City discusses pipeline locations and library parking plan
Representatives of Peoples outlined proposed pipeline routes while the council reviews franchise control. Ray Fluckiger asks for two 15 minute parking zones by the East Grand library and a sign for private librarian parking. The council will address these items and a meeting with Hillcrest residents. Beer permits are granted to Hi-way Market and Monticello Golf Club. Council members present include Hearn, Miller, Sims, Dave Miller, and Kuriger. Roger Hahn of Hargrave Construction settles last summer’s street work account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Fluckiger
Library Board
East Grand
Hoag
Roger Hahn
Hargrave Construction Cd
Monticello Golf Club
Gilbert Hearn
Roy Miller
Burt Sims
Dave Miller
Bernard Kuriger
Andy Strittmatter
John Behn
Monticello High Names Honor Roll for Third Nine Weeks
Monticello Community High School released the third nine weeks honor roll. Principal Vance Stead announced the list across grades including Ronald Keener Kenneth Kephart Jerry Long Gordon Dierks Joann Ballou Donald Folkers Tom Greenawald John Fraser and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Community High School
Vance Stead
Ronald Keener
Kenneth Kephart
Jerry Long
Kenneth Roth
Stanley Wolken
Margaret Behrends
Maxine Crow
Mary Ehits
Cathy Hall
Jill Husmann
Lois Mellor
District Court Seeks Attachment in Ward Suit
District Court considers issuance of a writ of attachment against Leonard and Betty Ward in a debt case filed by R S Bronemann for $678.95 on a note dated Nov 2 1960. The note required monthly payments of $30 from Dec 2 1960 and seven percent interest from Apr 1 1961 plus costs. In a separate foreclosure suit the State Board of Social Welfare seeks judgments in rem totaling $4,615.80 against Onslow real estate and $9,146.60 against David A Henderson and related properties for old age assistance and funeral expenses. Defendants named include Mabel Wilde Marjorie Henderson Archie Henderson Julia Henderson Elmina Semuk Tom Henderson James Taylor Genevieve Taylor and others with unknown spouses and heirs. Defendants must appear by May 11 1961. An account suit on Mar 29 granted Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co $239.36 plus costs against Raymond Kleis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R S. Bronemann
Leonard
Betty Ward
State Board
State Board of Social Welfare
Mabel Wilde
Marjorie Henderson
Archie Henderson
Julia Henderson
Elmina E. Semuk
Tom A Henderson
Jessie Henderson
Ronald Passage
Tena Grahm
Kate Robinson
Alexander Taylor
Frieda Taylor
James Taylor
Flora Taylor
William Taylor
Thomas Taylor
Frances Taylor
David Taylor
Genevieve Taylor
Jessie A. McKinnon
David A. Henderson
Robert Henderson
William A. Henderson
Tom Henderson
George Henderson
John Henderson
Jeannie Johnson
Maggie Taylor
Iowa
Onslow
Jones County
David A
Anamosa Boy Injured In Traffic Accident
A 16 year old Anamosa boy Ahen Lawrence Ulferts was driving a pickup on the county line road ten miles west of Monticello when the vehicle left the road and struck a field access drive. He was taken to University hospital Iowa City with a possible skull fracture. Passengers Ernest Alferts 14 and David Dahl 11 suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ahen Lawrence Ulferts
Ulferts
University Hospital
Iowa City
Alferts
Ernest Alferts
David Dahl
Tips For Tornado Spotting In Midwestern Regions
The Dubuque weather bureau urges public help to spot tornadoes and severe thunderstorms during tornado season. Report sightings to the county sheriff during or within 30 minutes after a storm to aid warnings. Provide location relative to towns, direction and speed of movement, and time seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Dubuque
Commmon
Gordon Westhoff Named By Catholic Students
Gordon Westhoff a Sacred Heart high school junior in Monti cello was chosen as one of six board members of the Dubuque Archdiocesan Union of the Catholic Students Mission Crusade at a meeting Monday in Independence. Others attending from here included Sister Mary Jane de Chantal Sister Mary Joachim Jerry Manternach Margaret Fleming and Judy Schmit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Westhoff
Sacred Heart High School
Monticello
Dubuque
Holding Action By NFO Underway
A spokesman for the National Farmers Organization said 90 percent of farmers in the Express area are participating in the NFO test holding action, which began Monday and will run until further notice. Members are advised to hold cattle at 32.45 per hundredweight, hogs at 22.75 to 22.75, and wool lambs at 29.45, with non members urged to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farmers Organization
Express
NFO
National Nfo
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
National Nfc
Monticello Fliers Club Discusses Lift for Airport
The Monticello Fliers Club, Inc met Tuesday night and discussed a contribution airplane ride. Dues rose from six to eight dollars monthly to fund improvements at the Municipal airport. Carl Webber presided as president with fifteen members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Fliers Club, Inc
Carl Webber
Easter Dinner Guests Across Several Families
South Fork area Easter visitors included the Feltons and Lahrs from Cascade Monticello Petersburg Hopkinton Dyersville and Delhi. The Gearharts hosted Onslow with Charles Gearhart visiting Iowa City during vacation. Recker home welcomed McNally Gudenkauff and Gudenkauff's parents in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fork
Mary Lahr
Joe Felton
Cascade
Nick Lahr
Monticello
Wallace Neh
Clarence Lahr
Petersburg
Gerald Goodken
Hopkinton
Nick Russ
Dyersville
LeRoy Kern
John Gadient
Paul Staner
Bernard
Mike Takes
James
Bud) McGovern
Monticello Hospital
George Turnis
Sand Springs
George McGovern
Lavern Digmann
Vernon Becker
Joe Horsefield
Leo Ament
Dick Guise
Donald Ament
Delmar
Kay Smith
St. Paul
Minn
Betty Smith
Peggy Leytem
Reynold Becker
Gib Becker
Coggon
Vernon Melchert
Kenny Becker
Ray Marbach
Worthington
Billy Uhlenkamp
Kenny Hosch
John Turnis
Buck Creek
Frank Jasper
Edd Fass
John Sands
Delhi
Anna Tibbits
Ray Stoffel
Frank Sigworth
Balltown
Bill Jurgens
Cy Millenkamp
Joe Crowley
Castle Grove
Darlene Jurgens
Rochester
Herb Bell
Alphonse Willenbring
New Vienna
Clarence Bell
Florian Becker
Richard
Annette Hirtz
Tornado Symptoms Describe Lifted Cloud Column And Roaring Sound
A column-like appendage forms at the base of the parent cloud as a tornado nears the ground. A continuous roaring noise accompanies the tornado, sounding like a blowtorch or many planes, growing louder as it descends. Rain, hair, and darkness often accompany the event.
Permits For New Houses In Monticello March
Building permits issued for four new houses in Monticello in March total 56000 dollars. Four remodeling permits also granted including homes for Shoenhoff Adams Straub Starks Hosch and two interior remodels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Harold Shoenhoff
West Fifth St
James Adams, Jr
North Arminda
Carl Straub
Hillcrest
Harry E. Starks
Southhaven Drive
Lester Kray
North Gill
Leo Hosch
North Chestnut
Rudy Schoon
North Sycamore
Leonard Fluckiger
South Linden
Supervisors Approve Fees and Appoint Justice of the Peace
The Jones county board of supervisors met in regular session Tuesday and approved fees collected by county officials. A beer permit was granted and the justice of the peace report affirmed with the appointment of Co. M. Miles as justice of the peace in Rome township. A first quarter 1961 report by ME McCrabb Monticello was affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Co. M. Miles
Rome Township
ME. McCrabb
Monticello
Clarence E. Heyen
Lang~ Worthy
Gas Travels 1000 Miles To Monticello Gas System
The natural gas Monticello will receive travels over 1000 miles from sources in Texas Oklahoma Panhandles and Kansas Hugo ton field Permian Basin to supply Northern Natural Gas pipeline. Northern operates 13900 miles of line serving 511 communities with over 2800 wells and 12 trillion cubic feet reserves. First Monticello gas to reach local customers is planned for early July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Peoples Natural Gas
Northern Natural Gas Company
Texas
Northern
Hugoton
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
Permian Basin
Northern Plains
Minneapolis
Easter Egg hunt marks Hopkinton Lions event
About 225 children ages two to ten joined the Lions club Easter egg hunt on the school grounds. Sixty pounds of candy eggs were hidden with prize eggs awarding cash prizes to seven winners across three age groups. Classes resume after a three day Easter break. a long list of local students and visitors from area colleges were noted among returning attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Lions Club
Maquoketa Valley Community School
Carl Herington
James LeClerc
Iowa State University
Ames
James Johnson
Douglass Clow
Charles Gearhart
Robert Williamson
University of Iowa
Mary Sackett
Mercy Hospital
Mary Joseph
St. Luke's Hospital
Steve Smith
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
John Barrack Jr
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Jane Gibbs
Virginia Williamson
Dubuque University
Glen Hardin Jr
John Hart
Loras College
Dubuque
Easter Dinner Guests and Visitors Around Cedar Rapids
A long list of Easter and weekend visits to and from Cedar Rapids area households. Guests include Austie Laningham, Ida Truai, Claude Newton, Gene Moulston, and many local families such as Schweitzer, Carr, Opfer, Crowley, Marek, Kremer, and Blount with multiple dinners and Sunday calls reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Olmstead
Austie Laningham
Ryan
Ida Truai
Claude Newton
Manchester
Kenneth Sheppard
Sid Schweitzer
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
John Schweitzer
Frank West
Jimmy
Roy Dighton
Clark Dighton
Gene Moulston
Chari
Greg
David
Dean Carr
Carr Opfer
Springville
Gene Moulton
Vicki
Judy Crowley
Harold Crowley
Robert Nelson
Ralph Marek
Whittier
Leonard Kremer
John Kremer
Lone Pine
Joe Mahoney
Gary Eiler
Coggan
Carl DeWoody
Barry Smith
Carrie
Hazel Houston
George Manson
Independence
Roger Broes
Sel
Norman Ahrendsen
Oxford Junction
Merlin Ahrendsen
Bliss Switzer
Donavan
Bernard
Easter Day Gatherings and 4 H Club Meetings Document Community
Olin and surrounding towns record Easter visits and family dinners as well as monthly 4 H club meetings across Scotch Grove Jackson Wise Owls Hillcrest Helping Hands Onslow Cascade Cascade Co-Workers Oxford Livewires Hale Wapsie Wanderers and other groups. Members discuss grooming health patterns flies Lepto and exchange programs while hosting picnics sleigh rides and window displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Wise Owls
Frances Sievers
Toni Grafft
Mardorf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peoples
MHS
Gordon Dierks
Phil Schlarmann
Joann Ballou
Owen Marshall
Mary Myers
Elizabeth Specht
Janet Wahl
Donald Folkers
Tom Greenawald
Patrick Keating
Jim Robertson
David Specht
Judy Hogan
Nancy Krein
Cheryl Rhatigan
Sue Schneider
Beverly Schoon
Leah Belle Steiner
John Fraser
Herman Folkers
Ed Ganfield
Larry Goettsch
Robert Tobiason
Stephen Wolken
Susan Ballou
Lynn Balster
Carole Behn
Jean Bohlken
Karin Dickel
Dorothy Freese
Doris Hall
Mary Keating
Jeanette Ricklefs
Shirley Stadtmueller
Virginia Tuetken
Anamosa Boy
Fliers Club
Memorial Hospital
W. Mussmann
Citizens State Bank
Howard DeShaw
June Gadient
Billy DeShaw
Gary Smith
New Boston, III
Gilbert Becker
John A. Hosch
New Boston
Merle DeShaw
Clarence Smith
Walter Kraus
Kenny Zangerle
Peg Leytem
Jean Feltes
Davenport
Paul DeShaw
Phil Himebaugh
Dan Hogan
Farley
Bert DeShaw
Dick Thompson
Craig
Roger McIntosh
Celester Jaeger
Henry Stelken
Aelred White
William Eike
Gerald Weber
Ella Naber
Art Feldmann
Nick Wilgenbush
Cletus Feldmann
Alice Ries
Dubuque Hospital
Michael
Russell Jones
Marion
Ed Jones
Ray Phelps
Hudson
Maurice Sanford
Sarah Lux
Russell Kirkwood
Farmington
Mich
Don Roling
Paul
Maquoketa
Paul Smith
Lucy Winch
Jennie
Fritz Marugg
Robert Marugg
Cary
Ohio
Clarence Hageman
John Hageman
Don Wilson
Rhoda Gore
Burdette Wilson
Sherry
Wilfred Kenny
Junior Feltes
Germaine Feltes
Mary Jaeger
Mrs
Anton Feldman
Earlville
Bernard Blount
John Finlay
Olin
Cedar
Harry Hoisington
Wayne Simerman
Howard Campbell
Clyde Taylor
Harold Becker
Fred
Dickie Campbell
Susie Simerman
Terry Patton
Iowa State College
Donnie Patton
State University
Carol Cruise
Susan Houstman
Jerry Leggett
Lyle Guhl
Gene Grath
ULC
Gary Waggoner
Drake University
Des Moines
Claire Thomp
Carol
Jim Dawson
Diana
Grace Thompson
Gerald Wood
Court Miles
Phoenix
Ariz
Frank Phillips
Fred Hoenes
Bradenton
Fla
V. M. Krumm
Earl Phillips
Walter Savicky
Winnipeg
Canada
Scotch Grove Cornhuskers
Jay
Jerry Hus
John Kuntz
Marvin Goldsmith
Dennis McDonald
Sharon Graf
Marjean Graf
Nancy Steffens
Hillcrest Helping Hands
Sharon Mead
Marlys Rogers
Rolcall
Kathy Walton
Farm Bureau
Kay Kellar
Linda Preston
Virginia Shover
Onslow Cornhuskers
Roger
Kenneth
Daryl Hanna
Leland Orr
Bob Larkey
Ronald Hanna
Hale Wapsie
Hale Wapsie Boys
4-H
Mike Corbett
Mark Hartwig
Lance Hartwig
Hogs
Hawkeye Downs
Ken Sievers
Calvin Irons
Richard Woods
Cascade Co-Workers
Cascade Co- Workers
Mary Lane
Rele
Oxford Livewires
John Burhop Jr
Robert Mizaur
Kenneth Lasack
Billy Barnhart
Gary Steffens
International Farm Youth Exchange
Hale Wapsie Wanderers
Janell Irons
Abe
Brock
Janell
Apr. I
Kay Keller
Merry Ann Graver
Jody Seeley
Fairview Thunderbolts
Doug Larson
Bruce Hay
Bob Beck
Lovell
James Allis
Elaine Smith
Iowa Electric
Edwards
Joyce Appleby
Iowa - Nebraska Exchange Project
Wyoming Pioneers
Memorial Hall
Jimmy Eggert
Duane Westphal
Brian Reade
International Farm Exchange
Eugene Bruncheen
Jerry
James Starr
Fortune Finders
Newman Hall
Beatrice Brock
Extension Home
Catherine Hanken
the Express
Lincoln Arc Welder
REM Electric
Ham
Andy Dotterweich
John R. Wright
Scotch Grove
Jack Buol
Wayne King
Albert McNeill
Dale Kelchen
Owen Tjaden
Boyd Shannon
al Lben
Jakes
Standard Service
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