Wisconsin Toll Climb Reaches 878 With Week of Fatal Crashes
The 1968 Wisconsin highway death toll rose to 878 after a week of fatal crashes. Victims include James D. Wolf 30 of Appleton killed near Chilton. Dorothy DeSormeau 63 of Janesville who died from injuries in Madison. Joseph Meer Jr. 23 of Mequon in a Milwaukee area crash. Dale Richardson 24 of Okauchee and Shari Dominic 18 of Oconomowoc in Summit. 14 month old Daniel Holden of Elkhorn from a Highway 12 crash. Additional fatalities include Paul Hudson 37 of Milwaukee. Jerome Meyer 18 of Elkhorn Lake. James Love 50 of North St. Paul Minn. and Gerald Klismer 17 of St Francis in a Milwaukee county car-train crash.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
James D. Wolf
Route 4
Appleton
U.S. 10
Chilton
Calument County
Dorothy DeSormeau
Janesville
Madison Hospital
Loughton
Phillip J. de Sormeau
Joseph Meer Jr
Mequon
Milwaukee
Okauchee
Dale Richardson
Shari Dominic
Oconomowoc
Waukesha
Summit
Daniel Holden
Elkhorn
Madison
Highway 12
Paul Hudson
Solon
Jerome Meyer
Elkharn Lake
Sheboygan
James Love
North St. Paul
Minn
Burnett County
St. Francis
Gerald Klismer
Milwaukee County
Deputies List Area Mishaps Over Weekend
Deputies report several traffic incidents over the weekend in the region. Cars driven by Lee A. Robert Emmett W Murphy Suzanne M Badertscher and David N Austin were involved in crashes near Juda Monroe Albany and Brodhead with varying damage to doors fenders grills undercarriage and hoods. A 14 year old and a 16 year old were driving in Albany with a second mishap occurring as they returned to the scene. Monroe police logged three accidents including a collision involving William A Goecks and Norman J Notter at the intersection of 19th St and 14th Ave. Turn to No 1 Back Page.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Lee A. Robert
Poplar Grove
Ben Roderick Place
Juda
Emmett W. Murphy
Janesville
Suzanne M. Badertscher
Brodhead
David N. Austin
Delavan
Monroe
Darlin L. Alderman
Albany
Edmund Road
George Gibbons
Route 1
Sally M. Schneider
Miss Schneider
Darrin Alderman
Hughes Mobile Homes
William A. Goecks
17Th Ave
Norman J. Notter
15Th Ave
19Th St
14Th Ave
Notter
BATTEN THE HATCHES
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns notes a mournful wind as fall nears, inviting readers to brace for seasonal change. The verse evokes autumn mood with a brisk, poetic cadence.
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Clair R. Munns
Wisconsin electors named to Republican State Committee
Gov War ren P Knowles appointed as an at large elector and to a 12 member Republican State Statutory Committee that will meet biennially to appoint electors set a party platform and fill vacancies in the ticket. McKay elected chair and Everett Yerry stepped down after 1954 tenure.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Assembly
Knowles
William Kellett
Neenah
Russell A. Olson
Bassett
Byron Wackett
Watertown
Peter Hurtgen
la Crosse
James C. Devitt
Greenfield
Janet Norris
Milwaukee
J. Curtis MacKay
Cedarburg
Emily Baldwin
Wisconsin Rapids
Harold V. Froehlich
Appleton
Ody Fish
Willis Hutnik
Ladysmith
McKay
Everett Yerry la Crosse
Voluntary Republican Committee
Harvest of Values Rural Folks Given Share of Bargains
Monroe business and professional people offer time and money saving farm implements and home appliances to farmers and stockmen. The community honors farmers for contributing to Monroe’s growth with industrious habits and knowledge of agriculture. Farm supply houses provide professional assistance in feeding and care. Turn to No. 3 Back Page.
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Monroe
Good Turn Day Planned Across Valley District Oct 19
About 500 Cubs and Boy Scouts will deliver more than 8000 Good Turn Day bags in the Valley District this week for Good Turn Day on Saturday Oct 19. Den mothers and other volunteer Scouters assist as leaders in New Glarus Monticello Darlington Juda Warren Browntown Winslow Rock City Brodhead Orangeville and Monroe.
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Valley District
Dewey Dwyer
Monroe
Scouts
Goodwill Industries
New Glarus
Robert Beckman
Monticello
Alan Bacher
Darlington
Ralph Schwartz
Ronald Johnson
Juda
Thomas Keegan
Robert F. Severson
Warren
Paul Wilson
Donald Beck
Browntown
Duane McKenna
Ronald Brant
Winslow
Paul Severson
Rock City
Oktoberfest in La Crosse Ends Quietly Despite Arrests
La Crosse Polizei praised general crowd behavior as the city’s Oktoberfest concluded its week run. About 101 arrests occurred over the festival period with most for disorderly conduct or drinking outside licenses. many arrestees were visitors. The event, begun in the 1960s with Bavarian flair, is noted as western Wisconsin’s top autumn festival.
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LA Crosse
Wisconsin
Weekend Fires Struck Two Separate Incidents
Firemen were called Saturday to the Charles Dalton place on highway 11 West for a heating system problem and aired out the house. A second incident occurred Sunday evening when a car driven by Mike Stauffer from Rockford Illinois, a Platteville student, caught fire on Highway 69 south of Monroe. The blaze was extinguished before arrival and the car towed to a service station with transport arranged for the youth and a friend to Platteville.
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Charles Dalton Place
Highway 11
Mike Stauffacher
Rockford
Ill
Platteville
Monroe
Highway 69
Josef Benkert
Seffrood Hurt in Tractor Mishap at Gratiot
Ronald Seffrood son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Seffrood Gratiot is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital in Darlington after a tractor overturned Friday evening pinning him. He suffered lacerations to eye nose head and a badly bruised back and ribs with X rays planned. He was found by a passing motorist who tried to lift the tractor using a car jack released by a neighbor.
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Wiota
Ronald Seffrood
Ralph Seffrood
Gratiot
Memorial Hospital
Darlington
Ron
Platteville State University
Sirens Mark Fire Prevention Week With Free Truck Rides
Fire Prevention Week drew 350 plus youths to Twining Park for free rides on three Monroe Volunteer Fire Department trucks. Chief Josef Benkert noted many rode multiple times, ice cream totaling 50 dozen cones was distributed, and rides ran 2:30 to 5 p.m. Organizers Don Van Wagenen Charles Koch and Wilbur Deininger planned a return next year.
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Twining Park
Monroe
Josef Benkert
Don van Wagenen
Charles Koch
Wilbur Deininger
At the Attic Shop draws crowds with trash to treasures
Mrs. Elizabeth Schmoker Rolph runs The Attic Shop in Monticello after turning a barnful of items into a storefront. The revenues expanded to the basement last Christmas, with stock ranging from antiques to junk and jars of stick candy. Her husband Charles runs nearby Dish Outlet with used furniture.
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Elizabeth Schmoker Rolph
Monticello
Helen Zimmerli
Helen E. Zimmerli
Charles
Dish
Rolph
New Glarus
Monroe West 4-H Honors Celebrate Achievement Saturday
In a Monroe High School ceremony four H clubs from Browntown Cadiz Clarno Hiawatha Hilltop Jordan and Young Americans were recognized for achievements. Recipients include Larry Hartwig Jane Wells Kenneth Sello Ilene Schlappi Stephen Fuchs Nancy Ekum Jerry Block Beatrice Ackerman Robert Westgard Linda Brandt Debra Kleckner Dawn Minder Vicki Soddy Sherry Weiss and others with MC Jerry Block and chairs Mrs Jake Rufener Mrs Leland Hartwig.
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Monroe West Area
Monroe High School
Browntown Busy Beavers
Cadiz
Clarno
Hiawatha
Hilltop
Jordan Jolly
Achievement
Larry Hartwig
Jane Wells
Kenneth Sellow
Ilene Schlappi
Stephen Fuchs
Nancy Ekum
Jerry Block
Sherry Weiss
Debra Kleckner
Young Americans
Ohio Exchange
Juda- Brodhead
Juda High School
Decatur
Fairfielders
Juda Jolly
Oakley
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