Harmony Show in Monroe by Green County Barber Shop Chorus
The Green County Barber Shop Chorus and visiting quartets join with the Sweet Adelines of Freeport for a May 13 show at Monroe Junior High Auditorium starting 8 15 p m. The Gay 90s Buckaroos perform at Turner Hall afterglow. The event marks the fifth annual parade of choruses with a Give Me the Wide Open Spaces theme.
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Monroe
Green County
Harmony
Good Fellowship
Logopedics
Witchita
Kans
Oak Lawn
Ill
Jim Beck
Mass
Tony Fileccia
Rudy Sikler
Jack Baird
Freeport
Monroe Junior High School
Turner Hall
Leon Rabe
Rockford
Green County Chorus
Sweet Adelines
Jean Keel
Hugh Deery Insurance
Green County Barbershop Chorus
John Reese
Illinois
Chicagoland
Chicago Truck Strike Broadens With Failing Mediation Talks
A Chicago area strike lockout idles about 45 000 truck drivers as meetings between unions and employers fail. Pickets appear at more firms and fears grow of a wider Midwest shutdown. 1 000 plus trucking firms affected. Bargaining offers span 70 to 90 cents per hour in a three year package amid mediator sessions canceled.
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Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Midwest
Teamsters Union
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
Ed Fenner
Wisconsin farm workers wages hit record high amid labor shortage
The State Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday that wages for Wisconsin farm workers are at a record peak while employers report a severe shortage of help across farms and related operations.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Prom Court Chosen For Monroe Big Dance Event
Monroe prom royalty Steven Benkett and Caro Barry lead a court of Cathy Bennet Susie Smith Chris Stamm Liz Stuessy Debbie Trumpy Don Bloom Mike Deininger Tom Eraser Jim Larson and Conrad Schmidt. Camelot theme murals set the scene as Mearl Kelm and his Evanston band provide music from 9 p m to 1 a m in the high school gym. A pre prom dinner 7 to 9 p.m. at Monroe Country Club precedes post prom at the same venue with The Ruins of Bloomington. A Goetz Theater movie closes festivities.
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Monroe
Steven Benkett
Caro
Barry
Cathy Bennet
Susie Smith
Chris Stamm
Liz Stuessy
Debbie Trumpy
Don Bloom
Mike Deininger
Tom Eraser
Jim Larson
Conrad Schmidt
Camelot
Mearl Kelm
Evanston
Ill
Monroe Country Club
Bloomington
Goetz Theater
Cromer Houser
Market rises amid heavy trading in New York
The stock market advanced vigorously in very heavy trading early this afternoon in New York.
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New York
Death of Brodhead auto dealer Frederick M. Ties
Frederick M. Ties, famed Brodhead Chrysler dealer and snow forecast pioneer, dies at 46 from an acute coronary thrombosis after a highway crash on Interstate 94 near Racine County. He predicted snowfalls since 1900, continuing a family tradition begun by his grandfather. survived by wife Arlene, son Frederick Mac, two daughters, mother Fannie, and two grandchildren. Services set at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Brodhead, burial Greenwood Cemetery. memorials to be given at the funeral home.
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Frederick M. Ties
Ties
Racine County
St. Luke’s Hospital
Racine
Theodore Withrow
Mr. Ties
F. M
Tinker) Ties
Fred
Leo Ties
Leo M. Ties
Fannie Douglas Ties
Navy
Frederick
Mac) Ties
James
Jerri) Iverson
Jane
Fannie Ties
Steven Ties
Jodi Ann Iverson
Bethlehem Lutheran
Cheese Days Planners Name Parade Group and Coordinators
The Green County Cheese Days planners announced co chairmen for Monroe and a full parade committee for the September event. William Lanz named William Bauman Jr and Delbert Krupke as co chairs, with others including Harold Snively and Robert Hendrickson. Budget plans set at 9500 dollars. fundraising and promotions with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture are in formation.
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William Lanz
Cochairmen
Monroe
William Bauman Jr
Delbert Krupke
Harold Snively
William Hawthorne
Robert Hendrickson
Charles Schultz
Donald Janke
Thomas McGraw
Lanz
Allan F
Naomi Barnard
Dennis Fazel
Kevin Close
James Klabough
General Cochairmen
Robert M. Bussen
Archie Myers Jr
Robert E. Tschudy
Royce Schulz
Monroe Specialty Co., Inc
Lee Kirsch
Clifford Reasa
Charles Hughes
Green County Historical Society set June 5 meeting
The Green County Historical Society will hold its annual meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the Universalist Church museum. Board actions include nominating committee chair Jack Kundert and terms expiring for Evans, Bussen, Speich, Blum, and Hawthorne. Discussion includes Sanders School disposition and June museum open Sundays.
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Green County Historical Society
Universalist Church
Jack Kundert
Orville R. Evans Sr
Robert M. Bussen
Dina Speich
Anna O. Blum
William Hawthorne
Sanders School
Kirsch resigns from Green County Fair Board post
L. E. Kirsch will resign from the Green County Fair Board effective May 1 after about 12 years as a director. Two remaining veteran members are Fred T. Burgy of Monticello and Lyle Rodgers of Monroe. A replacement may be named or chosen after a fall election. Kirsch has been a Bankers Life Insurance agent in Monroe for nine years and has lived there 20 years with his wife and four children.
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L. E. Kirsch
Green County Fair Board
Kirsch
Fred T. Burgy
Monticello
Lyle Rodgers
Monroe
Bankers Life Insurance
Bowman Dairy Company
Milwaukee Cheese Co
Kraft Cheese Company
Madison Senate Delays Historic Vote on Colored Oleo Legalization
Butter’s final confrontation extends into a third day as the State Senate, tangled in technicalities, moves to ward its historic vote to legalize colored oleo.
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Madison
State Senate
Daily Doggerel Verse by Clair R. Munns
Take a deep breath of fragrance pure and greet days of early summer. It is the tonic you need, I am very sure. Take often as needed and then repeat.
Sidewalk Art Show by Madi son Artist In Monroe
Mrs Marietta Thomas Kust will present a one man show of paintings wood cuts and ink drawings in front of the First National Bank Monroe on Saturday May 6 starting at 10 a.m. The event is hosted by the Cultural Arts Committee of the Monroe PTA with Mrs Alex Villacrez as chair. If rain occurs the display moves to the bank Community Room. Admission is free and open to all.
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Madison
Marietta Thomas Kust
First National Bank
Monroe
Leigh Ann Atkinson Recovers From Heart Surgery
Leigh Ann Atkinson 5, daughter of R Delmar Atkinson of Albany, fully recovers from heart surgery thanks to volunteer blood donors. A Bloodmobile visit is scheduled in Monroe at Turner Hall gym on Monday May 15 from 1 to 6 30 p.m.
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Leigh Ann _ Atkinson
R. Delmar Atkinson
Albany
Monroe
Turner Hall Gymnasium
Leigh Ann
Band Program Delights Crowd at May Musicale
Allan Barnard’s Symphonic Band elevated to a classical level at the May Musicale. Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave overture opened the program with challenging depth, followed by James Christensen's daring Contrasts. Encores included Tijuana Holiday and The Peanut Vendor. Linda Bury led ticket sales with $28.25. Diane Liedschlag dazzled on clarinet with Janet Buehler at piano.
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Dick Campbell
Allan F. Barnard
Barnard
James Christensen
Christensen
University of Wisconsin
Raymond Dvorak
Vance Nelson
Gigi
Lerner
Lowe
Peanut Vendor
Tijuana
Fingal’s Cave
Bonnie Hartwig
Susan Norder
Sue Mahikuch
Linda Bury
Linda
John Phillip Sousa
John
Diane Liedschlag
Janet Buehler
Charles Lefebv
Milwaukee Schools Face Milk Shortage After Strikes
Thirty seven Milwaukee public schools were without milk for lunch on Wednesday due to unauthorized strikes at two dairies. The disruptions hit a Borden Co. plant in West Allis and the Sealtest Foods Division of National Dairy Products Corp. Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Borden Co
West Allis
Sealtest Foods
National Dairy Products Corp
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