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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1972
Page
10
Wisconsin forecast calls for variable finess and warmer afternoon with showers southwest and rain or snow likely north half. Tonight through Tuesday brings warmer spells, then colder by Tuesday with lows in 30s north and 37 to 47 south. Wednesday to Friday partly cloudy to cloudy with rain or snow mainly south, highs in 30s to 40s, lows 20s to 30s.
Real estate transfer notes for Schrock 160 acres in New Glarus Township. Police court items list Monroe Franklin Vanderdrink Freeport disorderly conduct forfeited $100 bond. State Patrol citations include various speeding and traffic cases with bonds ranging from $20 to $32. Social notices include births at St Marys Hospital Madison and a March 16 18 date for local residents.
A Monroe police notice records a parking violation with a $20 forfeiture and lists numerous individuals associated with St. Clare Hospital accidents in Kent Il Racine Belleville and surrounding areas. Names include DeCoy Jr Neumann Fe Cathleen Ockerman Janice Thrasher Tommie Horeb chardville Schuke Amy Jacobs Whyte Arthur Widmer Ellen Morgan Milz LaVerne Leh man Maureen Reilly Lucy Eckerman Willard Monte Penny Fitzgerald Harold Schmidley Glen Wade Mrs Ronald Johnson Norman Dalke Zurbuchen Senha Amer Mrs May Edward Naidicz infant son of Mr and Mrs James Pann Rockey and daughter Ralph Rosencrans Rendall Rote Roger Schwartz Isaac Smith James Smith Margaret Taylor Rhonda Timmer Arnold Wieser Roy Rabin Cheadle Ida Derendinger Isch William Foster Clarence Francis Alvin Glenn Steven Hartwig Harry Komernick Ordie Monigold Antone Port man Carol Seymour Ralph Spangler Edward Spenske John Schulte Mervin Sveem Russell Wolf and others.
Couples listed include Raymond F Updike 20 and Mary Anne Engelbretson 19 of Monticello and Brodhead. David W Kopf 23 and Kathie A Steven 22 of Milwaukee area. Paul E Thompson 21 and Janelle A Whitford 19 of Lena and Wauwatosa. Elsa Foesch 90 and Harvey Schroeder 59 of Monroe. Additional entries show Edwin M Kundert 65 and Prarience Sanford 76 in Kentucky?. John Richter 62 Darlington. alien E Hollinghead 68 and Hazel Morris Bambrough 74 with various ages and towns.
Funeral services were held for Fred W. Daubert 83 of 2635 15th St. Monroe at Newcomer Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Also, Sophia Kohli Stuart 90 died Saturday and had services at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with organist Mrs. Robert Faith.
Clarence A. Sanford, 76, of Brodhead, Illinois, died Saturday evening at his son's home after a long illness. Born August 4, 1895 in Lee County, he was a milk hauler and farmer, married Maude Miller in 1920, and lived in Brodhead since 1961. He was a World War I veteran and member of the First Baptist Church in Amboy. Survived by son Clarence Vernon Sanford and sister Cora Leister. predeceased by wife, two children, sister, and brother. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Amboy church. Burial in Franklin Grove Cemetery. Everson Funeral Home, Brodhead, in charge.
Mrs. Hazel Lane Richter 62 of Darlington died Saturday in a Lancaster hospital after a long illness. She was born near Platteville and married John Richter in 1985. Survived by husband two daughters six siblings and eight grandchildren. Funeral held in Mergen Funeral Home Platteville.
Funeral services for Dr. Thomas H. Howe 82 retired dentist who died Friday March 17 were at 10 30 a m in Holy Rosary Catholic Church Burial followed in the church cemetery A Rosary service was held at 8 p m Sunday in the Steil Funeral Home
Emilie Lentz Wendlandt 81 died Sunday night March 19 at Monroe Manor Nursing Home where she and her late husband resided since 1969. Born in Germany April 2 1890 she married Julius Wendlandt in 1908 and farmed in Brodhead area before moving to rural. Survived by two daughters Mrs Erzinger and Mrs Elmer Kuhl two brothers Otto Lentz and others. husband died 1970. Services 1 30 p m Wednesday March 22 at Newcomer Funeral Home Monroe with Rev Larry Pinnow officiating burial Greenwood Cemetery Brodhead.
Members of the Fa Lapeer of Monroe High School join county FHA groups for National FHA Week in March 1925. They plan observances highlighting youth profiles, present a plant for the high school office and stuffed animals to St. Clare Hospital Pediatric Ward, and set a bulletin board display.
The Smock Valley Watershed celebrated its 20th anniversary honoring early conservationist Bada Fuchs of Monroe as the first Green County user of a road grader for soil protection. Homegrown leaders Kendall Digman Nick Calabresa and James Schwoegler were cited for guiding long term soil conservation and ecological work.
Members of the Gleaners Lass of the United Methodist Church will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the home of Mrs. Maude Bear. Miss Mary Wells will be co hostess and devotions will be presented by Mrs. E. R. Blair.
Milwaukee stockyards opened steady to weak with cattle calves hogs and sheep receipts around 1 700. Friday close shows mixed results with feeders and dairy cattle steady to firm and hogs down slightly while lambs remain steady to higher in parts of the region. Wisconsin cheddar cheese market remains steady with adequate to short supplies and fair to slow demand.
In Madison Wisconsin the egg market shows prices holding steady while demand remains slow to fair and supplies stay plentiful. Grade A large eggs are about 40 to 41 cents per dozen and medium eggs around 35 to 36 cents.
A Holstein heifer owned by Forrest R. Ludwig escaped injury after a car struck it Saturday at 8 30 p.m. on Wis 59 four 9 miles northeast of Monroe. No injuries were reported and the car suffered extensive damage. In a separate incident Grant A. Boley’s car went out of control and struck a fence 2 1 miles south of New Glarus at 4 08 p.m. Saturday causing moderate damage to the vehicle and to four fence posts and rods owned by Waldo Freitag.
Albany native Mrs Florence Lovelace Fursett formerly of Evansville was hospitalized last Friday in Tucson Arizona. Amy Jacobs 5 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Jacobs Belleville and Cathleen Ockerman 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Kent are patients in St. Clare Hospital. Danny Davis 16 son of Mr and Mrs Dale Davis Juda underwent emergency appendectomy and tonsillectomy and is in satisfactory condition. Penny Fitzgerald Madison formerly of Monroe is a St. Clare surgical patient in vein surgery and will recuperate at her parents home before returning to Madison.
A car driven by Hilmer Hanson of 1100 30th Street damaged the concrete platform holding the gas pumps at Don's Standard Station. Monroe Police report a mishap with moderate damage and no word on injuries.
Four Monroe Educational Association officers attended the SWEA Delegate Assembly in Madison at the Quality Court Motel. They approved a resolution condemning current public education funding as inadequate and calling for broader tax reform and increased federal support. The group also backed opposition to using public funds for nonpublic schools, voter registration efforts, elementary counseling, and expanded use of specialized teachers. A $1 dues increase was approved to fund educational programs.
Girl Scout Troop 231 led by Mrs Willis Stokes helped at the Green County Recycling Center on Saturday. They sorted bottles cans and papers and were joined by Vicky and Susy Stokes and other scouts as Troop 22 led by Mrs R Minley Barry alternates in March. Citizens are asked not to bring boots clothing aerosol cans or foodcontaining cans to the center. Interested volunteers may contact Mrs Joseph Urban leader of Troop 217 who started the program in Monroe.
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