Historymobile II to visit Monroe for logging exhibit
The Historymobile II touring Wisconsin history of logging arrives in Monroe on Saturday May 24 behind the Green County Universalist Church Museum parking lot. The Green County Historical Museum remains open 9 to 4 p.m. May 24 and Historymobile visits Monroe Schools May 26–29. public access is available outside school hours. Walter Babula handles group reservations. the exhibit runs through June 2, ending in New Glarus.
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State Historical Society
Wisconsin
Monroe
Green County Universalist Church
Green County Historical Museum
Walter Babula
Historymobile
Bayfield
Hazel Green
New Glarus
Ivan L. Kaukl
Harold Snively
William Moon
Moon
Green County
Robert Tschudy
Third Ward
August Burgi
Fifth Ward
Walter R. Ekum
Lynneva Smith
Joey A. Polzin
Janesville
Laura Polzin
J.C. Penney Co
Alphorn Ford
Dearth Motors
Rambler
Oaktron Industries Inc
Clarno Township
St. Clare Hospital
Orville R. Evans
Banquet Planned During the National Turnfest in Monroe
The Turnfest committee reports plans for a veteran Turners banquet on Sunday July 6 as part of the July 4 5 6 festivities in Monroe. Kubly's Park opens for campers and Monroe 4 H coordinates community activities, while the fairgrounds require a $1 deposit at the City Police Station. Clarence Gissing says the veterans banquet will be held in the afternoon July 6 at Monroe High School with national turnout.
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Monroe
Kubly
Argus 4-H Club
Clarence Gissing
Turnfest
Swiss American Gymnastic Association
Monroe High School
United States
Families urged to join rural summer program for Milwaukee children
Monroe residents are asked to contact one of four program chairmen this week to host inner city children from Milwaukee for a one week visit as part of the Rural Summer Vacation Program. The four churches sponsor this year and plan to invite about 100 Negro children over four weeks beginning July 20.
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Monroe
Milwaukee
The
Monroe Council of Churches
Penny A Pound Airlift Planned This Weekend
Green County Pilots Association plans a Penny-A-Pound Airlift to benefit the March of Dimes. Chairman Wendell Brunkow says operations start about 1 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday, with a rain date a week later. About a dozen planes will operate.
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Harvey Elmer
The
National Foundation
Green County Pilots Association
Wendell Brunkow
Brunkow
District One selects Alice In Dairyland winner
Sandra Flesch of Potosi Wisconsin named District One winner of the Alice In Dairyland contest at Platteville Saturday night. She is a junior elementary education major at Platteville State University and will advance to the state finals at Fond du Lac.
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Sandra Flesch
Potosi
Wis
Platteville
Miss Flesch
Donald Flesch
Platteville State University
Fond du Lac
Barbara Wegmueller
Monroe
Mary Ellen Erb
Blanchardville
Darlington
Roberta Hollinger
Diane Side
Wisconsin Badger Camp benefit concert raises funds for camp
The Monroe six to eight grade bands presented a near capacity show in the Junior High Auditorium raising 266.86 for a permanent Badger Camp for the mentally retarded. A $67 check will buy one acre of land. American Legion post commander Russell West honored Allan Barnard with a plaque for service to the Legion and community through music. Ken Krattiger praised Barnard for shaping students like Pat Barnard and Ken Krattiger noted his youth band honors. The program featured sixth grader Stewart Wilson, Tony Teehan, and a standout eighth grade performance of Frank Erickson's Royal Ambassador under Maynard Heins and Barnard.
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Wisconsin
Pat
Barnard
Ken Krattiger
Ken
Monticello High School
De Gaulle Seeks Secluded Irish Holiday at Sneem
Gen Charles de Gaulle and his wife choose Sneem on Kenmare Bay for a month long stay in Ireland. They occupy the Heron Cove Hotel estate of 100 acres with 11 rooms nine baths and a rate of 11 dollars double including breakfast. The Irish Tourist Board highlights Sneem as a sunny, balmy retreat near Killarney with rich cultural links to France and Ireland.
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Sneem
Kenmare Bay
Charles de Gaulle
All Ireland
Irish Tourist Board
Republic
French Riviera
Heron Cove
Seneem
Dublin
Killarney
St. Patrick
France
Henry VIII
Justre
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Quinns
Antone Grawehr
Altar Society
St. John’s Catholic Church
South Wayne
Patrick Quinn
Raymond Haas
St. John’s
Church Altar Society
Quinn
Father Haas
Pat Quinn
Gratiot State Bank
New York
Samuel Humbel
Ronald Grimm
Knights of Columbus
Appleton
Rev. Lawrence
Roger Blanc
John Callahan
Newell Smith
Ray Gordon
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Frederick Blanc
James Bissegger
St. John’s Church
Harold Crume
First United Methodist Church
Green County Fairgrounds
George Hartman
Norman Rasmussen
Holstein Breeders Association
Carl Wyss
Gene Nelson
Holstein Association For Wisconsin
Lawrence Salesman
Green County Holstein Breeders
Don Timm
Rock County Fairgrounds
Times
AP News
Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
California
Douglas
Center For the Study of Democratic
Santa Barbara
Calif
Albert Parvin Foundation
Las Vegas
Abe Fortas
Family Foundation
Louis E. Wolfson
Chicago
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Superior Bulk Film Co
FBI
Memphis
Geneva
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bel Air
Lake Geneva
Madison
Veterans Housing Fund
Assembly
Concert
Allamerica
Europe
University of Mississippi
University of Wisconsin
Stewart Wilson
Forrest Buchtel
Tony
Mark Siedschlag
Tony Teehan
Johnnie
Frederick Weber
Frank Erickson
Royal Armada
Maynard Heins
Helen
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