Janet Jennings nursing hero who cared for wounded brothers
Janet Jennings, a Monroe writer and nurse, defied age rules to aid wounded Union soldiers in Washington during 1863. She traveled from Monroe to assist her brother Guilford Dudley Jennings at Armory Square hospital after his Chancellorsville injury, offering care despite being younger than the required age and seeking aid from Dorothey Dix and Dr Bliss.
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Janet Jennings
Monroe
Washington
Guilford Dudley Jennings
Janet
John
Ann Macintyre Jennings
Jane
Henry
Lida) Ludlow
Wisconsin Infantry
Chancellorsville
Armory Square
Dudley
Jennings
Dorothy Dix
Bliss
Astronaut Set For Ride Friday From Cape Canaveral
NASA began a pre launch countdown for astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr to orbit Earth at 7 a.m. Monroe time Friday after weather forecasts improved. Forecasters expected partly cloudy skies with scattered showers downrange 290 miles. A 12:30 a.m. Friday countdown was planned if conditions hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S. Space Agency Today
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Monroe
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navy
Shepard
City Hall Flag Flies Again After Pole Repair
City Hall reports the flag is back in the wind as workers completed erecting a repaired flagpole yesterday. The pole was bent and pitted from a hail storm last fall, and the restoration allows the flag to fly once more over City Hall.
Myers To Head Scouting District
Russell J. Myers was elected chairman of the Valley District United States Grant Council Boy Scouts of America at the Mr. and Mrs. Scouter banquet in Turner hall. Milo Friedrichs named vice chairman. Russell Carter elected district representative to the executive board. Dr. George Barry recommended for commissioner. More than 140 heard Edward Niffenegger Jr. on Americanism and Communism. Byington reported scouting highlights and training milestones. district raised 7803.93 in finance. total council budget 55562.26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell J. Myers
Valley District
U.S. Grant Council
Boy Scouts of America
Turner Hall
Myers
George W. Byington
Milo Friedrichs
Elmer Grams
Edward M. Adam
Russell Carter
George Barry
Friedrichs
Robert Dearth
William Slusser
Council
E. C. McCollow
Edward Niffenegger Jr
Niffenegger
American Legion Post
Byington
Knights of Pythias
Monroe
South Wayne
Monroe United Fund
Adam
Clarence R. Benkett
Dewey Dwyer
Melvin Scheisser
Robert Hayes
Merrill Holloway
Robert Kramer
Clifford Levi
Ralph Baltzer
Lowell Marquardt
Jack L. Marty
Harold Snively
George Bjork
Dwight Pierce
Robert Riese
Harold Pederson
James Schwoegler
LeRoy Phillips
A. Charles Howe
Richard Kundert
Ernest Spring
Gerald Swiggum
John F. Kundert
Larry R. Lindgren
Clarence Grundahl
Doran Blum
Paul H. Olm
Louis Janke
Leonard Bigler
Donald Rufenacht
Resurfacing Project Seen for Highway 69
The State Highway Commission includes resurfacing 6.3 miles of Highway 69 from New Glarus to Highway 92 among 102.5 miles in 18 counties. The package totals about $2.2 million, with 69 proposed projects reviewed before financing limits were applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Glarus
State Highway Commission
Commission
Eisenhower criticizes Cuban invasion planning
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, backing Kennedy amid Cuban and Lao tian crises, is reported to have questioned invasion planning for the anti Castro effort. He doubted JCS consultation, warned heavy gear on one Liberty ship, and cited Gallipoli as a cautionary parallel. 1,200 men trained in Guatemala were told to leave, prompting rushed action. News sources say the NSC and top leaders disagree on vetoing the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gallipoli
Turkey
Dardanelles
United States
Guatemala
Dean Rusk
National Security Council
Driving Contest Entrants Sought for Teen-Age Road-e-o
Jaycee event seeks entrants for annual road-e-o with written test May 18 at 8 p.m. in the high school and driving test May 21 in the Sentry lot. Any licensed teen under 19 is eligible, including from nearby towns, with winner advancing to state and top 50 finals in Washington in August for 4900 dollars in scholarships.
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Jaycee
Robert G. Holtshopple
John J. Nemitz
Washington
Monroe Senior Earns Wisconsin Legion Nursing Scholarship
Mary Jo Henning a Monroe high school senior has won a Wisconsin American Legion auxiliary nursing scholarship to attend St. Luke's hospital school of nursing this fall. She will receive fifty dollars per semester for three years, believed to be the first such award for a Monroe student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Mary Jo Henning
Wisconsin American Legion Auxiliary
St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing
Miss Henning
Alfred H. Henning Jr
Mary Jo
St. Clare Hospital
Minimum Pay Hike Approved
President Kennedy wins a major victory as Congress approves a minimum wage bill expanding coverage to 3.6 million workers including retail and service sectors. The Senate easily passes 64 to 28 and the House follows 230 to 196, with Wisconsin representatives split on the measure.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Congress
Senate
White House
Wisconsin
Johnson
Kastenmeier
Reuss
Zablocki
O’konski
Byrnes
Laird
Schadeberg
Thomson
van Pelt
Wiley
Proxmire
Dairy Day Parade and Swiss Festival Weekend Planned
Dairy Day on June 24 will feature cheese and milk giveaways to visitors as the county publicity committee promotes a Swiss and Dairy Festival Weekend. Activities run June 23 to 25 including a parade, water fights, queen coronation, a Kiwanis dairy banquet, and a Midwest Turn Fest for Swiss gymnasts.
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James Volkert
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
M. Palmer Welsh
Green County Agricultural Chest
No Panic Fueled 13 Survivors In Albatross Sinking
The Albatross sank after a tropical storm. Six of nineteen aboard died including a cook and Dr. N Alice Sheldon. Thirteen survived, ten of them boys aged 15 to 18. Survivors were rescued by the Gran Rio and pursued by a rescue ship toward Tampa.
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Tampa
Fla
Albatross
Gulf of Mexico
Christopher B. Sheldon
Darien
Conn
Associated Press
N. Alice Sheldon
Gran Rio
Surinam
David
Tod) Johnstone
Stonington
Tod
Charles Tad Sadler
Pittsford
N.Y
Sheldons
Ernest K. Gann
Gann
Sheldon
George Ptadnik
California
Robert Wetherill
Media
Chris Corstine
Montreal
Canada
Rick Marsellus
Newport Beach
Califae Goodlett
Arlington
Youth Admits Shooting Girls in Kadoka
James Scott Stephens a 16 year old from Holland Michigan confessed to the rifle slayings of two Holland girls in Kadoka South Dakota. Police said he admitted the killings with no emotion after a day of questioning and claimed the shootings were accidental. Kadoka Police Chief Alvin Baldwin arrested him near a roadside diner after recognizing him from a news photo.
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Kadoka
S.D
James Scott Stephens
Michigan
Holland, Mich
South Dakota
Stephens
Associated Press
Alvin Baldwin
Evaluation of CD Alert Set for May 10
Civil Defense coordinator T. J. Burgy Jr. announced a meeting at 8 p.m. next Wednesday May 10 in the Courthouse courtroom to evaluate last Friday's CD test. He has notified all county CD personnel to attend. Doris Messmer head of the school disaster group also expects an evacuation program evaluation with Walter Drews city CD director next week.
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T. J. Burgy Jr
Burgy
Doris Messmer
Walter Drews
City CD
Laos Red Ally Taking Charge In Cease Fire Talks
Prince Souvanna Phouma moved to lead a new Laotian government as cease fire talks began. A parley at Ban Namone aims to form a coalition with Phoumi Nosavan's right wing and Pathet Lao along with Geneva conference representation.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Prince
Prince Boun Oum
Ban Namone
Phoumi Nosavan
Phoumi
Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Prince Souphanouvong
Europe
County agricultural committee names Riemer as chairman
Riemer Willis of Decatur Township was elected chairman of the county agricultural committee at a meeting in the agricultural building. He succeeds Fred Baertschi of Albany Township who was defeated in the April 4 election. Leland Jordan of Jefferson Township was named vice chairman. Merlyn Rufer of Washington Township is a new member, filling Baertschi’s vacancy. C. S. Pierce of Brodhead remains chairman, and Rudolph T. Haskee, county superintendent, serves as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Riemer
Decatur Township
Fred Baertschi
Albany
Leland Jordan
Jefferson Township
Merlyn Rufer
Washington Township
Baertschi
C. S. Pierce
Brodhead
Rudolph
Chamber To Discuss Swiss Dairy Weekend In Monroe
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday to plan the Swiss Dairy Weekend set for June 23 to 25 and to discuss dairy promotion activities, other projects, and the local business climate. George Wells notes no speaker is yet named. there are 5 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. sessions, with a 6 p.m. social, 6:30 p.m. dinner, and a 5 p.m. retail committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Marco
George Wells
Chamber
Wells
Dies Jacob H. Yost of Freeport at 80
Jacob Henry Yost 80, longtime printer and Monroe native, died in Freeport Memorial hospital after surgery. Funeral services will be Saturday at Burke-Tubbs in Freeport with burial in Davis Cemetery. He was active in the Typographical Union and the Germania and Elks. Survived by four sons Clarence Pasadena Emery Dwight and Herbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Yost
Monroe
Freeport Memorial Hospital
Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home
Freeport
Davis Cemetery
Jacob Henry Yost
Jacob and
Bertha Greenwald Yost
Monroe Evening Times
Freeport Journal - Standard
Typographical Union
Germania and Elks
Myrtie Barlow
Ethel Heitham
Clarence
Pasadena
Calif
Emery
Chicago
Dwight
Herbert
Los Alamos
N.M
Albert
John
Youth Group To Hold Car-Wash Saturday
The Youth Fellowship of St. John's United Church of Christ sponsors a car wash from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. at the church to raise expenses for a Cedar Lake Home weekend in West Bend on May 20 and 21. The group will also perform odd jobs at home during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Fellowship of
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Cedar Lake
West Bend
Madison Gov appoints Walter to State Board of Public Welfare
Governor Nelson named Wilbert L. Walter a Milwaukee labor leader to the State Board of Public Welfare succeeding Mrs Karl Kleinpell of Cassville. Walter replaces Kleinpell and joins the board as a public welfare appointee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Nelson
Wilbert L. Walter
Milwaukee
State Board of Public Welfare
Karl Kleinpell
Cassville
May Time Melodies chorus concert announced for May 9
Thom as L. Norager announces a 8 p m May 9 junior high auditorium concert featuring the high school chorus, junior high chorus, and senior girls ensemble. Selections include works by Rodgers and Hammerstein with soloists and a Saint Louis themed finale, under senior supervision and ticket sales by chorus members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Meier
Sharon Updike
Jennifer Ruda
Susan Warfel
Jerry Kubly
Thomas L. Norager
Times
Wunderbar
Ash Grove
Norager
Tom Marean
Franklin Luebchow
Edmund Anderson
Vicki Miller
Bruce Wagner
Patricia Stauffacher
Curtis Schwerin
LaBorde Youth Remains Critical After Collision
Steven LaBorde, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Robert LaBorde of Juda Route 1, remains in critical condition at St Clare hospital after sustaining serious head injuries and concussions in a car crash on April 23 along Highways 11 81 between Juda and Brodhead in front of his farm home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven LaBorde
Robert LaBorde
Juda
St. Clare Hospital
Brodhead
Cheese Trade Quiet in Madison Market
Madison Wisconsin dairy buyers report a quiet steady American cheese market with demand slow to fair and ample to more than ample supplies. Prices show Cheddars around 36.10 to 37.42 per hundredweight, 40 pound blocks about 36 to 38 percent, single daisies near 38 percent, longhorns near 37 to 38 percent, and midgets around 38 to 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
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Dudley Jennings
Red
Riemer
Ceed
LaBorde
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