Final Gnagi scholarship awards Monroe graduates
The Gnagi Foundation awards its last four year university scholarships to Monroe high school graduates. Eight students have benefited since the program began seven and a half years ago with Erwin Harris Peters named as the final recipient. The article notes the foundation’s closure and suggests others consider similar gifts to fund future scholarships.
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Monroe
Will B
Neva Gnagi
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin
Gnngis
Erwin Harris Peters
Bill
Gnagi
Gnagi Foundation
Perle
Doris Guess
City Council President Criticizes Civil Defense Alert
The Monroe city council leader blasts the recent Civil Defense alert for inadequate public guidance while defending the practical limits of publishing every duty and task of CD workers. He urges broader public cooperation and notes local clipping coverage of the alert.
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City Council
Alderman
Freighters Operate Between Hawaiian Islands Carrying 12 Passengers
Some freighters servicing the Hawaiian Islands can carry twelve passengers each. The service targets interisland routes with midsize ships designed for regional transport and tourism. The note highlights limited passenger capacity aboard these freight vessels.
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Hawaiian Islands
Commencement Speaker and Scholarships Highlight May News
Ten years ago Dr. T. P. Jones of Sheboygan will speak at high school commencement on May 31. Janet Schultz wins an $800 two year music scholarship at Rockford College. 1,502 American servicemen return from Korea on rotation today. H L Karlen marks 50 years in lumber with new Karlen and Steinmann Lumber Co. officers opening in Monticello. Gen MacArthur warns communism is under way and must be met in Korea or face destruction.
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T. Pe Jones
Sheboygan Methodist
Janet Schultz
Rockford College
America
Korea
H. L. Karlen
Karlen and Steinmann Lumber Co
Monticello
MacArthur
Free World
Four decades past items from Monroe area wallop
A 1921 report notes Walter H. Legler aged 7 from the Orfordville area killed by a farm machine May 4. Monroe police and sheriff pursue two holdup suspects who killed a 12 year old Freeport boy during a grocery robbery. George W. Wilkinson becomes first Monroe Kiwanis Club president with Fred J. Blumer as VP Arthur C. Frautschy treasurer and Robert E. Knoff secretary. Alderman Fred Kohn is elected City Council president. Judge K M Landis denies resigning as federal judge to devote full time to baseball commissioner duties.
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Walter H. Legler
Orfordville
Monroe
Juda
Sheriff's Office
Freeport
George W. Wilkinson
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Fred J. Blumer
Arthur C. Frautschy
Robert E. Knoff
Fred Kohn
K. M. Landis
Monroe nine heads to interstate tourney in Indiana
Fifty years ago a Monroe Turner May 4 1911 group plans to travel to Ft Wayne Indiana on June 16 for the interstate tournament. Company H marks the 25th anniversary of its Milwaukee call for strike riot duty the unit's first active service. Casper Disch 71 a Canton Glarus native dies at the David Fritz home in town. The postal department reports about 10000 pieces of mail processed daily. O H Atherton returns from Kenosha after representing local members at the Modern Woodmen of America state meeting sessions.
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Monroe Turner
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Company H
Milwaukee
Casper Disch
Canton Glarus
David Fritz
O. H. Atherton
Kenosha
Woodmen of America
Mungo Brydson 90 Dies in Freeport After Gratiot Ties
Mungo Brydson, 90, longtime Gratiot farmer and hotel operator, died yesterday at his daughter’s home in Freeport. Born in Edinburgh, he came to the United States in 1887 and married Dora E. Peavy in 1892. He later ran the Great Western hotel in Stockton and the Gratiot hotel before moving to Freeport in 1927 to work as an elevator operator until 1955. Surviving are his wife, a son Earl, two daughters rs Hird and Mrs. Walter Minders, eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Walker Mortuary, burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
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Mungo Brydson
Albert Hird
Freeport
Edinburgh
Scotland
James Brydson
United States
Dora E. Peavy
Gratiot
Great Western
Stockton
Ill
Second National Bank
Earl
rs.Hird
Walter Minders
Walker Mortuary
Chapel Hill Cemetery
4 H Leaders To Meet At Ag Building Monday
Adult 4H Club leaders will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the county agricultural building. An executive committee session follows to pick State Club Week delegates. The group will discuss June Daily Day activities and hear numbers for district contests and music events. George Gramling reports.
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County Agricultural
George Gramling
Explorers Await Regional Session Involving Monroe Youths
Members from 36 Explorer units in the U S Grant Council prepare for the first Regional Confer ence at Great Lakes Naval Training Station from tomorrow through Sunday. Notable guests include Dr Daniel Posin Jesse Owens Brenda Lee and leaders such as H Roe Bartlee Commander Thomas J Keane and Admiral Higgins.
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U.S. Grant Council
Monroe
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Daniel Posin
DePaul University
Jesse Owens
Illinois Youth Commission
Brenda Lee
H. Roe Bartlee
Kansas City
Thomas J. Keane
Frank W. Braden
J. H. Browne
J. M. Higgins
Ninth Naval District
Navy Band
Naval Station
Blue Jacket
Navy
Region Seven
James Spring
James Zuhlke
Thomas Zuhlke
James Marty
Robert Knipschild
Kiwanis Club
Gerald Disch
David LaPorte
Legion
New Glarus
Douglas Rohde
James Benninger
Lena
Stanley L. Clayton
Jack E. McNett
Darlington
Men’s Methodist Club
Wayne Jones
Richard Fiene
Charles Bennehoff Jr
Post
Rock Grove
Death of Mrs. Emmett Covell Cremated in Florida
Mrs. Fred Loeffel of Albany reports the death of her cousin Mrs. Emmett Covell of West Palm Beach Florida last Thursday. The body was cremated and the ashes will be interred in the Covell family lot at Hillcrest cemetery. Survived only by her husband. The couple previously lived in Waterloo Iowa, Janesville Wisconsin and Charlotte Michigan before moving to Florida last summer.
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Albany
Fred Loeffel
Emmett Covell
West Palm Beach
Fla
Covell
Hillcrest Cemetery
Waterloo
Janesville
Charlotte
Mich
Florida
Dividends Declared by Milwaukee Alis-Chalmers
Milwaukee firm Al lis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co declares a quarterly dividend of 37 cents a share on common stock payable June 30 to holders of record June 1. A regular quarterly dividend of $1.02 on preferred stock payable June 5 to holders of record May 19.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Death notices for Henry C. Osborn and Brodie Barnett
Sarasota and Dallas brief notices report the deaths of Henry C. Osborn 82 founder of the Addressograph and Multigraph Corp in Cleveland Ohio and longtime VP director who died Wednesday. Brodie Daniel Barnett 78 retired Western Union VP who died Tuesday of a heart condition and helped merge Western Union with Postal Telegraph in the 1940s.
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Sarasota, Fla
Henry C. Osborn
Addressograph and
Multigraph Corp
Cleveland
Ohio
Osborn
Dallas
Tex
Brodie Daniel Barnett
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Simon R Richter 72 Dies in Freeport
Simon Robert Richter 72 of Freeport died Tuesday in a Rock Island area hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Zion United Church of Christ Freeport with Rev. Carl M. Grahl officiating. Burial in Oakland cemetery. Survived by wife L Grace Shenberger and siblings Vincent Mast, August, Edward, Fred. other family details noted.
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Simon Robert Richter
Freeport
Fred Richter
Argyle
A Rock Hospital
Zion United Church of Christ
Carl M. Grahl
Oakland Cemetery
Burke-Tubbs
Mr. Richter
Simon
Maria Erie Richter
Freeport Hardware Co
Richter and Toelle
Richter and Cook
L. Grace Shenberger
Marengo, Ill
Vincent Mast
Rock
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Monroe Evening Times
Monroe, Wisconsin
Congress
Emery A. Odell
The
Associated Press
Inland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Wall
Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Editorial
Evening Times
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
A. S. Matzke
Gideon Society
Madison
Washington
Green County
United Brethren Church
E. E. Remaly
Union Church
Palm Beach
9Th Street
Woolworths
Tiake
Simon R. Richter
Aldrin
Kenneth Keen
Juda, Wis
Milltoppers
Brennan’s
Certified Grocers OF Illinois, Inc
Raggedy Ann
Famous Foods
Oscar
Stoppenbach
U.S
Dot
Sn Sia
Nabisco
Lorna Doone
Burbank Sotators
B. Jar
Guardian
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