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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1964
Page
1
Calvin Kraemer outlines National 4H Club Week in Green County noting the 50th anniversary of the Cooperative Extension Service and listing 4-H projects and activities. He invites youth and parents to participate and to contact the Green County Extension Office for details.
Mrs. Hanselmann Elisa Pluess Hanselmann 79 wife of retired cheesemaker died at 3 20 this morning at 1517 15th avenue after a lingering illness. Born July 25 1885 in Switzerland she married Oscar Hanselmann July 4 1918 in Switzerland. They came to America in 1927 settling in Monroe area. Survived by husband three daughters Elsie Van Wagoner Oxford Mich Ann Esther Potter Chicago a brother Ernest Pluess Switzerland eight grandchildren. Services 1 30 p m Saturday Stuessy funeral home Rev Wesley Burns Church of the Nazarene officiating Burial Greenwood cemetery. Friends may call Friday afternoon.
Adult leaders are essential to the 4 H program and oversee training for members. The article lists officers including Larry Klassy as president and Howard Keehn as vice president, with a large executive committee and several club leaders across Green County.
LaBrosse bound over to Dane County Circuit Court in Madison on burglary charges for breaking and entering Smith Lumber Co. at Brooklyn on July 12. Held in jail on a $2,500 bond after escaping Green County jail with Kenneth Roehl. both later tied to Flynn's TV burglary in Brodhead and auto theft cases. Roehl already sentenced to Green Bay state reformatory.
You can become a 4-H member if you will be at least nine years old and have not reached your 19th birthday on Jan 1 1965 Enrollment is open through Jan 1 for a one year period and requires completing and returning a membership card with project choices Membership cards are available from 4-H leaders or the Green County Extension Office New members may join any of 30 clubs or start a new one A minimum of five members and one leader is needed to form a new club For more information contact the Green County Extension Office in Monroe.
Detroit man William Gravlin, released from a mental hospital last year after his wife urged leniency, is accused of murdering his wife Bette 40 and seven relatives. Prosecutor William Lang says Gravlin admitted using an ax and hammer on his wife, daughter Bette Sue 5, and stepchildren Ben 17 Judy 16 Corrie 15 Paul 12 Walter 10.
Four Winnebago County jail escapees were recaptured after fleeing the courthouse break. Lester Hirte of Oshkosh was caught near New London hiding in a truck. James W. Buth of Shawano was arrested in Shawano County, while brothers Rodney and Ronald Kher of Oshkosh were returned to custody.
Milwaukee man Jack J. Reiter, 21, died after plunging 275 feet to a wooden platform inside a chimney under construction for an addition to the Wisconsin Electric Power Co plant in suburban Oak Creek. The accident occurred Tuesday during the project work.
Monroe adult vocational school outlines new evening classes starting next week. Reading Acceleration with Patt Van Dyke aims to boost speed and comprehension for professionals in 10 sessions Thursdays. Key Punch with Jessie Holcomb covers IBM card handling in 14 sessions Tuesdays and Thursdays. Holiday Foods with Deana House runs eight sessions Thursdays featuring cookies breads salads and a Christmas buffet. Electronics with Edmund Anderson teaches circuit basics and transistors Tuesdays using RCA trainer. Spanish for Travelers by Edward Grabow focuses on conversation Tuesdays. Human Relations for Credit Personnel by Mr Owens runs Thursdays for bank and retail staff. Pottery and Ceramics by Joyce Blunk starts with beginning methods.
A meeting at the junior high school discussed establishing a city school safety patrol and crossing program. Fran Eckerman of the Wisconsin AAA presented a film and explained patrol duties and community responsibilities, noting patrols have long served schools nationwide and in Wisconsin.
Los Angeles County approves a “work or off relief” proviso for welfare. The board envisions field hand labor on farms, traditionally done by Mexican bracero workers. Officials say unemployed relief recipients refuse work, and the bracero program ends December 31. Debs notes able-bodied relief recipients avoid school or training.
Firemen were called to the Johnson residence at 1629 19th Street yesterday at 3 45 p m to extinguish a grease fire below stove burners. Fire Chief Josef J Benkert said the stove was not damaged and there was minor smoke damage.
A reservoir breach near Macherla in Andhra Pradesh caused vast flooding. Early reports indicate heavy loss of life as towns were submerged under rising waters.
A seven member German dairy delegation will overnight in Monroe on Tuesday Oct 6 with an interpreter and tour Green County Co op Cheese Factory at 1324 12th street the next morning. They will observe muenster making and inspect Swiss cheese in the curing rooms at 8 30 a m.
The Senate report on its two year Estes inquiry criticizes disinterest in the Agriculture Department’s handling of Billie Sol Estes phony cotton deals. It notes actions by Secretary Orville Freeman halted Estes schemes after concerns were raised. Estes remains free on bond while appealing fraud convictions related to fertilizer dealings. Two Republicans, Curtis and Mundt, allege department officials showed favoritism and were inept, while the basic findings were adopted with additional statements from multiple leaders.
About 600 Boy Scouts will deliver 3 500 Good Turn Day bags in Green County ahead of Good Turn Day on Saturday October 10. Local units are led by Robert Williams Wesley Wandflith Arthur Whipple Thomas Holyoke Lowell Stuessy James R Gordee Gary Scherer and Daren Friedrichs with district leaders in Monticello Blanchardville Argyle Woodford Browntown and Juda. Parents and other volunteers will assist.
The National Labor Relations Board upheld that Kohler Co. unfair labor practices spurred a 1954 strike and ordered 57 of 77 striking workers reinstated with back pay dating to January 26, 1962. Seventeen strikers were denied reinstatement for violence against nonstrikers and families, and three others had died.
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