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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1969

Page

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Exchange Picks Thirty Students In Monroe Abilene Texas

From a list of nearly seventy applicants thirty Monroe students were chosen for the eleventh annual student exchange with Cooper High School Abilene Texas. They held their first meeting to elect a temporary chairman for summer activities Miss Mary Zupane will serve in that role. The 1969 70 exchange will run with Abilene from November 6 to 16 with sightseeing en route and five days away from school.

Mary Zupane Cooper High School Abilene Texas Monroe Merrill Greene Ronna Austin Drury High School North Adams Mass Alexis I. du Pont Wilmington Delaware Tallulah Louisiana Wheat Ridge Colorado Greenville Alabama Theodore Aoe High School Wyandotte North Hills High School Pittsburgh Penn Connetquot High School Bohemia New York Linda Babler Robert Babler Jeanne Babula Walter Babula Ginny Bacon Lester Bacon Katie Benkert Josef Benkert Sylvia Davidson William Davidson Barbra Eckstam Eugene Eckstam Cathy Hayes Robert Hayes Mary Holmes Lloyd Holmes Jeri Johnson

Watershed Plow-In Honors Robert Wilde

Richland Creek Watershed Association members and neighbors held a plow-in for Robert Wilde of Route 2 Monroe. About sixty acres were plowed for corn. Delbert Shafer of Mobil Oil donated gasoline. Albert Deppeler supplied cheese and Robert Faiths provided lunch.

Richland Creek Associaton Robert Wilde Monroe Wilde Delbert Shafer Mobil Oil Co Albert Deppeler Robert Faiths

Nixon’s Vietnam peace plan sails to Paris for review

Nixon unveils an eight point formula including a mutual pull out over 12 months as Lodge heads to Paris to present the plan amid mixed political reaction. In Saigon troops clash with Viet Cong around Don Ap Via near the Laotian frontier as Apollo 10 preps for a Sunday launch from Cape Kennedy. Governor Knowles congratulates Nixon on what he calls the most.

Washington Nixon Vietnam Paris U.S Henry Cabot Lodge Lodge National Security Council Life House Saigon South Vietnam 101St Airborne Division Don Ap A Shau Cape Kennedy Fla

Productions Hailed Public Will View Plays on Sunday

The Drama Department of the Woman's Club of Monroe will present two one act comedies Not Enough Rope and The Income Tax Man on Sunday May 18 at 7 30 pm in Monroe High School Lecture Hall. Admission is free with a voluntary offering to cover expenses. The cast includes Mrs Dennis Hunt Mrs Arthur Roethe Mrs John Callahan Mrs James Liermann Mrs Francis Denny and others under directors Mrs Jim Hendrickson and Mrs John Norton.

Drama Woman's Club of Monroe Monroe High School Elaine May Nichols and May Jim Hendrickson Peg Lynch Ethel and Albert John Norton Dennis Hunt Ethel Arthur Roethe John Callahan Bunderson James Liermann Grace Francis Denny Pierce

West Elected As Commander West Elected As Commander

West, past commander of Zilmer Riley Post 84, was unanimously chosen president of the Post Commanders Club at the annual banquet. Robert Hendrickson presented the Past Commanders Pin, and West’s wife funded the diamond pin. Illiam Eberhardt welcomed 24 past commanders and guests. Dwight Coplien spoke on the Little Red School on the Hill and riot era police work. A memorial for Olin Flisram was observed. Volunteers to sell poppies were Alfred Henning, John Marty, Ralph Lindsay, Paul Lochner, H C Schulz, Edward Niffenegger. The club opposed changing Memorial Day Armistice Day and Pearl Harbor Day dates. The next meeting is May 20 1970.

American Legion Zilmer Riley Russell West Post Commanders Club Robert Hendrickson Illiam Eberhardt Don Jordi H. C. Schulz Peter Solomon Post 84 Schulz Post Dwight Coplien Monroe Little Red Madison Olin Flisram Warren Gerhart Alfred Henning John Marty Ralph Lindsay Paul Lochner Edward Niffenegger Niffenegger Department of Wisconsin State Department

Dairy Event Set On Friday May 23

Green County 4 H and FFA Dairy Judging Contest will be held Friday May 23 at 8 p m. Participants aged 9 to 13 meet at the Donald Deininger Farm and those 14 to 21 at the Ernest Wegmueller Farm. After judging at each site, groups switch and placings with reasons are given at the Deininger Farm.

Green County FFA Donald Deininger Ernest Wegmueller Allen Reed Deininger

Fortas Resignation Accepted by Nixon

President Nixon accepted Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resignation effective immediately. Fortas faced pressure over a $20,000 fee from financier Louis E. Wolfson’s foundation and related investigations.

Fortas Nixon Washington Supreme Court Abe Fortas Ronald L. Ziegler White House Earl Warren Ziegler John N. Mitchell John D. Ehrlichman Zeigler Wolfson Fortas Law

Community Meeting Tackles Race Relations in Green County

An exploratory session on race and human relations was held at Swiss Wheel Restaurant with city and county officials, church groups, business leaders, and the Green County Church Women United. Attendees discussed youth in schools and adult child relations, urging a community group to sponsor education and host complaint discussion forums, with no action taken and no date set for a follow up.

Swiss Wheel Green County Church Women United Ray Gordon Women’s Committee Don Christiansen America

Mailbox Week Set to Begin May 19 at Rural Routes

The post office designates May 19 to 24 as Mailbox Improvement Week urging rural route patrons to inspect and upgrade mailboxes. Postmaster R J Myers stresses legible owner names, weatherproof boxes, proper placement, and prohibits advertising on boxes. Existing top opening boxes may stay if serviceable and compliant.

Monroe R. J. Myers Myers

Give Up Their Hobbies Presig Couple Moves to Churchill Woods

Clarno couple Emil and Frau Preisig left 41 years of hillside garden and a large Edelweiss bed to reside at Churchill Woods Apartments Monroe. They moved April 23 and host an open house May 18 2 to 4 pm by Monroe Housing Authority with private units open for inspection. Their daughter Esther Churchill Beloit and Evelyn Copeland Richland wash have four granddaughters and three great grandchildren.

Clarno Emil Preisig Edelweiss Churchill Woods Monroe Churchill Apartments Pressig Harry S. Ammann Clarno Lumber and Supply Company Elizabeth Rolph Monticello Pressigs 13Th Ave Werner Aeschliman Spring Grove Burnette Esther) Churchill Beloit Harold Evelyn) Copeland Richland Wash

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