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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1969

Page

2

Monroe Evening Times subscription rates and contact details

The Monroe Evening Times outlines subscription prices by carrier and mail, listing in state rates for Illinois counties and noting office hours and postal compliance rules. It mentions Emery Odell as a member and notes AP exclusive local news relays and association memberships.

Monroe Stephemnom Davies Illinois Stephenson Jo Davies Winnebago

This Week In Pecatonica Highlights And Local Quips

A humorous weekly roundup notes events from Pecatonica and surrounding area. It mentions Police Chief Coplien's birthday, Pearl Harbor cost comparisons, local anecdotes about weights, golf carts, theater trips, and community figures. It references a Pecatonica Centennial invitation and various local quips about daily life and upcoming events.

Coplien Pearl Harbor Hollywood Lee Olsen Glenn Langston Windy Acres Paul Dannerbeck Louise Sky-Vu Hal Boyle Stanley Hemphill Pecatonica

Dear Abby Advice on Husbands and Lookers

A reader asks if her traveling husband tells truthful tales of strip clubs while away. Abby warns against trusting such stories and suggests tuning out his bluster, while a reply notes men often look and a wife should be thankful for a lively spouse.

Abby Albert

Dear Abby Advice Column Feud Sparks Baby Bathing Debate

A reader endorses a lighthearted view on where a man eats his meals as a preface to a long Dear Abby style exchange about bathing babies in sinks. The preacher and mothers weigh in on the sink bath debate as dangers of distracted parenting are noted.

Abby Don J. Klingensmith Preacher P. S Confucius

Mrs Skelly Madison Nursing graduate dies in Madison

A Cuba City native Mrs L R Skelly of Madison dies after a long illness in a Madison hospital. She was a St Marys School of Nursing graduate and member of Blessed Sacrament Church Rosary Altar Society and Madison Catholic Womens Club. Surviving are her husband her mother two sisters and two brothers. Services set for May 28 at Blessed Sacrament Church Burial in Resurrection Cemetery Friends may call at Joyce Funeral Home after 4 pm with Rosary at 8 pm Tuesday.

Cuba City L. R. Skelly Madison Christina Bussan Agatha Bussan St. Mary’s School of Nursing Blessed Sacrament Church Rosary Altar Society Madison Catholic Women’s Club Everett Ossman Erma Wilbur Joliet Iil Allen Resurrection Cemetery Joyce Funeral

Forensic Awards Reported at MHS

Forensics awards from Monroe High School presented by Mrs William Sperry were announced. Certificates of appreciation honored sub district district and state recipients including Jim Allen Barbara Barth Martha Boynton Shelley Campa Mary Classen Bonnie Hartman Joan Hartman Monica Herzberger Carol Nyman Lynn Roth Mary Urban Mary Zupanc. State honors went to Jim Allen Barbara Barth Joan Hartman Monica Herzberger Carol Nyman. State medals were earned by Jim Allen Joan Hartman. Sophomore award went to Jim Allen and Joan Hartman, with Mary Zupanc receiving the junior award and Mary Etter the senior award.

William Sperry Monroe High School Jim Allen Babara Barth Martha Boynton Shelley Campa Mary Classen Bonnie Hartman Joan Hartman Monica Herzberger Carol Nyman Lynn Roth Mary Urban Mary Zupanc Barbara Barth Mary Etter

Reverend Lyle E Curtis accepts call at Monroe Assembly of God

Twenty years ago news notes report Rev. Lyle E. Curtis of Watertown accepting the call to Monroe Assembly of God church tabernacle. The Monroe high school FFA chapter earns the fifth district dairy herd improvement plaque from the Wisconsin Dairyman's Association. Sears Roebuck to open a catalog store July 1 in the Kroger site on the square's north side.

Lyle E. Curtis Watertown Monroe Assembly of God Church Tabernacle Monroe High School FFA Wisconsin Dairyman’s Association Sears, Roebuck and Co Kroger

Submarine Squalus Rescue Ends Tragedy 1939

Thirty years ago the navy completed the perilous rescue of 33 men trapped on the ocean floor aboard the Squalus, leaving 26 dead. A second suspect in the Vernon Reinheimer holdup slaying near Afton was captured near Dodgeville. Monroe merchants plan atmosphere for the big cheese sales days June 9 and 10.

United States Navy Vernon Reinheimer Afton Dodgeville Monroe

Two Year State Budget urged by Green County committee

In Bogne hotel a Green County Governmental Affairs Committee meeting urged a realistic two year state budget. Doran R. Zwygart was elected president of the Monroe Lions Club with Robert G. Buehler as first vice president and others named as officers. Gerald Disch became president of the New Glarus Business Association.

Green County Bogne

Flying record bid aims for 250 hours over Fort Worth

A former railroad mechanic and a Texas cowpuncher vowed to smash world aviation duration records by staying aloft for 250 hours over Fort Worth. Funeral services were held in Darlington for 10 year old Lela Wand who died from burns after clothing caught fire from an oil stove. A stereoptical lecture on The Great World War will be presented at Grace Lutheran Church.

Fort Worth Darlington Lela Wand Grace Lutheran Church

Virginia steamer destroyed. 11 feared dead at Potomac mouth

Fifty years ago a capacity crowd on the steamer Virginia bound for Newport News suffered a fatal blaze at the Potomac river mouth. Maj. L A Moore receives the Croix de Guerre from Gen. Mangin for meritorious service. The column also notes school board hires in 1909 and Memorial Day events, with Tuberculosis concerns among Southern Wisconsin livestock.

Virginia Newport News Potomac River L.A. Moore Mangin

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