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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1968
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists office hours from 9 AM to 5 PM and a noon break. The notice appears in a dense OCR of a historic Wisconsin newspaper page with Associated Press and Inland Daily Press Association credits and unclear surrounding text.
A Monroe welcome extends to the Third District Legionnaires as Ed Niffenegger leads the host effort with Zilmer Riley Post and Auxiliary. Theme Freedom Is Not Free honors veterans while Dr. Kenneth McFarland’s words reflect pride in American heritage amid calls for sacrifice. In Honolulu, a Nebraska girl and Wisconsin Air Force captain wed at Hickam Base as officers amplify a small ceremony into a major social event with a large guest list and a film keepsake for the couple.
The Post Office Depart ment invites competitive bids to build and lease a new Cedar ville Illinois post office. The lease will run five years with a possible ten year renewal. Bids due by June 1, 1968.
Joseph Tregoning state assemblyman will address the Association for Retarded at 8 p m Monday in the Green County Special Education Building The talk titled The Forgotten Children will be paired with a Stanley Home products display proceeds to the camp fund for a camping program at Wyalusing State Park Public welcome Representing the area are Michael Glass state director Mrs Ed Kaderly president and Jim Bauman youth delegate Also a separate brief notes a Denver police report of a man praying on church steps after finding the church locked and a mention of a cottage for sale classifieds
A compact nostalgic item features a children’s verse about a little fisherman from Mrs. Werner Schuetz and a long list of birthday greetings for May across Wisconsin towns including Monroe Beloit Juda Juda Brookhaven? and surrounding routes. The notes name residents with ages and streets in Blanchardville Beloit South Wayne Argyle Monticello Davis Browntown and Orangeville.
Daniel Sochor 11 died after a traffic accident and his grieving Seventh Day Adventist family donated his skin kidney and spleen to four recipients. His kidneys went to Chester Garbaz and Herman Holloway at UCLA and LA, while skin helped a Loma Linda burn victim. A spleen transplant aided an Orange County General Hospital patient. Both kidney recipients were reported in good condition. the burn patient remained critical. spleen recipient unnamed.
A new member, Rachel Anne Mittler of Monticello, joined the group on May 12, 1967, expanding the organization’s roster and signaling ongoing community activity in the town.
Wisconsin cheddar cheese prices remained unchanged this week with a steady market zone and spotty buying. American cheese output for the week ending April 25 reached 29,350,000 pounds, up 3 percent from the prior week while Wisconsin Swiss held steady on top grades and remained unsettled on lower grades with adequate supplies. The pussy willow contest in Gardner, Massachusetts ended in a tie between Laura Robichaud and John E. Gauvin, 4 and 7, and the prize was split with a $5 gift certificate each. 97 youngsters entered the contest.
Capt. Robert C. Amos of Monroe took part in a successful bombing mission over North Vietnam with the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing F 105 Thunderchiefs. The southern Panhandle near Mu Gia Pass saw three large fires from fuel storage area explosions and eight secondary blasts as Amos and his crew destroyed trucks roads ammo dumps and fuel depots amid bad weather. Flight leader Lt. Col. Thomas J. Coady credited luck and a skilled forward air controller for the mission.
Orangeville news from Mrs. R. V. Cronan reports Maynard Metz Val Schreiner and J Milton Bostian visiting northern college daughters in DeKalb. Daughters played First team softball with Whitewater winning 10 6 and 15 1 over Town University. Local notices include welfare meeting attendance Rockford and open house at Stockton greenhouse. Fatally injured construction worker Robert W Wiese 25 in Marshfield dynamite accident. Rent ads invite tenants by phone.
The Washington Center 4H Club met March 26 at the Daryl Pagel home. Patty Drafahl led the flag salute and Dale Saxer led the pledge. Members discussed the Music Festival and heard demonstrations on electrical plugs by Calvin Wasserstrauss and a dairy calf report by Philip Graber.
Glancing backward 10 years to 1958 shows Harvey Ott named president of Browntown firemen at a meeting and Louis Wyss appointing committees in Monticello. Firsts include Shirley Woodruff and Jorene Steinmann named pool check girls.
An illustrated lecture on control of cancer opened at the courthouse while Mrs. Ralph Stauffach hosted Tuesday afternoon Bridge Club. The item also notes May 4 1928 fashion, weather, and a 1918 note about Marie Blum and Walter Seefeldt entering a typing contest with T W Seert.
Sixty years after, on May 4, 1908, members of Juda Evangelical Church hosted a surprise farewell for Tev Haberman and his family as they prepare to move from the community. In Brooklyn the village votes on a 2000 dollar bond to establish a fire department. A Milwaukee judges committee resigns from a plan to speed court action in arrests tied to civil disturbances. Thrifty want ads promise results with a low cost option, call 325 5101 for classified.
The 16 week helicopter pilot course at Army Primary Helicopter School Ft Wolters Tex is completed by Second Lt Timothy T Phalen age 21 son of Mr and Mrs Timothy E Phalen Monroe. He will undertake advanced night training at Ft Rucker Ala. Sgt David J Young is honorably discharged after three years with a year in Vietnam. Pvt William M Williams completed eight weeks of advanced infantry training at Ft Dix NJ with M14 M60 and 3.5 inch rocket launcher instruction. Williams's wife Ann resides in Monroe Wis.
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