissals include Zane Zurbuchen Ewald Rufer Julius Lehman Roger Notter Hans Kammerer Lawrence Biesmann and several others.
Thirty one women petitioned the Village Board of Trustees of Whitehall for permission to organize a women's fire department. Leader Betty M. Huntington said a daytime shortage of men for firefighting prompted the idea since women are available all day while men work. The all male 45 member volunteer force had no comment as the board referred the proposal to the village attorney.
Mrs. Clifford Prien of Route 2 Monroe broke her wrist Thursday after a fall from a hayrick while loading hay. She was discharged from St. Clare Hospital the following day.
Mr and Mrs Jack Lester and family left Thursday for their new home in Saugus California after living in Indianapolis for several years They visited New Glarus to say goodbye to Barbara Marty the grandmother on their trip away from home.
Donald Pehl of Gratiot is recovering after an operation performed yesterday following tests on Tuesday at the hospital.
Louis Buchholz 77 of Madison died Thursday. Funeral services were held this morning at Gunderson Funeral Home Madison with Rev. Ernest B. Steen of Trinity Lutheran Church presiding. Burial followed at Roselawn Memorial Park.
Air Force investigators focus on cause of the C135 crash near Loma Ridge El Toro Marine Air Station. Sixty four Marines and 12 crew members died as the four engine jet broke into flames after takeoff in fog and drizzle en route to Honolulu. Marines from Camp Pendleton who were replacements for the 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa perished in the incident.
William Broege Sr. of Lena Illinois died yesterday morning at his son Robert's home in Deerfield Illinois. Services set for 1:30 pm at Leamen Funeral Home Lena with burial in Lena Burial Park. He leaves four other sons and three daughters in Illinois plus two sisters in Minnesota and 14 grandchildren.
The Kennedy home hosts a party with senators including Gale W. McGee and Eugene McCarthy arriving as the New Frontier figures mingle with Rose Kennedy and Eunice Shriver. Mrs. Mesta mingles guests, saying she does not track who attends, while Robert and Ethel Kennedy arrive at 12 10 a m.
An employee walkout at 12:01 Saturday morning halted operations of Yellow Cab Co and Checker Taxi Co, idling about 4,400 of the city’s 5,600 taxis.
Personal mentions Miss Caroll Smiley and Mrs. Jane Flint from Albany visited today. The St Omar Chapter No. 90 O.E.S. held a regular meeting at 8 p.m. Monday June 28 in the Masonic Temple with a 6:15 potluck and a special program by the Worthy Matron. Susan Babler, 1745 Country Lane, showed her connection to the Babler family and noted a Wisconsin University campus visit for September studies.
The board declared a public emergency to repair a sewer rupture beneath the Junior High School and hired Connors Plumbing and Heating Co. of Monroe on a time and material basis. Plans include replacing lighting with fluorescent fixtures, adding a sprinkling system, curb and gutter work, and two new station wagons for athletics and school use.
Madeline Bosben of Route 1 Juda joins 370 other students in the first senior high school session of the University of Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic. The program runs on the Madison campus through July 3.
The Veterans Administration said on Friday it will add more than 1,000 nursing home beds in 27 VA hospitals by June 30, including 44 beds at Wood, Wisconsin.
West of Monroe on the Robert Stauffer farm the barn is rebuilt after the Palm Sunday tornado. Stauffer advertises his 30 head Hosteins-25 milk cows and 5 heifers for sale and hints at future hog or beef ventures, with milking possible if plans fail.
William Rieder Jr. was re elected Grand Knight of the Monroe Knights of Columbus at a meeting this week. New officers named include P. J. Connors Jr., deputy grand knight, Eugene Osmond, chancellor, Frank Klarer, advocate, Loren Fritz, recorder, Francis McGinnis, warden, Dr. Joseph Ganshert, treasurer, Robert Paulik, outside guard, and Ronald Grimm, inside guard. Glenn H. Brecklin was elected as a trustee.
Col William B Bell chief of the Periodontia Section at WRGH received the Army Commendation Medal for exemplary duty with the U S Army Institute of Dental Research and as chief of Periodontia from August 1961 to June 1965. He and his wife Eileen visit his mother Ella J Bell. three sons Jimmy John and Jay join. His next assignment will be at Tripler Army Medical Center Hawaii.
Funeral services were conducted in First Congregational Church Platteville for L. J. Robertson 55 longtime general manager of Platteville Belmont and Dickeyville telephone companies. He died unexpectedly of a heart attack. Survived by wife Eleanor and children James Dennis Nancy, plus his parents and siblings. He chaired local civic groups and served as deacon and club leader.
The Commonwealth conference ended with a final communique calling for a world conference on disarmament with Red China representation. It urged measures to stop nuclear spread and said the partial test ban should cover underground explosions as well as atmospheric tests. Members of the peace mission include Britain Ghana Nigeria and Trinidad and Tobago.
Kenneth S. Wells American Legion Post will install officers on Wednesday July 14. Elected: Robert Larsen commander Claude Klund first vice Myron Paulson second vice Lewis Woodman third vice Robert A. Holden finance Merlin Hegge adjutant Norval Sagen chaplain LeRoy Scott service officer Stanton Heyerdahl and Paulson sergeants at arms Peder Pedersen historian Jesse Hasse athletic officer.
Sheriff deputies investigated two traffic accidents in the county last night with no injuries. At 6:35 p.m. 12 year old John Beckman of Juda rode a bicycle into a car driven by Henry Zweifel at Mill and Franklin Streets Juda. At 7:24 p.m. Joseph Tylinski of Belleville failed to steer a go kart to avoid a car driven by Marice Short on Highway 92 near Dayton.
Wisconsin guardsmen completed a two week encampment at Camp McCoy praised by Lt General Charles G Dodge as the best annual field training period since the 32nd Infantry Division left active duty after the 1961 Berlin crisis. Dodge noted the merger with Army Reserve did not harm morale and that the Wisconsin guard reached 100 percent strength. The Red Arrow division would become a brigade under Minnesota's 47th Division amid consolidation. Maj. Gen. John A. Dunlap said evaluations should confirm the Red Arrow remains a capable unit. Highways were crowded as convoys returned home, with motorists urged to avoid I 90 I 94 and Highway 21.
Political tensions in San Francisco de Macorís flare into violence as armed rebels clash with junta forces, leaving at least sixteen dead.
Mrs Adolph Meier 70 longtime Monticello area resident died this morning at her rural Orfordville home after a long illness. Born Frieda Friedly July 14 1894 in Langnau Switzerland she came to Monticello in 1911. She married Adolph Meier May 1 1913 and later moved to the Orfordville area in 1927. Surviving are ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren along with children Rudolph Fred and daughters Mrs Gunder son and Mrs Oberg. Services at 2 p.m. Monday at Silverthorn-Newcomer Funeral Home with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Leaders of Teamsters Local 107 called 13 000 members to a special meeting to end a five day strike. Michael Hession warned drivers of contempt fines if the stoppage continues and urged a go back to work. Hundreds of trucks delivered food to supermarkets easing losses feared at five million dollars daily.
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