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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1968
Page
10
Partly sunny and warmer today with highs mostly in the 70s. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a chance of showers in the west. Lows tonight 54 to 62. Since Friday 1 p.m. high 70, low 55. Year ago today high 79, low 61. Sunrise 6:
Deaths listed for Mrs. Irving Moon 55 Blanchardville Julius Panoske 51 Route 4 Davis Til Mrs Amelia Marty 83 rural Belleville Mr and Mrs Donald Ostrander Freeport daughter Sept 21 Mr and Mrs Michael Dunphy Route 4 Monroe son Sept 21 Mr and Mrs Darris L Bidlingmaier Route 2 Monticello daughter Sept 20 Mr and Mrs Wallace Weiser 1028% 17th Ave daughter Sept 20
A listing from St. Clare Hospital Medical includes patient names such as Thomas Durt schi Albany Carol Elmer Route 2 Mrs Oscar Ny broten Argyle Francina Perry Beloit Milton V Babler New Glarus Mrs Mahlon Frie Brodhead Walter Germann 1312 14th St Mrs Marie Keel 726 17th Ave Thomas Albright Albany Mrs George St James Dixon Ill Mrs Willie Simmons Freepot Lloyd R Kingjohn Pearl City Il Anna Devine Dixon TL Mr Lawrence Prien Route 2 Junior Henry Cowell 1457 29th Ave Mrs Orson Roberson 1035 6th Ave James R Johnson Beloit Franz Camenzind Sr Route 4 Monroe. Dismissals: Thomas Winquist Francis J King Floyd Pence Mark Wainwright Willis F Disch Fred Schneider Mrs Fred Schneider Allen Goodwin Mrs Doris Koerth Mrs Mark Mitchell Carol Bellows Mrs Homer Thompson Mrs Archie Brillhart Mrs Godfrey Zuercher Mrs George Benson.
Funeral services for Raymond J. Myers 51 Monroe businessman who died suddenly Sept 18 of a heart attack were held Sept 22 at St Johns United Church of Christ. Rev Milton Petzold officiated with a song service by Mrs Bernet and Mrs Stroessner. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Myers WWII veteran and American Legion member. pallbearers listed. Stnessy Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Frieda Fiie of Monroe suffered a bruised cheekbone when a car backing from a parking stall struck her in Spring Square parking lot. The driver was Anton Niederberger, 80, of Monroe. Accident at 4:42 p.m.. she was treated at St. Clare Hospital and released. Police noted other local accidents: Keith Pilz of Browntown and Nellie Zoeller of Monroe in a collision at 5 p.m. at 13th Ave and 12th St with no injuries. Marley Norton’s parked car hit by Ernest Schwarz of Monroe in the 1700 block of Tenth St at 3:45 p.m.. a hit-and-run damaged Danny Krattiger’s car in the High School lot. Police investigating.
Amelia Marty 83 of rural Belleville died Thursday September 19 in a Madison hospital. Services at 2 p.m. Monday September 23 at Becker Funeral Home with burial in Paoli Cemetery. Surviving daughter Lennis Sias two sisters Anna Wittner and Albert Richards a brother Jacob Duerst and two grandchildren. Husband Matt D. Marty was killed in 1963 when a tractor overturned at his Basco area farm.
Army Specialist Four William M. Leutenegger, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Leutenegger of Monroe, helps Company B, 93d Engineer Battalion construct the largest combat heliport near Dong Tam. The 160 acre site will house 152 riveted helipads for 9th Infantry Division helicopters, with protection from mortar fire. Leutenegger, who enlisted in July 1966 after basic at Fort Bragg and service in Germany, arrived in Vietnam last December. His wife Peggy lives at Beloit, and he attended Monticelio High School.
A newspaper summary reports on Medicare cost shifts affecting hospitalized patients and nursing care. It notes daily patient charges rising from 11 to 22 dollars and a 20 day free period if entering a nursing home, plus a raised 5.50 per day rate for days 21 through 100. It also discusses Cohen’s plan to cover doctors’ fees, potentially easing the four dollar monthly premium for seniors, funded by Social Security and employer and government matches.
Norman Cousins announced McCall's paid $1 million for reprint and broadcast rights to the manuscript. He said the cash price of $40 a word was the largest ever for such material. The magazine will feature the article on newsstands October 22, with a normal press run of 8.5 million copies.
The text lists election committee members with roles across districts. Washington: Wasserstrass as chairman, Ritschard as vice chairman, Schlittler as member, Brunner as first alternate, Hess as second alternate. York: Winden as chairman, Klassy as vice chairman, Paulson as member, Hendrickson as first alternate, Hermanson as second.
Orangeville area church news notes a Co operative Methodist Churches meeting set for 8 p m Wednesday September 25 in the Zion United Methodist Church Educational Unit. Douglas Knight and Bill Pengra undertake a two week trip across Western States and Mexico. Thomas Durtschi a 19 year old from Albany enters St Clare Hospital as a medical patient. Thomas Albright age 23 months enters St Clare Hospital as a medical patient. The Kubly family of 703 21st Street welcomes son Terry Allyn born September 18 at St Clare Hospital. siblings Jodi Kay and Timothy Douglas. Grandparents Mr and Mrs George Kochsmeier Forreston IL. great grandfather William Kochsmeier, Forreston IL.
Mrs. Esther Retrum Moen 55 Blanchardville dies in a Madison hospital following months of illness. She married Irving Moon in 1935 and lived and farmed in Waldwick and Blanchardville before moving to Blanchardville in 1958. Survived by husband two daughters two sons her mother and siblings nine grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Monday at Perry Lutheran Church with burial in Perry Cemetery.
Oneco Home Extension will meet with Mrs. Eva Daughenbaugh at 1 30 p m on Wednesday September 25. Roll call answers will recall Memory of a Parent. Major lesson Changing Role of Parents by Mrs. Robert Wild and Mrs. Kenneth Burington. Minor lesson Good Looks from Within by Mrs. Fred Neuenschwander.
The Chambers couple will mark their 34th wedding anniversary at Rhode's in Madison with a family dinner tonight. Their four children are expected to attend including Mr and Mrs Victor Chambers of Chicago, Mrs Judith (Chambers) Smith of Janesville, Mr and Mrs Neil (Ruth) Jones of Watertown, and Stephen at home. Chambers is a former Green County sheriff, former alderman and former president of the Monroe City Council.
Edwin Schenk was elected president of the St. John's United Church of Christ Couples Club at a Sept. 16 meeting in the church lounge. Arley Vogel became vice president and Mrs. Nancy Schindler was secretary treasurer. A program on Communion was conducted. Rev. Milton Petzold and Tony Goerlitz led devotions. The Fresh Air film was shown and calls to shut-ins were discussed. The next meeting will be with the School of Religion.
Fifth graders Jane Milestone and Barbara Hartwig celebrate Wisconsin as a land of lakes, forests, and plenty. They praise schools, colleges, transport, and dairy production while linking each letter of Wisconsin to local riches and traditions.
Herman Stuessy of Monroe will discuss his Around The World trip at the Green County Shrine Club regular meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday September 24 at the Swiss Wheel Fred Kubly president says plans for a joint October meeting with Freeport will be discussed during the session
Capt Allen Luther Lew and family spent days with grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Buehler. Capt Lewis of Jasper Indiana returned from Vietnam service and is reassigned to Fort Sill Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Rusphery returned to Muskegon Michigan after funeral of her brother in law and visits with Burke sisters. Mrs DeVoe Schumacher Speich and Neuenschwander returned from a northern trip to Bayfield Madeline Island and central Wisconsin.
Democrats plan a Second Congressional District dinner honoring Congressman Kas tenmeier of Watertown with U S Senator William Proxmire as featured speaker. The event at the Robbie Schneider New Glarus Hotel includes a cocktail hour at 6 30 p m and dinner at 7 30 p m on Saturday October 19 open to the public with tickets five dollars per person and ten dollars per couple. Proceeds benefit party activities and include orchestra music and dancing after. Also note Tina Marie, adopted daughter of Keith and Mrs Ginner of Monroe, born July 14 with grandparents Mrs Zella Ginner, Peter Meyer, and great maternal grandmother Mrs Ella Lehman.
Football scores from Wisconsin prep games list numerous teams including Fort Atkinson Monroe Jefferson Madison Memorial Madison Central Madison East Madison West Barneveld Belmont Highland Hanover Shullsburg Potosi Evansville Delavan-Darien Darlington Dodgeville River Valley Cassville New Glarus Orfordville Blanchardville Belleville Brodhead South Wayne Juba clustered with verbatim lines. A community notices section follows detailing weddings, dinners, visits, confirmations, and anniversaries across towns including Middleton, Beloit, Madison, Mount Horeb, Argyle, Janesville, New Glarus, Monroe, and more with many names and places. The entries note social events such as dinners, birthday cakes, confirmations, weekend visits, and the 75th anniversary at Apple Grove Church. The prose preserves era-typical household and church activities with multiple family ties and regional places mentioned.
A large group attended the Rosenstiel-Solace wedding at First United Methodist Church in Freeport. Guests included Lynden Lenker, Adam Zweifel, Roy Wagner, LaVerne Baylor and many more from Monroe Brodhead Browntown Lena and nearby communities. Shrinking the text to key facts, the report notes baptisms, dinners, and family visits around the event as well as a funeral attended by the Sowards pair and local residents.
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