Cheese Brings Smiles as Sunny Wisconsin Week Ends
Wonderful Wisconsin Week closes in Monroe with Hospitality Day. Erna Rottler reports strong coopera tion for the final day and cheese donations from Green County Pre Pak, Roger Cheese, Dorman’s, Trumpy’s Monroe Cheese, Pauly Cheese. Swiss girls handed out samples on the square while cheese dishes and a fondue demo drew crowds.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Erna Rottler
Pauly Cheese Company
Darlene Rainer
Lynn Humbel
Jan Schillinger
Shelly Kubly
Shelly Elliott
Swiss Colony
Kroger
A and P
LaBuch
PDQ
Sentry
Eagle
Bernet
Baumgartner’s
Meyer Cheese Shop
Boyd Elliott
Ron Johnson
Jerry Bartholf
Keith Seward
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Seward
Chamber and Greater Wisconsin Foundation
College Night Set for Sept 30 At Monroe High
The Monroe High guidance department invites juniors and seniors to College Night on Monday September 30 at 7 30 p m in the Lecture Hall. Parents and students from about 30 area schools are invited to hear short talks from colleges universities nursing schools and trade schools plus armed forces representatives. James L Haas guidance director reports. Turn to No 1 Back Page.
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Guidance Department
Monroe High School
James L. Haas
Prominent Swiss In golds Family Mourns Mrs Deppeler
Mrs. Alice Clara Deppeler 80 of 1313 22nd Ave Monroe died at 11 25 am Saturday Sept 21 in St Clare Hospital after a cerebral stroke Sept 8. Born March 30 1888 in Canton Bern Switzerland she came to Monroe in 1892. She married Fred Deppeler Feb 15 1909 in St Johns United Church of Christ. The couple operated a Swiss importing store and later cheese factories in Green County and Monticello.
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I. R. Kittelsen
25Th Ave
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Kittelsen
Ingelbert R. Kittelsen
Ole and
Christina Anderson Kittelsen
Attica
Green County
Albany High School
Whitewater State University
St. John’s United Church of Christ, Monroe
Louise Zimmerli
P. A. Schuh
Albany
Stevens Point
St. John's Church
Masonic Lodge
Ingolds
Fred Deppeler
22Nd Ave
Alice Clara Ingold
Ferdinand and
Marie Mueller Ingold
Canton Bern
Switzerland
Munetti Ingold
Shecs
St. John’s United Church
Wittenwyler
Highway 39
Swine Show Draws Good Turnout at Green County Fairgrounds
Farm Editor OLLIE FINE reports strong crowds and quality at the Fall market hog show. A total of 130 hogs were exhibited, up from 1967 and double the first show in Brodhead. Five Green County youths will travel to Madison for Oscar Mayer judging. Grand champion barrow was Aaron Digman. reserve to Gerald Zuhlke. FFA judging teams crowned Clinton FFA, Monroe, and Belleville in order.
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Ollie Fine
Evening Times
George Hartman
Green County Fairgrounds
Brodhead
Hartman
Green County
Madison
Oscar Mayer
Myron Jeglum
John Mahlxuch
Bill Zuhlke
Clinton Zettle
Paul Klitzman
Green County Extension Office
County Swine Producers’ Association
County Agricultural Chest
Barrow
Aaron Digman
Gerald Zuhlke
FFA
Clinton Ffa
Monroe
Belleville
Market Barrow
David Fahey
Betty Coleman
Laurie Bagley
Julie Mauerman
Ted Fahey
Karen Mauerman
Janet Beach
Harland Mahlkuch
Richard Coleman
Janet Mauerman
Belinda Zettle
Kent Klitzman
Purebred Barrow
Melvin Updike
Bill Deininger
Duane Beach
Fred Feldt
Lloyd Deininger
John Popanz
John Mahlbuch Sr
Fred Giesler
University of Wisconsin
Bill Endrulat
Bud Sedgwick
Monroe Milling
Clinton
Steve Lang
John Paynter
Leon Clester
Dean Bissouw
Gene Taylor
Monroe Ffa
Larry Sommers
Gary Sippel
Taryn Nall
Jim Allen
Ken Allen
Belleville Ffa
Dan Short
Greg Wolff
Stan Keehn
Ken Kramer
Mike van Buskirk
Durand, Ill
Larry Somme
Televised Bake Off Contest Finalists Named
Residents urged to watch the district Bake-Off broadcast on WKOW Channel 27 Madison. Donald Witt of Monticello and Mrs. Witt compete with other finalists during June Dairy Month. Sesame Swiss Cheese Loaf is Witt’s recipe. Luella Mortenson hosts interviews. a special prize awaits the winner.
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Donald Witt
Monticello
Green County
WKOW
Madison
Wisconsin traffic toll reaches 834 with weekend deaths
The 1968 Wisconsin highway toll rose to 834 after five weekend deaths. Victims include John Deback 29 of Waterford on Highway 36 near Burlington and his wife Jeanette 24 who was critically injured. Other victims were Rodney Farr 21 of Waupun Kevin OConnor 17 of Viroqua Lloyd Greenwood 40 of Wauwatosa Willie Morgan 29 of Milwaukee Priscilla Cox 11 of Milwaukee and Rudolph Bowman 68 of Duluth. Bowman was a fireman aboard the S S Reiss in Ashland. Gallup Poll finds most Americans favor national primaries over conventions for selecting presidential candidates.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
John Deback
Waterford
Burlington
Jeanette
Racine
Rodney A. Farr
Waupun
Green Lake County
Kevin O'Connor
Viroqua
Vernon County
Lloyd Greenwood
Wauwatosa
New Berlin
Milwaukee
Willie Morgan
Priscilla Cox
Rudolph C. Bowman
Duluth
Minn
Ashland
Space race fuels Soviet lead and lunar roundtrip claim
AP News in Brief reports the Soviet Union recovered an unmanned spacecraft after circling the moon, while Sir Bernard Lovell predicts a manned lunar orbit within months and James Webb warns the feat could shift global power. In Washington, tensions rise as Catholic dissenters walk out over Cardinal O Boyle’s edict against birth control.
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Moscow
Indian Ocean
Bernard Lovell
Britain
James E. Webb
U.S
Washington
Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle
Top 4-H Members Named Schlapbach Gets FB Course Grant
Kenneth Schlapbach, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Hans Schlapbach Albany Route 1, wins the Green County Farm Bureau Women Scholarship in Agriculture worth 200 to attend the University of Wisconsin Farm Short Course in Madison. He was a 1968 Albany High School graduate and active 4-H and FFA member with NHS honors.
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Kenneth Schlapbach
Hans Schlapbach
Albany
Green County Farm Bureau
University of Wisconsin Farm
Madison
Green County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Schlapbach
Albany High School
FFA
Secertary
Swiss Visitors Tour Monroe Shaped by Swiss Roots
Five Berne Indiana residents of Swiss descent toured Monroe on a week-long trip visiting the Monroe Evening Times. Miss Florine Fluckinger, a subscriber, expressed interest in how the newspaper is published. The group traced Swiss ties through family origins and noted Monroe’s Swiss architecture during visits to Wisconsin Dells New Glarus Manitowoc and Bloomington.
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Berne
Indiana
Switzerland
Monroe
Mary Ann Lehman
Edna
Linda Liechty
Pearl Nichols
Ind
Michigan
Manitowoc
Wisconsin Dells
New Glarus
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Vietnam
Supreme Court
Albert
Gilbert Jelinger
Jeliner
Princeton
N.J
Gallup
AP News
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Paul VI
Cardinal O'Boyle
St. Matthew's
Tujunga, Calif.ori
Miss Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
National Honor Society
Badger Boys State
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