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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1968
Page
2
A garbled local notice from Monroe Evening Times outlines AP subscription rates for city and distant towns. It lists mailing options, prepayment emphasis, and office hours though many words are unclear and partially damaged.
The county sees a wave of political visits with incumbent Sen. Gaylord Nelson in Monroe to address the Green County Conservation League and Democrats Sen. William Proxmire and Rep. Bob Kastenmeier slated for a New Glarus banquet. Republicans including Gov. Warren Knowles and other state officials plan a strong Green County schedule the following week. The paper urges participation, notes the conservation meeting, and highlights wildlife safety and a Monroe prisoner’s offer to write youth columns about avoiding crime.
Announcement named Green County workers to re elect Jack Olson for Lt. Governor. Keith Seward listed committee members Art Carter Juda Wilbur Dehmer Albany Dennis Streiff New Glarus Ray Gordon Monroe. Inquiries directed to committee members.
Readers seek guidance on a son who feels compelled to marry, a 32 year old mother unhappy with her figure after motherhood, and a 15 year old foster child writing about parental neglect. Abby counters the idea of a forced marriage, urges gratitude for blessings, and emphasizes parental responsibility and love in discipline.
A reader condemns political deception and moral decay and urges strong honest leadership. The letter references 1964 campaign tactics, Nixon and Agnew, Vietnam, and tax dollars, urging a shift away from perceived deceit and toward accountability and integrity. It includes obituary notices for Monroe Fulton and family details.
A collage of 1958 and earlier notes recalls Monroe West area youths named 411 achievement boy and girl, a Nixon speech rallying GOP volunteers in Los Angeles, and a Beloit train fatality. Earlier decades mention water works, cheese cooperative growth, Kiwanis minstrel planning, and city land deals, with a 1918 park deed vote and 1908 farm purchases and school conventions.
Thirty years ago on October 16 1938 the Miss Gertrude Ball residence in South Wayne was announced to be sold to Hanson and Stuessy and remodeled into a funeral home with Herman A Stuessy’s family to live on the second floor. Also noted is a four German detainees including a woman tied to Panama Canal defenses. John Chum Figi won the Monroe County Club 1938 men’s handicap golf title defeating Harold Heimann.
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