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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1973
Page
8
Forecast shows fog and drizzle in Illinois and Wisconsin this morning with increasing clouds and warmer temperatures this afternoon. Northern Wisconsin highs in the 30s to mid 40s, southern areas 45 to 53. Tonight mostly cloudy with cooler lows, Sunday mostly cloudy then partly sunny with little temperature change.
Real estate records show Mildred Montgomery Estate conveying part section 8 in Jefferson Township to John E. Wegmueller. Several trades involve Emerson and Moulton’s Addition and Austin’s Addition in Monroe, including Marie Etter to Allen L. Thoman and Thoman to Paul B. Gilberts with exceptions. Additional transfers cover Allen L. Thoman to Keith F. Hudson, Duane Helland to Arnold E. Johnson, Benjamin H. Roderick Estate to Robert G. Bagley, and Leo A. Scheberle to Brodhead Cheese & Cold Storage Co. Inc. in Brodhead.
County Court records show A Baumgartner of Brodhead entering a no contest plea in a no passing zone with $30 plus costs. Francis Berglund of Elkhorn charged with night speeding and operating a vehicle under the influence pleads not guilty. jury trial set for April 11. Bryan T Blum of Beloit listed with a fixed citation.
Funeral services for 84 year old Mrs Edward A Ella Kundert were held at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home. John Nelson Middleton Christian Science Reader led the service. Burial occurred at Greenwood Cemetery with nephews acting as casketbearers.
Medical listings record Richard Wetzel and others at St. Clare Hospital with surgical and dismissal rosters. A Navy recruiter, Chief Petty Officer Jack E. Cox, expands Green County outreach from Monroe, planning retirement after 20 years. Top film honors go to Liza Minnelli and Cabaret at the British awards ceremony in London.
David M. Woods aged 60 died of a heart attack Friday March 2 at his Jordan Township farm home. He retired in 1968 after 33 years with the Soil Conservation Service and lived on a 300 acre Monroe area farm. Surviving wife Georgia two daughters and grandchildren. Services Monday at 10 30 a m at Shriner with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery LaCrosse. Visitation Sunday 5 to 9 p m.
Frances E Weigel 69 of Platteville sister of two Darlington men died Friday March 2 after a long illness in a hospital. Survived by three sisters Emma Wickler Joseph Lewis and Bernard Dillon all of Platteville and four brothers George and Andrew of Darlington Herbert and Clarence of. Funeral services at 1 30 p m Monday March 5 at Peace Lutheran Church Platteville with burial to follow. Friends may call at Thomas Funeral Home Platteville after 2 p m Sunday.
Paul Blocher of Pearl City Illinois died Friday morning March 2 at Freeport Memorial Hospital. He served as a Pearl City village trustee and a volunteer firefighter. He worked for Morse Electric in Freeport. Surviving are his daughter Frances Sabra Everhart of Country Club Hills and four sisters Ruth Whitmer Orpha Mantzke Naomi Endress of Pearl City and Esther Biesemeier of Lena. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Visitation Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m. at Offenheiser Schwarz Funeral Home Pearl City.
Eugene Creegan of DeBerry Florida former Monroe resident dies of heart attack at home aged unknown. He leaves widow Theresa Shea Eley of Monroe and a sister Helen Austin Mina and a brother James Clifford Phoenix. Funeral Monday in DeBarry. Mrs Arthur Coppes dies at 49 in Benton Wisconsin March 2. She leaves husband Ronald Coppes and two sons James and Gary Benton, mother Mrs Leo Ganshert Gratiot, sisters Mrs Lewis Lange Benton and Mrs Elden Curwen Hazel Green, brothers Richard Farrey Benton and Robert Farrey Hazel Green. Funeral Sunday in Benton Primitive United Methodist Church with visitation at Milner O Flaherty Funeral Home.
Black Hawk Booster Club shifts to a Science Fair pageant in Gratiot gym with candy sales and finger food lunch. Lafayette County Republican Caucus set for March 12 at Darlington Courthouse to elect officers and 15 delegates. Belleville opens new middle school March 2 to 4 with nine classrooms and facilities. Mt Olive Ladies Aid meeting March to host. Lenten devotionals begin Monday on WEKZ at 9 30. Monroe Center I meeting moved to 8 p m Tuesday at Green County Ag building on Friends in Education. O F Pinney Woman s Relief Corps 24 meets 8 p m Tuesday with games after business.
Monroe Kiwanis heard from Platteville representative William Goke about Eagle Valley Environmentalists Inc acquiring about 1000 acres near the Mississippi River north of Nelson Dewey Park to establish a bald eagle sanctuary with an estimated 50 wintering eagles.
Dean F VanMatre, 76, Waldwick, died Tuesday Feb 27 in Truth or Consequences NM from a traffic accident in the Southwest. Funeral set for 2 PM Tuesday March 6 at Waldwick United Methodist Church. Survived by widow Ruth Humbert married 1918, daughter Marion Howery, son Joseph of Waldwick, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Rebecca L. Johnson, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson Rt 2 Blan chardville, underwent surgery Friday morning at St Clare Hospital to correct a hernial condition. She has been dismissed and convalescing at home.
Robert Tschudy of Tschudy's Specialty Service in Monroe announces a relocation to a lot north of Burn Electric across from the Beverage Mart. A 60 by 60 foot steel building will be erected by Martindale Builders with completion hoped for late spring or early summer.
Friday ecumenical service at St John’s United Church of Christ drew more than 125 area church members. Rev. Dale R. Beaman urged alertness to time limits and to opportunities for care, labor and enthusiasm in a program by Church Women United in Green County.
Seventeen Wisconsin Holstein Friesian breeders were recognized in Eau Claire on February 26 27 including Ken and Nathan Hartwig Monroe Lawrence and Elsa Salesman Argyle Carl and Ken Wyss Monroe. The Hartwigs earned their seventh award the Salesmans their sixth and the Wyss a second. Alvin P Nelson Union Grove was elected president and Vernon Schultz Manitowoc vice president.
Monroe police logged two accidents today. At 12 45 a.m in the 1400 block of 13th Street the parked car of Paul M Zopel of Wausau was hit by a backing vehicle that left the scene causing minor damage. At 1 10 a.m in the 2800 block of Wisconsin 59 a truck driven by Dennis A Punter of Cleveland Ohio struck the curb and soft shoulder then hit a tree damaging the right front end of the truck.
Wilbur Kalinke calls for local level involvement in school policy and special attention to handicapped schooling. Edward Ben Elson argues students should leave conventional schools after seventh grade and choose teachers. James Dickson advocates citizen involvement to close the education communication gap. William Clements urges thorough analysis of new programs before adoption and more focus on basic education. Leonard Brittelli wants more DPI service to local schools and strict penalties for anti strike violations. Patricia Barnes supports local control and elective choice of state superintendent. Gilbert L Anderson pushes consumer education and vocational guidance and calls for changes to funding and the election of a state superintendent and school board.
Ash Wednesday services and two Lenten breakfasts are planned at the United Church of Christ for March 7. Rev. Donald Sumwalt of Juda United Methodist Church will be the speaker for both sessions, with benediction by Rev. W. C. Koehler. Special music by Mrs. W. C. Koehler includes He Touched Me.
Mrs. Douglas Lerch chairwoman of the Heart Fund Drive asks for the return of all outstanding collection envelopes. Twenty-one envelopes circulated. six remain unreturned as February drive ends and final accounting begins.
ORANGEVILLE Times Special reports county side immunization clinics in Stephenson County schools to be held March 19 to 21. Parents must return signed forms by March 5 for their child’s participation. Graham meets POWs at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Rev. Billy Graham calls the former prisoners American heroes.
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