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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1968
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times notes second class mail status under Congress act of 1879. It lists subscription rates for city carriers 40 cents weekly and various mail terms for Wisconsin and Jo Davies Illinois areas. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 12 noon Saturday.
A letter from Cpl. C. W. Wilson, published in the Brodhead Independent Register, recounts a grueling year in Vietnam. He describes homesickness, missing family, the heat, unsafe sleep, rations, and constant fear, yet finds value in love and faith amid danger.
The September trip by Northside Elementary School fifth graders included Parfrey’s Glen near Madison, Baraboo Bluff views, a crossing of the Wisconsin River, and a tour of the Historical Museum. Students described old dresses, dolls, Indian imagery, birch bark huts, and reflections on home and wartime hardships.
In the Oriental setting table colors are described with bold reds blues greens and yellows against beige. The ad promotes decor items including draperies carpeting wall colors and kitchen cabinets at Heinzelman's Decorating Center 1028 17th Ave with hours 9 to 5 daily and 9 to 9 Friday.
Glancing Backward recalls October 1 1958 with a killing frost in the county threatening corn crops while Hank Bauer homered in the fifth to drive in Whitey Ford and give the Yankees a 3 2 lead in game one. Warren Spahn, to open the Series for the Braves, was once warned by Casey Stengel about his pitching future.
Oct 1 1948 report notes farmers across Wisconsin enjoying good crops and high prices fueling expectations of an all time cash income record for 1948. Monroe marks 214 parking meters that began a year ago and have paid for themselves. Harold M Whitehead succeeds J Ed ward Brecklin as organization man with the Green County Farm Bureau.
Mt Horeb remembers Herman Giesvold 68 who died Sunday. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Gesme Ellestad Funeral Home with friends calling after 4 p m today. He was a long time farmer born in the Town of Perry.
Medi-Cash from State Farm health insurance provides fast cash to bridge gaps when hospital bills strain finances. Call for details on how this extra coverage can keep expenses paid during illness or injury.
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