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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1963
Page
6
Wisconsin forecast shows mostly cloudy with snow flurries tonight and Saturday. Windy on Saturday. lows 15 to 25 west and 20s east. Highs Saturday 28 to 35. Monroe area: windy and colder with light snow flurries late tonight and Saturday. lows in 20s, highs 30 to 35.
Julie Kay Blanc, born Nov. 22 at St Clare hospital, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Monroe. Grandparents are Louis Blanc and Arthur Longhorn. great-grandparents Joseph Cullen and Milwaukee residents. Julie has a sister Sandra 21 months old.
William Reese 80 lifelong Albany resident died at 2 20 p m yesterday in a Green County hospital where he had been a patient since May Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Sharer funeral home Albany with Rev Dan MacDonald of First Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in Hillcrest cemetery He was born March 1 1883 in Albany to Richard and Lucinda Reese He once ran a harness shop in Albany and later worked in the condenseery Surviving are a brother Charles O Reese Milwaukee and a sister Ada White Skaalen Home Stoughton He was preceded in death by his wife Blanche Murray two infants a sister Leona Dame Albany and a brother Louis Reese Evansville
Co chairmen Lester Bacon and Emil Klarer remind residents of the annual Monroe Fire Department Thanksgiving dance in Turner hall tonight. Louis Bashell and his Silk Umbrella Band perform for the seventh straight year with proceeds aiding extra insurance for department members due to injury risk. Dance committee members include Gene Baker Tom Casey James Newman and Fire Chief Josef Benkert.
Birth notices list Mrs. Robert Wales of Route 4 Dakota and Mrs. Clarence Siegmeier of Freeport with other families named. Names William R. Reese Albany Mrs Edward Schwoerer Horeb and Mr and Mrs Herbert Tornow Winslow appear alongside the dates November 27 and 28 for newborns.
An incident at St Clare Hospital lists Nancy Downs of Freeport and a long roster of patients and dismissals including Dora Crosby Wilbert Frantz Hazel Green Julie Ruel Gra Thomas Kubly Ricky Stabler Brodhead Brian Bauman Juda Virgil Dickinson Orangeville Surgic Gary Wunschel Milwaukee Leon Kubly Route 2 Lyman Davis 2114 15th Street and many others with dismissals such as Ralph Wells Lawrence Klentz Herman Burgener Ray Silver Joseph Hobbs Knute Berge Eivy Cannon and more. The notice names multiple towns and streets in a detailed medical roll and discharge record.
Rev. Grant C. Rice, pastor of Monroe First Baptist, delivered a Thanksgiving program at the Kiwanis noon meeting in the Swiss Wheel. Sponsored by the Support of Churches committee, guest Prof. Arthur E. Peterson of Madison, lieutenant governor of Division Two, Wisconsin and Upper Michigan District, attended.
Mr and Mrs Lyman A Davis of 2114 15th street report admission to St Clare hospital yesterday for foot pin removal. He is in good condition. Steven Pink five percent son of Mr and Mrs Marcus Pink of 2122 16th street convalesces at home from a broken foot suffered in a weekend fall. He studies at East school and cannot attend classes.
Local notices promote a rummage sale on Friday and Saturday November 29 and 30 starting at 9 am at 2500 17th avenue with an open house at Rosa's Garden Center November 30 December 1 for Christmas decorations. Also reported are social visits and dinners among residents including Dean Peterson of Brodhead Monroe visitors Otlie Schneider Paul Jean and Leon Fernstaedt at Harold Horne’s Monona Grove residence and holiday gatherings among the Ger Manns Nussbaums Cunninghams and Stauffachers in Clinton Monroe and Madison areas.
A collage of social visits across Browntown and nearby towns includes Tammie Mayne staying with Uncle and Aunt Ardell Nybroten and Julia Pickett with Theda Mau at the W. G. Malls in Monroe. Shoppers, postmasters meeting, and birthday celebrations fill the week, with many residents visiting relatives in Madison Monroe Brodhead and Argyle. A new boiler is installed in the Wagner building after an Oct fire. Henry Hill of Plymouth dies at 63 after long service as Sheboygan County deputy and sheriff.
American Field Service receives Lane Bryant Annual Group Award of 1000 dollars for volunteer work during 1962. Stephen Gallatti accepted at a Plaza Hotel luncheon in New York. Monroe chapter led by E O Evans helped bring David Schulman from Tucuman Argentina for a school year stay.
Benkert cites higher hunter numbers in Lafayette County and lower in Green, with weather and early snow affecting tracking. Observers see newcomers learning deer hunts and organized drives may exhaust deer in woodlots, raising concern about long term herd impact. Dial 325-5101 for an Adtaker today.
Thanksgiving Day at 1921 11th Street featured a family dinner where ages ranged across more than a century. Mrs. Carl Marty Sr. will turn 102 on Christmas Day, and her great granddaughter Susan, six months old, joined the gathering with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Marty of Madison. Mrs. Marty, in good health, toured the city with her son and commented on recent changes in scenes.
A Chevrolet driven by Nathan N. of Browntown lost control on Highway 81 twelve miles northwest of Monroe, toppled, and damaged a fence after sliding across the road while Nor der adjusted a mirror. Police report a separate incident involved a mobile home trailer near the courthouse lawn, pulled by Frank E. Herlein of Monroe, striking a parked car belonging to Ruth E. Ruf of Orangeville.
The Cuban government confirmed that Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of assassinating President John F Kennedy, attempted on September 27 to obtain a visa to pass through Cuba en route to the Soviet Union.
Large crowd defied rain to tour the public rooms of the White House, reopening for the first time since President Kennedy was assassinated a week earlier. The scene reflected national interest and a desire for normalcy in a moment of tragedy.
FBI warned Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell and another leader were targets in anonymous tips linked to President Kennedy's funeral. Cabell said two voices planned assassinations in Washington, one a foreign dignitary and himself. The other threat reportedly involved French President Charles de Gaulle. Guards remained with Cabell as he traveled from Arlington to Dulles Airport.
Social notes from Milwaukee and surrounding towns record visits and illness. Mrs Harry Barkow and Mrs Bertha Hartwig called on Edna Ladwig and Esther Wheeler while Mrs George Newman was ill. Elmer Ladwig of Waukesha hosted visitors including Victor Marean of Monroe. Sunday guests at the Matzke home included Wendell Matzke and daughter Linda Janesville and Ross Heath Brodhead and Catherine Collins Monroe. Morans from Oscoda Mich visited Ben Miller’s family for Thanksgiving with Haberman and Miller families in Monroe and Freeport. Judo EUB primary children visited sick and homebound members.
Orangeville notes record numerous visits and dinners as families observe Thanksgiving weekend. Residents hosted relatives from Waunakee Evansville Freeport Cedarville and Nixon Texas. Highlights include 43rd wedding anniversary celebrations for Alfred Kramer and multiple guests from nearby towns joining meals and social events.
Albany residents Mrs William Steindorf and family from Wanamaker Ind spent Thanksgiving with her mother Mrs H A Erickson and returned home. Miss Mary Lou Maher of Chicago visited her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Maher over the holiday. The Will Crotty home in South Wayne hosted Thanksgiving guests. Mr and Mrs Cecil Larson and children moved to a house bought from Harold Albertson. Police Chief Donald Hanson and family will relocate from the McCulley house to the Guertner house. Mr and Mrs Earl McCulley sold their farm and will move into their new Albany home.
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