Aiken Attacks Benson on REA Financing Plan
Senator George D. Aiken charges Secretary Benson with steering REA funding through a new bank system favoring corporate utilities. He warns the move could force co operatives to sell to private lenders, while Lyndon Johnson joins in criticizing the proposal. Aiken cites past votes on REA authority and says Benson’s plan harms farmers.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Aiken
Benson-Eisenhower
Senate
REA
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Farm Credit Administration
Treasury
Eisenhower
Eighth Grade Graduation Plans at New Glarus
The Eighth Grade graduation will be held at 8 p.m. Monday in the grade school gym with the motto Make Success and Happiness Your Goals. Rev. Lynn F. B. Tschudy presides with Frederick Disch and Pat Foster delivering welcome remarks.
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NEW Glarus
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
Frederick Disch
Pat Foster
Mary Jo Freitag
Shelia Hewes
James Kummer
Sharon
Shirley Martinson
Lynn Halverson
Byron Ames
Lynette Duerst
Emil Jorenby
Kay Anderson
Linda Voegeli
Janice Zuber
Dorothy Heller
Carol Duerst
Alan Kubly
Sherry Zentner
Russell Grossen
Larry Disch
Alvin Ott
Larry Newman
Robert Vickers
Pyron Ames
Sue Schuett
Leah Mueller
Carol and
Mary Jane Webber
Gary Gmur
Roger Knight
Sharon Martinson
Duane Freitag
LaVon Wenger
James C. Tschudy
Spring Grove Notes from Mrs. Herbert Mohns
Weekend and Sunday visits across Monroe Beloit Edgerton and surrounding towns. Nancy Wunschel of Monroe stayed with her parents Virgil and Mrs. Wunschel while other guests included the Corbits in Beloit and the Beckers with Rex Eyler and family. Thespian plays at Brodhead High drew attendees including Earl Pinnow group and Janis TenEyck.
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Nancy Wunschel
Monroe
Virgil Wunschel
Ralph Nenneman
Beverly
Willis Newcomber
George Corbit
Beloit
Roland Covert
Raymond Malcock
Rex Eyler
Tom and
Billy
Rodney Becker
Earl Pinnow
Marlene
A. A. TenEyck
Janis
Leslie Pinnow
Jerry
Brodhead High School
Floyd Hummer
Elmer Matson
Edgerton
Herbert Mohns
Virgil Wunscher
Bobby
Harry Swartz
Clover Sisters Club May Meeting Highlights
Clover Sisters Club May gathering featured pledges led by Ann Bauman and Julie Jacobs. Barabara Schuetze violin solo and project talks by Lynn Norton Julie Jacobs and Ramona Ebneter. Recreation led by Patty Peterson and Margo LaBuch. Lunch by Nussbaum Trumpy and Burkhalter. 4H members sang with Junior choir at Rural Life Sunday events.
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Clover
Ann Bauman
Julie Jacobs
Clover Sisters Club
Barabara Schuetze
Lynn Norton
Ramona Ebneter
Patty Peterson
Margo LaBuch
Helen Ebneter
Alice Nussbaum
Becky Trumpy
Nancy Burkhalter
Ginger Lou Nall
Fredrick Lauper
Joann Montgomery
Anita Rood
Victor Rood
Anita
Elaine Samson
Norman Nelson
Matthew Nall
Jordan Center
Cadiz Center
Browntown
Peace Church
Janet Swiggum
Janet Senn
Mary Guttmer
Royal Ritschards
Michael Ritschards
Bonnie Zumkehr
Sandra Weiss
Lauren Young
Paul Marty
Delores Lauper
Kay
Carol Krebs
Three City Women to Receive Degrees at Stout College
Three Monroe students form part of the 1959 Stout State College graduation class in Menomonie. Janet L. Beckman, Jane Toneta Thompson, and Catherine A. Blum Peterson will receive bachelor of science degrees in home economics education. Maj. Gen. Melvin J. Maas will address the commencement. Beckman will teach in Sheboygan, Thompson will teach in Marshfield, Peterson plans to teach or be a home agent.
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Stout College
Monroe
Stout State College
Menomonie
Janet L. Beckman
Ray L. Beckman Sr
23Rd Avenue
Jane Toneta Thompson
Clarence Thompson
10Th Street
Catherine A. (Kay) Blum Peterson
William H. Blum
Melvin J. Maas
House of Representatives
President’s Committee On Employment
Mas. Maas
Beckman
North High School
Sheboygan
Alpha Sigma Alpha Social Sorority
Home Economics Club
Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority
Thompson
Purdy
Marshfield
Womens Recreation Association
Home Economics Club Council
R. L. Peterson
Catherine Blum
Home Economics
Stout
Dougherty Creek Club May Meeting Highlights
Anna Marie Bratrud and Norman Swenson led project talks at the Prairie View school with Norman Swenson presiding the pledge. Vicki Svendsen directed group singing while Diana Svendsen and Kathy Barry assisted recreation. Members offered ideas on helping the club and neighbors. Judy Wyttenbach sang a special number as families volunteered to improve local mailboxes.
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Anna Marie Bratrud
Norman Swenson
Dougherty Creek Club
Prairie View School
Vicki Svendsen
Diana Svendsen
Kathy Barry
Judy Wyttenbach
Burnell Swenson
Myron Hanson
Hiawatha Club Holds Meeting With Demonstrations
Sandra Amacher led the flag and pledges at the Hiawatha Club meeting. Vickie Smith and Richard Rufener gave project talks while Jean Welton demonstrated. A skit by five members and a safety film by George Gramling followed. Susan Rufener led singing as hosts served refreshments.
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Hiawatha Club
Sandra Amacher
Vickie Smith
Richard Rufener
Jean Welton
Kathryn Schoepfer
Beverly Block
Janice Landly
Wanda Broge
George Gramling
Steven Smith
Russel Block
Susan Rufener
Welton
Sandly
Richland Club May meeting features pledges and talks
Tim and Terry Dillon led flag pledges during the Richland Club May meeting. Alvin Strahm presided. Robert Ruff and David Deininger gave safety talks, Billy Deininger gave a health talk, Karen Kubly demonstrated, Gary Griffith and Rick Riesen gave project talks. Joyce Sacker presented a special number.
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Richland
Tim
Terry Dillon
Richland Club
Alvin Strahm
Robert “Ruff
David Deininger
Billy Deininger
Karen Kubly
Gary Griffith
Rick Riesen
Joyce Sacker
Juda Jolly Juniors Hear Talks and Plan Poster Contest
Walter Richard and William Wunschel led project talks at Juda Jolly Junior Club meeting in the high school cafeteria. Thomas Kaderly led the flag pledge, Elaine Andereck performed a special number, and safety tasks were demonstrated. A health and safety poster contest will be held at the June 15 meeting with Russell Carter judged and prizes awarded.
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Juda Jolly
Walter
Richard
William Wunschel
Thomas Kaderly
Edward Kaderly
Elaine Andereck
Larry Gempeler
Russell Keen
Judith LaBorde
Wayne Gempeler
Francis Kaster
Rural Life
Juda Baptist Church
Bessie Newman
St. Clare Hospital
Russell Carter
Juda
Browntown Club Plans July Tour and Float Parade
JoAnn Montgomery led group singing with Kay Krebs at the May Browntown Club meeting. The annual tour starts July 5 with a picnic at John Krebs home. A float committee was formed for the Daily Day parade and all members will help with Browntown cleanup.
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JoAnn Montgomery
Kay Krebs
Browntown
John Krebs
Fredrick Lauper
Paul Marty
Cheryl Marty
Otto Folgate
Mrs. Chuck Connors Granted Citizenship
Betty Connors was granted American citizenship on Friday. Actor Chuck Connors, who met her in 1948 in Canada while he played baseball for the Montreal Royals, congratulated her. Connors also played for the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast League.
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Los Angeles
Chuck Connors
Betty
Connors
Canada
Montreal Royals
Chicago Cubs
Community Visitors and Travel Highlights From Orangeville Area
Social notices list Sunday calls and weekend visits across towns including Ridott Lake Geneva Boscobel Monroe Lena and Freeport. Attendees include the Bolender Jones Reeser Mains Reuber Koehner Sweetwood Van Matre and Engels families with travels to Holland Michigan Zion Illinois and Decatur WSWS convention attendance.
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Roy Wagner
Emil Ulig
Ridott
Mmes
Harry Zweifel
Robert Niemier
Frank Paul
Bob Jones
Lake Geneva
Ramona Palmer
Ida van Matre
Leo Rusk
Boscobel
James Reeser
Harry Mains
Willi Reuber
Holland
Mich
Glen Bolender
Edward Johnson
John Matzke
Linda
Robert Schuetz
Darleen Marie
Monroe
Gladys Reeser
Freeport Hospital
Donald Fransen
Harold Meyers
Lena
LaVerne Reeser
Lockport
Robert Benson
Huntington Park
Calif
Lloyd Koehner
Henry Riem
Fr. Atkinson
Blanche Ballard
Los Angeles
Joan Caulfield Expecting Baby After Split
Hollywood actress Joan Caulfield says she is pregnant and due in September after separating from producer Frank Ross on January 1. She obtained a preliminary divorce decree April 15 and stated they have not reconciled, with Ross reportedly unwilling to raise a family.
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Hollywood
Joan Caulfield
Frank Ross
Miss Caulfield
Ross
California
Brodhead Class Set for Exercises
Commencement week for Brodhead high school seniors begins with a baccalaureate service in the school gym. Rev Wilbur Leatherman and a group of pastors lead the program. Carolyn Pree gives the salutatory and Elzie Laube the valedictory. Eighth grade and high school graduates are listed among many awards and diplomas.
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Brodhead
Brodhead High School
Wilbur Leatherman
Methodist Church
Wilfred Schuster
Richard M. A. Gadow
Paul J. Gibson
Ronald Rockow
Morris Wee
Bethel Lutheran Church of
Carolyn Pree
Elzie Laube
Gadow
R. M. Rockwell
Sheila McGinty
Noreen Miller
Carol Steiner
Nancy Jones
Larry Ayres
Marc Anderson
Mary Willis
Mary Lou Witt
Larry Keller
Roger Wells
Leonard Long
Georganne de Voe
Barry Riegle
Douglas Clark
William Welch
James Jones
Judith Bliss
Janice Huffman
James St. John
Dale Witt
Milo Fiie
Nathan Bliss
Steve Garthwaite
Thomas Marsh
Constance Hanson
Joanne Wolfe
James Church
Roger Gmur
Donald Gibson Jr
Gerald Reigle
John Fijelstad
Pamela Wheeler
Martha McKeown
E. Ross Sveem
Duane Peeck
Ronald Canon
John Rosheisen
William
Roger Johnson
Norman Rogers
Laurie
Miss Pree
Don Amundsen
Phyllis Bouton
Karen Brandenburg
Sara Conway
Ken Curless
James Deppeler
Robert Dorr
David Elmer
Nancy Foss
Marvin Hanner
GM Reveals Corvair as New Compact Car for 1960
General Motors announced at its Wilmington stockholders meeting that the Corvair, a smaller lighter car, will join the 1960 model line this fall. Frederic G. Donner, chair and CEO, said the car includes features new to the American auto industry and will be built with a rear aluminum engine rumored for the Chevrolet model.
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Wilmington
Del
General Motors
Canada
Frederic G. Donner
GM Board
Donner
Chevrolet
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motor
Studebaker
Drivers School Class To Resume On Monday
Green County will begin another series of the Drivers Improvement School Monday night. Judge Marshall L. Peterson announced the program will have three 8 p.m. sessions at the First National Bank meeting room. Enrollment is $2 for the three sessions and violators must pay. Visitors may attend and interested persons may enroll. Some violators in justice and county courts are ordered to attend as part of their fines or sentences, with possible remittance of portions of fines if the school is completed.
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Green County Drivers Improvement School
Marshall L. Peterson
First National Bank
Peterson
Woolworth Building Once Tallest Skyscraper in NYC
Since 1913 the Woolworth Building a 60 story iconic New York skyscraper has stood as a landmark but today only five Manhattan buildings exceed its height.
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Woolworth Building
New York City
Manhattan
Girl Scout Troops Hold Cookouts and Award Ceremony
Troop 230 members held a cookout at the Kiwanis Youth Cabin and conducted a supply inventory. A court of awards honored Mary Ellen Summeril and others for care, crafts, first aid, and related skills, with all receiving the hospitality badge.
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Kiwanis
Mary Ellen Summeril
Judy Bennet
Nancy Burkhalter
Carel Cassell
Ruth Chambers
Linda
Judy Mahle
Pack 310 Initiation Thursday at St Victor's Gym
Freeman Mills announces Pack 310 initiation for new Cub Scouts Thursday night in St Victor's school gym. Boys should bring a kerchief and clasp, wear them during ceremonies, and know the Cub Scout oath. Parents invited. applications sent home with students.
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Freeman Mills
St. Victor’s School
Mills
Monroe Troop Honors Departing Members With Gifts
Roberta Feutz and Linda Erickson are thanked as they prepare to leave Monroe. The troop describes gifts and recognizes Mrs. William Thurber fourth grade teacher as guest. Leaders include Mrs. Ken Mayer and Mrs. William Burkhard.
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Roberta Feutz
Diane Ward
Eva Hillary
Charlotte Pfund
Cinda Stuessy
Linda Johnson
Mary Burkhard
Pauline Beer
Barbette Burgy
Linda Erickson
Monroe
William Thurber
Ken M. Mayer
William Burkhard
Woodford Students Tour The Monroe Evening Times
Twenty one students from Woodford State Graded School visited The Monroe Evening Times on Thursday along with teachers W. W. Lang dee and Retta Shepherd. The group toured Rosa's Swiss Colony Green County jail Recreation Park fire department The Frito Co Ludlow Memorial library and Monroe airport with chaperones Mrs. George Sawyer Mrs. J. J. Foley Mrs. Paul Hanson and Mrs. Ernie Blatt.
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Woodford State Graded School
W. W. Langdee
Retta Shepherd
Monroe Evening Times
Andy
Randy Lewis
Angie
Mary Ellen Peterson
Kathy
Patty
Lee Sandley
Duane Foley
Joan
Jane Pickett
Melody Wellenkotter
Betty Wickey
David Johnson
John III
Nancy Haesler
Robert
Sharon Perdue
Wayne
Kenneth Hanson
Jeanne Ellen Langdoc
Diane
Donald
Linda Lawyer
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Mrs
Kay Peterson
Dougherty Creek
Busy Beavers
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Sylvester Township
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Green
Wisconsin
Town Board of
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Alfred Barth
Times
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New’ Auto
Adams Township
Adams
Wis
Edward Bidlingmaier
Edwin Hanson
Monroe Township
Town Board of Monroe
J. B. Scherer
Girl _ Seoutie News
Mies
Eugene Weaver
Leland Lamboley
Jake Rufener Jr
William Park
Jerome Howe
Russell Fritz
St. John’s Church
Fred Feutz Jr
E. B. Lux
Edward A. Condon
North School
Ellyn Mayer
Pamela Miller
Joan Peters
Cheryl Boeck
Woodford
City of Monroe
City OF
Henry S. Hefty
Jefferson Township
Jefferson
Town Board of Jefferson
Leland Jordan
Elmer Asmus
Clarno Township
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Clarno
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Dwight Rote
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