Monroe Cheese Makers eye state title in 1955 tourney
Monroe High School's undefeated Cheese Makers, 23 0, meet Appleton 21 2 at 8 30 p m in the Wisconsin high school basketball tournament opener. Captain contenders Tom Mitchell Keith Burington and Dave Holling lead the team with strong defense and shooting as coach Lee Mitchell fields a seasoned, championship hungry lineup aiming for the finals.
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Monroe High
Appleton
Lee Fernstaedt
Evening Times
Monroe High School
Cheesemakers
Monroe
Cumberland
Wauwatosa East
Associated Press
Lee Mitchell
Bob Anderegg
Monroe Cheesemakers Star Dearth Leads Tournament Trio
Jim Dearth of Monroe and his teammates prepare for a tourney as Dearth, a key junior and all round athlete, anchors the Cheesemakers with 123 rebounds and 20 points in a Platteville game. He is joined by Dick Swiggum Terry Hayes Wynn Grendahl Dan Franklin Alan Barnes Bill Norder and Mark Winzenried as part of the squad under Coach Mitchell.
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Wynn Grendahl
Jim Dearth
Keith Burington
Dave Holling
Terry Hayes
Dick Swiggum
Dan Franklin
Tom Mitchell
Alan Barnes
Bob Buchholtz
Bill Norder
Mark Winzenried
Times
Mitchell
Dearth
Cheesemakers
Platteville
Monroe
Dodgeville
Jim
Joseph C. Dearth
Junior Legion
Glen Swiggum
Robert Hayes
Fred Grendahl
Clarence Franklin
Maurice Barnes
Kenneth W. Norder
William Winzenried
Taken by Death Charles Simmons 77 Darlington dies after long illness
Charles Simmons 77 of Darlington died at 4 30 this morning in a Green County hospital after a nine year illness. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Oliver Lidgett and a son John E both of Shullsburg. Sharer Funeral Home Darlington is in charge of arrangements.
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Charles Simmons
Darlington
Green County
Oliver Lidgett
John E
Shullsburg
Sharer Funeral Home
Farouk of Egypt Dies in Rome at 45
Ex king Farouk, exiled after the 1952 revolution, collapsed in a Rome restaurant and died en route to San Camillo Hospital. He was 45, previously a flamboyant ruler famed for wealth and pleasures, with recent fortune dwindling to about 2 million lire.
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Rome
Farouk
Egypt
San Camillo
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Monroe Board Approves Week-Long Spring Vacation Plan
The Monroe School Board voted 43 to extend the spring break from Easter to cover April 8 through 17 while starting the new term on August 30. Pupils may miss August 27 if they are on vacation, with advance enrollment arrangements offered. The plan mirrors other Badger Conference districts and maintains 180 school days for weather contingencies.
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Monroe
Board of Education
Supt
D. J. Huenink
Badger Conference
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Tulsa
Okla
George R. Barry
E. E. Eckstam
Monroe Truck Lease, Inc
Browntown
Walter H. Bahler
Bahler
Matt Eraser
William A. Park
Rita Rae Kaskey
County Welfare Department
Ray Kaskey
Mary Keough
Ludlow Memorial Library
Miss Keough
Miss Kaskey
Monroe minister recalls Selma trip and Negro cause
Rev. James C. Plymire and Rev. Peter Rasmussen returned from Selma Alabama where they observed the Negro voting drive and racial tensions. They spoke of hospitality amid danger, the moral need for ministerial presence, and plans to report findings at Grace Lutheran Church.
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Monroe
Selma
Ala
Grace Lutheran Church
James C. Plymire
Alabama
Peter Rasmussen
Reed
Massachusetts Unitarian
Brown Chapel
Unitarian Universalist Church
Rev. Rasmussen
Louisville
Qgne
Death of New Glarus dealer Wilhelm Figy in snow incident
Wilhelm M Figy a 58 year old New Glarus businessman and Standard Oil bulk dealer was found dead about 4 15 p m yesterday beside his fuel delivery truck stuck in drifted snow off Ness Road near Mt Horeb Coroner Clyde Chamberlain Jr said Figy apparently died while shoveling to free the truck A lifelong resident he was born March 23 1906 The funeral will be Sunday at the Swiss Church New Glarus Masonic rites will be held at 8 p m tomorrow at Zentner Funeral Home
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New Glarus
Wilhelm M. Figy
Ness Road
Highway 6
Mt. Horeb
Clyde Chamberlain Jr
Dane County
Figy
Mr. Figy
Standard Oil
Melchior
Margaret Hauser Figy
Ida Bohren
Figg
Swiss United Church of Christ
Masonic Lodge
New Glarus Business Association
Dean Wallace
Madison
Roger
Verna
Linus Wierwill
Zentner Funeral Home
One Snow Left Forecast By Fred Ties
Hazardous driving conditions persisted in Green County after an eight inch snow and strong winds. Many roads drifted heavy with limited one way access. half the county roads were open. Schools closed or delayed in several towns while the Interstate system stayed fair. A vast winter storm moved eastward bringing blizzards and injuries across multiple states.
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Green County
Highway Department
Fred Ties
Brodhead
Monroe
Darlington
Argyle
Juda
Wisconsin
St. Patrick’s Day
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
Illinois
Indiana
Rockies
Great Lakes
Soviet cosmonaut spends ten minutes outside Voskhod 2
Tass reported Lt Col Alexei Leonov spent 10 minutes outside the spacecraft during Voskhod 2’s first orbit while Col Pavel Belyayev remained aboard. The mission marked a step toward space rendezvous and came ahead of the American Gemini program.
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Moscow
Tass
Alexei Leonov
Voskhod 2
Leonovy
Leonov
Pavel Belyayev
Outer Space
Soviet Union
United States
Thss
Belyavey
Leoney
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Tom
Ed Macauley
Minnesota
Cheesemakers Links Club
Burington
Gayle Burington
Keith
South Wayne
Thomas E. Keegan
Juda State Graded School
Dave Grams
MHS
Bucky
Dave
Tommy
Bob
Buchholtz
Rodney Buchholtz
Badger
Holling
Burton Holling
Bethel Eub
School Board
Huenink States
Rasmussen
Ontario
Canada
California
Wilhelm Figy
Moon
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