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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1968
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times operates in Monroe Wisconsin with subscription rates of 40 cents per week by carrier in the city and 18 dollars per year by mail in Winnebago County. Subscriptions must be prepaid. Office hours run from 8:90 am to 2: id Noon.
We examine FBI data from 1966 and 1965 on Alabama under Wallace, noting murder and crime rates far higher than national levels, police spending below average, wages and family income disparities, and education per pupil costs compared with Wisconsin. The Wisconsin AFL CIO calls Wallace lies and failure to aid workers, while bumper stickers spark Wisconsin debate on a possible change in 1968.
On this date events include Yorktown’s surrender ending the Revolutionary War with Washington declaring the work done. Notable births, races, sieges, treaties, and Nobel prize news mark the annual history roundup. It notes Adams birth, Adrianople siege, Suez pact, MLK arrest, Brussels fair close, and Asturias Nobel Prize.
Seven 4-H clubs in Green County were honored for work in community beautification and safety. Beautification awards went to Browntown Busy Beavers, Washington Center 4-H Club, and Richland 4-H Club. A special category award went to Argus 4-H Club for Kubly Park project. Safety awards went to Decatur 4-H, Clarno Classy Clubbers, and Jolly Mixers. Kiwanis judged the booklets and will sponsor an award trip to Milwaukee for winning club representatives.
A collage of past events notes Monroe Future Farmers at the National Safety Congress in Chicago and Eisenhower campaign swing in Los Angeles. It recalls a harvest smorgasbord, a cheese championship, a 93rd birthday, France’s first look at the thank you train, Wisconsin dairy queen visits New York, a Watertown Octagon house deed plan, and a CCC camp death probe.
Relatives in Germany request the return of letters carried by the Graf Zeppelin to preserve them in that country. The letters bore special stamps indicating they traveled on the giant airliner.
The census bureau notes the flu death rate has increased from two to seven percent across the United States. Fred Marty, a district dairy and food inspector for 150 years, submits his registration to Dairy and Food Commissioner George J. Weigle. J. C. Cobb, senior surgeon of the U.S. Public Health Service, directs Medical Application and Prevention efforts for this section of the influenza epidemic.
Six decades ago on October 19, 1908 Monroe defeated Janesville 31 to 0 as the high school football team showcased a dominant game. Also that day John A. Aylward, Wisconsin governor candidate, opened his campaign at Turner Opera House with G. T. Hodges introducing him. A field fire on Austin Davis farm south of Monroe burned part of Edward Niffenegger’s corn field with twenty men fighting the blaze. Western railroads reported a $1 million profit from the opening settlement of the Great Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
A long poem recalls vanished rural scenes from a mill to a dairy and country school. The piece ends with a notice of a Dutch Elm Disease meeting in Janesville, Wisconsin, and a list of upcoming birth notices and announcements for October.
A birth and membership notice lists new members with names, towns, and birth or event dates including Curtis James Sharkey Orangeville Juda Juda Yvonne Rena Thommen Brodhead Jill Marie Toelke Rock City Lena Monroe Tracy Lynn Wyssbrod Browntown David Scott Thommen Galena Diane Mary Goeke Davis Phillip Charles Trotter Laurie Pauline Thommen Rose Marie Stich Lena Timothy James Stich Lena Dial 325 5101 for Actaker.
The Monroe Chapter of the Future Teachers Association elected Connie Elmer Leades president at Wednesday night’s meeting. Officers Marsha Schwitz as vice president Mary Schild as secretary treasurer and Mary Motz as historian parliamentarian join a 15-member group planning National Education Week activities panel discussions cadet teaching visits university campus student dance and service to AF.S Green County Mental Health Books U.S.A. James L. Haas advised the club aims to promote teaching careers and understanding of public schools.
The annual Harvest Home Ingathering service will be held Sunday October 20 at Swiss United Church of Christ. Donations of canned fruits vegetables jams jellies apples onions carrots squash potatoes and cash gifts will support New Glarus Home and building funds. Donations accepted all next week and handed to the home Friday October 25.
A dense schedule of programs with guests and episodes spans family shows, news, comedies, westerns, and movies. Highlights include Jackie Gleason with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, Adam-12 and Get Smart episodes, My Three Sons with Arthur O Connell, Ghost and Mrs Muir, Hogan's Heroes, The Hallelujah Trail, Lawrence Welk, Petticoat Junction, Hollywood Palace with Diahann Carroll and Richard Harris, Mannix, Olympic Games, Don't Bother to Knock, Panic in the Streets, Notre Dame telecast, Meet the Press with George Wallace, and further listings of Lassie Huck Finn Land of the Giants Gentle Ben Walt Disney Toby Tyler Ed Sullivan FBI Mothers-In-Law Hazel Sunday Night at the Movies Assault on a Queen and more.
Wiota Lutheran Church forms a combined adult and high school choir inviting all who like to sing. The group met at the West Church on Wednesday with pianist Mrs Ward Halloran and director Mrs Don Pehl leading, rehearsals set for every Wednesday. Former Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm was eulogized in Madison as a man who exemplified the American character and dream.
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