May 31 Meeting To Study Park North Of Woodford
A public meeting to discuss the proposed 159 acre park and lake development north of Woodford will be held Friday May 31 at 8 p.m. at Woodford Methodist Church. Lyle Atkinson heads the committee with county state and federal aid planned. The site near Woodford south of Argyle includes the Battle of the Pecatonica with a 1922 DAR monument and Bloody and Horseshoe lakes.
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Woodford
Lyle Atkinson
Darlington
Land and Water Act
Argyle
Pecatonica
Rhoda Hinsdale
Daughters of the American Revolution
Shullsburg
Wiota
Bloody Lake
Death of Gordon F Ace Found In Cottage Grove
Gordon F Ace aged 29 rural Oregon was found dead Monday morning in a Cottage Grove home. Dane County Coroner ruled suicide by gunshot. A UW Madison janitor, he leaves three daughters and family. graveside service set for May 22 at Prairie Mound Cemetery Oregon. B L Booth Funeral Home arranging.
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Gordon F. Ace
Oregon
Romaine Ace
Brooklyn
Cottage Grove
Dane ‘County
Dane County
Clyde Chamberlain
Ace
University of Wisconsin
Elaine
Lorraine
Terri
Madison
John Ace
David Smith
Mazamanie
Lavon Ace
Gary
US Air Force
Japan
Prairie Mound
B. L. Booth Funeral Home
Monroe Mayor Proclaims Friday Poppy Day in City
Mayor W. R. Ekum proclaimed Friday as Poppy Day in Monroe in cooperation with the Zilmer Riley American Legion Auxiliary Unit 84. He said the community honors war dead and supports armed forces sacrifices while also paying tribute to veterans and those who still serve. Ensuing world news notes heavy enemy shelling near Hue and a spike in gold prices in London markets.
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Walter R. Ekum
Zilmer-Riley American Legion Auxiliary Unit 84
Monroe
Cheri Ault
Rubi Ault
Dan Ault
The
American Legion
Glen A. Swiggum
Times
Freeom
Vic
Benkert Elected Head of Southern Wisconsin Illinois Firemen
Josef Benkert Monroe Fire Chief was elected president of the Southern Wisconsin-Northern Illinois Firemen's Association at the annual meeting in Mineral Point on May 19. Fifteen Monroe firemen attended. about 250 firemen from the region participated. The next Fire School will be August 25 in Monroe.
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Josef Benkert
Monroe
Wisconsin - Northern Illinois Firemen’s Association
Mineral Point
Benkert
F. C. Richter
Batavia, i
Point Theater
Chicago
Curtis Volkomer
Wisconsin
Illinois
Association
Benker
Monroe PTA Council elects officers and discusses safety measures
The Monroe PTA Council re elected all officers for the coming term at last night’s meeting in the Junior High Board Room. Officers include Mrs Wayne Stroessner president Del Barrett vice president Mrs Alvin C Rabehl secretary and Mrs Charles Carrier treasurer. The council plans yellow vehicle identification for fall and potential painted yellow buses.
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Monroe Pta
Wayne Stroessner
del Barrett
Alvin C. Rabehl
Charles Carrier
Francis Schott
Nell Cunningham
Stroessner
William Stuckey
Monroe
Wallace Radke
Radke
PTA
De Gaulle Silent As Crisis Deepens In France
Paris reports a sweeping strike across France with over six million workers involved on higher pay shorter hours and job security demands. The government faces a censure vote while De Gaulle presides without public statement and television address planned for Friday night.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Gaullist
Fifth Republic
de Gaulle
Romania
Elysee Palace
Event Set May 28 Groups to Honor David M. Woods
Four watershed groups in Green County plan a farewell banquet for retired soil conservation technician David M. Woods at 7 30 p m on Tuesday May 28. Woods served 33 years seven months before retiring May 1. Attending will be Honey Creek Richland Creek Skinner Creek and Smock Valley associations and former co workers. Woods now operates a 300 acre farm northwest of Monroe and earlier worked at the Green County Soil Conservation Service beginning in 1948. He has received multiple honors from SCS leaders and watershed groups.
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David M. Woods
Woods
Honey Creek
Richland Creek
Skinner Creek
Smock Valley
Green County Extension Office
Kenneth C. Allen
Monroe High School
Ed Haldiman
Don Deininger
Tom Schuetz
Dale Peterson
Monroe
Green County Soil Conservation Service
E. C. McCollow
St. Victor's Catholic Church
Thomas Dempsey
McCollow
Milwaukee
St.Paul’s Catholic Church
Evansville
St. Victor's
Mac
Argyle Atlas and Blanchardville Blade Merge
The former Atlas owner Mrs J A Mc Ginnity and Blanchardville Blade owners Mr and Mrs Dennis Novinski announce the Atlas sale to the Blade. Mc Ginnity took control after suspension and relinquisition by Polivka. starting next week the Blade Atlas will serve both communities as a combined publication.
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Argyle
Times Special
Argyle Atlas
Hero
J. A. McGinnity
Dennis Novinski
Blanchardville Blade
Atlas
The
Blade
Wisconsin GOP delegates face convention question
Ody J. Fish of the Wisconsin Republican committee doubts the state GOP convention will reject national convention delegates, noting potential slate exclusions but expecting no problems. The issue ties to Democratic split over Eugene McCarthy delegates, with Nixon winning Wisconsin’s GOP votes. At the same time Kennedy drew massive LA crowds, and Wisconsin AG Bronson La Follette hailed Supreme Court upholding the state disorderly conduct law.
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Milwaukee
Ody J. Fish
Wisconsin Republica
Fish
Eugene J. McArthy
D-Minn
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Wiscon
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Madison
Bronson C. la Follette
U.S. Supreme Court
Milk Marketing Hearing In Memphis On Filled Milk Orders
The Department of Agriculture reconvenes a Memphis hearing on amending federal milk marketing orders for filled or imitation milk. The issue centers on whether produced milk and dairy ingredients in filled milk products should alter order provisions. Previous sessions occurred Feb 19–22 and Apr 23–24, with a recess for additional evidence.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Memphis
Tenn
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
Dawn arrives with quiet thanks as another night ends and a new day begins. The verse thanks God for one more morning, reflecting a simple grateful mood.
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Clair R. Munns
Jod
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Saigon
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London Free Market
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McFarland
Paul Boecker
Naperville
Herman Pfund
New Glarus
PTA Council
Argyle Schools
Argyle Public Schools
Don Senior High School
Linda Tom Arnot
Resurrection City
U.S.A
John F. Kennedy
PTA Broakmire - Hastings
Larry Guttmer
Sylvester Woods
Albany
Harry Grinnell
Post Office Department
R. J. Myers
Kenneth Rufener
Jake
Joann
Donna Rufener
Susan
James Penwoegier
SCS
Nic F. Calabresa
Dave
Smock Valley Watershed Association
Green County
Atlas’ ‘Blade’ Combine
AP News
Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Bobby
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