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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1966
Page
4
Dorothy Volmary of Goodwill Industries announced Friday May 6 as the next truck pickup date. Call 325 3488 for service. She notes training and sheltered employment aid handicapped men and women while donations fund local programs. The truck will also be at Juda, contact Inez Weaver at 934 5380.
Milwaukee police examined a so called happening at the Modern Memorial Center where about 250 people paid a dollar to view two nude bathers in candlelight within beer coolers. Performers included motorcyclists dancers actors a grave digger and a fire fighter all presenting off canvas art.
Meteors can appear in quick succession creating a visual effect like rainfall, which leads to the common term meteor shower used to describe this phenomenon.
Mayor Stuessy delayed a tie breaking vote on a $450 annual raise for Police Chief Calvin Wickline as aldermen split. Pengra and Timm supported the raise while Wish and Townsend opposed citing current pay. A $450 raise for City Clerk Alvin Accola was favored by all, with other city employee increases discussed but unresolved. A sewer tax ordinance and schedule changes were approved for May and a region float funding compromise was set with the Chamber of Commerce.
The form of a snow crystal is mainly set by the air temperature during growth and is also influenced by humidity.
Miner Jesse from Badger Mine travels the United States to lure tourists. T. F. McArdle Trucking Co. lends trucks for a life size Miner Jesse ad painted by Lafayette Association for Retarded Children in 27 states. Drivers report followers map Shullsburg Wisconsin seeking the site of the only open tourist mine. The mine began in 1827 under the Winnebago Peace Treaty, giving Wisconsin its Badger State nickname. A state landmark at Badger Mine and Museum in Shullsburg covers this history among others.
National Geographic notes that more land in the western United States was settled in the last thirty years of the 19th century than in the previous two and a half centuries combined, highlighting a rapid frontier growth.
Anthony Lux son of Mr and Mrs E B Lux of 1621 8th St Kalamazoo Michigan and a sophomore at Kalamazoo College will join 225 peers as aides for a spring quarter program. He will spend eleven weeks away from classes working as a laboratory aide at the Radiation Research Association in Dallas Texas.
Smith Lodge No 31 F and A M holds its regular meeting Thursday May 5 at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple. Refreshments will be served after the session.
First Street and Mrs. Jacob L Gruenewald of Monroe welcomed a daughter Susan Ann born April 28 at St Clare Hospital. Grandparents are Jacob H Gruenewald and William J Figi. Lt Gruenewald serves with the Army Engineer Corps in Saigon Vietnam, expected to remain a year, having left Hawaii in January.
Mrs Elmer Adisa Erickson, formerly of Monroe and now a Cara Villa resident, is hospitalized in Beloit after major surgery. Her condition is satisfactory. Friends may write to her at the hospital.
Belleville report Mrs Carlton Burke is appointed new cancer dressings chairman replacing Mrs R G Bross who resigned. Those wishing dressings should contact Mrs Burke.
John J. Burkhard of Napa California, former Monroe post master, continues to improve after surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Fort Miley San Francisco. Relatives were notified today he will be hospitalized for some time and he appreciates mail and hearing from friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gray of Rockford Illinois announce the birth of daughter Teresa Ann on April 21. Grandparents are Mrs. Harold Feller of Belleville and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gray of Sun Prairie.
Alfred Louderback from Juda has been moved from St. Clare Hospital to Hines Veterans Hospital Illinois and invites friends to write. His address is Ward 129 S, Veterans Hospital, Hines Illinois.
James Gibbons a senior at Belleville High School has been named a nominee for the Achievement Awards Program by the National Council of Teachers of English. The national competition honors outstanding high school seniors for excellence in English with local and state judging and December 1966 winners.
Five area girls will join 4Hers at a camp counselors workshop this weekend at Camp Upham Woods. The Monroe sisters Jean Wells Georgia Wells and Barbara Wegmueller, and Joan Lawver Sherry Weiss from Browntown will train to serve as counselors June 8 to 11.
The 25th Annual Banquet of the Past Commanders Club of Zilmer-Riley Post No. 84 The American Legion will be held in Legion Hall on Saturday evening May 7. A social hour at 6 30 will precede the dinner prepared and served by the Auxiliary. Donald C Jordi Sheboygan will lead the business meeting and program featuring George Williams Reedstown a Third District Past Commander and candidate for state commander. Special music will be provided by a Monroe High School Brass Quartet.
Arrangements for the semiannual visit to Madison V A Hospital were made at a Cooties meeting at the VFW Clubrooms. Twenty three members attended and plans were set for summer meetings at members cottages. The next meeting is June 6 at the VFW Club. A lunch was served by Werner Marti.
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