And Here's Another Week That Was
The Times recounts a week in Monroe with memories of local people and events. It lists townsfolk, birthdays, home visits, school events, jokes, and a mistaken county board line about highway safety and taxes, closing with a light note that you can't win them all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Harold Clemens
Roy Riese
Kenny Priewe
Hans
Ingeborg Koch
United States
Don Schoeneke
Argyle High School
Hank
Gloria Gruenberg
Winslow
Robert Webster
Dick Wagner
Chuck Pickett
Roger Ruch
Rockford
Stanton Steari
Albany
Bill Ruda
Times
Hank Rebly
Paoli
Madison
Margo Loveland
Sam Humbel
Sto
River Rats of
Wisconsin Dells
River Rats
Pecatonica
Boyd Elliott
Bob Leuenberger
Ted Thayer
Brodhead
Lucille Becker
Ray Grady
Delbert Krupke
Rudy Scharweber
Joe Viney
Angle
Canada
Merle Erickson
Glancing Backward Sept 16, 1958 to 1918 items
Brief lookback covers Joyce Moen elected Monroe High School Student Council president in 1958 and historical notes from Green County and nearby towns. It recalls a Newark Bay ferry disaster death toll, business leader John M. Finucane’s death, and older obits, property purchases, infantile paralysis cases, battles in 1938 and 1928, a 1918 note on peach pits for gas masks, plus local church notices.
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Joyce Moen
Monroe H
Green County
Northern Illinois
Jersey Central
Newark Bay
John M. Finucane
Triangle Cheese Co
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Sarah Ruhl
J. F. Mauermann
Immanuel Evangelical Church
Monroe
Cpl
Harvey Mason
Blanchardville
Enrollment at Monroe High School Reaches Two Hundred Two
A 1908 notice notes Monroe high school enrolls 202 students, exceeding available seats. Discussion by Mayor Knight and three aldermen covers required lighted lamps for automobiles and motorcycles after dark per state law. New Glarus experiences a fierce price war with calico and yeast foam given away. shoppers fill shops as doors are briefly locked.
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United States
Monroe High School
Knight
New Glarus
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