Gilbert Oelke Named New Junior High Principal
Monroe School Board approved reports from the Building and Grounds and Transportation committees raising base costs and per mile rates. The transportation contract goes to Trucks, Inc., with total costs rising about 10,000 for 1968-69. Bruce Wagner to demolish an Edna Mackey home at no cost. Gilbert Oelke named junior high principal. Contance Blake and Anne Conway hired for specialist and commercial teaching respectively.
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Monroe School District Building and Grounds Committee
Transportation Committee
Monroe
Trucks, Inc
Edna Mackey
Bruce Wagner
A. W. Jeskey
Madison
Heavy June Rain Paralyzes Farm Work Across Wisconsin
Rain totals reach 6.37 inches for June at Monroe sewage plant with 1.39 inches since Tuesday. Grounds saturated, hay made, and grain lodged as fields wash topsoil and waterways scour. Weather Bureau predicts slow improvement as cloud cover shifts eastward. Madison reports 1.42 inches in 24 hours and near Dubuque 1.58 inches in the same period.
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Monroe
Evening Times
Albany
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Dubuque
Madison
Enforcement Seen As Effective Way Of Weapon Control
State Senator Gordon W Oseliep argues enforcement of existing gun laws plus mandatory prison terms for felons using firearms is the key. He and Sen Roseleip cite many laws, unnumbered guns, and dealer record-keeping as part of current control efforts. The article also notes Danville official Walter E. Berrick Jr filed a campaign expense report showing 79.81 total with 62 cents for aspirin.
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Gordon W Oseliep
Darlington
Sen. Roseleip
Danville, Va
Walter E. Berrick Jr
Four More Community Queens Named in County Contests
Banquet events in Green County named four new Dairy Queen finalists at Browntown Brodhead New Glarus and Belleville with Monticello to be announced tomorrow. Marcia Wells Browntown 17 daughter of Emerson Wells crowned Browntown Queen. Kathy Zimmerli Brodhead 16 crowned Brodhead Queen. Judging at Peace United Church of Christ Browntown followed by dinner at Marco's in Monroe and an ice cream social. Runners up Martha Boynton and Donna Meyer. Kathy is a senior at Brodhead High School. Marcia will be crowned tonight at Peace Church Fellowship Hall with Monroe Barbershop Chorus entertainment.
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Green County
Brodhead
Browntown
New Glarus
Belleville
Marcia Wells
Kathy Zimmers
Marjorie Zweifel
Wanda Streiff
Monticello
Emerson Wells
Route 3
Monroe
Marcia
Queens
Monroe High School
Martha Boynton
Leonard Boyn
Peace United Church of Christ
Decatur Lake Country Club
Rhonda Hawkins
Robert Brown
Kathy
Decatur Township
Brodhead High School
Hen A. Kuebli
8Th Street
Fredd Bertha Schultz Kuebli
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Kuebli
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
St. John’s Church
Helen Margaret Miller
Clarno Township
P. A’ Schuh
Galen
Gary
Walter
William
Louise) Bendit
Milwe Kee
Bertha’ Klassy
Evansville
Ind
Dorothy) Luecke
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Dean
Fred
Morr Oe
California
John
Milwaukee
Robert
Helen) Dietrich
Green County Conservation League
Monroe Rod and Gun Club
Newcomer Funeral Home
Calvin Fischer
Greenwood Cemetery
Monroe pianist earns unanimous top honor in Paris study
John R. Robilette of Monroe returned from nearly a year at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with the Premier Nomme a l Unanimoute for the sixieme degree libre. He is the first American since 1946 to receive the honor in a Paris recital before noted musicians and officials. The award allows him to return for the Licence de Concert and pursue a future concert career in Paris, with potential performances at Salle Sourtot.
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Monroe
Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
John R. Robilette
Madame Bascourret de Guerard
Notaoles
Paris
Ecole Pierre-Petit
Anne-Marie Fontaine
Marie. Antionette Pictet
Jean Bizet
Gauguin
Robilette
American Foundation House
Cite Universitaire de Paris
Robert F. Kennedy
Sargent Shriver
France
J. Robilette
Jack
Arlene Berkeley
Monroe FFA Team Second in State Land Judging
John Deininger won first in the individual land judging contest with 349 points as Monroe High School FFA takes second in team standings at the State Land Judging contest held during Progress Days. Cadott won team honors with Wisconsin Dells, West Bend and Lancaster also placing. Sixty teams competed. Monroe members included Deininger, Block, Nelson III, Matzke, and Klemm. advisor Ken Allen accompanied the group.
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John Deininger
Monroe
FFA
Monroe Ffa
Chippewa
Monroe Pfa
Dan Meier
Ken Allen
Deininger
Lloyd Deininger
Route 2
Cadett Ffa
Glarus Ffa
Wisconsin Dells
West Bend
Lancaster
Gerald Block
Carl ‘Nelson III
Dennis Matzke
Larry Klemm
Sentinel
Winzenried Surprises at National AAU with 800m Runner-Up
Wisconsin freshman Mark Winzenried, 18, ran second to Wade Bell in the 800 meters at the National AAU meet in Sacramento with 1:46.5, signaling his potential for the Olympic trials. The Monroe native, who fought through Osgood Schlatter and early career injuries, is targeting future national competition and joins Wisconsin's Ray Arrington and Mike Butler in track focus.
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Wisconsin
Mark Winzenried
United States
Sacramento
Monroe
Wis
Winzenried
Oregon State
Wade Bell
Wenzenried
Wade
Ray Arrington
Mike Butler
Los Angeles
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John Coatta
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Route 1
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Donald Meyer
Peace United Church of
Kathy Zimmerli
Henry Kuebli
John Stocker
Stocker Motor Sales
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Chippewa Falls
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