Monroe Evening Times: historic notes and rates
The Monroe Evening Times publishes from Monroe and lists Emery Odell as a former staff member. It notes AP affiliation and agency memberships, with subscription rates for city, Wisconsin and surrounding Illinois counties, and advance payment requirements. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 p m, Saturday 12 Noon, phone 325 5101.
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City
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
What Is a Mother message in Spring Grove tribute
A Mother's Day tribute features Mrs. Herbert Mohns' prose and verse on what a mother is, celebrating love, sacrifice, and guidance. It notes mothers' shared qualities and actions from care to discipline, then shifts to university honors at Oshkosh State University with awards and initiates among local students.
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Spring Grove
Herbert Mohns
Children’s Birthday Club
Soldier from Monroe in Vietnam ends tour this August
SP4 Eugene Quies, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fritsch of Monroe, telephoned his parents from Vietnam. He has been there since last July and will end his tour of duty in August. His address is Sp. 4 Eugene Quies RA16971094 D 16 Armour, 173rd Airborne Brigade APO San Francisco 96250.
Bacon Is Named Kiwanis President
Monroe Kiwanis Club members elected Burt Bacon as president for the coming season to begin in October at the annual business meeting Thursday noon in the VFW Hall. Richard Bahr was elected vice president and two directors were Ron Barribeau and John McElhaney.
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Monroe Kiwanis Club
Burt Bacon
VFW Hall
Richard Bahr
Ron Barribeau
John McElhaney
Letter to the Editor on juvenile drivers and school crossings
The writer asks how old the person who rose at 1 am to obtain bicycle license no. 1 was and questions juvenile accountability. They condemn reckless speed near schools and urge motorists to slow down for children crossing, noting concerns about warning signs and crossing stripe repainting.
Area Physician To Be Honored In Wisconsin 50 Year Club
Dr. M. T. Morrison of Mt. Horeb will be one of 13 Wisconsin physicians honored for 50 years in the profession at the State Medical Society meeting in Milwaukee. He serves as VA Madison chief admitance officer and personnel physician, licensed in Missouri Illinois and Wisconsin. Morrison, born in St. Louis, practiced there 17 years before moving to Wisconsin in 1941, and will attend events in Milwaukee and a June 5 6 reunion at Washington University in St. Louis with his wife Philleda Brunswick Morrison and their children and grandchildren.
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MT. Horeb
M. T. Morrison
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
State Medical Society
Morrison
Veteran’s Administration
Madison
Washington On University
St. Louis
Firemen Honor Five Veterans at Brodhead Banquet
Five Brodhead firefighters with 129 years of service were honored at the Harris House banquet. Lee Hall 27 years retiring in April received a wallet. Truman Olin 34 years, former chief. Gilbert Swartz 26 years, inactive on call but longtime treasurer. Gerald Reigle and Rex Roenneburg 25 years each, Roenneburg nine years as assistant chief. Recognition was a surprise.
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Brodhead
Harris House
Donald Edwards
Gordon Christensen
Wisconsin
Lee Hall
Department
Truman Olin
Gilbert Swartz
Gerald Reigle
Rex Roenneburg
Roenneburg
Girl Scouts Train At Monroe Neighborhood Session
An all day outdoor training session for all registered adult Scouts closed the Monroe Neighborhood season. Mrs Archie Myers Jr organized the Kiwanis Youth Cabin event with instructors Mrs Alvin Kubly Mrs Edward Zupance and other leaders guiding camping skills compass work and related activities.
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Monroe
Girl Scouts of Badger Council
Kiwanis
Archie Myers Jr
Alvin Kubly
Edward Zupance
Girl Scouts of
Glancing Backward May 10 1959 and 1949 highlights
A retrospective list recalls Churchill’s 1959 U.S. visit ending in New York and Washington after a seven day stay. It notes injuries to Emil Sutter in Albany rail incident, and Gen Twining’s chest surgery at Walter Reed. It also recalls Wisconsin 1949 track meet victory, Hoover’s 1924 FBI start, a 1939 grain elevator fire, and a Monroe man’s injury repairing a flagpole.
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Winston Churchill
London
America
New York
Washington
Emil Sutter
Albany
Herman D. Legler
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter Reed Hospital
Don Gehrmann
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Iowa
Badgers
Green County
H. F. Zingg
New Glarus
County Conservation Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Monroe
Ben Neuenschwander
Michael School
Cadiz Township
Musicale at Universalist Church Highlights Student Talent
Forty years ago on May 10 1929 a delightful musicale was staged in the Universalist church by Wisconsin School of Music students arranged by the Monroe Woman's club. City Treasurer F W Wettengel sold $10000 in bonds to citizens to cover this season water main extensions. Monroe plans a local talent baseball team.
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Universalist Church
Wisconsin School of Music
Monroe Woman’s Club
F. W. Wettengel
Monroe
Victory loan success and DAR organized in Monroe
Fifty years ago on May 10 1919 Monroe and Green county citizens backed the fifth Victory loan a civic show of support. A DAR chapter formed at Mrs Charles E Shriner home with officers including regent Martha Relf and treasurer Georgiana Clark.
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Uncle Sam
Monroe
Green County
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Charles E. Shriner
Martha Relf
Georgia Shriner
Edith Churchill
Georgiana Clark
May Luchsinger
Charlotte Miller
Letha Durst
Envy of soldiers over uniforms and staffing in city
On May 10 1899 Capt M C Durst and First Lt Arthur Musselman of Company H are praised for possessing proper uniforms bought by the company while uniforms for the men come from the state. The school board has one high school position open with many applications filed, more than the current teaching staff.
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M.C. Durst
Arthur Musselman
Co. H
Next Week’s School Menus and Local Vietnam War Update
The weekly menu lists meals from Monday to Friday including meat loaf and hamburgers with sides and desserts. A Milwaukee protest outside Milwaukee County General Hospital papers abortion support. Sgt Kneubuehl reports heavy enemy fire near Kontum in Vietnam with several wounded but no fatalities. Chinese 105 MM howitzers used by North Vietnam for the first time.
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Support Abortion
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County General Hospital
Vietnam
Spencer E. Kneubuehl
Sylvan C. Kneubuehl
Kontum
Highlands
Cambodia
Laos
North Vietnam
R. A
P.O. Box
R. R. Company
Infantry Division
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Brugger wins state scholarship at LaCrosse Honors Banquet
Arden Brugger from Monroe received one of two Alice O Gordon Scholarships at LaCrosse State University fifth annual Honors Banquet held May 6 in Cartwright Center. Sister Justine McDonald of Viterbo College delivered the keynote. Dr. M O Graff announced 28 scholarships and honors from the LaCrosse State University Foundation. Brugger, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Busjahn, majors in English education and belongs to Delta Pi and the Student National Education Association.
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Oshkosh State University
Reeve Memorial Union
William Flaherty
Orville Flaherty
Monroe
Area
Kristine Brugger
John B. Brugger
Sandra K. Sandridge
Belleville
Kappa Delta Pi
JoAnn Buol
Psi Chi
Alpha Kappa Delta
Judy Sutter
Mt. Horeb
Arden Brugger
Alice O. Gordon
LaCrosse State University
Cartwright Center
Justine McDonald
Viterbo College
LaCrosse
M. O. Graff
LaCrosse State University Foundation, Inc
Gordon
LaCrosse State
Miss Brugger
George Busjahn
Route 2
Happy Delta Pi
National Honorary Society For Men and Women In Education
Student National Education Association
Wisconsin Legislators Back American Legion Condemn SDS
State Senator Gordon W. Roselleip announced the Wisconsin Legislature commends the American Legion for recondemning the Students For A Democratic Society. He urged a firm stand against SDS, citing alleged leftist affiliations and aims to overthrow the government. The action followed a national Legion convention resolution. New and upcoming member listings appear for various towns and birth dates.
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Gordon W. Roseleip
Darlington
Wisconsin
National Organization of the
American Legion
Students For A Democratic Society
Roseleip
Students For A Democratic
SDS
National Convention
The
Typing Students Earn Honors at University and State Tests
Monroe High School Typing I students rank in the top tiers of two national programs. Catherine Bustle leads with 64 wpm and 2 errors in the University of Iowa test, while Jane Goecks and JoAnn Kundert clock 61 wpm. Kundert places 28th of 1600 in the Wisconsin State University Superior study. Mark Holcomb and Susan Burgi also receive merit certificates. About 150 students compete across two programs each quarter, with finals in two weeks. Coretta King’s My Life with Martin Luther King Jr. is named a Book of the Month Club selection and will be published Sept. 25.
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Monroe H. S. Typing I
University of Iowa
Catherine Bustle
Jane Goecks
JoAnn Kundert
Wisconsin State University
Miss Kundert
Mark Holcomb
Susan Burgi
Gren Schreier
Donald Liedschlag
WSU
U of Iowa
M.H.S
Iowa
New York
Coretta King
Martin Luther King Jr
Skaife Brothers Winners Again at Wisconsin Ham Show
Skaife Brothers repeat success as Milton Skaife earns reserve champion for their light ham at the Wisconsin Freezer and Meat Processors convention in Madison. Skaled processing and scalding methods set them apart, with Belmont Processing Platt as the top winner by a narrow one point.
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Blanchardville
Skaife Brothers
Milton Skaife
Wisconsin Freezer and Meat Processors
Madison
Skaife
Belmont Processing Platt
Dick Severson
Ron Kurschner
Messrs
Mmes
Phil Corbin
Today in History and Tear Gas Attack at Howard University
May 10 1969 marks anniversaries from 1871 Frankfurt treaty to 1943 Tunisia prisoner roundup. The day’s news reports a tear gas assault by about 200 riot police on a Howard University dormitory housing around 1,000 students after federal marshals cleared militant-occupied buildings.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Amerigo Vespucci
New World
Jefferson Davis
Irwinville
Ogden
Utah
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Washington
Howard University
Sgt Gibson Returns After Military Service
Sgt Donald R Gibson is back from two years of service including a year in Vietnam. He arrived in the States last September and spent six months at Fort Bragg before visiting his parents with his wife.
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Monroe Evening Times
Monroe, Wiscon
Emery Odell
Dad Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations and
Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League
Editorial
PTA
Oshkosh
SP4
Viet
Bacon
Roger Stauffacher
W. C. Cameron
Robert Treuthardt
LeRoy Wuetrich
Robert Glennie
Orlin Paske
Harold Sedgwick
Howard Voegels
Paul Line
Robert Feller
Robert Ruff
Beverly Whitehead
Dan Wyss
Pilar
Semen Yes
Harry Hill
Flourney
Oklahoma
Monroe Public Schools
Times Children’s Club
Mother
George
Mary
Tom
Mom
Nancy Jo Webinger
Route 1
James Robert Zee
Orangeville
Jeffrey Willis Schmoldt
Browntown
Danny Glenn Meinert
Davis
Jon Adam Brunner
Juda
Wanda Kay Isely
Ellen Jo Norder
Ith St
Ballard Wayne Goznikar
Freeport
Christopher Gene Roosh
Nathan Schindler Brand
S. Whitney Way
Rachel Annie Mittler
Monticello
Rebecca Elizabeth Mittler
Tony Ray Stamm
12Th Ave
Duane Allen Mason
Box
Orfordville
Edward Allan Gobeli
22Nd Ave
Loren Carl Johnson
Kara Sue Webber
Derene Faye Disch
Jean Ellen Schneider
Brooklyn
Lyle James Heinkel
Winslow
Barbara Anne Zimmerman
Cynthia Mary Flannery
Argyle
Terri Jane van Wagenen
12Th St
Yvonne Renea Thommen
Mark Wayne Harwick
Apple River
Jeffrey Scott Meier
South Wayne
Eric Allen Holloway
Jodi Lynn Kuebli
Olive Court
Loves Park
Jenna Jonese Clark
Ill
Philip Peter Graber
Gary Lee Wuthrich
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Tunisia
Sir Winston Churchill
Britain
U.S
South Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
Paris
Sgt. Gibson
Deutschemark
Conrad Ahlers
Europe
Board of Public Works
City Hall
F. M. Bray
Office of City Engineer
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