Monroe High School - M Book Yearbook (Monroe, WI)

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 CHEESE DAY Green County's Gold —the Swiss cheese—was honored twenty-two years ago at the first Cheese Day festival ever to be held in Monroe. What a gala day that was! Parades, free food, public dances, and Swiss yodeling—all were contributed by interested townspeople who tripped about in festive garb for the sake of their home industry. What was the genesis of this great occasion? queried strangers attending the event. They discovered that Sauerkraut Day, which is observed in Foreston, Illinois, gave several ambitious citizens an idea. Deciding to play up Green County's chief industry, these men, who included Louis Kohli, Henry Leuenberger, Paul Ruf, J. T. Etter, Dr. R. B. Clark, and Grant Weber,set to work and evolved the Cheese Day idea which has been kept up to the present day. Although only cheese was featured in the public eye at the first celebration, the merchants achieved other record-breaking sales by luring the holiday purse. Nineteen thirty-five dawned and the last Cheese Day arrived! Rain drenched the clothing (but not the spirits) of the huge crowds drawn to Monroe. Happily, the sun soon came out, and the parade,more lavish and decorative than ever before, was presented to the appreciative public. One senior girl, Elaine Bartling, presided over her own small class on the school float,which bore the distinguishing sign, Monroe Schools - The Cream of the Cheese. Monroe High School was represented in the parade by others as well, but the most outstanding participant was Katherine Baltzer, senior ,who .winning her post through her excellent Ull standing, headed the parade on the royal float as attendant to the queen. 24

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