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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1968
Page
2
Monroe Evening Times, a daily founded 1898 by EMERY A. ODELL, lists subscription rates and office hours. The paper, associated with AP and other press groups, notes mailing classifications and postal requirements.
An editorial tribute remembering Father E C Mc Collon who served St Victor's parish for 36 years and died as plans for retirement or leisure were near. The piece praises his devotion to youth, church, and teaching, and recalls the jubilant Silver Jubilee of his priesthood on May 21 1946. It extols his godly example and lifelong service.
Former St Johns Lutheran Evansville pastor Rev Arvid M Romstad 65 of Madison died Thanksgiving Day Nov 28 in a Madison hospital after a long illness He had served 21 years in Evansville and Cooksville churches and was a St Olaf College Luther Seminary graduate Funeral set for 11 a m Saturday Nov 30 at Trinity Lutheran Madison Burial at Roselawn Memorial Park Gunderson Funeral Home Madison is in charge Memorials to churches He is survived by wife Lucille three sons Rev Charles Watertown SC Karl Davis Madison and David Madison two daughters Mrs David Lerdahl Madison and Alice Hermosa Beach Calif a brother Rev Alf Romstad Minneapolis two sisters Mrs I J Tanner and Mrs Roy Hanna Laguna Beach Cal seven grandchildren The family home is 3817 Sycamore Ave Madison
The edition notes historic events from 1760 to 1968 and remembers Father E C MacCollow. It mentions Detroit’s surrender, Byrd’s Pole flight, and Aden’s independence, ending with a memorial about Father MacCollow and a Saturday paper drive by Boy Scouts in Orangeville.
Thousands of spectators braved an icy wind for Monroe’s first Yule-O-Rama parade kickoff described as outstanding and colorful. An arctic blast forecasts sub-zero readings tonight with heavy snow in eastern county. Sheriff-elect A Charles Howe appoints Samuel F Humbel as undersheriff. Thanksgiving holiday death toll reaches 333.
Twenty years ago on November 29 1948 Israel formally applied for UN membership. Wisconsin Power and Light asks Monroe residents to avoid decorative Christmas lights 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays to conserve electricity. A blood donor call is issued for Mrs. Harland R. Johnson of Mooresville Indiana, a plane crash victim whose husband died nearby in New Glarus.
Thirty years ago today on November 29, 1938, an ocean tragedy left five missing when a luxury airliner vanished off the California coast while a rescue pilot and passenger survived after a ship reported an 84 mile wind. The Marty school in Washington township closed after teacher Eleanor Marty faced exposure to scarlet fever. Senior high student council planned Christmas donations for local families. Christine of WLS national barn dance would appear in New Glarus for an old fiddlers roundup.
Fifty years ago today, Nov 29 1918, Priv Arthur W. Haren who left with Green County men in July died of lumbar pneumonia on Oct 6 likely aboard transport overseas. His parents D H Haren announce the loss. President Wilson faces a tough peace task amid European jealousies and turmoil. Many county families adopt fatherless French children as the war ends.
Sixty years ago on November 29 1908 West Point cadets defeated the Annapolis middies 6 to 4 in a Thanksgiving football game. The tax rate rose with property holders paying 190 on each 100 value, up twenty cents from last year. Fort Atkinson high school unhappy after loss to Oshkosh challenges the team on neutral ground in Juneau or Milwaukee. Wisconsin deer harvest reported at 5000 for the year about half the usual total.
Marine Private First Class Gean L. Slinde, son of Mrs. Bessie Slinde of Monroe, serves with Force Logistic Command in Vietnam. FLC, based near Danang, handles more than 40 000 supply requests monthly, with drivers logging over 1.5 million miles and distributing 300 000 tons of cargo and 8 million gallons of water. FSC is the largest Marine Corps supply and maintenance system supporting U S Marines and RO Korea forces in the five northern provinces of South Vietnam.
Fred Speich of Albany, 23, lies in hospital with severe facial cuts and burns after a dynamite blast while blasting stones in a field. Nearby notes mention a Turkey Day football game where Janesville beat Monroe 7 to 0 and discuss Monroe's size and trading power as a 10,000 city with a 4,788 population.
A Spring Creek Watershed meeting is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday December 3 in the Bank of Brodhead Courtesy Room. Speaker Nathan Roth of Monroe will discuss House Remodeling and show mountain climbing expedition photos. Members should bring sandwiches a dish to pass and their own table service.
Services for Amy Minor 81 were held at 2 p.m. Friday in Thomas Funeral Home Platteville. Native of Belmont she left a niece and nephew as closest survivors. Classified note invites readers to place a want ad seeking a babysitter gardener or serviceman by calling 325 5101.
Blanchardville residents and area families visited relatives and friends around Sauk Prairie Hospital. The group included Mr. and Mrs. Vince Conway of Monroe and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ihus and their boys from Janesville, plus guests Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Duffy and Mark of Hollandale. Additional visits featured Mrs. Burnell Moen of Argyle and Ms Ruth Hanson of Monroe at Russell Ballant’s bedside.
Funeral services for Louis A. Brunckhorst 90 former Platteville attorney who died Saturday in a Moscow Idaho nursing home will be held 11 a m Saturday Nov 30 at the Thomas Funeral Home Platteville The deceased practiced law here 57 years retiring in 1959 He was 1902 UW Law Class orator He had practiced in Milwaukee and Mayville He married Frieda Thiele in 1906 who died in 1921 Surviving are a daughter Mrs Norman Nybroten Moscow two sons Frank Park Ridge Ill and Louis St Cloud Minn four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren
Sp/4 Michael F. Herrmann has arrived in Vietnam for a 13 month duty tour. He spent a 21 day leave in Monroe with family and friends, returned home Oct 26 and left Nov 14 from O'Hare for Fort Dix. His wife Judy learned of his arrival Nov 20. Herrmann enlisted Feb 20, 1968, completed basic training at Fort Campbell April 19, 1968, finished a 26 week electronics course at Aberdeen Oct 4, and stopped in Seattle Anchorage and Tokyo en route to Vietnam.
Ralph K. Fitzgerald was elected the new president of the Green County Shrine Club at a Monticello Casino dinner meeting. Officers include John C. McElhaney as first vice president and Orville Hawthorne as second vice president, with Jerry Coplien and James L. Haas in other posts. A $1,150 donation to Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children was voted, to be funded by past year activities.
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