Old World Charm Versus Modern Pace in Capron Poem
Pfister of Capron, NL, shares a poem reflecting on life’s fast pace and the loss of simple comforts. It contrasts today’s high speed and stress with grandma’s rocking chair, a smoke filled easy chair, and neighborly care, lamenting rising worries and dwindling fun. The verse notes fewer doctors, more coughing from smoking, and a race to endless striving.
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Am Pfister
Capron
Grandma
Grandpa
Navy Fliers Need Bottles for Combat Survival
Navy pilots would carry 8-ounce plastic baby bottles filled with water to steady nerves after forced landings. Lt. Cmdr. Robert Brown of the North Island Naval Air Station noted water helps calm fear and aid rational thinking during emergencies. A public hearing set in Appleton on Sept. 29 concerns Fox River Bus Lines seeking a uniform 15-cent fare for children six to ten, replacing the existing dime for students.
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Survival Brown
North Island Naval Air Star
Cmdr
Robertson
Brown
Madison
Public Service Commission
Outagamie County
Appleton
Fox River
Ten Years Ago Today – Becker Wins Club Championship
Robert Goetz reports from Monroe County Club where T Chester Becker defeats foes for the club championship. Albany resident John Gartner, 76, dies. Assembly Speaker Mark Catlin expresses confidence in vindication of charges by the Board of State Bar Commissioners. Captain Robert A Farnsworth flies a Super Sabre Jet at 650 miles per hour setting a new record.
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T. Chester’ Becker
Robert Goetz
Monroe
John Gartner
Albany
Assembly
Mark Catlin
Board of State Bar Commissioners
Robert A. Farnsworth
William Tell pageant draws 4000 at New Glarus Labor Day
Twenty years ago Labor Day weekend in Wisconsin saw 16 highway fatalities, totaling 312 for the year. Budd Biffle won the 1946 Monroe Country Club golf championship by defeating Cap Herman 5 and 3. William T Chadwick of Billings Montana visits family and plans to move back with his wife and son.
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William Tell
New Glarus
Wisconsin
Budd Biffle
Monroe Country Club
Cap Herman
William T. Chadwick
Billings
Mont
Chadwicks
Last rites for Mrs Crosby noted in 1936 column
Twenty five lines summarize obituaries and incidents from 30 years ago on September 3 1936 including Mrs A N Crosby aged 67 receiving last rites Mrs Sophia Mack 84 dies of pneumonia in Albany Eugene Richard Babler aged 5 breaks both arms in fall from swing at Richland school Mark R Weir former Monroe optometrist dies at Richland Center Mrs Madora Pu rington former Albany resident dies in Minnesota
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A. N. Crosby
Sophia Mack
Albany
Eugene Richard Babler
Richland School
Mark R. Weir
Monroe
Richland Center
Madora Purington
Minnesota
Clara Bow Parisian Love at Washington Theater
Forty years back a Monroe ad notes Clara Bow in Parisian Love showing at the Washington Theater. A bakery ad proclaims an M letter puzzle contest open to all. A beer ballot taints the U S Senate race. Dorothy Bechtoldt of Browntown undergoes tonsil surgery at Deaconess Hospital.
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Clara Bow
Washington Theater
W.A. Miller
Monroe Bakery
Monroe Evening Times
John J. Blaine
U. S
Dorothy Bechtoldt
D. Bechtoldt
Browntown
Deaconess Hospital
Ladies Lunch Booth at Floral Hall During Fair
Fifty years ago on September 3, 1916, Ladies of the Union Church run a lunch booth in Floral Hall at the fair. A messenger boy is wanted at the Western Union Office. Armory rink open day and night. skating cheaper and more fun than dancing. Mr and Mrs Oscar Denney return from Madison in a new Overland car for Monroe Auto Company.
Thorp Dies at Sixty Years On September 3 1906
Sixty year old Harold Thorp son of Eugene B Thorp and wife died yesterday as local papers note the passing. The Jaberg and Kelley laundries suffered a sobbing disruption during the circus parade on Saturday. Congressman Cooper traveled through town returning to Racine from LaFayette County and Mrs W W Chadwick went to Madison to visit friends.
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Harold Thorp
Eugene B. Thorp
Jaberg
This Week In History September 3 1966
Today highlights key past events on September 3 including the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution and the 1894 Labor Day holiday designation. Other notes cover Pershing’s 1919 rank, 1942 lend lease with France, Italy’s mainland invasion in 1943, and 1944 Finnish ceasefire.
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Associated Press
Paris
England
United States
John J. Pershing
France
Italy
Eisenhower
Labor Department
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Shastri
Debate Over School Reorganization And Boundaries
The Juda School faces front page attention amid talks of moving to a larger K-12 system. Residents complain the plan ignores local needs, strains travel, and burdens debt while urging a fuller countywide review of small schools before boundary changes and a potential shift to a consolidated high school.
The Mailbag on County School Planning Changes
Reader Belle Matzke from Juda urges the paper to publish more on zoning and future options for vocational schools and high schools. She asks for print discussion of angles to ensure equal and quality education for all students.
Readers contest editorial on communism and education
In a letter to the editor Mr. Roseleip voices support for Walter Calvert in the state senate race while challenging the editorial’s implication that opposition to communism equals opposition to education. He warns against blind patriotism and the misuse of guilt by association, praising the U.S. system and freedoms despite acknowledged faults.
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Monroe Evening Times
Roseleip
Walter Calvert
Calvert
Education key to fighting communism in Green County
Rodney O. Kittelsen, chairman of the Green County Committee for Calvert, argues education exposes communism and defends civil liberties. He notes a bill by Roseleip failed 31 to 91 in the Senate and urges informed public discourse to prevent censorship and preserve rights.
Beloit Plans to Double City Size by Annexation
Beloit City Council approved a plan to double Beloit's geographic area and lift population from about 39 000 to 55 000. The 6 0 vote seeks Circuit Court authorization for a referendum on annexing a 13 square mile area including Beloit and Turtle Township subdivisions. If approved, Beloit's area would grow to roughly 25 square miles.
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Beloit
Turtle Township
Richard Calland
Birthday Birthdays and Mouse Tale From Times Club
A long birthday listing for September includes many names and addresses such as Vicki Thompson Douglas Scott Mayer Susan Becker and more across Argyle Brodhead and Juda. The second part is a 1953 nature story about Harry Velvet and the Field Mouse family facing crow danger, mail routes, a party at Maple Street, and a wintry adventure with sleds and burrows.
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Vicki Marie Thompson
Argyle
Douglas Scott’ Mayer
Susan Kay Becker
Brodhead
Beverly Ann Gilbertson
RFC
Monticello
James Crawford Mohns
15Th Ave
Randall Lee’ Blumer
Jeffrey Robert Falk
Steven Baumle
Hillside Pl
North Aurora
Harry
Velvet
Field Mouse
Smith
Mr. Smith
Maple Street
Howie House Mouse
Wood Mouse
Pine Mouse
Meadow Mouse
House Mouse
Mr. Field
Mouse
Cedric Johns Services Held
Cedric P. Johns 66 a retired printer died Wednesday services were at 2 p m yesterday in Lulloff Funeral Home Masonic rites were held the night before Johns worked for Madison Newspapers Inc until retiring two years ago prior to that at the Dodgeville Chronicle He remained in Dodgeville his permanent home He was a World War I veteran Nieces and nephews are the only immediate survivors.
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Dodgeville
Cedric P. Johns
Lulloff
Johns
Madison Newspapers, Inc
Dodgeville Chronicle
Madison
Survivors Reported Out of Danger After Britannia Crash
Ninety five of the 117 Britons aboard the Britannia turbo prop holiday charter were killed when it plunged into a woods near the airport. 31 identified victims lay in coffins at the local sports hall awaiting a commemorative service Saturday as relatives prepared to fly from England to Ljubljana.
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Jo Abliare
Ljubljana
England
Ellington Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Salina
An American Airlines jet carrying over 100 passengers including bandleader Duke Ellington landed in Salina after a bomb scare on Thursday.
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Lane
Salina
Kan
American Airlines
Duke Ellington
Orangeville Social Notes From Mrs Glen E Bolender
Arthur Goetz of Almena Wisconsin was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Thorn Rev Goetz preached his trial sermon at Rock Grove Lutheran Church. Many locals vacationed or visited relatives in Wisconsin Illinois and Virginia, including trips to Spring Green Balsam Lake and Dixie Lodge.
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Arthur Goetz
Almena
Wis
LeRoy Thorn
Goetz
Rock Grove Lutheran Church
Herman Busjahn
Arno Wetzel
Brookfield, Wis. Jr
Robert Switzer
Stephen Switzer
Berkeley
Calif
Bethesda
Robert
National Institute of Health
Robert MacKenzie
Keith Christensen
Kevin
Kurt Lueck
Max Lueck
Browntown
Kathy Lueck
Edwin Schindler
Monroe
Winslow
Don Gapen
Billy
Gapen
Lucy Wright
Dixie Lodge
Balsam Lake
Russell and Linda
Orangeville
Budd Longamore
Freeport
Spring Green
Thorn
Martin Bingner
Robert Gewoke
John
Julie
Arlington
Cole
Marvin Shippy
Geneke
Mmes. Cole
Shippy
Glen Bolenter
M. H. Bolender
San Gabriel
Earl Dittmar
Washington Com promise wage bill raises floor to 1.60 in 1968
A Senate House conservative group agreed on a minimum wage bill raising the current 1.25 floor to 1.60 by 1968, extending coverage to eight million more workers. The compromise will go to both chambers for final action. Rent a room via classified ads in The Morning Evening Times.
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SILL
Washington
Senate House Conserees
Senate
House
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Times Children’s Club
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Michael Lee Schuetz
Jean Ann Chambers
Sundstrom
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James Brett Schutte
6Th St
Stephen Gerald Sawdey
Linda’ Mae Krauss
18Th Ave
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