Fahrney Named Village Assessor In Albany
The Albany Village Board approved Walter Fahrney, a retired businessman, as village assessor at the March meeting. He succeeds Mrs. Wayne Peckham who resigned for health reasons. The meeting discussed publication of village board proceedings and alternatives for notice, plus plans for the Sugar River Clean Up and Civil Defense siren testing as tornado season nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Walter Fahrney
E. O. Killingstad
Halle
Wayne
Hilda) Peckham
Avril
Ruth Bly
Hillcrest Cemetery
Acpard
Stanton P. Stears
Civil Defense
Steuri
Trustees Elect New Glarus Board and Notes
New Glarus trustees selected a new election board: Fred Meyer Werner W. Stauffacher Millard Tschudy and three Mrss. Arthur Ames Mrs. Gerald Disch Mrs. Don Flannery and Mrs. Bertha Barton with alternates Mrs. Kenneth Hoesly and Mrs. Erling Erickson. Henry Opferman named building inspector and will remain street commissioner. Board approved a Highway 69 South entrance sign purchase and accepted the resignation of summer recreation director Kenneth Roth who will travel in Europe. successor unnamed. A youth proposal to rename streets after Swiss places was referred for consideration. Several candidates for village trustee were listed including Orso Duerst and Richard Arn with others. In Monroe, a retail committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet March 7 to discuss promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Meyer
Werner W. Stauffacher
Millard Tschudy
Arthur Ames
Gerald Disch
Don Flannery
Bertha Barton
Highway 69 South
Kenneth Roth
Europe
Board and Teachers Reach School Year Salary Accord
The Board of Education and Monroe Education Association outline terms for the next school year. Beginning teachers with a bachelor’s degree earn 6100, top scales reach 9841 to 10111 with advanced degrees and years of service, plus 25 per credit summer school, 100 head of family allowance, and 75 percent of insurance on qualifying heads. Department heads receive 25 per teacher supervised up to 150, with coaching raises of 50 to 75 dollars vary by role and school level. Turn to No. 1, Back Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Monroe Education Association
Superintendent of Schools
Income Tax Bureau
Ancrease
U S Air Force C123 shot down near Khe Sanh
AP News In Brief reports a US Air Force C123 transport with 49 aboard was shot down by Communist gunners near Khe Sanh during the siege. Crew and passenger fate was not yet determined. Also covered are Goldwater urging unity with Rockefeller, Senate voting on civil rights open housing and riot incitement, and parole denial for Carole Tregoff in the Finch murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Khe Sanh
7Th Air Force
Washington
Senate
Fire Chief Warns Dry Conditions For Burning In County
Fire Chief Josef Benkert warned Green County is too dry for burning. Firemen watered down an area where trees were being burned after a farmer reported the fire about one and a half miles northeast of Monroe. No alarm. it was a service call. At 4:22 p.m. volunteers fought flames at Monroe Roller Mills in a second floor storage bin where a stone in a corn grinder ignited husks, causing wall and ceiling damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josef Benkert
Green County
Monroe
Benkett
Ames
Annexations Planned Driving City Growth and Fines Hike
The Monroe city council moved to annex 1158 acres from Monroe Township and 144.33 acres from Sylvester Township to expand the municipal airport area and extend 31st Ave while approving a doubling of most traffic fines under state code. Hearings were set for April 3 and May 7 for annexations and street changes, with a hospital expansion project also approved. The vote also addressed a move to study district vocational education, urging county boards to form District 5 by July 1 1970, to handle expected growth and retraining needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Monroe Township
31St Ave
Sylvester Township
26Th Ave
St. St
Sth Street
5Th St
20Th
21St Ave
St. Clare Hospital
Dwight C. Coplien
William J. Kmitz
Green County Board
Rock County
Walter R. Ekum
Walter Babula
Babula
Green Rock
Ekum
Wesley L. Dodge
Olin E. Flisram
Green County
NFO Speaker Scheduled Here
Charles Schrenk of Livingston Wisconsin, an NFO organizer, will speak at the Kiwanis Club of Monroe Thursday noon March 7 at the Swiss Wheel Restaurant to discuss the NFO holding action. Royce Schulz won last week’s attendance prize donated by Herbert Armsworth. this week’s prize is donated by Peter Solomon. Harold Ambler will give the invocation. Jim Deblack is announced as a new member. A board meeting will be at 7 p.m. tonight in the Commercial and Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schrenk
Livingston
Wis
NFO
Kiwanis Club
Monroe
Swiss Wheel
Royce Schulz
Herbert Armsworth
Peter Solomon
Harold Ambler
Jim Deblack
Commercial and Savings Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fahrney
Tin Can Road
Duane Dixon
Arlie Fahrney
T. E. Sharer
Stanton P Stears
James Thalacker
Arlin Hanson
Killingstad
Iowa
New Glarus
Election Board
Times
New Glarus Board of Trustees
Village
Kenneth Hoesly
Erling Erickson
Henry Opferman
Cecil Thacker
Opferman
Alvin
Gertrude) Hoesly
Glarus
Switzerland
Robert Strickler
Wilde
Orso Duerst
Richard Arn
Ed Gruetzman
Ernest Hofer
Retail Group
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
AP News
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Frontera
Calif
Carole Tregoff
Bernard Finch
Miss Tregoff
Iverne Carter
California Institute For Women
Finch
Barbara Jean
West Covina
Los Angeles
Clarence Seaton
Alan Weck
James Misna
Heidi Mahlen
Marilyn Handel
Paula Nack
Carol Swiggum
Clarruth Seaton
Kathryn Eckstam
Julie Olson
Rimes
Bob Silvis
Hilbert Schultz
Jay Leuenberger
North Central Public Service
LP and Natural Gas
Twining Park
State Treasury
Coplien
Police and Safety Committee
Kiwanis
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Harold Snively
Dane
No. 4
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!