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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1968
Page
1
Thousands of Army troops near Washington will be placed on alert for possible violence as the Poor Peoples Campaign arrives. The Pentagon calls it prudent action with troops ready to move within an hour if needed.
Monroe Kiwanis Club hosted Lt Governor Elmer Johnson at Thursday noon lunch at Swiss Wheel Restaurant. Howard Olsen and Alvin Babler led surprise features and committee chairmen spoke, dressed in football jerseys. Ladies Night is planned May 15 at Monroe Country Club. Kiwanis Antique Show runs May 10 to May 12 at Turner Hall. Attendance prize winner is Lee F Olsen.
Green County Barbershop Chorus hosts its sixth annual parade of choruses and quartets at Monroe Junior High School on May 18 at 7:30 p.m. The event features The Four Renegades from Oak Park Illinois, The Wiley Forgers of Elgin Illinois, and the Sweet-Adelines Chorus of Freeport Illinois with Debra Schilt Peggy Tackett and others. The program includes Seventy Six Trombones and Alexander's Rag Time Band with Cadet Band assistance. Afterglow at Turner Hall follows, tickets sold by chorus members.
Deputies report a vehicle driven by Charles D. Erickson 16 Route 2 Winslow struck and killed a 750 pound heifer 2 1/2 miles southwest of Browntown on County Trunk B at 8 10 yesterday morning The animal was owned by Sheldon DeVoe rural Brownton Deputies said three other accidents occurred Wednesday none involving injuries A pickup truck sustained damage seven miles north west of Monroe on Highway 81 driven by Rudy G Mader Route 1 Argyle A car driven by George A Figi Route 1 Monroe struck a mailbox six miles southwest of Monroe on County Trunk B at 12 30 a m Wednesday Scratches on the right rear fender and windshield damage were reported A third car driven by William A Stauffacher 19 Monroe went out of control Wednesday night about a mile and a half southeast of Monroe Vehicles driven by Viva V Stauffacher Monroe and Danny M Krattiger Route 1 Monroe were involved in a collision at 22nd Ave and 14th St at 5 23 p m Wednesday night Back Page.
Roys Sanitary Dairy protests a 5 percent oleomargarine tax on Wisconsin forty percent butterfat spreads like Butterite. The industry argues the product is neither oleomargarine nor butter and should have a distinct identity while manufacturers continue stamping taxed rolls and voicing their objection to the tax.
Ralph W. Showers, 53, of Route 1 Orangeville, died Thursday from an apparent accidental gunshot wound on the Della Showers farm southwest of Winslow road. A sheriff’s inquest will be held. he was found by his mother after not returning from milking. He carried a gun while plowing and died around 7 p.m. His body was later taken to Orangeville Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Mabel, mother Della Showers, a daughter Mary Ann Koch, a brother Leland, a sister Irene Levert on, and three grandchildren. He was a member of the American Legion and Odd Fellows. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Cramer Funeral Home.
Ten Monroe area students are candidates for master's or bachelor's degrees at spring commencement May 26 in Williams Fieldhouse Platteville State University. Charles F. Luce of Consolidated Edison of New York will give the address. Candidates include Thomas Bainbridge William J Esch Judith Gibbs Susan Kirchner Richard L Miller Robert C Opel Daryl A Rupnow Rita L Seffrood Mary C Sullivan Roaul Duane Wuethrich.
The FDA announced new labeling for birth control pills citing British studies suggesting higher death or disease risk from blood clots. It warns the American incidence may differ and notes a U.S. study is expected early next year. The label specifies a statistically significant link between oral contraceptives and clots in brain or lung vessels.
The 13th annual Monroe Kiwanis Antique Show and Sale opened at Turner Hall at 11 am. Five of 19 exhibitors arrived early with two newcomers House of Antiques Cedar Rapids and Ruby Clayton Antiques Detroit. New exhibitors include Ruby Clayton, a former tool factory grinder turned antique dealer since 1950, and House of Antiques led by Esther Lucore and Marion Little.
Christi K. Ault, Monroe native and UW Madison music sophomore, appears as guest piano accompanist with the High School Mixed Chorus in the Spring Choral Concert on May 16 at the junior high auditorium. She will perform the piano reduction of the orchestral part for the Hallelujah Chorus from The Mount of Olives by Beethoven and Brahms Gypsy Songs. Regular accompanist Becky Chapman and junior high accompanist Deborah Krauss also contribute to the program with Marche pieces and the finale The Impossible Dream.
Friday night marks the end of another school week as Clair R. Munns delivers a light verse about weekend pleasures and the sense of departure from study. The light poem captures a quiet moment of anticipation and leisure.
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