Wisconsin 4H Band and Chorus Touring Troupe Coming to County Event
The 53 member Wisconsin 4H Band and Chorus Touring Troupe will perform at 1 30 p m Saturday Nov 6 in the Monroe Junior High School auditorium as part of the county wide 4 H Achievement Program. The program titled Only In America features 25 band and 28 chorus members selected from the 170 member Wisconsin State 4H Band and Chorus. The troupe has appeared at the State Teacher's Convention and the National 4H Club Congress and is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture Extension Service and the State 4H Club Office with Verne Varney and Kathy Kenes as narrators and Edward Hugdahl and Arne Arneson as musical directors.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture Extension Service
UW Extension Music Department
Verne WV. Varney
Kathy Kenes
Alice In Dairyland
Edward O. Hugdahl
Arne J. Arneson
Crash Follows Court Charges
Two 20 year olds from Brodhead faced seven counts in Green County Court after a single vehicle crash on Highway 81 nine miles west of Beloit. Duane Boeck suffered facial injuries while Lars Anderson had a broken hip and wrist. Anderson was pinned under the car until a wrecker freed him. Anderson and Boeck were transferred from Brodhead Municipal Court and fined for operating on a sidewalk and after revocation, and Boeck for refusing to obey an officer.
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Brodhead
Green County Court
Beloit Municipal Hospital
Highway 81
Beloit
Duane Boeck
Lars Anderson
Anderson
Boeck
Rock County Sheriff's Deputy
Brodhead Municipal Court
Calf scramble winner proves girl can compete
Doreen Williams writes of her triumph in the Green County Beef Producers calf scramble, detailing the hard ride for the halter, the crowd’s cheers, and the rush of victory after a grueling arena chase. She notes being the only girl winner this year and recalls the sensory, exhausting moments from the moment the calves burst free to the finish.
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Doreen Williams
Stacey Williams
Robert Heitz
Green County Beef Producers Association
Doreen
Stars of King and I Perform for Monroe Kiwanis
Monroe High School stars in The King and I entertained Monroe Kiwanis members at Swiss Wheel meeting. Anna role singer Nancy Hughes and king actor John Schuetze performed selections. The musical debuts at Junior High School auditorium on October 27 and 30. Director Jack Close explained the production and Kiwanis officers will be elected at the next noon meeting on October 28.
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Monroe High School
King and I
Monroe Kiwanis
Nancy Hughes
Charles Hughes
Anna
John Schuetze
William Schuetze
King
Jack Close
City Offices Move to New Municipal Building
City offices moved from the old city hall on 16th Ave to the new municipal building on 18th Ave. Police and fire departments occupied the new quarters earlier, while the City Engineer’s office lacks floor work. Harvey Elmer is occupying the room despite unfinished floor.
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City Hall
16Th Ave
Municipal
18Th Ave
Harvey Elmer
Cattle TB Tests Begin in Wisconsin Townships
Annual tuberculosis screening ramps up in Adams Jefferson Blanchard Elk Grove and Wayne townships to meet a 1960 plan requiring testing of one sixth of each county's cattle each year. Brucellosis blood tests will accompany TB checks for all herds in those townships. Local veterinarians will conduct the tests.
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Wisconsin
Adams
Jefferson
Green County
Blanchard
Elk Grove
Wayne
Lafayette
A. A. Erdmann
Angry Marine Criticizes Student Demonstrators
Lt. Ward S. Johnson, a 24 year old Marine in Viet Nam, denounces antiwar demonstrators and draft dodgers in a letter printed by the Moline Daily Dispatch. He accuses students and professors of undermining the war effort and mocks their actions while detailing harsh Viet Nam conditions.
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Moline, Ill
Viet Nam
Ward S. Johnson
Johnson
Stephanie
Moline Daily Dispatch
Chu Lai
Blaze at Walter Deegan Farm Extinguished by Brodhead Firemen
Brodhead fire chief Donald Edwards said the Walter Deegan farm house in Spring Valley Township about 1.5 miles from Brodhead sustained moderate damage. Firefighters responded at 11 a.m. and returned by 12:25 p.m.
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Brodhead
Times
Donald Edwards
Walter Deegan
Spring Valley Township
Unanswered questions cling to Marie McDonald case
Hollywood actress Marie McDonald vanished after a 1957 alleged kidnapping in California. Found dead at age 42 near her desert setting, investigators faced mystery with no clear cause. Evidence included a staged abduction tale, a Fuzzy Pink Nightgown novel, and a note cut from newspapers.
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Hollywood
California
Marie McDonald
Los Angeles
Marie Frye
India
Calif
San Fernando Valley
Miss McDonald
Don Taylor
Historical Unit Launches Drive For Green County Society
Green County Historical Society members launch a membership drive led by O N Johnson president to boost support for a planned museum. Rob ert Bussen co chairman notes homes will be visited to recruit, with funds and storage needs tied to preserving artifacts in two old school houses near Monroe.
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Walter R. Ekum
Green County Historical Society
Robert Bussen
Universalist-Unitarian Church
O. N. Johnson
Times
Green County
Cochairman
Monroe
Historical Society
Lyman Pitkin
Anna Blum
Olin E. Flisram
Lillian Gempeler
Ralph J. Kundert
E. O. Evans
Arthur C. Benkert
Ralph A. Lindsay
William Bauman
Albert Lundgren
E. B. Lux
Anna Whitecomb
Eleanor Schindler
Roethe Addresses Green County Conservation League
Leo Roethe business leader and Kenya safari hunter spoke to a capacity crowd at Wilhelm Tell Hall New Glarus for the Green County Conservation League annual meeting. He discussed Africa filming and received honorary membership while league officials noted election of 11 directors and lake restoration updates.
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Leo Roethe
Ft. Atkinson
Kenya
Africa
Wilhelm Tell Hall
New Glarus
Green County Conservation League
Roethe
Monticello
Boethe
League
Thomas Tuttle
Monroe
Larry Lindgren
William Hamnan
Arley Asmus
Fred R. Simpson
Fred Baertschi
Wilbur Dehmer
Ambrose Wenger
Lindgren
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Harold Engli
Reynold Zeller
Sheldon Yarwood
Ray L. Beckman
Mary Schubring’s Will Grants Police Fund Bequest
Mary Becker Schubring leaves $200 to the Policemen’s Fund and specific bequests of $1000 to David Burri and $250 each to Police Chief Henry Hefty and Assistant Chief Dwight Coplien. Nephew Rodney Becker and two nieces, Mrs. Gaylen Lind and Mrs. R. B. Elbert, are named primary beneficiaries.
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Mary Becker Schubring
Monroe
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Marine
Sheen Coty Hsm
Los Angeles Grand Jury
Zanders Lake
Beckman
Brush
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