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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1966
Page
8
Wintry conditions spread across Wisconsin with snow in the northwest and far west. Strong north winds develop tonight and Saturday, bringing 2 to 4 inches in the northwest, with 1 to 2 inches this afternoon. Blowing and drifting near blizzard conditions expected northwest late tonight through Saturday, with colder temperatures and windy, flurries across Monroe.
Judge Roger L Elmer Leonard P Taylor of Rockford presides as two counts of breaking and entry move to March 9 at 11 am with bond of 2500 continued and no plea entered Curtis R Sheffield of Rockford set for March 9 at 11 am with bond details Marvin E Bear Route 1 Monroe forfeits a 15 bond for unlawful left turn James M Perdue of Woodford faces improper tail lights forfeits a 15 bond State Patrol involved.
Monroe police report Henry Hauser of 2309 12th Ave forfeiting a $25 fine for failure to keep a vehicle under control.
Deaths include Horace A. Tollefson 51 Glendale Calif Charles Gilbert Lenz 38 Brodhead Harry D Mutt Foley 60 Freeport Charles Imhoff 83 Highland Edward Kieffer 81 Mineral Point Robert Halstead 51 rural Ridott Steven Jay Hazeltine infant Monroe Gregory Allen Henze six day old Lena Ill Births include Richard Rhyner daughter March 4 William Roeschli son March 3 Richard Bergeman son Orangeville.
St Clare Hospital Medical provides a roster of patients including Daniel Grimm Winslow Ill and Byrot Telfair Rockford among others with a long list of dismissals such as Leona Gruenwald Walter Bauman Jerry Fields and numerous named women and men across Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa areas. The roster mixes patient names and addresses with a separate dismissal slate detailing staff and patients leaving.
Robert Halstead of rural Ridott Illinois died last night at Medina Manor Nursing Home in Durand after a three month stay. Born August 2 1914 in Pecatonica he was the son of Charles and Florence Halstead. He married Marguerite Dorsey July 27 1936 in Maquorieta Iowa. Survived by wife two daughters Rob in Last and Judy Rock ey three sons Daniel David and Douglas two sisters and three brothers. Funeral Monday at St Patrick Mission Church Irish Grove with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Daughenbaugh Meyers Funeral Home Dakota after noon Sunday. Rosary Sunday night.
The Anignts at Columbus of Monroe announce 1st Degree work in March. A 7am Mass at St Victor's on March 6 precedes 8 15 am Degree in the school. A 9 am breakfast is led by Dr John H Usher and Ed Schmitz. Degree chairman is Robert Silvis. A March 21 dinner meeting at the American Legion Hall includes a vote on state delegates for the Lake Geneva convention May 15 16 17.
Deputies reported two mishaps last night near Monticello and Juda. Edward Crooks age 18 from Route 2 Monti cello lost control on County Trunk Cat 3 one mile northeast of Monticello damaging the left front and rear fenders but not injured. About 1 a.m. on March 1 Donald Nysted of Argyle drove a truck that struck a car parked by Walter Schild of Juda in the Modern Club parking lot.
Winnebago County deputies say Weber was allowed to take a car from Williams Motor Sales in Rockford on January 28 with the understanding he would pay. He was arrested Wednesday after failing to secure funds to buy the car or gas to return it.
Washington reports President Johnson plans a first weekend trip of the year to his Texas ranch this afternoon, marking a brief respite from urban duties.
Rev Milton G Petzold associate pastor at St John United Church of Christ and his family moved into their Monroe home at 817 16th Ave Wednesday evening March 16. Petzold formerly served in Antigo Rey and Mrs Petzold and four sons, one attends Stevens Point State University.
Six day old son of Mr and Mrs Ronald Henze Lena II died in Freeport Memorial Hospital He was born there Feb 28 The father teaches at Lena Winslow High School The mother is Karen Vowles Surviving include both families gramps and great grandparents The private graveside service will be at 2 pm tomorrow at St Johns Cemetery Epplyanna Ill officiating.
Charles Lenz of Brodhead died at 9 45 this morning at St Clare Hospital after a three week illness He was born April 18 1927 in Menasha son of Frank and Mary Porter Lenz He worked as a Chevrolet Plant employee in Janesville for many years He married Ruth Kamps March 7 1947 in Monroe and they had six children The body rests at Newcomer Funeral Home Brodhead with services Monday at Bethlem Lutheran Church Brodhead Rev Lowell Mays to officiate burial in Greenwood Cemetery
A severe blizzard paralyzed the Dakotas and western Minnesota for a third day and spread to seven northern states. A Weather Bureau spokesman said the storm nearly matched the 1888 Great Blizzard in impact, though temperatures stayed above subzero. Snow totals and drifts rose with hundreds of vehicles stranded and drift depths reported at seven feet or more.
Monroe woman Mamie Hauser sustained minor injuries in a one car accident at 4 10 p m when Henry Hauser 2309 12th Ave struck an entrance light and sign in the Piggly Wiggly lot causing front end damage She had three teeth knocked out and chin cuts Later Rose O Donnell 608 25th Ave backed into a car parked by Gayle H Matzke 1522 21st Ave in the First National Bank lot.
A Canadian Pacific DC8 plowed into approach lights at Tokyo International Airport in fog, killing at least 38 of 71 aboard and leaving nine survivors. Notables included Jesse Zousmer of American Broadcasting Co. and his wife. The $6 million craft, en route from Hong Kong to Vancouver and South America, veered off a breakwater wall and burned across the runway.
The NFC voted to donate 25 to the County Ag Chest and praised its monthly Stefani k newsletter with over 80 local advertisers. Rock and Green County NFC chapters plan a March 19 dance in Bluff View Park with the Sunset Ramblers, and the Rock Walworth Sausage event at Delavan Darien High on March 17 will feature national president Oren Lee Staley.
Police and military police guarded the shopping center overnight as searches followed a tornado. Rescue teams feared more deaths while heavy rain swamped the area and hindered efforts to reach a stand of trees where cars were swept.
Other groups will run an information booth on Interstate 90 and arrange a tour guiding service with help from businessmen. They will seek federal and state aid for tourism. The effort involves the State Highway Department and Conservation Department. More than 300,000 people are expected at the expanded Wisconsin exhibition hall at the Chicago National Boat, Travel and Outdoors Show in McCormick.
On Saturday March 1 the booth will designate the date as Green County Day and feature dairy exhibits dairy queens and Swiss entertainment. L. G. Monthey extension specialist spoke at the meeting from the UW Extension Service. A film on bicycling was shown.
The DHIA newsletter lists the county's top 25 of 305 day butter fat producers for 1985, naming 305 day milk totals and fat pounds for each farm or producer such as Dr. Nathan Bear Carol Brown Swiss and Meythaler Cold Springs Farm. The list includes multiple farms and individuals across Brown Swiss and Holstein lines with milk totals ranging from about 17,000 to 23,000 pounds and fat around 800 to 1,000 pounds. Four new testers in late 1965 are By ron Bell Albany David Stephens Argyle Roy L Wyss Monroe and Harold Dahlk Verona.
The list catalogs numerous dairy farms and individuals with milk production figures and fat content for Holstein and Brown Swiss cows. Entries include names such as John Ruff and Son, J. Sylvan Erickson, Meythaler Cold Spring Farm, and Delbert Soddy, detailing thousands of pounds of milk and hundreds of pounds of fat per herd.
The Monroe Youth Council will sponsor a bake sale tomorrow in the community room at the city hall. The sale starts at 1 p.m. Police were notified after Mrs Gladys Sager reported a missing cue ball from the Southside Recreation Parlor.
Special report notes improvement in the condition of Dennis Chrisbaum a Wheaton College freshman from Albany. He has been in the infirmary for several weeks and is the son of Ray Chrisbaum and the late Mrs Chrisbaum a 1965 Albany High School graduate. Dial 225 5101 for Adtaker Now.
Harry Daniel Foley born September 3 1905 in Freeport died at St Clare Hospital at 9 last night after long illness. He was a plant attendant at Central Illinois Gas and Electric Co. in Freeport. Survived by wife Frances Miller a son Harry Edward a brother Irwin two sisters and a granddaughter. Services at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Walker Mortuary Freeport with Very Rev Msgr Arthur J O Neill officiating. Burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
Miss Kathryn Yost co owner of The Crystal Tower is a surgical patient at St Clare Hospital. She was admitted yesterday afternoon after several days at home with illness.
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