Monroe Evening Times Publication Details
Page shows Monroe Evening Times masthead and notes for publication by Emery Modell. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, delivery in Wisconsin and Stephenson County Illinois, in advance per postal regulations, and office hours 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. The Associated Press is credited for local news and dispatches.
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Associated Press
City of Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Ill
Week That Was: Green County events and editorials summary
Editorial roundup of Green County happenings and personalities. Secretary of State criticizes GOP image at a banquet. UW President Harrington and Senator Roseleip clash over academic freedoms at separate venues. A proposed The Dr John A Schindler Elementary School name faces discussion. Local disputes over budget, public policy, and civic roles appear alongside social events from Roselle ink and a parade mishap. Conservation efforts, Knowles groundbreakings, and youth milestones are noted with varied humor and local color.
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Green County
Harrington
Sen
Gordon W. Roseleip
Darlington
Brodhead
Browntown
Moore Business
Snively
Harold Snively
Mooore
Gov. Knowles
Sammy Kaye
Leon Schmidt
Schmidt
Kaye
Monroe
Zander’s Lake
John Roberts
WIAA
Merilee Pickett
Diane Kuban
Yancy Players
Gilbertson Taken by Death at 52 in Waunakee
Ole Gilbertson 52 of Waunakee died Saturday after falling from a truck. Funeral service 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at West Blue Mounds Lutheran Church. Visitation after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Gesme Ellestad Funeral Home Mt. Horeb. He was a cheesemaker and later worked for Carl Statz Implement Co. Survived by three brothers Carl Olaf Milo and four sisters Carl Ewert Dean Collins Paul Olson Ed win Olson.
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Ole Orton Gilbertson
Waunakee
West Blue Mounds _ Lutheran Church
Gesme- Ellestad
Mt. Horeb
Gilbertson
Marie Greenefelder
Monroe
Walter
Carl
Blanchardville
Prairie
Carl Statz Implement Co
Olaf
Blue River
Milo
Madison
Carl Ewert
Dean Collins
Paul Olson
Blue Mounds
Edwin Olson
Blair
Mrs. Catherine Kelley 84 Dies in Oregon Nursing Home
Catherine Fincher Keller known as Katie Kelley dies at 84 after a long illness in an Oregon nursing home. She was born in Williamsport Pennsylvania and was a longtime member of People's Methodist Church and 50 year member of the Eastern Star. Survivors include two sons Clyde Powers and Frank Powers of Oregon, brother Frank Fincher of Evansville, seven grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and a great great grandchild. Funeral is at 2 p.m. tomorrow at People's Methodist Church with Eastern Star services at 7 p.m. today at L Booth Funeral Home.
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Oregon
Catherine
Katie) Kelley
Catherine Fincher
Williamsport
People’s Methodist Church
Eastern Star
Clyde
Frank Powers
Frank Fincher
Evansville
Mrs. Blanche E. Bradley Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche E. Bradley 76 née Wilson are set for 1 p.m. tomorrow at Pratt Funeral Home in Richland Center. The former Blanche Wilson, she is survived by son Allen of Richland Center and daughter Mrs. Howard Ward of Belleville, eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Richland Center
Pratt Funeral Home
Blanche E. Bradey
Blanche Wilson
Park Street Christian Church
Allen
Howard Ward
Belleville
Charles Radke Taken by Death
Funeral services for Charles P. Radke 70 were held at St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church East Troy. He died Thursday in the VA Hospital Wood after a long illness. A WW I veteran and longtime Kearney and Trecker employee he retired to East Troy in 1954. He was born in Wauwatosa and married Lydia C Schendel in 1919 at Wauwatosa. Surviving are his widow two sons Kenneth and Ronald both of Wauwatosa a daughter in Albany two brothers two sisters and six others.
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Albany
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
East Troy
Charles P. Radke
Paul (Marcella) Stefanik
Radke
Wood
Kearney and Trecker Corp
West Bend
Wauwatosa
Lydia C. Schendel
Kenneth
Ronald
St Clare Hospital to Install Air Conditioning in Four Surgical Rooms
On May 2 1956 St Clare Hospital announces installation of air conditioning in four surgical rooms funded by the Odell gift Charles R Kohli longtime jeweler sells his business to Stephen Pandow after 46 years in the trade
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St. Clare Hospital
Odell
Charles R. Kohli
Stephen Pandow
Whisky makers cut output as grain relief drive begins
Twenty years ago on May 2 1946 whisky producers slashed production by 40 percent to aid a government grain drive for famine relief. Representatives of the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Railroad engineers walked out of a negotiation conference with carrier executives in a bid to avert a nationwide railroad strike.
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Brotherhoods of Railroad
30 Years Ago Today May 2 1936 Bank Robbery and Cheese Regulation
Thirty years ago on May 2 1936 Detroit's oldest bank branch was robbed by five gunmen armed with revolvers and an automatic rifle. Governor LaFollette planned to send representatives to Washington to seek a two percent tolerance in butterfat content for Swiss cheese from the federal dairy and food commission.
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Detroit
LaFollette
Washington
Federal Dairy and Food Commission
S Swanson leases Monroe Hotel and buys business assets
Forty years ago on May 2 1926 S S Swanson leased the Monroe Hotel building from Fred Roth and purchased the business and furnishings. Ullom School in Cadiz burned down, marking a notable local day in history.
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S. S. Swanson
Monroe Hotel
Fred Roth
Ullom School
Cadiz
Burns
Verdun gains and Mexican tension in 1916 report
Fifty years ago today May 2 1916 French forces gain in Verdun trenches while the Mexico situation grows serious. Green County records show the wealthiest per capita in the U S at 2425 83 dollars. Monroe plans a building program with fifty new homes for the year.
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Verdun
Mexico
Green County
U.S
Monroe
Eastern Star Hard Times Social In Monticello
Four Monticello residents depart for Colorado seeking permanent relocation after a social hosted by the Eastern Star notes tough times and hopes for new opportunities.
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Monticello
Colorado
Poultry Firm Weighs Moves If Conditions Fail
Reports note the poultry business may relocate to Idaho or Washington if conditions do not improve. United Telephone Co. is laying a line from Attica to Albany for the Attica Mutual Telephone Co.
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Idaho
Washington
United Telephone Co
Attica
Albany
Attica Mutual Telephone Co
Eddie Hulsether Dies at 73 Cobb Wisconsin
Eddie Hulsether, 73, a retired area farmer, died yesterday in a Dodgeville hospital after an apparent heart attack. Survivors include a step daughter, Mrs Lester Kinery, Cobb, a step son Gordon Heuer, Durand, a sister Mrs Carl Nelson, Cobb, a brother Neal, Montfort, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services are at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Peace Lutheran Church, Cobb, with viewing this afternoon at the Eon Funeral Home in Montfort.
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Cobb
Eddie Hulsether
Dodgeville
Lester Kingery
Gordon Heuer
Durand
Carl Nelson
Neal
Montfort
Peace Lutheran Church
Eon Funeral Home
Montort
Services Held For T. J. Griffith in Dodgeville
Thomas J. Griffith 77 of Dodgeville died Friday. Services were at 1:30 p.m. today at Roach Mindermann Funeral Home. He farmed until 1943 then retired and was a member of Plymouth Congregational Church Odds Fellows and Dodgeville City Council. Survived by daughter Mrs Clarence Samuelson Oak Park Illinois and a granddaughter.
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Dodgeville
Thomas J. Griffith
Roach Mindermann
Griffith
Plymouth Congregational Church
The
Odds Fellows
Clarence Samuelson
Oak Park
Ill
Navy Bombers Demolish Antiaircraft Site Near Vinh
U S Navy fighter bombers demolished another antiaircraft missile site near the North Vietnamese city of Vinh, while the lull in ground fighting in the South extended into a third week, the command reported today.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
U. S. Navy
Vinh
U. S. Command
Johnson Rites To Be Tomorrow
Peter A. Johnson 78 a long time area farmer and World War I veteran died Saturday after a brief illness. He belonged to First Lutheran Church and the Brooklyn American Legion. Survivors include five sisters and four brothers. Funeral at 1 30 p m tomorrow at Edison Olson Funeral Home with calling after 4 p m Monday.
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Stoughton
Peter A. Johnson
First Lutheran Church
Brooklyn American Legion
Harry Hanson Sr
Hilda Larson
Mary Hanson
Edward Erickson
Brooklyn
Namen Dalsoren
Oregon
John
Christ B
Matthew
Elmer
Edison- Olson Funeral Home
May 2 in History Highlights From 1670 to 1890
On May 2 historical notes include the Hudsons Bay Company chartering a vast territory and Gen Stonewall Jackson being mistakenly shot by his own troops at Chancellorsville, leading to his death ten days later. Oklahoma is also mentioned in 1890.
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Associated Press
Hudson’s Bay Company
Europe
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Oklahoma
Notable historical milestones across years and events
A summary of varied milestones from 1912 parcel post discussions to 1965 and earlier events. Mentions include the House vote on experimental parcel post in 1912, the 1923 transcontinental flight by Oakley Kelly and John Macready, Moscow’s 1945 Berlin fall, a 10 year past shift by the Communist Party in the United States, Canada selling wheat to Communist China five years ago, and President Johnson addressing alleged Communist plotters in the Dominican Republic.
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Oakley Kelly
John Macready
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Moscow
Berlin
United States
Kremlin
China
Johnson
Dominican Republic
Mrs. Andrews Rites Tomorrow in Darlington
Mrs. Bessie Andrews 83 died Sunday at a local nursing home after a long illness. Born Bessie Garvey in Lafayette County she lived in Darlington most of her life. Survived by daughters Mrs. Hess and Mrs. Cannon both of Darlington and Mrs. Evans of Shullsburg. sons Sherman Racine Stanley Darlington and Donald Warren Illinois. sisters Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Penticoff. 17 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Sharer Funeral Home with visitation possible.
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Darlington
Bessie Andrews
Bessie Garvey
Lafayette County
Fred Hess
H. W. Cannon
Irene Evans
Shullsburg
Sherman
Racine
Stanley
Donald
Warren
Florence Morris
Russell Penticoff
Sharer Funeral
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T.J. Griffith
Maple Grove Inn
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House of Representatives
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Uptown Market
16Th Ave
Home Owned — Home Operated
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the Kroger Co
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Sirloin
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