Cheese Days Sidelights and Parade Etiquette Spark Talk
Emergency room records show 24 people treated during Cheese Days weekend at St. Clare Hospital for minor injuries mainly abrasions and contusions. A float mishap injured two, while children suffered nails and cuts. Sgt. Jimmie Howard drew parade interest over protocol. He and his wife planned Chicago appearances before returning to Burlington, Iowa, for a base flight.
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St. Clare Hospital
Sgt. Howard
Chicago
Burlington
Wisconsin Daily Newspapers Attract Industry Ads Initiatives
Wisconsin economic push relies on free daily newspapers to lure industry. Milwaukee firm official John Bartels outlines a $130,000 mail campaign to send papers to potential Wisconsin locators and an ad will run in the Wall Street Journal next Monday. United to safety concerns, Rep. Bob Kastenmeier urges FAA reforms after a Delta DC-8 training jet crash killed nine Judo High School girls. He calls for suspensions of two engine off landings to become permanent and for renewal of pilot certification standards.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Division of Economic Development
John Bartels
Milwaukee
Washington, D.C
Bob Kastenmeier
D - Watertown
New Orleans
Joseph O’conell
National Transportation Safety Board
Kastenmeier
Federal Aviation Administration
Delta Airlines
FAA
Safety Board
Delta
Presto trees beautify New Glarus with community aid
In New Glarus Wisconsin residents with help from a $600 tree moving machine transplanted 25 large pine trees near the floral clock. The effort funded by donations and America the Beautiful created an immediate landscape effect at low cost, suggesting similar projects in other cities and elm loss areas.
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New Glarus
Wisconsin
Glarus
Switzerland
Greg Kittleson
Monroe
University of Wisconsin
Kittlesen
Kittelsen
Rodney Kittelson
Kittleson
Ken Disch
America the Beautiful
Drug Store Magic Blues
Daily Doggerel by Clair R Munns notes a lighthearted vanity about hair color and attraction. The verse playfully claims no preference among blondes brunettes or redheads and jokes about a woman who has been all three without noting any real difference.
Heritage Day Observed As Cheese Days Return to Monroe
Sunday about Cheese Day history and Heritage Day activities marked Wonderful Wisconsin Week in Monroe. The event featured interviews with Harry Young, recalling 1914 committee work, and honors to Henry G. Leuenberger the so called father of Cheese Days. Museums displayed past clippings, songs, floats, and photos including Marion Burgy 1923 queen. 85 visitors attended museum displays with Orville and Mrs Evans in charge. Education and Youth Day preceded Wisconsin at Work events.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Monroe Evening Times
WEKZ
Harry Young
Young
Monroe Volunteer Fire Department
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Marion Burgy
Orville R. Evans
Cheese Days attracts antique car owners back to Monroe
Royce Schulz reports that about one hundred car enthusiasts and families enjoyed Cheese Days with cars arriving Friday. Vehicles ranged from $500 to $25,000, including a $18,000 Cadillac and Beloit owner Hap Hornbostel’s rare 1900 Milwaukee Steamer. Judges announced winners across classes such as Steam and Hi-Wheelers, Vintage Cars, Model T Ford, Brass Age, and Classic Cars, with Best of Show awarded to Fred Schollmeyer for a 1928 Ford. Trophies were donated by the New Car and Truck Dealers of Monroe.
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Royce Schulz
Monroe
Sparland
Schulz
Cadillac
Hap Hornbostel
Beloit
Robert Adam
Union Grove
Robert Ethan
Twining Park
Hugh Edfords
Maywood
Ill
McIntyre
Milwaukee
Robert Loewennen
Downers Grove
Buick
Ellsworth Pierce
Ken Araundsen
Moline
Velie
Ford
B. Copperwell
Chilicothe
William Bowers
Aurora
Robert Moser
Oswego
Lohman
Ray Wernsman
Case
W. Scott Kincaid
Fred Schollmyer
Hazel Green
Charlie Grass
Bloomington
Wis
Preston Helgren
Gurnee
Joe Zahina
Dubuque
Tony Meyer
Pat Quail
Bettendorf
Lincoln
Bob Weber
Racine
Parkard
Don King
Davenport
Ray Kunn
Wauwatosa
Packard
Tom Wrixton
Earl Mueller
Bellevue
Doug Leicht
McHenry
Ivan Owens
Pat
Paul Thym
Dodgeville
James Locker
Studebaker
Welby Holt
Free
Collection Point For Hogs Slated
A new hog collection point for NFO members will open Thursday Sept 21 at New Laria stockyards and be held each Thursday thereafter, in addition to Tuesday Evansville hogs. Last week 670 hogs at Evansville topped $19.40, 40 cents above the previous high. Cattle and calves are collected at Evansville on Wednesdays.
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NFO
New Larus
Evansville
South Wayne Wins Federal Sewage Plant Grant
Senator Gaylord Nelson announced that the village of South Wayne in Lafayette County received a federal loan of 150000 dollars and a grant of 38000 dollars for a new sewer system from the Farmers Home Administration.
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Gaylord Nelson
South Wayne
Lafayette County
Farmer’s Home Administration
Vacation Ends as Detroit Schools Reopen after Strike
Detroit schools open for 300,000 students ending a 13 day summer break. Teachers return to work after securing a two year across the board raise totaling 1700 dollars.
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Detroit
Governors to Dedicate New Interstate 90 Bridge
Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles and Minnesota Governor Harold Levan der will attend dedication ceremonies for the new Interstate 90 bridge linking La Crosse Wisconsin and La Crescent Minnesota on October 12.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Harold Levander
Minnesota
la Crosse
la Crescent
Minn
Mrs. Hunt 73 Dies in Freeport After Heart Attack
Mrs. Florence Gasser Hunt, 73, native of Monroe and former area teacher, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at her Freeport home. Survived by son John A. Hunt Jr. and two grandsons. funeral set for Sept. 21 at Schwartz Funeral Home and St. Joseph's Church.
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John A. Hunt
Freeport
Monroe
Hunt
Florence Gasser
Frank Gasser
Thomas Dempsey
Navy
Warren
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Funeral Home
St. Anne’s Cemetery
Warren, Il
Killer Beulah Heads Far Coast of Texas
Killer Hurricane Beulah surged toward the mouth of the Rio Grande with 130 mile per hour winds. The Weather Bureau issued hurricane warnings for miles of coastline extending north to Port Arthur and Port Arkansas Texas as the storm intensified.
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Brownsville
Texas
Beulah
Rio Grande
Weather Bureau
Port Arkansas
Tex
La Follette Player Suffered Broken Neck in Practice
Dan Egan a 16 year old La Follette High School football player sustained a broken neck during Monday practice and was reported in serious condition at a Madison hospital. He is in Madison hospital in serious condition following the injury.
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Madisoni
Dan Egan
la Follette
Madison
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Young Tells
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