Senior Exercises Tonight at Monroe High
The 83rd annual commencement at Monroe High School will begin at 8 p m with 116 seniors in attendance. Dr Glen Eye educator from Wisconsin will deliver the address The Curse of Ease and receive honorary mentions as diplomas are conferred HH T Johnson and Rev John C Purdy lead the ceremonies with the high school orchestra and senior chorus performing You ll Never Walk Alone and One God.
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D. J. Huenink
Monroe High School
Vilas Park
Madison
Glen C. Eye
University of Wisconsin
Eye
Miltonvale
Kas
Kansas Wesleyan
Salina
U of W
Big Timber
Mont
Park City
Miles , City
Ogden
Utah
U. S. Armed Forces Institute
Wisconsin State Commission
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Wisconsin
Illinois
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Indiana
School of Education
Milwaukee
HH. T. Johnson
Board of Education
John C. Purdy
Union Presbyterian Church
Kefauver Chides Florida Loss as California Primary Looms
Senator Estes Kefauver, seeking to rebound from his Florida defeat, campaigns in California for the pivotal Democratic primary. Stevenson, buoyed by Florida, pushes for California as a winner take all race worth 68 convention votes. Florida results show Stevenson with 221,718 to Kefauver’s 209,447 with most votes unreported.
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Associated Press
Estes Kefauver
Florida
Adlai Stevenson
California
Stevenson
Kefauver
Kefauver- Stevenson
San Diego
Madison Cheese Market Steady Demand Amid Ample Offerings
Wisconsin cheese market shows steady demand with ample offerings. Selling prices quoted by state assembly points and car lots include cheddar 34 to 36 percent, single daisies 36 percent, Jonghorns 36 percent, and midgets.
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Madison
Monroe High Names 1956 Legion Athlete of the Year
Peter Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs C N Johnson and a longtime high school athlete, is named the 35th Monroe High School American Legion athletic award recipient. Miss Patricia Gaughan receives the National Office Management Association award, with a silver key for outstanding business study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
National Tire Management — Association
Zilmer- Riley Legion Post
Peter Johnson
C. N. Johnson
Patricia Gaughan
Thomas A. Gaughan
National Office Management Association
Robert Anderegg
Gaughan
DAR
Kathleen Hartwig
Arthur Hartwig
Lions Club
David James Dwyer
Dewey A. Dwyer
Wesley Falk
Clarence Falk
GAA
John Bruni
Diane Burgy
Delores Marti
Lorraine Clark
Carol Ridnour
John Drye
Mary Frautschy
Nancy Stauffacher
Roger Stauffacher
Curtis Wagner
John Jeglum
Beverly Kuckuck
Fred Ainsworth
John Hammer
Janice Kubly
Cecelia Graw
Holiday's Toll Below Forecast
Memorial Day traffic toll totaled 101 lives, about 10 percent under the 110 projection. Twelve states and the District of Columbia reported no fatalities. Drowned and miscellaneous accidents added 59 deaths. Last year’s holiday saw 369 deaths over a three day period.
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National Safety Council
District of Columbia
Ned H. Dearborn
Safety Council
Old Alpine School Destroyed by Fire
Brooklyn firefighters responded after 11 p m to a blaze destroying the nearly 100 year old Doyle or Alpine district schoolhouse between Brooklyn and Belleville. Sparks danger kept crews at the scene until 2 a m. The building had been abandoned and recently sold to David Pernot.
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Brooklyn
Belleville
Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department
Maurice Smith
Green City
Bowman Dairy Company
Herbert
Joe) Armstrong
Northern Area Mourns Dr. Kate Snowshoe Angel
Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb known as Dr. Kate died after a hip operation at St. Mary's in Wausau at 3 30 a m age 70. She earned the nickname snowshoe angel for aiding villagers on the route to care and helped establish Lakeland Memorial Hospital in Woodruff. Survivors include her husband a son and an adopted daughter. Services Friday at Boulder Junction Community Church with burial in Boulder Junction Cemetery. Memorial funds named for Lakeland Hospital Boulder Junction church and a grave monument fund.
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Lac du Flambeau
Wausau
Gillette
Wellington
Kas
Boston
Thomas Pelham
Gillete Razor Co
University of Buffalo
Newcomb
New York
Detroit
William Newcomb
Boulder Junction
Rice Lake
Kate
Thomas G. Torpy
Minocqua
Northland
Eldora
Boulder Junction Community
Daniel Nelson
Lakeland Hospital
Woodruff
Niles Property Option Obtained For High School Site
W wiana, chair of the citizens school project advisory committee, announced the district obtained an option on the nine acre Niles estate adjoining the Monte tract for a new high school site. The option at 15000 runs to July 25 and was obtained from heirs Charles J. Niles, Charlene Johnson, and Irene Van Dyke. The property includes the former Niles residence and site of the first U S Court hearing in the Wisconsin Territory. The committee will meet to prepare a formal recommendation for the Board of Education and the proposal may be submitted at the July 9 district meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Wiana
Citizens’ School’ Project Advisory Committee
Niles Estate
Monte
Charles J. Niles
Monroe
Charlene Johnson
Wheaton
Irene van Dyke
Glendora
Calif
Niles
Jerome J. Howe
Wisconsin Territory
Blaha
Board of Education
Herbert T. Johnson
First National Bank Awards Major Remodeling Contract
The First National Bank awards the general construction contract for its remodeling to Bruni-Miller Co. and Roy F. Burmeister president announces. Bid study by the Board of Directors completed Tuesday. other phase negotiations expected soon. Work to start immediately with completion hoped by year end. two building floors including the old Karlen block to be removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Bruni-Miller Co
Roy F. Burmeister
Board of Directors
Burmeister
First National
Karlen
Benson Sets Up Soil Programs Some Can Start Banking Now
Secretary Benson announced the new 1.2 billion annual soil bank program allowing farmers in less advanced 1956 crop areas to retire land from cotton wheat corn rice tobacco and peanuts in exchange for payments. Rates range 90 cents per bushel for corn 15 cents per pound cotton 1.20 per bushel wheat and 2.25 per hundred pounds rice with tobacco and peanuts to follow. Payments depend on land diverted and average yields with eligibility tied to smaller than allotment under crop control. Farmers will sign agreements with local committees.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Eisenhower
Department
Memorial Day crowd hears Rev. James Neighbours at Greenwood
Thousands gather at Greenwood cemetery for Memorial Day as Rev. James Neighbours delivers a pro freedom sermon warning of Communism and urging moral and military readiness. The service includes a parade from the Armory, a Monroe High School senior band concert, and veterans groups decorating graves.
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John Neighbours
First Universalist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Co. K
Times
James Neighbours
Monroe
Neighbours
Armory
Monroe High School
Odegaard Girl Injured by Tombstone at Greenwood Cemetery
Odegaard, 13, daughter of Mrs. Lucille Odegaard of 1307 19th Street, sustained a fractured leg above the knee yesterday after a tombstone toppled onto her in Greenwood cemetery's older section. The event occurred about 5:30 p m. Her mother and another adult freed her legs. Larch is hospitalized at St. Clare with good condition.
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Anch Odegaard
Lucille Odegaard
19Th Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Larch
St. Clare Hospital
Alice in Dairyland Contest Set for Eau Claire Kickoff
Wisconsin launches June Dairy Month with 26 young women from across the state heading to Eau Claire for the Alice in Dairyland Princess Contest. Finalists were chosen from 13 regional events, with four princesses to be named at the State Fair in August. Green County begins Dairy Month with a queen voting drive in eight trading centers and a 6:30 a.m. kickoff breakfast at Monticello Casino Hall.
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Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Green County
Monticello
State Department of Agriculture
Alice
Brodhead
Albany
Brooklyn
New Glarus
Juda-Browntown
Monroe
Belleville
Casino Hall
Twining To Make Visit to Moscow
Secretary of Air Force Donald A. Quarles said General Nathan F. Twining will attend Soviet Aviation Day on June 24 with president approved backing. The move follows Moscow’s successful bid and signals potential reciprocal invitations to U.S. leaders, as U.S. and Soviet military relations face strategic balance questions.
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Washington
US S
Moscow
Nathan F. Twining
Russia
United States
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Defense Wilson
Dulles
Charles E. Bohlen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pope Blesses Pilgrims After Recovery From Check
Pope Pius XII, in good condition though a bit tired, blessed pilgrims from his study window in St. Peter's Square after a Wednesday night medical and cardiograph examination. Doctors reported no throat infection or other physical disturbance and noted a quick recovery from his slight voice weakness.
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Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
Stock Prices Rise In Quiet Trade Across Several Firms
Stocks moved narrowly with gains of one to three points and losses up to two as Chesapeake and Ohio Texas Company Pan American Airways American Telephone Reynolds Metals Union Carbide United Aircraft and Zenith Radio advanced or steadied in a subdued session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Yarr
Chesapeake and Ohio, Texas Co
Pan American Airways
American Telephone
Reynolds’ Metals
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
Zenith Radio
Reds Cover Buildup In Korea Across Armistice Commission
U N Command halted its four nation armistice commission in Korea accusing North Korea and its allies of illegal military buildup and hiding actions behind the panel. Britain disclosed 16 nation group declined a Red China bid for a conference to unify Korea, while Pyongyang threatened wide troop reductions and Moscow visit. North Korea and South Korea massed large forces, with the armistice group led by neutral Sweden and Switzerland plus Czechoslovakia and Poland. U S General Gard accused the Communists of using the commission to smuggle jet fighters and war materiel into North Korea.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N
North Korea
South Korea
Britain
United States
Red China
Peiping
China
Pyongyang
U.S
R. G. Gard
Gard
Five Die In Wisconsin Holiday Accidents
Memorial Day in Wisconsin claimed five lives this year, with three highway deaths raising the yearly toll to 322. Victims included Joseph Kasallis of Chicago in a light plane crash near Cable, Richard Letillier of New Richmond presumed drowned in the Willow River, Clara Paskowski and Fred Van Pieterson of Milwaukee in a two car crash, and Phillip Hertel of Watertown killed in a scooter collision on Highway 167.
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A Rress
Wisconsin
Joseph Kasallis
Chicago
Eau Claire Lake
Cable
Bayfield
County
Milwaukee
Phillip Hertel
Watertown
Walter Hertel
Janesville
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Allan F. Barnard
Donald Heeren
William Lanz
Owen Hefty
Anita Ainsworth
Frederick Ainsworth
Legion Award
Dr. Eye
Miss Gaughan
Legion
Old Alpine
Snowshoe
Niles Property Option
Odegaard
Tombstone
Suzanne Saalsan
Argyle
Doris Olsen
Darlington
Twining
JCS
Free World
Pope
Gen. Gard
Armistice
Joint Military Armistice Commission
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