Oldest Church in Monroe Eyes Museum Move
Monroe’s 1861 church, founded by pioneer families and celebrating a 100 year span since 1958, nears transfer of its building to Green County Historical Society for use as a museum after a church board vote. Oscar Johnson and Jack Kundert discussed plans with church leaders as community groups pledge help while financing remains a hurdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
First Universalist - Unitarian
Oscar Johnson
Green County Historical Society
Jack Kundert
Chamber
Johnson
Harold Snively
Green County
Universalist Society
9Th St
Best of Show at Alverno Art Fair Awarded
Norman Keats of Stevens Point won best of show at the fourth annual Alverno Art Fair for his welded steel forms and rods and received a $100 prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Norman Keats
Stevens Point
Roping Adds Excitement at Fall Roundup
The Green County Fall Roundup at the Green County Fairgrounds drew a large crowd under clear skies with events from calf scramble to pig catching. Pat Flanagan 16 was treated at St. Clare Hospital after a calf tangle. winners included Pete Adamson and Nick Faessler with roping contests and several 4-H and FFA youths among the scramble and pig-catching victors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair
Bobby Kernen
New Glarus
Alta Staas
Monroe
Kristine Atkinson
Albany
Green County Beef Producers
Monroe Jaycees
Times
Green County Fairgrounds
Green County Beef Producers Association
Pat Flanagan
James Flanagan
Route 3
St. Clare Hospital
FFA
Pete Adamson
Brodhead
Nick Faessler
Eddie Hoesly
Sylvan Disch
Rich Hauser
Bill Johnson
Phil Elmer
Aaron Digman
Don Simler
Doreen Williams
Johnson suffers uneasy night after gall bladder operation
President Johnson, after gall bladder surgery, had what aides described as his most unpleasant night. Doctors say recovering patients often feel greatest discomfort at this stage as Moyers notes he took no sedatives before sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Humphrey
Ludwig Erhardt
Congress
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
George R. Davis
National City Christian Church
Monroe East Area Honors 4-H Members in Monroe
Jene Eberle and Bethany Matzke receive outstanding achievement honors at Monroe East area program held Saturday night in Monroe High School lecture hall. Eberle honored for crops dairy and swine projects. Matzke for foods and nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jene Eberle
Richland
Bethany Matzke
Clarno Club
Monroe East
Argus
Clarno
Merry Monroettes
Monroe Ag
Mary Swiggum
Laurie Soddy
Debbie Schilt
Susan Webinger
Katherine Brennan
Lynn Milestone
Green County Holstein Breeders
Marilyn Pick
Jo Ann Ganshert
Richland Club
Laura
Kathy Wehinger
Debra Kleckner
Clar
Tim O Connell vows to stay out of pipe after ordeal
Milwaukee Boy Timothy O Connell and two companions crawled a block long four foot diameter drainage pipe entering a storm sewer. Timothy stepped into six feet of ankle deep water and was trapped for about thirty minutes before three firefighters pried off bars and rescued him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Timothy O’connell
Timothy
Boy and sister make stop motion monster film in basement
In Green Bay Dale Kuipers 17 and Chester Wallace 18 work six months on a stop motion movie using improvised models of junk plastic and household scraps. The project aims to depict Earthmen visiting Venus amid a dinosaur era with painstaking frame by frame animation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Dale Kuipers
Sylvester Kuipers
Donna
Chester Wallace
Dale
Camerman
Venus
Kuipers
Bidlingmaier Rises on Tuesday
Albert Bidlingmaier 84 of Monroe dies after a year of strokes at Monroe Manor Nursing Home. He logged 40 years farming in Winslow area, helped on local school and farm co op boards, and lived in Monroe after retirement. Survived by wife Lena, two sons, two brothers, three sisters, 18 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Funeral details incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bidlingmaier
8Th St
Monroe Manor
Washington Township
Michael
Mary Isely Bidlingmaier
Lena Schumacher
George
A. D. Muehlmeier
Monticello
St. John’s United Church of Christ, Monroe
Bidlingmaiers
Winslow
Monroe
Bidlingmaier
St. John’s Church
Frederick
Leonard Drye
Steven Bidlingmaier
Refugee boat escorted to Key West as four crewmen are taken
A 31 foot refugee boat named MMM carrying 16 Cuban evacuees and four crewmen arrived in Key West under Coast Guard escort after being intercepted 30 miles off Cuba. The vessel and craft from Florida ports faced engine trouble as U S authorities warn against hastened departures amid ongoing negotiations for an organized exodus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Cuba
U.S
Key West
Coast Guard
MMM
Camarioca
Castro
Diligence
Florida
Rainbow
Ramon Donestevez
Hialeah
Liz
Sombrero Key
Donestevez
Long Key
Ike Flores
Associated Press
United States
Flores
U.S. State Department
Havana
John H. Crimmins
State Department
Havana Radio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anna Woethrich
Anna
Judy Harker
Route 1
Tom Christen
Jim Krebs
Browntown
Gary Hartwig
Rosemary Bursgette
Ron
LBJ
Monroe East Area
Eberle
Tim O'Connell
Mr. Bidlingmaier
Albert
National Newspaper Week
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!