Monroe Churches Plan Thanksgiving Holiday Services
Monroe residents join nationwide observances with area church services and family gatherings. Stores close for Thanksgiving with post office holiday procedures and schools off for two days. Multiple churches plan union and individual services including choirs, Masses, and sermons. features include dedication, organ and choir offerings, and a Psalm 103 focus.
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Monroe
United States
R. J. Myers
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Area
Immanuel Eub
Melvin J. Roehrdanz
Frank Hinebaugh
Clarno Staver
EUB
Burton L. Holling
Monroe Bethel
Monticello
New Glarus Eub
Immanuel Church
One God
Jack Close
Roberta Benkett
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Tame Turkeys Set for Tables
Chicago readers learn that most Thanksgiving turkeys are raised on large farms, hatched in incubators, and processed with electric knives. Dr. L A Wilhelm notes modern methods produce leaner birds faster, with 60 000 birds per farm and 104 million raised this year.
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L. A. Wilhelm
Poultry and Egg National Board
Wilhelm
Dr. Wilhelm
Duane Bennett Hurt In Mishap on Farm
Duane Bennett nine son of Rev and Mrs Dwight Bennett suffered a fractured right forearm when his hand was caught on a drive shaft of a self unloading wagon. Corn unloading on his father's Orangeville farm. He was taken to Freeport Memorial Hospital for X rays the arm set and cast applied then returned home.
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Orangeville
Duane Bennett
Dwight Bennett
Duane
Freeport Memorial Hospital
Battle in Ia Drang Valley Yields 240 U.S. KIA
The Ia Drang Valley battle produced 240 American soldiers killed in action last week, the Pentagon said. The figure nearly triples the prior weekly high, underscoring intense fighting in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ia Drang Valley
Viet Nam
U.S
Thanksgiving Parade and Football Rivalries Highlight Turkey Day
Thanksgiving traditions center on turkey and football with notable parades and family meals across the nation. President Johnson proclaims the day of national thanksgiving as prayers are offered for peace. Regional observances include Plymouth visits in Massachusetts and Berkeley Plantation in Virginia. Major games feature Nebraska vs Oklahoma and Virginia Tech vs VMI, amid famed parades in New York Philadelphia Detroit and Toronto.
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Jerry Buck
Associated Press
Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Massachusetts
State Restaurant Association
First Congregational Church
Braintree
Mass
Robert Jenkins
Plymouth
Virginia
Berkeley Plantation
Richmond
Cornell
Penn
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Nebraska-Oklahoma
Lincoln
Neb
Virginia Tech
Virginia Military Institute
Roanoke
Texas
Texas A&m
Colorado State University
Tulsa
Bucknell
Davidson
New York
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Charlotte
N.C
Toronto
Canada
Monroe to hike city tax rate to $36.50 per $1,000
Monroe officials announce 1966 gross city tax rate at $36.50 per $1,000, up from 1965, with a net rate of $34.09 after a 6.6 percent state credit. Mayor Walter R. Ekum explains city services receive $6.04 per $1,000, while school levy rises to $20.74 of the total. Rebuilding after the Palm Sunday tornado may affect future valuations.
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Monroe
Walter R. Ekum
Ekum
Palm Sunday
West Side
No Monroe Evening Times Tomorrow Due to Thanksgiving
In keeping with the Thanksgiving holiday tradition there will be no edition of The Monroe Evening Times tomorrow. Publication will resume with Friday's edition.
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Monroe Evening Times
Annual Jaycee Conservation Honor Program Dec 2
The Jaycee Conservation Recognition Program will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday December 2 in the Monroe Junior High School Auditorium. Guest speaker Agha Haider agricultural specialist now at the University of Wisconsin will address the audience. John K. Fernan will be master of ceremonies and six additional conservation awards will be presented along with a Goodyear Rubber Company award to last year’s outstanding farmer Mohty Joyce of Madison.
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Monroe
Agha Haider
University of Wisconsin
John K. Fernan
Goodyear Rubber Company
Mohty Joyce
Madison
Don Pfister
Green County Barbershop Chorus
Shriners Meet in Fellowship Ahead of Centennial Ceremonial
Green County and Freeport Shrine Clubs along with Zor Temple Madison and Tebala Temple Rockford officers attended a fellowship meeting at Swiss Wheel restaurant. Speakers included Earl Hager Rob ert Pinnow Lester C. Lee and Dawn A. Smith. Madison Zor Shrine Cen tennial ceremonial set for Dec 4 with booster events tonight at 6 p.m. Rufus F. Wells to present Alaska slide tour. Shriners support Hospitals for Crippled Children and burn institutes serving about 3 500 patients in 19 hospitals and three burn centers.
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Green County
Freeport
Madison
Rockford
Earl Hager
Robert Pinnow
Lester C. Lee
Zoravreet Madison
Dawn A. Smith
Tabala Temple
Ill
Zor Temple
Tebala Temple
Green County Shrine Club
Freeport Shrine Club
Zor Temple Potentate
Madison Zor Shrine
Rufus F. Wells
Alaska
Madison Shrine
Democracy Contest Progress Reported at VFW Meeting
Edward Doyle, chairman, reported on the Voice of Democracy Contest at the VFW clubhouse last night. Seven Monroe students and four from Juda participate. the first place winner advances to state in December. Final plans for a December 12 children’s Christmas party were completed. A Red Cross certificate of award for the VFW’s role after the Palm Sunday tornado was placed on display.
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Edward Doyle
VFW
Monroe
Juda
Palm Sunday
Red Cross
Floods Claim 12 Lives In Saturated Los Angeles Area
Heavy rains flood Southern California leaving at least 12 dead as residents brace for another storm. Emergency crews battled high waters and evacuations continued in flooded districts across Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
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Los Angeles
California
Santa to Light Monroe Friday With Parade of Bulbs
Monroe plans a 4 p m Friday municipal lighting to celebrate Christmas with Santa arriving at 2 p m on the Courthouse Square. Dewey Dwyer leads a decorating crew including Charles Dwyer Andrew Sharer Alvin Glenn and Jerry Burkhalter testing thousands of bulbs for the courthouse square highway entrances and streets with star snowflake and wreath motifs and a 40 by 10 foot Santa residence. The Wisconsin Power and Light Co will compute the lighting cost from bulb wattages.
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Monroe
Dewey Dwyer
Smoky Row
Charles Dwyer
Andrew Sharer
Alvin Glenn
Jerry Burkhalter
Santa Claus
Santa
Courthouse Square
NFO Delegates Named for St Louis Convention
Delegates from Green County NFO are listed for the national convention in St Louis Missouri on December 12. Ambrose Wenger reports the theme Successful Bargaining The NFO Way and that the event will culminate a nationwide marketing bargaining structure led by the NFO with farmers benefiting.
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Green County
NFO
St. Louis
Ambrose Wenger
York Township
A. Nyhus
Lamont Zimmerman
Melchior Denny
Vic Svendson
Dwight Bump Sr
Olav Berg
Jake Wettach
Harold Green
Herbert Blaser
John Zurfluh
Herman Arn
Ralph Yaun
David Erickson
Two Hurt When Car Rolls Over Near Brodhead
Stella Schlittler 18 of Brodhead drives a foreign car that overturned about two miles southwest of Brodhead at 8 50 this morning. She suffers shoulder and back injuries and cuts and was treated and released at St Clare Hospital. Passenger Mrs Alvin Strahm 22 of Brodhead has back injuries. The westbound car failed to control at the junction of Highways 11 and 81 and rolled over on Highway 81. the vehicle was demolished.
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St Clare Hospital
Stella Schlittler
Brodhead
Alvin Strahm
Wisconsin deer hunting toll hits nineteen for 1965 season
The Associated Press reports 19 deaths in Wisconsin deer hunting so far in 1965, with 14 hunters dying of heart attacks. The season still has Thanksgiving weekend ahead, and the 1964 totals were 3 gunshot deaths and 15 heart failures, later revised to 4 gunshots and 17 heart-related fatalities.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Escapees Captured Near Ladiesmith
Rusk County authorities report two jail escapees captured at Pierre South Dakota Don Sillman 25 and Larry LaVern 22 both of Bruce in Rusk County were stopped by state police at a roadblock.
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Ladysmith
Rusk County
Pierre
S.D
Don Sillman
Larry LaVern
Bruce
South Dakota
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