Grain Truck Rolls On Highway 39 Injuring Driver
Lawrence E. Damon 29 of Durand sustained a bruised shoulder and minor cuts when his grain truck rolled over on a curve on Highway 39 west of Albany at 3 45 p m The crash damaged fencing on the Jacob Rhyner farm and the truck landed upright.
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Lawrence E. Damon
Durand
Albany
Jacob Rhyner
Janet L. Leffingwell
Verona
Highway 92
Herbert Blaser
Miss Leffingwell
Larry Eugene Boeck
Route 1
Belleville
Leffingwell
Community support funds St Clare hospital expansion
Sister Agatha outlines hospital needs and community help. Donations from estates and individuals funded an X ray machine related equipment and a new south wing addition with a girls lounge and ambulance entrance. Hospital aims to grow within five years, sustaining a service partnership with the community.
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Agatha
Monroe Evening Times
The
Milwaukee Journal
al Stoldt
Evelyn Drake
Mary Veronica Smith
Emery Odell
Sanchez- Perez
St. Clare Hospital
Student Fined $100 For Dynamite Prank in Eau Claire
20 year old Richard Lund of Mondovi pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property after admitting to tossing dynamite on April 30. He and three companions allegedly stole dynamite fuses and caps to blast the girls dormitory lawn at the college and the police chief's home backyard, causing shattered windows. Lund was fined $100 by County Judge Connor Hansen.
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EAU Claire
Richard Lund
Eau Claire State
Lund
Mondovi
Connor Hansen
Carl Swain
Francois Grant Winners Named
NEW GLARUS Times Special Jean Arnes and David Hoesly win the 1961 Francois Scholarship each worth 500 dollars plus share of the remainder of the trust. Both are National Honor Society members enrolled at the University of Wisconsin. The scholarship honors Dr. S. J. Francois and is awarded by a committee including Rev. Lynn F. B. Tschudy and local officials.
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NEW Glarus
Jean Arnes
Arthur Arnes
David Hoesly
Gilbert M. Hoesly
Francois
National Honor Society
University of Wisconsin
Jean
Davis
Old Guard High School
S. J. Francois
Swiss United Church of Christ
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
Gilbert Ott
Bank of New Glarus
Elmer Figi
E. N. Embertson
Jerome Eichelkraut
Ruth Ann Roth
Judy Ingwell
David Zweifel
Janet Truttmann Novak
Ralph Maurer
Elaine Mueller
James C. Tschudy
Area Entries Trying For Miss Freeport 1961
Miss Susan Hefty from Orangeville and Miss Evelyn Gowing of Lena are among 15 contestants for Miss Freeport 1961. The pageant will be held Saturday May 27 at Consistory Auditorium Freeport. Also in the program are Nancy Rupnow Miss Freeport 1960 and Vicky Joyce Nutter Vandalia Miss Illinois 1960. To sell rent buy hire phone 3.
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Susan Hefty
Orangeville
Evelyn Gowing
Lena
Wisconsin Kiwanis hears tax reform call for sales tax
John Brewer of the Public Expenditure Survey of Wisconsin told the Monroe Kiwanis Club that Wisconsin relies on property and income taxes and should replace an income tax increase with a general retail sales tax. He said organized taxpayers favor withholding reform as part of solving state government funds.
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Wisconsin
John Brewer
Madison
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Brewer
Public Expenditure Survey of
WPL Stockholder Program To Be Held Tuesday
Wisconsin Power and Light Co owners in Monroe and nearby areas attend a stockholder meeting Tuesday night at Turner Hall at 7 30 p m district manager George Byington said Carl J Forsberg the president and three vice presidents John Canfield C C Herrmann J D Howard will join the gathering An exhibit on major power plants transmission lines service diversification and future growth features will be shown with displays on electric heating atomic airs carn of the future and more The exhibit opens at 6 30 p m
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Monroe
George Byington
Turner Hall
Carl J. Forsberg
WPL
John Canfield
C. C. Herrmann
J. D. Howard
Whitehead Son Taken To University Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Whitehead took their son Randall to Madison for diagnosis at University Hospitals after weeks at St Clare Hospital. Doctors found Randall exposed to chicken pox and he will quarantine at home for 21 days before entering the children. Mrs Kleckler wheelchair bound and staying with the Whiteheads while her son Rolland resides near Orangeville for a period.
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Spring Grove
Kenneth Whitehead
Randall
Madison
University Hospitals
St. Clare
Veterans bonus bill eyed for 92.2 million cost
Madison Wisconsin lawmakers introduced a veterans bonus plan backed by Sen. Leo P. O'Brien. The bill would be funded by a 2 percent income surtax and a $1 vehicle license hike, granting WWII and Korean War veterans up to 600 dollars total based on service months.
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Madison
Senate
Leo P. O’brien
O'Brien
O’brien
Assembly
Milford Kintz
R-Richland Center
Agriculture Committee
Kintz
Congress
Associated
Master Barbers and Beauticians
AT&T Plans Up to 15 Million Investment in Experimental Satellite
AT andT announces readiness to spend as much as 15 million dollars to launch an experimental communications satellite. The effort aims to pave the way for a commercial worldwide system.
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Washington
Amercan Telephone and Telegraph Co
Lester Newcomer dies at 84 in Brodhead nursing home
Lester Newcomer 84 died this morning at a Withee nursing home after a long illness. Born in Monroe June 17 1877 he was married to Jessie Riley in Freeport February 14 1901. Survived by son Lee Westmont Ill sister Pearl Schindler Monroe and three grandchildren. Services Sunday 1 30 p m at Newcomer Funeral Home Brodhead with Rev J C Robertson officiating burial Greenwood Cemetery Brodhead. Friends may call Saturday 7 9 p m.
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Lester Newcomer
Withee
Brodhead
Mr. Newcomer
Monroe
Jacob
Sarah Snyder Newcomer
Jessie Riley
Freeport
Lee
Westmont
Ill
Pearl Schindler
Newcomer Funeral Home
J. C. Robertson
Greenwood Cemetery
Rolling Semi Strikes Two Vehicles in Alley
A semi rolled from its resting place and struck two parked vehicles in an alley off 12th Street between 13th and 14th Avenues. A pickup owned by Werner R. Zimmerman and an auto owned by Wilbert H. Klassey were damaged. The semi, owned by Master Tank and Welding Co. of Dallas, was left parked as the driver sought instructions.
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12Th Street
13Th
14Th Avenues
Werner R. Zimmerman
Wilbert H. Klassey
14Th Street
Master Tank and Welding Co
Dallas
Weeds Poisoned At Zanders Lake
Wisconsin Conservation Department workers sprayed rock salt poison crystals in 100-foot strips at Zanders Lake to kill weed roots and improve fishing and swimming. District game manager Clarence R. Benkett said the plan should not harm fish and no angling restrictions are in place. Swimmers are asked to stay out for a few days due to cool weather. The annual project was funded by the Green County Conservation League.
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Wisconsin Conservation Department
Zanders Lake
Clarence R. Benkett
Fisheries
Green County Conservation League
Mrs. Everett Peckham Retires From Babler School
Mrs. Everett Peckham retires after 19 years teaching at Babler school marking her sixth year as teacher. Students are on a Monroe tour with a picnic at Recreation Park. Mrs. Peckham received gifts at a Mother's Club meeting. Mrs. Donald Root will teach next year.
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Albany
Everett Peckham
Babler
Monroe
Recreation Park
Peckham
Donald Root
Monticello
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South Side Pure Oil
Holmes Body Shop
Lloyd Holmes
Highway 69
Whitehead
Aldrin
Green County Farm Bureau Cooperative Warehouse CO
Albany, Brodhead, Monticello
Karen Buholzer
Harry E. Buholzer
Edgar Anderson
W. C. Anderson
Monroe High School
Mastercraft
Cassino Dining Room
Monticello, Wis
United
A. N. Albright Agency
Ainsworth Insurance Agency
Bray Insurance Agency
J. B. Heeren & Son
Lanz Agency
Wenger & Burgy Agency
Zuercher & Zuercher Agency
Jeant
Scotts
Scotts Rose
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