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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1964
Page
13
The notice lists subscription rates for Monroe by carrier at 15.50 yearly and by mail in Wisconsin and Stephenson County Illinois at 10 yearly, outside areas at 13 yearly. It also states all subscriptions must be prepaid and provides office hours 8 30 a m to 5 00 p m and phone 325 5101.
The editorial staff announces a transition to Associated Press style coverage for the near term while maintaining local reporting. The writers express humility, gratitude for a decade of support, and a commitment to fair, complete news coverage and strong community service in Monroe and Green County.
In Arequipa Peru Peace Corps veterans Chester Wiggins and Barbara Wiggins report making more friends than aid, describing life in barriadas with 57 settlements. Their 20 month stay included building a schoolhouse water tanks cess pools homes and a nursery as they return to San Bruno awaiting discharge.
Monroe area bridge players are invited to weekly tournaments starting Friday September 11 at the Freeport YWCA. The Freeport Duplicate Bridge Club has ACBL permission to run Friday 7 30 p m events with proceeds benefiting the YWCA.
Ten years after the plan's revival was proposed, a city township citizens committee is appointed to push for a decision on the Monroe bypass. Mayor Dunwiddie names Dr. Nathan E. Bear Alden J. Hawthorne and O L Hare as city representatives.
Mrs. Edward Goli of Mt. Horeb died in a Madison hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church, with burial at Gesme funeral home arrangements. She was born Lena Hil in Perry Township and married Edward Goli in 1905. he died in 1946. Surviving: son Everett of LaCrosse, daughter Agnes of Columbus, Ohio, sister Alma Gronseth of Madison, brother Elmer Hill of Mt. Horeb, and two grandchildren. She belonged to church aid, the American Legion Auxiliary, and Mt. Horeb Garden Club.
Mrs. Denton age 22 formerly Barbara Lean of Argyle died Tuesday in Phoenix after six weeks in hospital. Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon in Phoenix with several aunts and uncles planning to attend. Surviving are her husband and three children Brandee Gregory and Troy born June 25, and her parents paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother.
Classified listings fill daily needs for thousands seeking goods services and job connections. The ads offer affordable items trades and opportunities across local markets.
The 16th annual Greenwich Village Fair, sponsored by the Rockford Art Association, will be held Sunday Sept 13 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Burpee Art Gallery. More than 100 artists and craftsmen will exhibit on gallery lawns with demonstrations. Rockford College students will operate a pottery wheel to show early ceramic-making steps.
Stanley Pertzborn 52 Beloit died of a heart condition in a Beloit hospital. Born March 17 1912 in Madison he married Alice Winger Feb 14 1953 in Rockford. He managed Wagon Wheel Rockton Park Hotel Madison and Park Hotel Madison and earlier a Minneapolis hotel. Survived by wife son Richard a brother and two sisters. Services tomorrow at St Pauls Beloit and graveside at Adams cemetery Argyle. Visitation 7 to 9 tonight at Rosman Uehling Kinzer central chapel.
Three-year-old Jerry Bettencourt asthmatic son of Mr and Mrs Gary Bettencourt fell into a dry well in Fremont California. He was rescued after three hours with oxygen help and ropes pulled to the surface. He was taken to Washington Township Hospital for 24 hour observation and is reported in good condition.
The Monroe Rotary Club will sponsor a travelogue film series starting Wednesday Sept 16 at 7 30 p m in the Junior high auditorium. The first film Wings to Wonderland Our National Parks will be shown free with tickets from Rotary members or via a coupon in today’s Monroe Evening Times. The series includes six travelogues on Germany New Zealand India the West Indies Brazil and Scandinavia.
New York reports a surge in Negro voter registration as civil rights drives expand. Leaders say campaigns target defeating Barry Goldwater, with notable gains in Southern states and rising White registrations alongside them. James Farmer notes about five million registered Negroes nationwide.
Highlights recall Henry Hudson's Half Moon voyage in 1609 near Sandy Hook and the future Troy New York area. The 1873 Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution, and Labor Day was first observed nationally in 1894. World War II began in 1939 with Britain and France declaring war on Germany.
Washington's Gaylord Nelson and Wisconsin's William Proxmire joined the Senate majority to adopt a health care for the aged amendment, adding it to the Social Security program.
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