Senty To Speak At Rural School Graduation Event
Walter B. Senty will deliver the commencement address “Keep Moving Ahead” at Monroe high school auditorium for 164 eighth graders. Diplomas will be handed by county teachers. Irene Powers will introduce 1956 county spelling champ David Hoesly. The list includes graduates from Argus to Puddledock with many schools represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Walter B. Senty
State Department of Public Instruction
Irene C. Powers
David Hoesly
New Glarus
Harold Dyar
Monroe
Argus
Phillip Miller
David Moritz
Temperatures Rise to 79 Degrees in City
A warm day with a balmy 79 degrees by 1 p m marked one of the year’s warmest readings. Forecast calls for a high near 72 tomorrow and possible thunderstorms tonight as a dense fog lifts after 2 a m. A shower earlier dropped 1.08 inches of rain after heavy county thunderstorms.
Prom night parade of events crowns Kubly at prom
Prom plans unfold with a preprom dinner at Monroe Country Club at 7 30 p m hosted by Marilyn Kubly and Carl Disch. Kubly will be crowned queen at 9 15 p m in the high school gym with the grand march to follow. Jack Sweeney and his Rockford orchestra provide music as they recreate Tara from Gone With the Wind for a southern plantation mood. A post prom party at the Country Club runs 1 30 to 3 a m with talent acts and a Chalet theater film from 3 30 to 5 a m followed by breakfast plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Country Club
Marilyn Kubly
Carl Disch
King
Kubly
Leland’ A. Kubly
Disch
Jack Sweeney
Rockford
Tara
Country Club
Chalet Theater
Leonard Disch
Carolyn Benkert
Janeen Boyer
Janis Babler
Dan Bender
Ronald Bregenzer
Lawaine Foley
Bette Hartwig
Ken Keel
Barbara Kesler
Carol Peterson
Carol Wenger
Betty Vickers
Ed Johnson
Faye Stauffacher
Marie McGuire
Barbara, Kesler
John Niffenegger
Nancy Wagner
Bob Hietz
Janet’ Kuebli
Hedwig Studer
Cheryl Richards
Dave Ambler
Jerry Muenich
Karen Miller
Joe Keegan
Jerry Adams
Larry Pulkrabek
Gary Broge
John Prien
Utility
Coketail
Richard Wagner
Patricia Baumle
C. E. Baumle
Judith Germann
Judith Buehler
Fred Trickel Jr
Edgerton Man Killed as Wisconsin Toll Reaches 272
An Edgerton factory worker Henry J. Trimmer, 61, died today in a collision with a truck at the intersection of highways 73 and 108, three miles north of Edgerton at 9 a.m. The truck driver Donald Quade, 27, of Janesville, was unhurt. Nearby, Warren A. Leeds, 44, of Park Ridge, Illinois, died later after his auto left Highway 41 and rolled over in southern Racine County.
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Edgerton
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Henry J. Trimmer
Donald Quade
Janesville
Warren A. Leeds
Park Ridge
Mil
Racine
Highway 41
Racine County
Madison Official Leon A. Smith Dies at 66
Leon A. Smith water superintendent of Madison since 1916 died suddenly in a St. Louis hospital after becoming ill at the American Waterworks Association annual convention. He was 66.
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Madison
Leon A. Smith
St. Louis, Mo
American Waterworks Association
John Callahan Dies Wisconsin Education Leader at 90
John Callahan, age 90, longtime Wisconsin superintendent of education for 28 years, died yesterday. Born in New York, he rose from a rural Pierce County teacher to state education chief, serving from 1921 to 1949 and shaping funding distribution for public schools. Survivors include three daughters and two sisters.
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John Callahan
Wisconsin
Malidun U— Jonn Callahan
E. B. Fred
University of Wisconsin
Callahan
Westchester County
N.Y
Pierce County
State Board of Vocational Education
P. C. Cary
Norman Kennedy killed in Mishap
Norman J. Kennedy 27, of Chesebro Trailer Court, died after a car rolled five times in a ditch ten miles west of North Platte Nebraska. He was a passenger with Ronald Woods and Noah M. Hobbs also hospitalized. Kennedy, born February 12 1929 in Brodhead, served in the Army and MP unit, with surviving wife and infant in Washington state, mother Ada Weiss Kennedy and Herman J. Kennedy, plus several half siblings and maternal grandparents in Monroe and Beloit.
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Norman J. Kennedy
Clayte F. Coptien
Chesebro
Hershey
Neb
Copliens
North Platte
Kennedy
Brodhead
Monroe
Washington State
Henry Speich
Beloit
Alfred Speich
Randolph
Victor Broge
Ford Wells
Cheddar Values Vary In Trade at Plymouth
Values ranged across cheddar types with pasteurized single daisies up a quarter cent and 40-pound blocks down a quarter cent at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange. Other styles held steady as sales, bids, and offers show mixed activity and trading tone cited as firm on single daisies, weak on blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
District Legion Conference Set in New Glarus May 19 20
The Third District American Legion Conference will convene in New Glarus on Saturday and Sunday May 19 20 with events at Village Hall Wilhelm Tell hall and Swiss Evangelical church. Harold Moor will preside with Emery Sipple and Mrs. Betty Jahnke among guests. A 10 30 a m Sunday baseball game New Glarus vs Blanchardville and a parade with 15 bands four drill teams and color guards follow.
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Third District
American Legion
New Glarus
Wilhelm
Tell Hall
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Sund
Harold ‘Moor
Barbara Brown
Alice In
Cassville
Cobb
Cuba City
Darlington
Dodgeville
Hazel Green
Highland
Monticello
Mt. Horeb
Waunakee
Lodi
Belleville
Blanchardville
Mineral Point
Verona
Senate farm bill split over veto risks and price supports
Senators Young and Ellender said a revised farm bill with a soil bank could become law even if Eisenhower vetoes it. Aiken opposed the measure citing mandatory price supports for oats, barley, rye, grain sorghums, and corn outside the main belt. Young and Ellender predicted Congress would override a veto. Ellender hoped to bring the bill to Senate action next week.
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Washington
Young
Ellender
Dla
Eisenhower
N. Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Senate
Aiken
Agriculture Committee
Midwest
Iender
House
Soviet Enters Frogman Case in Portsmouth
The Soviet press joined in criticizing the disappearance of Lionel Crabb, a 48 year old former naval commander, who vanished on an underwater mission near the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze in Portsmouth Harbor amid a visit by Bulganin and Khrushchev. The admiralty says Crabb is missing and presumed dead, with no body recovered. Prime Minister Eden agreed to a Commons inquiry Monday.
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London
Portsmouth
Pravda
Izvestia
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Ordzhonikidze
Portsmouth Harbor
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Admiralty
Crabb
Labor
Eden
House of Commons
Frank Munda 42 Stricken in Monroe
Frank Munda age 42 died at 10 20 last night in St. Clare hospital Freeport where admitted earlier as medical patient. Body taken to Schwartz funeral home Freeport funeral arrangements not known at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tank Munda
Freeport
St. Clare Hospital
Schwartz Funeral Home
Monticello to Host Green County Dairy Day Festival
Monticello was chosen as the site for Green County’s second annual Dairy Day on June 30 at the courthouse. Palmer Welsh of New Glarus was named chairman of county wide planning for June Dairy Month, with Mrs. Myrtle Webb and Mrs. Frank Schiesser chosen co chairs for dairy month demonstrations. A May 17 Monticello meeting will name the Dairy Day chairman and committee heads. Finalists for the event come from Monroe, Monticello, Brodhead, Juda, Browntown, Albany, Brooklyn, and New Glarus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Green County
Palmer Welsh
New Glarus
Myrtle Webb
Frank Schiesser
York Township
C. M. Stauffer
Monroe
Brodhead
Juda
Browntown
Albany
Brooklyn
Green County Publicity Committee
Green County Dairy Promotion Committee
Green County Extension Advisory Committee
Experts Hunt Missing Rockets After Dozen Fired
Demolition teams comb a populated area in Mount Clemens Michigan for three missing rockets from 22 fired accidentally from a grounded F 86 Sabre at Sel Fridge Air Force Base. Three airmen injured a mother and two children narrowly escaped. One rocket landed near Tony Arpaio's home injuring nothing. another damaged Shirley DePew's window and crib as her child slept. Selfridge spokesman cites an apparent electrical malfunction with the firing device, though plane switches were off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Clemens
Mich
Selfridge Air Force Base
Harrison Township
Tony Arpaio
Shirley DePew
Selfridge
Benson to Speak at Central Retail Feed Convention
Ezra T. Benson will address the 31st annual Central Retail Feed Association convention on June 4 at the Hotel Schroeder. The event gathers leaders from the feed trade and agriculture sectors for talks and industry updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra T. Benson
Central Retail Feed Association
Schroeder
Antique Auto Club Run Delayed by Road Work
The Antique Automobile Club of Chicago plans its third annual reliability run from Starks Corners in Monroe County, starting 8:30 p.m. Friday. Forty four cars enter, with a rerouted route due to Highway 59 repairs, a smorgasbord at Monroe Country Club, a Round Grove hill climb Sunday morning, and awards including the Fred J. Karlen trophy. Freddie Elmer and his Swiss Boys provide dancing at the Monroe Country Club Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antique Automobile Club
Monroe
Lakeshire-Marty
Chicago
Starks Corners
Minois
Genoa
Monroe Country Club
Round Grove
Monticello Road
Turner Hall
Fred J. Karlen
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Mr. Karlen
Boston
Freddie Elmer
South Beloit Girls Injured in Mishap
Three South Beloit girls were injured when their car left Highway 81 in dense fog near the Rock County line. Elizabeth Kamholtz, 16, was seriously hurt with head injuries and facial lacerations. Charlotte Kislin, 17, sustained a bruised leg and pelvis. Shirley Severson, 16, had a forehead injury and back pain. All were taken by ambulance to St. Clare hospital. Kamholtz in serious condition, others reported as satisfactory. The crash occurred at 9 12 p m three miles east of the Green Rock County line on Highway 81 when the west bound car ran off the road into a ditch. heavy damage reported to the vehicle.
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South Beloit i
Rock County
St. Clare Hospital
Elizabeth Kamholtz
Richard Kambholtz
Charlotte Kislin
Lawrence Kislin
Shirley Severson
Louis Severson
Kamholtz
Green-Rock County
Stock Trend Mixed After Early Setback
Stocks opened with a setback but recovered to end mixed. Major gainers included Southern Railway International Telephone Anaconda Bethlehem Steel Ford United Aircraft and Hertz while others held steady as prices moved within about two points.
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Southern Railway
International Telephone
Anaconda Co
National Container
Hertz
Eastern Corp
Aluminum
Southern Production
Bethlehem Steel
Ford
United Aircraft
Air Force Chief Sees Budget Covering Needs This Year
Gen. Nathan F. Twining testified that the United States has enough air power and alliance strength to deter any nation this year. He said current budget levels should be adequate, with continued support expected as Sen. Saltonstall pressed for a clear yes. The hearing reviewed a Defense budget totaling about 36 billion dollars for the coming year, with the Air Force poised for 18 billion in spending and plans for more B-52s and missile programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
U.S
Sen. Saltonstall
Mass
Twining
Senate Appropriations
Chavez
Quarles
Army
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Flood
D-Pa
McMahon
D-Tex
Scrivner
R-Kas
Son
Navy
Defense Department
Blanchard to Run Edgerton for Re election
Assemblyman David J. Blanchard of Edgerton announced Thursday he would seek re election from Rock County 2nd District. He represents the region and plans to continue his legislative work in the upcoming term.
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Senty
Awen
Kenneth Wieland
Atwood
Frederic Badertscher
Lawrence Kundert
Duane Maicock
Jerry Pinnow
Badger
James Frehner
Ronald Walters
Shelby Mauermann
Ball
Donna Waefler
Kenneth Rutsch
William Seyler
Banner
Marjorie Collins
Donald Meuret Bemn
Sharon Hustad
Ver‘san Sherven
Biggs
Margaret Barry
Blackford
Delores Huber
Bright
Mariley Nussbaum
Buckskin
Karen Bidlingmaier
Jerry Engebretson
Cadiz Center
Ethel Busjahn
Clarence
Jacqueline Jensen
Janis Ten Eyck
Davis
Maureen Flanagan
Veulah Hauser
Edward Kaderly
David Smith
Andrea Sonnenburg
Decatur
Charles Sanderlin
Ronald Schwartzlow
Donald Walter
Dividing Ridge
Loretta Schmid
Robert Leopold
Ronald Rufener
Marlen
Ing Prairie
Gerald Sloniker
Kelly — James Beckwith
Diane Johnson
Carol Tourdot
Loveland
Paul Hefty
Leonard Kemprood
Karen Gempler
Marty
Larry Flesher
Lee Stuler
Meadow Brook
Stephen Han
Ley
Dorothy Senn
Jerry Gerber
Michael — Keith Pilz
Dayne Walter
Richard Briggs
Wayne Briggs
Richard Purintu
Leta Dehmer
Judy Weiss
Oakley
Lawrence Wunschel
John Bird
Sharon Buttke
Peebles
Bonnie Holtsapple
Ruth Ann Thompson Peterson
Jean Turner
Ted Bergum
Rex Putney
Pleasant Grove
Jerry Ludwig
Poplar Grove
Danny Klopfenstien
George Davis
Postville
Armin Garner
Prairie View
Sharon Field
Nadine Root
Gerald Bredeson
Tommy Daly
Billy Flanagan
Puddledock
Walter Fisher
Dorothy Hanson
Donald Isely
Chicago and North Western Railway
Upper Michigan
North Western
Miss Kubly
Cyprus
Anicosia
Nicosia
Britain
Dighenis
Eoka
Union of Cyprus
Greece
Cpls
Gordon Hill
Ronnie Shilton
Hill
Shilton
Okay
Cyjot
Michael ‘Araolis
Andreas Demetriou
Norman Kennedy
Plymouth
Paul Kelsey
Albert Lea
Minn
Don McCray
Soviet
Frank Munda
Benson
South Beloit
Air Force Chief
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