Cheese District Reshapes Through Efficiency and Consolidation
Wisconsin's four county cheese district led by Green and Monroe centers shows factory counts dropping from 368 in 1940 to 221, while output remains steady or higher due to modernized plants and consolidation. Green County falls from 110 to 72 factories, with Swiss cheese dominance. Lafayette, Dane, and Iowa counties show varied Swiss and American production patterns.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Green County
Green
Lafayette
Dane
Iowa
Lafayette County
Dane County
Iowa County
Cheese Days lineup features Swiss acts and marching bands
A detailed schedule for Cheese Days lists Swiss entertainers Edelweiss Stars Tremp Trio Pretenders and Texaco Quartet with performances from 5:15 to 12:25 and beyond. Local bands Monroe High School Monti cello High School Beverly O Flaherty and Roger Bright and His Polka Jacks are also scheduled along with various drill teams and marching groups.
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Edelweiss
Tremp
Toledo
Ohio
Texaco
Rudy Burkhalter
Betty Kneubuehl
Hill Billy
Martha Bernet
Hans Neuenschwander
Roger Bright
Monroe High School
Monticello
Beverly O’flaherty
Hill Billy Squares
Larry’s
Cheese Week Promotes Green County Dairy Pride
Swiss entertainment by Mrs Bregenzer and daughter Rita opens a five day Green County Cheese Week in Monroe. A 6 30 pm concert by the Blatz Post American Tool Band and square dancing conclude with a late midnight finale. ADA and state officials stage a nationwide publicity drive highlighting 90 years of cheese heritage and Wisconsin dairy products while inviting non food retailers to join in.
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Sheldon C. Wilcox
William Johnson
ADA
John Aboya
Martin Framberger
Tom Burgess
Green County
Monroe
Alice In
Alice In Dairyland, Miss Barbara Brown, and ‘Wisconsin Dairy Princess
Roberta Caldwell
State
Newcastle
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Webb
Stracka
Cheese Day committee roles listed with local press ties
The piece enumerates the Cheese Day project’s leadership and advisory groups. Publicity chairman Rodney O Kittelsen and others join a slate of editors and reporters from the Independent Register New Glarus Post Monticello Messenger Albany Herald Brooklyn Teller. Parade chairman W R Schuetze and traffic head Glenn L Kubly lead the organization along with police and sheriff officials.
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Rodney O. Kittelsen
Edmund C. Hamilton
Rolland E. Karlen
Ray Barth
Miriam Abplanalp
Charles Booth
Dan Markham
Brodhead Independent Register
Ray Wuergler
New Glarus Post
Charles M. Wittenwyler
Monticello Messenger
Stanton Steuri
Albany Herald
James P. Green
Brooklyn Teller
W. R. Schuetze
G. Fred Galli
Herbert H. Stauffacher
Frank Deininger
Edward Ejinbeck
Stewart Kingston
Clarence Mahlhberg
Glenn L. Kubly
J. H. Schwaiger
Samuel F. Humbel
Swiss Cheese Spread Recipe
A vintage recipe for Swiss Cheese Spread combines 2 cups shredded Swiss cheese 2 tablespoons minced onion 1 tablespoon chopped pimiento 4 slices crisp bacon crumbled and 3 tablespoons dairy sour cream. Mix until smooth and spreadable Yield 1 1/2 cups.
Cheese Emulsified Fats Indicate Digestible Food Value
The fats in cheese are emulsified, making them easily digestible and highlighting cheese as an ideal food source.
Tobacco Plot Grows in Green County in 1953
Tobacco, though a southern staple, is not foreign to Green County. Twenty acres were planted here in 1953.
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Green County
Hay No 2 Crop In Green County Harvest Image
Hay ranks second to corn as Green County's most important crop by acres sown, reflecting its role in local farming and acreage distribution.
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Sar Bahler
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Bellethe Mineral Point American Legion
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Schlitz Post
Boys of ’76
Racine
Walter Dahl
Calliope
Johnson Wax Band
Mouse-ettes Kitchen
Kubly
16Th Avenue
I. Connors
Jack Erb
Edwin Rufenacht
Brooks Dunwiddie
Harold T. Snyder
Frank
Muzz) Haren
W. C. Bender
Harold L. Fenton
Herbert E. Lanz
Clifford M. Fritz
Glen P. Ude
John B. Greiner
L. J. Schroeder
Frank Kantro
Doran R. Zwygart
John J. Burkhard
Frank Heinzelman
Allan F. Barnard
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Howard Smith
Harold Haworth
Freda Bray
Henry Elmer
Monroe Dairy CO
Monroe, Wisconsin
Alpine
THE
Swiss Cheese Shop
Highway 69
Russell J. Myers
Archie Myers Jr
United Telephone Co
Jewelry
Ferry
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N. Dorman & Co., Inc
Monroe, Wis
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