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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1973
Page
4
Cadiz 4-H Club members presented a CAD 17 style show at the Peace United Church of Christ in Browntown with knitting and clothing demonstrations. Linda Fryer played piano, and club pledges and Halloween roll call were noted amid project talks and refreshments.
Beloit residents spent Monday evening with Mr and Mrs Leon Weidman. Oconomowoc hosts included Mr and Mrs Harold Malkow and Mr and Mrs James Malkow. Durand Illinois visitors stayed with Howard Nath family. Various visits to Monroe Brodhead Janesville Rockford Madison area noted. Veterans Hospital patient Woodrow Benage in Madison.
About 150 people attended the Smock Valley and Skinner Creek Watershed Fun Day Saturday at the Kendall Digman farm. Four watersheds vied in a land judging contest with Little Sugar River taking the trophy from Kerr McGee Farm Center Monroe. Bob Ammon led in top mare and Larry Klassy placed second high overall. Teams included Smock Valley and Skinner Creek with listed members. Demonstrations covered direct seed alfalfa plots weed control chemicals minimum tillage chisel plow disks and an automatic base wagon. A lunch stand and games complemented tours of plots.
Mr and Mrs James Bennett marked 45 years of marriage with a family dinner at the Norseman Supper Club. Attendees included Doris Larson and family Blanchardville Clinton Bennett and Brad Bruce and Brian Monroe and sister Mabel Youngren from South Dakota. Mrs Bennett and Doris Larson organized the event.
Forty five members and four guests gathered at the Monroe Community Center for a Golden Age Club session on Tuesday afternoon. Arthur Meythaler joined as a new member while guests included Mrs. Frances Longsdorf of Lancaster Pa and Mrs. Lorraine Taraska and Mrs. Freda Binger.
Rev. David R. Werner of Juda Baptist Church was elected to the Convention Board of Managers at the 129th Wisconsin Baptist State Convention meeting held October 12 to 14 at the American Baptist Assembly in Green Lake. Rev. Harley Curtis presided with attendees including Rev. Werner and Mrs. Werner and Janna and Maude Salzwedel and Elsie Niedermeier.
The O F Pinney Woman's Relief Corps No 24 met in IOOF Hall to plan the November 6 Memorial Service for deceased members. Mrs Will Rieder and Miss Hedwig Portman reported on the Brodhead convention and a card party awarded prizes to Mrs Jake Strasser Mrs Clara Miller and Mrs Edna Ross. Refreshments for 36 members were served by Mrs Ernest Zumbach Mrs Edward Doyle and Mrs Kenneth Schmidt.
Foreign Missionary group met Monday night with Mrs. Harvey E. Elmer. Miss Lora Dick presented the lesson.
Mrs. Frederic VanVoast departed Tuesday for Maui after a six to seven week visit with her mother Mrs. John H. Figi and relatives. She is the former Gertrude Figi.
Forty four members of the Antique Wheelers Car Club left Monroe at midnight Friday for a weekend bus tour through Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee. They toured Indianapolis Motor Speedway Louisville Nashville and Williamson County and enjoyed beef and board stage show Webb Pierce's home and the Grand Ole Opry before returning to Monroe by 9 30 p m Sunday.
Hello World CLARNO reports the birth of Angela Ann to Mr. and Mrs. John Riley in Morris Illinois on October 16 with grandmother Delores Riley and other relatives. BROWNTOWN notes Dale Mingo and Shirley Miller welcome their daughter born October 13. the Mingo family includes four daughters and a son. Fredric Wald and Marianne Bacik announce the birth of Gregory Fredric on October 10 in Milwaukee with grandparents Andrew and Bacik listed.
Upcoming events note a New Life Bible Study group gathering at 8 p.m. Friday in the Elmer Thorson building. Attendees join for discussion and shared study in a community setting.
Monroe attorney Rudolph F. Regez spoke on Wills and related matters to members of the Monroe Area Twin Blessed Mothers Club during their meeting Tuesday night in the First National Bank Community Room. The group planned its year ahead with officers Mrs. Donovan Hendrickson and Mrs. James Baumann noted. The next meeting is set for November 20 at the bank Community Room.
Sixty couples danced to Dale Ryan at the Stateline Squares event in the Monroe Junior High School cafeteria. Guests from Madison Stockton Platteville Evansville Milton Orangeville and Verona attended. Vince Donahoe and Donahoe of Platteville won the special prize. The next dance is October 27 in the Monroe High School M-Room with Bruno Zeni calling. Halloween will be celebrated with costumes or hard time dress.
Miss Rita Kalata of Chicago is spending a week at the Browntown residence of Peter Novak Sr. She is described as a friend of Peter Novak Jr. and is staying there during her trip.
Rev and Mrs Donald Sumwalt hosted a home gathering honoring Nellie Sumwalt on her 81st birthday and celebrating Leonard and Mrs Sumwalt's 24th wedding anniversary. Guests included Ted and Ruth Broomfield Rockford Illinois. Lawrence Sumwalt Madison. Martin Sumwalt Friendship. Allen and Bob Sumwalt Naperville. Henry Kittle. Glen Emerson Richland Center.
Auxiliary hears home economist Mrs Carol Pregent present a program on carpet and interior decorating at the first fall meeting in the Company kitchen. Mrs Robert Collins presided with 14 members in attendance and gifts were given to last year's officers.
Leslie Kay Lauper infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Lauper Browntown was baptized during the evening service at Peace United Church of Christ by Rev Phillip Yeager. Sponsors were Mr and Mrs Stephen Balsley Lowes Park Ill. Family gathered for a buffet meal at the Lauper home afterward and gifts were given.
Twenty eight new members joined St John’s Monroe during the 9 30 a m service on October 7 with Rev W C Koehler and Rev Paul Warder among the attendees. The list includes Mrs Fritz Friedly Miss Linda Friedly Mrs James Lovelace Mrs Jack Marty Mrs Linda Miller Mrs Harvey Rosenstiel Miss Karen Sellow Dennis Thompson and several others. Chrysler Corporation reports an electronic ignition system delivering up to 35 percent more starting voltage than conventional systems.
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