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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1966
Page
2
Fragmentary text from Monroe Evening Times notes Mercy's opens in the city. The snippet references Associated Press and includes unclear timing and unrelated garbled words. No clear events, dates, or names beyond the paper and stray terms.
An editorial roundup recalls recent local events and figures. It mentions Bob Kennedy of Janesville, Delmar Naef saving a life, Archie Myers Jr. and Ray Grady admitting to voting Republican, and plans for interdepartmental meetings that were cancelled. It notes Mike Lincoln’s guitar crowds, a GOP ballot incident, Badger Paint Store flags, and nurse restrictions in England. It covers Lee Schroeder's farewell, party label swaps among Republicans and Democrats, Hughes Mobile Home bowling, Bob Rieder and Jack Benny humor, Ernie Ammon’s Turner Hall turnout, Ernie Zumbach at the VFW, possible future campaigns, siren tests at polls, and Sen. Gordon Roseleip’s reelection amid Cold War anxieties.
Mrs. George Wollenburg 53 of Beaver Dam died Friday at her home. A former Doris Jeffery, she taught at Beaver Dam High School and lived there since 1935. Survived by her two daughters Nancy and Mary at home and her mother Mrs Florence Jeffery of Shullsburg. Funeral services were held at Grace Presbyterian Church in Beaver Dam.
Jacob H. Duerst 72, World War I veteran, died Saturday evening in the VA Hospital Madison. Born September 22, 1893 in New Glarus Township, he served in Battery F 79th Field Artillery and married Lydia Sabroff in 1924. Surviving are his widow, three daughters, a son, a sister, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services 2 pm tomorrow at Zentner Funeral Home with Swiss United Church of Christ rites. burial at Swiss UCC Cemetery by Stuessy Kuenzi American Legion Post. Visitation after 7 pm tonight.
Cadet Leon A. Wittwer, son of Mrs. Wilbert J. Meier of Monroe and Robert Wittwer of rural Monticello, joins the Superintendent's Merit List at the U S Air Force Academy. The class of '69 cadet will wear a silver star in a wreath sleeve insignia for outstanding academic and military achievement. He graduated Monroe High School in 1965.
Martin N Heafer C S a Christian Science Board of Lectureship member presents Open Your Eyes a public lecture on spiritual perception as understanding through prayer and the love of God.
The Fifth District PTA will hold its 13th Fall Conference at Mineral Point High School on October 15. Registration and coffee start at 8:45 a.m. Dr. Robert J. Lamp of Madison will deliver the keynote, discussing PTA action and community participation.
Mrs Leonard Thompson 63 died Saturday at home after a long illness in AIT HORB. Funeral 1:30 tomorrow at Mt Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was former Lorraine Holum married in 1925. Survived by husband a son Ronald Platteville a daughter Mrs Wayne Yap Horeb seven grandchildren.
Past president and Richard Wenzel from Madison will chair the afternoon discussion group workshops. All PTA members and citizens interested in children's welfare are invited to attend. Mrs. Charles Carrier of Monroe is the Fifth District secretary.
Route 3 resident James Flanagan has been appointed sales representative for Pioneer Seed Corn Company. Otto Sorchardt, 71, dies in Warren, Illinois. Grand opening draws thousands to Spur Geon Store. Harold Walters buys a weaning quarter Norse filly at Alamosa, Colorado. Wilma Ringhand harvests potatoes weighing two pounds three ounces.
Twenty years ago, on September 19, 1946, Eugene Avis was elected president of the Monroe High School Student Council. Also noted is the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kramer and golf honors given to Mrs Rod ney Kittelsen and Mrs Bry an Bennett at the Country Club ladies day. Coach Don Huddieston returns to duty after 2% years hoping to whip a strong team into shape as VFW plans a mass initiation of 100 members on Sunday.
Thirty years prior to today, September 19 1936 Joseph Lacey of South Wayne suffered two fractured ribs when his car he had been cranking began and pushed him into brush. Mrs Bruce M Blum becomes Junior Choir director at St John s Church and will sing Sunday in English service. County Republicans plan Milwaukee trip to see Gov Alf Landon touring Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs Chester Tobin host a wedding dance.
M. J. Knight completes a purchase on September 19 1926 marking a notable real estate transaction in local records. The item notes the date and the buyer but lacks broader context or surrounding details.
Frank Maurer and Ralph Greenwald purchase property on Madison Street to establish a new auto service business. The move follows local developments including residents Arden Brugger Judy Wyss and Kristine Fritz and a regional note of expansion sweeping from the Gulf Coast to Alabama.
A Monroe poster advertising Cheese Day will be made to Freeport this week. Charles Evan Hughes opens his campaign for the presidency in Illinois. Cars of Rudolph M. Kundert and G. C. Stearns collide at Liberty and Lybrand Streets. An aeroplane piloted by Eugene Heath of Dubuque is expected to pass over the city this week.
The Service Record notes Technician Third Class Dexter J. Marchant USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mason Marchant of Judo, served aboard the destroyer USS McCaffery DD-860, a unit of Task Force 140 for the Project Gemini GTA-11 mission with Navy astronauts Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon. Also, Joseph Bilgri Jr. returns to Keesler AFB after a 12 day furlough and two Monroe students enroll as freshmen at La Crosse State University.
Houston firm of laboratory consultants claims a 32 day no risk trial to stop hair loss and grow hair. It urges quick action before baldness becomes unrecoverable, citing various causes and offering confidential mail responses.
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