Week in Monroe: civic events and local quirks recap
A column recounts weekly Monroe happenings from Rotary calls to Hawaii, school tours, post office site notices, and local humor. Highlights include comments on city sites, Olympic plans, urban renewal, and community figures like Dr. Cunningham, Paul Bouda, and Babe Kline, with light anecdotes on dance, traffic, and local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luau
Kenneth Rogers
Hawaii
Rotary Club
Monroe
Allen Holtshopple
PTA
White House
Brodhead
South Wayne
Browntown
Mexico City
Bob Hardell
Cunningham
St. Clare Hospital
George Schuh
George
Wisconsin
Paul Bouda
Michigan
Babe Kline
Wallace and LeMay
Gabby
Trigger
Joe Benkett
Emil Baumgartner
Richland
Luke Saunders
Warren
Goat Grinde
Gerald Swiggum
Buzz Montgomery
Wally
Ruby Radke
Sally Hoesly
Dear Abby advice column and miscellany from Oct 7 1968
A collage of Dear Abby letters about jealous secretaries and meddling in marriages, newlyweds with overbearing parents, and mail order woes. The page includes a Q A with Abby and a trivia column. Historical notes mark October 7 1968 and summarize major events from 1963 to 1960 and earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
Decatur
Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
New York
England
Havana
U.S
Centennial program highlighted at First Universalist church
Glancing Backward columns recall Gen Nathan F. Twining and TV star Steve Allen in a Centennial program at the First Universalist church. Russell H. Schultz begins work on what may be Green County’s first atom bomb shelter on the Donald Trow farm in Albany. Planning Commission backs Wells building purchase for a community recreation center by 6 to 1 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Steve Allen
First Universalist Church
Russel H. Schultz
Monroe
Green County
Donald Trow
Albany
Planning Commission
Wells
Nurses To Meet At Caravilla Home
The Tri County District of Licensed Practical Nurses meets at Caravilla Nursing Home Beloit on October 10 1968 at 7 30 p m Mrs Janet Hart and Mrs Donna Meister report on the National Convention they attend this week The State Licensed Practical Nurses Convention occurs October 24 25 at the Pfister Hotel Milwaukee Non members may pay 1969 dues at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County
Caravilla Nursing Home
Beloit
Janet Hart
Donna Meister
Pfister
Milwaukee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe Evening Times
Wisconsin Postoffice
Congress
Hed
Aily
Emery
AP News Dispatch
City of
Steph
Jo Davies
Winnebago Counties
Illinois
Uith
Editorial
Deon Axbby
Abigail van Buren
Freud
Charlene E
Bellmawr
N. J
Los Angeles
Cal
Richard M. Nixon
Iskander Mirza
Pakistan
Robert G. Baker
U. S
Senate
George Papandreou
Canada
Hercules
Strait of Gibraltar
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Emery A. Odell
Bob Lemon
Cleveland
Boston Braves
Kenneth R. Brom
Ley
Muskegon
Mich
Bromley
Cole Bros. Circus
Fred Zentner
Juanita Hansen
Kiwanis
Yanks
Cubs
Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association
Green County Region
Mem
Phis
Tenn
Commercial and Savings Bank
Hoover
Georgia Shriner
Leroy Craige
Cadiz Township
Jay W. Clayton
Camp Grant
Ill
Winnebago County
Freeport
Wilson
Daniel Haren
Jefferson Township
John Ingold
Boston
Giants
Chicago Cubs
Atkinson and Thatcher Company
Turner Opera House
Beloit Fire
Nygren
Caravilla
Robert Ostry
Auto Glass
12Th St
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Full Servic Bank
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