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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1968
Page
2
Entry notices show Monroe Wisconsin publishing the Monroe Evening Times and admitting a second matter under acting March 2 1679 with Emery R Odell listed. The Associated Press holds republi rights to local news and office hours are posted for the publication.
A reflective column lists March signs of spring and local anecdotes from Monroe. It notes parking comparisons to New Orleans, editor as honorary North Andover mayor, firemen facing inflation, and community views on non profits, fluoridation, and local sports. It mentions Pat Paulsen touring the White House and Monroe teachers negotiating with the board while local talent shines in Badger Conference selections.
The brief notes warn that defeating the Cheesemen early is crucial to avoid a rematch in the final, implying a tougher path to the championship.
Brief historical highlights mark March 11 with events across U.S. Navy founding in 1794 to Taft burial in 1930 and Roosevelt lend lease act in 1941. Other notes include Napoleon’s proxy marriage in 1810 and Sherman’s 1865 Fayetteville move.
Anton Mickelson aged 85 died Friday in a Dodgeville hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Mt Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church with Gesme Ellestad Funeral Home in charge. He farmed and ran a garage business and served as church and school custodian. Survived by brother George Blue Mounds and three sisters in Barneveld and Watertown.
The new 14 classroom elementary school, costing 435000 dollars, will host an open house Sunday March 24 from 2 to 4 pm. Board of education members will assist. teachers will greet visitors. The addition replaces the 1866 section and adds offices, kitchen, audio-visual room, equipment area, boiler room, storage, locker and shower facilities. Refreshments will be served.
Whitewater State University theater sends a touring unit with Androcles and the Lion by Aurand Harris to Horicon Cambridge Madison Lake Geneva Brodhead Whitewater Harford Woodstock and other towns in March and April 1967. The show is a public service for area elementary schools and requires admission due to no university funding.
Green County Farmco Cooperative directors from Monroe attended the FS Services Directors Conference in Madison on March 6 1968. The program split into a presidents seminar led by Melvin Sims and a directors workshop on duties reports and operations with a joint session on Board Manager relationships led by E V Stevenson. Attendees included Earl Feldt Monticello Walter Preuti Albany Kenneth Hartwig Frank Deininger Herbert Huffman Marvin Siedschlag Monroe and manager Virgil Brunkow.
Police find children Mil waukee munching cereal off a filthy floor charge mother with neglect. Frank lyn W. Gerber joins police force.
March 11 1938 reports moisture seeping through road surfaces signaling early spring. Afternoon lineup includes 22 bouts remaining with seven top contenders in Swiss wrestling led by Anton Kurmann Martin Blum and Ernest Lehr among others.
Louis Maurer Stucki and Max Lehr join Louis Krauer in a coordinated effort reported in the article. The individuals are named together as a group, reflecting a shared context or event connected to their actions or roles. Further specifics are not provided in the accessible text.
Forty years ago today on March 11 1928 a muskrat dug at the Mon roe ice company pond causing water to leak. In the same yard at home of Misses Morna and Grace Byers fourteen robins were counted.
Edward Franklin Farrey, 62, a Darlington area farmer, died Saturday in Cuba City Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services were held this afternoon at Thompson Funeral Home Shullsburg with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by widow Mary Lyne a daughter Mrs Paul Thompson Shullsburg a brother Charles in Washington a sister Mrs Della Damerall Rockford and two grandchildren.
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