Fire destroys Swiss Colony Inn in Monroe blaze
A two story frame building housing the Swiss Colony Inn and cheese shop burned from 6:30 am as grease in the kitchen ignited. Firefighters from Monroe and surrounding towns fought the 2.5 hour blaze, evacuating six residents and protecting adjacent businesses. No serious injuries reported.
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Monroe’s Square
Sherman Hodgeson
Rottler’s Variety Store
Spurgeons
Swiss Colony Inn
Browntown
Argyle
Monticello
Brodhead
Bud Lanz
Nelson
Leo Hilficker
Joyce Retzlaff
Carol Mulrine
Miss Retzlaff
Georgia Reimer
Margaret Baker
Ralph Strauser
Times
Paulson Celebrates Birthday as Twins Arrive at St. Clare
Mrs Clinton Paulson presented her husband Paulson with a birthday surprise when twins were born yesterday at St. Clare Hospital. The first boy weighed seven pounds ten ounces and arrived at 3 14 PM, followed by a seven pound four ounce son at 3 28 PM. They have three sisters Pammie Connie and Vickie and a brother Randy. The mother is Mary McAuliffe Gratiot daughter of Francis McAuliffe. Grandparents are James Paulson and Regena Harvey and Minnie McAuliffe.
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Clinton Paulson
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Paulson
Pammie
Connie
Vickie
Randy
Mrs. Paulson
Mary McAuliffe
Francis McAuliffe
Gratiot
James Paulson
Lights Return After Northeast Blackout of 1965
New York city and eight states slowly restored power after a 10 hour blackout that affected up to 30 million people. Subways and trains staggered back, elevators halted, and hundreds of thousands faced commuting chaos as officials opened a federal investigation into the outage.
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New York
Manhattan
Texas White House
Boston
Johnson
Pentagon
Washington-Moscow
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhodes Island
Toronto
Ottawa
Canada
Federal Power Commission
FBI
Logan International Airport
St. Vincent’s Hospital
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
Times Square
County Budget Action Planned At Friday Session
Public hearing on Green County budget approved salary increases for personnel. Supervisors expect to adopt the budget Friday at 8 p.m. in the courthouse. Finance committee eyed finalizing the proposal and a plan to assist Monroe Municipal Airport. 1966 property tax levy set at 1,319,098.69 up from 1,205,637.11. General fund projected around 330,000 with transfers expected to reduce levy. Deputy sheriff humane officer recommended. 3500 added for stand by generator for sheriff and Ag Building. Soil and water outlay raised to 2,200. Highway workers gain 10 cents hourly, monthly staff one step, road foremen 1.16 per hour. Page continues.
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Green County
Monroe
Joseph D. Viney
Corporation Counsel
Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff, Police and Radio Committee
Sheriff's Department
Dearth Motors Thrives After Palm Sunday Tornado Open House
Monroe firm Dearth Motors marks a grand open house at its expanded Highway 11 West site after the Palm Sunday tornado. The rebuilt complex includes a 170 by 60 foot showroom and a large 86 by 40 foot parts building, plus an adjoining covered carport area and a rebuilt structure from Durfee Roofing Co. The Dearth family press says they will keep growing with Monroe as they expand operations and attract new business to the storm-ravaged west side.
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Dearth
Dearth Motors
Highway 11 West
Robert H. Dearth
Fred L. Dearth
Joseph C. Dearth
Radke
Dearth Motors, Inc
Chrysler Corp
Palm Sunday
Highway 11
Super Auto Mart
Durfee Roofing Co
West Side
Monroe
Fitzgibbons
Dearth Brothers
Milton
Lester Johnson
Joe
Sherman Dearth
Johnsons
Dearths
Johnson
Moose Lodge to observe 50th anniversary with gala weekend
Monroe Moose Lodge marks its 50th anniversary with a weekend program featuring guest speaker Jay Stoehr assistant director of the Membership Enrollment Department of the Loyal Order of Moose. A Saturday dance at Moose Hall will include the New Glarus Troubadors and prizes. Sunday enrollment ceremonies begin at 2 p.m. with a smorgasbord from 5 to 9 p.m. The event notes the lodge’s long history since 1915 and its various meeting sites and renovations.
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The
Loyal Order of Moose
Jay Stoehr
Monroe Moose Lodge
Moose Hall
Glarus Troubadors
Stoehr
Madison Lodge
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Moose
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Moose Lodge
National Loyal Order of Moose
John T. Hauser
Henry Wartenweiler
Knights of Pythias
Benkert
Fitzgibbon
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Colony’s
City Unit
Blaze
Grace Lutheran Church
Plymire
No. 5
W. E
Doc) Deininger
Paulson
Regena Harvey
Janesville
Minnie McAuliffe
East
Texas
Arizona
Joe Dearth
Fred
Robert
Chrysler
Lynn Townsend
Blanchardville
Aleutians
Crandall Oil Co
Crandall
Sherman
Dodge-Plymouth
Fred Dearth
Dom
J. Jack Stoehr
Order
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