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Monticello Express (Newspaper) - July 2, 1986, Monticello, Iowa If This Box Is Checked Your Subscription Will Soon Expire Special souvenir edition The Monticello t 52240 ress July 1986 Volume Number 27 3 84 Pages 40 Cents 111 East Grand Iowa 52310 The spirit is alive and celebration kicks off on Thursday by Mike Kent When Gus Norlin first proposed a sesquicentennial celebra tion in Monticello back in July his hope then was to merely draw the publics attention to a significant year in local two years that initial proposal has turned into an event that has earned statewide The Monticello Heritage Sesquicentennial after months of careful and extensive will be held this Ju ly with preliminary festivities to get under way on Thursday July I wanted to see one and weve ended up with a said who has since become the events with Marcia Im The farthest thought from my mind was that it would turn into what it has turned Gabriel added she has been amazed and proud of what has been able to The willingness of people in the community to take an active role in planning the upcoming she has been Tonight Monday evening we needed a crew to get chairs to set up at the Gabriel and we had 50 people show And while we were setting up on the am a whole bunch of people were practicing for the From this point on I cant be no matter what During the first few meetings held in late 1984 and early there was considerable concern over how well local residents and businesses would respond to the proposed It didnt take long to ease those According to over 15 percent of the peo ple in Monticello and the rural area responded Norlin believes half the community has had some type of involvement in the planning and organizing stages that will lead up to this weekends If I had any doubts as to whether the community could get bound together or respond to an appeal for the community I dont have them he Its the Norlin I came to Monticello 40 years ago that spirit had manifested and it has grown People have discovered The spirit will really come alive on Thursday evening when the celebration kicks off at Loops Thats where the big band sounds of Al Pierson and his orchestra will be along with the crowning of a new Miss Monticello and the introduction of sesquicentennial The celebration will then move into high gear on and continue right on through Sunday Many events and activities will fill the entire weekend details are outlined elsewhere in this special sesquicentennial issue of The Mon Everything has fallen into Gabriel This is like a a big birthday party we hope people will be loose and and have a big good Sesqui quilt bid oi accepted Only one bid was submitted for the special quilt made in honor of the Monticello Heritage Sesquicentennial but it was good enough to On Monday members of the quilt committee and general sesquicentennial committee members opened the bid of Glen and Marcia Gabriel of Their bid was and was An advance payment of was Marcia who cochairs the ses said she was hap py to be awarded the but was disap pointed that there were no additional It certainly was advertised enough and displayed she with balloons HANS PETER ROTH OF SWITZERLAND left is greeted with a bunch of balloons by his host family Brett center and Peg Arduser Hans Peter Roth was one of 48 AFS students to visit Monticello for three days before returning to their native Photo by Bullock Express fo close for Fourth of July Because of the Fourth of July holi The Monticello Express office will be closed on The Express will be open on Saturday from 8 to Because of the holiday and upcoming Monticello Heritage Sesquicentennial Express advertisers are encouraged to have their copy ready before if The Express advertising staff would greatly appreciate the cooperation of the merchants in this Sesqui events Events and sched ules for the Monticello Heritage tennial Section Local leather craftsman explains how he got page News of Record Page The B Side Assault and Battery on page The life of a pioneer woman was a hard page Money A new column in the Monticello page Family history The histories of some of oldest Sec tion

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