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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1968
Page
2
Monroe Wisconsin post office receives class I designation under act of 1899. The note names Oabets Ak Emery A Odell among officials shaping mail service for towns where service is extended.
Anniversary piece notes Constitution Day origins and debates at the 1787 convention. It urges renewed study of the law, cites observers Anna Blum and Mrs. Adolph Vogel, and warns against overreaching powers while stressing government by the people. Also brief: Orangeville Home Extension Unit set for Sept 26 with lessons on parents’ roles and inner confidence.
A compact history of Wisconsin geology traces crust formation, Paleozoic seas, coral reefs, and Pre Cambrian rocks in Green County. It notes glacial advances and local agates, the Eagle Diamond theft, and the shift from lead and zinc mining to potential taconite prospects, with the Vashni Marchant collection on display at the Green County Historical Society museum.
Floyd Holloway 73 died Sunday in his Winslow Til home. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Winslow United Methodist Church with burial in Rock Lily Cemetery. Visitation at Seamon Funeral Home. Survived by widow Georgiana six sons and two daughters and ten grandchildren.
Glen Bratley, 73, died Sunday September 15 at Fountain Terrace Nursing Home Lowes Park, Ill., after a long illness. Services were held September 17 at Leamen Funeral Home. Burial at Len a Burial Park. Survived by five sisters: Mrs Louis Randall Maude Braley and Mrs Alice Womelsdorf of Freeport Mrs J R Gale Worden Mont and Mrs Esther Harbin Galena Ill.
Ten and twenty year lookbacks note 1958 fund drive goals and local budget leaders, a mayor and public works dispute over curb and gutter, a clinic talk on Human Nature, and thence through 1948 to 1908 events including UN Security Council action, draftees, veterans service committee updates, floods, openings, and local cultural notes across Monroe and Argyle.
Sgt Duane Rinehart, son of Mr and Mrs Max Rinehart of Browntown, has completed his four year U S Air Force tour and is honorably discharged. He spent two and a half years in Evreux France eight months at Spangdahlem Germany and the rest at Watertown New York while serving as a mechanic.
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