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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1968
Page
10
Monroe zone forecast shows a cool night with lows in the upper 20s to low 30s and a Saturday that is mostly sunny and mild. Highs reach the mid to upper 50s with precipitation chances under 10 percent both tonight and Saturday.
A parcel of 0.05 acres more or less in section 27 Monroe Township changes hands from Kay Shue Wong to Wer ner J Haessig in a recorded real estate transfer.
Milford J. Smith aged 58 of Darlington. Mrs Florence Brechler aged 76 of Fennimore. Mrs Marie Murphy aged 79 of Kiefer. Edward Harris aged 71 of Mineral Point.
Mr and Mrs Don Olson of Brodhead welcomed a daughter on March 14.
The list names patients and staff from St. Clare Hospital including Mrs Marty Trutt Albany Laura Penniston Argyle and John Gunser Browntown among others. Dismissals include Roscoe Atkinson Jacob H Disch Edward Bierdt and many more. Saigon reports USS Command says 2007 airplanes and 1480 helicopters lost in Vietnam war to enemy fire accidents and other causes.
Several items offered including a 1954 Plymouth with good tires motor battery and body for 75 dollars located at 1116 29th Avenue a 1962 Mercury Monterey with power steering and brakes 595 dollars contact 325-5234 after 5 30 pm two cows and a heifer from Les ter J Johnson 325 4652 ear corn by Orlo Swanson 439 5509 a serviceable purebred Holstein bull from Ken Hartwig herd 325 6614 a Freeport Mil listing 314 N Foley Street a semi bungalow five rooms bath with floored attic and garage 13750 immediate possession broker C L Stubbe 715 S Galena 232 4813 and Monroe Park View Estates large building lots about 2500 each call 325 2604
Mrs. Henry A. Koepnick awaits the return of Harold Dean Koepnick from West Allis as funeral arrangements are set for Monroe Township native Henry Koepnick. The 69 year old former Milwaukee mechanic died of a heart attack in Florida during wintering travels.
Milford L. Smith 538, caretaker at the Darlington city dump, died in a grass fire south of the city after his wife reported his absence. Sheriff Kenneth Pratt and firemen found his body. the county coroner Dr. Lyle Olson investigates a possible heart attack or smoke suffocation. He is survived by his widow Arlene, three daughters, a son Milton, and four brothers. Arrangements are with Sharer Funeral Home.
The Wisconsin cheddar market stayed steady with prices unchanged to a small gain as supply ranges stayed adequate to short. National weekly dairy output for the week ending March 1 rose 1 percent to 23.1 million pounds. Separately, Mrs. Merle Monahan was listed as a patient at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in Dubuque undergoing tests and observation.
Chicago hogs 5 000 head weak to 50 lower with 1 2 195 240 lb hogs 19 50 20 00 and sows down to 25. Cattle 4 000 with steers up or down to 25, prime and high grade yields 28 75 31 00. Sheep 200 with lambs 26 50 27 00 and ewes 5 00 1 00. Butter eggs cars and dairy prices listed. Madison senator Warren to seek Republican endorsement for attorney general. Dial 325 5101 for Adtaker.
Miller notes progress in cancer treatment with one in three now surviving and urges continued education into homes. Mrs. Peckham stresses volunteers as a vital link between patients and physicians and calls for crusade leadership in Clarno Exeter and New Glarus Townships. 570 homes would miss crucial information without additional workers.
Funeral services for Otto Sanctum 85 of South Wayne will be held at 1 30 p m Monday March 18 at East Viota Lutheran Church where he was a member Rev Ernest Gilberts to officiate Burial will be in the church cemetery Friends may call at Hanson Funeral Home South Wayne after 1 p m Sunday and at the church after 12 noon Monday He was born September 11 1882 in East Blue Mounds Dane County a son of Ole and Annie Olson Sandum He farmed near Wiota a railroad section worker and later was street commissioner at South Wayne Surviving are a daughter Mrs William Graham a granddaughter Mrs Betty Hanson and two great grandchildren Cynthia and Sharon Hanson all of West Allis by his wife three brothers and a sister
Final services for Melvin E Voegeli 43 of rural Colfax Monroe Township native died Wednesday March 13 from a automobile accident Services at 130 pm Monday March 18 Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home Monroe Burial Greenwood Cemetery Services held 7 pm Saturday March 16 in Menomonie Body brought to Monroe Sunday Wife Beatrice in critical condition at St Marys Hospital Rochester Minn with a blood clot on the brain Couple involved in a one car accident in Dunn County
Hazel Green special report notes Mrs Marie M Murphy 79 of Kieler died March 13 in a Platteville nursing home. Funeral rites set for 11 a m March 16 at Immaculate Conception Church Kieler with Rosary tonight at 8. Survived by sons Robert Peter and Francis. daughters Mrs Earl Droessler and Mrs Arvel Droessler. brother Rt Rev Msgr Thomas OShaughnessy. 20 grandchildren.
Roger H. Babler aged 39 of Route 4 Monroe was found dead from a gun shot at his rural home around 9 am. Coroner Richard Wagner reported despondency due to ill health. Death estimated at 7:30 am. Stnessy Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Funeral services for Kermit Lien 50 World War II veteran died March 6 at the VA hospital in Tomah were held 2 p m Saturday March 9 at Argyle Lutheran Church Rev Lyman Oman officiated. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery with pallbearers from surrounding towns. The American Legion offered prayers and flag ceremony.
Florence Brechler 76 of Fennimore dies after long illness in Lancaster hospital. Funeral at 10 15 am Saturday at St Marys Catholic Church Fennimore with Rosary 8 pm at Volkmann Funeral Home. Widowed since 1965 with step son Kenneth Darling ton and two grandchildren surviving.
Police report two minor mishaps in Monroe yesterday. A vehicle owned by William A. Brunkow rolled from a Piggly Wiggly stall and struck Elizabeth H. Eraser’s parked car with no injuries. A separate collision in the 1500 block of 12th Street involved Carin J. Wick and Frank F. Shippy with minor damage and no injuries.
The article notes the 25th Swiss-American Song Fest set for June 21 to 23 in Canton Ohio with Grand Concert Director William J Hamilton age 37, a Canton Glenwood High School music and drama director for 12 years holding degrees from Heidel berg College and Kent State University. It also mentions a Florida student entering Big Foot High School due to a teacher strike. The remainder recalls 1920s-1923 blizzards in the area and a New York stock market rally opening.
New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy says he cannot support President Johnson for renomination and will decide soon whether to enter the Oregon and California primaries as a candidate. A Times report notes his likely campaign move and quotes his remark about not supporting the president.
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