Kennedy Firm Wins Highway 69 Bypass Bid
Bids on the Highway 69 bypass were opened by the State Highway Commission in Madison with William J. Kennedy and Sons of Janesville submitting the low bid of 424000. The project total stays under the 515000 city limit and construction begins October 15 with completion by August 1968. The city covers 15 percent plus sewer and land costs while the state pays 85 percent. The project covers 1.409 miles of relocation on the west side of Monroe from the current Highway 69 south to Highway 11 north, including Behring Motors to 21st Street segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Loraine
Madison
William J. Kennedy and Sons
Janesville
Harvey Elmer
Walter R. Ekum
Monroe
Behring Motors
21St St
Mrs. Miller 86 dies after cerebral hemorrhage in Brodhead
Mrs. Arthur L. Miller 86, widow of former County Board member, died at 3 15 this morning in St. Clare Hospital after hospitalization since Saturday following a cerebral hemorrhage. She lived on County Trunk E between Albany and Brodhead in the Decatur home. Funeral services set for Saturday at Newcomer Funeral Home Brodhead with Rev. David W. Roberts officiating burial Scotch Hill Cemetery Spring Valley Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L
Claire) Miller
Brodhead-Albany
St. Clare Hospital
James Sterling
Maria Bradshaw Richards
Arthur L. Miller
Decatur Township
Miller
Decatur Place
Decatur
Sterling
Sterling Miller
Home Place
Newcomer Funeral Home
Brodhead
David W. Roberts
Congregational Church
Scotch Hill
Spring Valley Township
Johnson Adviser Proposes Riot Busters For Federal Interventions
A Johnson administration adviser urges creation of a dedicated riot-busting unit to be deployed whenever the federal government intervenes in Civil Disorder. The plan cites Detroit unrest in July and seeks rapid, centralized action under federal guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Molstad Builds Brilliant Cheese Days Parade Floats
Merlin Molstad of Nelson Flag and Display in La Crosse leads a team at the Green County Fairgrounds to craft colorful parade floats. The crew spends long days shaping plywood foundations and petal colored paper layers for the Monroe Cheese Days parade set for Sunday at 2 p.m. Molstad previously built floats for Cheese Days and recently sold Monroe holiday decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Merlin Molstad
LaCrosse
Molstad
Green County Fairgrounds
Times
Nelson
la Crosse
Crew
John
John Brown
Janesville
City of Monroe
Green County studying nursing home financing delay
Green County supervisors halted work on nursing home design to verify funding sources. A committee led by Chairman Pierce will ensure funds are available via federal grant or loan before proceeding with detailed plans from Torkelson and Associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dina Speich
Green
Pierce
Madison
Wilbur Schmidt
Health and Social Services
Vincent F
Torkelson
Hospital
Kaskey
Welfare Board
Johnson
State Health and Social Services
Sun Dance Tomorrow and Cheese Days Parade Plans
Green County Ag Chest reports dairy queens to spark floats for Cheese Days weekend in Monroe. A 30 by 60 tent hospitality house will host films, 4 H booths, a dairy stand, cheese samples, and a Swiss Wheel game. Veterans are invited to march in Sunday parade. trains from Madison will visit Monroe, with a Sun Dance performance by Chief Evergreen Trees and Red Cloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Ag Chest
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Ag Chest
Kroger
Monroe Square
Marval Peterson
Pate
Ralph Lindsay
Veterans Service
Olin Flisram
Madison
Sault St. Marie
Mich
Monroe
Hoffman House East
Capital Square
Here
Evergreen Trees
Red Cloud
Fort Dells
Wisconsin Dells Stand Rock
Wisconsin Dells
Robert M. Bussen
Cochairman
Huenink and Others Attend Wisconsin School Boards Institute
Monroe Board of Education members and Supt. Derwin J. Huenink will join about 200 school officials at the Wisconsin Association of School Boards in service Institute on September 16 at the Wisconsin Building on the UW campus. Attendees include Mrs. Inez Raymer, Lloyd Siedschlag, and Alvin Bidlingmaier. The program features a live tele lecture linking with Washington, D.C. officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Washington
James Victora
Madison
Southwest
Wisconsin
O.E.O
Five County
Peg Rasch
Dodgeville
Wis
Monroe Board of Education
Supt. of
Derwin J. Huenink
In Service Institute
Wisconsin Association of School Boards, Inc
University of Wisconsin
Inez Raymer
Lloyd Siedschlag
Alvin Bidlingmaier
Washington, D.C
Cuba City Man Has Poland China Winner
A Cuba City, Wis., exhibitor won the Poland China gilt at the National Barrow Show in Austin, Minn. Glenn Fowler and Son, also of Cuba City, took the winning reserve boar title. A Berkshire boar sold for 2100 dollars to Ramaco Farms of Manitowoc, Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Minn
Milton B. Charlson
Son
Cuba City
Wis
Poland
Glenn Fowler and Son
Burlan Coomer
Prague
Okla
Ramaco Farms
Manitowoc
Production Javelins and Americans to Rise at AMC
Milwaukee American Motors Corp plans to raise daily output of Javelins and Americans from 480 to 544 units starting October 2, adding about 280 employees to meet the higher demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
American Motors Corp
PTA District II fall conference set for Monroe
Monroe PTA Council approves plans for a fall conference on Saturday October 21 in the Senior High School. Attendees from Green Rock Dane Jefferson Columbia and Sauk Counties may register for 2.25 including coffee and lunch. Morning speaker is Rock County Judge Sverre Roang with 1 to 3 pm discussion groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Monroe
PTA Council
Green
Rock
Dane
Jefferson
Columbia
Sauk
Charles Carrier
Rock County
Sverre Roang
Wayne Stroessner
Kubberneck Short Skirt Stares End in Collision
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns recounts a brisk observer who gawks at a short skirt, loses attention, and crashes off the road into a tree. The verse humorously notes the gawker’s downfall as his gaze proves his undoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair R. Munns
Also Mentioned on This Page
Highway 69
Kennedy Firm
West Side
Mike Zach
Jim
David
Mike
England
Robert G. Zach
Monroe Evening Times
Phil Spiker
Otis
Steinhaus
State Board of Health
Ray Johnson
Ray Kaskey
Welfare Department
G. Fred Klassy
New Hospital
Chicago
Robert P. Torkelson
Ames, Torkelson and Associates
Queens
Cuba
China
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