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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1964
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists Associated Press affiliation and rebroadcast rights. Subscription rates are shown at 15.50 per year for Monroe residents, with office hours from 8:30 am to 6 pm and contact number 325-5101.
Rex Karney of Rockford Morning Star offers his guest editorials on President Johnson. He cites estimates from The Washington Star and Life Magazine, notes wealth growth during 26 years in public service, and questions how much of the fortune came from government ties and licensing, with FCC implications on Johnson radio TV holdings.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in St Josephs Hospital Atlanta for a checkup when he learned unofficially of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He said he was deeply moved gratified and honored to be chosen while news photographers were admitted to his room. He offered no further comment.
Evening Times highlights from ten, twenty five, and fifty years ago recapping local events. Farmers win county corn contest and head to regional, a Beloit truck train crash claims a life, Monroe High hosts homecoming bonfire, jail terms for Stoughton youths after football game, a cow attack injures Mrs. Rothenbuehler, and cheese factory wins awards. also 1924 festival entries, ZR-3 flight, Wisconsin cheese federation plans, and 1914 Union School land vote with Cheese Day plans.
The Brodhead Board of Education will consider sponsoring an adult education program if there is enough interest. Interested persons should write G. E. Thompson, superintendent of schools, indicating the subject of interest.
William Mahlkuch 7 South Wayne dies after long illness at Madison VA hospital. Born Monroe December 31, 1886 to William and Lena Mahlkuch. Married Martha Sinn January 20, 1927. Retired farmer and carpenter. Survives wife, son Robert, daughters Marjorie Edwards and Mary Jane Eish, a brother, three sisters, six grandchildren. Services 2:20 p.m. tomorrow at Hanson funeral home South Wayne. Burial Union cemetery South Wayne.
A strong earthquake struck Santiago at 1 a.m. causing widespread alarm but no damage was reported. Residents felt underground rumbling as tremor subsided with no injuries or structural harm confirmed.
Miss Margaret Ann Beck aged 23 died after a long illness at a Madison hospital. Father James M Beck a local square dance caller is noted in the obituary. Services are set for 9 am at Immaculate Heart Church Madison with Rev Jerome Mersberger officiating. Burial follows at St Marys of the Lake cemetery Westport. Memorial funeral home Madison is handling arrangements. Rosary will be recited tonight. Surviving are parents James M Beck Madison four brothers Robert Madison Richard Fr Leonard Wood Missouri and Ronald and James both at home and grandfather Andrew J Kurth Madison.
Mrs. Mathi Mary Blumer 79 died at the Haack home in Oconomowoc after a heart attack. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Stuessy Funeral Home with Rev. Garrett E. Moun of Union Presbyterian officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by son John J. of Monroe Route 4 and two daughters Lille Cunningham of Alameda California and Anna Haack of Oconomowoc. seven grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. A son Edward preceded her in death.
Mrs. Joseph Carter 83 native of Monroe died Tuesday night in a Warren Illinois nursing home. Services held at Bartell funeral home in Warren with Rev. Harold Hurt officiating. Burial in Blaisdell cemetery Wayne Township Lafayette County. Born Ida Zweifel September 5 1881. Husband Joseph Carter killed November 23 1948 by a freight train at Mill crossing Warren. A niece and nephew survivor. Madison supervisor predicts 1.8 million votes in Wisconsin for President November 3.
The Baraboo Coin Club sponsors its second annual show Saturday and Sunday at the Elks Club house on 5th and Broadway. Exhibits include junior competition with awards and collections of rarities gold and currency. grand prize is a BU $20 Saint Gaudens gold commemorative.
Arthur W. Horsley 81, a retired Freeport barber and Benton native, died after a long illness. Services 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Walker mortuary Freeport. burial Orangeville cemetery. Masonic services 8 p.m. tonight. Survived by wife Hazel Getty Larson stepchildren Robert Larson and Mrs. Jean Upshaw, a brother Joseph, Hazel Green, six grandchildren.
Evansville businessman H. Fred Brunsell, 77, died in a Madison hospital after a brief illness. He helped run the Brunsell Co. with his father and A. B. Fellows and served as a director of the Union Bank and Trust Co. and Portage Hosiery Co. He was a WWI veteran, past commander of the local American Legion post, and active in civic groups. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth Gault, two sons, and many relatives. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at the First Congregational Church with burial at a local cemetery.
A Wisconsin couple, Louis Fairland aged 69 and Marie Fairland aged 73 from Osceola, were killed Tuesday night when their car collided with a railroad switch engine near Belle Fourche, South Dakota, state authorities said.
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