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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1960
Page
2
Monroe prepares for the Alice in Dairyland regional finals kicking off June Dairy Month. Merrie Jule Barney visits as reigning Alice in Dairyland while local hopes for Green County representation and a future state finals bid grow amid regional hospitality and dairy industry focus.
The Albany State Journal concludes Wisconsin’s split Legislature produced mostly negative results. It praises the kill of the income tax withholding plan and notes tax revision remains unsettled. It questions timing of a projected budget windfall and criticizes leadership and handling of the 1959 high school district mandate.
FBI chief John Edgar Hoover enjoys a few hours of leisure browsing antique shops, sampling curios and noting historical pieces during his downtime. The casual shopping excursion highlights Hoover's interest in collectibles beyond his high profile duties.
Memorial Day observances in Monroe honor the fallen at Greenwood Cemetery with Rev. John E. MacMartin urging vigilance against threats to liberties. Local news recalls a four day period of accidents claiming many lives, a Cardinals win, school scholarship leaders from 1935, and regional mentions of travel plans and legislative food service rules.
The report notes a prominent Monroe stock dealer and a May 31 1920 horseman posting bond in the U S commissioner’s office following the first major prohibition act raid here. It also mentions a Mexican general’s statement about Carranza and political notes on Charles Evans Hughes. A straw stack near the Lichtenwalner farm caught fire accidentally without harming property.
Mrs Norbert Spankowski 65 formerly Susan Olson died Sunday in a Madison hospital. Services were held in Oregon and burial was in Brooklyn. She married Norbert Spankowski in 1950 and moved from Brooklyn to Madison about a year ago. The husband survives.
Daniel McKillip of Blanchard died yesterday at Arlington Memorial Hospital after a long illness, a week after a stroke. Born April 1, 1873, in Blanchard, he was the son of John and Mary Hardyman McKillip, a Prairie Hanson School alumnus, longtime resident, and St. Michaels Church member. Services Thursday at Saether Funeral Home at 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. at St. Michaels. burial in the church cemetery. Rosary at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. He is survived by two nieces and four nephews.
Ole J. Hagen 87 a half brother of Casper Olson Brodhead and Albert Olson Durand died Sunday at Janesville He was born in Norway and came to the United States in 1889 He farmed near Whitewater before moving to Janesville three years ago to live with a daughter Services set for 1 p m tomorrow at Cooksville Lutheran Church Friends may call tonight at Skindingsrude Funeral Home Whitewater He leaves three daughters four sons three half brothers 21 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren
Kieth Knebel a sixth grade Belmont student and altar boy was killed when the tractor he drove struck a cement abutment on a county road near the family farm two miles south of Belmont. Authorities say he died instantly. services set at St. Philomena's Belmont with burial in the church cemetery.
Rep. Gerald T. Flynn of Racine announced introduction of a bill to extend the school milk program for children to improve nutrition and promote milk consumption in schools. The current lunch milk program expires June 30, 1961.
Sen William Proxmire toured Watertown highlighting the need to provide early effective relief from soaring medical costs for senior citizens. He cited Wisconsin seniors suffering as retirement income falls while medical bills rise and urged Senate action.
Mrs Mary Netz 87 formerly of Sciota Mills Illinois died Friday at the home of her son Raymond in Monte Vista Colorado. She had lived there since her husband Georges death February 21 1959. Services 1 30 p m Friday Walker mortuary Freeport Rev Joseph Housh will officiate Burial Oakland Cemetery Freeport Surviving are two sons Raymond and Clarence both of Monte Vista.
M H Bolender from San Gabriel California, brother of Glen Bolender, will speak at 7 30 p m tomorrow to the Freeport pin club in the audio visual room at Freeport junior high. He will show slides of early U S coinages at the Philadelphia mint and the 1804 dollar known as the king of American coins plus rare ancient Greek and Roman coins. An auction sale will be conducted by Bolender selling a number of coins.
Mr and Mrs Bolender travel to Freeport aligning with vacation plans. They are staying as house guests of the Glen Bolenders in Orangeville for several weeks after arriving Friday.
The State Industrial Commission announced increased weekly unemployment aid in Wisconsin from July 1, advancing the maximum by two dollars to a new level of 49 dollars per week, with recomputation every six months.
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