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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1968
Page
2
Monroe Evening Times lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, with Wisconsin and Illinois counties covered. The notice provides office hours, contact phone, and AP association affiliations.
A columnist weighs a growing private mail carrier in Oklahoma City led by Thomas M. Murray. He argues free enterprise can outperform the U S Post Office, citing rising deliveries and contracts while urging more competition for public spending. The piece cautions against expanding federal agencies and ribs federal fanatics.
Registered nurses are invited to a May 22 meeting at 1 p.m. in the Circuit Court Room to learn about the Green County Home Nursing Care Program. The session will cover program scope and policies, with part time job applications available for three initial nurses and plans to add more as the program grows. Dial 325-5101 for Adtaker.
Jeanette Fitzgerald born Kitzrow Beloit March 4 1927 dies at 10 30 p m May 14 at St. Clare Hospital after admission April 26 She leaves four children two daughters Marsha and Susan two sons Steven and Jeffrey and her mother plus two sisters and grandmothers Funeral services set for May 17 at 1 30 p m at Rosman Uehling Kinzer Central Chapel Beloit Rev Carl Borgwardt to officiate Burial in East Lawn Cemetery Friends may call May 16 from 7 to 9 p m in the chapel
William F. Schulz 81 retired farmer died Sunday after a brief illness in a Madison hospital. Funeral held at Brooklyn Lutheran Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Garden Madison. Surviving widow Anna. four sons Clarence Roy Wilbert Marvin. three daughters Mrs Thickpenny Tilley and Mrs Moore. three sisters. 18 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Edward Zweifel, 66, a Rock City farmer, died Tuesday night May 14 in a Madison hospital after a long illness. Born April 3, 1902 in Rock County Wisconsin, he was the son of Gabriel and Anna Leeman Zweifel. He never married and was survived by two brothers Alfred of Brodhead and Henry of Juda and two sisters Lena Cleaveland of Spring Grove and Mrs. William Emma.
Clyde S Breed 88 died Monday May 13 in a Wisconsin nursing home. Services were held at Hermann Funeral Home Stockton with burial in Holy Cross cemetery. He retired from farming in 1952 and is survived by two daughters Grace Bonjour Freeport and Louis Wernicke Lena a brother James Kent 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
A 10 cent air mail postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of regular air mail service was issued in Washington D C on Wednesday and will be sold at local post offices. The horizontal stamp features a Curtiss Jenny, the 90 horsepower biplane that delivered mail on the Washington New York route when service began May 15 1918. Designed by Hordur Karlsson of Washington D C, the stamp has a blue background with the plane in black and red and blue segments.
Rites are planned for John Wyss 87 of Monroe and Browntown area, died in his St Petersburg Florida home. Services set for 1 30 p m tomorrow at StuesSy Funeral Home Monroe with Rev John E Masters officiating. Burial Cadiz Cemetery. Body arrived O Hare Field Chicago this afternoon. Friends may call 7 to 9 p m tonight. Wyss and his wife lived in Florida 20 years.
Stephenson County Sheriff in Freeport reports locating the 1967 Oldsmobile reported stolen from Monroe by Green County Oldsmobile Agency on May 5. Car described as stripped. Monroe police sending an officer to Freeport to investigate.
Sgt. Roger Blum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Blum of 1409 29th Ave, stationed at Camp Allen, Norfolk, Va, was highlighted in a Virginia newspaper column. The Marine Corps driver of a Ford carrying Miss Deirdre Bain, one of 14 princesses in the International Azalea Festival near the base, remarked on the contrast between combat and civic duties. Blum, who had three wounds from Vietnam, was on a three day festival assignment.
Mrs. Etta B. Pretney, 92, of Dodgeville, died Tuesday May 14 in a local hospital. Born in Dodgeville, she lived in Monroe Washington after marriage, returned in 1947, and was a past matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Monroe. She had no immediate survivors. services were held today at Roach-Mindermejan.
Green County Republican Women's Club plans a Thursday luncheon at The Harris House in Brodhead. President Eileen Wagner of Monroe reports a Madison campaign procedure session with speaker Mary Ellen Miller of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Wisconsin Assemblyman announces Lt. Gov Jack Olson will speak at the June luncheon on Thursday June 20. Olson has announced his candidacy for re election.
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