Monti's Track Meet Opens With Anamosa Independence
Monticello Opens track season this afternoon at 4 p m with a triangular against Anamosa and Independence. Anamosa holds the state indoor title earned March 24 at Iowa City with standout performers including Dick Watkins Denny Larson and Don Norton. Independence shows promise with sprinters a miler and a jumper. Monti prepares under Shugart for a spring schedule beginning with a Marion triangular on April 10 against Anamosa and Marion.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Independence
Black Panthers
Towa City
Blue Raidergy
Raider
Dick Watkins
Iowa City
Denny Larson
Don Norton
Raiders
Independence Mustangs
Monti
Panthers
WaMac
Shugart
Marion
Hunting and fishing licenses on sale for 1955 56 year
The Conservation Commission reminds residents licenses for 1955 56 expire March 31. New licenses are available April 1 from the county recorder's office conservation officers and sporting stores. Resident fishing licenses required for males 16 and over. women 16 plus may fish in state lakes without other waters licenses. Resident hunting licenses required for all wall hunters. landowners and children may hunt fish and trap on their lands without a license.
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Ter’ Abd
Thelrate Conservation Commission
County Recorder’s
Melody Masters Quartet Stirs Monticello With Library Programs
Stokes Melody Masters, a male quartet, performed two programs in Monticello this week. They presented an hour long show at the Community Building Monday night under Sacred Heart school sponsorship and gave a second program at the public high school on Tuesday morning. The program featured spirituals folk songs popular melodies and several monologues.
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Stokes
Melody Masters
Monticello
Sacred Heart School
Summer Baseball Starts Sunday in Monticello
The Monticello Sports Association outlines the summer baseball program at a Sunday meeting at the fairground jet. John Behn, business manager, says the session begins at 1 p.m. and invites all men interested in playing. A. H. Hobart Sr. is the team manager.
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Monticello
Fairground
John Behn
Monticello Sports Associatoin
A. H. Hobart, Sr
Monticello Sports Social Draws About 200 Attendees
Approximately 200 persons attended the Monticello Sports Association social held Tuesday night at the Gun Club building. Funds from ticket sales will promote sports, especially the kiddie league, with lunch, refreshments, entertainment, and prizes provided. Nine local merchants contributed prizes: Smittys Langs Rickless Schultz Bros Gambles Western Auto Acme Electric Ace Hardware Edwards and McNeills Hardware.
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Monticello Sports Association
John Behn
Behn
Focal
Smitty’ S
Lang's
Rickless
Schultz Bros
Gambles
Western Auto
Acme Electric
Ace Hardware
Edwards
McNeill’s Hardware
Monti Juniors Attend WaMac Career Day
Monticello high school sent 71 juniors and four chaperones to the WaMac career day at Mt. Vernon on the Cornell college campus. Over 600 students from eight conference schools participated in a full day of occupational presentations. Ray Bryan of Iowa State College led the event with discussions from labor unions civil service newspapers beauty salons ministers and other fields.
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Monticello High School
WaMac
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College
Vance Stead
Monticello
Ray Bryan
Iowa State College
Ames
Boyd Shannon
Ray Stumbaugh
Bob Reed
Mildred Griffith
Castle Grove Health Council Meets at Sacred Heart Church
The Jones County Health council gathered at Sacred Heart church Monticello Tuesday evening for a potluck supper and meeting with about 32 members present. Dr John Fraser introduced guest speaker Mr Keppel of Water loo who discussed company shoes for people with crippled feet unable to find fits elsewhere.
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Castle Grove
Jones County Health Council
Sacred Heart Church
Monticello
George A. Rickels
Francis Miller
Max Specht
John Wilcox
Margaret Wismeier
Ida Cass
George Harris
John Fraser
Keppel
Waterloo
Earl Keegan
Eugene Hall
Wilbur Cartano
Clarence Eberhart
George Rickels
Sacred Heart Parish Hall
de Wain Thompson
Art Weber
Delbert Weber
Clarence Stadtmueller
Earl Benedict
Stadtmueller
Joe Powers
Fred Powers
Elmer Dunn
Paul
Gladys
Dubuque
Cathie
Connie
Chris Shelley
Gloria Kromminga
Delmar King
Community Guests Attend Dinners and Visits Across Iowa
Local families share meals and visits across Langworthy Anamosa Buck Creek Center Junction and nearby towns. Notable events include college completion by James Heiken Ames Iowa State and employment with Swift and Co Chicago. Attendees also join cancer society kick off dinner and various confirmation and social gatherings with relatives and friends.
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John Oltmann
Brednor
G. A. Ommen
Langworthy
Gerald Weber
Art Weber
Delbert Weber
Junior DeShaw
Dougie
Chuck
Donald Weber
James Heiken
Louis Heiken
Iowa State College
Ames
Swift and Co
Chicago
Francis Miller
George A. Rickels
Cancer Society
Court House
Anamosa
Delmar King
Boyd
Keith
Karen
Herman Reth
Dinners Visits and Civic News Reported in Monticello Area
Sunday and weekday gatherings show neighbors from Monticello and nearby towns visiting in homes of Eberhart Weber King and Alferts. Lightning-started fire damages Paul Black basement kitchen. Monti cello Fire saved the house. Royal Rangers 4 H club to host mothers supper April 4 at Peniel church.
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Louie Alferts
Harold
Garriet Harris
Sherri Buol
Henry Folkers
Folkers
Herman Reth
Mary
Evonne
Kenneth
Velma Reth
Carl Zauche
Peosia
Marilee
Fred Kromminga
Richard Shelley
Delmar King
Karen
Fred Blohm
Herman Roth
Castle Grove
Paul Black
Monticello
Clarence Eberhart
Barbara
Wilbur McChristy
John McDonald Hospital
Royal Rangers
Peniel Presbyterian Church
Walther League Roller Skating Party in Cedar Rapids
Walther League members from St. John's Lutheran church enjoyed a roller skating party at Cedar Roller Rink in Cedar Rapids on March 27. Attendees included Allan Stenzel Carla Folkers Dale Heeren Dean Rickels Ed Zimmerman Edna J Zimmerman Glen Heeren Jim Zimmerman Jo Marie Rickels Lawrence Heeren Ronald Eden Sharon Zimmerman Suzie Shoop Tom Rhatigan and Alice Jacobs. Reverend August K. Stenzel accompanied the group.
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Walther League of St. John’s Lutheran Church
Cedar Roller Rink
Cedar Rapids
Allan Stenzel
Carla Folkers
Dale Heeren
Dean Rickels
Ed Zimmerman
Edna J. Zimmerman
Glen Heeren
Jim Zimmerman
Jo Marie Rickels
Lawrence Heeren
Ronald Eden
Sharon Zimmerman
Suzie Shoop
Tom Rhatigan
Alice Jacobs
August K. Stenzel
Easter Guests Visit Local Families in Updated Notes
Mr and Mrs Dale McDonald and family were Eastern dinner guests in the Paul McDonald home. Mr and Mrs Patrick Dearborn of Clarence were Easter Sunday guests in the parental James Morrissey home. Wilma Doris Yount of Cedar Rapids spent Easter weekend in the parental Dalco Yount home.
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Monticello
Kenneth Brown
Mt. Vernon
Earl Griffith
Buck Creek
Marvin Stahlberg
Raymond Porter
Clarence Stadtmueller
Susan
Paul Stadtmueller
Mike
Marion
James Stadtmueller
H. C. Ford
Anamosa
Robert Rickels
Mrs
Dale McDonald
Paul McDonald
Patrick Dearborn
Clarence
James Morrissey
Wilma Doris Yount
Cedar Rapids
Dalco Yount
Theresa Albany
Marc McDonalds
Linda
John Albany
Rose Ann
Cogeon
Vernon, Payne
Archie Payne
R. E. Lux
William Lux
James
David
Scott
Julia
Robert
Lux
Danny
Barbara
Sarah Lux
Clarence Hageman
John Hageman
Ralph Hageman
Don Wilson
Claire Wheeless
Minnie Wheeless
Lawrence Porter
Michael
O. B. Pennington
Iowa City
Louis Slauson
Cedar. Rapids
Hopkinton Holds Last Rites For Mrs Gratke
Mrs. Joe Gratke 60 of Strawberry Point died suddenly March 28 while visiting Hopkinton. Funeral held at Gill chapel Strawberry Point. burial in Strawberry Point cemetery. Survived by husband, daughter, three grandchildren, and sister.
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Hopkinton
Joe Gratke
Strawberry Point
Ronald Lambert
Lambert
Gill
Robert Grupp
First Presbyterian Church
Belle DeShaw
Gilbert and
Lulubelle Saunders DeShaw
Lenox College
Addie Higgs
Dixon, Ill
Hopkinton Woman Weds Lost Nation Man in Delhi Ceremony
Mrs. Anna Casteel of Hopkinton and Chester E. Wilson of Lost Nation were married at the Delhi Methodist parsonage on a Wednesday evening. Rev. David Saunders and Rev. L. F. Gaither officiated. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Marvin LeClerc. A wedding dinner for 25 followed at the Wilson sister’s home. The couple will reside in Lost Nation where Wilson holds real estate interests.
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Anna Casteel
Hopkinton
Chester E. Wilson
Lost Nation
Methodist Parsonage
Delhi
David Saunders
Buck Creek
L. F. Gaither
Marvin LeClerc
Mr. Wilson
Gerald Littlefield
Easter Socials and Family News From Hop kinton and Surrounding Areas
Rev and Mrs F E Allen entertained at dinner honoring Ray Joseph of Pittsburgh senior at Reformed Presbyterian seminary who aided Easter communion. Guests included Andrew Patton Loretta Gladbrook R P Joseph Thomas. Darnells hit two men in melee near Miles car damaged. Darnells run South Side tavern. Several families reported Easter dinners hospitalizations and visits. vacation returns. navy man Kent Wallace home on leave. residents visited by family and friends across Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota.
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F. E. Allen
Ray Joseph
Pittsburgh
Reformed Presbyterian Seminary
Andrew Patton
Loretta
Gladbrook
R. P. Joseph
Thomas
Dwight Darnell
Mt. Carroll
Til
Illnois
Miles
Carl Robinson
Monticello
Junior Saunders
Belmond
Russell Saunders
Clifford Saunders
Thomas Saunders
Jack Annis
Central City
Hopkinton
Ernest Garlick
University Hospital
Iowa City
Andy Smith
Veteran’s Hospital
Robert Burns
Lloyd Burdick
James
Robert
H. M. Reeve
Oklahoma
Mexico
Texas
Edward Drake
San Diego
Calif
Henry Behrends
Sand Springs
P. R. Wheeless
Randall Morgan
Minneapolis
Typing Contest Open To County Students
Jones county seniors eligible for the eighth annual state typing and business personality contest at the American Institute of Business in Des Moines on Saturday April 21. Entrants must type 50 words a minute for 10 minutes with no more than 10 errors to compete for awards.
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Jones County
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
E. O. Fenton
4-H Week Promotes Sportsmanship and Garden Plans
Jerry Parsons and Helen Tucker praise 4-H motto in a Washington Tigers vs Wyoming Pioneers game highlighting fair play. Builders discuss clothing selection with Colleen Hay and Dennis Larson modeling. Garden projects begin in April with peas radishes lettuce and other seeds urged for planting this week. Castle Grove Royal Rangers plan a boys club mothers activity to boost project work.
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Iowa 4-H
Washington Tigers
Wyoming Pioneers
Castle Grove Royal Rangers
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B. M. Ferguson
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Davenport
E. A. Dunlap
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Charles Reggentine
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Tony Feldman
Earlville
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Maquoketa
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Donald Jones
Ed Jones
Los Angeles
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Town Wesleyan College
E. W. Mussmann
Mrs. Reggentine
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