Monroe Evening Times Subscribers Pay Rates and Office Hours
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription rates for in town and out of state readers, with 40 cents weekly by carrier, 15 dollars yearly by mail in Wisconsin, and 14 to 12 dollars for out of state. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 p m, Saturday 12 noon, phone 325 5101.
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City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Hazel
Smothers
James Gregory
Joe Pyne
Beau James
Babe Hope
Randolph Scott
Loretta Young
Joey Bishop
People Plan the Easter Seals appeal urges help for handicapped
Editorial endorses the 1968 Easter Seal campaign to fund rehabilitation and recreation services for Wisconsin’s disabled. It cites 4,500 residents helped last year and urges donations, arguing progress and need continue as numbers rise.
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Good Samaritan
Easter Seal Society
Wisconsin
March 9 in History Highlights Major Hoisting Moments
On this date in 1862 the Monitor faced the Merrimac in Hampton Roads marking the first ironclad battle. In 1916 Pancho Villa attacked Columbus New Mexico. 1941 German bombers hit Portsmouth and London. 1942 Japan completed the conquest of Java. 1965 Rev James Reed of Boston was beaten in Selma and died two days later. 1968 marks advances in atomic power funding.
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Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Pancho Villa
Columbus
N.M
Portsmouth
London
England
Java
James J. Reed
Boston
Selma
Ala
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Joint
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Belecke
West Germany
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Broken Engagement or Broken Marriage
Advice column by Abigail Van Buren discusses breaking an engagement with dignity, handling a partner's moodiness, and signs of impulsiveness in a spouse. It also covers a reader worried about a husband who sets a newspaper on fire to improve TV viewing and a nurse who infected wedding guests with flu, plus Abby’s note on Santa Claus.
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Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
Abigail
Evening TV Schedule Highlights Major Network Lineup
A dense listing of programs for tonight and tomorrow across sports movies and classics. Notable entries include Purdue at Indiana basketball and a slate of world and regional shows featuring Jackie Gleason The Saint Mannix and Lawrence Welk among others with multiple news slots and film titles.
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Purdue
Indiana
Six Grades Assist in Orangeville Sesquicentennial Program
All six grades of Orangeville schools joined 409 pupils and teachers in a Friday Illinois Sesquicentennial program themed on early Illinois and Lincoln. Parents were invited to attend and the event included song dance and skits.
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Orangeville
Illinois
Birthday Greetings and Lenten Reflections in Local Column
Editor notes a children's reading of Mrs. Edrie Pagel's piece for all ages during Lent. The page then lists numerous March birthday greetings with names and addresses across towns such as Argyle, Juda, South Wayne, Monticello, and Evansville, reflecting a community tribute.
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Edrie Pagel
Tara Lynn Gerber
Kelly Jo Hilliard
Lynn Marie Wire
Argyle
Timothy Brian Meier
South Wayne
Carla Jean Webinger
Steven Glenn Dunwiddie
Juda
Todd Frederick Wirtz
Paul Frederick Kummer
Cyril Lawrence Waelti
17Th St
Lillian Rose Voegeli
Evansville
Colleen Marie Daley
16Th St
Willis G. Abegglen
8Th Ave
Sandra Kay Derendinger
Monticello
Audrey Jean Kundert
Brodhead
Kathy Jo Garrison
Russell John Rundle
20Th Ave
Sheri Lynn Robertson
18Th Ave
Lonna Kay Soddy
JoAnn Hustad
S. Euclid St
Elmhurst
Debra Kay Hagar
Tomahawk
Larry LaVern Wahl
Laurie Kay Baertschi
Creation Hymn of Praise to God for Earth and Sky
A devotional verse extols God as giver of all creation. It celebrates flowers, grass, air, skies, sunsets, rainbows, moonlight, oceans, mountains, trees, animals, seasons, and stars. The poem urges voices to sing praise to our Savior and King.
Salvation Army Truck to Pick Up in Monroe on March 13
The Salvation Army will truck in Monroe on Wednesday March 13 for pickup with bi monthly service. March dates are March 13 and March 27. They seek newspapers magazines books clothes rags household items furniture and appliances. Wilma Heimann at 3254215 arranges pickups. Storage is at 1917 12th St. or items may be left on the square south side on pickup days.
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Salvation Army
Monroe
Wilma Heimann
12Th St
New Members Kimberly Ann Frauchiger
New member Kimberly Ann Frauchiger of Route 1 South Wayne joins the community on December 13 1965 in a listing noting local residents and family ties for the society column.
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Kimberly Ann Frauchiger
South Wayne
Hero Becomes State Ceremony Honoring Wisconsin Servicemen
Gov. Knowles joined Marine Corps representatives in Madison as families of two Wisconsin soldiers received honors. Cpl. Robert Schley of Oregon earned the Navy Cross for bravery at Hill 881 in Vietnam, staying at his post after being wounded and dying from his injuries. Lance Cpl. Robert C. Watson Jr. earned a Silver Star posthumously for actions in Vietnam as his family accepted the award on his behalf.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Marine Corps
Wisconsin
Vietnam
Niles Schley
Oregon
Robert Schley
Marvin Franke
Manston
Lance Cpl
Robert C. Watson Jr
Schley
Hill 881
Bids Sought for Recreational Park Court Surface Project
Monroe Wisconsin invites sealed bids for furnishing labor tools and materials to lay a new hot mix surface on the basketball and tennis courts at Recreation Park. Bid due March 25 1968 at 4 30 pm. Plans at City Clerk and City Engineer offices with $5 deposit for sets.
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Board of Public Works
Monroe
Green County
Wisconsin
City Hall
Recreation Park
F. M. Bray
Belleville Strike Ends After 5 Days at Federal Refrigerator
Five day walkout at Federal Refrigerator Mfg Co ends as about 65 Machinist Union Local 1406 members approve a new three year contract by a 4 to 1 margin. The deal adds 18 cent annual raises, better health options, one extra holiday, extended vacation for long service, uniforms, tool cost coverage, and advance layoff notice plus a pension study plan.
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Belleville
Federal Refrigerator Mfg. Co
Machinist Union Local 1406
Milwaukee Man Installs Clipping Shafting Machine in Horseshoeing Parlor
A Milwaukee barber? l shop owner L H Stauffacher installs a clipping shafting machine and groomer in his horseshoeing parlor. Newspapers note Wisconsin moves to elect Taft delegates to the GOP national convention. A 1601 law marks the first recognition of state responsibility for dependent people, funded by parish taxation during Queen Elizabeth I's reign.
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L. H. Stauffacher
Milwaukee
Taft
Wisconsin
Monti cello cage quintet wins district trophy
Glancing backward to March 9 1958 four Monti cello cage quintet seniors Jim Zweifel Bill Hefty Armin Daubert and John Ponyicsanyi pose with a district trophy Liz Taylor forecasts 1958 as likely her last year as a movie queen.
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Monticello
Jim Zweifel
Bill Hefty
Armin Daubert
John Ponyicsanyi
Liz Taylor
Fitzgibbons Brothers Lease Office Space In 1928
The Fitzgibbons Brothers lease office space to Specialty Service Company. Invitations are issued by Mrs William Fe Wenger Mrs H B Caradine Mrs W Stuart and Miss Maud Fe Wenger for a St Patrick's Bridge luncheon dated March 9 1928.
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Fitzgibbons Brothers
Specialty
William FE. Wenger
H. B. Caradine
W. Stuart
Maud FE. Wenger
St. Patrick’s Bridge
Survivors of Tuscania Arrive as War Secretary Reaches France
Fifty years ago on March 9 1918 survivors of the troop transport Tuscania torpedoed off the Irish coast arrive at an Atlantic port. Secretary of War Baker arrives in France to oversee war efforts and coordination with Allied forces.
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France
Atlantic
Baker
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Fifth Ave
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U.S. Army
Roy's Sanitary Dairy
Times Children’s Club
DAR
Trudy Stadelman
John Stadelman
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Edrie Pages
Route
Office of City Engineer
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