Neary Oostdik Wins Top Honor During Decathlon
In the First Annual Boys Physical Fitness Decathlon at the high school gym Neary Oostdik won with 290 points ahead of Allan Ols 280. Nine grade leaders Mike Schmitz and Mike Isely tied at 270 while 10th to 12th graders posted strong team scores. About 86 boys participated and 250 spectators watched as judges praised the event and the coaching staff.
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Neary Oostdik
Neary
Allan Ols
Mike Schmitz
Mike Isely
Allan
Marty Deignan
Connie Smith
Major Plan Aired To Halt Race Riots
A presidential commission urged massive action to end urban racial disorder, warning of two segregated societies and citing costs possibly exceeding Vietnam War outlays. It proposed millions of jobs and housing, welfare reform, and higher taxes if needed, noting Congress may not fund all measures.
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Washington
America
Commission On
Johnson
White House
Congress
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Commission
Newark
Detroit
Milwaukee
James E. Groppi
Father Groppi
NFO Holds Step Toward Nationwide Farm Bargaining
Green County residents hear about the National Farmers Organization action to hold meat and grain from markets as members favor nationwide bargaining to set fair prices. Del bert Indergand Led NFO plan with 75 members at Turner Hall and a monthly meeting set for next Thursday. An ad in The Monroe Evening Times invites farmers and locals to answer questions about NFO plans and public involvement.
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Swiss Colony Inn
GOP Women’s Federation
Rick Murray
Atkinson
Nasco Corp
Murray
Congress
Ann Peckham
Ben Peckham
University of Wisconsin Hospitals
Ted Chase
Fannie Ties
Brodhead
Wally Feldt
Monticello
Irma Thurber
Cy Loveland
Oliver E. Rollins
Loveland
Dorothy Knowles
Warren Knowles
Madie Stauffacher
Browntown
Eileen Wagner
Jack Robilette
Roger Moe
NFO
Delbert Indergand
Monroe
County Farmers Organization
Green County Nfo
Turner Hall
Henry Oschner
Indergand
Green County
Baltzer Given Kiwanis Honor
A tape recording praising Monroe man Paul Dike Baltzer for outstanding Kiwanis service was presented at the Swiss Wheel meeting. Recorded by Kiwanis International president James Moser, it honors Baltzer for selling candy to raise funds. Baltzer topped 1,100 tins sold since the project began, with 194 sold this year. Burt Bacon received a clock radio for 102 tins. Eddie Pickett and E. O. Evans earned transistor radios for strong sales.
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Kiwanis
Monroe
Kiwanis Club
James Moser
Kiwanis International
Charlestown
W. V
Paul
Dike) Baltzer
Baltzer
Burt Bacon
Eddie Pickett
E. O. Evans
Robert Rosa
Raymond R. Kubly Jr
Held Post Here for 31 Years Jerome H. Schwaiger Dies
Jerome H. Schwaiger 75 longtime Monroe police chief died at St. Clare Hospital after a brief illness. He led the Monroe Police for 31 years from 1926 to 1957, instituted 24 hour service and a three shift program. He served in World War I and leaves a wife, three sons, a daughter, and several siblings. Funeral set for Saturday at Stnessy Funeral Home with burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Jerome H. Schwaiger
Sunnyridge Court
St. Clare Hospital
Schwaiger
Police and Fire Commission
Norval B. Mackey
Henry S. Hefty
Milwaukee
Chief Schwaiger
Jerome A. Schwaiger
Monroe
Shriner Brothers’ Undertaking
San Antonio
Tex
France
44Th Balloon Corps
Army of Occupation
Germany
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Blue Lodge
American Legion
VFW
Bertha Schwaiger
Jerome W
Madison
Roger L
Robert J
Pensacola
Fla
Norman
E. H. Nehring
Ruth Bargary
Grace Hendrickson
Eunice Sheldon
Walter
Ray
Stnessy
R. E. Ortmeyer
Trinity Episcopal Church
Janesville
Greenwood Cemetery
Clarence Foss
7Th Street
Saint Clare Hospital
Jaycettes
Turner Hall
Richard Witt
Ray Kubly, Jr
John Kundert
Leo Smith
Government Day trial highlights Green County event in Monroe
Thirty eight high school students took part in a mock trial as part of Government Day sponsored by the Green County Council of the American Legion. John Gallop was found not guilty of riding a palomino wrong way on 14th Street with verdict delivered by Alex Matrlis, a postgrad student from Greece.
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Green County
The
American Legion
Times
Green County Council of the American Legion
Monroe
John Gallop
John Walters
14Th
Greece
Mary Babula Wins Thorp Finance Scholarship Bond
Mary Babula of Monroe High School has won a $25 U.S. Savings Bond in the Eleventh Annual Thorp Finance Foundation Scholarship Competition. Two $1,000 Wisconsin college scholarships were available. ten finalists will be chosen regionally, with final two selected in March.
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Mary Babula
Monroe
U.S
Thorp Finance Foundation
Harold L. Sweeney
Thorp
Mary
Walter Babula
Wisconsin
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Francis J. Conway
Thorp Finance Corporation
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GOP Women Plan Federation
Mt Res
Clark M. Clifford
AP News
George Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
Michigan
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
New Hampshire
United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
AMC
UAW
Chicago
Cook County
Donald J. O’brien
Naire
Monroe Evening Times
NFC
Candy Project
Marguerite Hood
J. C. Hood
Oshkioh
J. H. Schwaiger
Alex Matrlis
Rodney Kittelsen
John Callahan
Wilbert Johnson
Veterans Service
Olin Flisram
Legionnaire
Welfare Department
Register of Deeds
John Walter
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