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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1969
Page
10
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a chance of showers or thunder showers. Tonight showers or thunder showers likely. Saturday cloudy and cooler with a chance of rain or showers. Southerly winds 12 to 22 mph. Precipitation 40 percent today and 80 percent tonight. Highs 75 to 80. Since Thursday 1 pm, high 80 and low 60. Sunrise 5 33, sunset 8 15.
Miss Nora B Hoyland aged 77 of Beloit. Mrs Orville Reilly aged 78 of West Palm Beach Florida. Dr Lester Paul Bunchman aged 59 of Freeport. Mr and Mrs Terry Thompson of Brodhead with a son born May 15. Mr and Mrs Victor Ingwell of 1220 19th St with a son born May 15. Mr and Mrs James Hrubesky of Horeb with a son born May 14. Madison General Hospital referenced.
St Clare Hospital records list patients in an accident case with John Leverton of Route 1 Orangeville and multiple medical and surgical patients including Warren G Saxby Lena M James Keisler Jefferson Wis and Mrs Thomas Parland Rockford among others. Dismissals include Dewny Goodman Joseph Robinson Ron Ritschard Ronnie Ritschard and several others.
Students of Mrs. Dean Streiff will present their annual accordion recital Sunday at 8 p.m. in the New Glarus Grade School. Performers include Ken Zimmerman Jeannie Dahlk Cheryl Judd Carol Marty Terri Leutzinger Nancy Streiff Bonnie Baker Scott Paulson Jill Zweifel Sharon Swingen Diane Mulcahy Patty Mulcahy Judy Jeglum Shelly Erickson Nancy Rufener Bradly Jeglum Bill Gempler Janice Boley and Marcia Boley.
USDA hogs not specified butchers up to 75 higher with varied weights. Cattle and calves show gains in slaughter steers and heifers with mixed yield grades and prime notes. Butter and eggs wholesale prices listed. Local social notes include several Monroe shoppers and guests at Tea and banquets.
The Black Hawk Booster Club elected Donald Pehl as president and Mrs Wesley Meier as secretary. Holdover officers include Mrs Donald Brooker as vice president and Mrs Gerald Paulson as treasurer. Acknowledgments were given to outgoing president Wilfred Mason and secretary Mrs Edward Kaster. Janet Hetzel and art students displayed yearlong work. J Curtiss from the state health department spoke on preventive diseases. Lunch was served by several members. The next meeting is set for Wednesday September 3 at Gratiot schools.
John Leverton, 61, Route 1, Orangeville, was admitted to St. Clare Hospital after a power lawn mower mishap. He suffered partial amputation of his index and middle fingers. His condition is listed as satisfactory.
Dr Lester Paul Bunchman 59 former Orangeville physician and co founder of the Freeport Clinic died from third degree burns after a kitchen fire at his Freeport home. He was taken to Freeport Memorial Hospital at 6 45 am Thursday and died there. He served as an Air Force Flight Surgeon in World War II and helped found the Freeport Clinic. He is survived by his widow four daughters two brothers a sister and three grandchildren. Services will be at Burke Tubbs Funeral Home with burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call tonight.
In Madison and across Wisconsin, debates flare over race designations on licenses, state slogans, and sex education limits. Police report stabbings and arson charges as AP dispatches cover tax talks, high school journalism awards, Apollo 10 prep, and crime in Beloit and Miami with regional updates from Green Bay to Saigon.
The Argus 4 H Club plans a wiener roast Sunday night May 18 at Kubly Park five miles northwest of Monroe. A worship service in the Church of the Outdoors begins the park event. Bring your own food wieners buns and beverage.
Funeral services for Army Pfc Dale Allen Fahrni 19 killed in Vietnam last Wednesday will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday May 18 at the Wyoming Valley Church near Spring Green with graveside military rites. He was a 1968 River Valley High School graduate and is survived by his parents Ernest and Gloria Fahrni three brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Orville Reilly of West Palm Beach Florida died from a heart attack on May 8 at age 79 Funeral and burial took place in West Palm Beach on May 12. A former Darlington resident she is survived by her husband two daughters and six grandchildren. The husband is brother to Mrs. Vera Thompson of Argyle.
Former Monroe resident Mrs. H. B. Caradine left today for Boulder Colorado after a two week visit at the home of her son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. John F. Caradine and family.
Brodhead High School will host its junior-senior prom on Saturday evening May 17 with a Gone with the Wind theme. Reigning King Randy Condon and Queen Debbie Lenz will lead the Royal Court, followed by the Grand March at 9 p.m. Tickets are $1 at the door.
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